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1. What these steps do is to look for any digit 0 through 9 followed by decimal point and three digits This is a group one digit deci mal point three digits that must be immediately followed by at least digit and perhaps more When this sequence is found it is replaced by the first group one di mal point three digits The result is that everything beyond the third digit after the decimal point is chopped off This Find and Replace approach is quick and easy and it doesn t in volve the use of macros It also doesn t round the information that is left in your document If you need to have the values rounded to three digits instead of cut off at three dig its then you are best to go back to the see if you can change the origi nating program approach dis cussed at the beginning of this tip This tip applies to Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 You can find a version of this tip 10 QBITS Officers 2015 Elected Officers President Judi McDowell 309 314 1780 _juleoB9 gmail com Vice President Secretary Darlene Norton 809 798 1085 Corresponding SecretaryShari Peterson 553 468 1658 _skpdjoy gmaiLcom Treasurer Dave Tanner 209 7646455 alfannerd meshi com Directors at Large Jack Boccarossa 309 787 0688 Tim Buche 300 755 4893 Marie Dreier 300 755 8138 Susan Peterson 309 721 7048 Emiy Smith 209 794 9320 ginghis18 mchsi com Director Past President2. 10 The Windows 10 Xbox One app will enable the PC user to engage in Xbox One activities including mes sages friends lists Xbox Live chat and view some console content on the desktop The Game DVR fea ture allows gamers to save the last 30 seconds of a game being played which can readily be shared as de sired Xbox One games can be streamed over the local network in Windows 10 The implementation of DirectX 12 will produce console game like performance on Win dows 10 with reduced hardware continued on next page 3 CPU and graphics driver overhead To support the advanced multime dia needs of modern computer af cionados native graphics support CODECS will be added to a new Windows Media Player that sup ports Matroska HEVC and FLAC multimedia formats Since Windows 10 is intended to present a single interface on multi ple device types different builds of Windows 10 will be released for different devices such as a build for smart devices with screen sizes of less than eight inches which i cludes almost all of the smart phones Major Microsoft apps in cluding Skype will seamless grate or synch between Wi 10 devices such as a phone desk top and laptop A new unified build of Microsoft Office including Word Excel Outlook and Power Point displays similar appearing screens and documents regardless of the device used with synchro nization between the devices The new Office als
3. Nominees must be present and express their willing ness to serve 3 Any nominee not present must have submitted to the Board prior to the meeting by mail to Quad Cities Computer Society 3449 52nd St Moline IL 61265 4 a written statement express ing their willingness to serve if elected Preside Judi McDowell Vice President Shari Peterson Secretary Darlene Norton Treasurer Dave Tanner Corresponding Secretary Shari Peterson Directors at Large Jim Buche Joe Durham Patty Lowry Sue Peterson Emily Smith Submitted by Joe Durham Nominating Committee Chair Setting Table Values to Three Decimal Places By Allen Wyatt Copyright 2015 by Sharon Parq Associates Inc Reprinted by permission Thousands of free Microsoft Word tips can be found online at word tips net Jacob has a table containing nu meric values pulled from another program One of the columns has numbers that might be 3 256000 in one cell and 23 200000 in another He always needs to go through all of these numbers and make them only 3 digits to the right of the deci mal point Jacob wonders if there is way to automatically step through all the values using a macro and make sure they have only three dig its to the right of the decimal point Adjust Original Data Source This could certainly be done with a macro but that might not be the best way to do it The first potential solution is to look at how you are getting y
4. are available So do you get an noyed when a box pops up telling you that there is an update for Adobe reader We all do Get them and get annoyed at them I do not recommend you downloading these updates that come unannounced on your computer I do recommend that you periodically go to the Adobe site and click on and down load update Why Let s start with the PDF file itself PDF is one of the most widely used file for mats But unfortunately hackers have found ways to embed malware in PDF files New threats are dis covered on almost daily basis So patches and updates are continuing to be generated But if it is not from the Adobe site the notice that you received might even be sent by somebody who does not have our best interest at heart So rule one is to check the Adobe site periodically and download any updates Rule two is not to download the notices that pop up on your computer with out being asked Application Security With the tip above in mind you should also try and keep all your software up to date with the latest patches and upgrades Nominating Committee Report for 2015 At the opening of the program meeting March 2 a report of the QBITS March 2015 nominating committee will be pre sented After presenting this slate the President will open the meeting for nominations from the floor Floor nominations require that 1 Nominees must be members in good standing 2
