<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548</id><updated>2011-07-09T00:24:09.888+08:00</updated><title type='text'>IdiotProof Guide</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog is about the basics in mobile, computers, and the  Internet for non-techies.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-5851943713232817652</id><published>2011-03-23T16:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T16:16:45.787+08:00</updated><title type='text'>5 Easy Steps to Activate Facebook Zero on Your SUN Mobile Phone</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;1. Activate GPRS on your handset:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text ACTIVATE and send to 2300&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will receive the following message from 2300: &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;"GPRS Activation: GPRS for your mobile number has been activated. Pls configure your phone settings for MMS &amp;amp; Internet by visiting www.suncellular.com.ph/ecs_configure.php on your PC or you can text SUN GPRS &lt;handset model=""&gt; to 1200. Need help? Call our hotline 200."&lt;/handset&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Configure your phone settings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text SUN GPRS &lt;handset model=""&gt; to 1200. For example, if your handset model is Nokia 2600c, text SUN GPRS Nokia 2600c and send to 1200.&lt;/handset&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will receive the following messages from SunCellular:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ur currently not registered to SunCellular SMS Hotline. Pls txt SUN REG&lt;space&gt;LastName,Firstname to 1200. Ex SUN REG UY,JOY Visit www.suncellular.com.ph for more info.[FREE]"&lt;/space&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Thank you for giving us that information. We will be sending your GPRS setting for your handset within the next 24 hours. Ticket #: SUN-11032xxxxxxx"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Wait for a few hours. You will receive the following message from 202:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Your request for handset settings is currently being processed. Please save the settings whic will be sent to your phone. When asked for a PIN, enter 1234. This service is FREE."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Save and install the handset settings. Enter 1234 when asked for a PIN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. On your phone's internet browser, go to http://0.facebook.com and access facebook for FREE! 24/7*! Enjoy! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;br /&gt;*Valid for Sun Cellular subscribers only!&lt;br /&gt;*Access to facebook is limited to posting and liking status, and making comments. Charges may apply when you view photos and external links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-5851943713232817652?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/5851943713232817652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=5851943713232817652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/5851943713232817652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/5851943713232817652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2011/03/5-easy-steps-to-activate-facebook-zero.html' title='5 Easy Steps to Activate Facebook Zero on Your SUN Mobile Phone'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-6423026875134601339</id><published>2010-05-04T14:36:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T14:45:38.984+08:00</updated><title type='text'>10 Tips to protect your privacy on Facebook</title><content type='html'>&lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;This set of tips for Facebook privacy settings shows you how  to take full control of your profile, applications, contact details and wall  posts under the latest version of Facebook.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;These 10 tips are all you need to block prying eyes from your  personal profile.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;1. Create Friends Lists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;Friends Lists allow you to filter Facebook content more  easily. Fastest way to create a list: click 'Home' on the main menu bar, then  'Friends' in the sidebar on the left. You'll see the 'Create a List' button at  the top of the page. Enter a name for your list – 'Work' or 'Mates', for example  - and select friends to add to it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;2. Add people to existing  lists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;As well as adding people to a list when it's first created  you can select and add them after. Click Account &gt; Edit Friends then click  'All Connections'. You'll see your entire list of friends, with an 'Add to List'  button next to each. You can also add new friends to lists when inviting them or  accepting invitations.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 403px; height: 315px;" alt="Facebook friends list" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/facebookprivacy/flists-420-90.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;Friends Lists are your friends. Both literally and  metaphorically. Use them to control your privacy settings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;3. Protect Facebook status  updates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;By default, Facebook has three levels of privacy: Friends,  Friends of Friends and Everyone. Everything you can see on your Facebook page,  from wall posts to photos is restricted to one of these groups. But, you can  also exclude people from, seeing content using lists.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;Try this: go to 'View my Profile' and go to your Wall. Type  in a status update but, before posting it, click the Privacy menu button. It  looks like a padlock with an arrow next to it. Choose 'Customise'. In the 'Hide  This From' box and type the name of a list. Click OK and your update will be  hidden from all the folks in that list...&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;4. Hide Facebook Wall  posts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;To hide wall posts from a list, go to Account &gt; Privacy  Settings and click 'Profile Information'. There are four entries that affect  wall posts, 'Posts by Me', 'Posts by Friends' and 'Comments on Posts' can be  filtered by list. Click the Privacy drop down next to an item and choose  'Customise'. Type the name of the list in the 'Hide this From...' box.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 411px; height: 315px;" alt="Facebook wall" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/facebookprivacy/wall-420-90.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;CLEAN THE WALL:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;You can't control what your friends say on your Facebook wall,  but you can hide posts from sensitive eyes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;5. Prevent Facebook notification  spam&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;There are few things more intrusive than applications that  spam you automatically every time they update. The next time someone's annoying  &lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;Farmville&lt;/em&gt; update or &lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;Mafia Wars&lt;/em&gt;  notification appears in your feed, move your cursor over the post. A 'Hide' link  appears. When you click it, you'll be given the option to hide all posts from  the chosen application or even from that specific friend.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;6. Stop embarrassing photo  tags&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;You can't stop people tagging photos of you drunkenly dancing  the conga, but you can stop others from seeing the tag. Go to the Privacy  Settings section again and choose 'Profile Information'. Next to 'Photos and  videos of me' choose 'Custom' from the drop down, then choose 'Only me' from the  'Make this visible to' menu.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 406px; height: 315px;" alt="Facebook photo tags" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/facebookprivacy/tags-420-90.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;NO TAGS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;Your boss probably won't be impressed by photos of you passed  out in a pool of your own fluids - so hide picture tags from your  friends&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;7. Go invisible&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;Did that bloke who used to flick spitballs at you in Double  Physics find you on Facebook and send you a friend request? This could have been  prevented if you'd removed yourself from searches. In Privacy Settings, go to  'Search'. You can configure this so only your current friends can find you.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;8. Remove your Facebook profile from  search engines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;What if your old nemesis is more persistent, turning to  Google next to find your Facebook listing? No worries. In the very same 'Search'  section of Privacy Settings, untick the box labelled 'Allow' in 'Public Search  Results'. Give it a few days and your Facebook profile will quietly disappear  from search engines.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 408px; height: 315px;" alt="Facebook search settings" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/facebookprivacy/search-420-90.