<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from www.tipicalcharlie.com</title><rights>Copyright 2010 www.tipicalcharlie.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2010-01-27T21:53:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2010:1</id><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2009-11-02:links.412189048</id><title>Solution for static in making a Skype call with a USB headset</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/solution_for_static_in_making_a_skype_call_with_a_usb_headse.htm"><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a solution that may help others who find that their mics have curious static when calling folks on Skype. The problem really was limited JUST to skype, which is odd, and the solution was simple but not necessarily one that people would thi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/solution_for_static_in_making_a_skype_call_with_a_usb_headse.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2009-11-02T21:38:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-02T21:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2009-01-19:links.412149031</id><title>Modifying Keyboard Shortcuts in Word/Office 2007</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/modifying_keyboard_shortcuts_in_wordoffice_2007.htm"><![CDATA[Ever found yourself wanting to modify a keyboard shortcut in Word 2007 or other Microsoft Office products? I just experienced extreme frustration due to mistakes in the online help, and I want to offer the solution to others.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/modifying_keyboard_shortcuts_in_wordoffice_2007.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2009-01-19T21:42:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-19T21:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2008-07-15:links.412115963</id><title>Open folders with a single keystroke: a free shortcut feature built into Windows</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/open_folders_with_a_single_keystroke_a_free_shortcut_featur.htm"><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a nifty shortcut that&#39;s built into Windows: do you find yourself opening a given folder frequently? How would you like to use ctrl-alt-someletter to be able to open it? It&#39;s free and easy. check out http://www.jeetblog.com/create-k]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/open_folders_with_a_single_keystroke_a_free_shortcut_featur.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2008-07-15T02:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-07-15T02:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2008-06-15:links.412110230</id><title>Yet another keyboard tip repository, and a useful one to share</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/yet_another_keyboard_tip_repository_and_a_useful_one_to_sha.htm"><![CDATA[Here&#39;s yet another useful keyboard tip repository: Windows tip of the dayAnd today they happened to share something I didn&#39;t know about getting Windows (XP in the tip, and Vista in a comment I just left) to help you see underlined letters for]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/yet_another_keyboard_tip_repository_and_a_useful_one_to_sha.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2008-06-15T17:30:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-15T17:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-12-03:links.412065842</id><title>keyxl.com: another keyboard shortcut repository</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/keyxlcom_another_keyboard_shortcut_repository.htm"><![CDATA[Here&#39;s another repository of keyboard shortcuts for various programs, by program, category, and platform: http://www.keyxl.com]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/keyxlcom_another_keyboard_shortcut_repository.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-12-03T18:16:00Z</updated><published>2007-12-03T18:16:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-11-28:links.412064500</id><title>Firefox tip to perform quick searches of any site with a single address bar keyword</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/firefox_tip_to_perform_quick_searches_of_any_site_with_a_sin.htm"><![CDATA[If you ever find yourself frequently searching a site (like Amazon, or some knowledge base of a product you use or support, or a mailing list archive), this is a great way to do it in a single keyword.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/firefox_tip_to_perform_quick_searches_of_any_site_with_a_sin.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-11-28T16:38:00Z</updated><published>2007-11-28T16:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-11-16:links.412061179</id><title>Looking for internal links/anchors on a page? Look for &quot;A ID&quot; or &quot;DIV ID&quot; in addition to &quot;A NAME&quot;</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/looking_for_internal_linksanchors_on_a_page_look_for_a_id.htm"><![CDATA[If you're ever looking to create a link to some internal content within a page (perhaps someone else's), you may know to use (or look for) the A NAME tag, but you may be surprised to learn that A ID or DIV ID work, too. I was and will explain here.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/looking_for_internal_linksanchors_on_a_page_look_for_a_id.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-11-16T15:52:00Z</updated><published>2007-11-16T15:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-08-29:links.412035735</id><title>When the google toolbar spell checker is unavailable in Firefox, note that FF has its own</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/when_the_google_toolbar_spell_checker_is_unavailable_in_fire.htm"><![CDATA[Did you know that Firefox has its own spellchecker? I didn't, until I found I couldn't access the Google Toolbar spellchecker in a pop up window while in Firefox. Here's a solution and a tip.]]></content><dc:subject>google</dc:subject><dc:subject>toolbar</dc:subject><dc:subject>firefox</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/when_the_google_toolbar_spell_checker_is_unavailable_in_fire.