5. have an Action Center which when opened quickly displays icons and settings for Wi Fi Bluetooth and QBITS March 2015 the other common settings for the devices Currently in development and testing for Windows 10 is Continuum which will allow the user to quickly switch between available input methods such as a keyboard and mouse to a touch screen method of input Microsoft has been promoting its Cortana which it describes as an intelligent personal assistant which was originally smart phones run ning Windows 8 1 as a competitor to Apple s Siri Recent builds of the beta versions of Windows 10 in clude Cortana named after the arti ficial intelligence character made famous in Microsoft s Halo game series Cortana as an intelligent ap plication can set reminders inter pret natural voice commands and respond to spoken inquiries by ac cessing Microsoft s Bing search en gine Cortana can instantly respond to verbal questions about the weather conditions anywhere in the world sports scores stock quotes traffic conditions and most other information which can be located by Bing This information such as stock quotes and sports scores can be displayed by Cortana on a popup if desired by the user Cortana also has a Concert Watch feature which will recommend music genre s bands and musicians which it learns by monitoring previ ous Bing searches Cortana will also be integrated with other Mi
6. includes fi hearing aids for all ages abil and hearing losses She is pa ate about hearing loss and improv ing lives through better smarter technology Microsoft To Release Windows 10 FREE for Many Windows 7 and 8 1 Users by Wilsker WEBSITES Microsoft Windows 10 goo gl bjGceK The QCS is a member of The Verge Review goo gl DCjXZC Skype Windows 10 features goo gl UJuuiL Yahoo Windows 10 XBOX app goo gl OkeMP7 Forward Thinking Windows Ambitious But Realistic goo glixHOcTx Betanews Windows 10 goo gl Gk3ocn Techcrunch Windows 10 goo gl SziJB Wikipedia Windows 10 goo gliu65n7a Windows 10 Cortana goo glicJtCKJ Business Insider What Happened to Windows 9 goo glimmYHqX The Verge Windows 10 What You Need to Know goo glivbdEoa There is no doubt that there are still countless users of the obsoles cent Windows XP which is no longer supported by Microsoft The successor to windows XP was Win dows Vista which was enormously unpopular with its users Windows 7 with its several iterations had some successes in the market place An Intarnational Association of Technology E Computer Usor Groups Would You Like to receive your QBITS via email The QBITS can now be produced in Acrobat PDF format and sent to your email box If you desire to have the newsletter sent to you electronically instead of by US Mail notify Patty Lowry QBITS co editor 563 33
7. old favorite MSDOS software titles through the DOSBOX emula tor through your web browser To date 2 453 titles are available through The Internet Archive This author has tried out Sim City for example Make your selection and wait for the Internet Archive to start the DOSBOX emulator and load your program Depending upon the func tions available you can play your game in full screen or with sound Full screen is enabled by clicking the expanding four corner arrow box in the upper right hand corner Sound is enabled by clicking the speaker icon in the middle right hand side of the screen If you wish to make a game a favorite so that you can return to it more easily in future visits click the star icon below it The next icon below the star allows you to share your game with others on the net Additionally you can use The Internet Archive to go back in time and view the QCS Computer web site as it was posted starting in 1997 web are e orgiweb qes org The Tip Corner by Bill Sheff nsheff at aol com Reprinted from the February 2015 is sue of The LVCG Joumal newslet ter of The Leigh High Group www lveg org Windows Sidebar Gadgets Once we graduated up to Win8 the old sidebar gadgets introduced by Windows Vista can be consid ered a thing of the past These Gad gets allowed you to do a lot of things such as see the weather check the stock market and see how much strain you re putting your compu
