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 | PDF XChange Viewer Do you do a lot of work with PDF files? If so, you know how important it is to have a program that will allow you to get the most out of your documents. There's no use wasting your time with a program that won't give you what you need. Now, I know several of you probably use Adobe's Acrobat Reader and there may even be some of you who use Foxit Reader, but I've got one more to add to the mix today and I guarantee you'll want to check it out. Let's see what we've got, shall we?! Another PDF program that has been gaining a lot of popularity lately is called the PDF XChange Viewer. It's basically just another program you can use to view your PDF files, but it brings a little more to the table than just that. For starters, along with viewing your files, the PDF XChange Viewer allows you to annotate them as well. Yep, you can add text, sticky notes and several other types of annotations right to your files. For example, let's say you're editing a document and instead of making all the changes as you go, you can just add in little notes for yourself and fix them later. It saves you time and it's a fun way to edit your work! And that's not all the PDF XChange Viewer has to offer! It also comes with a loupe tool that allows you to zoom in on certain parts of your document, which can be very helpful if you need to focus in on one particular section. It also comes with options to extract your text and images and it allows you to export your documents into image formats. The PDF XChange Viewer also has a tabbed interface, which gives it a more modern feel. Lastly, it offers a set of features that are not commonly found in PDF programs. So, if you'd like to give the PDF XChange Viewer a try for yourself, you can download it right here. Just click on the Download button and you'll be all set. Your PDF files will never be the same again! ~ Erin Don't stop now! Keep reading to learn all about how you can start using hotkeys with your Quick Launch Toolbar items in Windows Vista, find out how you can easily get more or less in MS Excel and learn all about the brand new IP address standard coming out soon. Also, find out how you can get sticky with it from today's video tip and of course, don't miss out on Amanda's Cool Site of the Day!
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WOW!! I'm just loving System Mechanic 7! I've been running it for a couple of weeks now and it's by far, the very best program I think I've ever seen for getting the most out of Windows! This thing is just gonna blow you away! It did me - and I've seen a LOT of software! This thing is nothing short of amazing! Read on - and get ready to be really - and I mean REALLY - impressed! First, I'm seriously blown away at how easy this software makes it to really get your computer crankin'! I mean, I don't think there's anything on your computer this can't tweak and optimize! To test, I installed it on my personal machine and it did a quick scan, and it came up with a warning about a few security problems and gave me some really helpful speed improvement suggestions. With just a couple mouse clicks, I'm now enjoying a MUCH faster -and more secure - computer! And I thought I was as tweaked out as I could be! Not even close - this was incredible - and automatic! What can it do for you? Let's talk speed - this can make your computer act like it did when you first brought it home - just flying through programs and impressing the livin' daylights out of ya! Heck, your computer might even be faster than when you first got it home!! This has a whopping 19 different ways to crank up the speed on your machine! In fact, many systems see an absolutely incredible 300% improvement after just some automatic adjusting by this program! WOW!!  Want to surf the internet at up to 300% faster? This can help! Windows isn't necessarily optimized for the fastest connection out of the box, but this program can grab your settings and squeeze out the speed - you'll surf the internet like crazy! Who wouldn't want to surf up to 300% faster?!!? Heck, it even has a speed tool to measure how faster you connection speed is! Just fantastic! Want more? - Sure ya do! Another thing this does that I'm in absolute love with is it lets you customize over 100 "secret" Windows settings! Stuff that you always wish Windows would let you adjust but there isn't really any direct way to do it. This makes it point-and-click easy!! You can: Optimize the way Windows' Start Menu behaves, speed up networking performance, log in automatically, edit your computer registration data, change multimedia behavior, improve pagefile security, customize explorer's context menus, edit advanced administration options, and much more!! Oh, and just wait till you point your mouse at the Automatic System Maintenance section! I just love this! This part of the program will watch in the background and wait till the system is idle. As soon as you're not using the computer, it will work in the background tuning your computer for absolute peak performance! Here's the really cool part - just touch your mouse, and it stops what it's doing and gives the system back to you! Really! If you've ever been slowed down by a stubborn anti-virus that insisted on scanning while you were working, you know just how cool this is! Oh, and it even lets you pick and choose what optimizations to run! Another automatic feature I think is just brilliant is the "One-Click" option! It's just what it sounds like - just click the button and System Mechanic runs all of its system enhancement programs and cranks your system up to the next level! Just a button push away! It makes it easy for EVERYONE to have a smokin' system! Of course, no utility suite would be complete without some killer security tools - and this has the best! This program will quickly scan your system and help you find all the holes - then just plug them with a mouse click! I was really surprised when it found not one, not two, but THREE major holes on my personal PC! I clicked the mouse and the world was safe again! Oh, and that's not all! 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Q: A: Now, as the person who asked today's question suggested, there is a little more to the Quick Launch Toolbar when you're using it on a Vista computer. I thought about including this with last week's tip, but I thought that would be too much at once, so I'm really glad this question was brought to my attention again! So, the answer to the question is yes, there are some hotkeys you can use along with the Quick Launch Toolbar in Vista. Without further ado, here's the full scoop! Basically, Windows Vista allows you to use hotkeys for the first 10 items you put in your Quick Launch Toolbar. If you go over 10, that's fine, but just keep in mind that there will be no hotkeys for those items. Now, the hotkeys are assigned automatically, so as soon as you add an item to your Toolbar, it will be assigned a number. The numbers go from 1 to 9 and then a 0 (zero) for number 10. To use them, you add the number with the Windows key on your keyboard (that's the one with the little flag on it, usually located next to the Alt key). Your Quick Launch items are assigned their numbers in order from the left to the right. So, for example, if the first item on your Quick Launch Toolbar is Internet Explorer, all you have to do to open it is hit Win + 1. If your second item is Microsoft Word, just hit Win + 2. If your tenth program is the Windows Media Player, hit Win + 0 and so on. That's all you have to do. Cool, huh?! If you want your programs to be in a certain order for your hotkeys, you can move them around. You can just drag and drop them into the slot where you'd like them to sit. I have mine set up in the order of what I use most often. I have Internet Explorer in the first spot, my e-mail program in the second, the calculator in the third and so on. And with just a tap of a key here and a tap of a key there, using my Quick Launch Toolbar has never been easier. I'm sure you'll feel the same way after you get yours all set up. Give it a try today! ~ Erin Have a question for the newsletter? Submit it at the link below:
