New to Blogging? Watch this video!

 If you are not sure what a blog is or how it works, this video, called "blogs in plain English” will help. Created by the folks at common craft, this video explains why blogs are such a " big deal.” To view the video, just click on the large arrow in the middle of the video window below.

Whole House Surge Protection

It's important to protect all your electronic devices, not just computers, from power surges. Printers, televisions, appliances, and computer peripherals all require protection. However, it can be inconvenient to use individual surge protectors on all the devices that need protection. One solution is to install a whole house surge protector, as shown in this photo. The devices installed by an electrician and is attached to your circuit breaker panel. Whole-house. Surge protectors work just like other surge protection devices, but they protect all electrical devices in the house at once the typical cost to buy and install one of these devices ranges from $200-$300 and is generally less than the cost of buying individual surge protectors for every electrical device in your home.

MS Office Online - Just Wondering

Microsoft is putting MS Office 2010 online -- it will be interesting to see how that works and if that is what people really want to do.  Would like to try it one of these days; I wonder how it compares to Google Docs?

I would like to try the same set of exercises, and then see how they work in the two competing systems.  Should be interesting to compare them. Here is some additional text that I want to add.

In addition to the helpful articles you will find on the MS Office Blog, Microsoft provides a number of tools, tips and articles to help make your transition easier.  To find these tools, go to www.microsoft.com  and type "Getting Started with Office 2010" in the search box.  You'll get a list of results that will be worth exploring.

I wanted to put in the phrase Microsoft Office Blog so that I can then turn it into a live hyperlink.

More Information about MS Office

There is a lot more information to be found about MS Office online.  You can just go and look it up when you need it.  I often use Google if I cannot find it with the MS Office Online help screens.

Improve Your MS Office Skills

If you have just switched to MS Office 2012, you might have some questions.  This blog is intended to help you with those questions.  We will post lots of information here - and you will be able to come back to it whenever you need to do so.