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;SEARCH SETTINGS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;You can preview how your profile will appear to people searching  for you using Google or Bing - or block search altogether&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;9. Block intrusive  applications&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;Some applications - including apps that only your friends  have installed - use your image and even your profile data in updates. Stop 'em  from accessing your information by going to Privacy Settings and choosing  "Applications and Websites". The crucial configuration tools are in "What your  friends can share about you". The list of available data is a bit unnerving -  but don't worry, untick any entry and your info will stay private.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;10. Hide your Facebook contact  details&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;As with the majority of Privacy Settings, you can choose to  hide certain contact details from specified lists of people. For example, if you  don't want work colleagues to see your home number, first make a Friends List of  the folks you want to exclude. Go to 'Contact Details' in Privacy setting.  Choose 'Other Phone' and 'Custom' to hide the number from that list.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 407px; height: 315px;" alt="Facebook contacts" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/facebookprivacy/contacts-420-90.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p itxtvisited="1"&gt;&lt;strong itxtvisited="1"&gt;CONTACT MANAGEMENT:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em itxtvisited="1"&gt;Facebook encourages you to enter every contact address you  have... Fortunately, you can restrict visibility to a privileged few&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="webonly" itxtvisited="1"&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read  more: &lt;a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/10-tips-to-protect-your-privacy-on-facebook-682955#ixzz0mwLsTH6W"&gt;http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/10-tips-to-protect-your-privacy-on-facebook-682955#ixzz0mwLsTH6W&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-6423026875134601339?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/6423026875134601339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=6423026875134601339' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6423026875134601339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6423026875134601339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2010/05/10-tips-to-protect-your-privacy-on.html' title='10 Tips to protect your privacy on Facebook'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-5698673731785243935</id><published>2010-04-30T16:41:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T17:12:32.546+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tag Friends in Your Facebook Status and Posts</title><content type='html'>Tagging is one of the most popular features on Facebook, it enables you to identify and reference people in photos, videos and notes. Another way to tag people and other things you're connected to on Facebook is through your status updates and posts. It allows you to let other people know who and what you're talking about. It includes referencing friends, groups or even events they are attending — for instance, posting "Grabbing lunch with Meredith Chin" or "I'm heading to Starbucks Coffee Company — anyone want some coffee?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to add a friend's name to something you are posting, just include the "@" symbol before your friend's name. As you type the name of what you would like to reference, a drop-down menu will appear that allows you to choose from your list of friends. Soon, you'll be able to tag friends from applications as well. The "@" symbol will not be displayed in the published status update or post after you've added your tags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="photo photo_none"&gt;&lt;div class="photo_img"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 397px; height: 182px;" class="img" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs215.snc1/8234_166968661728_20531316728_3531008_4854752_n.jpg" onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends you tag in your status updates will receive a notification and a Wall post linking them to your post. They also will have the option to remove tags of themselves from your posts. Tagging your status updates and others posts allows you to share in a more meaningful and engaging way, and connect with even more people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=109765592130&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-5698673731785243935?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/5698673731785243935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=5698673731785243935' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/5698673731785243935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/5698673731785243935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2010/04/tag-friends-in-your-facebook-status-and.html' title='Tag Friends in Your Facebook Status and Posts'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-7347732255571833481</id><published>2010-04-28T18:33:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T19:10:13.385+08:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Create All Those Sweet Little Symbols on Facebook</title><content type='html'>Do you envy that cute little heart (♥) symbol or that cool music note (♪♫) on your friend's status message. If you are one of those people who don't know how to create special symbols and characters with your keyboard, then this is for you. Well, it’s pretty simple and you don't have to be a hard core techie to do it. Here's how:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just press the ‘alt’ key and then type a number code on the numeric keypad (the number pad on the right hand side of the keyboard). If you’re on a laptop, you have to press ‘NumLk’ (Number Lock) first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below are a few alt codes:&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 1 – ☺&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 2 – ☻&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 3 – ♥&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 4 – ♦&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 5 – ♣&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 6 – ♠&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 7 – •&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 8 – ◘&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 9 – ○&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 10 – ◙&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 11 – ♂&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 12 – ♀&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 13 – ♪&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 14 – ♫&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 15 – ☼&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 16 – ►&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 17 – ◄&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 18 – ↕&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 19 – ‼ (it’s one character!)&lt;br /&gt;Hold ‘alt’ then press 20 – ¶&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy these alt codes and special characters!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-7347732255571833481?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/7347732255571833481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=7347732255571833481' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/7347732255571833481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/7347732255571833481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-create-all-those-sweet-little.html' title='How To Create All Those Sweet Little Symbols on Facebook'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-8632911696563172691</id><published>2009-06-26T11:41:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T11:51:22.208+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gannt Chart Made Easy</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Gantt chart makes it easy to track activity progress and chart project timelines. One way to create a Gannt Chart is to use Excel by customizing the stacked bar chart type.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This article shows you how to create a Gantt chart like the following example.