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03 Rule out incorrect entries with data
Tips
validation
Tricks
AUGUST 2017 03
Validate your data easily with "Data Validation”
01 Windows
Browse Windows with shortcuts
in cells in Excel. This helps you ensure,
at the time of data recording itself,
that incorrect entries are not made at
Windows can be operated very effectively all – this is particularly helpful if multiple
with the help of clever shortcuts. This people are editing one file. Select a cell
is also applicable to switching between or an area that Excel should check at
opened windows with the help of the the time of entering data. Subsequently,
following three shortcuts. navigate to the task bar or to the ribbon
[Alt] + [Tab]: after pressing this shortcut, to "Data | Data Tools | Data Validation”.
a small overlay appears in the centre of In the next window, specify the criteria
the screen, in which you can see all the for the validation under the "Settings”
active windows. Holding onto the [Alt] 02 tab. In the "Allow” field, select between
key and tapping [Tab] will allow you to Change your Settings to "Never” to stop automatic "Whole number”, "Decimal”, "List”, "Date”,
PC sleep
scroll through the active windows. Once "Time”, "Text length” and "Custom”.
you release the [Alt] key, the selected
window will open. behaviour. To do this, you first need to
[Windows] + [Tab]: this shortcut opens a
slightly larger view compared to the [Alt]
open the Control Panel and navigate
to "Appearance and Personalisation | 04 Windows 10
Save website in a selected folder
method. To scroll through the windows, Personalisation | Change Screen Saver”.
let go of the [Windows] key and scroll Ensure that no screen saver is selected Even in Internet Explorer, one had to first
using [Tab], once you reach your desired and the checkbox for "On resume, trace the "File” menu to be able to save
tab, just hit the [Enter] key. display logon screen” is not checked. In websites in a specific folder. You get
[Ctrl] + [Tab]: if you have opened multiple addition, take a look in the "Settings | access to it in Internet Explorer using the
instances of a single programme, you can Power & Sleep”. All the options should "Tools” button right above. After selecting
switch between them using this shortcut. be set to "Never” there. If this is already the "File” entry in the following window,
This function can be used, e.g. in case the case, open the Control Panel again, you reach the "Save As …” command.
of multiple opened tabs or windows in go to "Hardware and Sound | Power Clicking it opens the "Save Website”
Firefox or Google Chrome. Options” and select "High performance”. window where you can specify any folder
To eliminate a virus attack, also start a as the storage location. In Edge, the
search run of your virus scanner. Finally, successor of the Internet Explorer, you
Windows 10 check the auto-start programmes under
02 Disable
need to take a detour. You first need to
unauthorised logging-off the "Startup” tab in the Task-Manager. press the "More” button there with the
the computer Ensure that only known programmes three points right above. In the drop-
appear there. Software that you do not down box, scroll up to the "Open with
If your computer is repeatedly logging off know or seems to be suspicious must be Internet Explorer” entry and repeat the
independently in Windows 10, it is time deactivated immediately. "Tools | File | Save As …” path. You can
to find out the cause of this annoying
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Using the console tool REGsvr32 will allow you to
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register your new DLL files into the system
Optimise your power options on PC or Laptop
battery’ or ‘Plugged in’. If you wish to [D] after selecting the text passage will the DLL, press the shortcut [Windows]
turn this off, you will find the "Hibernate nevertheless open the "Font” window. + [R]. The "Run” window will now open
after” option in "Power plan”; select Now move to the tab of the same name in which you need to enter "cmd”. The
"Never” there. Confirm your changes by using the touchpad in the "Effects” field, Windows console will open after clicking
clicking "OK”. By pressing the "Restore place a checkmark in front of the first "OK”. Enter the "regsvr32 C:\Windows\
default settings To do this plan” link, you option "Strikethrough” and confirm by System32\Test.dll” command there and
can undo all changes. clicking "OK”. press [Enter]. The command line tool
Regsvr32 will now register the DLL file.
When entering the name, replace "Test.
