Online help is a keystroke away

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Did you know that you have a computer expert that knows your software inside and out, waiting by your side with the answers and guidance you need to get your job done? Did you also know that this assistance is completely free and is one keystroke away? Folks, I’m talking about online help. Any time you have a question on how to use your software, just hit the F1 key and you’ll access the most in-depth and complete reference to available. Now, I’ve presented seminars to thousands of people and I’m amazed of how few of you actually use this simple yet powerful feature. Today’s online help software is extremely sophisticated and complete with not only documentation, but tutorials and demonstrations. The next time you need help with your software, instead of getting frustrated, hit the F1 key and you’ll be amazed at what you can learn.

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Nix Repetition

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If you find yourself working on repetitive or time consuming tasks on your computer, listen closely, because that is something you can definitely change and improve. You see, computers are designed specifically to eliminate monotonous, time-intensive, “no brainer” situations, so if you find yourself working that way on your computer, you need to stop right there and take a deep breath (ahhh) and think to yourself, “How can this be automated? There must be a better way”. The logical place to look is the online help where these days you can find awesome answers to just about everything. After that, think about how you might use a macro (macros are small, easy to create programs that automate small tasks). You must be willing to invest time and effort, but I guarantee that by doing so you will come out way ahead in no time.

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Making links to your site count

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If you’ve been successful in getting other Web sites to link to yours, how do you know if those links are generating traffic? If you’re not really sure, I’ve got a simple, easy technique for you. When you ask people to link to your site, you typically give them the address of your home page. A better approach is to create a duplicate home page under a different file name. The next time you ask someone to link to your site, give the address of that duplicate home page instead of your real one. Then when you review your Web stat reports the performance of this duplicate page will very accurately tell you how well that link is doing for you. If you create a different duplicate home page for all the sites that link to yours, you’ll have a very powerful and informative linking system. I’m

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Best way to learn something

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What’s the magic secret to learning new software as fast as possible? I’ll bet you’re like most people in that you install the software and just start using it, right? The only problem with that approach is that you end up learning the least amount possible to just barely get the job done and then you don’t pursue learning any more. This usually means that you’re not really getting your money’s worth. The best way to learn fast is to still “just do it”, but assume that everything you want to accomplish can be done automatically by the software, and dig through the online help to find out how. Then, most importantly, take the time to learn it well. Although it might seem you are spending lots of effort in the beginning, you’ll save thousands of hours in the long run. Follow this simple advice and you’ll be the office expert in no time.

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Parents: if your kids have their own computer at home here’s a way to make you the family hero by customizing their PC

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Aloha, I’m Peter Kay with your computer minute. Parents if your kids have their own computer at home here’s a way to make you the family hero by customizing their PC, in a really cool way, just for them. You see, Windows has this concept called Themes which allows you to completely tailor just about all aspects of look and feel, including, colors, sounds, cursors, wallpaper and backgrounds. Now what’s cool about these Themes is that there is a lot them on the Net that you can download and install for free. Now when you combine that with specialty mouse pads, mice and stickers you can turn that boring looking PC into a Pokemon PC, or a Barbie computer. Check out the “Websites for kids” links I’ve posted on www.yourcomputerminute.com to get you started. Your kids will love it and you’ll be the hero, at least for a day. I’m

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Interpreting Web Log Reports

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Do you have a Web site? How many people visited last week? What search engine words did they type in to find you? Did they get there from another site’s link? How long did they stay on your Web site? And how does all this compare with last month’s performance? If you were able to answer these questions, congratulations! You’re one of the few companies that is closely monitoring your Web site’s performance. What? You say you don’t know what I’m talking about? “What reports?” you say? Folks, if you care about making sales from your Web site you need to measure its performance. This means you have to review what’s called a Web log report that your ISP can provide for you every week or at least every month. Understanding this very important report is the key to identifying successful marketing strategies. Have you hugged your Web log report today?

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Use Ctrl-Enter with Internet Explorer and save typing

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If you use Internet Explorer to surf the Web, I’ve got a great tip for you. The next time you have to type in a Web site address, just enter the domain name, then do a control-enter by holding down the control key and hit enter. For example, instead of typing http://www.yourcomputerminute.com, just type in “yourcomputerminute” all by itself, nothing else, then do a control enter. Internet Explorer will automagically add the http://www in the beginning and the dotcom at the end. Try it! If you subscribe to my FREE newsletter, I’ll give you a short video to walk you through this, step by step. Just go to www.yourcomputerminute.com and sign up free today.

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Do you go online at home to do office work?

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Do you go online at home to do office work? I’ll bet you just love that high speed access from home that lets you remotely log into your office network, dontcha? What? You mean you don’t have high speed access from home? You’re kidding me, right? You mean to tell me that you have to work from home to begin with, which isn’t exactly my idea of having fun, but you’re using slow speed dialup, which makes you work even longer hours, as well? Come on man, get with the program! Stop wasting your life away working at home when you could be breezing by with a high speed connection. Call your favorite high speed access provider now and get online like the rest of us! I’ll guarantee you’ll thank me forever that you did, and you’ll never want to slowmo dialup your access again.

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How to Change

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Have you ever tried to get people in your company to change from doing things the “old way”? You probably found out that its difficult if not impossible do to unless you know the golden secret. And the golden secret is that people will change immediately if they believe, from their perspective, that the change will help make their life easier. If they feel, for whatever reason, that the change will make their life harder, they won’t change no matter how hard you push and who can blame them. Many of us in the tech world don’t understand this and we ask people to use a new technology which many times does not work properly or is full of bugs. So if you want to implement change in your company, first make sure that the change is in fact better and then make sure that everyone believes it. Get that done and you’ll see change happen over night.

Find Movies Online

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When you want to go out and see a movie, how do you find out when and where it’s going to play? I’ll bet you either dig around the house for the Sunday paper or you’ll make a bunch of phone calls, right? Aw man, I’m disappointed! You mean you don’t reach for your Web browser and call up the movie theaters online and find the right time and place in seconds? After all, why did you buy that cool computer and high-speed, always-on Internet access for anyway, right? Seriously folks, the next time you want to find your movie, try the Web instead. It is way, WAY better and faster. Believe me, I timed it! Now of course this won’t work well if you have dialup because it just takes too long but for you RoadRunner types, you will love this new way once you’ve tried it. Now I’ve already found the best local movie theater links for you and they’re posted on www.yourcomputerminute.com so check it out.

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