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Want to know how to prepare a corporate speech, design your office using Feng Shui, how to format cells in Excel, how to refurbish a chair, or learn what a probate bypass is? At ExpertVillage.com you can see short video clips on just about anything. Categories include business, home, finance, education, hobbies, computer, music, parenting a more.

Just in time for the struggling economy is this video series on Frugal Grocery Shopping

You can see the whole series on Frugal Grocery Shopping here.

View 2 docs or screens at once

Recently I was having to modify a Word document into a new format. This required me to switch between the old document and the new one which was a hassle. Fortunately I was able to set both docs up side by side so that I could work on them simultanesouly. You can set up other screens to view side by side or one over the other very easily.

Word Documents: If you use MS Word and need to view two word docs at the same time:

1. Open both documents.
2. Click on “View”
3. Click on “View Side by Side”

To view any other combination of screens whether its a document and spreadsheet, or a document and website:

1. Open the document or application you need.
2. Highlight the two applications you want to view by holding down the CTRL button and clicking on the application tabs.
3. Right click your mouse button and select “Show windows side by side” in Vista or “Tile Horizontally” in XP. YOu can choose to “Show windows Stacked” or “Tile vertically” as well.

You can also select to have three or documents on the screen but if your computer screen is small, it may not be worth the effort as the screens will be narrow particularly if side-by-side.

Free Voicemail Box

Have you ever wanted to supply your customers with detailed messages about your product or service? How about collecting testimonials? Would you like to receive an email each time you receive a message? Simple Voice Box offers an fast, easy and free way to set up a voice mail and messaging system.

Simple Voice Box can operate as a traditional voicemail or as an information broadcaster. It offers a host of features including multiple configurations (do you want your listeners to be able to leave a message or not), online management tool, RSS Feed capability, email notifications and extended message time. The best part is that you can get instant activation, its private and secure, there are no set-up fees, and no committments or contacts.

The free service comes with a toll dial-in number, private access code and unlimited use. Simple voice box also offers fee-based services that can include a toll-free or private number and no access code.

To learn more, visit SimpleVoiceBox.com.

Chocolate and Business

In Harry Potter, Professor Lupin gives Harry some chocolate after a nasty encounter with the dementors and thus verified what many women have long known; the magic properties of chocolate! Lets face it, nearly everyone loves chocolate and now you can turn the ultimate food into a marketing strategy.

Mars Inc has a program whereby you can create personalized M&M’s! You can print your logo, a short slogan, or even a photo! Imagine giving your client M&M’s with a message or your logo printed on them? You only get 8 characters which makes it hard to put your website URL on it, but still its a fun and memorable way to thank customers or employees. You can even choose from 22 different colors!

You can choose a variety of packaging options that range from $3.99 a bag and up. Of course this costs more than buying a bag at the grocery store, but the value of having your message on the coveted chocolates makes the cost reasonable.

To learn more visit MyMMs.com

Automate Computer Tasks!

Giveaway of the Day is giving away a great little utlility that can record your computer activity and then automate it to do the work for you. Easy Macro Recorder (if you want it free use the Giveaway of the Day link) is a handy utility that automates repetitive and tedious tasks on computers. It records all operation of mouse and keystrokes, and saves them as macros. Then Easy Macro Recorder can play back the recorded macros to automate tasks any number of times. Plus there is an easy-to-use macro editor which can help you create new macros or edit an already created macros. Easy Macro Recorder works on any Windows applications.

Easy Macro Recorder sells for $29.95, but today … today only… you can get it free at Giveaway of the Day.