Researching file permissions can mean self-tutoring. The tutor relays the idea of Bypass Traverse Checking. Bypass Traverse Checking (file permission) This permission allows a user to access a specific file that is not protected, but which resides in a folder …
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Tutoring home computer use, you face all kinds of questions. The tutor shares an answer to “How can I tell if I’m running in Safe Mode?” My wife pointed out, and I agree, that our desktop has appeared different lately. …
Trying to repair a computer this weekend has involved self-tutoring. The tutor mentions the beloved “blue screen with white bird near green branch.” If you don’t know the screen mentioned in the title, you might be lucky. I’ve encountered it …
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Tutoring Business English, date format is of interest. The tutor shows a date format available in English (United States), but perhaps not in English (Canada), in Microsoft Word 2007. In my April 14 post I mention that I prefer the …
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Tutoring Business English, word processing formats inevitably arise. The tutor suggests how to change the date format in Microsoft Word 2007. I prefer the date format April 14, 2017. There’s no chance of misunderstanding it, since the month is a …
Tutoring spreadsheet usage, cell references are important. Let’s imagine you want a1 in the first sheet of a workbook to have the value of b1 in sheet 2. Here’s how you can do so with text: Excel: type, in a1 …
The tutor explains how to change from scientific notation to regular number format in Excel or LibreOffice Calc. In my post from Feb 14 I mention that 1.69e-05 equals 0.0000169. Written 1.69e-05, the number is in scientific notation. Perhaps the …
The tutor explains how to set a border around a range of cells in LibreOffice Calc. Here’s what to do: Select the area around which you want a border. Find the icon that’s a square divided in four; it’s perhaps …
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The tutor shares a hint he noticed recently. When I started with computers, I don’t believe you could have a folder name like this folder: as I recall, you couldn’t have a space in the name. (You could have an …
The tutor explains how, on Excel, to make a grid useful for displaying a graph. In these days of software availability, one would expect making squares on a page to be obvious. Here’s the easiest way I know: In Excel, …
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