Category Archives: tips

Tuesday Tip: Who DAT… What DAT

by Tony Rushin This is definitely not a tip about the New Orleans Saints and their silly “who dat” phrase.  C’mon – we’re Falcons’ fans here.  Rise up! This tip is about .DAT files:  specifically winmail.dat files that you may … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: Lost Your iPhone? Can’t Find Your Spouse?

by Richard Stokes I once heard someone say that despite what you might think, people aren’t looking for a single device that does everything.  Rather they’re using multiple devices and choosing the one that best fits the setting.  For example, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: XP Sunset – Less Than 1 Year Away

by Tony Rushin Microsoft’s incredibly popular, and stable, operating system – Windows XP – is less than one year away from its sunset date of April 8, 2014.  For good measure, Microsoft is also ending support for Office 2003 on … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: Excel Conditional Formatting

by David Gracey This tip is for fellow Excel nerds out there. It will probably be old news for you financial advisors and other folks who work daily with Excel. Regardless of whether you have heard of “Conditional Formatting” or not, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: Listen Any Good Books Lately?

by Tony Rushin Yes, I know my grammar is wrong.  Why do we ask:  “Read any good books lately?” but by contrast ask, “Listen to any good books lately?”    My suspicion is that reading is viewed as an active action … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: Create iPhone Custom Shortcuts

by David Gracey In this fast-paced world of communications, nothing can be better than having to type fewer characters on your iPhone.  The size of those little keys and the fatness (in my case) of those fingers always makes for … Continue reading

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NFMGMA March 2013 Educational Session – Service Excellence – Preventing Malpractice Claims with Deborah Wexler – Mag Mutual Insurance Company

by Richard Stokes As residents of Atlanta we’re all familiar with our local consumer advocate; Clark Howard.  And, if you’ve listened to him before you’ve probably heard a story or two when he’s reporting on a company that’s been delivering … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: Screen Shots – How to Capture Windows Drop-Down Menu’s

by Richard Stokes Tony wrote a great blog 11 months earlier on 3 Tips to Get Screen Shots. It’s so good, in fact, it’s in our top 10 of most viewed blogs in 2012. Since this is such a popular … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: Find it Anywhere with Ctrl F

by Tony Rushin Many of you know that pressing “Ctrl F” at the same time will bring up the search function in Excel or Word.  However, this shortcut also works to search a website, a PDF document, a folder… just … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tip: “Is the New BlackBerry Worth a Look?”

by David Gracey BlackBerry parent company Research in Motion (RIM) recently introduced the latest iteration of their flagship smartphone.  The Z10 is based on a completely redesigned operating system called BB10, which is much faster and streamlined for today’s mobile … Continue reading

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