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How To Use Task Manager

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Windows Task Manager is not well understood by many computer users. But it is important to know some basics about using because when an app "hangs" and yo need to kill it, this is the best way.   Here's how to use Task Manager to start and stop programs, stop processes, and collect useful statistics about your computer's performance.    

Increase Productivity Using Microsoft's Quick Part Gallery To Create Template Emails, Letters, And Other Documents

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The Microsoft Quick Part Gallery is where you save text, links, and other document parts. You create your own gallery of content parts . Then you can insert them in documents when you need them.    Quick Part Gallery is a kind of like Clipboard, which is a copy and paste tool. But it goes a step further by letting you define content parts.   A part can be any kind of content—videos, tables, pictures. Once saved in the Quick Part Gallery, you can drop a part in any document with a single click, hence the name.   Say you have an email template for prospective c

How To Use AutoCorrect In Microsoft Word For Quickly Typing Commonly Used Words Like "Please"

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The AutoCorrect feature is buried in Microsoft Word but really handy. For example, when I type “Pls,” it is automatically corrected and changed to “Please.” I must type the word “please” 25 times a day. Being able to type three letters instead of six, is a small things makes me happy. Of course, you can use it for lots of different words, like the spelling of a long name you must type a lot or for words that you often type incorrectly. For instance, maybe you constantly type the name of a mutual fund, index, or regulation.   It will take you

Microsoft Office Tip: Use The Quick Access Toolbar To Make It Easier To Execute Your Most Frequently Used Commands In Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook

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The Quick Access Toolbar in Microsoft Office 2003 and 2010 is probably used by few people but it is useful and a time saver. Here’s how to use it to make it easier to compose emails in Outlook and Word documents as well as Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slides.

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PowerPoint Tip For Advisors: To Give Great Presentations, Use "Presenter" View In PowerPoint

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If you use two monitors—and every advisor should by now use two monitors—the "Presenter View" in PowerPoint will enable you to run your slide show on one monitor while looking at (or reading) your notes on another monitor. Here’s how to turn on Presenter View.

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