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Communicating Using Technology
Vol. 2 Issue 8 April 15, 2003
Published and Copyright by Dave Paradi
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In this issue:
Vol 2 Issue 8 April 15, 2003
1. Followup on Remote Purchase
2. Outlook 2000 Statutory holidays
3. Useful Resource - Distributing PowerPoint presentations
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1. Followup on Remote Purchase
Some subscribers have asked whether I have purchased the
new remote control that I mentioned a few issues ago.
Indeed I did purchase the RemotePoint Navigator and I am
very pleased with it. In fact, I was at a conference
just after I got it and the closing keynote speaker ended
up using my remote because his new one wouldn't work
reliably. I did run into one issue that I thought I
should share here for others to be aware of. Depending
on where your USB port is located on your computer, you
may get interference with the remote from nearby parts.
The USB port I plugged my remote into is right beside the
power supply and the power supply caused minor
interference. I switched to the other USB port, but
switching my mouse to the USB port beside the power
supply caused display problems. I solved the problems by
purchasing a small USB hub which allows me to plug both
the mouse and the remote into the hub, which is then
plugged into the USB port away from the power supply. If
you run into this problem with a USB remote, try the USB
hub solution.
2. Outlook 2000 Statutory holidays link
If you use Outlook 2000, one of the nice features of the
Calendar is that you can automatically add the statutory
holidays by clicking on the Tools menu item, selecting
Options and clicking on the Calendar Options button.
There is an Add Holidays button on that dialog box. The
problem is that the list of holidays ran out at the end
of 2002 - the holidays for this year are not included!
Fortunately, the Woody's Office Watch newsletter I
mentioned last issue pointed me to the file on
Microsoft's site that has the holidays for this and
future years. Here is the link:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/outlhol.aspx
Follow the instructions on that page to install the
updated file and then you can add the holidays using the
regular method described above.
3. Useful Resource - Distributing PowerPoint presentations
Recently I came across a good article on different ways
to distribute your PowerPoint presentation. Many times
we want to take a presentation we created and make it
available to colleagues, associates or even clients.
There are a number of ways to do this and this article
from Presentations magazine gives a good summary of the
options. Here is the link to the article:
http://www.presentations.com/presentations/technology/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1849449
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