8. place for all QCS members to upload files docu ments pdf s photos url links that may interest other club members We have chosen the free service which has a storage limit of 2GB When you log on Dropbox will ask if you wish to download their drop box client or application This is not required To access and use this site you only have to go to dropbox com and sign in Each QCS member will be emailed the log in name and pass word to use for access It is our goal to promote communication and help with one another in comput ing we is a our clubs motto If you have difficulties learning how to use this service send a note to theqes mehsi com Best Password Manager Apps for iPhone and iPad 1Password Dashlane mSecure and more By Bill Crowe 2nd Vice President Sarasota PCUG FL September 2014 issue Sarasota Technology Monitor www thestug org presentations at thestug org The best password manager apps for iPhone and iPad to help you create strong passwords keep them secure and use them when you need them the hunt for the best iPhone apps and best iPad apps to help you create store and manage all your passwords and logins Passwords are what keep our stuff safe from our iPhones iPod touches iPads and Macs to the apps and services we use on them Good strong unique passwords are also com plete pain in the back to remember and on mobile an incredible pain to enter However given h
9. 2 8679 pattylowry rocketmail com QBITS Published monthly by the Quad Cities Computer Society clo Dave Tanner 3449 52nd St Moline IL 61265 webpage www qcs org Co editors Joe Durham Joseph8S_us yahoo com Paity Lowry pattylowry rocketmail com Quad Cities Computer Society QGS is an lowa nonprofit organization for charitable scientific and educational purposes primarily to educate the public concerning the advantages and disadvantages of microcomputers and to publish a newsletter for distribution to members area libraries and educational institutions The QCS is recognized as 5013 nonprofit charitable educational organization by the IRS Copyright QBITS copyright 2015 by the QCS All rights reserved Subscriptions are included in cost of membership Reproduction of any material herein is expressly prohibited unless prior writen permissions is given by the QCS Permission to reprint material contained herein is granted to other non profit personal Computer groups provided the full attribution of the author publication title and date are given except that articles with Copyright notice in the header indicates article may be reproduced with the express written permission of the author other indicated copyright holder Brand or product names are trademarks oftheir respective carriers As a typographic convention we do not so identify as such effectively displacing Vista b
10. Patty Lowry 663 392 0679 _pattylowry rocketmai com DirectorSIG Leader Beginners Jm Kristan Genealogy Len Stevens Digtal coordinator Wassenhove Internet Ted Huberts Office Juci McDowell Personal Computing Larry Stone Joe Durham Appointed Officers Membership Director Susan Peterson Program Director Ralph Drexier Pubic Relations Di Publicity Joe Durham Financial Commitee VanderHoek APCUG Representative Membership Records Web Master OBITS Newsletter Patty Lowry Susan Peterson Vicki Wassenhove Joe Durham Patty Lowry Maiing Patty Lowry Resource Manager Judi MeDowell 209 755 8277 663 350 9672 judylenstevens msn com G09 787 2299 wazz123 gmal com 209 7929470 slowhand54 sbeglabal net 209 314 1780 209 787 5574 Ietone521 mehsi com 09 768 5570 felspaw gmail com drenlerm mehsi com 209 721 7048 209 755 8138 209 764 5570 563 505 9861 563 332 8679 09 721 7048 209 764 8570 us yahoo com 563 232 8679 _pattyiomry rockelmai com 663 332 8679 patlyiowry rocketmailcom 209 314 1780 for the older menu interface of Word here Setting Table Values to Three Decimal Places FCC Smartphone Security Checker www foo gov smartphone security The FCC has established a web site to help inform and guide smart p
11. QBITS Quad Cities Computer Society Newsletter for March 2015 Volume 33 number 2 563 265 1728 www qes org The Weather Got Us Again Enjoy this article about Windows 10 Technological Advancements in Hearing Loss Treatment Presented by Dr Molly Parker of Parker Audiology Davenport IA Website www parkeraud com Hearing devices have changed dramatically in our computer age making communications more spontaneous Seamless transition with Made for Iphone and Android Technology provide hear ng devices with more flexibility Even those without hearing loss should find this subject fascinating from its technological viewpoint Dr Molly Parker Audiologist at QBITS March 2015 Parker Audiology will provide a general overview about advancing hearing aid technology from ear homs to the latest digital products and equipment Topics include smart hearing aid technology rechargeable technology remote controls remote programming and more Additional topics include computer apps for your IPADs and websites that will facilitate your communications in background noise Dr Parker has been an audiologist in the Quad City Area for nearly 18 years She obtained her M A at U of Iowa in 1997 Her Audiology Doctorate was completed at AT S University Arizona School of Health Sciences in 2007 She has been a fellow of the American Speech Hearing Association since 1997 Her expertise
