Evernote is gaining fans all over the blogosphere with its free, feature-filled service that works on various platforms - Windows, Mac, Windows Mobile, online, offline; and is sync-able and searchable!
The coolest feature is Evernote’s handwriting recognition. Just start typing in the search box for whatever word or string of text you are looking for, and watch Evernote find it for you!
We have all sent print jobs to the printer to only realize - “I shouldn’t have sent that!” But when you right-click on the job and press delete, the job says “Deleting” but never goes away!
The only way I knew of to fix this was to restart my computer. But, that’s a huge pain when I have four or five programs open and working online, too!
Follow the directions below to manually force delete print jobs. You won’t have to reboot your computer afterwards, either!
Over the years, I have brought all kinds of free software and open source software to your attention. There are many software options that can make your life a lot easier AND you don’t have to pay for them!
The Geek Girl’s Software Pack includes what I consider to be a solid set of free software that every computer user should have installed on their system - whether they are computer beginners or experts!
OpenOffice provides excellent Word, Excel and PowerPoint equivalents that are fully compatible with the Microsoft file formats. It is easy to use and has extensive support, including free templates. It also comes in a portable version for your flash drive.
I upgraded my computer system in January - and initially, I was upset because the laptop I wanted only came with Vista. I heard the horror stories and was not looking forward to using Vista, but I did it, anyway!
After playing around with it for a couple of months, I have found some tweaks that make it a lot better operating system, even if it means I lose some of those pretty visualizations Vista is known for.
I am always looking for ways to save time - because time IS money! Fortunately, there are lots of ways to save time when replying to emails, filling out forms online and more - text replacement software!
The premise of text replacement software is to provide a way to type in a few characters and have them replaced by sentences, code, paragraphs - whatever text you specify. No longer do you have to write out things like, “Best wishes, Sam” on your emails or standard replies to messages you receive. Just type in the characters and let the software do the work.
When I began using WordPress, I had no idea what I was getting myself into - I just knew that this was “the best” blogging software on the market and it was FREE! Over time, I’ve picked up some of the WordPress lingo, which is important when tweaking your themes, plugins or even the WordPress software itself!
Codex - The WordPress.org Codex is the “Wikipedia” of all things WordPress. Volunteers maintain the articles and answer questions, so this is the first place I go to when looking for an answer to why a plugin isn’t working like I want or how to modify my themes.
