A few months ago our daughter comes up to us and tells us that she wants to get married next year, we were so ecstatic and happy for them. However, when her older brother also announces you that he too wants to get married in 2015, what do you do? Do you jump with joy…
READ MOREWith modern technology, laptops are great when they work, but useless when they don’t. The frustration of a frozen laptop is one of those headache-inducing, pulling-out-your- hair sort of things that we come to deal with from time to time. But what causes a laptop to freeze and what do you do when it happens?…
READ MOREAre you a registered charity or a ‘not for profit’ organisation? Are you looking to upgrade your IT hardware and software? Have you been informed by your IT about the possibility of you qualifying for discounted hardware and software? If the answer to the latter is No, then you need to visit Charity Technology Trust’s…
READ MOREOver the last few weeks I have been able to provide a little bit of help to some acquaintances, which has save them time, stress and frustration. With technology advancing at the pace it is, many of us are not able to keep up with the changes and some of us will seek help from…
READ MOREMore and more people use Microsoft Excel in their work and many get frustrated with inputting data. In this blog I will show you some different techniques for inputting data. Using the Enter Key As you enter data into a cell and press the Enter key, by default the next active cell is below the…
READ MORELast week I provided some training to a client who uses an Apple Mac laptop, who recently upgraded from Office 2008 to Office 2011. As someone who has been a Windows user for many years, this was a challenge. At first I thought this should be a doddle, boy was I wrong. My Initial thoughts…
READ MOREIn this blog I’ll be discussing some of the benefits of using certain software and mobile apps that allows you to communicate with your family, friends and work colleagues for free. The first of these is Skype. This has been about for just over 10 years and since 2011 it is now part of Microsoft. …
READ MOREIn this blog I’m going to be looking at MS Word. How many times have you printed out a letter or document in what appears to be a single page and 2 pages print out, with the 2nd being a blank page? You know exactly what I’m talking about! Well the secret behind this is…
READ MOREOver the past seven days I have met new people, through networking and potential new clients, who still struggle with some of the Microsoft Office applications, mainly with Excel. I visited a potential client to discuss Excel training and saw some of the workbooks and how they worked. One example that I was shown was…
READ MOREHousekeeping is something that we keep putting off as many of us find it hard to delete something ‘just in case I need it’ (Murphy’s Law). General housekeeping is very important as this helps to organise your work effectively and helps keep your storage within the limits. In this blog I will be showing you…
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