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I think this is the most one of the most useful packages we've ever offered and it's always a big seller! Oh, and wait till you see the great price!
What is it?
It's the Gizmos Mega Pak and it's loaded with all kinds of useful programs. Take a look at just some of its features:
The Vault - Securely encrypt and store your confidential files. You set the password and its 128 bit encryption insures that only YOU get access!
Organize Photos - It includes one of the best photo viewers I've ever seen. You tell it where the photos are (or have it search) and it displays a thumbnail of each. Just double-click an image to see it enlarged.
Cool Calendars - If you need the help of a calendar to keep track of appointments, look no further. This program includes a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly calendar - all extremely well done and good looking.
Fun Games - This software also includes 8 really well done card games (solitaire, free cell, etc). In addition, it also has a really cool puzzle game that gets progressively harder as you play. Oh, you can even listen to your own CDs while you play!
Awesome Clocks - Need to be somewhere at a certain time? Just set the alarm clock reminder! This program includes a number of really cool desktop clocks that beat the heck out of the one included with Windows.
Really Delete Files - Did you know that there is software out there that can recover files that have been removed from your recycle bin? If you need to be sure that a file is history, you can use the built-in file shredder to *really* remove it.
Make Presentations - Forget MS PowerPoint, here's a solution that everyone can afford! You can create your own slide / video shows, complete with narration if you like (you'll need a microphone if you want to narrate). If the person who is viewing the show doesn't have Gizmos on their computer, you can send them a player!
OK, sorry that was so long, but this software includes a lot of stuff!
Now for the price. We have this program for only $12.95 or $14.95 (depends if you want boxed or sleeved version) with FREE US SHIPPING! Remember, we do have a 30 day money back guarantee, so if you don't like it, we'll take it back (don't worry, you'll love it)! Here's the info link:
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PS - I want to stress that this is really something you should look at. We only have a limited quantity, and that may sell out VERY fast. If you're interested in this, get to the website ASAP!
MS
Office 101
My
Files Have Property?
Well, not exactly.
Your files don't own
property (obviously) but they do have properties.
So what are file properties?
In general file properties
are simply details that help identify your file.
Details? What details?
Wellthings such as
title, author, date created, last date modified and other statistics.
One way to see the
properties of a file you can either go to the File menu, Properties
choice while the file is open.
You can flip through
the tabs to see the various properties for your file.
It's not as good as
beach front property with a beautiful viewbut then again it doesn't
cost as much!
Office
Tip of the Day
No!
You Can't Change My File!
Have you ever created a file that was basically a formsomething
someone else could fill in and save under a different namebut not
change the original form?
Or maybe you have
a file you repeatedly fill out and want to prevent yourself from saving
over the original.
Previously we've discussed
passwords for files and that is one option for the situation.
But is there another
way? One that doesn't throw up all the warning screens that passwords
create.
Yes there is. (What
else would you expect me to say at this point?)
In fact, today's tip
comes from a situation I encountered at work just last week.
At school, we needed
a form for our curriculum mappingsomething that every teacher would
use to record the curriculum for every subject they teach.
As traditional thinkers
go, they wanted me to produce a form that everyone could use to write
in the information.
Of course, that just
wouldn't do.
In my mind, most people
wouldn't want to spend the time hand writing their curriculum. I figured
that if I was going to make the form in an MS Word table, then there was
no reason why we couldn't enter our information in MS Word as well.
Once the idea was
out there, it seemed easy. I design the form and then save the file on
disk to distribute to the staff.
Sounds easyright?
It is, except there
was one catch: since the staff would have several maps to complete, I
had to make the file so that the staff couldn't destroy the original form.
You see, I have a
staff with varied computer experiencethat includes some who need
to be told to look on the A: drive to get a file from a disk. So, for
this reason, I needed to lock the form down to make it so they couldn't
destroy the blank form.
My first thought was
to make a template.
However, I found that
it didn't work. Word would allow changes to be saved in the template when
it was on a disk. Exactly what I was trying to avoid!
I thought about using
the passwords available in the Options of the Save windowbut I was
trying to avoid that. The password warnings and pop up screens would have
confused some of the staff.
I needed something
clean and easysomething that any of them could navigate.
And then it came to
memake the file read-only.
Not read-only with
the save passwords, but actually change the properties of the file so
that they couldn't save over the original.
It turned out to be
the perfect solutionworked like a dream last week.
So, I figured that
if it worked so well for me then it might be a solution for someone else.
Enough with the "what"
we're going to dolet's get to the doing.
The first thing I
did was to complete the form as I needed it. In other words, I
made it perfect (or as close to it as I could get).
Then I saved
the file.
Now, close
the file.
Next you'll need to
navigate to the filenot within an MS Office programbut through
Windows Explorer or the My Computer icon.
However you like to
navigate through your files you need to find the file you just saved.
Got it?
Good.
Now right-click
on the file.
The pop up menu should
have the Properties choice at the bottom. Select Properties.
The "Properties"
window will open.
On the General
tab you're looking for the Read-only choice in the Attributes
section.
Check it.
Then click OK.
Now every time the
file is opened it's safe. If the person who opens it tries to save over
the file they'll be warned that it's a read-only file and prompted to
save their work with a new name.
You should probably
note that you'll have to go back out and uncheck the Read-only attribute
in order to modify your file, but it's a small price to pay for file security.
~ April
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