An XLS attachment is an attachment for the Microsoft Office Excel program. This program allows for easy to make spread sheets. When you save the file, it is saved as a .xls. You can easily email an individual with a XLS attached and opening them is easy. The problem comes when you don’t have Excel on your computer to view it. There is a way around that thanks to Google. The first step is to download the file from your email to your computer. To do this, click the attachment Read More

The graphical user interface (GUI) of Outlook bears resemblance to the Outlook Web Access (OWA) graphical user interface. In fact, with regard to end user experience, there are a number of similarities between Outlook and Outlook Web Access (OWA). The Outlook interface has a four-pane view. You can use the buttons in the Shortcut pane to access a number of Outlook features. For the viewing of email, the Preview pane allows for more space now than the previous Outlook versions. Outlook 2003 also allows users to quickly view information on Read More

A PST (Personal Storage Table) file is an archive file that stores messages, calendar events, and other Microsoft Outlook items. PST files allow Microsoft Outlook to keep an original item on a server and a copy of that item on a computer. Whenever the user downloads email messages to Microsoft Outlook by updating his/her inbox, Microsoft Outlook stores the information in a single PST file for later access. This PST file is usually stored in a Microsoft Outlook subfolder, which can be found in the primary hard drive’s Program Files Read More

What is Microsoft Word? Microsoft Word is a powerful text editor that comes with the Microsoft Office software bundle. Microsoft Word allows the user to edit text in a wide variety of ways through the use of font styles, font sizes, layouts, background and foreground colors, tables, links, and more. Microsoft Word is also able to process text in a number of languages and provides the user with a current word count, character count, and page count. Microsoft Word saves documents in the .doc and .docx file formats and can Read More

Microsoft Word is the commercial word processing program that the Microsoft Corporation created. It was first released in 1983. Since that time, the program has been upgraded to keep pace with technology and is available for use on both the Windows and OS X Operating Systems (OSs). A common task for Microsoft Word users is adding or deleting a page on a current document. How to Add or Delete a Page in Microsoft Word MS Word 2007 and 2010 (2011 for OS X) Step 1 – Open Microsoft Word by Read More

Outlook Express makes use of a special storage file extension known as a Windows Address Book (.WAB). To locate this file, one needs to know what Windows version is being run, if user accounts are being used, as well as one’s upgrade status. It is important to know where this file is in order to make backups or simply to be able to allow migration. The address book needs to be able to go to another computer system without having to manually copy each entry and enter them into the Read More

If you have just purchased Microsoft Office 2003, you will be required to activate this product directly with Microsoft. Microsoft product activation is set up as an anti piracy feature. This feature is created in order to verify that your Microsoft 2003 Office suite is not a fake copy and is legitimately licensed to you as the end user. The process of activating your Microsoft Office 2003 is generally quick, easy and anonymous. Below is a step by step process on how the activation process works. Licensing Agreement The activation Read More

A timeline is a tool used in a visual presentation in order to present data or unique events in a sequential fashion over a defined time frame. In the past, unique programs such as the Adobe or Corel tool suites were the only programs available to individuals capable of creating a professional product. Microsoft Word is capable of creating a timeline that can be used on business or school presentations at the same level as Adobe and other professional tools. How to Make a Timeline on Microsoft Word Step 1 Read More

Many people assume that Microsoft Word is only for text and Microsoft Excel is for data and graphs. Surprisingly, Microsoft Word can actually be used to create line graphs. It is helpful when putting a presentation or data analysis together to include a line graph along with text. Line graphs are very useful if one wants to show continuous data over a period of time with a common scale. Line graphs connect data points to form a line that represents the data. Follow the instructions below to create a line Read More

Microsoft Word documents can utilize three passwords: Password to open Password to modify Protect document password   Password to Open   The Password to open requires a user to enter a password to view the document.   When the user sets a Password to open, the entire Microsoft Word document is encrypted with the RC4 stream cipher.   Password to Modify   The Password to modify requires a user to enter a password to make changes to the document.   When a user sets a Password to modify, the password Read More