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Enhance your spreadsheets in Excel
Spreadsheets don't have to look boring. We show how you can make yours stand out from the crowd with these great techniques 22 Feb 2010
Windows browser choice coming in March
Browser choice tool will appear on Windows XP, Vista and 7 computers 19 Feb 2010
How to manage your finances on a PC
Microsoft Money has been discontinued. So what are the alternatives to manage money? 10 Feb 2010
Microsoft launches version of IE8 for families
Police and software giant want families that surf together or alone to stay safe 08 Feb 2010
PowerPoint Viewer 2007
Open and view PowerPoint 2007 files without buying Office 04 Feb 2010
Microsoft Comfort Desktop 5000
A functional keyboard and mouse set 03 Feb 2010
Google stops support for IE6 browser
Search giant urges users of its applications to upgrade as soon as possible 02 Feb 2010
Microsoft to issue emergency patch today for IE flaw
Software giant fast tracks fix for fatal flaw 21 Jan 2010
Sky Player
Watch satellite programmes on your computer or Xbox 360 04 Jan 2010
Print personalised address labels in Word
Learn how to mix customised labels on the same page or print sheets of identical labels 21 Dec 2009
Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000
A compact and impressive mouse for laptops 13 Dec 2009
Create address labels with mail merge
Don’t wear yourself out writing addresses by hand make your cards and gifts stand out with attractive printed labels 10 Dec 2009
Understand and work with file formats
There are hundreds of different types of file – we explain why, and show you how to work with them 08 Dec 2009
Microsoft briefly breaks Bing
Computer giant's new search engine disappears for 30 minutes after faulty 'configuration change' 04 Dec 2009
Prevx apologises for Black Screen of Death allegation
Microsoft says the issue may be due to malware 02 Dec 2009
How to use links in Microsoft Word
Navigate your Word documents quickly and easily with links. We explain how 30 Nov 2009
How Abilitynet helps the disabled use PCs
Abilitynet's mission to improve access to computers and technology 25 Nov 2009
Mircrosoft launches Office 2010 beta download
Millions of users can test the new office software suite 19 Nov 2009
Your top ten comments on Windows 7
Computeractive readers respond to XP and Vista's successor 13 Nov 2009
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