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<p><p>If you don't like how precisely you must mouse in Microsoft Word 2008 to delete comment balloons, note that you can Control-click (right-click) a balloon to pop up a contextual menu. From the menu choose Delete Comment, and you're done.</p><p>Also, to get rid of all comments at once, choose Tools > Customize Keyboard and set up a keyboard shortcut to go with the DeleteAllComments command, available in the Tools category. Oddly, there's no Delete Comment keyboard customization option that I can find.</p></p>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 11 Dec 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9929"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9929', 'show')">Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.5 and 2004 11.5.3 Updates</a></h4>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=12" class="category">Problem Solving</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 08 Dec 2008</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9918" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9918">Are you a fan of Google Earth but bemoan its sluggish launch speed? Mac users can now access Google Earth directly from their Web browser with the Google Earth Browser Plugin.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9908" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9908">Ever find yourself distracted by your own Mac, with windows from your Web browser or sounds generated by incoming mail preventing you from getting down to your real work? Doug McLean set out to find some programs that can help you focus on what's important.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<a href="/article/9900"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9900', 'show')">Google Calendar Gains Official CalDAV Support</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9898"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9898', 'show')">The Simpsons Takes Aim at Apple</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9889"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9889', 'show')">Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals and Steals</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9863"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9863', 'show')">TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 01-Dec-08</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9876"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9876', 'show')">Google Tests New Search Customization Feature: SearchWiki</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9876" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9876">Google has announced it will distribute their newest product, SearchWiki, to a select group of users. While SearchWiki provides several ways to customize your search results, its benefits are unclear. </div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 21 Nov 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9832"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9832', 'show')">Netflix Starts Deploying Mac-Compatible Media Player</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9833"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9833', 'show')">TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 03-Nov-08</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9833" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9833">Notable software releases so far this week include Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.4 Update, iKey 2.3.1, TextExpander 2.5, SpamSieve 2.7.2, and Fission 1.6.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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<a href="/article/9815"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9815', 'show')">TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 20-Oct-08</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9817"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9817', 'show')">Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.3 and 2004 11.5.2 Updates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9817" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9817">Microsoft continues to release updates to Office 2008 and 2004, this time blocking a notable security hole, improving stability within Leopard, and addressing a number of bugs.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 16 Oct 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9803"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9803', 'show')">Netflix Mac Support News and More</a></h4>
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<a href="/article/9800"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9800', 'show')">Apple Changes App Store Customer Review Policy</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9800" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9800">Find yourself using customer reviews to assist in your online shopping decisions? Ever wonder how reliable they are? Last week Apple announced a significant change to the way its App Store customers review products. Here we take a look at the change and what it means.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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