Next Technology Training Date Set

Our next technology training date has been scheduled for Thursday, October 25, 2012. As always there will be 2 sessions (10AM or 1PM). Plese send me any training ideas or topics you would like covered.

Outlook Tip - Print Only One Page of an Outlook Message

Other Office apps let you print the current page (or one or more numbered pages) directly from the Print menu in Backstage view by clicking the down arrow next to the Print All Pages button to see the page-range options. Outlook doesn't offer those options on its Print menu; instead, you must click the tiny Print Options button on the Print menu, then select a Page Range option.

"Tremors" (*Updated*)

About the Chesapeake Rocking Horse Drilling SiteArlington, Texas ~ June 5, 2012

(Be sure to play this video on your PC or MAC. Embedded videos using the Silverlight Microsoft application won't play on iPhone or other smartphones, iPads ~ iOS devices. We're very sorry for this inconvenience.)

 Click here for the link to the June 5, 2012 City Council Meeting. Then scroll over to 53:27 (53 Minutes, 27 Seconds) for the Rocking Horse Drilling Site Agenda Item Discussion from the community leader about the "tremors." (*Updated*) See the comments, please.

IGoogle Going Away

The internet is a very big digital universe. Finding a start page that works for us can be very difficult. For the past couple of years I have used iGoogle. This start page offers everything you could want as a starting point on the internet. Tabs where you can separate your interests, great widgets, awesome customization options and a great way to organize your internet links. This start page also looks great on mobile devices. Anyway all good things really do end. This is proven once again because apparently iGoogle is going away on November 1, 2013. I know this because it is being announced on the webpage. See below image.

There are not really that many good options for internet start pages, which has always surprised me. Sure there is Yahoo and MSN. However these are "out of the box" designed and I was never satisfied with the limited ability to design or personalize these particular start pages.

The good news here is Google has given us plenty of warning. I will be researching start pages over the next month or so and looking for good options. Watch for my report.

What start page do you use? Let me know maybe you can come to my rescue!

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Latin songs, the timeline video, online tutorials and more are offered through CC Connected. It's a great resource!

Word Tip - Customize the Ribbon

Microsoft Office finally lets you rearrange the Ribbon the way you want by clicking the File tab to go to Backstage, selecting Options, and then Customize Ribbon.

This is the Ribbon in all Microsoft Office Products.

Once "backstage", in the right-hand column, you can create a new tab or a new group on an existing tab, remove or rearrange items already on the Ribbon by selecting them in the right-hand column, or select items that you want to add from the list on the left. Long-term Office users may want to use the "Commands not on the ribbon," function because you can now add a command that you used in older versions of Word that nixed from the Ribbon due to lack of demand.

Note: A button on the lower right lets you export your customizations to other Office setups.

100 Years of Shale Gas? Think Again.

Deborah Rogers

Now, click here to see a story on Bluedaze about shale gas royalties.



Ms. Rogers writes for the Energy Policy Forum.



Here's a little background on Ms. Rogers. We thank her for explaining it all so well.