Ever received or generated a spreadsheet of data that would be a lot more useful if it was sorted how you needed it? With previous versions of Excel or if you choose the wrong options in your configuration, it is easy to sort a single column but break the correlation between the data in that column and the rest of the entries in each row. Here's how to sort the spreadsheet by a … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Windows Essentials 2012 arrives and adds features to Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery
Windows 7 and Windows 8 users are able to download and install the recently released Windows Essentials 2012. Most notably, Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery have received new features in this update from Windows Live Essentials 2011. It also includes Mail, Outlook Connector Pack for Hotmail, Writer, SkyDrive access, and a Family Safety program. Besides dropping the 'Live' … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Updated to 10.1.4 today, Flash Player updated as well
Adobe Reader 10.1.4 was released today to address a number of vulnerabilities that could cause application crashes and allow attacker control. Users of Adobe Reader X and Acrobat X are encouraged to update to today's release of 10.1.4. Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.5.1 were also updated to version 9.5.2. … [Read more...]
Office 2013 will support editing PDFs and saving ODF, Strict Open XML formats
Office 2013, or the "new Office", or the "next Office", will be adding two new formats for full open, edit, and save capabilities. In addition, its PDF support will be evolving to gain open and "edit" capabilities. While ODF might be more readily associated with software packages like OpenOffice, Microsoft has contributed technical expertise to recent versions of the standard. … [Read more...]
Multiple monitors with Windows 8
Windows 8 is introducing a lot of new features. We've already seen how printer drivers are getting a needed refresh, touch hardware is coming for desktops, and the Windows App Store could be a win or a headache. Today, we're reviewing a post that the Building Windows 8 blog made on how using multiple monitors in Windows 8 is going to get a lot better. With any luck, some of … [Read more...]