Computer Disaster Recovery, or Don't Let a Computer Crash Ruin Your Day
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Home-Based Business
The computer has become about as essential as the telephone, or maybe more so, especially if you have a home-based business, you are a telecommuter, or you are going to college or graduate school. Whatever the reason, if you depend on the computer for any regular part of your day (even if just to play one more game of Free Cell), then a computer crash could definitely bring your life to a screeching halt. You can prepare for a computer disaster by regularly performing a few simple disaster recovery processes...and you don't have to be a computer geek to know how.
Diacritics: The Squiggly Marks Above and Below a Letter
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Grammar and Writing
What in heaven's name are those odd-looking squiggly lines, dots, or slashes that appear above a letter? They are diacritics! This article will tell you how to find them in Word and to insert them into your text.
In Spellchecker We Trust...Right?
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Grammar and Writing
Spellchecker is a worthwhile tool, but it only provides limited service. For important documents (personal, school, or business), you should enlist the service of a proofreader (family member, friend, in-house staff member, or professional freelance proofreader)...and here's why.
How To Check Names Spellings in a Research Paper
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You are writing a research paper and one of the works that you need to cite was written by J. Wysozychzy. Here's a tip that will help you to verify that the name is always spelled correctly, every time it appears in your paper.
Good Reasons Why You Can’t Rely on Your Spellchecker
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Grammar and Writing
If you think that "running spellcheck" finds and corrects all the mistakes in your document, then you are wrong. This article provides easy-to-implement self-proofreading tips that help to ensure that your document is as error as possible.