Tips Of The Week

...brought to you by the staff at DOPM HelpDesk.

(Link) Grammarly and Quillbot (by Lisa) - Date 2022-08-24
(Link) Let Someone Else Control My Computer During Zoom (by Lisa) - Date 2022-07-27
(Link) Make the RDC Connection Bar Disappear Completely (by Lisa) - Date 2022-07-20
(Link) Copy and Paste Formatting (by Lisa) - Date 2022-07-07
(Link) Make My RDC Connection Bar Much Smaller (by Lisa) - Date 2022-06-30
(Link) Copy and Paste Just the Text (by Lisa) - Date 2022-06-23
(Link) Easy way to go directly to Kronos "punch screen" (by Lisa) - Date 2022-06-15
(Link) The easiest way to mute/unmute in Zoom (by Lisa) - Date 2022-06-08
(Link) Recalling an email (by Byron) - Date 2022-06-01
(Link) Instantly minimize everything on my desktop (by Lisa) - Date 2022-05-25
(Link) Customize Icons for Shortcuts on your Desktop (by Lisa) - Date 2022-05-18
(Link) Customize Icons for Shortcuts on your Desktop (by Lisa) - Date 2022-05-11
(Link) Multiple item clipboard (by David) - Date 2022-05-04
(Link) See your Inbox and Calendar at same time (by Lisa) - Date 2022-04-20
(Link) Remove an email address so Autofill will quit suggesting it (by Lisa) - Date 2022-04-13
(Link) Did you update your Edge and Chrome web browsers? (by Lisa) - Date 2022-04-06
(Link) 5 easy ways to move around quicker in Word (by Lisa) - Date 2022-03-10
(Link) Windows Update Icons & Their Meanings (by David) - Date 2022-03-04
(Link) How to use YouTube more efficiently (by Lisa) - Date 2022-02-24
(Link) Unsubscribe (by Lisa) - Date 2022-01-27
(Link) Quick Parts (by Lisa) - Date 2022-01-20
(Link) How to make your remote computer fill up both your monitors (by Lisa) - Date 2022-01-13
(Link) How to retrieve a deleted document from a share directory such as Swap Drive? (by David) - Date 2022-01-06

Tip of the Week Archive

2021
2020
- (Link) Easy way to figure out when everyone is available ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-12-18
- (Link) How to best get help from us ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-12-10
- (Link) Special Edition re Working from Home ~ (by Lisa and Byron) - Date 2020-03-13
- (Link) How to clean your Smart Phone in the age of Coronavirus ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-03-12
- (Link) Emails from “HSIS Communication” ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-03-05
- (Link) What are “Credentials”? ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-02-27
- (Link) Free software available ~ (by Rich) - Date 2020-02-20
- (Link) What is the blue on my keyboard for ? ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-02-13
- (Link) Post-It Notes and Small Paper on Kyoceras ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-02-06
- (Link) Should I Ieave my computer on, or turn it off? (Encore) ~ (by David) - Date 2020-01-30
- (Link) How to Undo an Undo ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-01-23
- (Link) Reminder for when you change your email password ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-01-16
- (Link) How to find a word in the body of an email message ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-01-09
- (Link) Learn a New Skill in 2020 ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2020-01-02
2019
- (Link) How to be smart with email when the bad guys are getting smarter ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-12-19
- (Link) How to find phone numbers ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-12-12
- (Link) How to turn off WiFi ~ (by David) - Date 2019-12-05
- (Link) 3 easy ways to do Screen Shots ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-11-21
- (Link) ZIP Attachment Blocked Emails~ (by Byron) - Date 2019-11-14
- (Link) How to Customize the Start Button~ (by David) - Date 2019-11-07
- (Link) How to easily do a Survey~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-10-31
- (Link) Create shortcuts for some folders~ (by Byron) - Date 2019-10-24
