Archive for the ‘Computer How To’ Category

In Microsoft Word…
How to set 2 columns
Click the columns button in the toolbar– it looks like 2 columns of text– and click the number of columns you want.
How to move margin up, for whitespace
On the left side, there’s a vertical ruler. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and find the margin indicator, by default [...]

Centered image scaling with the X1300 Catalyst Control Panel does not work: my display is still stretched, and this is crucial for games like StarCraft.
Here was a very enlightening discussion about the same issue I have:
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33877543
On the Dell E228WFP monitor, “Auto Adjust,” “Positioning,” and “Image Settings” are grayed out. I think one of the options [...]

How to install Opera on XO

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Elliot

Hit the enter key after each bold entry. Wait for the prompt to reappear before going to the next step.
- Hit ctl-alt-neighborhood to get to the console.
- at login type: root
- at password you don’t need to type anything. I thought it would be good to add a little security by way of a root [...]

WordPress Post Pages and Multi-Page Posts Plugin

Posted on December 20th, 2007 by Elliot

No plugin is necessary. WordPress has support built-in. Insert this where you want the page break to be:
<!–nextpage–>
There’s a plugin out there called “Angsuman’s Multi-Page Plugin: WordPress 2.x Plugin To Create Multi-Paged Articles”, but it’s crap. All it does is add a button to your editor which pastes the above code. It didn’t even work [...]

HOW TO: Select All Using the Keyboard (Using Ctrl+A)

Posted on November 20th, 2007 by Elliot

The really important thing to note is that Ctrl+A will usually work even when there is no “Edit” menu available. To use any Ctrl+Key shortcut, HOLD down the Ctrl key, and then PRESS the key, like you were trying to type a capital letter using SHIFT, but with CTRL instead. Once you’ve pressed the KEY, [...]