12. a Points and Free Avast Software If you have registered as a mem ber of the Avast online community you will see in the upper right cor ner of Avast Free s main screen your registered email address and a notation such as 540 karma So called karma points are awarded for various acts of participation in the community and even for being user of Avast Free for a long time Referring friends posting to fo rums trying a demo feature buying premium feature etc all earn you more karma points and status in the community With enough Karma points you can eam a free copy of Avast Inter net Security Here s the fastest way to do that On the Avast main screen click the ACCOUNT tab Login to your Avast account or create one if needed Next click on the colored circle under the Lo gout link at the top right On the next screen you ll see a gray box that says Recommend Avast and Karma Click that link and you ll be given your own referral link which you can use to invite friends via Email Facebook Twit QBITS March 2015 ter or Google Recommending Avast to 7 friends can earn you a free year of Avast Internet Security 14 friends two years 21 friends three years Your friends must download and install Avast via your referral link The Internet Archive Play MSDOS Games Joe Durham Go back in time through with the aid of the Internet Archive and play you
13. ce you create a lo gin for PasswordBox all your pass words will be kept in syne across any device you may log into Pas wordBox includes a built browser that makes logging in to sites quick and easy with one tap access Once you ve tapped on a tile for the site you d like to go to you get routed there and PasswordBox will auto fill your credentials im mediately You can store 25 pa words for free with PasswordBox before having to upgrade and pay for pret If you need to store less than 25 logins and identities PasswordBox is an awesome choice on both iPhone and iPad that will cost you nothing Cost Free Dashlane Dashlane is an all in one pass word manager and generator with the ability to store web logins credit cards profiles and much more One of the features I really like about Dashlane is that it tells you in human terms how safe your passwords are If you store a login that has an official iOS app Dash Jane can launch it and log you in automatically which is something many other password manager apps can t do Not only is Dashlane fea ture packed and easy to use it s one of the best designed password man ager apps available on both iOS and Mac When signing up for Dashlane you get 30 days premium free after you ll have to pick a sub scription plan to continue using the service One year of Dashlane cur rently costs 29 If aesthetics matter to you along with Mac su
14. crosoft apps which can track flights or remember where a user parked his car by communicating with Microsoft s maps app verbally saying Cortana where did I park my car will display a local Bing map with the car location high lighted along with a route and di rections to locate the car Old Microsoft utilities such as Messenger and Internet Explorer will be replaced by newer more ef ficient and powerful utilities pro viding enhanced functionality Mes senger the popular instant messag ing service will be replaced by the much more capable Skype which is already well established as a voice telephone remote presentation and texting application which can in stantly be synched between devices Internet Explorer will be replaced with a much more sophisticated and capable web browser currently code named Spartan along with a web rendering engine code named Edge which is backwardly com patible with older webpage designs and coding languages The new Spartan web browser is also inte grated with Cortana and will dis play additional context sensitive in formation such as airline flight formation or restaurant recommen dations Gamers and multimedia enthusi asts will appreciate the Windows 10 integration with the Xbox entertain ment system with an integrated Xbox app Gamers will be able to view their library of available games including the PC and con sole versions from within Windows
15. ect those of the Quad Cities Computer Society Monthly meetings are open to the general public 2 QBITS question So what happened to Windows 9 The official Micro soft response about Windows 9 was It came and it went Tony Prophet also wanted to separate any public associations between Windows 8 and 10 Microsoft is building a to tally new operating system with Windows 10 rather than simply up grading the somewhat disastrous Windows 8 operating system Prophet stated Windows 10 is not going to be an incremental step from Window 8 1 Windows 10 is going to be a material step We re trying to create one platform one eco system that unites as many of the devices from the small embed ded Internet of Things through tablets through phones through PCs and ultimately into the Xbox While the new Windows 10 oper ating system may be totally new and not just a rewrite of earlier op erating systems the way in which it will be marketed to the general public will also be new to Micro soft the current plan for the first year is to offer Windows 10 as a free upgrade for most Windows 7 and Windows 8 1 computers While Microsoft has not officially an nounced the hardware requirements for Windows 10 over a million copies of the public beta or pre release builds of Windows have been downloaded and installed on Windows 7 and 8 computers for the purposes of widespread testing and the gathering of p