- (Link) How to Add a Ruler to Outlook Messages~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-10-17
- (Link) “Is that conference room available then?”~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-10-10
- (Link) Ransomware – "But surely this won’t affect me"~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-10-02
- (Link) What to save where ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-09-26
- (Link) See all Apps (programs) that are open~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-09-19
- (Link) Shake your phone to “undo”~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-09-12
- (Link) How can I find old Tips of the Week?~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-09-05
- (Link) That email will cost you $2,500,000 ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-08-29
- (Link) Why and how to "Blind CC" (Bcc) ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-08-22
- (Link) If you only ever use your @uabmc.edu email while at work in Medical Towers ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-08-15
- (Link) Handling and Reporting Spam ~ (by Byron) - Date 2019-08-08
- (Link) How to best turn off your computer (and when to) ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-08-01
- (Link) How to Freeze Rows and/or Columns in Excel ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-07-25
- (Link) Changes with Lynda ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-07-18
- (Link) How to “zoom in” on webpages ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-07-11
- (Link) Acquiring Acrobat Pro for your UAB computer ~ (by Rich) - Date 2019-06-27
- (Link) Voice Mail options ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-06-20
- (Link) Create shortcuts on your Desktop ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-06-13
- (Link) Browser Shortcuts ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-06-06
- (Link) Get rid of “Pop-up”s ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-05-30
- (Link) Find a "permanently deleted" email ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-05-23
- (Link) So, what's all this DUO stuff ?? ~ (by Lisa) - Date 2019-05-16
- (Link) How to staple or hole-punch your documents using a Kyocera (by Lisa) - Date 2019-05-09
- (Link) Automate, Automate, Automate (Auto Hot Key) (by Lisa) - Date 2019-05-02
- (Link) Where is there a list of Faculty Support Staff? (by Lisa) - Date 2019-04-25
- (Link) Contacting dopmHelp (by Lisa) - Date 2019-04-18
- (Link) Scientific Calculator on iPhone (by Lisa) - Date 2019-04-11
- (Link) Word is not acting right (by Lisa) - Date 2019-04-04
- (Link) Putting often-used websites on your "Favorites Bar" (by Lisa) - Date 2019-03-29
- (Link) Learn Windows 10 (by Lisa) - Date 2019-03-21
- (Link) When there’s a “Waste Toner” message on a Kyocera (by David) - Date 2019-03-14
- (Link) How to find phone numbers (by Lisa) - Date 2019-03-07
- (Link) Complying with UAB Policy for Duo Authentication of BlazerID (by David) - Date 2019-02-28
- (Link) Please explain the difference between local-drive and network-drives (by Lisa) - Date 2019-02-21
- (Link) How to break names apart in Excel (by Lisa) - Date 2019-02-14
- (Link) Signature Lines in your email (by Lisa and Justin) - Date 2019-02-07
- (Link) DOPM's websites (by Lisa) - Date 2019-01-31
- (Link) Make Google my Default Search Engine (by Adim) - Date 2019-01-24
- (Link) How to “Overlay” calendars (by Lisa) - Date 2019-01-17
- (Link) How does DOPM fit into UAB? (by Lisa) - Date 2019-01-10
- (Link) View two or more Excel worksheets at the same time (by Lisa) - Date 2019-01-03
2018
- (Link) Learn a New Skill in 2019 (by Lisa) - Date 2018-12-27
- (Link) How to add an account picture (by Lisa) - Date 2018-12-20
- (Link) How to apply conditional formatting to incoming messages (by Adim) - Date 2018-12-13