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA010356401033" alt="Example of a Gantt chart in Excel" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="alert"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="DropDown" href="javascript:ToggleDiv('divExpCollAsst_1')"&gt;&lt;img src="http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA790050011033" alt="Hide" id="divExpCollAsst_1_img" border="0" /&gt;Step 1: Enter the sample data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="display: block;" class="ACECollapsed" border="0" id="divExpCollAsst_1"&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open a new worksheet in Excel and enter the following values in cells A1 through D6:   &lt;table&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;A&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;B&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;C&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;D&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;1&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; Start Date&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Completed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Remaining&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;2&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Task 1&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;08/01/2000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;205&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;3&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Task 2&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;10/15/2000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;200&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;120&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;4&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Task 3&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;12/15/2000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;140&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;200&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;5&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Task 4&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;02/06/01&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;44&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;345&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th colspan="" rowspan="" width="" height=""&gt;6&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Task 5&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;05/06/01&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;0&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;380&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note&lt;/b&gt;  The values in columns C and D (Completed and Remaining) represent numbers of days.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select cell B2 and format with the date format you want to use for the chart by clicking &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Cells&lt;/b&gt; on the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Format&lt;/b&gt; menu, and then clicking the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Number&lt;/b&gt; tab. Click &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Date&lt;/b&gt; in the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Category&lt;/b&gt; list, and select the format you want to use in the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Type&lt;/b&gt; list.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="alert"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="DropDown" href="javascript:ToggleDiv('divExpCollAsst_2')"&gt;&lt;img src="http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA790050011033" alt="Hide" id="divExpCollAsst_2_img" border="0" /&gt;Step 2: Create a stacked bar chart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="display: block;" class="ACECollapsed" border="0" id="divExpCollAsst_2"&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select cells A1:D6 and click &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Chart Wizard&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In step 1, click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Bar&lt;/b&gt; under &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Chart Type&lt;/b&gt;, and then click the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Stacked Bar&lt;/b&gt; sub-type (you can see the name of each chart sub-type at the bottom of the dialog box).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Next&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Next&lt;/b&gt;, and then &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Finish&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="alert"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="DropDown" href="javascript:ToggleDiv('divExpCollAsst_3')"&gt;&lt;img src="http://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA790050011033" alt="Hide" id="divExpCollAsst_3_img" border="0" /&gt;Step 3: Make the chart look like a Gantt chart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="display: block;" class="ACECollapsed" border="0" id="divExpCollAsst_3"&gt; &lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt; &lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Double-click the first series in the chart. This is the series for &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Start Date&lt;/b&gt;. If default colors are set in Excel 2002, this series is blue.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;On the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Patterns&lt;/b&gt; tab of the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Format Data Series&lt;/b&gt; dialog box, click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;None&lt;/b&gt; for &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Border&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;None&lt;/b&gt; for &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Area&lt;/b&gt;, and then click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;OK&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Double-click the category (x) axis, which in a bar chart is the vertical axis. (In a bar chart, the traditional x and y axes are reversed.) Click the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Scale&lt;/b&gt; tab, and select the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Categories in reverse order&lt;/b&gt; check box.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Font&lt;/b&gt; tab, click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;8&lt;/b&gt; under &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Size&lt;/b&gt;, and then click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;OK&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Double-click the value (y) axis, which in a bar chart is the horizontal axis. After completing the last step, this axis should be located at the top of the chart plot area. Click the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Scale&lt;/b&gt; tab and type the following values in the appropriate boxes:   &lt;p&gt;Minimum: &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;36739&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Maximum: &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;37441&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Major unit: &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;61&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Minor unit: &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;These values are serial numbers that represent the dates to be used for the value (y) axis. The minimum value 36739 represents the date August 1, 2000. The maximum value 37441 represents the date July 4, 2002. The major unit of 61 represents about two months, while the minor unit represents one day. To see the serial number for a date, enter the date in a cell, and then format that cell with the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;General&lt;/b&gt; number format.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Also on the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Scale&lt;/b&gt; tab, select the &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Category (X) axis crosses at maximum value&lt;/b&gt; check box.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Alignment&lt;/b&gt; tab, and under &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Orientation&lt;/b&gt;, type &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;45&lt;/b&gt; in the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Degrees&lt;/b&gt; box.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Font&lt;/b&gt; tab, and under &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Font style&lt;/b&gt;, click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Bold&lt;/b&gt;. Under &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Size&lt;/b&gt;, click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;8&lt;/b&gt;, and then click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;OK&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Right-click the legend, and click &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Format Legend&lt;/b&gt; on the shortcut menu.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Placement&lt;/b&gt; tab, and click &lt;b class="ui"&gt;Bottom&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Within the legend, click &lt;b class="bterm"&gt;Start Date&lt;/b&gt; so that it is selected, and then press DELETE.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;After carefully following these steps, you should have a chart that looks similar to the example. You may customize the chart to fit to your project needs. Additional formatting can also be done as needed using the standard features in Excel Charts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adapted from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA010346051033.aspx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-8632911696563172691?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/8632911696563172691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=8632911696563172691' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/8632911696563172691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/8632911696563172691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2009/06/gannt-chart-made-easy.html' title='Gannt Chart Made Easy'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-6451047246115285286</id><published>2009-06-25T11:31:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T11:41:20.993+08:00</updated><title type='text'>New and Cool Emoticons!</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 style="text-align: left;" class="topic"&gt;Surprise your friends with these hidden characters.&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;You won't find these in the emoticon menu, but you can send them by typing  the keyboard shortcuts directly into your message.