[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] It's late afternoon on Tuesday, and your cursor just froze on your computer screen. At first, you thought it was the kids getting home from school. They jumped on the 'Net and...
Computer probs!
[GOAL 2] Find the speakers on your desk … now!
My title is ... well, it's just silly. Right? Of course, we all know where our computer's...
[QW24] If you don’t shut down, use ‘Restart’
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] Hey there, and welcome to 2023! It's perfect timing for this post since this is an excellent habit to start. You can have this [QW] buttoned up by the end of the day. Go ahead...
[QW21] Printing a ‘frozen’ PDF
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] A belated "Happy 246th Birthday, U.S.A.!" I have no idea what caused this. A 17-page PDF document threw a fit when I needed to print page 6. The printer worked fine on other...
Don’t grab the wrong Quick Access Tool!
We select the wrong icon and go back to the beginning of our PowerPoint slideshow....
[QW13] How to email a perfect file
[ Quick Win posts – QWs – are brief items to help non-overwhelm your day. Enjoy! ] Once upon a time, the world had typewriters. You typed a page, gave it to a client, and it did not morph into something different. Then, God created the people ... who...
[QW11] Fixing corrupted Windows filenames
Happy Anniversary to our Quick Win posts! The first QW offering appeared on May 20 last year, and we haven't looked back! I love these. They are short, sweet, and get some useful 'office tech' or other tips in your hands. The QWs usually come from costly lessons...
“HOW did my file get so messed up?!”
Whether you’re a business owner, a job seeker sending out résumés, or a writer trying to break into the ‘big time,’ you will appreciate this post. This information isn't hidden away in a vault. You don't need a government clearance to read it. But, sometimes ... we...
“Should I use links on my website?”
[ 2024 update: I no longer offer website testing as a service, but I still receive questions about using links on websites. My posts were pretty basic in 2018, but these notes are still good. Here you go. 😎 ] Since I'm a website tester, people ask me for advice from...
“I’m fed up with website hype!”
My friend (I’ll call her Sally) told me she was fed up with website hype. Hype cost her dearly. Sally had just paid a bunch o' money for a site update she couldn't use. I'll share my friend's costly story, but first: here's an idea that may help you before you're...
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