If you want more info about your Macintosh files than the standard icon view provides (it just gives you the file’s name in icon view) then turn on Show Item Info.
Show Item info adds an extra line of information below many files and folders that can be very useful. For example, now not only do you get a folder’s name, but just below the name (in unobtrusive light-blue, 9-point type), you’ll see how many items are in that folder. If the file is an image, the Item Info shows you how big it is. MP3 files show how long the song is, etc.
To turn on Show Item Info for your current Finder window, press Command+J to bring up its View Options. Then turn on the checkbox for Show Item Info. If you want to show the item info for every window (globally), then choose the All Windows button at the top of the dialog.
Windows 7 allows you to generate useful information about your laptop's power consumption.
If you have a laptop, you can use the efficiency calculator to get Windows 7 to generate loads of useful information about its power consumption. Used in the right way, this can help you make huge gains in terms of battery life and performance. To do this you must open a command prompt as an administrator by typing 'cmd' in Start Search, and when the cmd icon appears, right-click it and choose Run as administrator.
Then at the command line, just type in 'powercfg -energy' (without quotes) and hit Return, and Windows 7 will scan your system looking for ways to improve power efficiency. It will then publish the results in an HTML file, usually in the System32 folder. Just follow the path it gives you to find your report.
To insert an Excel chart from Excel to a Google spreadsheet, you need to follow a few simple instructions. Note that you'll be inserting the chart as a picture.
"Highlight the graph you want to export. Press ALT+F11, then CTRL+G which opens Visual Basic. In the "Immediate" window at the bottom, type Activechart.export "C:\yourgraphfilename.png" and press Enter. (Be sure to include the " "marks.) Other file formats such as .jpg, .bmp can be used. You can also choose to save it to a different location. It's saved once you press the Enter key.
Graphs can also be copied from Excel,
pasted into Paint, and saved in an
image format. This may create a
chart with extra white space around
the edges that may need additional
cropping before being used.
Did you know you can quickly jump to the last cell in a column or a row with a simple double-click of the mouse?
Just select any cell in the table and double click on the cell-border in the direction you want to go.You'll jump to the last cell in that range. For more
