October 2006
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>Server
Mistakes
>Protect Data
>Email
Security
>Shortcuts in Word
>Threat
Within
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Microsoft Office
Shortcuts in Word
Use these character formatting
shortcuts to save retyping in Word.
Take the shortcut!
Whether you need to change the case or switch formats, it's easy
with these Word shortcuts.
When preparing a Word
document for publication, you want to spend as little time retyping
as possible. Here are some shortcuts for reducing time spent editing
text.
As you edit your
document, you notice that all your headers are lowercase, when they
should be initial caps. To make that change, follow these
steps:
- Hold down [Ctrl] while selecting the
headers to be changed.
- Press [Shift][F3].
Pressing [Shift][F3]
twice converts the headers to all uppercase; pressing [F3] again
brings it back to lowercase. Alternatively, you can press
[Ctrl][Shift]A to convert a block of text to all caps, or press
[Ctrl][Shift]K to convert it to small caps.
Then, you spot that the
author has used the Underline button to underline selected text.
While the Underline button is convenient to use, it underlines an
entire selection, including the spaces between the words. If you
don't want the spaces underlined, follow these steps:
- Select the underlined text to be
changed.
- Press [Ctrl][Shift]W.
Anytime you want to
return characters to the default formats for the document template,
you don't need to go back and reformat the font. For example,
suppose you notice that reviewers have changed the font size and you
want to return it back to the style format. Follow these
steps:
- Select the text to be changed.
- Press [Ctrl][spacebar).
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Getting a
server? 5 mistakes to avoid
By Christopher
Elliott
 Reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small
Business Center at http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness.
So you're decided
to buy a server for your small business? Now comes the tricky
part: putting it all together. As someone who recently
installed Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 in my
office (OK, technically it was a bona fide Microsoft Certified
Partner who did it) I know first hand how challenging it can
be.
Simply, there are
decisions to be made about hardware, software, network
connections and, perhaps, most important of all, whom to
entrust with setting up the server. Make the right choice, and
your new server will be humming along from the get-go. I
enlisted the help of Vlad Mazek, the chief technology officer
of OwnWebNow, (http://www.ownwebnow.com/)
a Web hosting company based in Orlando, Fla., who lent me a
hand when I got Small Business Server up and running. He
quickly sized up all of the components on my network and
connected them. Since, my server has performed
flawlessly.
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4 Ways to Protect
Your Network Data
By Kim
Komando
Reprinted with
permission from the
Microsoft Small
Business Center at http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness.
 You have
auto and homeowner’s insurance. But what about your computer
data? The precautions needed to protect against disaster are
like an insurance policy. You may not necessary ever need it
but when you do, you’re sure glad that you have it.
1. Install
uninterruptible power supplies
This is the easiest thing you can do
to protect your hardware and data. I’m surprised by how many
people assume a surge protector suffices. But surge protectors
only offer limited protection against power
spikes.
For a better and
more thorough protection, you need an uninterruptible power
supply (UPS). A UPS isn’t intended to power you through a
blackout. (For that you would need a generator.) Rather, a UPS
will let you save your work and power down
safely.
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Multi-Tiered
Approach to Email Security
 Taking a holistic, multi-tiered
approach to email security is important. Learn how you can
protect your business from email threats and spam.
Securing the email
environment is an important aspect of a business' IT
operations. In fact, a 2005 survey conducted by IDC found that
90% of small and medium-sized businesses rely on email. Email
plays a critical role in these business environments – if
email goes down, their business stops. Without a multi-tiered
approach to email security, problems such as spam, viruses, or
inappropriate usage can cause real trouble. Unfortunately,
many small and medium sized businesses don't have the luxury
of a large IT department or IT group, leaving limited
resources and time to deal with IT security issues.
According to
Symantec's most recent Internet Security Threat Report, 50% of
monitored email between July and December 2005 consisted of
spam. The report also found that the small business sector was
the third most targeted segment during that same time period.
This is likely due to the fact that small businesses often
lack an adequately secure IT infrastructure and therefore are
more vulnerable to attacks.
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The
Threat Within
Is Your Company Safe from Itself?
Did you know the greatest
information security threat facing your organization may be sitting
in your office right now?
 This threat has the ability to bypass the physical and
logical controls you've put in place to protect the perimeter of
your network and has already obtained credentials to access a
significant portion of your infrastructure.
What is this dangerous --
and often underestimated -- threat?
It's your insider threat
-- the trusted employees, ex-employees or business partners with
authorized access to your corporate network resources and
proprietary data.
These inside attacks are
often the most dangerous because attackers are already familiar with
your organization's computers, applications and security measures
and know which actions might cause the most damage. And too often,
companies don't discover these security breaches until it's too
late.
Indeed, it may not be a
matter of if your company will experience insider security breaches
--but when.
Read more...
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Denville,
New Jersey 07834
Phone:
1-877-PANURGY
1-877-(726-8749)
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973-400-3701
http://www.panurgy.com/
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