- (Link) How to remove a divider line in Outlook (by Lisa) - Date 2018-12-06
- (Link) Is there an archive of all these tips? (by Lisa) - Date 2018-11-29
- (Link) What is Zoom? Including Zoom Cheat Sheet (by Rich and Lisa) - Date 2018-11-15
- (Link) If your ID card doesn’t let you “swipe into” the Kyoceras (by Lisa) - Date 2018-11-08
- (Link) When the Kyocera doesn’t ask for an account and doesn’t print (by Lisa) - Date 2018-11-01
- (Link) Re-doing the DOPM Internal (Sharepoint) website from scratch. (What should be on it?) (by Lisa) - Date 2018-10-25
- (Link) Browsers and UAB websites, like IRAP and Oracle (by Lisa) - Date 2018-10-19
- (Link) Delete an email message (by Lisa) - Date 2018-10-11
- (Link) I want my computer to have 2 monitors (by Lisa) - Date 2018-10-04
- (Link) Reply & Delete re email (by Lisa) - Date 2018-09-27
- (Link) Pivot Tables to summarize data in Excel (by Lisa) - Date 2018-09-20
- (Link) Record my meeting or presentation (by Rich) - Date 2018-09-13
- (Link) Open Internet Explorer as a blank page (by Adim) - Date 2018-09-06
- (Link) Be Careful online (by David) - Date 2018-08-30
- (Link) Convert image to text (by Lisa) - Date 2018-08-23
- (Link) How to make Kronos easier to use (by Lisa) - Date 2018-08-16
- (Link) Webmail (by Lisa) - Date 2018-08-09
- (Link) Learning with Lynda (by Lisa) - Date 2018-08-02
- (Link) Free Alternative to Photoshop (by Lisa) - Date 2018-07-26
- (Link) Easily save to a deeply nested folder (by Lisa) - Date 2018-07-19
- (Link) Fast way to close all running programs (by Lisa) - Date 2018-07-12
- (Link) X C V makes copy-and-paste easy (by Lisa) - Date 2018-07-05
- (Link) Make your mouse more noticeable (by Lisa) - Date 2018-06-28
- (Link) Add a second line in an Excel Cell (by Lisa) - Date 2018-06-21
- (Link) How to Google (by Lisa) - Date 2018-06-14
- (Link) A single underlined letter (by Lisa) - Date 2018-06-07
- (Link) How to hide the Ribbon (by Lisa) - Date 2018-05-31
- (Link) Format Painter (by Lisa) - Date 2018-05-24
- (Link) How to Undo an Undo (by Lisa) - Date 2018-05-17
- (Link) How to combine text from 2 columns (by Lisa) - Date 2018-05-10
- (Link) How to get an email address for your study (or group, etc) (by Lisa) - Date 2018-05-03
- (Link) How to get a list of files in a folder (by Lisa) - Date 2018-04-26
- (Link) How to watch YouTube (by Lisa) - Date 2018-04-19
- (Link) Encore: Easily create an email group (by Lisa) - Date 2018-04-12
- (Link) How to select multiple things (by Lisa) - Date 2018-04-05
- (Link) How to select a big chunk (by Lisa) - Date 2018-03-29
- (Link) How to see all Excel formulas (by Lisa) - Date 2018-03-22
- (Link) How to sign a PDF (by Andrew) - Date 2018-03-15
- (Link) Is some of my email filtered out? (by Lisa) - Date 2018-03-09
- (Link) See Emails and Calendar at same time (by Lisa) - Date 2018-03-01
- (Link) Coming Changes to UABMC Email [External Sender] (by David) - Date 2018-02-22
- (Link) Learn about your iPhone and iPad from Rich (by Rich) - Date 2018-02-15
- (Link) How to recover a file you accidentally changed -- Aka Restoring Previous Version (by David) - Date 2018-02-08
- (Link) Encore: 3 easy ways to do Screen Shots (by Lisa) - Date 2018-02-01
- (Link) Explain all my passwords (by Lisa) - Date 2018-01-25
- (Link) Saving Favorite Web Sites (by David) - Date 2018-01-18
- (Link) Encore: For our SharePoint websites, you don’t have to put in your username and password each time (by Lisa) - Date 2018-01-11
- (Link) Encore: Learning with Lynda (by Lisa) - Date 2018-01-04
2017
- (Link) Change the subject line of an email you received (by Lisa) - Date 2017-12-28
- (Link) Encore: How to zoom in on webpages (by Andrew) - Date 2017-12-21
- (Link) How to use Change Size and Visibility of Mouse Pointers (by David) - Date 2017-12-14
- (Link) Useful Windows 7 shortcuts (by Adim) - Date 2017-12-07
- (Link) Useful accessibility options (by Adim) - Date 2017-11-30
- (Thanksgiving, so skipped this week.)