16. erformance issues and information The completed gold or production release of Wo thank NBs tho host of tho QCS org sito March 2015 Windows 10 is expected to be available later this year 2015 Windows 10 is expected to be a revolutionary new operating sys tem rather than an evolutionary op erating system In addition to the many new features and enhance ments built into Windows 10 in cluding frequent updates and up grades it is also intended to com bine the features of many Microsoft products and services into the oper ating system as well as provide a single interface to different prod ucts running Windows 10 includ ing desktop computer laptop tablets phones game consoles and nontraditional devices encompassed in the IoT or Internet of Things Windows 10 has recreated the desktop icons in a manner that will look the same regardless of the de vice being used Many users of Windows 8 hated the integral startup menu with many Windows 8 users installing third party soft ware that recreated the Windows 7 or XP startup menu Windows 10 new startup menu will open to a full screen displaying programs and apps with a more traditional appear ance the view of which can easily be customized by the user Another new desktop feature that will be a first for Windows PCs and other de vices running Windows 10 will be familiar to users of Android de vices Windows 10 will
17. hone users to preserve and main tain their security There are secu rity tips and options for the four popular smartphone operating Sys tems Android Apple 10S Blackberry Windows Phone You select your system and click Generate Your Own Checker A detailed list of tips appears that will guide you in good decision making as you use your smartphone is this security challenged world MEMBERSHIP CORNER Membership dues are payable July 1st each year and expire the following June 30th Individuals 30 Family 40 Payments can be made in person at a meeting or mailed to the treasurer David Tanner 3449 52nd Street Moline 61265 March 2015 SIG amp EVENTS CALENDAR ae MARCH 2015 MARCH 2 Monday LOCATION BEGINNERS EDC QCS MAIN MEETING EDC TITLE EDC MARCH 16 Monday PRESENTED BY GENEALOGY EDC MARCH 28 Monday INTERNET EDC PERSONALCOMPUTING EDC OFFICE EDC Location Key BCL Library of Butterworth Home mvc Craft Room of Butterworth Home OAK EDC Education Center of Butterworth ORC o ook Ca amp BUTTERWORTH 8 St amp 11 Moline IL ee 4 2 amp F Sener 5 16th Ave y EDUCATION CENTER OF BUTTERWORTH 7 St amp 12 Ave Moline IL LEADER JIM KRISTAN JUDI MCDOWELL LEN STEVENS TED HUBERTS LARRY STONE MIKE SHINBORI Location Key Mo
18. iend Referral Link ww com en us get 6Y7QxHvD You can even get the PAID VER SION FOR FREE by earning Avast Karma Points with your own refer ral link What s this all about Full details are at the end of this article Avast Free 2015 also includes demo versions of premium security tools The SecureLine VPN option is a free three day trial of a fully encrypted proxy service using it hides your IP address and Web surf ing activity even from your own ISP A one year subscription costs 560 GrimeFighter analyzes your system for junk files bad registry entries and other junk that can slow your system but to fix the prob lems you ll need to pay 20 Or you can use Privazer the free cleaner upper I recommend The free Mobile Backup trialware comes with 2 GB Dropbox count and stores your mobile de vice s data in the cloud the pre mium version costs 15 March 2015 The main Avast interface screen includes a Store button that re veals a host of premium and freemium products an indication that competition in the Internet Se curity marketplace is heating up or that profit margins which rely on converting free users to paid cus tomers are getting tighter Tve been using Avast for over a year since switching from AVG and I m giving the new Avast 2015 version a big thumbs up for some innovative new features and contin ued comprehensive protection from malware threats Karm
19. l get the option to name the group You can do this with the rest of your tiles until they are all organized the way you want them There are other things you can do with Tiles or Apps which are a snap with a mouse Right clicking on tile or app opens up a pane with the following commands Pin or unpin from Start Pin or unpin to taskbar Uninstall Open New Window Run As Administra tor Open file Location and for the tiles Re size With a touch screen you can do the same thing by just holding down the tile for a second some require that you slide it a lit tle and the same options appear on the bottom of the screen If you have a Windows 8 tablet you prob ably use it a great deal for browsing the Internet It s handy to have tiles for your favorite sites displayed front and center so you don t have to always open your browser and pull up favorites This also works for a Windows 8 computer with a mouse track pad Just remember that you can customize the Start Screen of Windows 8 so you can pretty much get it to look just like you want it to PDF Security PDF files are usually document files that cannot be changed from the format in which you receive March 2015 them in This is a good thing if you want someone to read something that cannot be altered like a book important document These files are read in what is called a PDF reader The most common one is Adobe but there are others that
