Annoying Adobe Acrobat/Reader "Reading Untagged Document" Dialog

For about a week now, every time I opened a PDF document an annoying popup related to Adobe Reader X would appear.

Thankfully, an Adobe person provided a few workarounds to what seems to be a known issue since Adobe Acrobat/Reader 8. For my situation, I must have installed something that caused Adobe Acrobat/Reader X to think I had some type of assistive technology installed on my PC. The actual workaround I implemented was listed in the comments section of the blog post and it works well-so far.

Here are the steps:

• In a Windows Explorer window, navigate to 
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 11.0\Acrobat\plug_ins
• Rename Accessibility.api to Accessibility.api.bk
• Rename ReadOutLoud.api to ReadOutLoud.api.bk

Source: http://blogs.adobe.com/dmcmahon/2011/08/19/acrobatreader-how-to-disable-the-reading-untagged-document-dialog/

Resetting WordPress Admin Password Using phpMyAdmin on BlueHost

I have several WordPress installations with my ISP bluehost.com. Recently, I needed to reset all the passwords. I searched and found this handy tutorial.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password#Through_phpMyAdmin

Thank you WordPress for sharing this information!

Outlook 2010 Creating a Contact Group from an Email

I received an email for a work group with a large distribution list. Instead of just replying all, I wanted to be able to compose a new message using my contact list for addresses. I found the answer here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/create-and-edit-a-contact-group-formerly-distribution-lists-HA010354963.aspx

Rather simple once I learned that the Members field will accept a large amount of copy and pasted addresses.

Create a Contact Group by copying names from an email message    

1. In the message that you want to copy the names from, click the names in the To or Cc box.
2. Right-click your selection, and then click Copy.
3. In Mail, on the Home tab, in the New group, click New Items, then click More Items, and then click Contact Group.
4. In the Name box, type a name for the Contact Group.
5. On the Contact Group tab, in the Members group, click Add Members, and then click either From Outlook Contacts or From Address Book.
6. At the bottom of the Select Members dialog box, in the Members box, right-click, and then click Paste.

Many thanks to the author of the article!

Blackboard 9.1 Using Internal Course Links

This has been perplexing for a while, but finally figured out how in Blackboard 9.1 as a student at CSU-Eastbay. Please take note of using https instead of http for course links.

• Copy desired link location (Right-click usually does the trick.)
• Paste link into desired location
• • e.g. [Week 9 Course Documents] https://bb.csueastbay.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_386297_1&content_id=_4318960_1
• Select entire link
• Click on Hyperlink icon in Text Editor menu   (The little globe)
• In the dialog box
• • Under Hyperlink Properties, make sure to select HTTPS
  • Paste URL for link (Make sure that you only have a single "https://")
  • Select Open in a New Window if desired (I usually do)

https://bb.csueastbay.edu/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_386297_1&content_id=_4318960_1

It is also possible to embed a link, such as click here for Week 9 Course Materials. [Note: This one opens in same window]

Just had to share. I missed being able to do this since WebCT!

--Liko