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Monday, October 26, 2009

Excel Shortcuts, Tutorials and how to open 2 or more Excel Files for Multi Monitors.

I have been using a bit of Excel at work and so I have typed up a shortcut list to make things easier.
Excel Shortcuts
Download this Shortcut sheet in Excel or PDF.

How to view 2 or more instances of Excel files over multiple monitors:

Excel 2003:
- Go to Tools -> Options -> General tab.
- Make sure the option, ‘Ignore other applications’ is checked. Now all the Excel files will be opened as separate instance and you can move the Excel files individually across the monitors.
Each time you open a file, excel will open blank so just go into the Open file again and open the file you want.

Excel 2007:
- Click the Office button -> Excel Options -> Advanced.
- Under General, check ‘Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange’.

For other Tutorials on Excel Formula’s, head to Microsoft’s website: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP052001271033.aspx

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Xbox 360 RROD - Red Ring of Death

Ahh the red ring of death, one of my friends texted me last week, asking if I knew what "3 red lights" meant when he turned his xbox 360 on. I immediately phoned him back and let him know the bad news....that his Xbox is suffering from the well-known overheating problem (amongst online xbox circles) also called the "Red Ring of Death - RROD". Why does electronic gear (namely anything to do with Microsoft) all have some sort of colour "OF DEATH" associated with them? Like the also infamous Blue Screen of Death - BSOD for Windows PCs, this doesn't doesn't help their cause i'm sure.

Back to the problem at hand, I've spent a number of hours "researching" (Googling in my case) some solutions, but I don't really have the time to sit down and pull apart xbox's for friends. Oh I can see a niche market in my town if someone would startup an Xbox repairs and modding shop. So I told him to ring Microsoft because apparently they have a 3 year warranty now for Xbox's experiencing this problem. Not the best solution, because it’ll probably take 4-6 weeks turnaround.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Microsoft PhotoSynth

After reading about the Barack Obama Inauguaration, I stumbled upon (not literally) Microsoft's Photosynth website (http://photosynth.net), where you can add your own 2D photos and they get stitched and turned into a public 3D image. Anybody can now see your photos, and even add to it making the event, landmark or occasion more realistic.

I added my own photos of the Big Day Out Festival on the Goldcoast 2009 as a test.



Its just a pity it doesnt work with google chrome as yet.