20. line Vikings Club Oak Room of Butterworth Home Orchid Room of Butterworth Home tie aor Mapcott Ronin pania NATED trap ns PHONE 309 755 8277 309 314 1780 563 359 9672 309 792 9470 309 787 5574 563 355 7637 Quad Cities Computer Society c o Dave Tanner 3449 52nd St Moline IL 61265 Moving Send an address change to felspaw sbcglobal net This Month in QBITS Microsoft ToRelease Windows 10 for Free for Many Windows 7 and 8 1 Users QCS Dropbox Site Best Password Manager Apps for iPhone and iPad What s New in Avast for 2015 The Internet Archive Play MSDOS Games Online The Tip Comer Nomination Committee Report Setting Table Values To Three Places QCS Map Directions 12 QBITS Monday March 3 2015 Butterworth Education Center 7 00 PM Technological Advancements in Hearing Loss Treatment Presented by Dr Molly Parker March 2015
21. n or with a mouse point to the upper right corner of the screen The charms menu opens on the right edge of the screen The charms provide access to the fol lowing Search charm Search for apps settings or files Share charm share photos mu sic movies or links with other apps or people For example when view ing a web page use the share charm to send it You do not have to open email and copy and paste the link Send a favorite recipe directly from the Recipe app or photos from the Photo app Start charm The Start charm returns you to the Start screen If you are already on the Start screen the Start charm returns to the previ ous page You can also shut down Windows using the Windows 8 key board key Devices charm use the Devices charm to print play media on TVs and audio systems use more than one monitor and send content to 8 QBITS nearby computers and other devices such as phones Settings charm This charm helps to personalize your computer For example change the volume or brightness choose your keyboard type access the PC settings and turn off the computer are just a few of the selections Tiles are icons of apps that appear on the Start page Many of them show active screens within the tile They can be moved and re sized Apps are shown on a secondary screen that contains all the tiles and other apps that were ei ther included with your computer or downloaded from an app
22. o be morphing into an all in one system maintenance and se curity suite much like Advanced System Care PC Matic and other utility suites Avast s emphasis is on maintenance issues that affect secu rity but they may also improve sys tem performance Avast s Browser Cleanup fea ture is not what its name implies to most people Instead of clearing the browser s file cache browsing his tory etc Avast cleans up unwanted toolbars and plugins eliminating points of vulnerability to hackers and places where malware likes to hide Keeping all of one s software up to date is another security issue Avast 20155 Software Updater makes it a breeze You can set it to notify you when updates are avail able or just install them automati cally This module checks for up dates of operating system browser and popular applications but if you don t see some of your apps in the tool s list you ll have to update them on your own Free or Paid Version Avast Free Antivirus is the name of the free version of the Avast suite Avast Internet Secu rity is a paid version that offers ex tra features such as Anti Hijack Protection to secure your online banking and other sensitive counts a Silent Firewall to shield you from hackers and an Anti Spam module The cost is 39 year but there s a way to eam a free copy Want to get a free copy of Avast 2015 You can with Bob s Avast Fr
23. o supports printing from a mobile device while Micro soft s cloud based OneDrive storage service will automatically collect photos and images from all con nected devices remove duplicates and organize them in albums that can be accessed by the authorized user from any compatible device Microsoft will be distributing and promoting Windows 10 more heav ily than its predecessor operating systems Microsoft has announced its intention to release automated frequent updates and upgrades to Windows 10 in order to keep all systems up to date with the latest features and security enhancements Microsoft has also publically stated that with the current plan to keep Windows 10 updated to incorporate emerging technologies there are no 4 QBITS current plans for a Windows 11 or 12 I decided to forgo Windows 8 and have Windows 7 on my pri mary desktop and laptop comput ers While Windows 10 appears in triguing I may wait a while before taking advantage of Microsoft s up coming offer of a free upgrade to Windows 10 providing my hard ware meets the new system require ments Since the free Windows 10 offer is currently planned to be available for a year commencing the official release of 10 I will probably get a copy but take a wait and see approach before giv ing up my proven Windows 7 Quad Cities Com puter Society Community Dropbox Site www dropbox com This Dropbox access site has been created as