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="emotitables"&gt; &lt;table style="width: 422px; height: 340px;" summary="Find the emoticon image you want to generate in the first column, then read the second column to find the character combinations you type to generate that emoticon. Screen reader and aural browser users may need to disable emoticon reading and enable all punctuation reading  temporarily, or read the second column character-by-character, in order to hear or braille these character combinations. (1)"&gt; &lt;caption&gt;Available Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons (1)&lt;/caption&gt; &lt;thead&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Emoticon&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Key Combination&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Description&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="puppy dog eyes" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/108.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:o3&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;puppy dog eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="I don't know" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/106.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:-??&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;I don't know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="not listening" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/107.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;%-(&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;not listening&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="pig" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/49.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:@)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;pig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="cow" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/50.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;3:-O&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;cow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="monkey" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/51.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:(|)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;monkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="chicken" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/52.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;~:&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;chicken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="rose" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/53.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;@};-&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="good luck" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/54.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;%%-&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;good luck&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="flag" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/55.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;**==&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;flag&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="pumpkin" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/56.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;(~~)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;pumpkin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="coffee" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/57.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;~O)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;coffee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="idea" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/58.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;*-:)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;idea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table style="width: 415px; height: 269px;" summary="Find the emoticon image you want to generate in the first column, then read the second column to find the character combinations you type to generate that emoticon. Screen reader and aural browser users may need to disable emoticon reading and enable all punctuation reading  temporarily, or read the second column character-by-character, in order to hear or braille these character combinations. (2)"&gt; &lt;caption&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Available Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons (2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/caption&gt; &lt;thead&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Emoticon&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Key Combination&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Description&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="skull" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/59.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;8-X&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;skull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="bug" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/60.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;=:)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;bug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="alien" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/61.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&gt;-)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;alien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="frustrated" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/62.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:-L&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;frustrated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="praying" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/63.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;[-O&lt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;praying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="money eyes" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/64.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;$-)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;money eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="whistling" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/65.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:-"&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;whistling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="feeling beat up" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/66.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;b-(&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;feeling beat up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="peace sign" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/67.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:)&gt;-&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;peace sign&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="shame on you" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/68.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;[-X&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;shame on you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="dancing" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/69.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;\:D/&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;dancing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table style="width: 404px; height: 312px;" class="last" summary="Find the emoticon image you want to generate in the first column, then read the second column to find the character combinations you type to generate that emoticon. Screen reader and aural browser users may need to disable emoticon reading and enable all punctuation reading  temporarily, or read the second column character-by-character, in order to hear or braille these character combinations. (3)"&gt; &lt;caption&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Available Yahoo! Messenger Emoticons (3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/caption&gt; &lt;thead&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Emoticon&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Key Combination&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th style="text-align: left;" scope="col"&gt;Description&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="bring it on" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/70.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&gt;:/&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;bring it on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="hee hee" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;;))&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;hee hee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="chatterbox" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/76.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:-@&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;chatterbox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="not worthy" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/77.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;^:)^&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;not worthy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="oh go on" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/78.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:-j&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;oh go on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="star" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/79.