Catching up on mailing lists in my in-box
I defer reading some of my email because mailing lists do not expect an answer, and sometimes they take a bit of time to sift through for the good bits.
From Neat Net Tricks December 15:
Automatic Date. The keyboard combo Shift+Alt+D inserts the current date in MS Word. If you don't like the date's format, select a different one with Insert|Date and Time and, if you'd like to make that permanent, click on the Default button while changing it.
You can also do the same with the time and Shift+Alt+T.
These shortcuts insert dynamic fields which update automatically.
From The Office Letter December 29:
You have two easy options to stop the field updating. The Unlink fields command (Ctrl+Shift+F9) turns the field result into formatted text which will never be updated. Alternatively, use the Lock field command (Ctrl+F11). The difference between Unlink and Lock is that the latter may be Unlocked (Ctrl+Shift+F11) at a later date if the user wants to change it.
From LangaList December 11:
Do your part to help drive the spammers out of business. Take the pledge: Never, ever, buy *anything* you see spamvertised!
From Neat Net Tricks January 15:
Word Counter at http://www.wordcounter.com/ ranks the words you most frequently use, to determine whether you overuse them.
