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Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts For Working with Windows Remote Desktop: Switching windows and more
Monday, 25 April 2005 11:55 A GMT-04
MS Word: Reclaiming Ctrl-PageDown for "Next Page" after a "Find"
Monday, 25 April 2005 6:10 P GMT-04
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Tipical Charlie
Welcome to Tipical Charlie, a repository of all kinds of tips related to computing, from web developer and technologist, Charlie Arehart.
I'll mostly share my own tips that I've found others enjoyed hearing about. I'll welcome tips from others, too.
(Wondering where I came up with the name?)
I'll mostly share my own tips that I've found others enjoyed hearing about. I'll welcome tips from others, too.
(Wondering where I came up with the name?)
Charlie Arehart's entries
Looking for some tool or service? You may find it free, at these sites (I needed an email reminder tool)
Monday, 17 July 2006 2:11 P GMT-04
I decided I needed to get an email reminder service, as I was missing the appointments set in Outlook and my phone, so I did a search to find one. I was pointed to a couple sites that offer links to dozens (even hundreds) of free products and service
Wish you could "snooze" a reminder on your Blackberry: you can, it's just not enabled by default!
Saturday, 15 July 2006 3:46 A GMT-04
Some folks who use a Blackberry complain that they miss the feature other PDAs have, where when an appointment reminder displays, they'd just like to be able to hit a snooze button for some number of minutes. But it's not there on a BB...or is it?
MS Virtual PC is now free (along with Virtual Server)
Saturday, 15 July 2006 1:30 A GMT-04
I offered an entry on another blog explaining that Microsoft's Virtual PC has now been released for free, like Virtual Server has been for some time. Check it out:
http://carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/7/15/virtualpc_free
Saving paper when printing a large document: use your printer's "multiple pages to a side" feature. Many printers can do it!
Sunday, 9 July 2006 11:02 P GMT-04
If you print a large document (or a set of them), are you aware that your average desktop printer (or of course, a commercial printer like Kinko's) can print multiple pages to a side? And maybe 2-sided? You could get an 8-fold reduction in paper!
Some keyboard shortcuts for users of SQL Server 2005 Mgt Studio
Friday, 7 July 2006 5:44 P GMT-04
If you're a user of SQL Server 2005 and its Management Studio (the replacement for Enterprise Manager), check out these keyboard shortcuts from a fellow shortcut fan:
http://bi-on-sql-server.blogspot.com/2006/06/sql-management-studio-short-cuts.html
Some great tips from someone else on organizing high volumes of email in Outlook
Friday, 7 July 2006 11:06 A GMT-04
If you, like me, use Outlook and need to manage large volumes of email, you may know about such techniques as folders, rules, and the new search folders. Whether you do or do not, I think you'll get great value out of the ideas (and helpful
Curious about airplane seat info, such as exits, powerpoints, bathrooms, bulkheads? Check out seatguru.com
Thursday, 6 July 2006 9:54 A GMT-04
If you're taking a flight and have any need to wonder if the plane will have power outlets, or where the exists are, or how close you will be to the bathroom (for better or worse), be sure to check out the free site, seatguru.com (or it's phone-
Google Maps for your phone: not just using a browser
Thursday, 29 June 2006 3:35 P GMT-04
If you're a fan of Google maps, did you know that there's a nifty version for mobile devices? It's not just about visiting the maps.google.com web site, but rather an app for your phone (most net-connectable phones), with advantages I'll discuss...
Some blackberry tips
Thursday, 29 June 2006 3:13 P GMT-04
If you use a Blackberry phone, here are some tips from my experience using one the past couple of months. While I have the 7130, some may apply to any BB phone. Hope they're helpful.
Finding the email address of the sender of a message on a mailing list
Tuesday, 9 May 2006 12:18 P GMT-04
Ever been reading a mailing list and want to (or been asked to) reply directly to the sender of a message, but when reading the message, you don't "see" the sender's email address? So you have to ask on the list? There is a simpler solution.
What can you do when a favored blog doesn't offer an email notification feature?
Monday, 10 April 2006 5:26 P GMT-04
If you have a favorite blog where you'd like to be notified by email when it's updated, but the blog owner hasn't implemented an email notification feature, what can you do? You may know about RSS readers, but what if you much prefer email?
