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Facebook How-To Guides Online Tools Tips and Tricks

Most Useful Facebook Shortcuts

Most of the people do have an account on Facebook. 🙂 Productivity Masters keep telling that Facebook and Twitter are just waste of time, but still, we are surfing them to socialize us with our friends circle / family or the online buddies.

So, if you are going to use Facebook any-more, why not use your keyboard shortcuts to save some time?

Okay! Here’s the list of most useful Facebook shortcuts.

Alt+1 Go to facebook home page
Alt+2 Visit to your profile home
Alt+3 Deny or Accept a friend’s request
Alt+4 Go to messages page
Alt+5 Pop-up notifications tab provided at top
Alt+6 Go to your account settings page
Alt+7 Go to your account’s privacy settings page
Alt+8 Will open Facebook Fan’s Page (https://www.facebook.com/facebook).
Alt+/ Move cursor to the search box at top
Alt+M Opens Send Message Box
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Android How-To Guides Online Tools Tips and Tricks

How to Install Android applications from PC Remotely via Web

Earlier I wrote how you could install the Android Applications from your Computer or Laptop offline, and now on huge user’s demand, I am writing how to install apps to the Android Phone by using the Web. Google had previewed the super-cool applications installation over-the-air, which was scheduled for the next Android version by the code name as Gingerbread. However you can get that un-officailly now.

Well, a new Android market alternative – AppBrain (a 3rd party Android Market-Place) allows to you install all the free android market applications over-the-air from your Computer / PC or Mac by using the Web interface, and without even touching your android mobile phone. But for doing so, you will need Internet to be enabled on your Android Phone, and then you will need to install the AppBrain marketplace on your android mobile phone.

AppBrain can also synchronize your installed applications list with the list of the applications which you want over the web.

Here is a deeper look at the AppBrain Marketplace :

Installing Android Applications by the Web :

  1. Visit AppBrain.com and log-in with your preferred Google ID and Passwords
  2. Now download the AppBrain Market Sync application and Log-in, with the same Google ID and Passwords. Now you can Download it from the Android Market*, or scan the following bar code from your phone and you will be redirected to the browser.
    comapp
  3. Now download this FastWeb Install app from the Android Market* or scan the below bar-code as told above.
    comapp
  4. Thereafter visit the Appbrain.com and choose install after hitting the desired app from there.

Now one question would be going in your mind that whether it is secure or not !

Well, AppBrain integrates your Google’s Authorization without actually looking at your credentials like passwords etc., but no one can guarantee what’s going behind the scenes.

Till yet, the AppBrain Instant Installer works only with the free applications, and not the paid ones, which could be said as a disadvantage of it.

* Links could only be opened from the Android Phones, and needs the Internet Connection either via your Phone Operator or by the Wi-Fi.

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Android How-To Guides Online Tools Tips and Tricks

How to install Android Applications from Computer

People do ask me often, “How do I install Android Applications from the PC?” or “How to install Android Applications from PC to Phone?”

Okay! You’ll be going to learn it here. 🙂

Well, to install the applications, you should use adb (Android Debug Bridge). First of all you will be required to connect to your mobile phone with the Computer using the USB cable and get the .apk file to do that. You can refer to the Installation of Applications part here.
ADB needs an Android SDK to be pre-installed over your PC.

So you should install it first.

However, The much easier method would be, if you have Wi-Fi connections nearby then connect you phone to one of them (Access-Points), and launch the Android Market hence. But the last and most efficient procedure for installing apps offline from Computer/Laptop to the Android Phones is very simple, Just follow this method:

  1. For the first time you are required to activate the internet services with your Mobile Phone SIM Card Network or By using the Wi-Fi.
  2. Now Download the Astro File Manager (approx. 2 MegaBytes) to your android mobile. Install it and that’s it.
  3. Now disconnect you mobile phone to the internet services
  4. Now copy the .apk files to your android phone after downloading it to the computer, (You can download the apk files from any famous software providing website
  5. Then, connect your phone with the computer, and copy all .apk files into the phone memory card.
  6. Now, Browse the .apk files via Astro File Manager, and now you are ready to install the applications without any need of the Google Android Market.

