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Word 2010 Features to Help Improve Your Business

Office 2010 is out and while new versions have typically been just a new coat of paint with not much different under the hood, there are some really fantastic new features in 2010. Today, we'll be looking at Five features of Word 2010 that will help improve your business.

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ReclaimPrivacy.org Facebook Privacy Tool

There is a great tool available over at ReclaimPrivacy.org that will scan your security settings on Facebook as well as automate securing them for you!  I should warn everyone that I did get notice today from Facebook that yet again they will be changing their security settings for all users (hopefully to make it easier) but as of this posting they have not implemented any changes!  I do have to give credit to Matt Ford for originally posting this link and giving me the idea!  I hope this is useful to everyone!

Check our latest Video Blog regarding usage of the tool and to see it in action!

 

Go Social With Certified CIO

Times have changed! It is no longer good enough to only maintain contact with our clients, vendors, and friends with a quick phone call. That's why we are investing in maintaining constant communication through a variety of social media methods including the following.

If you are a client of ours, please feel free to let us know if you have a piece of news that you think would be of interest to our other clients and we will happily share it via our twitter stream or "like" it on facebook.

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HOW TO Quickly and Easily add contacts to Outlook

Certified CIO now has a YouTube channel!  Many times in IT it is easier to show you something rather than have an instruction sheet or walking someone through it - we will be adding short training items to our channel as we come up with ideas!  If you have a suggestion for something you would like to see please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your idea!  The selected idea each month will win a Microsoft Portable USB Mouse!

While you are at it, why not subcribe to our channel on YouTube (CertifiedCIO) by clicking the link or on the YouTube logo?YouTube

 

 

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New World of 2D Codes

Did you know that there are codes such as the one below that you can use to relay information to a mobile user?  With the popularity of smart phones, Blackberries and iPhones, the ability to quickly and easily pass information on to a mobile user is key.  Most users don't leverage their phone's true capabilities outside of reading email and making calls.  With 2-D codes such as QR codes or EZ codes (shown below) you can easily deliver content to a mobile phone with little effort for the end user.Steve Plumlee ScanLife Code

   In this case, the code here will download my contact informaton to your phone automatically!  The catch here is that you have to use the ScanLife application to get the content.  This is easily downloaded by simply texting the word “scan” to 43588 or visit www.scanlife.com on your phone browser.  Install the small application on your phone and scan the code!

There are addtional formats such as "QR Codes" and "Datamatrix" but they are all based on the ability to store up to 64k of data within th two-dimentional square format barcode!

The main thing to be aware of is compatibility - ScanLife is the most commonly pre-loaded scanner on phones in the United States and their free download supports ALL 2D formats as well as ALL brands of phones.  For business owners ScanLife offers the added ability of tracking the number of clicks on a specific image for marketing information and supports additional tasks such as creating a SMS, Email, Twitter, or other message just by "scanning" the code.

As always - give me a call if you would like some assistance with utilizing these 2D codes!  We have started using them on our business cards but there are plenty of other uses as well!

- Steve

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Word 2010 Features to Help Improve Your Business
06/28/2010 | James Hills
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Office 2010 is out and while new versions have typically been just a new coat of paint with not much different under the hood, there are some really fantastic new features in 2010. Today, we'll be loo [ ... ]