Image: Screen shot from Word 2007 Options panel
I’m still engulfed in learning more than I’d ever thought I would about mail merges and other functionality. Part of that learning has been combing through all the different checkboxes and settings that are available in the Word 2007 options panel.
A quick review of the "Layout Options" group uncovers a huge list of settings that are just checkboxes to check on or off a variety of settings. The "Layout Options" panel is initially collapsed so the expanse of potential options are hidden from the user.
After expanding the panel I was overwhelmed with …read more

  Image: Screen capture from Windows XP Pro by Jason Bean
I’ve been running now on my recently wiped and refreshed laptop. Everything is going well except for one thing. I probably should have connected the laptop to my domain before doing just about anything else.
You see now, I’ve got all these personalized settings. Applications installed. Preferences configured, etc., etc., but they’re all setup on my local computer user login.
When I connected to the domain at work, all my preferences are useless on the new domain user that’s created.
My question is does anyone know of a safe and successful way …read more

As an FYI, I’m having a great time today trying to figure out how to successfully get our new SBS 2003 machine setup. If you didn’t catch the tone in the plain fonts on your screen, there’s tons of sarcasm marinating around my words right now.