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Unsubscribe

Sherman — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:28:45 +0000

Coming back from vacation means my email box will be overly full. Besides the messages I have to attend to there are a pile of daily and weekly newsletters I get. I usually just go through and delete them, but they keep coming back so I’ve decided to remove myself from the mailing lists.

Remove link on an email message

Any reputable email provider will give you an option to unsubscribe from their mailer with a simple link on the bottom of each message. It only takes a second more then just deleting a message; well worth the time for messages you don’t read anymore.

Open newer Word documents

Sherman — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:27:27 +0000

I get a lot of Microsoft Word documents as email attachments. Recently I’ve started getting a lot of them as DOCX files. That’s the newest version of Microsoft Word and if you have an older version of Microsoft Office you can’t open them without help. Here’s how to solve that.

You’ll need to download the Office Compatibility Pack for Office XP and 2003. You can do that by clicking here then choosing “download” from the page provided.

You can get to the mac download directly by clicking here. Once you download the software you’ll need to run the installer.

Once you install one of these you should be able to open DOCX files without any hassle.

Represent Yourself

Sherman — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:17:03 +0000

Do you ever visit a website where there are comments and see that some people look like this…

While other people have a picture next to their comments?

That’s called a Gravatar and you can get your own by clicking here.

After your gravatar is set up you’re picture will appear next to comments you leave. Go ahead and try it here.

Keep It Signature Simple

Sherman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:03:00 +0000

Do you have an email signature that has your phone number, email address, website, etc?

Is yours an image or text? If it’s not text you could be missing a connection.

I read an email from someone the other day and I needed to call them back – I was using my phone so if they’d typed their number into the email or had a text-based signature I could have tapped the number and made the connection. As it was, I couldn’t even load the image with their number and had to call back later than they’d have hoped.

The image signature looks nice, but if you want your email signature to reach more people. try making it text.

Cheers
= Sherman

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Need help? Come prepared.

Sherman — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:08:28 +0000

When I’m helping someone solve a website issue, or they tell me somethings not working “like it should”, I spend a lot of time gathering basic information that can help me find answers. This can be time consuming for them and me. SupportDetails.com has solved that problem.

Support Details gathers important information about your web browsing and allows you to email it to whomever (me). Before I help someone with a web problem from now on I’m going to send them here.

A Simple Genealogy Site

Sherman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:11:38 +0000

Every since I got my “sea legs” as a web developer I’ve dreamed of designing a simple but comprehensive website to help create family trees. I can stop; Geni.com does it beautifully.

Whether you’re a when-you-can genealogist (like me) or a die-hard family hunter, geni.com is a simple tool worth a hard look,

A really simple home page

Sherman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:00:55 +0000

I love when I see stuff on the web that does just what I want it to do. Fav4.org does.

Choose the four websites you want it to display (from a list of 20 or so), set it as your internet homepage, and you have a super-simple place to start your web browsing.

Beautiful!

Distraction free weather

Sherman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:49:58 +0000

I love Weather Underground; I think they get it right a lot of the time -more than most. What I don’t like is how cluttered their site is. They remidied that recently with a weather site devoted entirely to My weather.

Click here to get started. It’s a Simple way to see what’s going on.

Olympic TV Listings

Sherman — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:20:30 +0000

If you plan on watching the Olympics on TV and don’t want to miss your favorite bob-sledders you need to make a pit stop at the official Olympic TV listings page. You can customize your listings by zip code!

Enjoy the Show!

Should I upgrade my web browser?

Sherman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:30:38 +0000

Yes.

There’s no simpler answer. Whether you’re using Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome or Opera; newer = safer and better in almost every case. When you computer asks you to upgrade your browser, say “Yes”.