Recreating your machine from scratch: the tools, tweaks, and settings of getting back to square one
Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:55 P GMT-04
This week I'm rebuilding my laptop and have started keeping a list of all the tools, tweaks and settings of getting it back to "square one". I was going to share those in a blog entry, but before I do, I found someone who did the same thing.
Some other tips, from "onecomputerguy"
Thursday, 6 April 2006 12:36 P GMT-04
Hey, I've found a kindred spirit. Check out this range of tips (from Win2k but still perhaps useful even in later versions of Windows).
PC Magazine's "14th Annual Utility Superguide" - great resource of latest, greatest utilities
Thursday, 23 March 2006 5:24 P GMT-04
If you've been using PCs for years, you know that lists of "favorite utilities" are as common (and questionable) as lists of favorite movies. Still, when the editors of PC Magazine gather their heads, you can be sure it's a pretty good list.
Using the tab key at Windows command line to auto-fill file/directory names
Tuesday, 7 February 2006 11:53 A GMT-04
If you ever find yourself on the Windows/DOS command line, typing commands that name files or directories, here's a real gem: while typing the command and then the file/dirname, use the TAB key to auto-fill the first file matching what you've typed.
Category: keyboard shortcuts
Extra! Extra! Get your movie info from Google
Monday, 26 December 2005 5:28 P GMT-04
Many know that Google has a plethora of operators to help perform interesting searches (see links below), but one I want to point out because it's so helpful is the "movie:" operator. With it, you can provide either a zipcode or city (and/or movie na
Category: google
Google error message is misleading, not about "virus or spyware" but instead about the search string and where entered
Saturday, 10 December 2005 3:16 P GMT-04
I was happily googling today when I suddenly got an error from Google asserting I had a problem with "a computer virus or spyware application". It ain't me, babe! It's a problem in the search criteria. Hope this may help you if you get the error.
Category: google
Tool for converting your HTML/CFML/ASP.NET/PHP/JSP/XML for display in browser
Sunday, 23 October 2005 12:34 A GMT-04
Need to post to a blog/blog comment/web page where you need to offer some markup language for display? Annoyed to find the tags disappear? You may know the solution is HTML character entities, but don't change them manually! Here's a free tool.
Getting Outlook to Recognize Holidays
Sunday, 16 October 2005 10:36 P GMT-04
Are you using Outlook? Bummed that it doesn't list holidays by default? Don't add them manually! You can get it to recognize holidays (in any of several countries) with just a simple button. The trick is knowing it's even there!
Category: outlook
Creating an agenda slide in Powerpoint? Don't do it by hand!
Thursday, 6 October 2005 6:01 P GMT-04
If you've prepared a Powerpoint presentation that's long enough to warrant your wanting to create an agenda or "table of contents" type of slide, you may be tempted to create it by hand, but don't! Use the "summary slide" feature to do the work.
Category: tools
Setting your email program to spell check mail as you send it
Wednesday, 28 September 2005 5:10 P GMT-04
Want to help avoid spelling errors in email? Many mail programs (including Outlook) permit you to auto spell-check a message before you send it.
Creating a searchable archive of an email-based mailing list, free and safely!
Wednesday, 28 September 2005 3:34 P GMT-04
Do you belong to an email mailing list where the owner has not set up any searchable archive? Here's a solution to that problem.
Category: tools
Using Yahoo or Google Groups to stay in touch with your fellows
Tuesday, 20 September 2005 4:15 P GMT-04
Do you have an extended group of folks you'd like to stay in touch with more easily? Wouldn't it be neat to have one email address to use to send an email to all the members of your extended family, or class members, or army buddies in a unit?
A tipsheet for more powerful Google searches, and search for synonym
Friday, 2 September 2005 4:22 P GMT-04
If you've not learned the many useful keywords you can use in Google searching, here's a cool resource to learn more. One I didn't know about was ~ for synonym searching.
Category: google
Starting a PowerPoint Presentation from the Current Slide: Shift-F5
Wednesday, 31 August 2005 12:36 P GMT-04
Did you know that Shift F5 will start a Powerpoint Slide Show at the current slide?
Category: keyboard shortcuts tools