Well, this method is very easy, if you get used to it.

This trick is also helpful to save the high internet bills and charges from the mobile phone network operators than the home/office internet.

You can leave out a comment in the comment-box provided below, if you have any doubts regarding any installations.

Enjoy!

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How-To Guides Tips and Tricks Windows

How to Close All Running Applications on Single Click In Windows PC

If you are a professional user and most of the times you feel that many applications are running, which are just wasting the memory and slowing up the computer as well.

If you go ahead and close each of them one by one, it will involve around 15 – 20 clicks or more.
You might be thinking “How to Close All Running Programs At Once whether in Windows XP, Vista or 7”.

But now, windows users can close all the running applications with a single click just by using a very small pc application. Close All is a small application software, which can close all running applications at one click.
Close All on Windows 7 TaskbarClose All is portable and hence doesn’t need any installation to eat your hard-disk memory unnecessarily. Just download the zipped folder provided below and extract it on your pc. Open its .exe file on your computer to close all running applications thereafter. While closing all application, if any exceptions are desired from your side, it could be enabled in the same.

Close All on Windows 7 TaskbarYou can run Close All on Windows 7, Vista and XP. Windows 7 users can also pin the exe file on the taskbar to easily access that, while Windows XP and Vista users could make it by creating desktop shortcut. Once you will close all running application, you will not face any error messages like “No response” or something from your PC. Memory resources will be released and your computer’s response time will be less for newly opened application.

Download Close All (Size is equivalent to 36 KB)

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How-To Guides Online Tools Tips and Tricks

Change Default File Save Format From .docx To .doc in Word 2010 and Word 2007

When we save some document in the Microsoft Office new versions like in Office-2007 or 2010 or higher versions of it, then automatically they are saved in the .docx document format.

But as you already know, if we are sharing that file with any person, then we are confused about the compatibility of that file, because many of the people are not using the Microsoft Office latest versions, instead some of them use open office while others do the older version of the MS Office itself, and hence you are forced to save those documents in the .doc document format so that they could open and read it easily.

If you want to save a document as .doc in Word 2007 only occasionally, then you can simply choose the file type in the save as dialog box, as shown in the image below.

Change Default File Save Format From .docx To .doc in Word 2007

But if you do have a need for saving the word files in .doc , always (from Microsoft Word Software like 2010 or greater / 2007 etc.), then you will obviously think to modify the default settings for saving the document format as .doc from .docx.

The method is mentioned below for its implementation,

  1. Hit the Menu Button (In 2010) / MS Office button icon (In 2007), given onto the left-top side of the MS Office. Then go to the Word Options link provided in the bottom of that Pop-Up.
  2. Into that Word Options Panel, click on Save (Provided onto the left-side), Select Word 97-2003 Docs. (*.doc) from the dropper menu, and hit OK button.Change Default File Save Format From .docx To .doc in Word 2007

    And you’re done with it. From now onwards, your Word Documents will be automatically saved in the Word 97-2003 Format i.e. (.doc).

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How-To Guides Online Tools Tips and Tricks

Stop Office 2011 Gallery Automatic Opening When Starting Word, PowerPoint or Excel

In Office 2011, the Office Gallery opens automatically – by default, when you open Excel, Word or the PowerPoint Files. If you want them to be opened as a blank document / workbook or presentation. you can do it very easily.

Preventing Gallery from opening automatically while launching the PowerPoint, Word and Excel. :

Open up the Word / Excel or Powerpoint. Obviously Gallery will be opened by default. Now select the option saying, Don’t show this when opening Word (If you have opened Word) / Excel (If you have opened Excel) or Powerpoint (If you have opened Powerpoint).

Office 2011: Stop Gallery from Opening When Starting Word, PowerPoint or Excel

Now select the blank document / workbook or presentation and click on the Choose button. You’re done. From now onwards, Gallery will not open while launching the Word / Excel or PowerPoint.

Enjoy!