Windows Live Essentials 2011 is a suite of free productivity programs that are available for download from Microsoft. They were designed to meet the basic needs of a modern PC user, because they provide a quick and easy to use way to accomplish a variety of essential tasks. Continue reading
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A Guide to Windows Live Essentials 2011
Friday, January 14th, 2011Viewing Reminders in MS Outlook
Thursday, January 13th, 2011If you use Outlook for appointments or reminders, I’m sure you’ve seen the Reminders Window on more than one occasion.
(Yes – mine is empty. Must mean that I’m all caught up, right? Yeah, right – I wish…)
Anyway, I know that I’m not the only one who has accidentally closed that thing before I meant to
Creating an Email Desktop Shortcut
Friday, January 7th, 2011Roger writes:
I have someone I e-mail a lot, and I get tired of opening and closing Outlook. Is there any way to e-mail someone without having to do that?
Hi, Roger!
If you want to e-mail a certain person quickly without opening and closing your e-mail client (such as Gmail or Outlook), there is one way you can do it, and that is by creating an e-mail shortcut for the person on your desktop. It’s easy; here’s how: Continue reading
Extracting Selected Pages from a PDF
Thursday, December 30th, 2010I sometimes want to send a PDF file doc by email, but with selected pages only, not the whole thing. Is it possible to do that?
Extracting Selected Pages from a PDF Document
In recent years, the PDF document file format has become the standard to use when sending any manner of documents via e-mail or preparing them for download through the
Rearranging the Outlook Toolbar
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010Georgia asks:
The Send/Receive button in my Outlook 2007 is on the right side. Can you please tell me how to move it to the left side?
Georgia, as you can see below, my Send/Receive button is near the center of the toolbar. To move it, begin by right clicking on the toolbar and then select Customize from the menu.… Continue reading
Saving Windows Live Emails
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010Does your day begin with an hour or more commute to work sitting in a bus, train, or taxi? Perhaps you’re flying across country (or to another country) on a business trip, with many, many hours to be spent in flight en route to your destination. Or maybe you’re planning a multi-day road trip in your own car, for a meet up with friends and family back home. Then again… Continue reading
Sending Distribution Lists in Outlook
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010You know that person who e-mails everything so efficiently using distribution lists?
And… what are you doing?
Choosing each person individually for each message you send?
Maybe you’re searching out a previously sent message that went to the right group of people, creating a forward message, clearing out the old content of the message and then composing the new e-mail?… Continue reading
Sharing Large Files with Ge.tt
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Most people still rely on their email when it comes to sharing files with their friends or colleagues. However, free email providers usually have restrictions on the file size of attachments. For example, Gmail will not allow you to send files larger than 10 Mb.
GE.TT is a website which is built just for such folks. Although there are many file sharing websites on the internet, usually… Continue reading
Emailing Photos via Right Click in Windows 7
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Kristin, from Indianapolis asks:
In the past, when wanting send photos by email using XP, I used to right click and get a dialogue box which handled the job with one click. I can’t seem to find a similar system in windows7. Can you please help?
How to E-mail Photos in Windows 7 via Right Click
With the release of Windows… Continue reading
Expand Your Gmail Search Options
Friday, December 10th, 2010A lot of us use Gmail as our main email provider. I do, and as a result my inbox is full to overflowing. It makes it difficult to just “skim” through my inbox to find certain messages.
Sure, there’s a search feature up at the top, but what if I need to get more specific?
Like really specific?
Well… Continue reading
Email Reminders with FollowUpThen
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010How to Setup Email Reminders And Follow Up on Earlier Email
Do you forget to follow up on emails because it’s becoming impossible to remember each and every message thread that hits your inbox every day? Are you looking for a simple solution which will let you set up email reminders in your Gmail account?
Well, here is a very nifty online service called… Continue reading
Create Email Groups in Gmail
Friday, December 3rd, 2010There may be situations when you want to send the same email message to multiple people at once. Sending the same message to a handful of contacts is easy, just separate all the email addresses with a comma in the To: box. Gmail users can get this done in a few seconds without having to remember the email address of the recipients. Just type the first few letters of the… Continue reading
Viewing Multiple Features in Outlook
Friday, November 19th, 2010Do you use more than one feature of MS Outlook on a daily basis?
Maybe you like to have the Inbox right there for quick information but at the same time you need access to your calendar almost as often.
Tired of switching from one to the other?
I know that in the past, we’ve covered using the Ctrl key to… Continue reading
Set Your Gmail Theme
Friday, November 19th, 2010I use Gmail on a daily basis for both work and personal duties. Thing is, that looking at Gmail’s same old interface day after day is pretty boring. That’s why today we’re going to learn how to change its look.
