IT Security Tip #17: Don’t Just Close Your Browser!
When online accessing a banking site or any other application containing sensitive data, make sure you log out of the site and THEN close your browser. If you simply close your browser, some of the session information that a hacker can use to gain entry is still running in the background.
Microsoft Tips for Office
Translate Text on the Fly
In Word, select some text, right-click it, and then click Translate. Choose a language to see the translation. Click Insert to put it into your document.
Shortcut of the Week
Windows 10 Calculator
The Windows 10 Calculator allows you to choose from 4 options:
- Standard – Basic calculator functions.
- Scientific – Includes advanced calculations, including sine, cosine, and tangent.
- Programmer – Includes logical calculations useful in computer programming, such as boolean operations.
- Date Calculation – This lets you figure out the difference between two dates, as well as adding or subtracting a certain amount of time from a date.
To keep the calculator on top use the slide-out menu on the left side to select the Standard calculator. You’ll then see an icon to the right of the name that looks like an arrow pointing at a small box. Click that to pin the calculator to your screen and it will stay on top permanently. You can drag it around or resize it as needed. To turn this off, click the similar icon at the top-left of the calculator to return to normal operation.
Convert All Kinds of Units
| Currency | Volume |
| Length | Weight and Mass |
| Temperature | Energy |
| Area | Speed |
| Time | Power |
| Data | Pressure |
| Angle |
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Alt + 1: Switch to Standard<strong> mode
- Alt + 2: Switch to Scientific mode
- Alt + 3: Switch to Programmer mode
- Alt + 4: Switch to Date Calculation mode
- Ctrl + M: Store in memory
- Ctrl + R: Recall from memory
- Ctrl + L: Clear memory
- F9: Switch between positive and negative for the current value
- @: Calculate square root
- F3: Switch to DEG (Scientific mode only)
- F4: Switch to RAD (Scientific mode only)
- F5: Switch to GRAD (Scientific mode only)
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