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Last Thursday in Atlanta, I presented one of my popular seminars, Conquer Email Overload and Manage Your Time with Outlook. The conference was produced by the Georgia chapter of Meeting Professionals International. Great group of people who were eager to learn. Ding, Ding!
I demo’d the tip that has frustrated a lot of users. It’s those [...]
I’m a solopreneur and wouldn’t want it any other way. I love the flexibility I have and the fact that I can go hang out with my mom in DC anytime I want and not have to worry about what’s going on back in the office.
I had to think about safeguards I needed in place [...]
This animated GIF (click it to view animation) was created with the Advanced GIF Animator software from Creabit ($35-$50). (If you think animated GIFs are old-school, read this article on a study about how they increase sales in email campaigns.)
I researched different products, some free, but this was the only one I could find [...]
A question that came up in my Computer Magic! seminar at the Affordable Meetings conference in Chicago was about emailing a single Excel worksheet instead of the entire workbook.
Here is a method that will be faster than clicking File, Save As, renaming the workbook, and deleting what you don’t want to send.
By default, PowerPoint will output a jpeg at 96dpi (click the File menu, Save As, and choose jpeg as the type). This is fine for the Web, but not for printing. In most cases, you’ll need at least 300dpi.
To create high resolution jpgs, you have two choices…fiddle with the registry and change it, or invest [...]
In my Computer Magic! seminar at the Affordable Meetings conference, several attendees wanted to know how to send an attachment when they send a mail merge email.
The bad news is that you can’t with the native Outlook program.
But, the good news is that you can purchase an inexpensive add-in ($24.00) that will make this easy [...]
Last summer, I was a speaker at the Phenomenal Women Speak conference in the US Virgin Islands. It was part of a PBS special for the island’s affiliate. They sent me a copy of the DVD. My plan is to pull 8-10 minutes from this and create a video for speaker bureaus.
(I know you’re thinking [...]
I just finished an interesting project using PowerPoint. In an earlier post, I talked about how to save PowerPoint slides as pictures. I do this a lot when I create the photo gallery for my Website. And I’m finding other uses for this tip.
I’m creating a DVD using some great video footage from a PBS [...]
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