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09
Apr
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Ashampoo Office 2012 Review

Update 2013/06/17: Save up to 75% off on Ashampoo Office 2012! This is the best price we've ever posted to-date, and is limited time (deal expires July 1st, 2013). Proceeds support our website and staff of writers. Thanks for your support! You can ... click here to go straight to the discount offer ; otherwise, please enjoy our review, below. Question: what's better than Microsoft Office, but costs only a fraction of price? Answer: Ashampoo Office 2012. -- Next to web browsing, office suites and word processing are arguably the most widely used software tools for every computer user. In fact, it' ... (view more)

Thu
19
Mar
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Ashampoo Office 2008 Review

Update 2011/06/30: Links updated for our readers: save 42% off the retail price of Ashampoo Office 2008! A full 30 day money back guarantee is offered if you're not completely delighted with this marvelous program. Proceeds from this sale support ... our web site and staff of writers. Details at the very bottom of page . Offer ends July 14, 2011 at 11:59PM EST! The full review of Ashampoo Office 2008 is below. Quick! What's the name of the software you use most often to write letters, do financial calculations, create presentations, and all the rest? If you're like 95% of people using personal ... (view more)

Mon
02
Jun
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Sharing Excel Graphs in MS PowerPoint

Yes, you can move graphs from your MS Excel spreadsheets directly in MS PowerPoint. It is so easy! Follow the steps below: Create your graph in MS Excel. Once you have done that, all you really have to do is select your entire graph. Click Edit | ... Copy. Now open PowerPoint and click Edit. Then Paste the graph into place. The really cool thing about this is that all parts of the graph come with it. You can change the formatting on the legend and add text to the graph. You can also drag and resize the graph by utilizing the drag handles. It is a quick and easy way to bring a graph into your MS ... (view more)

Fri
09
May
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Excel Can E-Mail Your Weekly Reports For You!

Many times, in an office setting, you have an Excel spreadsheet that has to be sent to different departments on a weekly basis. Even if you have a distribution list setup in MS Outlook, it still takes some time to setup your e-mail and proof it ... before sending it out. Why not let MS Excel do it for you? Follow the steps below to lighten your workload: Launch MS Excel if it is not already open. Open the workbook containing the report you want to send. Click ALT + F11. The Visual Basic Editor will open. In the Project-VBA Project pane, double-click ThisWorkbook. Go to Insert | Procedure. Click ... (view more)

Wed
10
Oct
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Create a Chart in MS Word using MS Graph

Sometimes when you are preparing a report you would like to add a chart to your document. The good news is that you can, and it is also very easy to do. Follow the steps below to create your chart in MS Word: On the Insert menu, click Object. Click ... the Create New tab. In the Object type box, click Microsoft Graph Chart. Click OK. To replace the sample data, follow these steps: Click a cell on the datasheet. Type the new text or numbers. If necessary, you can import data from a text file, a Lotus 1-2-3 file, or an MS Excel worksheet. You can also copy data from another program. To return to MS ... (view more)

Thu
17
May
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Microsoft's Latest Fiasco: Reader Response

Sound Off! Yesterday, we asked Infopackets Subscribers what they thought of Microsoft's latest fiasco : the claim that various Free Open Source Software (FOSS) developers have violated some 235 Microsoft patents -- and now Microsoft wants to collect ... royalties. So, is Free Open Source Software really doomed -- or is Microsoft simply grabbing straws in hopes of resurrecting lost Vista sales? Infopackets Reader C. Williams was the first to chime in: " Okay, I'll admit it. I've been using a PC since late 2001, and during that time, I have used Windows exclusively. However, my experiences with ... (view more)

Fri
22
Sep
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Microsoft to Offer Free Office Suite?

Although Microsoft has ownership of the globe's most used office suite, the company appears to be feeling threatened by competitors who are offering similar suite software -- for free -- to users. Microsoft released a report last month that ... identifies California-based ThinkFree, a company that offers "free, small, medium featured (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, address book, e-mail client, file manager), use online or offline." According to BusinessWeek Magazine , to regain its market share from companies such as ThinkFree, Microsoft is now considering an online version of MS ... (view more)

Thu
30
Mar
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Create a Custom Sub-Menu in MS Office

Do you copy and paste a lot of information from the web? If you do, then you probably know that it can be a real hassle to always click Edit -> Paste Special (when necessary) when using an MS Office application. So why not just put that Paste ... Special in a sub-menu? To do so: Launch any MS Office Application (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Frontpage, etc). Right-click any menu or toolbar and select Customize. Select the Commands tab on the Customize dialog. Select New Menu from the Categories list. 'New Menu' will appear in the Commands list on the right. Click and Drag it to the target menu, where ... (view more)

Thu
22
Dec
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'Encryption Pack For Ms Office', and 'Expired Cookies Cleaner'

Encryption Pack for Ms Office MS Office offers a simple way to protect a document by using a password entry. This provides a basic security for MS Word, Excel documents (.DOC, .XLS, .PPT) from unauthorized access. But security specialists do not ... recommend to use build-in MS Office security features. For example: take a quick browse through Google and you'll be able to turn up as many MS Office password crackers as you like. Encryption Pack for MS Office, on the other hand, is a great way to protect your documents using strong encryption. http://www.rohos.com/encryption-pack/ Expired Cookies ... (view more)

Wed
15
Sep
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GuruNet: The Answer Engine

Imagine this: you're sitting in front of your computer, writing an email -- and all the sudden, you forget how to spell a word -- or worse yet, you need to find another way to express yourself in a thought-provoking or entertaining manner. It ... happens to me all the time. Like most folks, I use Outlook Express to read and compile my emails because it's free and comes bundled with Windows. Unfortunately, the MS Spell Checker isn't part of Windows or Outlook Express by default (you'll need to install MS Office or similar ) -- and to top it all off, Outlook Express doesn't offer a thesaurus. What ... (view more)

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