TUG Tip - IT

IT Security Tip

Locking your computer when away from your desk is highly recommended! Clicking on the Windows key + L (the “L” key) will quickly lock your computer.

TUG Tip - IT

A New Way To Paste

Control-X and Control-V have been the cornerstone of the Windows Cut & Paste feature forever. You can use clipboard history by pressing the Windows Logo key + V. This will let you choose any or all the text you have cut/copied in Windows, not just the last one. Try it out now...

TUG Tip - IT

Data Backup Tip

Always use the software recommended guide for backups. Check out the Sage Knowledgebase articles on Backup Procedures, Disaster Recovery Checklists and Creating On-demand Backups/Procedures for Testing Backups.

TUG Tip -- IT

MyAssistant_Revise CR Report & Re-Link

If you have a Crystal Report linked in a MyAssistant Task and you need to revise the CR report, you must revise and re-link in MyAssistant.

TUG Tip -- IT

IT Security Tip

Locking your computer when away from your desk is highly recommended! Clicking on the Windows key + L (the “L” key) will quickly lock your computer.

TUG Tip --IT

Windows Clipboard

If you use Windows cut/paste function all day as I do, then you’ll love this feature in the Windows Clipboard available now in Windows 10/11 called “Clipboard History”. It allows you to cut numerous items before you paste them. It can also allow you to “pin” commonly cut content to paste at any time later. To get to your clipboard history at any time, press the Windows logo key + V. You can even sync the clipboard history across your devices by Selecting Start > Settings > System > Clipboard.

TUG Tip --IT

Keep to Yourself

Computer and data security is a major topic nowadays and there is plenty that a user can do to help protect their corporate as well as their personal data. Most workstations, especially those on a network have a password setup that forces a user to login. Additionally, they have a screensaver setup that will lock the workstation with that password after a few minutes. So here is a little unknown tip that can blind prying eyes when you leave your workstation without having to wait for the screensaver to kick in. Lock your workstation on demand by pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE and then choose “Lock” from the menu that pops up. For even a quicker way, I use the hot key combo  + L (Windows key and L). This will lock your screen instantly. This is especially important when your screen may have sensitive corporate data displayed, such as payroll or employee records. I do this as habit every time I get up to leave my desk.

TUG Tip -- IT

MyAssistant: Revise CR Report & Re-Link

If you have a Crystal Report linked in a MyAssistant Task and you need to revise the CR report. You must revise and re-link in MyAssistant.

TUG Tip -- IT

Windows Clipboard

If you use Windows cut/paste function all day as I do, then you’ll love a new feature in the Windows Clipboard available now in Windows 10/11 called “Clipboard History”. It allows you to cut numerous items before you paste them.  It can also allow you to “pin” commonly cut content to paste at any time later.

To get to your clipboard history at any time, press the Windows logo key  + V. You can even sync the clipboard history across your devices by Selecting Start  > Settings  > System > Clipboard.

TUG Tip -- IT

IT Security Tip

Locking your computer when away from your desk is highly recommended!

Clicking on the Windows key + L (the “L” key) will quickly lock your computer.

TUG Tip -- IT

Keep to Yourself

Computer and data security is a major topic nowadays and there is plenty that a user can do to help protect their corporate as well as their personal data. Most workstations, especially those on a network have a password setup that forces a user to login. Additionally, they have a screensaver setup that will lock the workstation with that password after a few minutes. So here is a little unknown tip that can blind prying eyes when you leave your workstation without having to wait for the screensaver to kick in. Lock your workstation on demand by pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE and then choose “Lock” from the menu that pops up. For even a quicker way, I use the hot key combo  + L (Windows key and L). This will lock your screen instantly. This is especially important when your screen may have sensitive corporate data displayed, such as payroll or employee records. I do this as habit every time I get up to leave my desk.

TUG Tip -- IT

Data Backup Tip 

Always use the software recommended guide for backups. Check out the Sage Knowledgebase articles on Backup Procedures, Disaster Recovery Checklists and Creating On-demand Backups/Procedures for Testing Backups.

TUG Tip - IT

A VPN Encrypts Data

You can think of a VPN as a tunnel established between your device and your companies network. VPNs offer protection of your company data while you are using a device outside your company's network by encrypting the data it passes back and forth.

TUG Tip - IT

Data Backup

Your Data is only as good as your backup AND restore. Don’t just rely on one successful backup. Have multiple backups from different methods.  Test to make sure you can also restore your backup and function within it.

TUG Tip -- VPN

Setup like you are in the office - even when you are remote!

Using a VPN allows connected devices to behave as if they are inside your company connected to its network giving you access to applications, printers, and data you would have if you were in the building. But note that those devices will not preform as fast.

TUG Tip -- Email Tips

Put some fun in your emails!

Why not add the same fun Emojis we use in mobile messaging to other communications in Windows 10. Simply press the Windows key + . (period) and voila, an Emoji chooser.

Right-clicking in a text space will also work. 😎

TUG Tip - Information Technology / Microsoft SharePoint

Defaulting SharePoint Documents to Open in Client Application 

To default SharePoint to open documents in the client application instead of opening in the web browser, do the following: 1. Log in as company administrator 2. Open the Admin Center 3. Under Admin Center, go to SharePoint Admin Center 4. Click on Sites->Active Sites on the navigation bar on the left 5. Click the URL for the site to change this setting on 6. Click on Documents on the navigation bar on the left 7. Click on the settings gear in the upper right 8. Select Library Settings 9. Under General Settings, click Advanced Settings 10. Under Opening Documents in the Browser, select Open in the Client Application 11. Scroll to the bottom and click OK Exceptions to this setting: From SharePoint, if you go to the site and go to See All under the Documents section and browse to a document it will open by default in the client application on the user's computer, such as Word or Excel. However, if you are on the sites home page and click a file under the activity it will only open the file in the web browser. And if you are in OneDrive and click on Recent on the navigation on the left, this will default to opening in the web browser, but you can select the triple dots and choose Open->Open in (the client application).

TUG Tip - Information Technology 

Information Technology- Shake it Off

Do you need to get to your computer desktop in a hurry? Do you have too many windows open? Click and hold on the Title bar of any active window then shake your mouse. All other active windows will minimize (not close). Try it and shake off those extra windows.