Deleting Auto-Complete Addresses in Outlook

I thought this one was pretty obvious, but apparently it wasn’t. I had a co-worker start routinely sending emails to my personal account instead of my work account, just because she had responded to an email from my iPhone. The problem was that, even once she recognized the problem, she continued to send the emails [...]

Malware vs Anti-Malware

Long-time subscriber Ed Pilarczyk wrote recently with a question about a malware problem he had solved. A friend had given him a subsequent tip, and he wanted to check it out: Hey Terry, Thanks again for all the hard work you put into your great newsletter! A few months back my wife caught a piece [...]

Microsoft Excel – Protecting Formulas in Cells

Subscriber Don Enderud wrote to ask a question about Microsoft Excel. He wants to use one of the features of Excel that is very valuable when you create a spreadsheet for others to use. Terry, A friend is sending me a very large spreadsheet (approx. 40 tabs, each worksheet with many columns and rows) which [...]

Excel Problem Too Many Cell Formats Error

I ran into an interesting (which, under the circumstances means aggravating and frustrating) problem this week with an Excel 2007 spreadsheet. I ran into an apparent bug in Excel 2007 which results in a "Too Many Cell Formats". My spreadsheet was about 40 MB in size (yes, that’s Megabytes!), has 10 or 11 sheets in [...]

Pictures Not Showing Up In Outlook

Subscriber Mike G. wrote about a Microsoft Outlook problem he was having: Hi Terry, I am using Outlook and have it set to ask me before downloading pictures. When I go to the highlighted notification line at the top of the email and select Download pictures, the notifier goes away, but nothing downloads and the [...]

How Do I Turn On the Outlook 2007 Reading Pane?

Subscriber Mike Gallagher wrote recently with an Outlook 2007 problem: Hi Terry, It is I again. So far I have not had any lick with the Win XP, SP-3 install, even following your suggestions. Still trying however. I will keep you informed. However, a "worse" situation has developed. My settings for viewing my emails in [...]

Excel – How To Unhide Column A

One of the great features of Excel is that we can hide individual columns, groups of columns and even multiple groups of columns. Similarly, we can hide rows. For example, to hide Columns E and F, just left-click and drag from the E header over the E column to the F header over column F. [...]

PDF Converter Professional 7 – A First Look

PDF Converter Professional 7 – A First Look Program: PDF Converter Professional 7.0 Publisher: Nuance Communications, Inc. License: Commercial Price: List $99. Price on Apr. 3, 2011 at Amazon: $48.59 . Every once in a while, a program that’s designed for business use is so helpful and priced so reasonably that it’s useful for home
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