- (Link) Get software for your home computer at great prices (by Rich) - Date 2017-11-16
- (Link) How to use Find and Replace in Microsoft Word (by Andrew) - Date 2017-11-09
- (Link) DOPM has another Kyocera: located in the lobby of MT-505 (by Byron) - Date 2017-11-02
- (Link) How to "change" your @uab.edu email address (by Lisa) - Date 2017-10-26
- (Link) Shortcuts disappearing from my desktop (by Byron) - Date 2017-10-20
- (Link) Zooming in and out of a webpage (by Adim) - Date 2017-10-12
- (Link) Print your Tel Documents (by Lisa) - Date 2017-10-05
- (Link) How to staple your documents using the Kyocera (by Andrew) - Date 2017-09-28
- (Link) Make browser go "full screen" (by Lisa) - Date 2017-09-21
- (Link) How to reduce the size of PDF documents (by David) - Date 2017-09-14
- (Link) How to have somewhat professional videos (by Rich) - Date 2017-09-07
- (Link) Jumping to the top of a webpage (by Adim) - Date 2017-08-31
- (Link) How to change the default search engine in Internet Explorer (by Andrew) - Date 2017-08-24
- (Link) Shortcuts to websites (by Lisa) - Date 2017-08-17
- (This week was the One Password reminder)
- (Link) Do NOT ignore ONE Password expiration notice (by Lisa) - Date 2017-08-07
- (Link) How to change the default save location in Microsoft Word to the H Drive (by Andrew) - Date 2017-08-03
- (Link) Use keyboard shortcuts to "color code" your emails (by Lisa) - Date 2017-07-27
- (Link) Box.com and You (by Adim) - Date 2017-07-20
- (Link) Managing reply and forward options in Microsoft Outlook (by Adim) - Date 2017-07-13
- (Link) Avoid phishing attempts (by Lisa) - Date 2017-07-06
- (Link) How to spot phishing (by Andrew) - Date 2017-06-29
- (Link) Creating QuickSteps in Outlook (by Adim) - Date 2017-06-22
- (Link) How to use google like a professional (by Andrew) - Date 2017-06-15
- (Link) 3 places you can scan to (by Lisa) - Date 2017-06-08
- (Link) New Ticketing System (by David Clabough) - Date 2017-06-01
- (Link) How to control active windows or applications (by Andrew) - Date 2017-05-25
- (This week was the survey. Thanks for the responses.)
- (Link) 6 Short Cuts you probably didn’t know (by Lisa) - Date 2017-05-11
- (Link) Set a home page in Internet Explorer (by Adim) - Date 2017-05-04
- (Link) Use Quick Parts to make it easier to add standard text/images (by Lisa) - Date 2017-04-27
- (Link) Keyboard shortcuts in iOS (iPad or iPhone) (by Rich) - Date 2017-04-20
- (Link) How to change the desktop background of your computer (by Andrew) - Date 2017-04-13
- (Link) Easily create an email group (by Lisa) - Date 2017-04-06
- (Link) How to deal with busy signals at UAB (by Lisa) - Date 2017-03-30
- (Link) How to avoid “file path (or file name) is too long” problems (by David Clabough) - Date 2017-03-23
- (Link) How to best deal with Java (by Byron) - Date 2017-03-16
- (Link) Who can use the UAB Dropbox? (by Lisa) - Date 2017-03-10
- (Link) March 8, etc: How to better know the equipment in MT634, including recent upgrades (by Rich) - Date 2017-03-03
- (Link) The HelpDesk moved to MT-403 (by everyone) - Date 2017-02-23
- (Link) Learning with Lynda (by Lisa) - Date 2017-02-17
- (Link) 3 easy ways to do Screen Shots (by Lisa) - Date 2017-02-10
- (Link) More Browser Shortcuts (by Adim) - Date 2017-02-02
- (Link) How to zoom in and zoom out on your internet browser (by Andrew) - Date 2017-01-26
- (Link) More Shortcuts -- focusing on “Ctrl” (by Lisa) - Date 2017-01-19
- (Link) What does my Windows Key do? (by Lisa) - Date 2017-01-13
- (Link) Announcement: New wireless presentation Mice, in conference rooms (by Adim) - Date 2017-01-05
2016
- (Link) How to surf the Internet safely (by Bio) - Date 2016-12-29
- (Link) Drag&drop a copy of a file without removing from its original location (by Andrew) - Date 2016-12-27
- (Link) Create shortcuts on your Desktop (by Lisa) - Date 2016-12-16
- (Link) For our SharePoint websites, you don’t have to put in your username and password each time (by Lisa) - Date 2016-12-09
- (Link) Changing the white background in Outlook and Word (by Lisa) - Date 2016-12-01
- (Thanksgiving, so skipped this week.)
- (Link) Does it really matter where I save stuff? (by Lisa) - Date 2016-11-17
- (Link) Should I leave my computer on, or turn it off? (by David Clabough) - Date 2016-11-10
- (Link) How to Make Kronos easier to use (by Andrew) - Date 2016-11-03
- (Link) How to Internet Explorer and Safari: easy and faster (by Bio) - Date 2016-10-27
- (Link) How to Reopen an unintentionally closed webpage tab (by Adim) - Date 2016-10-20

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