KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

There are a remarkable number of keyboard shortcuts built into Windows and most programs. If you prefer to keep your hands on the keyboard whenever possible, you can get all the tips you need at KeyXL, which claims to be the world’s largest database of keyboard...

MICROSOFT OFFICE “ULTIMATE STEAL”

Here’s an odd promotion from Microsoft: for the next few months, college students can buy the most complete version of Office 2007 for $59. The Office Ultimate 2007 suite includes Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access, Publisher, OneNote, Groove, and...

QUICKBOOKS & VISTA REDUX

At the beginning of the year, Intuit claimed that Quickbooks 2007 was ready to be run on Windows Vista.That was an overstatement. Quickbooks 2007 can be made to work on Vista, but it requires elaborate workarounds.Even worse, almost a year after Vista’s release,...

PCLAW UPDATE

LexisNexis has updated some of its software for law firm accounting, but the upgrades only make it harder to figure out the LexisNexis product line.PCLaw had been a stand-alone law firm accounting program for many years when LexisNexis acquired it in 2005. Over the...

WHY CAN’T IT JUST WORK (REVISITED)

You’ve heard me complain about things that don’t work – programs that are badly written, hardware that breaks, things that conflict in mysterious, unreproducible ways, USB devices that suddenly aren’t recognized, devices that work on one...

MICROSOFT ONENOTE 2007

Microsoft OneNote 2007 is the best program you’ve never heard of.Let me give you a little history, then tell you about OneNote 2007.Microsoft Outlook has a rudimentary “notes” feature for jotting little bits of information on scraps that visually...