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;(*)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;star&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="hiro" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/72.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;o-&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;hiro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="billy" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/73.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;o=&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;billy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="april" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/74.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;o-+&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;april&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="yin yang" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/75.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;(%)&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;yin yang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="bee" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/115.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:bz&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;bee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="alternate"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="transformer*" src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/msg/emoticons/transformer.gif" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;[..]&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;transformer*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="footnote"&gt;* Only available in &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/platform/web/"&gt;Yahoo! Messenger  for the Web&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/features/emoticons/"&gt;See the rest of the emoticons.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-6451047246115285286?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/6451047246115285286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=6451047246115285286' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6451047246115285286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6451047246115285286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-and-cool-emoticons.html' title='New and Cool Emoticons!'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-2772165797475377961</id><published>2008-04-30T10:02:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T10:04:02.979+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Web Hosting That Suits Your Need and Your Budget</title><content type='html'>&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Do you want to set up your own website? Or do you need web hosting service for your personal homepage or small business website but hesitant to get one due to its cost? Then, this article is for you! Just go on and read you might find the answers to your questions below..     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Web hosting used to be expensive but with the advancement of internet and computer technology, web hosting service providers now offer cheaper hosting services. Depending on your hosting needs, a lot of web hosting companies now offer a wide range of web hosting services that suits your budget. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Hosting for your Personal Homepage/Small Business Website &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Individuals who need hosting services for their personal websites, blogs, family pages or small business websites and those who do not require dedicated servers can opt for more economical options such as shared hosting services. Shared hosting is one type of web hosting service wherein a number of people share the overall cost of maintaining the server through a reseller thus bringing down the individual cost. There are many web hosting resellers you can find on the internet that offers this kind of hosting at a very low price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Hosting for Wide Connectivity and Heavy Data Storage&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you do not wish to share your server, dedicated hosting is the kind of web hosting for you. The advantage of using this type of hosting is that you gain full control of the server including the operating system and/or the hardware. On the other hand, for large companies with multiple offices maintaining data centers in different cities and/or countries and requires wide internet connectivity, co-location hosting and managed hosting is still a highly valued service. These types of web hosting services are generally more expensive but they provide more powerful facilities and infrastructure to meet the huge connectivity demands of corporate entities. These type of hosting services are also more commonly used in Business Process Outsourcing industry such as call centers for technical support and customer services wherein companies require a 24/7 server uptime to cater to their client needs all over the world and provide technical support to their staff offshore.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Whatever your hosting needs are, from simple shared hosting to dedicated hosting or windows hosting for sophisticated applications you can always find web hosting service providers in the internet. Prices vary between type of hosting service package and from one web hosting company to the other but there are a lot of options you can explore. Some web hosting companies even offer free web hosting services in exchange for ads placed in your website or a purchase of complementary products or services such as domain name registration and/or signing up for affiliate or reseller hosting programs. Othera offer free trials with option to cancel if you’re not satisfied with the service and technical support. But before you go looking for a web hosting service package, please answer the following questions to guide you in choosing the web host package that is best for you;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What type of hosting service do you need?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What web management features or applications do you      need?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Do you want full control of the server or do you want      somebody to manage the server for you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I hope the article above was able to help you. Good luck and see you around!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-2772165797475377961?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/2772165797475377961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=2772165797475377961' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/2772165797475377961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/2772165797475377961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/web-hosting-that-suits-your-need-and.html' title='Web Hosting That Suits Your Need and Your Budget'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-2230444059094805033</id><published>2008-04-15T09:21:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T10:52:53.365+08:00</updated><title type='text'>PayPal Account Activated</title><content type='html'>Finally, after long hours of waiting I already have my &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; verified. I still haven't recieved a notification from my bank that my Visa Electron is already active and ready to use for international purchase transactions until now. But anyway, I still tried  and logged in to my &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; hoping that I will get lucky and my debit card will no longer be rejected by PayPal. I did get lucky! My debit card was accepted and I was able to link it with my PayPal Account -  that was really easy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was really excited! Now, I can do what I have been longing to do for the past few days - get my&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt; PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; verified. But the last step before I can get my PayPal verified is to confirm my debit card. My excitement started to decline because I thought it would take me another 48 hours of waiting to complete the process. PayPal requires the 4-digit Expanded Use No. (EXPUSE) in order to confirm any credit/debit card linked to a &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt;. If you have successfully linked your credit/debit card to your &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt;, you will be charged a small amount of $1.95. This will be reflected in your bank statement. However, this amount will be refunded to your PayPal Account after you successfully confirm your credit/debit card and verify your &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The EXPUSE No. is a four-digit code found on your bank statement or Account History - if you're using internet banking facility, after you have linked your credit/debit card to your &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt;. And since I haven't recieved a confirmation from my bank yet that my CyberAccount  is already active, could not log into my EON CyberAccount. So, I couldn't access my Account History and view my EXPUSE No. I decided to log out from my &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; and hope that I will get my EXPUSE No. soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But then I realized that if my debit card was already accepted on PayPal, it means that it is already active and ready to use for online transactions. I immediately went to my bank's website, I tried to log into the internet banking facility using the username I nominated and entered my password. Just trying my luck and hoping to be able to access my account online - and I did get lucky! I was able to enter  and check my balance  through the internet which means that I can view my transaction history and get my EXPUSE No.! And there it was! I  immediately copied and pasted it to my &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; after I logged on and my &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; was finally verified! Wew! That was quick!