Tip to open Word documents quickly

One tip to open word documents quickly, i.e. reduced time between when you double click the Word document and when the document is presented, is to press Esc key.

This prevents Word from making a connection to the printer (if any), which results in opening the document right away.

Those working and connecting to office network from home via VPN might find this tip even more helpful while opening word documents, especially if the computer is not connected to the VPN/printer or if the VPN connection is slow AND if you don’t need to print the document being opened.

In fact, Word presents this tip on the document’s status bar but it goes unnoticed mostly.

Wink: Screencasting Software

What is a Screencast?

As the Wiki page says, a screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. The term screencast compares with the related term screenshot; whereas screenshot is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on a computer screen, enhanced with audio narration.

Where or how are Screencasts useful?

If you want to create illustrative videos explaining how to use a specific software or its feature. If you want to report a bug and would like to do so by video capturing the exact steps that reproduce it. If you want to record your desktop for the purpose of record or afterwards replays. These are some of the scenarios that I could think of and I'm sure there would be more.

Now, what is Screencasting Software?

With the above explanation, one should be able to understand what Screencasting Software is meant by – it is that software that helps you in creating Screencasts.

Wink is one such software that is free and well reputed. Using Wink, you will be able to create screencasts and use in demonstrations, trainings or just for better illustration simply.

Wink (not the verb!) @ http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
Comparison of Screencasting software on Wiki @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software

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