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July 2015
In this issue
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5 Fast Fixes for Pressing Problems |
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Data Breaches Aren't Going Away � What You Need
To Know |
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Inserting a Quick Parts Field in a Microsoft
Word letter |
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Password Managers Are The Key To Secure
Passwords |
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Use Location Services More Safely |
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Using Mail Merge in Microsoft Word to insert a
letter's address block |
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Using Mail Merge in Microsoft
Word to insert a letter's address block
Many times you have an Excel workbook or worksheet of contact
details and wish to send a letter, create a label, or print
envelopes using that information. Luckily, Microsoft Word has
a Mail Merge Wizard that can help with this.
For this example, I will be using the Wizard to insert an
address block into a letter. You can start your mail merge before
or after writing your letter.
To begin, have your file of contact information ready and
have your cursor in your letter in Microsoft Word where you
wish the address block to go.
- Click on the Mailings tab on the Ribbon.
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5 Fast Fixes for Pressing
Problems
used with permission
from HP Technology at Work
Time has a way of sneaking up on us. Despite the flow of
time being one of the most dependable things in life, it can
still come as a shock to find out that the fax machine was invented
the same year people were traveling the Oregon Trail [1], or
that there is more processing power in a modern graphing calculator
than in the computer that landed Apollo 11 on the moon [2].
So if the fact that half of the year is already over surprises
you, don't worry. Now is the perfect time to take stock of your
business IT plans, adjust to new mid-year developments, and
make sure you're ready to meet your goals. To help you finish
strong in 2015, here are five fast, high-impact ways to address
your pressing tech needs.
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Data Breaches Aren't Going
Away — What You Need To Know
used with permission
from Norton by Symantec
by Nadia Kovacs
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may seem like stories of massive data breaches are
popping up in the news on a weekly basis these days.
Unfortunately, this is not surprising. As technology
progresses, all of our information moves to the digital
world, and, as a result, cyber attacks are becoming the
new wave of crime. Corporations and even small
businesses are extremely attractive targets to
cybercriminals, simply due to the large payday of data
that can be nabbed in one fell swoop.
What is a data breach and how and why do they happen?
The main reason that cybercriminals are stealing personal
information is for use in identity theft. According to Symantec's
ISTR Volume 20, the number of data breaches has increased 23
percent in 2014. The main three types of information targeted
were real names, government ID numbers, and home addresses.
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Inserting a Quick Parts Field
in a Microsoft Word letter
When creating letters for a mailing, sometimes you wish to
have the company name or person's name you're addressing within
the body of your letter. You can do this quickly with a Quick
Parts Field.
For this tech tip, you will first want to complete
a mail merge. Once you have completed your mail merge
and have the address block within your letter, you can add the
field in the body where you wish.
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Password Managers Are The
Key To Secure Passwords
used with permission
from Norton by Symantec
by Nadia Kovacs
 According to the credit reporting firm Experian,
the average Internet user has about 19 different online accounts,
for which they only have seven different passwords. In
addition, one in ten users never change their online passwords,
and one in 20 uses the same passwords for all of their online
accounts.
Those statistics definitely show that the password system
is broken. When passwords were invented in the 60's, they were
rather simplistic, as there was not a wide scale need
for them. Today we have passwords for an exponential amount
of web services. Couple that with the fact that we now need
to make up complicated and difficult to remember random strings
of text, numbers and symbols for each of those accounts and
you just get one big headache. There's no way anyone can remember
19 passwords, let alone 5.
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Use Location Services More
Safely
used with permission
from Microsoft Safety & Security Center
Does your phone know where you are? If you've used
your phone to find directions or locate a nearby restaurant,
you've used its global positioning system (GPS) and it's likely
that it would be able to pinpoint your location within a close
range.
Location services can be convenient for automatically adding
location information (geotags) to photos. Some people also use
location services to post their locations to social networking
sites, such as Facebook. Be aware, however, that others can
use your location information, too.
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"Err in the direction of kindness."
George Saunders
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