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Thursday, August 4, 2011

How to Add or Remove Items from the Quick Access Toolbar in Microsoft Outlook 2010

This is a how-to article for Outlook 2010 on the subject of adding and removing icons or actions from the Quick Access Toolbar. The Quick Access Toolbar is the collection of small icons at the very top of the window.

Quick Access Toolbar

  1. To add items to the Quick Access toolbar, click on the down arrow to the right of the toolbar.

    Quick Access Toolbar
  2. Look through the list for the desired command, then check that item on the list.

    Quick Access Toolbar options
  3. If it is not listed, click on More Commands at the bottom.

    More commands
  4. A new list will appear. To add an item to the Quick Access toolbar, move it from the left column to the right column by selecting it and clicking on the Add button in the middle.

    Add button
  5. To remove an item from the Quick Access toolbar, click on the down arrow to the right of the toolbar.

    Quick Access Toolbar
  6. Locate the item on the list and click on it to uncheck it.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

How to Add a Website to the Start Menu using Internet Explorer 9 in Windows 7

  1. Click the Tools icon
    Tools icon in the upper right of Internet Explorer 9.


  2. Click File » Add site to Start menu.


  3. The Add site to Start menu will open. Name: will show the name for the Start menu option. Click the Add button.

    Add site to Start menu
  4. The website will be added to the Start menu.



  5. If you wish to change the name as it appears on the Start men, right-click on the Start menu listing for the web site. Then, left-click on Properties. The top box in the Properties will be the name displayed. Click in the box, and edit it to what you want. Click OK. The new
    name for the website is shown on the Start Menu.

    Add another site to Start menu

Monday, August 1, 2011

How to Create and Save a Visio Project

This document is a guide on how to create and save a project in Microsoft Visio 2010. Microsoft Visio is a great tool that can be used for many different design projects. For this example, the Office Layout template will be used.

  1. Click on the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen.

    Start

  2. Select All Programs.

    All Programs
  3. Select Microsoft Office » Microsoft Visio 2010.

    Microsoft Visio
  4. With Visio open, the available templates are displayed. Visio offers a wide range of project types to choose from. For this example, Office Layout is used. After selecting a template, click
    Create.



  5. Next, click File » Save As.

    Save file



  6. When prompted, name the file and select a location on your local disk. Click Save to complete.