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-08-29T16:50:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-29T16:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-08-17:links.412031768</id><title>Ever need to zoom in on your display, as a presenter or just while reading?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/ever_need_to_zoom_in_on_your_display_as_a_presenter_or_just.htm"><![CDATA[Whether you're a presenter or just someone who struggles reading small type on a web page or within some tool on on your entire desktop, there are at least two useful (andeasy) solutions you should know about.  I offer them here.]]></content><dc:subject>tools</dc:subject><dc:subject>keyboard shortcuts</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/ever_need_to_zoom_in_on_your_display_as_a_presenter_or_just.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-08-17T15:28:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-17T15:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-08-02:links.412026225</id><title>Got a Treo? Want to stop hitting the touchscreen by mistake during a call?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/got_a_treo_want_to_stop_hitting_the_touchscreen_by_mistake_.htm"><![CDATA[If you have a Treo 700 (Palm or Windows), there's a quick and easy solution to the challenge some face of hitting the touchscreen by mistake during a call and dropping it doing something else unexpected. You can disable the screen during a call.]]></content><dc:subject>treo</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/got_a_treo_want_to_stop_hitting_the_touchscreen_by_mistake_.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-08-02T16:33:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-02T16:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-07-11:links.412018435</id><title>Never run out of Ipod juice (battery power) again</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/never_run_out_of_ipod_juice_battery_power_again.htm"><![CDATA[Boost your Ipod battery life (bt double, triple, or more) quickly, easily, and relatively inexpensively with the Nyko iBoost.]]></content><dc:subject>ipod</dc:subject><dc:subject>tools</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/never_run_out_of_ipod_juice_battery_power_again.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-07-11T14:38:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-11T14:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-07-10:links.412017983</id><title>Cleaning out individual auto-suggest URL entries in IE (6)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/cleaning_out_individual_autosuggest_url_entries_in_ie_6.htm"><![CDATA[Many know the major browsers offer a means to clear out all the history of pages you've visited, etc. But what if you just want to remove just a couple URLs? I have several URLs popup for a given site where I want to just see a couple I use often.]]></content><dc:subject>tools</dc:subject><dc:subject>keyboard shortcuts</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/cleaning_out_individual_autosuggest_url_entries_in_ie_6.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-07-10T20:25:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-10T20:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-07-09:links.412017511</id><title>Determining the time, easily, anywhere in the world with TimeAndDate.com</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/determining_the_time_easily_anywhere_in_the_world_with_tim.htm"><![CDATA[Ever have to coordinate time with someone half a world away? It can be confusing, even if you know the "GMT relative offset"--and especially if you don't. Wish you could just say it's 3pm here, what time is it in x? You can, with timeanddate.com.]]></content><dc:subject>tools</dc:subject><dc:subject>travel</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/determining_the_time_easily_anywhere_in_the_world_with_tim.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-07-09T19:28:00Z</updated><published>2007-07-09T19:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-04-16:links.411983258</id><title>Keyboard shortcut for moving to the address (URL) bar in IE (7 and earlier)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/ie_addressbar_kbd_shortcut.htm"><![CDATA[Some may have come to use the Ctrl-F4 key in IE 6 and before to move the cursor to the browser address bar, but as of IE 7, that closes the window (which makes sense in the multi-window tabbed interface). But what to do? There's an alternative.]]></content><dc:subject>keyboard shortcuts</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/ie_addressbar_kbd_shortcut.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-04-16T22:50:00Z</updated><published>2007-04-16T22:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-02-23:links.411951891</id><title>Solve the problem of long URLs breaking up in emails</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/avoid_url_break_in_email.htm"><![CDATA[I'm sure you've experienced sending an email to someone (or a group/list) where you offer a URL, and someone receiving it complains "you're link is broken". But the problem is just that their mail program split the line. Here's an easy solution.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/avoid_url_break_in_email.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-02-23T05:08:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-23T05:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-02-22:links.411950923</id><title>A couple of Google Groups tips: getting email notifications, and finding your messages/threads</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/google_groups_tips.htm"><![CDATA[If you use Google Groups, you may encounter a couple of challenges that I did today regarding getting notifications of posts to threads you're participating in, as well as finding messages you've written. Here are some tips.]]></content><dc:subject>google groups</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/google_groups_tips.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-02-22T00:36:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-22T00:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-02-20:links.411949960</id><title>Might your fax machine be sending things upside down? Think about those receiving your faxes digitally</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/upside_down_faxes.htm"><![CDATA[You may not think about this if you only receive faxes on paper, but if you send them to someone receiving them digitally, you could make their life easier if you take care to send them right-side-up. Let me explain.