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Read Mode Word

  • Microsoft Office offers several different views for documents, and one of them is read mode. Read Mode was designed to eliminate distractions while reading and for making small changes and comments...

Recommended Charts Feature in Excel

  • Excel offers many tools and charts for you to organize your data The Recommended Charts feature will help you choose which chart works best.  Below is a step-by-step instruction on how to use it...

Remove a network bridge

  •        In the Start menu, left click once on "Control Panel" and select "Network and Sharing Center" from the list. On the left pane of the new window, select "Change adapter settings."...

Saving a PowerPoint as a Video

  • If you'd like to save and play a PowerPoint on a video, create or open your powerpoint and follow these steps.   1. With your PowerPoint open, click the "File" tab on the ribbon menu.       2. Click...

Saving Printer Settings

  • These instructions are meant to help save network printer settings when changing computers or transferring files to a new computer. See your printer manufacturer's website for configuring a new...

Schedule a Detailed Meeting in Outlook

  • When you create a meeting in Outlook, you are actually creating a meeting request. The request is sent out by e-mail to the prospective meeting participants, who respond by accepting or declining the...

Searching for Large Files in Windows

  • Occasionally, you may want to perform an advanced search to find large files somewhere on your computer. Choose a Windows version to get started.  Windows 10 (Similar to Windows 8) Windows 7...

Sending a screen shot

  • Sending a copy of your screen to support staff is a great way to accurately record what you see on the screen and any error messages that are displayed. Using the "PrtSc" key in Windows or the "...

Set Work Time in Outlook Calendar

  • If your work schedule is something different than the typical hours from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday thru Friday, you can change Outlook's calendar to what your work times are. Open Outlook. Select the "...

Setting gmail as your default email client

  • When you click on an email address on a web page or other location you may be prompted to allow the application to open Microsoft Outlook or some other email client. This is related to Outlook being...

Setting Outlook to Prompt for a Profile

  • If you have multiple mail account profiles, you can choose to have Outlook prompt you to choose from them when you open it.   1.  In the "Start" menu, search for and open the "Control Panel."      2...

Setting up a Printer in Windows

  • The following instructions are for computers running the Windows operating system. The NMU network does NOT support wireless printers.  Windows 10 Windows 7   Windows 10 1.In the Start menu...

Setting up Auto Archive in Outlook

  • Managing the 1 gigabyte of space for those with an Exchange server mailbox is important. Outlook has clean up tools available under the File tab to help you do this but one really nice feature, the...

Setting up Outlook to send mail using the NMU Mail Gateway

  • Microsoft Windows uses Outlook as the default email client and for mail merges to email in Microsoft Word. Setting up Outlook to send mail using the NMU Mail Gateway will assure mail merges to email...

Setting up Outlook Using an NMU Email Address

  • This page covers instructions for setting up Outlook to use the older NMU email system in use before NMU switched to NMU G Suite and gmail. These instructions are left available for anyone that needs...

Sharing your Calendar in Outlook

  • Many organizations, NMU included, allow some users the functionality of sharing calendars in order to better schedule meetings and appointments through a Microsoft Exchange account. These accounts...

Show Hidden Files and Folders

  • Some settings, configuration files, and other files in Windows are stored in hidden locations and certain troubleshooting steps may require you to unhide them. Make sure you only alter files and...

Some Windows Desktop Applications Appear Blurred

  • If some windows and applications on your desktop appear blurry (but not all) it's likely because your computer has a high-DPI (dots per inch) display. This is because some desktop applications can't...

Starting my Computer in Safe Mode

  • Safe mode is the Windows diagnostics mode. When you start the computer in Safe mode, only the specific components that are needed to run the operating system are loaded. Safe mode does not allow some...

Tracking a Meeting Proposal in Outlook

  • Microsoft Outlook offers the ability to track your meeting proposal responses to monitor who will be attending a meeting. In order for this feature to work, invitees must choose to send a response...

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