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Microsoft is reportedly scrambling to come up with a replacement name for its new user interface in Windows 8. According to reports, the Redmond, Washington-based company has decided to completely drop the name 'Metro' after a threat of legal action ... arose over possible trademark violations. Microsoft has reportedly told its staff they should not use the term in any applications or documents. Microsoft has been calling its new interface 'Metro' for some time. In the past it was meant to describe an overall design style, including both a typeface and a system incorporating very large icons. ... (view more)

Style 7 Style 7 is a Windows 7 theme generator. It uses the default Microsoft Aero theme as a base and generates a new theme using blackbox styles created with a single, simple, human-readable, configuration file. Thousands are readily available for ... download. http://kludgets.com Lifehacker Complete Guide To Windows 7 Windows 7 is finally ready for widespread, public consumption. This guide will take you straight through from system requirements and upgrading your PC to highlighting Windows 7's best new features. http://lifehacker.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob ... (view more)

Clonezilla You're probably familiar with the popular proprietary commercial package Norton Ghost, and its OpenSource counterpart, Partition Image. The problem with these software packages is that it takes a lot of time to massively clone systems to ... many computers. You've probably also heard of Symantec's solution to this problem, Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition with multicasting. Well, now there is an OpenSource clone system (OCS) solution called Clonezilla with unicasting and multicasting! Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast, allows you to do bare ... (view more)

I know that a lot of you know many keyboard shortcuts that you use all the time in MS Excel, but I have a couple to share with you in this article that I don't think that most of you are aware of, and ones which I find to be absolutely helpful and ... real time savers. I think you will agree with me. Follow the steps below: To insert an autosum, click ALT + = To resize the Excel formula bar, click CTRL + SHIFT +U (2007 only) To Allow for the selection of a named style by typing the first few letters of the style name click ALT + ' In 2007 bring up the style details box CTRL + Y Repeat last action ... (view more)

Using fill effects in MS PowerPoint can give your presentation some razzle dazzle! I usually use this on my first slide, especially when creating a picture album. To use one of the fill effects options in MS PowerPoint, follow the steps below: Click ... on Format | Background. Click the drop-down list and then click Fill Effects. When the dialog box appears, you can select from four possible background types. To apply a gradient background, follow the steps below: Click the Gradient tab. The Fill Effects dialog box now includes the options that are available for applying a gradient background. ... (view more)

When you enter text into your Word document that is something other than English, chances are that MS Word will not recognize it and will interpret it as being misspelled. If it is necessary for you to have sections of non-English text within your ... English-language Word documents, then you know how annoying it is when Word checks the spelling of the non-English text using its English dictionary. Word is programmed to automatically proofread your document for the language version that is installed on your computer. If you purchased your licensed copy of MS Word in the United States, your text ... (view more)

A lot of legal secretaries have written to me asking for ways to quickly change the line spacing in a document as they are frequently moving from single line spacing for block quotes and double line spacing for text and then back to single line ... spacing for signature blocks in pleadings. It really isn't all that difficult. If you find that you are frequently changing the line spacing in MS Word to double or you are making the switch more often than not, it's time to take measures so that this happens seamlessly and without lots of time and keystrokes. After speaking with more than a few of ... (view more)

When you enter text into your Word document other than English, chances are Word will not recognize it and will interpret it as misspelled. If it is necessary for you to have sections of non-English text within your English-language Word documents, ... then you know how annoying it is when Word checks the spelling of the non-English text using its English dictionary. Word is programmed to automatically proofread your document for the language version that is installed on your computer. If you purchased your licensed copy of MS Word in the United States, your text will all be marked as English (U. ... (view more)

One of my subscribers wrote to me recently asking: Do you happen to know how to display paragraph style names in the document window under Word 2007. In the old word I used to go to tools, options, style area width and I cannot find it in MS Word ... 2007 and I use it constantly… Lesley My response: You can still display the Style in MS Word 2007. Follow the steps below: Go ahead and start keying in text in your document or just open a document were you have already applied Styles. Click on Alt. Click on F. Click on I. You should now see the Word Options dialog box. Click on Display. Click on ...<a href="/news/2527/displaying-style-area-ms-word-2007" class="more-link">view more

Desktop Drape Desktop Drape instantly blanks your computer screen, except an area of the screen you want to focus on (such as a YouTube video, a photo or a text editor). Use it to focus on your current task and make all other windows (or ads) ... disappear, without having to manually clean up your desktop or close any window. You can also use it to take screenshots with a clean background or check for dead (defective) pixels on LCD monitors. http://www.freedapps.com/desktop-drape/ Context Style Switcher Firefox extension to change page style via context menu. http://hail2u.net/ (view more)