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/upside_down_faxes.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-02-20T22:41:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-20T22:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2007-02-19:links.411948793</id><title>Problems with Google Desktop with IE? Try Firefox and note other points I share.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/googledesktop_fails.htm"><![CDATA[After enjoying Google Desktop's ability to search my local machine so quickly and effectively, it started failing recently with "page cannot be displayed" errors. Happened to you? Various remedies have been suggested. I wanted to share some thoughts.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/googledesktop_fails.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-02-19T17:52:00Z</updated><published>2007-02-19T17:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-11-21:links.411870502</id><title>Ever find an email gets sent before you really meant it to? You can probably control that.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/stop_immediate_email_send.htm"><![CDATA[Ever been annoyed while writing email when you hit send by mistake (before finishing the note) and the email is sent immediately? It may be something you can control in your mail client. Here's how to do so in Outlook.]]></content><dc:subject>email</dc:subject><dc:subject>outlook</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/stop_immediate_email_send.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-11-21T17:26:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-21T17:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-10-11:links.411828859</id><title>Printing out a tool&apos;s online help: without doing it one page at a time</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/printing_online_help.htm"><![CDATA[If you ever want to print out the online help for some tool, you may notice that you can print any page in the help, but what if you want to print many or even all of the pages? While you could print them one page at a time, there's a shortcut...]]></content><dc:subject>printing</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/printing_online_help.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-10-11T18:57:00Z</updated><published>2006-10-11T18:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-10-07:links.311759635</id><title>Recording your screen, to give or get help</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/recording_your_screen.htm"><![CDATA[Are you aware of the various alternatives for creating a visual recording of your screen, with voice-over or other callouts on the screen? There are many. Some are free, some commercial. Here are some pointers to them.]]></content><dc:subject>screencast</dc:subject><dc:subject>tools</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/recording_your_screen.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-10-07T23:45:00Z</updated><published>2006-10-07T23:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-10-07:links.311755939</id><title>Need to remotely access a computer but don&apos;t want to pay for PCAnywhere? Check out LogMeIn, free</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/logmein.htm"><![CDATA[Ever have need to remotely access a computer? such as to access home from work, or vice versa, or to access a remote server for work? There are several alternatives, but if you prefer or need something like PCAnywhere, here is a free alternative.]]></content><dc:subject>tools</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/logmein.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-10-07T20:51:00Z</updated><published>2006-10-07T20:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-09-09:links.411799785</id><title>Do people find your emails or blog entries long-winded? Here&apos;s help...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/writing_more_concise_emails_and_blogs.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ll be the first to admit that I&#39;ve had problems with writing emails or blog entries that are too long and/or have more detail than some readers wanted to bother with. Perhaps you, like me, understand the problem from my perspective: I just]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/writing_more_concise_emails_and_blogs.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-09-09T17:28:00Z</updated><published>2006-09-09T17:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-08-13:links.411779097</id><title>Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Office Apps</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/office_keyboard_shortcuts.htm"><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts.  If you use MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, and so on), you too may be frustrated by so many icons and toolbars with no seeming keyboard shortcut. They're probably there. This will show you how.]]></content><dc:subject>keyboard shortcuts</dc:subject><dc:subject>outlook</dc:subject><dc:subject>powerpoint</dc:subject><dc:subject>word</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/office_keyboard_shortcuts.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-08-13T20:55:00Z</updated><published>2006-08-13T20:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tipicalcharlie.com,2006-08-11:links.411778005</id><title>Don&apos;t miss out on the many powers of the Google Toolbar (some hidden buttons, some new context menu options, and more)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/google_toolbar_1.htm"><![CDATA[If you're a user of the Google toolbar, are you getting the most out of it? There are hidden gems. IF you don't know what it is, let me also tell you why you should definitely add it, to either IE or Firefox.]]></content><dc:subject>google</dc:subject><dc:subject>toolbar</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tipicalcharlie.com/google_toolbar_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-08-11T12:06:00Z</updated><published>2006-08-11T12:06:00Z</published></entry></feed>