[1] 1. Make alternately shaded rows with conditional formatting a.

Add shading to alternate rows in Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013 by creating conditional formatting r les. !elect the entire table, clic" #onditional $ormatting, then %ew & le. !elect '(se a form la to determine which cells to format). *y+e ,mod-row-.,2.,0 in the text box in the bottom half of the window. #lic" the $ormat b tton, then the $ill tab in the $ormat #ells window that a++ears. #hoose a bac"gro nd colo r, clic" /0 in this window, then, %ew $ormatting & le. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 2. What day of the week were you born on? a. $ind the day of the wee" for any date in excel sing a form la. b. Enter any date in cell A1 e.g. dd2mm2yy c. 3n cell 42 enter this form la5 ,*E6*-A1,7dddd7. d. 8o will see what day the date yo entered fell on. e. #hange the date as many time as yo want and see the res lt9 3. (additional tip to insert todays date: hold down the alt key and press the semi colon key) 4. Unfreeze your locked computer screen page a. 3f yo r com+ ter free:es +, then yo can +robably nloc" it by holding down three "eys ; cntrl<alt<delete at the same time or alternati=ely cntrl<shift<esc. *his will o+en + the *as" >anager box. ?eft clic" yo r mo se on the +rogram that a++ears to be 'not wor"ing) and select 'end tas"). @o+ef lly yo will clear the +roblem. !. "utomatically load more than one page when you open #irefo$ a. 3t is +ossible to load se=eral home+ages together when yo o+en $irefox. $or exam+le, yo might want ABoogleA set as one home +age, A?ocal li=eA as another, A44# websiteA as another and so on. *o set $irefox to do this, do the following -ass ming yo ha=e Boogle set as yo r normal home+age.5 *his is =ery sef l and time;sa=ing if yo freC ently se 2 or 3 websites. &3B@* clic" on the tab and select A%ew *abA *his will show a blan" screen. 3n the Address *ext;4ox ty+e in the (&? of the site yo wish to ma"e yo r second home +age -www.?ocal.?i=e.com in o r exam+le. #lic" the right +ointing green arrow at the end of the text;box -or +ress AEnterA on the "eyboard. #hec" that the correct website is dis+layed. %ow &3B@* clic" on one of the tabs and select A%ew *abA again Enter the (&? of the next website yo want -www.44#.co. " in o r exam+le. &e+eat the abo=e ntil yo ha=e as many tabs showing as home+ages yo want. %ow clic" on A*oolsA on the men bar

[2] !elect A/+tionsA 3n the Dindow which o+ens, ma"e s re the A>ainA b tton is highlighted 3n the A!tart +A +anel, clic" on the A(se # rrent EagesA b tton. #lic" A/0A %ow each time yo o+en $irefox, it will dis+lay the same tabs and yo can C ic"ly mo=e from one to the other by a single clic" on the a++ro+riate tab. 8o can alter the order in which the tabs are dis+layed sim+ly be dragging them to where yo want them, the left one being that which will show b. first when $irefox is o+ened. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 %. &opy and 'aste a. 3f yo see an interesting article or a +iece of text on a website and yo wo ld li"e to "ee+ it for reference, then this is how 3 do it. !ay, for instance, yo want to "ee+ the ti+s on this +age5; left clic" the mo se at the beginning of the +iece of text, drag it across the article and release it, so that all the text yo reC ire to sa=e is highlighted, +ress A#%*&? < #A on yo r "eyboard -or Edit2#o+y., this will sa=e it on yo r cli+board -yo won)t see it b t it will be there.. /+en + a new doc ment in Dord -or a similar text +rogram in Dor"s or /+en /ffice etc., clic" the mo se on a blan" area and +ress A#%*&? < FA on the "eyboard -or Edit2Easte.. 8o can do this as many times as yo want to. *o mo=e bac" and forth from yo r Dord doc ment to the website yo are co+ying from -yo may want to co+y another +iece of text in the same way., G st +ress the AAlt and !hift 0eyA. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 (. Use of &)*+,) clicking a. 3n A/fficeA or when =iewing a web+age, a C ic" #E%*&E clic" - i.e. se the mo se scroll wheel sed as a b tton. will ca se a do ble headed arrow in a small circle to a++ear on screen. >o=ing the mo se =ery slightly forward or bac"ward will ca se the screen to smoothly scroll down or + contin o sly on its own. *he f rther the mo se is mo=ed bac"wards or forwards, the faster the screen scrolls. Fery sef l if yo are reading a long doc ment on;screen ; yo can ca se the screen to smoothly scroll + or down at the rate yo are reading it. Another C ic" #E%*&E clic" cancels the effect. -2. #E%*&E clic"ing on a lin" or web+age address in $irefox 3 will a tomatically o+en the lin" in a new tab. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 -. .electing 'hotos with mouse and keyboard a. /ne of the members told me that he had had a +roblem when he want to select a few +hotos -or files. with the mo se. @e clic"ed on the first one in the gro + and ran the mo se o=er the rest of the selection and fo nd he had s ddenly and a tomatically made nwanted co+ies. *he mo se can be a bit sensiti=e sometimes, so that is where sing the mo se and the "eyboard comes in handy. 3f yo want to select a contin o s gro + of files -or +hotos., clic" yo r left mo se b tton on the first +hoto in the gro +, then clic" on the last one whilst

