Lock your Computer

If you frequently leave your computer for a short period and want to prevent others from accessing it here's a very simple method to lock it down.  Windows logo key + L.  Try it...you'll then just have to re-enter your password to begin working again.  No re-boot, no wake-up, no problem.

TRANSLATE YOUR DOCUMENTS

In today's business world we need to be multilingual with our documents.  In MS Office 2007/Word you can translate text into many different languages.  Highlight the text you want translated or just a small part if you want the entire document translated.  Click on the 'Review' tab, then 'Translate' over on the left.  A sidebar will open with many language options.  If you want the entire document translated click on the green arrow which will  direct you to worldlingo.com where the document is translated and displayed via your browser.  If you only want sections that are highlighted translated then that translation will appear in the sidebar.

Open Programs with Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts are pretty fast for opening programs but keyboard shortcuts are even quicker.  Here's how to create keyboard shortcuts for your favorite programs.  Take a icon shortcut living on your desktop and right click it then select properties.  In the 'shortcut' tab click on the 'shortcut keytext bar' and enter a letter.  The text bar will change to Ctrl + Alt + whatever key you entered.  Note this key has to be uppercase.

Try it out!  You can always go back and change it by redoing the above process and just backspacing to remove whatever letter you entered, the text box will return to 'none' for its entry.