LINES IN WORD

If you type three or more dashes on a line by themselves, Word will convert them into a horizontal line running from margin to margin. If this isn't the behavior you were looking for, you can remove the line by using Format | Borders and Shading, going to the Borders tab, and clicking on None.

ENTER TIME AND DATE IN EXCEL

If you are working in Excel and would like a quick way to enter the date and time, try these shortcuts... To enter the time, CTRL : (Colon) To enter the date, CTRL ; (Semi-Colon)

ADD ON SOFTWARE FOR OUTLOOK

This add on program for outlook will remind you via email of upcoming appointments! It's a nice touch if you have your email forwarded to your cell phone or PDA. You won't miss important appointments!
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/jcEmailReminders.asp

COOL TOOL OF THE WEEK
http://www.photo3-d.com/

VIRUS TIP OF THE WEEK
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.galil.c@mm.html

Quick Tips provided to CAR by Amy Chorew and Matthew Ferrara of Matthew Ferrara Seminars.

Mozilla Extensions
by Stephen M. Canale

If you're one of the millions who are now using Mozilla/FireFox for better, safer and faster browsing, then you'll really appreciate the ability to add "extensions" to enhance this already excellent browser.

Of the many extensions I've tested, here's my favorite four:

Bandwidth tester
This installs as an option that displays in the Tools Drop-down menu. When launched, it runs 6 download tests (in a matter of seconds) and presents a summary result of your current bandwidth capabilities.

Great to settle your curiosity and also to troubleshoot connection issues, such as when you're not sure whether it's your connection that's causing problems or a specific site that's having performance issues.

Bandwidth Tester includes options for testing Dial-up, Broadband and T1 or Greater.

Download from:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=178 &application=firefox

PDF Download
If you're ever annoyed by PDF documents always opening in your browser (a sometimes slow and inconvenient process) then you'll love this extension. Whenever you click a link that leads to a PDF file, this tool automatically presents a dialog box with options to Download, Open in New Tab and View as HTML. A great time-saver!

Download from:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=636 &application=firefox

View in IE
While the days of web sites supporting only Internet Explorer are hopefully numbered (a bad idea in general and an example of poor and arrogant web site development) there are still sites you'll no doubt visit that must be viewed in IE to function properly.

View in IE installs and adds two new options within the "right-mouse-click" drop-down menu: Open Link in IE and Always Open in IE.

Download from:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=fi refox &category=Popular&numpg=10&id=35

AddBlock
An indispensable tool for taking back your browser screen space from overly abusive advertisements. This extension provides a great amount of control over which specific items you want "stripped" out of the web pages you visit.

AddBlock presents options for blocking on screen, allows right-mouse-click actions to select items for blocking and also a complete control console for advanced blocking rules.

Download from:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10 &application=firefox

NOTE: These were all tested using the latest version of Mozilla (1.0.3) so make sure you've upgraded to the current version before downloading and installing any of the handy extension utilities. Also, the links above can change, so you may need to search the Mozilla site for these extensions by name.

Download from:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-1.0.3 &os=win&lang=en-US

Stephen M. Canale
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