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Old New MS Office alternative
It's new to me, but apparently it's been around since before MS Office itself. Compatible with MS Office and Open Office. The features list looks extensive. Anyone tried it, want to try it? http://www.freeoffice.com/en
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Bt Sport Tennis
I was watching W T A Tennis. At 8pm switched to live football when usually whole match is covered unless a live programme follows. I have Sky TV which enables me to watch BT Sport via my Plusnet Broadband. Was there any way I could have watched the remainder of the match.
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GIS systems - MAPgem?
I'm about to apply for a job where I tick all the essential and desirable boxes bar one - some knowledge of GIS systems. I'd like to at least know what is involved with GIS so I can if necessary refer to it in my application and be able to discuss it with someone if I get an interview. I've had a look on the company's…
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create a phone vote, free
We are in the process of designing a flag for our town and want to have a poll to decide which one to use. Does anyone know of any way to create a voting system where people can vote by phone, ( land or mobile ) and possibly online. probably have a max of 500 voters.
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streaming Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 to tv
I thought I would be able to steam SGT2 content to my tv using my PlayStation 3 and Allshare on the SGT2 - but the STG2 can't see the PS3 and visa versa ... Then I wondered if the ChromeCast would do it instead? Any views? Ta., Roy
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Please fix my work laptop! IT are lost
It's a MacBook Air, Mid 2011. Standard set-up, I believe: 1.8GHz Intel Core 7, 4GB DDR3, HD graphics. It's running OS X 10.9.2, which is Mavericks, I believe. It's a relatively new install - about a month old. I'm not using it for anything crazy. Mac Outlook (2011) is the most vital, because it's the enforced email system.…
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Excel Code Query
Hi All, I have the following code in Excel, it basically look for a code and returns a separte value in an accompanying spreadsheet. However in front of this doe I want to include something to reflect that if cell A1 contains the word "Liverpool" then I want the word "Liverpool" returned instead of the below function being…
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Excel question - adding up cell values across worksheets
Hi all, I have a an Excel workbook with 12 worksheets and a summary sheet (13 in all). On the summary sheet I want to enter in a cell the values from specific cells on the other 12 sheets. I can't figure out the formula I need for this. Does changing the names of the sheets from 'Sheet1, Sheet2' etc make any difference to…
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installing new OS after Dbann
totally wiped my hard drive .....as its an old laptop with vista....as im giving it to a mate....with the intention of using the recovery disks to reinstall vista.... nothing happens when i put recovery discs in?...how do i access the bios? ...should i download vista (trial ) on my main to disc and try that....linnux?
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Copying video films to pc or anything else ?
Hi I know there are devices that you can play video s and DVD s but is there anything else that I can buy/use to copy my videos so that I can watch them first before getting rid along with my video recorder. I don't mean home made video s I mean shop bought ones with films on. Thank you
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Think im infected!
Windows 7 laptop and most things are running ok but lost the ability to enable the screen saver,preview threads in forums and use drop down menus ! Really strange ! Avast isnt showing anything neither is iobit or malware bytes, Any ideas?
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Amazon Fire TV v Chromecast
I was thinking of getting the Chromecast but now I think I will wait to see what people think of this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26850634
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Android - offline maps
I have just changed my iPhone for a Samsung with the Android O/S. One of the selling points of the phone was the ability to download maps to the device so that I can use the phone to navigate without needing to be constantly downloading data on the move. Of course, the phone's user manual doesn't go into that kind of…
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Tablet as media server...
So I would like to set up an Android tablet as a media server, controlled through my Android smartphone, and sending films to my Chromecast. Any idea if it's possible and how to do it?
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Noisy Fan & High CPU
Yet another problem with my new HP pavilion! Since yesterday the fan has been on constantly and cpu usage has been between 65 and 100% Checked start up and disabled Amazon Manager and Cyber Power2go but that hasn't helped. CPU usage shows Bing desktop at 63%. Bing came with the computer so there shouldn't really be a…
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Tekshop247 robbed my money
I don't know if anyone has heard of a company called tekshop247 dot com. I recently purchased a projector case from them and when it arrived I realised that it want what they had described. So I contacted Tekshop247 and the call was diverting to a mobile number and eventually going to Orange answer phone. I became worried…
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Cannot create a user account
I have a laptop running windows 7. I have created another user account by going through the control panel-user-create new account etc. A new account is created. When I try to enter the new user account I have the following message "User Profile Service service has failed User Profile cannot be loaded" Any idea the cause…
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iPad trouble connecting to broadband
Hi all this is my latest problem there s always something. I ve got a BT home hub 3 which of late had been dropping the wifi but funnily enough I put my netbook on and that was fine where as my iPad couldn t connect all of a sudden. I don't know if it's coincidence but since I took the ovivo sim out it's started doing this…
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chromebooks are they ok ?
Hi there - Don't know if I'm allowed to ask this here - sorry if I'm out of order but as a none tech. who needs a new "computer" and looked for the cheapest way to access the internet with as little hassle as possible, we looked at Chromebooks. Before we decide I really would like to know what folks think of them. Above…
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Android Word Processor spell as you type
Hi all, I've been looking for an Android WP that does spell checking as you type a la Word etc. I've tried Quickoffice, King Soft and Polaris but none of them appear to handle spell checking as you type properly. Open Office for Android looked promising but its big and heavy and crashes (also I couldn't find any way to…