[3] holding down the shift "ey. *his will select all of the files between. 3f there are one or two in the selection that yo donAt want, then hold down the cntrl "ey and clic" them indi=id ally, this will deselect them witho t affecting the remainder.

/. +o te$t in change Word from lower case to upper case or capitalise the first letter in each word0 do the following12 a. @ighlight the text yo want to change, hold down the shift "ey and +ress $3. Each time yo +ress $3 yo toggle thro gh the three o+tions. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 13. " 4uick way close many windows and log off. a. 3f yo ha=e se=eral windows o+en and want to close them and t rn off yo r com+ ter off then do the following5 hold down the 'alt) "ey and +ress $H Each time yo +ress $H it will close down a window that yo ha=e o+en Dhen all the windows are closed and yo are bac" to yo r Ies"to+ then +ress $H again -still holding down the alt "ey. followed by the letter ' ) and the com+ ter will close down. 11. +wo 4uick tips. a. 3f yo ha=e a long doc ment and want to go to the bottom C ic"ly witho t +aging down G st +ress 'cntrl) < end. *o go bac" to the to+ +ress 'cntrl) < home. b. *o ma"e C ic" corrections in a Dord doc ment, +ress 'cntrl) < $ . 8o can then ty+e in the word yo are loo"ing for and C ic"ly search thro gh the doc ment for each instance of it. 8o can mo=e forward one search at a time or highlight e=ery instance it occ rs. 8o can also re+lace the word yo are loo"ing for with another G st as easily. 12. #ormat 'ainter. a. *he !tandard toolbar in Dord -at the to+ of each +age. there is an icon sha+ed li"e a little +aint br sh. 3t yo want to d +licate format of some text in one +art of yo r doc ment to another, then highlight the formatted text yo want to co+y, clic" once on the '+aint br sh icon) and then hold down the left mo se b tton and drag it across the text yo want to reformat. -if yo do ble clic"ed on the 'br sh icon) yo can "ee+ d +licating as often as yo want. J st clic" the icon again to t rn it off. *his also wor"s in Excel b. e.g. yo may ha=e 10 col mns and yo ha=e formatted the heading in the 'A) col mn with ; a larger font, each word ca+italised, centred and in bold +rint. All yo ha=e to do now is highlight the 'A) col mn header, do ble clic" the '+aint br sh icon) and +ress the right +ointing arrow on yo r "eyboard nine times and all yo r col mn headers will be the same. -don)t forget to clic" the icon again to t rn it off..

[H] 15. Music a. 3f yo li"e to listen to m sic when yo are wor"ing on yo r com+ ter then try o t the following website -itAs all legal and a++eared in #om+ teracti=e maga:ine. www.s+otify.com #lic" the download b tton beneath the green A$reeA image. $ill in the form on the next +age, + t a tic" in the box to acce+t the ser agreement and then clic" the A#reate acco nt and +roceedA b tton. At the next screen, clic" the AIownload nowA b tton and then, when Dindows dis+lays a sec rity warning, clic" the A& nA b tton. 3f yo r are sing 3nternet Ex+lorer and it dis+lays another warning, ignore that and clic" A& nA then follow the instr ctions. 3t is well worth downloading as it has a terrific range of m sic. 8o can create +laylists, select alb ms by well "nown artists, yo can e=en select an era or select a &adio b tton. !elect classical, +o+, co ntry K western whate=er yo can thin" of. /ccasionally in between trac"s yo may get an ad=ert or be in=ited to +ay a monthly s bscri+tion to get ninter +ted m sic, b t this is o+tional. 3 am C ite im+ressed. ?et me "now what yo thin"9 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 14. #ollow a tutorial a. 3f yo are wor"ing thro gh the +roced res in a =ideo t torial that yo are watching in 8o * be and yo want to follow it ste+ by ste+ then se 'cntrl) < 'shift) "eys to swa+ from the screen yo are =iewing to the other a++lication yo ha=e o+en behind. b. e.g. c. $ind a ste+ by ste+ t torial on the web on how to do something in say ; Excel -or Eaint !ho+ etc.. Datch the first co +le of actions in the t torial and then +ress the +a se "ey -at the bottom of the t torial screen.. d. /+en Excel on yo r com+ ter and co+y the actions that yo ha=e G st watched. -yo r t torial will still be o+en behind yo r c rrent screen.. e. Eress 'alt) < 'shift) and this will ta"e yo bac" to the t torial screen, +ress the +lay b tton and let the t torial +lay the next co +le of actions, +ress +a se then 'alt) < 'shift) to ta"e yo bac" to yo r Excel ready for yo to again enter the f rther actions yo ha=e G st seen. f. #ontin e to se the 'alt) < 'shift) "eys, swa++ing from screen to screen, ntil yo ha=e d +licated all of the actions. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1L. " 4uick way to rename all of the files in a folder. a. ?et s say 3 ha=e a folder with L0 +ict res -G+g files. in it and they all ha=e com+letely meaningless names a++lied a tomatically by the camera. @ereAs what yo do to change them 5; 1. Io ble clic" -left mo se b tton. on the folder so yo can see the L0 files. 2. Eress #ntrl and AAA to select all of them -or Edit2!elect All.. 3. Eress the f nction b tton $2 -to+ row of the "eyboard. and yo will see that the name of the first file has been highlighted.

