Work In Office

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One very well hidden feature of MS-Word is the Work menu. It has been around at least since Word 97, but by default it doesn’t appear on the standard menu bar, and doesn’t seem to be documented in the Help file. You can add it, however, by going to Tools, Customize Commands, and scrolling down to ‘Built-in-Menus’ on the category list. In the Commands list, drag ‘Work’ out of the dialog on to the menu bar. Having caught your Work menu you may wonder what it’s for, as it contains just one command - ‘Add to Work menu’. Click on this and the current document will be added to the Work menu. When you click on a file name, that file will open, so don’t share the same folder. As with the recent files listed in the File menu, there’s a limit of nine entries and the system works on a first-in-first-out basis, so a tenth item bounces the first off the list.

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GPRS

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The General Packet Radio Service, GPRS, adds a packet-switched layer to existing GSM mobile networks. Packet-switching allows many users to share the same (potentially fast) connection.

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E-mail Spam

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Is spam here to stay? Trying to clear your e-mail “Inbox” or in “Bulk folder” of spam can feel like trying to shovel snow while it’s still snowing. Hotmail and Yahoo users can expect spam to account for up to 80% of their daily messages. Collectively, subscribers receive more than 1 billion pieces of junk e-mail a day, and that doesn’t include mail blocked by Hotmail’s first line of filters.

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