8 Word
Windows dll” with the name of the DLL file to be
Modify font effects using a shortcut 9 Register DLL file using a console
tool
registered.
13 Windows
Repair corrupted system files using
a console tool
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Retrieve your minimised menu ribbon using Ctrl + F1
14 Word
Activate and setup hyphenation
HARDWARE
18 PlayStation 4
Allow the console to download
mode, such as downloading games.
After you have started downloading the
games in standby mode
17 External hard disk
Operate an undetected drive
games, press the PS button for at least
one second and select "Enter Standby
Mode”. PlayStation 4 will then turn off
If you connect an external hard disk to the screen and the console will require
your computer as a backup for important less power. To leave the Standby mode,
data, it is possible that Windows could press the Power or PS button. The
not detect the drive and accessing it indicator light will then flash blue and
is not possible. In this case, you first subsequently light up in white.
need to check whether the drive letter is
allocated correctly. To do this, open the
Windows start menu, enter "Computer
Management” in the search field and 19 External hard disk
Restore inadvertently deleted data
confirm with [Enter]. Now click in the using a recovery tool
left menu below "Storage” on "Disk 18
Management”, on which you can view all Let your PS4 download games when you sleep on
Standby Mode When deleting something on an external
the disks connected to the PC. Search hard disk, you might accidentally delete
for the external hard disk, right-click it the incorrect data. If you react fast in
and call the context command "Change To save power, such a situation, the damage can still
Drive Letter and Paths”. To assign a you can download
drive letter to the external hard disk, games onto your
click "Add” and select an alphabet in the PlayStation 4 in
expanded menu. There can also be other Standby Mode.
potential causes for the non-detection of You first need to
an external hard disk. For instance, the check the settings
drive is possibly not connected correctly for standby mode.
or the USB port is faulty. Therefore, try To do this, open
connecting the hard disk to the other the "Power Saver
USB ports of your PC. Finally, the drive Settings” and call
itself could be faulty. Hence, ensure the "Adjust the
whether the little lamp on the device functions available
lights up or whether you can hear any in Standby mode”
significant noise. command. You can
now decide what
the PlayStation
4 is supposed to 19
execute in Hibernate Using Recuva to recover deleted data
the files that you want to restore and the desired typeface. A menu
press "Restore …”. If the external hard ribbon will now open in the
disk makes scraping or clattering sounds lower area, through which
while starting, you should immediately you can now change the font,
remove it. A 'head crash' is responsible alignment and colour, as well
for these sounds in most cases – a as enter your caption in the
collision of the write-read head with the field that states "Type your
hard disk. In such cases, it is advisable to text here ...”. Subsequently
use a data recovery service if important move the textbox to the
data has been affected. desired point in the image
and save the changes by
clicking "Apply”. Finally, press
WEB, TOOLS, PHOTO "Save” at the top left in the
20 Photography
Add individual captions to images
web application, decide on a
storage folder and confirm
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Stream YouTube videos on VLC Media with an easy command
your selection with "Save”.
Whether for presentations or websites,
a caption automatically puts the focus
on photos. You don’t even need an
21 YouTube
image editing programme such as Gimp
or Photoshop for the captioning. This
Solve problems during YouTube
streaming using the VLC Media 22 Flight Tracker
Monitor the global airspace using
is because, this job can also be carried Player clever Web services
out using a free of charge Web tool.
Pixlr Express (pixlr.com/express) is a If you play back YouTube videos with the Tracing the route of aeroplanes and
very convenient solution. For the tool to VLC Media Player, you may encounter obtaining varied information about it
work, you need the free of charge Adobe problems occasionally. However, they has become extremely easy thanks
Flash Player (on https://get.adobe.com/ are relatively easy to resolve. You first to the Internet. The biggest web
flashplayer/). On the homepage, you need to check whether the Firewall or platforms for aeroplane tracking are
can decide whether you want to upload your anti-virus software is blocking currently Flightradar24, RadarBox24 and
a photo from your PC ("Browse”) or the VLC Player. If so, turn off both the Flightaware. The services ascertain the
import it from a website ("Open URL”). features temporarily. If the YouTube flight position either via ADS-B Data
After you have opened the photo that streaming starts working after this, add live or via FAA Data with a five-minute
you want to caption, click "Type”. Seven the VLC Player to the Firewall or the delay. Which of the two standards is
buttons will now appear with typefaces anti-virus software as an exception. To used depends on the respective airline.
