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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): Google Docs - spreadsheet - insert chart on another sheet
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Sunday, November 1, 2009. Google Docs - spreadsheet - insert chart on another sheet. To insert a chart for your spreadsheet data, you can highlight the wanted cells and select menu Insert Chart. The new chart will be put somewhere on the same sheet of the data. If you click on the chart, its menu will be shown. By selecting its menu Chart Move to own sheet. Button at the bottom-left corner. In the Create Chart. Right before the cells range.
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): Firefox Extensions: Table Of Contents
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Firefox Extensions: Table Of Contents. A lightweight extension that lets you use the F12 key to minimize the current browser window. By reminding you when to take a break during surfing, it tries to help you avoid excessive web browsing and keep healthy. Boss Key and Buttons. You can press the F12 key or both the mouse buttons simultaneously to hide all your browser windows. OS type and version;.
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): Ubuntu Linux: clean cached apt archives to free up disk space
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Monday, November 2, 2009. Ubuntu Linux: clean cached apt archives to free up disk space. If you are using Ubuntu or other Debian like Linux, you may notice each upgrade or update may eat up some of your disk space - depending on your setup. That is because all the update packages you have downloaded are kept under the directory of /var/cache/apt/archives. From time to time, you could run command:. To remove all those downloaded packages.
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): November 2009
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Sunday, November 8, 2009. Connect to the restricted port of a remote host via SSH tunnel. There are some scenarios where you can use this technique. A remote server allows only local connections. Supposed the restricted server program is listening on port 20001. On a remote host named restrictedhost. And it only accepts local connections. You can create an SSH tunnel with the following command on your machine. If your machine is not in the ...
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): September 2009
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Select unread mails in gmail.com. There were dozens of emails in my gmail inbox that I didn't bother to read. As time went by, they were immersed into the other thousands of emails. It was time to take some actions. Not that I wanted to read them this time, I just didn't want a number shown beside my inbox. It was weird that gmail.com. Link could only select mails on the first page. What did Google try to hide?
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): Javascript/Firefox: context menu popup
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Friday, November 6, 2009. Javascript/Firefox: context menu popup. The context menu of Firefox behaves differently between the Windows and Linux platforms. On Linux, the context menu pops up as soon as you press down the right button of the mouse; While on Windows, it shows when you press down and release. The Linux style behavior makes it difficult for an extension to capture and hack the mousedown. The idea is that we capture the mousedown.
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): Firefox Extension: Boss Key and Buttons
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Firefox Extension: Boss Key and Buttons. This Firefox extension allows you to quickly minimize your browser windows by pressing the F12 key or both the left and right mouse buttons. Press the F12 key to minimize your browser windows. Press both the mouse buttons (left and right) down to minimize your browser windows. Open and focus on a new tab with the URL you preset. Minimize the browser window. If you are usi...
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old): Windows: free more disk space by removing backup files
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Tips, Tricks and Thoughts (old). We have moved to www.toptip.ca. Saturday, November 7, 2009. Windows: free more disk space by removing backup files. Windows XP and Windows Vista automatically backup the old system when you install new software or updates. They create restore points for the backups. So if you want, you can return to any of the previous restore points. Here is how you can do that in Windows XP (Windows Vista is similar). Button, select Accessories. In the Disk Cleanup. Click the Clean up.