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Upgrading made easy
Breathe new life into your PC with our guide to simple, cheap and effective upgrades

Email sorted
Discover the different email services available, and examine which one is best for you

Copy and Paste
Find out how to move text around easily with the help of the Windows clipboard

Snap decisions
We show you how to choose which program is used to open any type of file

Workshops
Create free presentations, design your own fonts, find program windows quickly, surf in secret with Internet Explorer 8, use Windows 7's new Wordpad and Paint and more!

In the next issue

File sharing secrets
Did you think that file sharing was illegal or tricky to bother with? Think again - we explain how to use it legally and easily.

On the road
We explain how the internet can make motoring easier with cheaper insurance, better routes and fewer traffic jams.

Get organised
Do you struggle to keep track of appointments and tasks? We explain how to manage your time more easily with a PC

Workshops
Plan a holiday online, print envelopes in Word, capture screenshots easily, burn discs in Windows 7, disable annoying notifications, and more!

Computeractive's Ultimate Guide series

The Ultimate Guide series is published monthly, with each issue focusing exclusively on one topic.

Ultimate Guide to converting to digital

This complete 100 page guide has everything you need to know about importing photos, music and video into your computer and then sharing them with friends and family.

It explains about different media formats, copyright, organising media and important topics like the digital switchover and high definition - all in Computeractive's plain-English style.

Plus learn how to find the cheapest legal music downloads online, organise a digital photo collection with Windows 7, restore your old photos, add a Blu-ray drive to your computer. The cover disc has six full programs including Magix Movie Edit 15 Silver, Ashampoo Burning Studio 2010, Golden Records, Ashampoo Photo Optimizer, LP Recorder and Ashampoo Music Studio 2009.

Only £5.99 plus p&p

The Computeractive index

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