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Dave JohnsonOver the past 20 years, Dave Johnson has written three dozen books (including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera), co-hosted a weekly call-in radio show, and covered technology for a long list of magazines that include PC World and Wired. As his neighbors can attest, he...
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Find a Replacement for Discontinued Microsoft Accounting Software
Do you use Microsoft Office Accounting or its free sibling, Office Accounting Express? Well, then, take note: Microsoft is discontinuing both of those programs one week from today. by Dave Johnson
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-11-09
Gadget Lust: An 18-Button Mouse Optimized for OpenOffice
The OpenOfficeMouse is designed specifically for OpenOffice, with 18 programmable buttons, each of which can be single- or double-clicked. Genius or monstrocity? by Dave Johnson
Tags: OpenOfficeMouse, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-11-09
Apply a Template to a Word 2007 Document
Word 2007's ribbon might make a lot of things easier, but applying a template to a document isn't one of them. Stop pulling your hair out -- watch this short, exclusive video to see how to apply a template in about a dozen clicks, give or take. ...
Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Template, Microsoft Word, Corporate Communications, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-23
Get Rid of Gmail’s “on behalf ofÃ¢â‚¬Âť E-mail Address
If, in an effort to consolidate your e-mail, you use your regular POP e-mail address in messages that you send through Gmail, then you might be frustrated that the From field contains "on behalf of" in some e-mail clients like Outlook. As in, "Dave Johnson, on behalf of...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, E-mail Address, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Servers, Online Communications, Internet, Hardware, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-03
Bypass Voicemail Instructions, Get On With Your Life
Have you noticed that David Pogue, of the New York Times fame, is on a rampage? He's declared war on cell phone carriers and, in particular, on the lengthy voice mail messages that you must wait through before getting to the beep. I don't blame him; in 2009, does anyone...
Tags: Phone, Voicemail, Cell Phone, Voicemail Instruction, David, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-04
Free PDF Packed with iPhone Tips, Tricks, and How-To Goodness
Do you know how to get the most out of your iPhone? Can you use it as a flash drive? Convert music to ringtones? Extend your battery life? Your iPhone has so much potential that odds are good you're only tapping a small part of what it can do. That's...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe PDF, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-04
Beware of Secret Printer Tactics That Cost You In the Long Run
Everyone loves to hate printers. And for good reason - they often don't work right, can be expensive, cost a fortune in consumables, and have baffling troubleshooting procedures. PC World recently wrote about some of the ways your printer can steal from you, so I've compiled the worst offenses I've seen...
Tags: Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-05
Eliminate Boilerplate Phrases and Hackneyed Expressions from Your Resume
Think you have a resume that's strong enough to land you an interview? If you're still floating the same basic resume you used last time around, then think again. If you're "results oriented," a "team player," or have experience with "cross-functional teams," then your resume is as hackneyed as a...
Tags: Team, Team Player, Team Management, Management, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-05
Collaborate, Delegate, Direct, and Share with Wizehive
Distributed and remote teams are increasingly popular, but it's hard to keep those kinds of workgroups in sync. If you're in such a group - and you need a better way to manage projects with lots of disconnected people, then I have just the thing for you. Wizehive lets you...
Tags: Workspace, Wizehive, Collaboration, Storage, Groupware, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-06
Schedule Outlook to Send E-mail Any Time of Day or Night
You might not always want an e-mail to go the moment you click Send. You might write an e-mail in advance, but want to synchronize its delivery with a certain event, like when your team launches a new project. Or, your company's corporate culture might frown on late-night e-mail to preserve...
Tags: Video, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Outlook, Online Communications, Marketing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-06
Flashnote Keeps Your Notes Organized, Simple, and Effortless
I use Microsoft OneNote to take notes and keep myself organized throughout the day. In fact, it's almost always running, ready to consume whatever thought wanders across my mind. I recently found a lightweight, crazy-simple alternative, though, which looks perfect for anyone that wants immediate access to a simple note-taking...
Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Note, System Tray, Flashnote, Outline Node, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-07
8 Essential Tips for Internet Security
Since my kids have reached a certain age, I've had to start making sure they stay safe when they're out with friends. I've emphasized that it's not so much the stuff in your pocket that keeps you safe -- cell phone, whistle, emergency money -- but your overall behavior. Where you go,...
Tags: Antivirus, Internet Security, Lifehack, Links, Internet, Network Security, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-07
Add 100 New Apps to Your Palm Pre
If you've got a Palm Pre -- or are on the fence about getting one -- and have been frustrated by the paucity of apps in the official App Catalog (31, if I counted correctly), you'll want to configure your Pre for "homebrew" apps. In just a few minutes, you...
Tags: PC, Palm Inc., App, Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-10
Get 5GB of Free Online Collaboration Space with Office Live Workspace
Imagine a world in which you can save documents directly to the cloud from within Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Imagine that it's a dedicated, shared space in which you can invite others edit, read, and collaborate on those documents, easily accessed from within their own copy of Microsoft Office. And...
Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Online Collaboration, Microsoft Office Live, Project Workspace, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-03
Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to Any Program in Windows 7
Windows 7 seems to have an endless number of ways to easily launch your most common programs. Not only can you pin apps to the Start menu, for example, but there's the ability to pin to the Task bar. Or you can just type in the Start menu to conjure...
Tags: Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcut, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-31
Find Creative Commons Photos Using Google
When I look for a photo to reuse in print or on the Web such as right here in Business Hacks, I always dash off to Flickr, since that site makes it easy to search only for photos that are licensed for commercial use. My options have just expanded, because...
Tags: Creative Commons, Google Inc., Photograph, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-24
Access Exchange Server with the Palm Pre (and Get Your Music, Too)
Ah, the soap opera that is the Palm Pre. Shortly after it debuted, I told you five really important  things about the Pre you should know before buying one. One of those things? Flaky Exchange Server support. Well, thankfully, you can now cross that one off the list. ...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Palm Inc., Server, Music, Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-27
Four Ways to Ditch Your Fax Machine
I can count on one hand the number of 166 year old electrical gadgets still in use in the modern office. Chief among them, though, is the fax machine, invented in 1843, around the same time as the dirigible. Why, exactly, are we still using it? (Faxes, that is. Dirigibles...
Tags: Fax Machine, Dirigibles, Fax, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-27
Send Your Mailing Lists to Google for Easy Unsubscribing
When you no longer want to receive a mailing list, what do you do? If you're like a lot of people, you just mark it as spam and get on with your day. After all, unsubscribing properly can be a pain in the neck. No problem: Gmail will now unsubscribe...
Tags: Google Inc., Mailing List, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-28
Create a Snazzy Online Business Card at Card.ly
Looking for a modern way to announce yourself to the world? A business card that says, "I'm living firmly in the 21st Century?" You might think that an augmented reality business card is the right way to go, but baby steps, people. Baby steps. We'll get there. In the meantime,...
Tags: Card, Business Card, Card.ly, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-07-28
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