24. our original data If itis possible you might want to change the program that gener ates the data so that it uses only three decimal places Or change it so that the data ends up in an Excel worksheet that you can then embed within your Word document If that doesn t work you might be able to modify the pro gram so that it doesn t insert nu meric values but inserts fields that display the numeric values This may sound confusing but you can use fields to display only a Specific number of digits of a value This type of field formatting has been discussed in other WordTips Find amp Replace If you cannot change the way that the original program generates the information that ends up in the ta ble and most of the time people can t change it then you can use Find and Replace to limit your val continued on next page 9 ues to three decimal places Follow these steps 1 If you want to limit your re place operation to a specific portion of your document such as a table ora column within a table select that portion of the document 2 Press Ctrl H to display the Re place tab of the Find and Replace dialog box 3 If the More button is visible click it so that you end up with an expanded dialog box 4 Make sure the Use Wildcards check box is selected 5 In the Find What box enter following 0 9 0 9 3 0 9 tL 6 In the Replace With box enter the following I 7 Click Replace All
25. ow many security breaches there ve been lately and how many passwords have been compromised it s abso lutely necessary Due to the lack of March 2015 browser plugins on iOS iPhone and iPad password managers aren t as well integrated as they are on Mac or Windows but there are still many on the App Store to choose from But which iPhone and iPad apps are the absolute best password manager apps 1Password 1Password by AgileBits in addi tion to tracking and maintaining passwords lets you easily create new strong and unique passwords whenever you need them 1Pass word can also store all your wallet items such as credit card numbers license info and more With exten sions for every major desktop browser on Mac and Windows a built in browser on iOS and a sim ple Android app auto filling pass words and information can be done with a simple unlock and a few taps 1Password can also syne with iCloud for iOS only or with Drop for cross platform 1Password for iOS is now a universal app for iPhone and iPad so one purchase gets you both version 220020 If you re looking for an all in one password management solution with amazing cross platform sup port look no further than 1Pass word Cost 17 99 wordBox PasswordBox can store web lo gins credit card numbers secure notes and also has the ability to generate strong passwords when QBITS March 2015 you need to On
26. pport give Dashlane a Cost Free with subscription mSecure mSecure is also an all in one password manager app that also al lows you to generate new pass words Part of what I like about mSecure is the customizable inter face With almost 300 icons to rep resent your different kinds of ac counts and logins it makes it alittle easier to pick stuff out in a long list You also take quick photo of something you need to enter later but don t have time to now mSe cure also supports iCloud and Dropbox syne to syne your pass words to other versions of mSecure whether it be Android Mac Win dows or something else For a customizable and flexible password management experience mSecure is worth a look both iPhone and iPad 9 99 LoginBox Pro LoginBox Pro is the premium version of LoginBox minus the ads and with an unlimited amount of continued on next page 5 stored logins LoginBox works by recording passwords when you use the in app browser Once you ve typed in your password and logged in just stop recording and Logi Box Pro will remember for the next time you tap that login You can also store airline miles cards loy alty cards identities and more If most of your login s to most sites are through the browser and you don t need help generating strong passwords LoginBox Pro is convenient option that s available for both iPhone and iPad Co
