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iWork: Saving Document Previews for Quick look

Contributed by risherz on January 1, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

If you’re a fan of Pages, Keynote or Number you’ll want to save a document preview while saving your documents so that they maintain their formatting when they are viewed through Quick look. This will save you a lot of time and effort.

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OS X : Disable Mac Startup Sound

Contributed by risherz on December 31, 2007 under Apple Mac

Every time you turn on your mac it makes a boot up chime, which has been with OS X since OS 9. Want to stop that “annoying” sound that your mac makes during boot up? Here are a couple of ways to help you do just that.

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Outlook: Creating Out of Office / vacation replies using rules

Contributed by risherz on July 20, 2006 under Microsoft Outlook

Usually you need something known as an Exchanger server account in order for you to get the ‘Out of Office Assistant’ in Outlook. However, most of us won’t probably have that. That’s why here’s a sly way that all can use to notify people that they aren’t at home.

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Use Windows Live Messenger (or MSN) to contact Yahoo users and vice versa

Contributed by risherz on under Instant messaging

Now with the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo, it is possible to contact people who use Yahoo Messenger if you use MSN (now called Windows Live Messenger). The same goes for Yahoo Messenger users who would like to connect with their Windows Live messenger using friends.

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Adobe Photoshop: Add the gloss effect to any image

Contributed by risherz on April 5, 2006 under Graphics

Many professionals use this sweet technique to add the glass effect to all of their images. You to can use this glass effect for any image that you want, with these helpful tips!

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Using your keyboard as a mouse by using MouseKeys

Contributed by risherz on March 7, 2006 under Windows

You can also use your keyboard as a mouse. This can be very helpful when your mouse isn’t working properly, or if you want to have some fun.

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IE7: Using IE6 and IE7 together

Contributed by risherz on February 13, 2006 under Internet Explorer IE7

When you download IE7 it is going to replace IE6, so you won’t be able to have both of them together at the same time. Here’s a little workaround for that.

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Firefox: Changing User Agents to Get Access to Extra Content

Contributed by risherz on December 18, 2005 under Internet

How to change user agents so that you can view “Members Only” areas and get access to extra content this is only meant for other browsers (such as Internet Explorer)

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