These Tech Tips were written for Cahners Business Information and were carried first in the weekly Morning News, and then on the company Intranet. They are used with permission. Some of these weren't written by me but by Justin Lakin.
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Reboot before calling Help Desk
Improve your computer's speed and performance
Use right mouse button for shortcut menus
How to switch quickly among open programs in Windows 95
Use shortcut keys as alternative to point and click
Opening recently used documents
Keep your computer up to speed by conserving memory
What to do when your screen freezes up
Displaying multiple windows
Retrieve/Delete Files From Trash
Cleaning Up Desktop Clutter
Opening/Saving Word Documents
Customize your desktop
Unable to Login
Surfing the Web
Launching a Program at Startup Daily
Organizing Your E-mail
Setting your web browser's start page
Logging Out
Changing your login password on Windows 95
What is a "cookie"?
Printing Problems
Word 97 Document Compatibility
Changing filenames
Using drag and drop
Undo and redo in Word
Don't put off changing your password
An alternative way to Alt-Tab
How to fix a problem Excel spreadsheet
How to resize your task bar
Opening Outlook automatically
Using file names with more than eight characters
How to select multiple files
Save time and space in e-mail
Increasing your monitor’s desktop area
Hide your Taskbar
Store to a Server
How to notify e-mail senders you are out of the office
You can send e-mail in Outlook directly from Win95 applications
Create your own personalized toolbar in Windows95
Alert! Don’t send your e-mail to the wrong person
Beware when responding to e-mail messages
Save documents securely with a password
Two ways to send a document electronically
Some Excel tips
Usefulness of Autocorrect feature in Word
Address tips for Outlook
Keep macros from contaminating your computer
Adding addresses to personal list in Outlook
Setting up tables is easy in Word
How to bookmark often-used Web sites
How to change column widths in Win95
How to put shortcut icons on your desktop
How to adjust your mouse click speed
How to add accents to your letters
How to find and use accents and other symbols
Using Windows Explorer to organize files
How to copy Web material
What to do when your printer won't print
How to preview a color picture in black and white
Using the Windows key for short cuts
Setting the Internet Explorer to open on your URL choice
How to copy and print the screen image
How to change table column widths in Word
How to lower macro virus risk
Moving files using Windows Explorer
Reduce risk of computer crashes
How to find a hidden file
A faster way to reboot
Notify e-mail senders that you are out
A tip to use during presentations
Entering fractions in Excel
Hiding graphics in Word
Clearing temporary Internet files
How to copy a floppy
Adding notes to a Help item
Printing color Excel documents on black-and-white printer
Switching between open documents
How to resize images in PowerPoint
How to shrink text to fit one or two pages
Resizing document windows
Inserting images (Cahners logo)
Fitting Excel spreadsheets on more than one page
Searching with Internet Explorer 4.0
Using Word as e-mail editor
Navigating in Windows Explorer
Making a signature line in Word
Start Excel with one worksheet, not three
A quick click way to close programs
Using Word to design Web pages
Highlighting text in Word
Get help fast!
Shortcuts for highlighting text in Word
Inserting date in Office programs
Using the format painter
AutoRecover your Word files