from "Dotted” to "Grunge”, "Handwritten”, rule out problems, you should always To start the flight search, first you need
"Novelty”, "Retro” and "Sans” to "Serif”. use the latest version of the VLC Player to enter the flight number in the search
By clicking an entry, you can decide on (on https://www.videolan.org/vlc/). You field. You can find out this as well as the
should also ensure that the video of departure and destination airport on the
your choice is not set to "Private” and website of the airlines – or with a simple
is available in all countries. The entry of Google search. The flight trackers also
an incorrect video URL also quite often inform you what is currently going on at
prevents it from starting. Prevent this a random airport. To do this, enter its
by right-clicking in the video and calling IATA code in the search bar, for example
the "Copy Video-
URL” command.
Subsequently, add
this link to the
"Network” tab in the
"Open Media” window
of the VLC-Player
("Media > Open
Network Stream”). In
stubborn situations,
it can be helpful to
replace "https” with
"http” in the Video-
20 URL, before you open
the video with the 22
Pixlr allows you to add captions to your pictures
online VLC-Player. Track the flight of your loved ones using Flightradar24
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23 Photography
Use the flash in the Sony compact
Shorten pesky long URLs
Image Size” to change the size and
camera flexibly A URL shortener reduces gigantic resolution. While modifying the size,
links quickly and reliably. The most update the values for height and width
Normally, the flash in compact cameras popular link shortener is called bit. of the photo. However, you can also
is firmly directed forwards. This has the ly (http://www.bit.ly/). You need to address the pixel dimensions. To do
disadvantage of blinding any opposing copy the original URL in the field on this, it is best if you make a conversion
view and gives attention to interfering the homepage and will get a shortened from "Pixel” to "Percent”. If necessary,
highlights in the subjects occasionally. version with just one click. Bit.ly can also you should also increase the resolution
Sony’s compact cameras RX100, RX100 be linked to services such as Tweetdeck to achieve a good result. 300 dpi is
III, RX100 IV and RX100V, however, to maintain Twitter accounts with it. generally a good choice. You can achieve
offer more flexible flash options. This is With goo.gl (https://goo.gl/), the search the best result if you enlarge the image
because their flash is mounted flexibly, machine giant also has a URL shortener to the desired dimension in multiple
though only so that it disappears smartly in its portfolio. The online tool works like processes, e.g. in ten-percent steps.
into the housing. However, this design bit.ly. You can use the service to create The most important decision in the
can also be used to pull the flash back a shortlinks; however, additional functions settings is the choice of the calculation
little when taking photos using the index are also available if desired. If you are algorithm. "Bicubic” is set by default.
finger. Almost like the pros, you can then logged in with your Google account, the However, "Bicubic Smoother” is
tool shows you all the short links created significantly better suited because
in the past. Photoshop uses it to calculate
intermediate pixels with cross-fading.
Finally, take care of the edges because
25 Photoshop
Enlarge photos without enlarged images lead to non-sharp edges
compromising the quality mainly in case of fonts, and the image
appears extremely soft. You can rectify
With Photoshop, you can enlarge photos this using a filter. Open "Filter | Sharpen
without any blocks or blurs in the picture | Unsharp Mask”. In the mask, you can
and design a beautiful poster from test different values and check the result
small photo templates as well. Before in the preview. Higher setting values are
you enlarge the image, first remove all recommended in case of a large aspect
23 ratio.
the noise using "Filter | Noise | Reduce
Using a finger trick to redirect the flash on your
Sony camera Noise”. Subsequently, go to "Image |
URL shortener
24 Shorten lengthy Internet links to a
convenient size