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Microsoft has begun confirming which members of the public will be hosting Windows 7 Launch Parties . In return for holding the promotional event, hosts will get a free copy of the Ultimate edition of the new system. Microsoft is organizing the ... events through houseparty.com, a site known for coordinating corporate events. The hope is that enthusiastic Windows users will help promote the new system and convert any skeptics. Host Selection Process There has already been some confusion with the host selection process. Microsoft's plan was to send out an email to selected finalists, who were then ... (view more)

StartEd Lite StartEd Lite lets you modify your Startup configuration and detects more than 150 Trojan Horses (viruses). StartEd Lite displays detailed info about startup programs and describes the functionality of every system service so that even ... novice users are able to manage their startup configuration. http://www.startedlite.outertech.com Search Selected Text A real timesaver! Simply select text in a document or website, press the key combination CTRL+SHIFT+C, and then the keywords are searched using your favorite search engine. No more having to copy the text, open a web browser, go to ... (view more)

MS Excel will allow you to select which date you use as the beginning point for serial numbers. In Personal Computers, this date is January 1, 1900. Excel workbooks imported from the Macintosh environment require you to set the starting date to ... January 2, 1904--the date used on the Mac. To set these two dates, follow the steps below: Click on Tools | Options. MS Excel will display the Options dialog box. Make sure the Calculation tab is selected. The 1904 Date System check box controls which dating system is used. If the check box is not selected, then the January 1, 1900 starting date is ... (view more)

Working with multiply sheets concurrently is how MS Excel power users create and format a complex workbook with the least amount of effort expended. Follow the steps below to make working with multiple sheet a piece of cake and you will be on your ... way to becoming a power user! Hold down the CTRL key as you click each tab top select multiple worksheets. To select a contiguous group of worksheets, click the first one in the group and then hold down the Shift key and click the last one in the group. To select all the worksheets in the current workbook, right-click any worksheet tab and choose ... (view more)

Most section-level formatting is controlled by the Page Layout dialog box found on the File menu of MS Word. The dialog box is made up of four tabs, each controlling a separate category of section formatting: Margins, Paper Size, Paper Source, and ... Layout. Margins Since margins are section-level formatting, when you change any margin at any point in a section, you change that margin for the entire section. If your document is just one section, then changing any margin at any point in the document changes that margin for the entire document. To change one or more margins: Click File | Page ... (view more)

Microsoft Outlook provides a new feature in versions 2000 and forward that allows you to color-code items that meet certain criteria. Using this feature you can identify a set of items without having to group or sort them. In fact, Outlook does it ... all for you! First you have to assign a common Category code to each contact you wish to assign to a color group, and then you can apply a color to that category group. To assign categories to your contacts: Launch MS Outlook. In the Contacts folder on the Tools menu, click Organize. In the Organizer, click Using Views, and then click to select by ... (view more)