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 ~ April 25 
        Ways To Improve Your PC! I think this is the 
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        popular titles in our Computer Tips newsletter)! Oh, and wait till you 
        see the great price! What is it?  It's the Gizmos Mega 
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        and its 128 bit encryption insures that only YOU get access! Organize Photos 
        - It includes one of the best photo viewers I've ever seen. You tell it 
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 Fun Games 
        - This software also includes 8 really well done card games (solitaire, 
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        - Need to be somewhere at a certain time? Just set the alarm clock! This 
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        - Forget MS PowerPoint, here's a solution that everyone can afford! You 
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        who is viewing the show doesn't have Gizmos on their computer, you can 
        send them a player! OK, sorry that was 
        so long, but this software includes a lot of stuff. It's easily one of 
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        Here For Gizmos!  PS - I want to stress 
        that this is really something you should look at. We only have a limited 
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        Office 101
 Excel 
        - Highlighting Columns and Rows. Oh, my! Have you ever wanted 
        to highlight an entire row or column in MS Excel? Perhaps for formatting 
        the font or other such adjustments. I bet some of you 
        found yourself trying to highlight multiple cells, the ones that currently 
        contain data, to make your changes. Then I bet you found more data to 
        add to the row or column. So now you have to repeat the same process to 
        format the new cells that you're using. Sound familiar? Pain 
        in the neck? A time waster to keep repeating the process? Yep - I agree. So, let's highlight 
        an entire row or column and make the changes just once. To highlight an entire 
        row simply click on the row number to the left of the cells in the worksheet. 
         ;)
 Need many rows? Click, 
        hold, and drag, just like highlighting text.  Need to format many 
        separated rows? Hold down the Control key while you click and you'll 
        be allowed to highlight non-adjacent rows. I can hear it already 
        - what about the columns? Happily, it works 
        the same way. You'll need to click on the column letter. Click, 
        hold, and drag will highlight adjacent columns and the Control 
        key will allow non-adjacent highlighting. ;)
 Well - there you go. 
        Trust me, this one can save you lots of time, and isn't that what we're 
        all aiming for? ;) Office 
        Tip of the Day
 Excel: 
        Column and Row AutoFit Have you ever been 
        working in MS Excel and found yourself spending all kinds of extra time 
        trying to manually adjust column width or row heights? Or are you one 
        of the many people who simply skip a column whenever text gets too long? Well - here's one 
        of the many solutions to these time-consuming problems. AutoFit. What's AutoFit, you 
        ask? Well, it's exactly 
        what it sounds like. It's a tool in MS Excel that will automatically adjust 
        a column width or row height to accommodate the longest piece of data. 
        (Now if I could just get my closet or dresser drawers to automatically 
        adjust when I'm out of room...) Next question: How 
        do I accomplish this little feat? Answer: The first 
        thing you need to do is to figure out which area(s) you need to AutoFit. 
        Notice how the text in the picture below goes beyond the boundaries of 
        the cell. ;)
 If I know I will need 
        to adjust several columns or rows then I try to enter as much of the data 
        as possible before AutoFitting. Why do I do this, you ask? Because it 
        drives me crazy when I have to repeatedly use menus to accomplish the 
        same task over and over again. If I wait, then I can highlight all rows 
        or columns to be affected and complete the menu work only once or twice. Once your decision(s) 
        have been made you're ready to begin by highlighting the data to be accommodated. 
        You really have some options here.  First, highlight the 
        entire column(s) or row(s) (see the MS Office 101 tip above) or the specific 
        cell(s) you want to adjust.  ;)
 (I've highlighted column B because the cell with the text 
        is in column B.)  Now you're ready to 
        AutoFit. From the Format 
        menu, you need to choose either column or row, depending on what 
        you're trying to AutoFit. ;)
 Slide your mouse pointer 
        over your choice and you'll find a submenu pops up. The second choice 
        on each submenu is AutoFit or AutoFit Selection. Select 
        AutoFit and your row height or column width will increase 
        to fit the largest piece of highlighted data, depending on which submenu 
        you went into. That's it. You should 
        now notice that all the data you selected in your highlight fits within 
        one cell.  ;)
 Obviously it isn't 
        a great time saver if you've got a small worksheet or small data. However, 
        for those of you who have large worksheets, this is truly an awesome trick 
        when you're working with long text (such as column titles). Now, if I could just 
        AutoFit my jeans that have become a bit too snug
   
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