You can tell Windows to use a default printer for all Windows applications. You may need to change this setting if you connect a new printer. Also, unfortunately, sometimes programs interfere with this setting and change it without verifying the change with the end user, requiring you to reset it.
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Tag Archives: Windows
PK Tip: Changing the Date Formats
Dates and times are used in several places in Personal Knowbase. Most important is the Article Date which is (optionally) shown in the Article Window and Index Window’s Titles column.
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Computer Basics: How to Create a Shortcut on Your Desktop
If you have a file or program that you access constantly, you may find it useful to have a shortcut to it right on your Windows desktop.
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PK Tip: Selecting Multiple Items in a List
Personal Knowbase, like most standard Windows applications, allows you to highlight multiple items in any list box.
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Converting from Cardfile to Personal Knowbase
Recent versions of Windows (starting with Windows 7) don’t include distribution of the Windows Cardfile utility. Since Microsoft stopped support for Win XP, more and more people are looking for new ways to access their old Cardfile files.
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Computer Basics: How to Create a Screen Shot
When you contact any software customer support about a problem with their program, you can often make it easier to pinpoint the problem if you send a screen shot.
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