I have been reading a book the past couple of days called The Practice of System and Network Administration by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan and Strata R. Chalup that I really want to recommend to any new system or network administrator. I have really felt like I am all alone out there a lot over the past year and a half that I have been a new admin, and I wish I had this book a year ago. It looks to be a top level, yet very practical step-by-step guide on how to get your IT Department (no matter how big or small) into to shape. It also focuses on those areas which are important no matter what your industry. I really can’t recommend this book highly enough. I got it for the move I am planning, but I already see that it will help in many other areas as well.
Archive for July, 2008
Desktop Support – Linking Contacts in Office 2007
When working for a small company, I am finding that it is often necessary for me to be the desktop support technician as well as the backup gal, server dudette, and network wirer. I guess this is perfect for me, since I have always been more of a jack of all trades, master of none type of person anyway. I can also usually track down the answer to any question, if given enough time and resources (usually 2 minutes and Google).
That is what it took to find the answer to the question for today. I had a user ask me today how to link contacts in Office 2007. He said he had done it in the older version, but could not find any information on how to do in 2007. I personally have never linked contacts, so I had no idea what he was talking about, but as he seemed quite distressed, I jumped on Google to see what I could find. Thankfully, this article by Jennifer Kershaw was just what I needed to be the hero today.
Here is the quick rundown; Open Outlook 2007, go to Tools –> Options –> Contact Options –> check the box next to “Show Contact Linkin gon all Forms” and wallah! Now each contact has a box at the bottom right allowing you to link contacts to other contacts in your list.
I Am a Geek At Heart
I love this wall deco from ThinkGeek:
I guess I really am a Geek at heart! Oh well, if you can’t beat them, join them!