It’s super easy!
First, go to Gmail.com and log into your account. Now click Settings in the upper right-hand corner of the… Continue reading
Find the Large Emails in Your Gmail
Friday, November 12th, 2010There are situations when you may want to find all the big emails stored in your Gmail inbox. Although Gmail provides 7 Gigabytes of free space to all its users, sometimes you may end up discovering that only a few megabytes of space are remaining. If you have been using Gmail since the service was launched, chances are that your email inbox is full of attachments or documents you don’t… Continue reading
Undo a Move in Outlook
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010I don’t know about you, but I tend to go through my e-mail messages and then “sort” them. You know, delete it or move it to some folder or another.
When moving messages, I simply drag and drop them into their new location using the folder list.
The problem is that I inevitably drop some into the wrong location.
Usually I… Continue reading
Shut Down Your Computer from Anywhere
Friday, November 5th, 2010Have you ever left your computer logged into Windows and suddenly remembered you did so when you were far away from your computer? What’s worse, have you ever kept it logged on when you knew there were going to be many people around the computer’s vicinity and you were going to be away for a while? This scenario certainly could end badly. People could search your computer for files and… Continue reading
How to Install Windows Live Mail
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Dennis from Tarpon Springs, FL asks:
Is there a way to use Outlook Express 6 with Win7, or is there an e-mail program similar to OE6 that can be used with Win7?
While certainly not the most sophisticated e-mail client, Outlook Express has achieved quite a following throughout the years, if for no other reason than its sheer ubiquity, having been bundled with every… Continue reading
Saving Emails to Disk
Friday, October 29th, 2010Wim, from California asks:
How do I save an e-mail from MSN to an external hard disk or CD?
E-mail. Can you imagine a world without it? Even for those of us who grew up in the dark ages of handwritten letters sent via regular mail, trying to remember a time without a cluttered inbox, ever increasing spam folder, and gobs of messages marked for… Continue reading
Adjusting Font Size for Printing
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Ruthanne from Florida asks:
How do you make the fonts bigger when you want to print something?
Increasing the font size on something you wish to print can be achieved in several different ways. However, the method used to make fonts larger will vary from program to program. Unfortunately, there is no one way to set… Continue reading
Read Receipts
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Judith from MA asks:
Is there any way for me to check to see if an e-mail I’ve sent had been opened / read?
Judith, each mail provider uses different protocols and procedures for everything, so I can’t be certain whether this advice will answer your question. But, we’ll give it a try.
What you’re talking about is a so-called “read… Continue reading
Speed Up Your Sluggish Computer
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010Jeremy from Washington asks:
When I close certain programs, mainly Internet Explorer and Incredimail, the program is still running in the background and eating memory. What’s causing this?
First of all, you’ll want to make sure your computer isn’t affected with some sort of virus. A computer virus is capable of causing programs to run incessantly or to completely ignore any commands you try… Continue reading
Gmail Vacation Responder
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Okay, so I know that vacation season is pretty much over, but with the upcoming barrage of holiday travel in my future, I’m hoping others out there find use for this tip as well.
With that, let’s learn how to set a vacation responder in Gmail.
First, log in to your Gmail account and go to Settings in the upper right-hand corner.… Continue reading
Email Client Recommendations
Friday, October 15th, 2010Woody, from Arkansas asks:
What email client do you recommend for Windows 7 users?
If you are looking for a desktop email client for Windows 7, there are definitely a few good choices available to you. And two of the best are free. Read on to see why Windows Live Mail, or Mozilla’s Thunderbird, could be just what you are looking for.… Continue reading
Sorting Contacts in IncrediMail
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Allen from Oakes, ND asks:
I recently went to Windows 7 and use web mail mostly. I was investigating incredimail 2, just to be able to send out BCC group emails at once. I got the address book set up, but it wants to sort contacts by the first name or email address only. Is there a way to change to sort by last name?
Changing the Default Font Size in Hotmail
Friday, October 8th, 2010Bob, from Walnut Creek, CA asks:
I use MSN Hotmail as my email provider. When I want to compose a new e-mail, the program defaults to the Verdana font, size 10. I want to change this, but can’t seem to find a way to do it. Can you help?
Bob, I have some good news and some bad news for you. The bad news… Continue reading
Using Spell Checker in Internet Explorer
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010Lynda from Missouri asks:
I am having trouble getting spell check to work in Internet Explorer on my e-mail. Can you help me with this?
How to Find and Use a Spell Checker for Internet Explorer
The problem with Internet Explorer is that there is no spell checking tool installed by default and users find it very difficult to spell check their… Continue reading
