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Google explained how you can import your Firefox bookmarks into Chrome: In Chrome, click on wrench icon on top right corner. Then, go to Options - in new window Personal Stuff. Under Browsing Data click on "Import data from another browser" button. On new window, sellect the Firefox and click Import. But that way, you will only get Firefox bookmarks folder in  the "Other bookmarks"

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On computer keyboard (or keypad as someone calls it) there is Menu key that lots of people didn't ever use. The key is placed on the right side of keyboard between the Window Key and the Control Key. Or between AltGr and Ctrl. Or some other place, anyway it look like this: When you press it, it opens up a drop-down menu for whatever program you're in. Like right click on mouse. So the name of

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So, how to hyperlink in Word? Actual it's pritty easy to link to some webpage from some word or few words. Just select the word you want (or few words or even whole sentence) and right-click your mouse. There pick "Hyperlink". On new window, in field Address type full url where link should go. Do that including http:// prefix, like here on this image:Then, just click OK and the word will be

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How to add background in Microsoft Word document just for one, single word? Here is little tutorial (or tip) how you can do that.Select particular word you want make background for. Go to Format - Borders and Shading. On new window, open card for Shading. On color picker palette, pick color you like. Or, you can chose some color from "More colors" button. On right side, where it's "Apply to" pick

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Sometimes you need to move away from computer quick without shutting it down. But there are people near you don't trust. How to keep them not to touch your computer? Lock it. OK, but how to do that quick? Well, you'll do that if you have a shortcut on desktop for looking your computer desktop and keyboard. Just double-click on shortcut. And here's how you'll make that shortcut.Right-click on

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Is Windows 7 the answer to all the questions that Windows Vista poses? Windows 7 is fast, stable and far more reliable than you'd expect.Windows 7 is full of great new features and enhancements and was built around users feedback, so you'll see a lot of things you've asked for.Microsoft has made its intentions clear: Windows 7 is intended to right the wrongs Vista wrought, but retain that

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When you make bulletin list in MS Word, you don't need to use plain dashes, dotes or some other plain bullets. You can nicely customize it and use some of plenty available images.When you made a list, select it and right-click on it. Then, chose "Bullets and Numbering". You can chose some of that you see there but better go to Customize. Then, click on "Picture" button. MS Word will go on

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By default, you can sort columns easy in Excel 2007 (and other Excel versions). But what to do when you need to sort rows? Of course, you can do that manually but Excel 2007 can do that for you, too.Sellect rows you want to sort.In Ribbon, sellect Data card.In "Sort & Filter" chose "Sort".In Sort window, click Options button.In "Orientation" chose "Sort left to right" radio button.Click OK.In

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You would like to know what is your IP address when you are connected on the Internet? You can get your answer on several different ways. You can go to whatismyipaddress.com and you'll see your IP and where are you on Google map. But if you need more information you can go to Start - Run, than type CMD and press ENTER. There, just type"ipconfig/all" (without quotes) and press ENTER. You will get

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If you are not the only user on your computer, you can make some forlders private and only when you log in with your username you can see them. This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to

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While typing the website URL address in Internet Explorer of Mozilla Firefox url bar, there is no need to bother with typing the http://. All you need to do is start typing the WWW. Both Firefox and Explorer will add http:// in automatically when you start typing. For some websites you don't even type WWW, just what's after www. That other trick depends on website, although, so on some sites it

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Another interesting and useful Gmail option is possibility to email a group of contacts . And that you can do on this way. Go to "Contacts". Than click on Group you would like to e-mail. On "Select" click "All". Or select just contacts you want to email. When contacts are selected, on right side just click "Email". Gmail will automatically redirect you to new message with field "To" filled.

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You need to add some email adress (contact) in your Gmail group (eg friends). And that contact is only in suggested contacts and you don't see Group menu on right side in Gmail. You need first add that suggested contact to My contacts or into Most contacted. Go to Suggested contacts, check particular check-box infront that e-mail adress and click Move to my contacts on right. Now, go to My

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How to merge rar files with Winrar?You have several rar files (file1.rar, file2.rar, file3.rar) you downloaded from internet and now you have to merge them into one file. First all that files must be in one folder. Do right click on file1.rar and go to Extract here. Chose folder what you like and extract. If you get pop up while extracting, like this:that means you need password to merge files.

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To make a copy of a CD, you'll need a master to copy,a blank disk, a CD-RW drive, and the proper software.Most computers now include either a CD-RW or DVD-RWdrive. If not, you can purchase the appropriate drive reasonably cheaply.Check out online prices or nip in to your local computer store for advice.If you have a DVD-RW drive, you'll be able to copyboth CDs and DVDs. The rate of copying will

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Word has simplified the way you work with custom dictionaries.You don't need to use Notepad to make changesIn previous versions of Word, you opened a separate text editor, such as Notepad, to work with custom dictionary content.In Word, you don't have to leave your document environment to make changes to your custom dictionaries. Instead, you use a simple, streamlined dialog box that's easily

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You can quickly create attractive and professional business cards in two ways using Word: * Use ready-made business card templates from the Microsoft Office Online Templates Web site. * Create your own business cards from scratch with the Envelopes and Labels dialog box.Choose the right paperYou can either have a professional printer print your business cards or you can purchase paper and

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To start, let's define a couple of terms: * A wildcard character is a keyboard character that you can use to represent one or many characters. For example, the asterisk (*) typically represents one or more characters, and the question mark (?) typically represents a single character. * In our case, a regular expression is a combination of literal and wildcard characters that you use to find

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Groove 2007 is a collaboration software program that brings teams together to work on project activities and share information — anywhere, anytime, with anyone. Teams use Microsoft Office Groove 2007 for a broad range of projects, from simple document collaboration to custom solutions integrated with business processes. Working in Groove 2007 workspaces saves time, increases productivity, and

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New suites, servers, and services in the 2007 Microsoft Office release will deliver additional functionality and new solutions. With updated packaging options, you will have more flexibility than ever before to adopt the specific technologies and solutions that best meet your business and personal needs.1 Volume License customers who purchase Office Professional Plus 2007 or Office Enterprise

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You can create keyboard shortcuts to open programs, which can often be simpler than opening programs using your mouse or other pointing device. Before completing these steps, verify that a shortcut was created for the program to which you want to assign a keyboard shortcut. If no shortcut was created, browse to the folder that contains the program, right-click the program file, and then click

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Whether you're writing a letter or entering numerical data, your keyboard is the main way to enter information into your computer. But did you know you can also use your keyboard to control your computer? Learning just a few simple keyboard commands (instructions to your computer) can help you work more efficiently. This article covers the basics of keyboard operation and gets you started with

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Explore the new Windows Vista start menu.Looking for specific applications, Web sites, and e-mailsis faster than ever with the streamlined Windows Vistastart menu. To find a specific application or file, click theWindows key on the keyboard (or open the start menu)and enter the file name in the Instant Search field. Asyou type, Windows Vista dynamically searches filenames,metadata, and the full

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If you have an Gmail account you have almost 3 gigabytes space on their servers and some people use that space as storage for their messages. But you can also have access to Gmail through Outlook Express, too if you like. In that case you can write mails and answers using Outlook Express advantages. You can use Stationery and other possibilities. To start with that, you have to do following:-

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How many times you typed long text in MSWord and after you noticed "Caps Lock" were turned on? All you typed were case letters and you have to type again. You can change case with Shift + F3, too, but you have to make further effort and you will get nervous, that's almost shore. Here's a tip how you can avoid that. You can attach sound to Caps Lock key and you'll here it when you turn it on by an

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