27. st 6 99 What s New in Avast Antivirus 2015 By Bob Rankin Ask Bob Rankin December 8 2014 Column Reprinted with Permission The holiday shopping season starts earlier each year and so does the release of major annual updates of security software The 2015 edi tion of Avast Free Antivirus arrived before Thanksgiving for instance Avast 2015 contains some features never before seen in Avast Read on for the full story and learn how you can get the paid version for free First off there s a home network scanner in Avast 2015 that I have not seen in any other security suite When launched the network scan ner checks your router s administra 6 QBITS tor username and password warn ing you to change them if they re still set at factory defaults It warns of unencrypted Wi Fi connections or those encrypted with the easily hacked WEP proto col It checks to make sure your DNS has not been redirected and that your router is not accessible from the Internet If there is a prob Jem Avast 2015 will display step by step instructions for solving it if your router model is one that Avast supports Otherwise you ll have to consult the user manual or Google it These are front security precautions that many users mi so I applaud Avast for these addi tions to the already comprehensive protection that this free security suite provides Avast 2015 Review With the 2015 edition Avast seems t
28. store or some other location They can be grouped or dragged onto the Start screen to become a Tile Organize Windows 8 Start Screen We showed you how to remove Gadgets in older systems And we let you know what the icons in Windows 8 are called Now let s look at Windows 8 and see what we can do with the apps that start accu mulating Of course we can revert back to a Windows 7 screen and sometimes that is handy but let s jump into the latest windows format and see how to organize it to our liking Windows 8 allows us to move and adjust the size of the tiles on the desktop So let s start by or ganizing by category With a touch screen device select the app you want to move by pressing down and holding on the tile and pulling down slightly If you re using a mouse just click and drag When you drag the tile it will appear translucent You can group tiles such as Kindle Nook Overdrive 3M Adobe Reader and any other app that allows downloading and or reading books into one group To relocate the group with a touch screen device you can simply pinch the screen If you have a key board and mouse set up just hold down the Ctrl key and zoom out with your mouse wheel Then select your newly created group of tiles by pressing and pulling down slightly on them or by clicking with your mouse Drag your group to the desired position Once in location you click on the group or pull down slightly and you wil
29. ter under And there are a lot more out there So for those of you who still have them on your com puter here is a way to uninstall them if they get too crowded Click Start and in the Search Box type Gadgets The gadget window should open up Now right click on the gadget you want to el and select Uninstall A confirmation window opens up so just click Uninstall again Balloons Pop ups and tooltips What s the difference Well re gardless of the size shape or color they are all known as screen tips So when you see little text box that pops up over an icon or a yellow balloon like you see in the comics or read about description don t worry about what they are called If they provide information when you hover over an icon or right click on continued on next page 7 something relax a screen tip you are looking at Windows 8 Terminology When is an icon not an icon When it is a Charm a Tile or an App OK we know that any small picture is an icon or GUI which represents a program or a file In Windows 8 there are three types of icons that are used and each has a specific name First we have the charms This is a group of five icons called Search Share Start Devices and Settings When you look at a windows 8 start screen they are not visible To open the Charms Bar you can either press the Windows key Windows 8 key board key key swipe from the right side of the screen touch scree
30. ut not winning over many of the huge in stalled base of XP users except when the users purchased newer computers Windows 8 on the mar ket for only a few years never met with the sales success that Micro soft had hoped for with relatively few Windows 7 users upgrading to Windows 8 as hoped for by Micro soft and also with many purchasers of new computers explicitly re questing that Windows 7 be in stalled on the new machines instead of the Windows 8 heavily promoted by Microsoft While many users of Windows 8 who have touch screen devices found the manipulation of the interactive tiles advantageous many users of more conventional computers found the Windows 8 tile display somewhat confusing and inconvenient In early 2014 Microsoft first publically displayed the next generation of its flagship operating system developed under the code name Threshold now known as Windows 10 Several of the online pundits have brought up theories about what hap pened to Windows 9 as the series numbering went from 7 to 8 to 10 bypassing an official release of Windows 9 Some pundits alleged that skipping a 9 series was to minimize any confusion with the old Windows 95 and 98 but that is not the official Microsoft line In recent interviews both Tony Prophet head of marketing for Microsoft and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella responded to the Views and opinions expressed by presenters do not necessarily refl
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