Improve Medical Vials

I load the five syringes needs daily. They are filled with Novalog(Orange) or Lantus(Purple). The vials are the same size and made of clear glass. The labels have a small colored line to help identify which medicine is which. Very hard to distinguish. The use and dosage the two drugs is VERY different. I went to the local "Five and Dime named Wilsons" and bought orange and purple balloons. I cut the heavy ring that is at inflation holes off the balloons and slid two of them on each vial to help identify which is which. They further serve as a better way to hold the vials as they improve the grip. They are removable and I change them each time a new vial is opened. The manufacture could do more to label these for better identification.

Excel Tips and Tricks

High light several columns, and double click on the any divider and all will self adjust to width.

RowLiner is a cute addin.

Paint Tips and Tricks

To set the "Paint able" area of the screen save a file with the "Paint able" area set to 100x100. I like to name such a files "$ clean" so they are at the top of the pile.

To capture a image at or near your screen proportions.

Get the image into Paint, enlarge or shrink so it is centered and visible on your screen.

Then use a sewing thread stretch it diagonally from corner to corner of your screen. Use the paint tool "Brush" to place a dot outside the border where the string passes through the image border.

The two dots form the opposing corners of a rectangle at roughly the same proportions as your screen.

Using the rectangular "Select" tool copy the image using the dots as diagonal corners and then paste back into a new paint page.

Save it away for use as desktop screen saver.

The Mad Hacker in SC

SketchUp Tips and Tricks

Duplicate sequence, pick object, touch [M], touch[Ctrl.](see plus sign appear), start moving object along the desired axis, enter dimension to move object and hit [Enter].

Sketch Up for today: Punching a hole. Draw circle on surface, select "push/Pull tool", select the surface inside the circle, move into the object, enter thickness of material, this extrudes circle to opposite surface, and gives a hole.

Drew an ogee moulding, and a mitered corner. Quite a challenge. Later learned how to do this with "Follow Me' tool, it makes it child's play.

I was having trouble picking objects, I would be on an object, and pick it, but it would pick and object beyond the surface I was on. With some advice, I cut the graphics generator off, rebooted, and it behaves properly.

E-Copy Tips and Tricks

In [View All], [Ctrl] and pick images you want to print. Let [Ctrl} up. Pick and hold one the selected images and slide all of them to the [Print Icon] and they are printed.

To get that zoom to be same size as 11x17 landscape. take a black sewing thread several inches longer than the diagonal dimension of your screen, tie a not half way of its length. Determine the angle of a diagonal across a 11x17 paper by folding it diagonally. tape the string across your screen at the angle determined with the knot being at the center of the screen. . Center the area for printing on the knot, then pick the corners on the string. it will be proportional to the 11x 17 paper.
You might consider marking the points on the border of your screen with a sharpie, and only put the string on when needed.