Ravi Shankar – Page 42 – Tweaking Apps

How to unhide menu bar in Safari

March 21, 2011 By Ravi Shankar 11 Comments

The Safari browser has a menu bar with menus such as File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks etc.. and it is available on the top of the browser as shown below.

But if your Safari browser does not display the Menus then you can un hide menu bar using the Safari General Settings menu option.

Click on the General Settings menu available at the top right hand side of the browser. From the list of displayed menu, select the menu with label as Show Menu bar.

This would display the Menu bar at the top of the Safari browser.

How to create a desktop shortcut for Word 2010

September 30, 2010 By Ravi Shankar 1 Comment

A Windows desktop shortcut for Word 2010 can be created by following steps. Click Start button and navigate to All Programs

From the list of All Programs men, click the Microsoft Office folder. This would display the list of installed Microsoft Application including Microsoft Word 2010.

Right click on Microsoft Word 2010 and navigate to Send To menu and then click the Desktop (create shortcut). This would create a desktop shortcut for Word 2010.

How to check for updates for Microsoft Word 2010

September 20, 2010 By Ravi Shankar 3 Comments

Microsoft Word 2010 allows users to manually check for any latest updates. This can be done using the Microsoft Word 2010 help menu.

Click the File menu and navigate to Help menu

In the Tools for Working With Office section, click the Check for Updates link. This would get the latest updates available for Microsoft Office.

How to password protect a Open Office document

September 8, 2010 By Ravi Shankar 6 Comments

OpenOffice document can be password protected using the Save As option. Click the File menu –> Select Save As option. This would display the following Save As dialog box.

Enter the file name for the document and mark the checkbox with label as Save with password and Click the Save button. This would now prompt the user to Enter the Password to protect the OpenOffice document.

After entering the password, click the Ok button to confirm the changes.

How to clear an image in Windows Paint

August 13, 2010 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Paint is a drawing tool available as part of the Windows Operating System. If you have drawn a sketch and you want to clear the drawing then you can either use clear image menu option or eraser tool.

Eraser Tool

Eraser tool is available on the Toolbox. This can be used for clearing any part of the drawing.

And if you want to clear the whole image then using the menu option would be better choice than using Eraser tool.

Click on the Image menu and select Clear Image from available menu list. This would clear the drawings. The Keyboard shortcut for clear image is Ctrl + Shift + N.

How to change the number email messages displayed in Yahoo mail

August 10, 2010 By Ravi Shankar 8 Comments

The number of email messages displayed per page in a Yahoo email can be changed using the Mail Options. Click on the Options link available on the top of the right hand side. Select Mail Options from the menu list.

In the General Page, using the Messages/results per page field you can increase or decrease the number of email messages displayed per page.

The list of available values are

After selecting the required value, click on the Save Changes link available on Top of the General section. By this way you can change the display of email messages per page in Yahoo Mail.

How to recall a message in Gmail

July 21, 2010 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Gmail provides similar feature like Outlook which can be used to recall a message. This feature can be enabled using Gmail Settings.

1. Logon to your Gmail account.

2. Click on the Settings link available at the top right hand corner next to your email id.

3. In Settings screen, navigate to Labs section.

4. Scroll down to Undo Send section and select the Enable radio option and Click Save changes button to apply the changes.

5. In the General section, navigate to Undo Send section and set the cancellation period. The available values are 10 and 20 seconds. This specifies the time before which you can use the recall or undo send feature. Click on the Save changes button.

Now if you send any email message, Gmail will display a Undo link as shown below.

If you click on the Undo link, the email message will be recalled. This Undo link will be available only for the time period specified in the Gmail General Settings.

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