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Gives advice on how use computers. How to create a compact disc (CD) which contains information to re-boot a computer in case of emergencies; Creation of a rescue CD on the computer's setup menu; Need of a CD-R or CD-RW drive and software for adapting the CD, as well as a Microsoft Windows startup disc; Question of how to move an Outlook Express installation to a different computer. INSET: TIME-STAMP YOUR NOTES.

The article reviews the GPS software Streets & Trips 2006 With GPS Locator from Microsoft.

This article a step-by-step process of creating an add-on utility for Microsoft Word. The right add-on program can mean the difference between loving and hating an application, but a separate utility is not always needed to rejuvenate a software. In fact, macros can be used to automate and customize tasks, such autoformatting Word files. The Word autoformat macro has four steps. First, press Control-A to select the entire document. Second, click Edit-Clear-Formats to remove the document's existing formatting. This way the file will not revert to the original font when you enter a new line, for example. Next, choose File-Page-Setup-margins and enter 2.5 under the Right setting to move the right margin in 1-inch. Finally, select Format-Font, click Arial in the Font list, choose 12 in the Size list and click ok. To record a macro, open Word and click Tools-macro-Record New Macro. In the Macro name box, enter a name, but do not use spaces and do not start with a number. Under Store Macro in, select All Documents to make the macro available in all the files you open. To create a toolbar button got the macro or give it a keyboard shortcut, do the following. Click the Toolbar-Customize and drag the macro you just named to any toolbar.

Gives step-by-step instruction for putting a date or time-stamp on a Microsoft Excel worksheet. Mention of how to add dates and times that update automatically.

Offers advice on how to use search tools built into Internet Explorer (IE) to search the Internet. Steps for using the IE Search pane; Ways to list a search engine option in windows; Use of the Quick Search tool, a component of Microsoft's Web Accessories for Internet Explorer 5.

Reviews two road map computer programs, Microsoft Streets & Trips 2002 and DeLorme's Street Atlas USA 9. Details of how the programs work; Features; Comparison of the two programs; Area that the programs cover, which include the United States; Cost.

Reviews Microsoft's FrontPage 2002, and view that it is a great intranet solution for workgroups, but still not up to running a large Web site. Features of the software; Prices of the software; Pros and cons of the software.

Evaluates Microsoft Works Suite 99, a computer software package. Features; Capabilities; Price; Contact information.

This article presents guidelines on the use of the Microsoft Office software. The software's most obnoxious new feature is the Drawing Canvas. Whenever you use a tool in the Drawing toolbar in Word 2002 or 2003 Word insists on creating a box to hold the graphic. When you put pictures, lines, squares, ovals, or other drawings in the canvas, Word treats them as a group, so you can move or resize them as one unit or add snap-to connectors between the drawing elements. Microsoft says it wanted to help users move or resize drawings quickly. To get rid of the Drawing Canvas, click Tools Options General, and uncheck Automatically Create Drawing Canvas When Inserting AutoShapes. To move or resize drawings as a group, select the drawings by pressing Control while clicking them, and then choose Draw Group on the Drawing Toolbar. If you need to use snap-to connectors, click Insert Picture New Drawing to place a big, ugly Drawing Canvas inside your sleek, svelte document. Every time you open a file in an Office XP or 2003 application by clicking File Open, a list of icons appears in the left pane. The My Places Bar lets you open folders with just one click. But even though it rates as a first-class time-saver, this feature suffers from one of the worst user interfaces.

Offers advice and tips for using Microsoft Windows software. How to create shortcuts in Windows Explorer; Way that shortcuts are made.

This article describes the use of the AutoCorrect function of Microsoft Office 2000. Usually this feature performs fixes of common typing and spelling errors, but it often inserts words or replaces ones you do not want changed. On the other hand, you can use this feature to automate text insertion in Word. Start by highlighting a phrase, sentence, paragraph or whole document that you regularly need to enter in other Word files. Click Tools, AutoCorrect Options. In the bottom half of the AutoCorrect tab, you will see all or a portion of what you highlighted. Enter the keystrokes you will use to trigger the auto-insertion of the highlighted passage. Select Plain text or Formatted text above the passage, to reflect how you want the end result to look. Click Add, and AutoCorrect will place your trigger letters alphabetically among your listed existing shortcut entries. Finish by clicking OK or Close. To enter the text in a Word document, type the trigger letters and activate the text insertion by pressing either the space of Enter, or by typing a punctuation mark. If you are prompted when exiting Word to accept the changes made to the global template, normal.dot, click Yes or the AutoCorrect shortcuts you created during that session will be lost.

Reviews Microsoft's Office XP suite software. Discussion of whether to upgrade an office suite with Office XP; Comparison of the versions and the applications, which includes Word 2002 with voice recognition technology; Features, including Disaster Recovery, smart tags, and product activation wizard; Price. INSET: How Office's Rivals Stack Up, ' by Harry McCracken.