Archive for August, 2007
How to Remove Word Smileys from Outlook 2007
Posted on August 7, 2007, under Email, How To, Software, Tools and Services.
With Outlook 2007, and even with Outlook 2003 Microsofts little smiley faces 
will be replaced for the standard 
smiley you type. THis is both annoying and unnecessary; so how do you disable it? Not too difficult, here are the steps:
- In Outlook 2007 go to the “Tools Menu” and click on “Options”.
- Click on the “Spelling” tab and then on the “Spelling and AutoCorrection…” tab.
- Select the “Proofing” tab on the left, and then the “AutoCorrect Options…”
- You will now see the a list of character. ON the ride side is the symbol that will be replaced with the text on the left side. You all 4-5 smiley faces and click the “Delete” button.
- Click “OK” and back out of your dialogs.
With all of the steps you have to go to jut to get to this option dialog, no wonder it’s not commonly known.
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Fake Steve Jobs, Not so Fake Anymore
Posted on August 6, 2007, under Development.
I don’t usually like to blog about things that are in the news, mostly because I can’t story justice and I can not imagine anyone caring about my two cents. However this morning I found out that the Fake Steve Jobs was unmasked after 14 months by a New York Times reporter. I have followed the Fake Steve Jobs blog for just about its whole existence, and it has been very enjoyable.
As stated in his post about being unmasked, Daniel Lyons says his is on vacation at the moment and will return “badder than ever”. What that means? I am not really sure of, but I hope he continues the blog; it’s funny and a really good read. I am kind upset on how many parties were racing to ruin a good thing, and judging by the comments on Brad Stone’s posting, where he revealed the truth, many are upset as well.
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Clearer Screen Type on Windows with ClearType
Posted on August 2, 2007, under How To, Operating Systems, Tools and Services.
I had to install Vista for a job coming up, so I decided to install it on an actual machine as apposed to a VM machine. I spent a week settin it up, and playing with all of the neat new settings, and after a week explorer kept crashing and after two hours I could not find a solution so out came the XP CD again and Vista went back to a VM machine.
When going back to XP the biggest thing I missed about Vista was actually the clearer fonts used, there were a pleasure to read. Note: you can get the Vista fonts on XP though a simple search, or even easier if you install Office 2007 you will get the Vista fonts.
So what makes the fonts smoother and easier to read on Vista? Well it’s called ClearType and there is a PowerToy for XP that you can install for free. Download, install, and configure in the control panel, and you will have smoother fonts similar to Vista.
I knew about this before Vista, but actually couldn’t stand using it. A week of using Vista everyday changed my view on that; no pun intended.
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