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Find it hard to proof on Word 2007? Getting inconsistent spacing? Here’s the solution.

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I was always happy with hitting Enter once and getting one carriage return – you knew where you were with the deal – but Word 2007 has better ideas. If its default behaviour – which is to insert two line breaks each time you hit Enter – bothers you, here’s how you turn it off: [...]

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Off on a tangent again, but a good friend of mine is thinking about starting a business, and it’s made me reflect on the things I learned from my own experience. Here, then, I humbly offer my five rules for starting a business: 1) Stand out. This means doing something no-one else does, or doing [...]

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So, if we accept that clumsy attempts at engagement are not welcome, is there a right way for a brand to involve itself in discussions online? Here, in the interests of being constructive, are my suggestions: 1 Choose the right blog – find somebody who blogs with a degree of authority and influence, and who [...]

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