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No, it’s not Windows 9 — Microsoft is going straight from Windows 8 to Windows 10.
Check out the video for a quick look at the history of Windows.
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/09/30/windows-28-yrs-75-sec.cnnmoney/index.html
All you have to do is sign up for OneDrive and activate the auto upload feature for your camera roll sometime between now and the end of September, and you will get 30 GB of free OneDrive storage moving forward (15 GB base and 15 GB camera roll bonus).
If you haven’t created the One Drive account please click the link below to do it. The promotion only runs till the end of September so please hurry.
https://onedrive.live.com/?invref=b8d867c5d7299190&invsrc=90
The USB selective suspend feature allows the hub driver to suspend an individual USB port without affecting the operation of the other USB ports on the hub. Selective suspension of USB devices is especially useful in portable computers, since it helps conserve battery power. Many devices, such as fingerprint readers and other kinds of biometric scanners, only require power intermittently. Suspending such devices, when the device is not in use, reduces overall power consumption. More importantly, any device that is not selectively suspended may prevent the USB host controller from disabling its transfer schedule, which resides in system memory. DMA transfers by the host controller to the scheduler can prevent the system’s processors from entering deeper sleep states, such as hibernate.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off USB selective suspend to automatically power down idle USB devices in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/147369-usb-selective-suspend-turn-off.html
Microsoft Word is so integral to our digital lives that it has successfully commandeered the actual word, “Word.” If you refer to the once-nonsensical phrases like “Word docs,” “editing in Word,” or “a Word update,” people will know exactly what you are talking about. That’s the power of ubiquity.
Even though the program has since been sucked into the greater branding gravity of Microsoft Office, Word still stands alone as the program with which everyone—regardless of their technological prowess—is at least somewhat familiar.
The long-dominant word processing software faces a new class of cloud-based competition, and Microsoft has even gotten in on the action with Office 365. But the well-known Word software still remains the go-to tool for producing all our important docs (except for Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, who keeps it insane-person old school by writing on a DOS word processor). And why shouldn’t it be? Word is dependable, customizable, and with lots of baked-in functionality.
Old veteran Word users like yourself probably think there’s nothing left to learn. Oh, but there’s always room for more knowledge! Here we present 13 functions that aren’t hidden, but aren’t exactly spelled out either. Click through to uncover little semi-hidden treats that only power user super ninjas know.
Note: These tips were tested using Microsoft Word 2010 on a PC and Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac. Not all tips may be available or in the exact same locale on your version.
Please click the below link for Slideshow @ pcmag.com
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/325207/13-microsoft-word-tips-you-need-to-learn-now/1
It’s pretty easy to create your own torn edge shape. Here are the steps:
You’ll probably see some curves that you don’t want. This is caused by the fact that the points’ extensions aren’t directed at the previous or next point. Click the point and drag its extensions so that they align to the nearest point. This will straighten the line between the points.Here you see a shape without a picture fill.
When you want to use your torn edge shape, follow these steps:
For PowerPoint guides please visit Ellen Finkelstein’s blog at http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/