PowerPoint masters know that help is never far away when performing for an audience. They know that clicking the mouse advances to the next slide, and that pressing the left arrow returns to the previous one while a show is running.
Read MoreIf you spend any time driving and have ever reached for your phone while behind the wheel, consider getting a cellphone dashboard mount. Dashboard mounts can put a cellphone near the center of the dash, next to the car stereo and within peripheral vision range.
Read MoreToday I spent a little time testing how well Word for iPad retains document formatting when transitioning between the portable and desktop versions of Word. Most mobile offices suites promise compatibility with the full version of Microsoft Word, but none have been able to keep the integrity of documents with complex formatting. Under the best circumstances, all content is retained. But in worse situations, content might be lost. What follows are my findings and impressions after working with a document both in “full Word” and in the iPad edition.
Read MoreToday Amazon unveiled a new product, the Amazon Fire TV. It "is a tiny box you connect to your HDTV." It's available now for $99.
Read MoreExcel provides a collection of formulas that can manipulate or transform text within a cell. Two of these let you extract text from either a cell's beginning or its end.
Read Moremophie makes a line of external chargers and battery cases for mobile devices, including iPhones, Samsung phones, and even one for the HTC. Last fall I picked up the juice pack air for the iPhone 5.
Read MoreIf you're like I am, then you spend more time than you'd care to admit drafting and editing text in Microsoft Word documents. And, as you already know, there are a number of ways to navigate through a document. Word allows us to browse by page or to find specific text. You might be surprised to know that you can also browse by edit points within a document.
Read MoreEarlier today, Microsoft released Office for iPad. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are now available in the iOS App Store, for free ... kinda.
Read MoreSome websites don't have good search tools. In fact, sometimes it's easier to just use Google than to spend time combing through pages of irrelevant results. Consider asking Google to return results from a particular web page. Site-specific searches can be especially handy if you are looking for a particular item from a source that you trust.
Read MoreHave you ever had a computer that just stopped joining a network? It can be tricky figuring out just what's broken. Is it the router? Is there a problem with Internet access? Or, is the software busted? This question came to me yesterday from someone trying to find out whether he should spend money on additional troubleshooting.
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