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Alternative methods of zooming in Excel 2008

One of the things I don't like about Excel 2008 is that setting zoom levels is a bit more complex than it need be. If you use Excel's View -> Zoom menu, this opens a new window, from which you then need to select a radio button, or type in your custom zoom level. If you use the toolbar's Zoom icon, you're limited to a few settings without the ability to choose a custom zoom level. So here are two additional methods of zooming that I find simpler to use.

| How-to | Software | 01/08/09 at 4:38 pm |


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Macworld: Best of Show 2009

Every January, Macworld's editors scour the show floor at Macworld Expo to find the hottest products making their debut at the trade show. This year, they chose nine products worthy of receiving a Macworld Best of Show award.

| Opinion | Hardware | Software | 01/08/09 at 4:02 pm |


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Phoenix offers faster boot times for laptops

Phoenix announced availability and pricing for its HyperSpace instant-on software for laptops.

| News | Open Source | Software | 01/08/09 at 2:02 pm |


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File Syncing Services Keep Your Laptop Up-to-Date

The biggest downside to using multiple computers is that your files can be scattered across them, making it difficult to know where a particular file is at any given time. It doesn't need to be this way, though, because there are plenty of options for synchronizing files and information.

| Opinion | Software | 01/07/09 at 1:58 pm |


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