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I can use my &lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;PayPal Account&lt;/a&gt; for recieving money and payments from my Data Entry and Home Typing jobs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-2230444059094805033?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/2230444059094805033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=2230444059094805033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/2230444059094805033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/2230444059094805033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/paypal-account-activated.html' title='PayPal Account Activated'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-1495937258961580323</id><published>2008-04-11T14:06:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-11T14:54:43.306+08:00</updated><title type='text'>EON Card Activated</title><content type='html'>My EON card has just been activated. Unfortunately I'm still unable to use it to verify my &lt;a href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;PayPal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Account because I have to wait for another 48 hours to get my EON account enrolled in the &lt;a href="http://www.unionbankph.com/content.asp?paramID=AMZZZZZZZZ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EON CyberAccount&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - the EON Internet Banking Facility. And the waiting does not stop there because after my EON account gets enrolled in CyberAccount, I still need to request for Expanded Use Number (EXPUSE) which will take another 48 hours, if I get lucky. That's the only time I can get my &lt;a href="https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=V9QAF9GRUGP2S"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PayPal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Account verified. The waiting is really killing me...):&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-1495937258961580323?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/1495937258961580323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=1495937258961580323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/1495937258961580323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/1495937258961580323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/eon-card-activated.html' title='EON Card Activated'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-6699497098222603797</id><published>2008-04-09T12:03:00.030+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T16:07:23.893+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Word Counter - Tool for Writers</title><content type='html'>I've found this word count tool and it's interesting. I find it very useful especially when writing for articles to be submitted to a number of Paid-to-Write programs I signed up for. It helps me track if I have already reached the minimum number of words required for my article to qualify and get credited. Best of all it's free!  I have added this application to my blog. Just copy and paste your essay/articles on the text area found at the left side of this page and click the&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Calculate Words &lt;/span&gt;button.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may also install this application on your own website or blog, just copy the &lt;a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/countwords.shtml"&gt;java script&lt;/a&gt; and paste where you wish the script to appear. Click &lt;a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more free JavaScript applications.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-6699497098222603797?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/6699497098222603797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=6699497098222603797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6699497098222603797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6699497098222603797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/word-count-tool-for-writers.html' title='Word Counter - Tool for Writers'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-3417539700181689489</id><published>2008-04-08T17:07:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T17:30:29.650+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just got my debit card...</title><content type='html'>I just got my eon debit card/visa electron from unionbank today and I'm excited to use it although it's not activated yet. Unionbank's &lt;a href="http://www.unionbankph.com/content.asp?paramID=AMBKABZZZZ"&gt;online application&lt;/a&gt; really does work. I applied online and got an e-mail response telling me that my card will be available after 3 days at the Unionbank branch I specified. I went there after 4 working days and when I got there my card was waiting for me. I paid the 350 peso annual fee and that’s it! Now I’m one more step closer to having my Paypal account activated! Will try this over the next few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;b&gt;debit card&lt;/b&gt; is a plastic card which provides an alternative payment method to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash" title="Cash"&gt;cash&lt;/a&gt; when making purchases. In most cases: Physically the card is an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7810" title="ISO 7810"&gt;ISO 7810&lt;/a&gt; card like a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card"&gt;credit card&lt;/a&gt;; however, its functionality is more similar to writing a cheque as the funds are withdrawn directly from either the cardholder's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_account" title="Bank account"&gt;bank account&lt;/a&gt; (often referred to as a &lt;i&gt;cheque card&lt;/i&gt;), or from the remaining balance on the card. (From &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, the free encyclopedia).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-3417539700181689489?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/3417539700181689489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=3417539700181689489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/3417539700181689489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/3417539700181689489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/just-got-my-debit-card.html' title='Just got my debit card...'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-154240790782367852</id><published>2008-04-02T12:32:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T12:51:36.440+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Paid to View Ads..</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 class="entry-header"&gt;Get Paid To View Ads&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="entry-content"&gt; &lt;div class="entry-body"&gt; &lt;p&gt;I went looking for a part-time job to earn some cash so I can buy a new  laptop. I searched online for part-time jobs available and ended up with hefty  ads on how to make money online through Paid-To-Click (PTC) and  Pay-Per-Click(PPC) programs. At first I ignored these ads thinking that all of  it are just scam - well most of them are. Desperate to have an extra income, I  thought why don't I give it a try? But before I start signing up to any program,  I made several researches on PTCs and PPCs. Is it legitimate? Does it really  pay? Which programs and companies really pay and which are scam? Then, I signed  up for a free Paypal Account and PayAlert Account - online payment system  necessary to get my payments - if I ever get paid.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Below is a list of PTCs and PCCs from which I signed up and which have good  reviews:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clixsense.com/?2407830"&gt;Clixsense&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.donkeymails.com/pages/index.php?refid=ashryl"&gt;DonkeyMail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bux.to/?r=ashryl"&gt;Bux.to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkgrand.com/?r=82565"&gt;Linkgrand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masterbux.com/?r=ashryl"&gt;MasterBux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bux3.com/?r=ashryl"&gt;Bux3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://adbux.org/?r=ashryl"&gt;Adbux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gatorbux.com/index.php?ref=ashryl"&gt;GatorBux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.awsurveys.com/HomeMain.cfm?RefID=ashryl"&gt;A.W. Surveys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bee-gold.com/register.php?r=ashryl"&gt;BeeGold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;After signing up, I earned a total of $30 combined from this programs.  Although I still can't cash it out because there is a minimum payout for each  program. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that this really works. But if it  doesn't, I'll live with nothing to lose just a new learning experience. You may  want to try it too - there's no harm in trying. Just click any one from the list  above to view the website and sign up.(:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-154240790782367852?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/154240790782367852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=154240790782367852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/154240790782367852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/154240790782367852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/get-paid-to-view-ads_02.html' title='Get Paid to View Ads..'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-6033122411437045903</id><published>2007-02-07T15:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-02-07T15:10:28.672+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 6 Ways to Speed Up Windows</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Everyone knows that Windows computers can sometimes slow down over time. While not an exhaustive list of solutions to problems, this collection presents six ways to speed up Windows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Complete with step-by-step instructions and numerous screen shots, even novice computer users can follow these steps. The steps and screen shots are intended for Windows XP users, but users of other Windows versions can follow a similar process.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;1) &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/od/troubleshooting/ss/defrag.htm"&gt;Defragment Your Hard Drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Over time, the data on your hard drive gets scattered. Defragmenting your hard drive puts your data back into sequential order, making it easier for Windows to access it. As a result, the performance of your computer will improve.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;2) &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/od/troubleshooting/ss/scandisk.htm"&gt;Scan Your Hard Disk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Has your computer ever crashed, making it impossible to shut it down properly? Have you ever experienecd a power outage? These problems and others can cause damage to your system files. Windows provides a utility called scandisk that will automatically detect and fix much of the damage, improving your system's performance in the process.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;3) Scan for Viruses&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Viruses can wreak havoc on your computer. Detecting and cleaning viruses is an excellent way to improve your system's performance. There are many antivirus programs to choose from, but the About Guide to Antivirus Software provides a list of the &lt;a href="http://antivirus.about.com/cs/beforeyoubuy/tp/aatpavwin.htm"&gt;Top 7 Antivirus Programs for Windows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;4) &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/od/troubleshooting/ss/checkspyware.htm"&gt;Check for Spyware and Adware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Spyware is software that allows companies to monitor what websites you visit or even access your computer. Adware is software that displays advertisements. Both use system resources and slow your computer down. Detecting and removing the programs will improve system performance.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;5) &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/od/basictutorials/ss/removeprogram.htm"&gt;Uninstall Unneeded Programs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Removing programs that you no longer use can free up space on your computer and speed up your system's performance. However, you need to uninstall the programs properly to see much improvement; deleting them is not enough.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;6) &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/od/customizingwindows/ss/visualeffects.htm"&gt;Adjust Visual Effects for Better Performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Windows XP provides a number of interesting visual effects like animated windows and fading menus. These effects, however, can slow down your computer. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to customize the visual effects to match your preferences and performance needs.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;From &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/mbiopage.htm"&gt;Michelle Castle&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Your Guide to &lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/"&gt;Focus on Windows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://windows.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&amp;"&gt;http://windows.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&amp;amp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-6033122411437045903?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/6033122411437045903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=6033122411437045903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6033122411437045903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/6033122411437045903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2007/02/top-6-ways-to-speed-up-windows.html' title='Top 6 Ways to Speed Up Windows'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-4402437851498617438</id><published>2007-01-16T13:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-01-16T14:03:43.761+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Converting a PowerPoint Presentation into Flash format</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;TO CONVERT a Powerpoint presentation into Flash format:  &lt;p&gt;1. Open Powerpoint and create your presentation.&lt;br /&gt;2. Goto File / Save As.&lt;br /&gt;3. Choose WMF in the drop-down list and click Save.&lt;br /&gt;4. You will be asked if you want to save all the slides, Click Yes.&lt;br /&gt;5. Open Flash and click the first keyframe.&lt;br /&gt;6. Goto File / Import and select all the Powerpoint WMF files and click OK.&lt;br /&gt;7. Flash will ask if you want to import the entire sequence. Click YES.&lt;br /&gt;8. Edit the files in Flash and save it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://services.inquirer.net/express/07/01/16/html_output/xmlhtml/20061217-38801-xml.html"&gt;Converting a PowerPoint Presentation into Flash format&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;December 17, 2006&lt;br /&gt;Updated 15:25:26 (Mla time)   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;byline&gt;  &lt;/byline&gt; &lt;byline&gt;      Jerry       Liao         &lt;/byline&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;source&gt;INQ7.net&lt;/source&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-4402437851498617438?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/4402437851498617438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=4402437851498617438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/4402437851498617438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/4402437851498617438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2007/01/converting-powerpoint-presentation-into.html' title='Converting a PowerPoint Presentation into Flash format'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-1645955239035690983</id><published>2006-12-06T16:41:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T16:35:56.253+08:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Unlock Your Nokia Cellphones</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Typically when you purchase a cell phone, the company that sold you the phone (ex: Globe) 'locked' the phone before you bought it, so you can only use it on their network. This means that you can't use your phone on any other network, even if you change the SIM (which is an abbrevation for Subscriber Identity Module) card. The SIM card is the little piece of plastic that identifies your phone to the cellular network. Changing your SIM card to have your phone work on another network is useful especially if you want to travel to another country and want to buy a pre-paid SIM card so you can have cell phone access without roaming charges. There are services that offer to provide unlocking capabilities for a fee, but don't pay for them! You can do it yourself for free, which is the perfect price. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="Steps"&gt;&lt;a name="Steps"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Steps &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Download software to generate the unlocking code. Software is available on some websites for free and some pay websites that also offer support if things go wrong. Later in this page, I will also give you an external link to a website who offers a free Nokia phone code calculator. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Find the Serial number of the cell phone, also known as your IMEI number. This can be done by either removing the back of your cell phone and looking underneath the battery, or simply by typing in *#06# into your cell phone. It should looking something like: 010082321439976 &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using the software you have downloaded, enter in your Manufacturer (which is in this case Nokia), your model number, and your IMEI number. Also enter your country and the Network. Calculate the code, this may be different depending on which software you are using. If your phone is the Nokia 3390 phone, select the model 3310, they are the same phone. