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 Tax Refund Scam
How to Avoid Spam
  Using System Restore
   Temporary Internet Files
     Non-stop Music on your PC

 Delete Normal.dot
  CAPS to lower case
   Remove Duplicate Files
     Red X Instead of a Picture

 Finding Lost Files
  Labels & Envelopes
   Make Your Own Icons
     Spreadsheet In PowerPoint

 Word Graphics to JPG
  Watermark a Document
    Add Music to Your Email
     Gmail, Outlook Express

  Rotate a Picture
   CYMK vs RGB Colors
     Adding Text to a Photo
      Crop and Resize Photos

  Blind Carbon Copies
   Move DBX Files to a New PC
     Copy Email Address Book
      Pics Blocked by OE

    MSWord Help
  1. Creating Labels & Envelopes with Word, Excel, & MSWorks
  2. Replacing NORMAL.DOC when MSWord Becomes Unstable
  3. Password Protecting Word & Excel Documents


    4. Pictures & Text Boxes
  4. Picture in a Text Box
  5. Placing Both Text & a Pic in a Text Box


    6. Other Document Types
  6. MSWord, Wordpad, Notepad, Google's Writely/Docs
  7. Converting Data between MSWord & PDF Files
  8. Show a Spreadsheet in PowerPoint (using Paint)
  9. Less Complicated Word Processing Programs


    10. Working with Columns
  10. Dividing a Page into Columns
  11. Lining Up Numbers in a Column


    12. Bullets & Page Numbering
  12. Using AutoCorrect for Bullets & Numbering
  13. Add Page Numbering to a Word Processing Document


    14. Telling a Story with Your PC
  14. Writing a Personal Memoir
  15. Creating a Newsletter
  16. MSWord Paragraph Formatting
  17. Convert CAPS to lower case (& vice versa)
  18. Sending a Family/Holiday Newsletter
  19. Automatic Backup of MSWord Documents
  20. Free Trials of MSWord 2007 & of WordPerfect Office X3


  21. Various Computer Audio Formats, such as WMA, WAV, MIDI, etc.
  22. Finding Free Downloadable Music Online
  23. Recover Songs from your Temporary Internet Files
  24. Converting Music Formats (WAV to MID, etc.)
  25. Converting Vinyl LPs & Audio Tapes to Digital Music Formats
  26. More on Converting Musical Collections to Digital Music Formats
  27. Playing Songs Continuously in Windows Media Player 11
Uninstalling a Program

      Gloria Bernal called to say that when she tried to uninstall a program she got an error message saying a file was missing and that the program could not be removed. This is something I hear frequently; but there is a simple fix:

      If you want to remove an application from your PC it can't be done by "deleting" anything — the program must be "uninstalled." Go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and click on the target application. You'll be asked if you're sure you want to remove it. Click Yes.

      However, it's not uncommon for someone to try to remove a program by deleting a file associated with it. Subsequently, when you try to do a proper "uninstall" it doesn't work because of the missing file. This can be fixed by simply reinstalling the original program and then uninstalling it.

      Some programs make uninstallation easier by having an "Uninstall.exe" icon in their main folder. Others have one named "Unwise.exe" (which is a cute way of suggesting that uninstalling such a wonderful program is unwise).

Email Auto-Fill Address Lines

      A reader asked if there is a way to make Outlook Express automatically complete an email address after typing just one letter into the To: box. She mentioned that this happens with some addresses, but most require two, three, or more characters to be typed before auto-completion kicks in.

      Here's the deal — if your OE Address Book has only one name beginning with, say, X (such as "xrayguy@aol.com") the full address will be filled in upon typing the single character. However, if you have another X name (such as "xyz@juno.com") neither name will be displayed until you type in its second letter. This rule applies for all names that begin with the same sequence of characters. Outlook Express offers no way to have just one name appear when multiple ones begin with the same character sequence.


      However, with Windows Live Mail (Microsoft's successor to Outlook Express) when you type in the first character of an email address, all names beginning with that letter appear listed under the To: box. A single click on an address puts it immediately into the To: box.

      This feature is also found in Gmail, Outlook 2007, AOL Mail, AIM Mail, Hotmail, and Juno Mail.

Excel & Quattro Pro Compatibility

      Carolyn Rodosta wrote that her brother sent her an Excel file, but her computer came with "WordPerfect Office" instead of "Microsoft Office." The solution is for Carolyn to open "Quattro Pro" (WordPerfect's spreadsheet program), click on File>Open, and choose "Excel" under "File Types."

      Most Excel and Quattro Pro files are compatible, depending on their various versions. These steps also make "Word" and "WordPerfect" files compatible as well as making Microsoft's "PowerPoint" files compatible with WordPerfect's "Presentations."


      Speaking of compatibility, I recently mentioned that Word 2007 files cannot be opened with earlier Word versions. However, Microsoft has a free program (FileFormatConverters.exe) available at www.microsoft.com. After installing it, users of older Word versions will be able open Word 2007 documents by clicking File>Open and choosing "Word 2007" under "Files of Type."

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