Category Archives: Computers
Download: Microsoft Office 2007 Document Viewers
If you haven’t really been exposed to Microsoft Office 2007, then you still might not know of the new file formats that Word, PowerPoint and Excel use. They’re those file formats with “x” mysteriously added at the end (e.g. .doc of Word now is .docx by default). Don’t be fooled by this, though. Somehow the technology with OpenOffice.org documents are pretty much the same – ZIP files with XML files and directories in then. Go ahead, try renaming a .docx file to .zip and open it. Anyway, what’s crazy about this new file format is that there’s no way you can open the darned things if you’re using older versions …
Tech News: Windows XP SP3 to Feature Some Vista Goodies
I envy my friends who are still riding out the Vista wave, comfortable computing with their PCs and lappies still on XP. Quite honestly, save for one guy who’s running on a rig with a 5.7 Windows Experience Index, everyone’s doing just fine. Be it for daily office productivity, gaming, and the Internet, XP seems to be still good enough for the jobs. Bill and Microsoft will be releasing Service Pack 3 for XP next year (and I really don’t know why since they plan to release Vienna in a few years’ time anyway). The news is that while it will address some much-needed upgrades and hotfixes, it will also …
Firefox Quick Tip: Keep Tabs Permanent with PermaTabs
I just can’t wait for Firefox 3! Trying to pick some add-on stragglers that I haven’t featured here yet and still finding a few courtesy of my other favorite Firefox sites. If you’re just like most of us who keep tabs permanently open (I keep my two Gmail tabs and Google Reader), then PermaTabs should be a useful add-on. It lets you lock tabs permanently so that you won’t have the risk of accidentally closing them. And you don’t have to continually launch them either since PermaTabs actually carry them over to your next sessions. Quite handy. Download PermaTabs here. Via: Firefox Facts
Download: Foxit Reader 2.2
Okay, so Adobe Reader is one bloated piece of software and it’s not the type that you can just lug around in a thumb drive. Remember when we featured Foxit reader to control PDFs and tabs better? Well, with the release of Foxit Reader 2.2, we just have to say that it is, by far, the best PDF reader out there. Slim and streamlined for the purpose of letting you open and read PDF files with a few more added features with this release. Features like: Capture words via mouse Search within and across files Minimize Foxit Reader to the system tray Bookmark highlighting Remove all evaluation marks at once …
Windows Tip: Find the Old Display Properties Options in Vista
Windows Vista changed a lot of things from XP making the new Vista user quite in the dark when it comes to finding features and options that he/she has gotten used to in older Windows versions. One such feature is the Display Properties. If you right-click on your desktop wallpaper, you might confused where that old Display Properties went. For Vista, you get the “Personalize” option in the context menu. This replaces the Display Properties of old and here’s the lowdown on the options: Window Color and Appearance – Change the color of windows. Has a nice collection of color sets to choose from. Even has a color intensity slider. …
Newbie Computing: What to Do When Somethings Wrong with Your PC
You can’t always rely on those technical support guys because sometimes taking your PC to a computer store is just too much trouble. Remember these tips and reminders so that you’ll never have to depend on boys when your PC is having system errors.
Show Your PC Some Love
You say it’s your best friend but by the looks of it, you don’t really know how to take good care of your PC. The only time it looked shiny was the day you bought it, and it was dusty ever since. Here are some basic cleaning and educating information on being a responsible PC owner. Here are some basic tender loving care tips for your rig.
Firefox Quick Tip: Stumble without the StumbleUpon Toolbar
Firefox getting swamped with all the add-ons and toolbars? Then why not get rid of the StumbleUpon toolbar. If your primary use of StumbleUpon is that magical Stumble! button, then you might consider uninstalling the toolbar. While I love stumbling and voting myself. There are a lot of buttons and drop-downs that I don’t use at all. So what then, if you get rid of the toolbar? No more Stumbling? Well, not exactly since you can just use a bookmarklet to rate and review. Just click and drag this bookmarklet to your Firefox bookmarks toolbar: Stumble This! Doesn’t give you the random Stumble though. For more bookmarklets, click here. UPDATE: …
Download: Get Vista’s Flip-3D Effect on XP
I won’t take it against anyone if he has decided to stand firm with Windows XP. Nearly four months into Windows Vista and I have yet to find a really good reason to convince someone to shift. Well, probably it’s because I’m running on Home Basic which really doesn’t have much to offer. I’d have to admit that one of the draws of Vista is the Aero interface and the amazing Flip-3D effect. Windows XP’s look definitely looks lame compared to Aero. But who says that you have to shell out big bucks just to get that smooth window effects that the Mac has been sporting a long time ago. …
Windows Tip: How to Add Items to the Quick Access Toolbar in Office 2007
For those of you who are new to Office 2007, you might notice the Quick Access toolbar that’s available at the topmost left corner of your window. By default, it features the Save, Undo and Repeat commands. However, if you want more control of your interface, it’s a good thing that Office lets you customize.