To find Sticky Notes on your computer just click on the windows icon in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.

Then type in stick notes into the search bar and click on the Sticky Notes under Programs.

After that you will see a Sticky Note appear on your screen.

You can then click on the note and type anything important you  need to remember.

To resize the Sticky Note click and drag the bottom right corner of note.

Add another note by clicking + in top left corner of note.

Delete  your  note by clicking the X in the top right corner.

You can change the color of the note by right clicking on it and  selecting one of the six different colors.

You can format text, add bullets to make a list, or change the text size by using keyboard shortcuts.

Here’s how:

1. Select the text that you want to change.

2. Use the following keyboard shortcuts to format the text on your note:

   Type of Formatting	Keyboard shortcut
   Bold text	Ctrl+B
   Italic text	Ctrl+I
   Underlined text	Ctrl+U
   Strikethrough	Ctrl+T
   Bulleted list	Ctrl+Shift+L (Press this keyboard shortcut again to switch to a numbered list.)
   Increased text size	Ctrl+Shift+>
   Decreased text size	Ctrl+Shift+<

April 2011

This month’s tip is how to use Microsoft Outlook feature “Social Connector” for Facebook

Social Connector is a new feature of Outlook 2010 that also works on Outlook 2007, and 2003. It is a great sales tool that can help you relate to your customers and clients by seeing their latest posts and status updates.

First click the Start Menu or circle Windows logo on the bottom left of your desktop

Next right-click on Computer and select Properties at the bottom

After you click Properties a window should have opened with your system’s information

Next to System type you will find what bit your Operating System is this is important so you know which file to download soon.

Click this link to begin setting up Social Connector for Microsoft Outlook 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce8b7517-234c-48a1-a655-324a88893b02&displaylang=en

After the site opens you will see two files under File Name one that has 64 in the files name and one that has 86 in the file name.  The one with 64 is for 64-bit systems and the one with 86 is for 32-bit systems. Find the one that matches your system’s bit and click the Download button to the right of it.  It will then ask you Do you want to run or save this file? Click Run then follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

After the download is complete follow the Instructions for use: underneath where you clicked download and your Outlook with be synced up with your Facebook account so you can see the latest posts from your co-workers and clients right in your Outlook email.

First you click start or the round windows logo in the bottom left corner of your screen then type in snipping tool into the search bar where it says “search programs and files”.

After you type in snipping tool into the search bar either hit enter or click on the snipping tool that will be listed under programs

Now the snipping tool should be open and you can select from the different snipping choices:

Free-form Snip allows you to draw around any part of the screen

Rectangular Snip allows you to click and drag a rectangle around any part of the screen

Window Snip allows you to take a snap shot of any window you have open

Full-Screen Snip allows to take a snap shot of your entire computer screen

Try them all, go SNIPPING CRAZY!

To use the Free-form and Rectangular Snip follow these directions:

First click and hold until your done selecting the part of the screen you want screen shot of then release. Your snipping tool will then pop up with the selected area. You can then either draw on or around it will the pen or marker, email it, or just save it as a HTML, PNG, GIF, or JPEG.

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This month’s tip is how to use Microsoft Windows 7 new features “Shake” and “Snap”

Shake

How many times have you been multi-tasking and find yourself with more than two windows open at a time? Then to focus on one window you have to go to all the other windows to minimize them one by one.

Now with Windows 7 you can just click and hold down the top of the window you want to keep up and give your mouse a shake. Magically every open window except that one instantly disappears. Shake it again and your windows reappear.

Snap

You may or may not have seen the commercials from Microsoft about the Snap feature before, but if did not we will show this handy new feature of Windows 7. Snap allows you to arrange and resize windows on the desktop with a simple mouse movement. You can quickly align windows at the side of the desktop, expand them vertically to the entire height of the screen, or maximize them to completely fill the desktop. Snap can be especially helpful when comparing two documents, copying or moving files between two windows, maximizing the window you’re currently working on, or expanding long documents so they’re easier to read and require less scrolling.

If you have a smaller window open Click and Hold the top of the window and pull it towards the top of your computer screen until you see an thin white outline around the outside of your computer screen then let go of the window. Using the Snap feature windows has made your window fit the entire screen size.

If you Click and Hold the top of the window again and pull it all the way to the left or right side of your computer screen until you see a white outline again and then let go of the window it will Snap the window into half of the left or right side of your screen. This also works with two windows so that you can view them side by side and is great for when you are copying and pasting things or working on two things at a time.