[L] H. *y+e in a new name -e.g. 3 ty+e in AEE!!##A.. L. Eress Aret rnA. All of yo r files will be renamed immediately, i.e. AEE!!##,G+g, AEE!!## -2..G+gA, AEE!!## -3..G+gA, AEE!!## -H..G+gA etc. + to -L0.. 3tAs easy, ha=e a go. -%ote that the first file doesnAt ha=e a -1. a++ended, it is G st as yo ty+ed it.. 1%. 6ow to copy our .ample "ddress 7ist on to your memory stick. a. /+en Dord and left clic" on $ile2%ew to o+en a new blan" +age b. >inimi:e Dord -as we are finished with it for the time being. left clic" on the small straight line -that loo"s li"e a hy+hen. in the to+ right hand corner c. /+en yo r browser -3nternet Ex+lorer or $irefox. then o+en the EE!!## website -www.e+sscc.co. ". then left clic" on '!am+le Address ?ist) - nder * torials on the left hand side.. d. %ow the doc ment is o+en left clic" next to the word 'mar"er) and hold down the #ntrl "ey and +ress 'A) -#ntrl<A. to select all. e. %ow +ress #ntrl<# to -yo will now ha=e co+ied all of yo r selection into the com+ ter)s memory.. f. De now want to switch bac" to Dord so that we can +aste o r selection on to o r blan" doc ment. *o do this, G st hold down the 'Alt) "ey and +ress the '!hift) "ey -which is G st abo=e '#a+s ?oc").. g. Eress #ntrl<F to +aste yo r selection into yo r Dord doc ment. h. 8o can now sa=e the doc ment on to yo r Ies"to+, or somewhere else where it can easily be fo nd -$ile2!a=e As. i. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111 1(. +ransfer " #ile 8n +o 9our Memory .tick i. #lose down any +rograms yo ha=e o+en, so yo are G st loo"ing at yo r Ies"to+ -this is not strictly necessary b t ma"es things easier to ex+lain.. 3f yo sa=ed yo r file on to yo r des"to+ then yo sho ld be able to see the icon with the file name on it. ii. El g yo r memory stic" into the (!4 soc"et of yo r com+ ter. A box sho ld shortly a++ear on yo r screen in=iting yo to, amongst other things, =iew the files on the stic". 3gnore this and G st close the box down by clic"ing on the 'x) in the to+ right hand corner. iii. #lic" on !tart2>y #om+ ter. 8o sho ld now be able to see the name of yo r memory stic" on the list that comes + [with a dri=e letter following it e.g. -$5.] i=. ?eft clic" on the file in yo r des"to+ that yo want to co+y. Ditho t releasing the mo se b tton, drag the file on to yo r memory stic" and then release. =. *he file sho ld now ha=e been co+ied. =i. *o chec" G st do ble left clic" on yo r memory stic" icon to o+en it + where yo sho ld see the file yo ha=e G st co+ied.

