Is it time to upgrade to Windows 10?
Software training expert Karen Roem sounds a note of caution as Microsoft Windows 10 is being offered to Windows users free of charge.
Tame your computer - picture this
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to change your picture on the Start menu and Welcome screen (Windows 7)...
Tame your computer - dapper deletions
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes shortcuts to help you delete material (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint* and Access)...
Tame your computer - get in line
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to print the lines between rows and columns (Microsoft Excel*)...
Tame your computer - active attachment
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to attach a copy of an active document to an e-mail message (Microsoft Office*)...
Tame your computer - delete the empties
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to quickly delete empty rows (Microsoft Excel*)...
Tame your computer - project yourself!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes a keyboard shortcut to show a presentation on a projector (Windows 7)...
Tame your computer - hyperlink hiatus
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to remove hyperlinks (MS Office*)...
Tame your computer - review discreetly
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to make reviewer names anonymous (Microsoft Word*)...
Tame your computer - format on the fly
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to format inserted rows or columns on the fly (Microsoft Excel*)...
Tame your computer - take a shortcut!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes some useful spacebar shortcuts (Windows 7).
Tame your computer - nifty numbering
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to change the starting page number in the header or footer (Microsoft Excel*)...
Tame your computer - simple spellcheck
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how you can always check spelling before you send a message (Microsoft Outlook)...
Tame your computer - flag for follow up
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to display your flagged messages in a "For Follow Up" folder (Outlook 2010-2013)...
Tame your computer - dally with dates
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to save time entering dates (Microsoft Excel*)...
Tame your computer - a different way to drop-downs
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to display the right-click drop-down menu using a key on your keyboard (Microsoft Windows)...
Tame your computer - picture this!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to open and print your picture on one page (Windows 7)...
Are you making the most of your software?
This week marks ten years since training expert Karen Roem started helping Cambridge Network members by offering time-saving tricks, hints and shortcuts through her Tame your computer column on this site.
Tame your computer - think before you send
On the tenth anniversary of her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem repeats the very first of her handy tips to help 'Tame your computer'. A decade on, and it seems many people still haven't learned 'Netiquette' - the best practice she describes for emailing a large group of people (Microsoft Outlook).
Tame your computer - identify the author
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to display the name of the person who saved a file (Windows Explorer)...
Tame your computer - expand your Outlook
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to display multiple calendar months in the Date Navigator (Microsoft Outlook)...
Tame your computer - countdown to Christmas!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to find out how many working days are left in 2014 (Microsoft Excel*)...
Tame your computer - forgo the formatting!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to clear all formatting and styles from selected text (Microsoft Word)..
Tame your computer - download a free calendar
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to download a free calendar for 2015 (Excel 2007 onwards)...
Tame your computer - calendar craft
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to display week numbers in your calendar (Outlook 2010-2013)...