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About garysch

A bit of a techno nut who likes sharing what I know about technology, especially with those who struggle with it. Also through my podcast www.jargonfreehelp.com

Windows 7 Shortcuts – Speeding Up How You Work

Posted on June 30, 2012 by garysch

We’re all looking for that way to make our work simpler and to do things faster yet we often curse our computers for slowing things down and that is usually down to us having to do too many clicks to … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Way Around Excel 2010

Posted on June 26, 2012 by garysch

Seems like the Ribbon that Microsoft have introduced in Office 2007 should have been a good idea but it seems to have confused people, I know this because my wife found the switch over difficult and I did lots of … Continue reading →

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Using Excel Functions on a Mac

Posted on June 25, 2012 by garysch

OK, so this one is a little specific but as both a Windows and Mac user the one thing that does frustrate me is that Excel on a Mac uses the Insert Function differently to how it works on Windows. … Continue reading →

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Printing a Selection with Excel 2010

Posted on June 23, 2012 by garysch

This is another one of those questions I get asked regularly “how can I print just this section in Excel?”. Thankfully the answer to this is easy and can be done in one of two ways. One is to select … Continue reading →

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Copying Video from Computer to iOS Device – iPad, iPhone, iPod touch

Posted on June 20, 2012 by garysch

This is a question I get asked a lot, how do I get my video from my computer to my iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. It sounds like something that should be really straightforward but it seems many of people … Continue reading →

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Turning a PowerPoint Presentation into a Video

Posted on June 10, 2012 by garysch

If you’ve got a PowerPoint presentation and you have added a voiceover and/or some timings it is possible to convert it into a video. This can be useful as you may want to prevent people from taking the slides from … Continue reading →

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Organising Files and Folders On a Mac by Colour Coding Them

Posted on June 9, 2012 by garysch

Looking through files and folders and remembering where you are up to can be really time consuming, but for some time now I have been colour coding my files so that I can see their progress. This is a great … Continue reading →

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Using Evernote

Posted on June 8, 2012 by garysch

Evernote is a great tool which I use all the time. As the name suggests it is good for storing notes but it is how it does it that I find useful. Most of the time I use it on … Continue reading →

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Leaked Password on LinkedIn Means Changing Lots of Logins

Posted on June 7, 2012 by garysch

How many of you have used LinkedIn and been concerned about how your LinkedIn account has had its password leaked and need to hurriedly change your password? Well it shouldn’t be just LinkedIn you should be worried about, many of … Continue reading →

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Formatting an External Hard Drive to Use on Windows and a Mac

Posted on May 20, 2012 by garysch

Are you one of those people, like me, who uses both Windows and a Mac and has to transfer files from one to another with an external hard drive or memory stick. Mac OS X and Windows 7 can read … Continue reading →

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