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Editing a Field in Excel: Mac vs Windows

January 9, 2012 Read the full article →

Question I am working in Excel on my MacBook and editing my Christmas card list. On a PC, I could hit the F2 button to immediately be able to edit the field I was in. Is there a shortcut on a Mac for that? Answer CONTROL+U is the new F2 when you’re using Excel with a [...]

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Old Indesign File Won’t Package Without Missing Plugins

November 14, 2011 Read the full article →

Question I’m trying to package a file in Indesign, and get this message: “This document cannot be installed due to missing plugins. Please install or activate these plugins.” I don’t have the plugin asked for.  The original file is really old and I don’t have a way to get those plugins. What can I do? Answer [...]

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What is the difference between Fetch and Push?

October 17, 2011 Read the full article →

Question I am now syncing my phone and computers so that my calendars, emails will all have the same information. But, when I go to my settings I see options for “Fetch” and “Push”. What is the difference? Which one do I want to use? Answer Fetch and Push are items that tell your devices [...]

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How do I block people that aren’t my friends on Facebook?

July 11, 2011 Read the full article →

Question When I comment on a facebook friend’s post I can see their friends’ comments even if they are not one of mine. Normally, this doesn’t bother me. But… there is a particular person I find offensive. Is there a way to hide or block their posts so I can’t see them? Answer Friends Most [...]

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Merge iCal Calendars

June 13, 2011 Read the full article →

Question Over the years and with syncing my iCal calendars I have too many different calendars. I would like to simplify them. For instance, right now I have: Work Home Home Chores Meetings How would I merge Work and Meetings and Home and Home Chores? So I have only these: Work Home I know I [...]

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Create multiple Vcards from Address Book at Once

June 6, 2011 Read the full article →

Question Is there a way to create multiple and separate vCards from my Address Book on my Mac? I know I can grab a group or “All Contacts” onto the desktop and it will make a single vCard with all of the contacts inside of it. But, what if I wanted to make a separate [...]

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How can I make a voice recording on my mac?

May 30, 2011 Read the full article →

Question I need to make a quick voice recording on my computer. Is there a built in way to do this? How can I make a voice recording on my mac? Answer Your easy answer is QuickTime Player. It comes installed on your computer. Launch the program Go to File –> New Audio Recording Click [...]

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Gmail is saving multiple drafts. How to stop it.

May 16, 2011 Read the full article →

Question Why does my Mail program save a draft of every email I begin to write and in some cases save several drafts as I write the email? Answer Disable storing drafts on the server by going to the Mail.app’s Account Preferences –> [choose the account you are working with] –> Mailbox Behaviors. Gmail will [...]

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InDesign Style Syncing

May 9, 2011 Read the full article →

Question Hi Lena, I need help with paragraph styles in InDesign. I know how to create them, but not how to use them in multiple documents. I’d like to have related documents sync their styles, but I’d also like to know how to import some styles from one document to another. Answer Import InDesign Styles To [...]

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How do I sample colors from my computer screen?

May 2, 2011 Read the full article →

Question I have a sample from a client that has this color they want to use on their website and their brochure. How can I figure out what color it is? And, how would I figure out the corresponding Pantone color? Answer There are several ways you can approach this. Since you are needing the [...]

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