Technology Advice for Small Businesses

Creating an alias on Outlook.com

In many TV shows and movies about spies there is always one character with a great alias. When it comes to espionage, an alias is important, but it may seem less so for most business owners or managers. However, with Microsoft’s Outlook.com there is a great alias related feature that you may find useful. Outlook.com’s… Continue reading Creating an alias on Outlook.com

How to add address books in Outlook

Microsoft Outlook delivers more than many business people perceive it to do. More than just an email application, this program can also handle important notes, reminders, and details of business matters through Outlook Address Book. Though it is more often used to pull out the email addresses of your contacts, the address book is also… Continue reading How to add address books in Outlook

How to use Outlook Address Book

Though primarily used as an email application, Microsoft Outlook can also be used to handle a wide range of extra business matters. One such functions is the address book, which enables you to create a database of contacts with details which are deemed to be significant to your business. It is also commonly used to… Continue reading How to use Outlook Address Book

How to create address books in Outlook

Microsoft Outlook, though commonly known to be an email application, also has a wide range of other useful functions to handle business matters. Among these is its ability to store up names, email addresses, and details of contacts from a local directory or the user’s server. The significance of creating an address book is obvious… Continue reading How to create address books in Outlook

The Spike – Word’s unknown feature

Microsoft Office is widely considered to be one of the most important and popular software suites. With this software, employees can accomplish many major office-based tasks their job requires. While there are numerous programs incorporated in the suite, Word is arguably the most useful and well-known. The latest version – 2013 – has some interesting… Continue reading The Spike – Word’s unknown feature

Using Spike in Word

The word processor is one of the integral pieces of software at a business’s disposal. While there are more than a few options available to users, the most useful has to be Microsoft Word. With a variety of useful features, users can create almost any style of document. Many of us use Word on a… Continue reading Using Spike in Word

Better copy and pasting in Word

Microsoft Word is one of the most popular and useful programs for business owners and managers. With a wide variety of features, you can create a nearly limitless number of different documents. There are so many features in fact, that even long-term users still come across new ones all the time. A good example of… Continue reading Better copy and pasting in Word

Advanced Research pane in Office 2013

Microsoft Office 2013 is the latest version of Office that was released just last year. It offers more features than the older versions and it also gives access to online Office applications. More formats are supported and it offers integration to various web based services including Flickr, Skype, Hotmail and SkyDrive. And the research icon… Continue reading Advanced Research pane in Office 2013

Office 2013’s Research Pane

One of the features of Microsoft Office applications is the research pane. It used to be accessible from review menu of a Word document. With the release of Microsoft Office 2013, it appears that research button can no longer be seen under the review tab. However, there’s still a way to open it, as well… Continue reading Office 2013’s Research Pane

Using the Research Pane in Office 2013

Microsoft Office 2013 is the newest version available for the Office suite. It still has the familiar features of the previous versions, but with added functions. Supported formats now include PDF, ODF and OOXML. Multi-touch devices are also supported. But one of the most useful features that remains is the research pane. It’s no longer… Continue reading Using the Research Pane in Office 2013