Archives for Productivity Tips - Page 7
Changing Outlook’s Theme–making it less bright
Outlook’s default color scheme is far too bright and hurts the eyes. Fortunately, some other themes are built into the product. To get to these options, navigate from the File…
Insert documents in Outlook Body
For some reason, I prefer the inserts to be in the body as opposed to attachments. They are easier to get to (by the recipient) and they can be placed…
The quickest way to compare two lists (for matching entries–i.e. duplicates)
In Excel (2007 and above), place each list of values in its own column. Now, Select cells in first list, then hold CTRL key and then select the second Go…
Finding out your full domain and username on windows
Username From a DOS prompt, type echo %USERNAME% /domain . This should return your username as registered in the current domain. Full Domain Name I can never remember the full…
Inserting code snippets into MS Word documents
Step 1 – Insert Object from MS Word’s INSERT menu. Select OBJECT from the drop-down (as opposed to ‘Text from file’). Step 2 – You should see an ‘Object’…
Outlook messages open up in MS Word
Here’s what happens – you open outlook to compose a new message (or reply to an existing one). Instead of Outlook as your editor, MS Word takes over at this…
Facebook– Essential Missing Functionality
For the world’s leading social networking site, these missing features are inexcusable: Unable to edit status updates (there's a trick that can be used on updates containing images - but…
iTunes 11–Missing sidebar and File menu
Not sure why these are hidden by default on the Windows version of iTunes. To recover the File menu bar –> CTRL B To recover the sidebar –> CTRL S…
Automatically Expand Windows Explorer Navigation Pane (left pane)
Of the many things I miss in the Classic Windows View – the Windows Explorer navigation is one of them. In Windows 7, the navigation pane (the leftmost pane), does…
ODBC 32 bit drivers on Windows 7
When I opened the ODBC control panel (on Windows 7) and started enumerating the built-in database drivers, I got a bit of a shock. Not only were the Microsoft Access…