More or Less For my readers who are fairly new users of MS Excel, here's a quick, yet infinitely useful tip for changing the number of decimal places displayed in one of your cells! You're looking for these two buttons located on the Formatting toolbar or in Excel 2007, they're on the Home ribbon, Number section: (If you're using older versions of Excel and you don't see them, go to the View menu, Toolbars submenu and choose Formatting from the list). The button on the left will add decimal places to numbers in highlighted cells. The button on the right will reduce the number of decimal places in highlighted cells. (As decimal places are reduced, the value displayed in the cell is rounded. However, if you take a look in the formula bar, you'll see that Excel still has the exact value stored away safely in its memory). More or less is just a click away! ~ April
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An IP Address Upgrade It's about time for an IP address upgrade, don't you think?! Well, before I go any further, if you're not sure, an IP address is a unique address that is assigned to a network device by the network. Every computer that connects to a network or the Internet is assigned an IP address. It basically allows that computer to communicate with the network or the Internet. The current IP address standard, called IPv4, uses 32-bits, which looks something like this: 192.168.0.1. This IP address standard was created in 1981 when the Internet was just a baby. The early creators of the Internet did not believe it would become as large as it is today, especially since it was originally designed only for a few universities and the United States Government. Over time, many large corporations and even the U.S. Government have come to realize that there is a large need to switch over to a new IP standard. The new version will be called IPv6 and it will use 128-bits. The IPv6 IP address looks something like this: 2001:0db8:85a3:08d3:1319:8a2e:0370:7334. On August 2, 2005, the Federal Government of the United States issued a memorandum, stating that all Federal Government agencies will transition their network backbones to IPv6 by June 30, 2008. The IPv4 version only allows for four billion IP addresses, which greatly limits the number of devices that can be given a unique, globally routable location on the Internet. The IPv4 standard has slowed the growth of the Internet worldwide and it constricts the amount of computers and other devices that can be connected to each other via the Internet. On the other hand, the IPv6 standard allows for an almost unlimited number of IP addresses. In all actuality, the IPv6 allows for over 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different addresses. (And no, I'm not kidding!) The movement from IPv4 to the new IPv6 will allow us users to have more technology in our lives, because we will now be able to assign more IP addresses to more devices. Soon, mobile phones, televisions and even toasters will be assigned IP addresses! Imagine this: you're leaving work and you would like a hot cup of coffee when you arrive home. With the IPv6, you would be able to go on your computer, connect to your private home network and tell your coffee machine to make a pot of coffee. Wow, huh?! It's just something new to think about! ~ Jack William If you enjoy our tips, tell your friends. That's what keeps this newsletter growing.
Get Sticky - Video Tip Do you like to use keyboard shortcuts, but would also rather keep one hand on the mouse for other uses? If that's your ultimate typing dream, you're in luck! You can use a feature called "sticky keys." It allows you to eliminate the "multiple keys all at one time" rule in keyboard shortcuts. For instance, if you want to copy something and you have the sticky keys feature enabled, you can hit your Ctrl key, take your finger off the key, then hit your C key. You don't have to do it all in one motion anymore. To learn how to start using this, just click on the link! http://imgsrv.worldstart.com/videotips/index.htm Or, if you would just like to read today's tip, you can do that as well, here: For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter. In my search for ways to be healthier, I ran across this Web site and because of the wealth of knowledge I discovered, I couldn’t wait to share it with all of you! Navigation is exceptionally straightforward as well. You basically want the Consumer Health Library. Once Daily – Here you will find a daily interactive video. While I was there, the video was about Automated External Defibrillators and the impact they’ve had on the medical community. The video included questions for you to answer, a full transcript of the video and it even had the option of sending it to your friends and family. Featured Videos – While I was browsing, there were two featured videos. One was on breast cancer and the other was on Type 2 Diabetes. Both answered important questions and were very informative. Special Health Presentations – I found a video here too! It was about what conditions can lead to heart failure. I didn’t know that heart failure affects almost five million people in the U.S. And the idea of a global number is almost terrifying. Health Headlines – Here you will find some of the topics that are in the headlines. I found five articles listed while I was visiting. The one that stuck with me the most was on Body Image. It is amazing how many people have a negative body image and I’m certainly not exempt! Here you can learn about ways to change how you think about your body image. There were also articles on Cirrhosis, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Health Awareness – This is something I’ve talked about quite a bit since the New Year and it’s all about finding ways to keep your resolution to be healthier. Health Showcase – Here you will find a health site highlighted. While I was there, it was Heart Authority. Heart Authority is an educational Web site devoted to helping you learn all there is to know about your heart and keeping it healthy. View All Health Topics – You’ll find this option at the top of the page. If you click it, it will take you to an alphabetical listing of all the health topics they have information for. Search – You’ll also find this near the top of the page. Just type in what health topic you're looking for and click Go. Here’s to living healthier this year and having the resources to learn how! ~ Amanda Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
Computer Tips [ Fast Hot-Key Action + IP Address Upgrade + Sticky Tips + Click for More - or Less ;-) ] 01/14/08
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