firefox tip: Smark Keyword Searching

What are Smart Keywords?

Smart Keywords are an easy way to search websites right from the Location bar. Say you visit The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) all the time to look up things. You go to imdb.com and click in the search box and enter whatever you're searching for, and click Search. Lots of clicking, lots of steps.

With an IMDB Smart keyword, you can type imdb Rachel Bilson into Firefox's Location bar and hit enter and be taken right to the result.

Read more about it:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html

Ten things every Microsoft Word user should know

Good Article for Word users:

Most people use word processors like MS Word like they would use a typewriter — manually making section headers bold and centered, inserting hard breaks between paragraphs, etc. This formatting method is fine for short documents, but for long documents that include multiple sections, figures, tables and other elements that need to be styled consistently throughout the text, it pays to learn Word's advanced features.

These features are easy-to-use, but poorly documented and, in my experience, underused — even by professionals that frequently write long documents. This tutorial presents ten tips to help you start using Word the smart way.

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internet tip: Beware of fake ebay listings

News.com has a good story (link here) on how some people are clicking on auction links only to be presented by a fake ebay login page which would give your login and password to the scammers.

Ebay recommends everyone read their SPOOF TUTORIAL to make sure they know the real deal from a fake.

You should always be very careful when logging into websites that contain sensitive data. And remember you should never click on links inside emails that say they go to sites where you have sensitive data. Instead just go to that site and login to see any account information you might need to access. Be a conscious surfer!