Change AutoRecover interval in Office 2007 and 2010

Among the many useful features of the Microsoft Office 2007 applications is AutoRecover.  It involves saving all the data in the Office 2007 application after a specific time interval so that it is recovered in case there is a power outage or a system crash. All your work or data in the Office application is saved automatically after that specific time interval. This feature keeps you from losing work you have done. By default, this AutoRecover interval is set to 10 minutes in all the Office 2007 applications. However, it is possible to change AutoRecover interval in Office 2007.  If you change AutoRecover interval in Office 2007 to less than 10 minutes such as after every 5 minutes, you will be able to save your work or data frequently. It will prove very helpful if you are facing problems in the power supply or your operating system.

The option to change AutoRecover interval in Office 2007is offered for every application. Here we will use the example of Excel 2007. Follow these steps to change AutoRecover interval in Office 2007:

1.     Click on the Office button.

2.     Click on the "Excel Options"  button on  the bottom of the resulting menu

.3.     The Excel Options dialog box will appear. Select Save on the left hand side of the menu

.4.      Check the box for "Save AutoRecover information"     .5.  Select how often you would like Excel to save the data for AutoRecover. 

 

6.     Click OK.

 

You should not set the time to a very short time interval. Remember that when working on larger worksheets or documents don't set the AutoRecover to a very short time interval such as 1 minute because that may begin to slow down the computer, as saving a large amount of data after each minute will strain the computer.

 

Graphic Card Troubleshooting

The graphic card is one of the most important pieces of hardware in your PC. Without it, your super monitor with all the bells and whistles is just a junk box.

Make Directional Input

Most video cards come with simple frame capture programs, but you'll have to do some programming if you plan to integrate video capture with other operations on your computer, such as adding text data as an overlay or changing video-in channels on the fly. In this case you'll need good programming libraries in a language with which you are familiar for the video card. Some companies include libraries with their cards, but most charge extra. Most often libraries, when available, are for C or BASIC, and sometimes Pascal.

Choose Between 24 bit and 32 bit

For True Color mode, some graphic cards offer 24 bit while some offer 32 bit. Which is the best? When True Colour mode was first suggested, it utilizes 32 bit which was very pleasing to the eye, they realize that 24 (with less coolers) won't look much different since the human eye can only take about a certain amount of colors. On the other hand, 24 bit will run faster compared to 32 bit because it uses less colors. So if your card utilizes 24 bit, don't worry, it isn't bad.

Always Use The Latest Drivers

Yes, it is important to make sure you always have the latest drivers. The latest drivers will offer you better performance, more utilities and more compatibility (usually for DirectX or Direct3D). Take the effort to check you card manufacturer's site to look for the latest driver updates.

Turn off personalized menus

Microsoft's Personalized Menus was an interesting idea — hide the commands you don't use often to create a more streamlined interface. Unfortunately all it did was annoy users as they couldn't find the menu entry they wanted. To turn them off if you're using the Classic Start menu:

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Properties


2. Click Customize


3. Scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Start menu options box and untick Use Personalized Menus and click OK

You can also get rid of the evil things in Office 2003:

1. Right-click on a toolbar and choose Customize


2. Click the Options tab


3. Check Always show full menus


4. Click the Close button