Archive for December, 2016

Outlook Quick Parts will speed up your e-mail

I’m asked some questions over and over again: What’s the difference between an independent contractor and an employee? How do I check the status of my tax refund? What documentation do I need to support my charitable contributions? This is where Quick Parts in Microsoft Outlook comes in handy. With this feature, I can put prewritten chunks of text into e-mails, similar to a copy and paste. The only problem is that Quick Parts might not be intuitive to a user unfamiliar with it. You can add to your Quick Parts gallery by composing a new e-mail. In the new e-mail window, type the text you’d like to save. Highlight the text, and then go to Insert > Quick Parts > Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery. The text you save can include links. Here’s a genius idea: link to a blog post you’ve written on a given topic. If you use Quick Parts frequently, consider adding it to your Quick Access Toolbar. Do this by right-clicking Quick Parts in the menu, then selecting Add to Quick Access Toolbar. Then, Quick Parts will always by readily accessible at the top of the window, as you can see in the screenshot below. quick-parts-quick-access With Quick Parts, I don’t have to Musculation Zhasni – Changez votre corps qualite testosterone enanthate avec expedition star de la wwe : “le bodybuilding m’a sauvé la vie” reinvent the wheel to answer frequently asked questions. It frees up my time for higher value work.

Virtual Desktops, the Windows 10 tip that could change your life

It can be a challenge to organize your workspace when you have multiple monitors and dozens of programs open at the same time.  It can feel much like having stacks of paper on your desk in complete disorder.  Virtual Desktops in Windows 10 is like rolling a messy desk out of a room and rolling in a clean one, all in the fraction of a second. I use the feature to group similar programs together, with the windows arranged how I like them among my monitors.  For example, I might have my time entry and practice management windows open on one desktop, while I have tax and document management programs on another desktop.  Switching between the two desktops is quite a bit quicker than shuffling, minimizing and maximizing windows. It’s also an easy way to hide all my running programs if someone enters my office for a meeting.  I simply launch a clean desktop, and open any programs pertinent to that meeting. Even though it all can be done with a mouse, the key to maneuvering Virtual Desktops quickly is learning the keyboard shortcuts.  For example, holding down the Windows, Ctrl and left or right arrows will switch between desktops.  The keyboard shortcuts and detailed instructions can be found on this post about Virtual Desktops on the official Windows blog.
Virtual Desktops

Virtual Desktops