Clear text formatting (Word)

Q. How do I clear formatting in Word 2007/2003?

A. Here are the steps:

1. Select the text that you want to clear the formatting from.
2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, do one of the following click Clear Formatting icon:

Ubuntu 11.10 move the clock from the middle

Q. I've installed Gnome instead of Unity on Ubuntu 11.10, now my clock is the middle of the screen. How do I move it?

A.The process is fairly easy, once again, I don't know why they've changed it from what it was:

1. Hold Alt (it may be Windows key instead) and right-click the clock.

2. Once clicked, you'll get an option to Move or Remove From Panel. Then you can drag it around the bar.

Install Gnome in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

Here we go again. A new version of Ubuntu is out and if you still don't want to switch from it because of Unity, you are welcome to try and install Gnome. (I didn't try removing or disabling Unity this time, but you are welcome to).

Keep in mind that the new gnome leaves a lot to be desired (like that clock in the middle of the screen) and will take some time to get used to (not as much as Unity though).

Steps:

1. Open shell and run:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

2. Once installed, you have to reboot.

Clearing master boot record (Linux)

Q. I'm trying to wipe clean a hard drive. No matter what I do, I can't get rid of this GRUB on my screen. How do I wipe it out?

A. You have to delete the master boot record on the disk. Regular format will not do it.

Be careful, running those commands can mess up your working hard drives, if you don't specify the proper device.

1. If you are working under Linux, this is the command to clear it:

Simple backup script (VBS)

Q. I would like to have a simple backup script, running under windows, which would:

1. Create an archive of my files

2. Delete the archive after a period of time

A. To create an archive, we'll use RAR archiver. It can be downloaded from https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm. After you install this application, copy the file rar.exe (found in C:\Program Files\WinRAR) to C:\Windows. This way you can run rar.exe from anywhere on the system and it will find it.

For the purpose of this tutorial we'll use:

Expiration date: 15 days (so we keep the backups for 2 weeks)

Backup path (Destination): C:\backups

Files that are being backed up (Source): C:\inetpub\wwwroot (IIS websites)

Synaptic removed in Ubuntu Linux v11.10

The new version of Ubuntu Linux (version 11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot) will not have Synaptic Package Manager. This was one of the changes for the new version. I'm not sure if anyone uses Synaptic - most software installations are done through apt-get. In any case, if you really need it, this is how to get it back:

sudo apt-get install synaptic