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You will get a list of 7 groups of codes that look something like: &lt;ul lastcheckbox="null"&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+164284406576522+1# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+183774224451117+2# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+811821553272360+3# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+884301222527445+4# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+263725507471163+5# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+806981342733625+6# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#pw+403927744443466+7# &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remove the SIM card from your Nokia phone. This is typically done by removing the back cover of the phone and removing the battery and sliding the card out. Put the battery back in and power the phone on. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You should see a message "Insert SIM Card". Enter all of the characters you see in your code, including the # symbols. To get a 'p' press * 3 times, to get a '+' press the * key 2 times, to get a 'w' press the * key 4 times. Disregard any spaces in the code. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In order to unlock you phone you generally need to enter only one code. Start with the first one. If your phone is not unlocked by typing the first code (MCC+MNC), use code "7" (Multilock) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Once you have finished entering a code that works you should see a message that says "SIM is not restricted" or "Restriction off" message depending on your model. If not, try entering another code. Messge "Cannot undo restrictions" means the phone is "hard-locked" and cannot be unlocked by code. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- 49859586 --&gt;&lt;div id="Tips"&gt;&lt;a name="Tips"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Tips &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unlocking only applies to GSM phones, phones using other cellular technologies, cannot be unlocked without special software and hardware &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- 49859586 --&gt;&lt;div id="Warnings"&gt;&lt;a name="Warnings"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Warnings &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul lastcheckbox="null"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Attempting to unlock your phone is done at your own risk. Although unlocking your phone is legal, some cell phone operators might choose to void your warranty should you unlock your phone (then again, some cell phone operators won't mind). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Most phones only allow you to try a certain number of unlock tries, Nokia phones have a limit of 5 tries. After that, the phone becomes "hard-locked", meaning it cannot be unlocked without using special equipment. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Most of the newer phones will not work with the codes generated by the free unlock programs. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Free remote Nokia unlocking: &lt;a href="http://www.mob453.com/nokia/"&gt;http://www.mob453.com/nokia/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- 49859586 --&gt;Adopted from: http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Nokia-Cell-Phone&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8552042564642041548-1645955239035690983?l=idiotproofguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/feeds/1645955239035690983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8552042564642041548&amp;postID=1645955239035690983' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/1645955239035690983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8552042564642041548/posts/default/1645955239035690983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://idiotproofguide.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-unlock-your-nokia-cellphones.html' title='How To Unlock Your Nokia Cellphones'/><author><name>Sheryl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03095425017052895773</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552042564642041548.post-5537877684715088670</id><published>2006-12-05T17:17:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T14:41:28.069+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Downloading and Installing Fonts</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First, download the fonts. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will be prompted to choose where you wish to save the font file. Follow the directions below: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU651MPkjI/AAAAAAAAAA8/JNULGaygiXw/s1600-h/GotoC.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004971326097560114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 407px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 305px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU651MPkjI/AAAAAAAAAA8/JNULGaygiXw/s400/GotoC.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;a) &lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Make sure you have selected your C drive;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;b) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Click on the &lt;i&gt;New Folder&lt;/i&gt; button;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;c) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Call your new folder "&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;fonts&lt;/span&gt;" and press enter;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU8L1MPkkI/AAAAAAAAABE/LX9VXrEkmKE/s1600-h/MakeFontfolder.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004972734846833218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU8L1MPkkI/AAAAAAAAABE/LX9VXrEkmKE/s400/MakeFontfolder.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;d) Click &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Save&lt;/span&gt; button to save downloaded font.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After you have downloaded and saved the fonts you want to install, you are now ready to install. Go to &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Computer;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU9clMPklI/AAAAAAAAABM/5hFNa7_4IKw/s1600-h/GotoMyComputer.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004974122121269842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU9clMPklI/AAAAAAAAABM/5hFNa7_4IKw/s400/GotoMyComputer.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go back to your C drive;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU-ZFMPkmI/AAAAAAAAABU/7SyYCEmTzx8/s1600-h/GotoC2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004975161503355490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU-ZFMPkmI/AAAAAAAAABU/7SyYCEmTzx8/s400/GotoC2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Select the "fonts" folder where you saved the fonts you want to install and click the folder to open;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXVBWVMPkrI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Y9yi5qgQOq8/s1600-h/choosefontfolder.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004978412793598642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXVBWVMPkrI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Y9yi5qgQOq8/s400/choosefontfolder.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A pop-up window will prompt you to extract the content of the folder. Click&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt; Extract to button;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU_yFMPkqI/AAAAAAAAAB0/x6IwfmuO7hY/s1600-h/extract.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004976690511712930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU_yFMPkqI/AAAAAAAAAB0/x6IwfmuO7hY/s400/extract.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Select the location of the folder where you want to extract the file. In this example, be sure to select your C drive and go to "fonts" folder then click the &lt;em&gt;Ok&lt;/em&gt; button to extract the file to your desired location.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU-6FMPknI/AAAAAAAAABc/M4V2QJ2kKPk/s1600-h/choosefontfolder.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004975728439038578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU-6FMPknI/AAAAAAAAABc/M4V2QJ2kKPk/s400/choosefontfolder.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;After extracting the file to your "fonts" folder. Go back to your C drive and locate the "fonts" folder to open it. Select the font you want to install from the folder;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU_i1MPkpI/AAAAAAAAABs/VkOOgFJmKgM/s1600-h/ChooseFonttoinstall.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004976428518707858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXU_i1MPkpI/AAAAAAAAABs/VkOOgFJmKgM/s400/ChooseFonttoinstall.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;A pop-up window will appear. Click the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Done&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; button to finish your installation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXVCWFMPktI/AAAAAAAAACM/LSaX9bR5tFc/s1600-h/popupwindow.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004979508010259154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mdvdUUbqviw/RXVCWFMPktI/AAAAAAAAACM/LSaX9bR5tFc/s400/popupwindow.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Check your MS Word if you have successfully installed the font. If you have done so, you just learned a new skill in troubleshooting! Congratulations! (applause!) You should treat yourself!(:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But if you were not successful, do not let it ruin your spirit. You can always go back to Step 1 and follow the directions carefully until you get it. 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