[M] 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1-. .lide show with 'icasa5 a. /+en Eicass3. b. /n the left side of yo r screen, find the file containing the +hotos yo want to show and clic" on it. c. All of the th mbnails of yo r +hotos will now be showing on the right side of the screen. d. #lic" on the th mbnail +hoto from where yo want to start yo r slideshow, which will +robably be the first one in the to+ left hand corner. e. %ow clic" on the little green triangle in the to+ left hand corner -G st abo=e the first +hoto.. 8o r slideshow sho ld start to r n after a few seconds. f. 3t will contin e to r n if yo lea=e it alone. 3f yo want to change way the +hotos mo=e from one to another then mo=e yo r mo se, the slideshow will sto+ and a toolbar will o+en + near the bottom of the screen. 3n the middle there is a triangle in a circle, clic" on the triangle and the show will start again, b t before yo doNN g. /n the right hand side of the of the toolbar there is a white box with a downward +ointing triangle, clic" this and yo will get a dro+ down men showing yo fo r different transitions. h. 3 wo ld +ersonally select 'Ean and Iissol=e) b t yo choose what yo li"e, or try them all. i. After yo ha=e made yo r selection, clic" the triangle inside the circle on the toolbar and away yo go. G. 3f yo want to finish then +ress 'esca+e) and close Eicassa3 in the normal way. ". %ote. l. 8o canAt sa=e this slideshow b t it is so easy to r n on any file that is f ll of +hotos there is no need to. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 19. Bullets and Numbering a. @a=e a try at this C ic" introd ction to 4 llets and n mbering. b. De want to create some text and +aragra+hs to +lay with. A C ic" sol tion is to ty+e the following form la into a blan" Dord doc ment -witho t the C otes. ':rand;13<) c. *his will gi=e yo 10 +aragra+hs of text of 'the C ic" brown fox) etc. d. %ow we ha=e o r +aragra+hs, go to Edit2!elect All -or +ress #ntrl<A. e. E=erything on the +age is now selected. Bo to #ormat2=ullets and *umbering, clic" on the tab that says 'numbered). 8o sho ld now see a n mber of boxes, the first one is labelled '%one) and the second box sho ld show seC ential n mbers, i.e. 1,2,3. clic" on this box. f. All of the +aragra+hs on yo r +age sho ld now be n mbered in a similar way to these instr ctions. g. /ne more thing to try5 +lace yo r c rsor after the f ll sto+ at the end of the first +aragra+h -or any other +aragra+h. and +ress ret rn. 8o will see that a

[7] new +aragra+h n mber has been inserted and the ones below ha=e been ren mbered. h. 3f instead of selecting all of yo r text to start with, yo had selected from the Hth +aragra+h down then the nselected text wo ld ha=e remained nn mbered. i. *his G st scratches the s rface of 4 llets and % mbering. G. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 23. #ractions >n Word

a. Dord is normally set + so that when yo ty+e the n mber 1 followed by a slash followed by a H, yo sho ld get the fraction O. *his sho ld wor" with P and Q and that is the limit. -3f this isn)t wor"ing on yo r com+ ter go to *ools2A tocorrect /+tions2A toformat and + t a tic" in the box call '$ractions with fraction characters). 8o can add R, S, T, U, V, W as follows 5; 1. /+en a Dord doc ment 2. Bo to 3nsert2!ymbols 3. 3n the $ont box select A%ormal *extA H. 3n the ! bset box select A! +erscri+t K ! bscri+tA L. #lic" on the fraction yo want to add e.g. R M. #lic" on the A tocorrect box at the bottom 7. And insert a n mber 1 followed by a slash followed by a 3 X. #lic" on the Add box -re+eat for as many additional fractions yo want to add. Y. #lose the !ymbol box. Bo to yo r Dord doc ment and enter 1 followed by a slash followed by a 3 and it will a++ear as R 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 21. &hange a font and sa?e on ink. a. #hanging a word;+rocessing font co ld extend the life of a +rinter cartridge by as m ch as MLZ. Dhich[ #om+ ting carried o t tests in each of se=en +o+ lar Dindows fonts. *he most in";h ngry was Ferdana, sing 70Z more in" than *imes

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%ew &oman to +rod ce the same text. *he difference was sim+ly down to the thic"ness of Ferdada letters. b. #lic" here -or +aste the lin" in browser. below to find o t how to change the font. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
22. &hange the direction of the cursor in )$cel 233( a. /+en an Excel s+readsheet. b. ?eft clic", with the mo se, on the /ffice 4 tton -ro nd circle in the to+ left corner. c. ?eft clic" on 'Excel o+tions) -at the bottom of the box. d. ?eft clic" on 'Ad=anced) in the sidebar e. the first line in 'Editing o+tions) sho ld be tic"ed and below it, where it says 'direction), left clic" on the downward arrow and select from the fo r o+tions -normally yo wo ld se 'down) or 'right) to go either down or across the col mns in yo r s+readsheet, f. left clic" on o" g. enter data on yo r s+readsheet and +ress enter and yo r c rsor will go in the direction yo selected. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 25. &alculator a. (se the b ilt in calc lator in Dindows 7. ?eft clic" on the !tart icon -bottom left corner of home +age. and ty+e 'calc lator) or G st 'calc) . *he +o+ + box sho ld o+en a tomatically with 'calc lator) at the to+. Eress enter to o+en it. b. 3f yo ha=e a "eyboard with a n meric "eyboard yo can se it as an alternati=e to sing yo r mo se. 8o can se the slash, asteris", +l s, min s and enter "eys for di=ide, m lti+ly,add,s btract and eC als in the normal way. c. Make sure you have the NumLk key pressed.

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