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Save your time by using Keyboard shortcut Keys in MS Word

When working on computer majority of people still use mouse and touchpad instead of keyboard shortcut keys. You can save your precious time if you learn to use keyboard shortcut keys. Similarly in MS Word; if you are editing a long document and don't know how to use shortcut key then lot of your precious time will be wasted in clicking and pointing. So in this article I am going to discuss some shortcut keys that will help you to save your precious time.

Do you love QuickBooks, like I do?

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I have been using QuickBooks for a long time and I am a big fan of it. I just love its simple and easy to use features. If you are not using QuickBooks for your business then you could be losing out a lot. It is much easier than Excel and has lots of awesome features. QuickBooks is best choice for small to large business owners and why I am saying it with so much confidence, let's find out. Easy to use: QuickBooks is very easy to use even if you are new to it. You don't need to have knowledge of accounting for using software. A novice user can also use it with so much ease. So you can just focus on your business rather than learning how to use QuickBooks.

MS Word 2010: Hidden tricks & shortcuts

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MS Word comes with thousands of features but you might not be aware of all of them. So you just use the basic features that you are aware of but there are many features and shortcuts that make your work efficiency faster. So today I will tell you about some hidden shortcuts and tricks. Change the default font & size: The default font in Word 2010 is Calibri but most of the users prefer Times New Roman font. Every time you create document, you have to change the default font manually and it’s really frustrating. To avoid this problem, you can change with your preferred choice. Follow below steps to do that:

How to backup & restore MS Access 2010 database?

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Today in world of computers, data is everything and if data is lost, everything is lost. So taking regular backup of data is very important. In case of disaster, you can easily restore your data from backup but if there is no backup available then you may have to use the time consuming and expensive recovery process. You should also plan your backups i.e. how frequently database must be backed up, how much copies of database you need to create etc. If data in your database changes frequently then you should backup your database regularly. In MS Access 2010, there is an inbuilt command for taking backup of database. So let's discuss how to backup MS Access 2010.  

Tips for Improving QuickBooks Performance in Multi User Mode

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Today I am going to discuss how can you guys improve your QuickBooks performance in multi user mode. I have seen so many forum thread related to this topic so I decided to give some useful tips to all QuickBooks user who have been facing this problem. The most frequent questions that I have seen on forums are QuickBooks is slow to load, performance issue in multi user mode, slow response time and the list goes on. So basically all these questions are related to performance issue of QuickBooks in multi user mode. As you all know that in multi user mode more than one user can access your Company file at the same time and due to this, performance of QuickBooks decrease a little bit. There are some other reasons also for slow performance of QuickBooks, describe below:

Is FileMaker good for your business?

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Has this question ever occurred in your mind “When there are so many databases available then why should I choose FileMaker for my business?” Every technology has its own pros and cons. So it is obvious to get confused while choosing the best one but after reading this article I hope you will be able to make the right choice for your business. Let's find out why FileMaker is good for your business. Today more and more business are choosing FileMaker over other database because FileMaker has all the necessary tools that a business need to manage people, projects, data, assets and many more. In other words if you want to minimize your cost and maximize your return on investment then FileMaker is the best choice for your business.

Fix Error Message that occurs While Closing MS Word Document

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Have you ever receive any error message while working on MS Word? I hope that you may have. If you have never got any error message in your MS word career then you are so lucky my dear friend. I have seen in most of the forum sites where MS Word users talk about error messages. I am also a victim of MS Word error message. Yesterday when I tried to close my Word file after finishing work, it just didn't close and instead below error message popped up on my computer screen: I got shocked because Word was working fine till yesterday morning and now suddenly it has stopped working. So I asked one of my colleague to help me out. I tried all of her suggested solutions and finally one of solution has fixed my problem. Here I am discussing all the possible solutions with you.

When to Compact & Repair your MS Access database?

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If you are an MS Access user, you must have heard about the 'Compact & repair' utility but do you know the real purpose of this command. It is very important to understand when and why to use this command. Why Run Compact & Repair Utility on the MS Access database? When you add or update data in your database, the size of database file also continue to grow and at one point it becomes too large to manage. Actually when you delete a record from your database, the space that your record has occupied is not released for reuse automatically. It will continue to exist in your database as waste space until and unless you compact the database. Waste space may degrade the performance of your database. To avoid these issues you must compact your database at regular intervals.

Resolving MS Word 2007 error “ This modification is not allowed.......”

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Few day ago I had created an important document in MS Word. It was working fine for some time when I had edited and saved. Yesterday when I tried to open my document got below message on my computer screen: “This modification is not allowed because the document is locked.” Due to this error I could not edit my document so I asked one of my friend to help me out. She mailed me all possible solutions for this problem. One of the solution had worked for me and my document is back to normal. Here I will discuss all those possible solutions with you that will help you to troubleshot this type of problem in future.

What is Protected View in MS Excel 2010 and how to disable it?

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Protected View is a new security feature in MS Excel 2010. Whenever you open a file downloaded from Internet in Excel 2010, it will open in Protected View. Since files downloaded from Internet, received as an email attachment and from other unsafe location may contains viruses and can harm your computer so to minimize the risk of these security threats, files are opened in Protected View. In Protected View, you cannot edit your file until you click the Enable Edition option. If you want to edit file, click the Enable Editing button as shown in the below image:

How to improve MS Access performance?

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MS Access is a relational database used to store large amount of data and overtime its performance decrease due to several reasons. However you can improve the performance of your Access database by just performing simple steps. So just try the below simple steps to improve the performance of Access database. Compact your database on a regular basis: The size of Access database grow gradually with its usage. Use Compact & Repair to reclaim unused space and to optimize the performance of your database. Make sure that each table in your database have a primary key: Having primary key in each table will allow your database to locate record easily and quickly.