New Windows 7 Computer for Christmas?

Learn how to use it — check out Professor Teaches Office 2010 and Windows 7. This comprehensive 16 program tutorial set provides in-depth training on Microsoft Office 2010…

Outlook Refuses to Open Email Links

Subscriber Polly wrote me to ask about a problem she was having with Microsoft Outlook: Hi When I try to open a link in my office outlook it refuses to do so and a message comes up…"this operation has been cancelled due to restrictions on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." I have had [...]

Opening Multiple Excel Windows in Windows 7

When I use Excel, I normally have several spreadsheets open so that I can use or reference data from one as I’m creating another one. So, I need to open multiple Excel windows. Using more exact computer terminology, we’d say "opening multiple Excel instances" Either way, it means having one Excel window open and opening [...]

Security Update Will Not Install

Security Update for Microsoft Word Viewer will not install Subscriber Travis MacClendon wrote with an interesting problem. Fortunately, the solution should be pretty easy… Hi Terry, I’ve been reading and lurking for a few months now and finally have a question perhaps worthy of attention: I get the Microsoft automatic security updates and have never [...]

Word Documents as Outlook 2007 Email Attachments Won’t Open From Outlook

Last week, subscriber Ian Pitt wrote from the UK to ask about a problem he was having with his computer: Hi Terry, I’ve been reading your newsletter for some time, and appreciated your advice both in the newsletter and on the website. I suppose that I’ve been hoping that another subscriber would write with my [...]

Outlook 2007 – Opening an HTML eMail in Your Web Browser

This week, I got an interesting question from reader Lew Gazaway, who had started using Outlook 2007 as his email program: Hi Terry, I find your newsletter informative and interesting to read. I am using Windows 7 and Office 2007. How do I open your newsletter in Outlook and view it as an attachment rather [...]

Missing Outlook 2007 Unread Folder Link

Reader Mike G. had a problem with Outlook 2007 — his Unread Mail folder is missing from the Favorite Folders list. One of Outlook’s convenient features is a box at the top left of the Outlook window in the Email view that shows Favorite Folders. Initially, it has Inbox, Unread Mail, Large Mail, and Sent [...]

101 Secrets of an Excel Addict

I found an interesting — and inexpensive — ebook called 101 Secrets of an Excel Addict. Priced at only $14.97, it is packed full of interesting tips and tricks that most users don’t know. I would bet that almost every one of these tips can be found in some form or another on the Internet, [...]