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Information and Observations from the Front lines of Small Business Computer Networking and Support…

Entries for April, 2009

Create your own PDF files – for free….

PDFs are everywhere these days – like pirates in the high seas!
If you have ever looked at the price of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional Editions – its pretty ridiculous. I mean c’mon $299 for Adobe Standard Edition?!? – that just seems like burglary; especially considering the ubiquity of the PDF format these days. [...]

Add all public holidays to your Outlook Calendar…

I’ve often wondered why this wasn’t done by default – seems easy enough for Microsoft to do. Maybe because the product is sold worldwide – but who knows?
Enabling the option to mark your calendar for public holidays is easy…
> From the Tools menu in Outlook, click Options, then click Calendar Options. [...]

Dual Screens – I’m a believer…

"Weather you measure your productivity in facts researched, alien spaceships vaporized, or articles written, adding an extra monitor will give your output a considerable boost."

Its a proven fact that having two screens will increase productivity. If you are looking for data to justify the extra $150 – $200, New York Times has a great [...]