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If you've been keeping your copies of Computeractive, you've got a great source of reference material. The only problem is finding the item you need. To help out, here's an index to every edition of Computeractive published during 1998 and 1999 (issues 1 to 49). This index is divided into sections for Workshops, Features and Reviews. Within these, topics are listed alphabetically, but you can also use the 'Find' function of your browser to search for topics. The numbers after each topic show the issue number and then the page number. For example, '32-24' means issue 32, page 24. Issue numbers are printed on the top right corner of each front cover (except we didn't print issue numbers on our first four issues). If you are missing any issues, you can buy back issues for £1.95 each by calling 01858 438881 or visiting our on-line Webstore.

3D lettering	 28-48
Accounts in Works	 28-47
Active desktop	 17-53
Add a guestbook to your web page	 27-45
Add a new soundcard	 26-52
Add a screensaver	 2-62
Add/Remove programs	 24-47
Adding buttons in Excel	 18-56
Adding the Euro symbol	 25-50
Adding USB to a PC	 35-59
Adjusting the volume in Windows	 25-53
Adobe Acrobat - installing and using	 29-45
Animated cursors	 28-50
Animated GIFs - make your graphics move	 6-53
Answerphone on your PC	 30-51
Arranging a Midi song	 25-54
Art - create a Father's day card	 34-54
Art - create a transfer	 39-45
Art - create your own icons	 48-53
Art - creating a crossword	 36-48
Art - creating a Xmas tree ornament	 47-45
Art - make a hallowe'en mask	 44-51
Art - make your own business cards	 49-45
Art - make your own mobile	 31-55
Art - removing redeye from photos	 49-52
Associating files	 20-63
Auto Correct in Word - advanced	  4-60
AutoCorrect - the basics	 1-63
Automate Midi and audio tracks	 36-54
Automatic email responses	 37-47
Automatically checking for messages	 41-51
Autoroute - planning a journey	 28-45
Back to basics - Changing defaults	 47-47
Back to basics - internet searches	 44-53
Back to basics - move and copy files	 36-47
Back to basics - Regional Settings	 48-55
Back to basics - tidy hard disk	 45-57
Back to basics - Toolbars	 43-50
Back to basics - using Find	 39-51
Back to basics - Windows Accessibility	 46-54
Back to basics - Windows recycle bin	 42-51
Back to basics - Windows Save As	 34-53
Back to basics - Windows shortcuts	 38-53
Back to basics - Windows taskbar	 37-53
Back to basics - Zipping files	 49-50
Back up your registry	 36-51
Backing up files	 3-58
Basics of Powerpoint	 24-45
Battery - changing	  38-50
BIOS - basics	 35-56
Birthday card - designing	 3-53
Book disk for Windows - creating	 37-48
Bookmarks - marking internet sites	 3-63
Briefcase - using	 14-44
Brightness and contrast altering on photos	 37-45
Budgeting With Excel	 5-53
Building formulae in spreadsheets	 41-52
Business cards - make your own	 49-45
Buying via the internet	 17-63
Calorie counter spreadsheet	 20-63
Camcorder - connecting to your PC	 40-48
Cards - making one for Father's day	 34-54
CD Player track lists	  8-53
CD playlists - creating	 40-50
CD-RW drive - installing	 42-47
CDs - create your own	 25-51
Change a photo's background	 5-62
Changing default margins	 27-50
Changing defaults in Word	 13-51
Changing phone dialling codes	 45-51
Changing your home page	 39-48
Character Map - using	 17-62
Charts in Excel	 10-47
Charts in Works - customising	 39-47
Chatting online with Yahoo Messenger	 47-50
Cheap phonecalls via the Internet	 9-58
Cleaning up unwanted files	 32-53
Cleaning your peripherals	 32-53
Clipboard Viewer	 41-45
ClipBook - how to use	 45-56
Colour management	 20-60
Combining graphics in Paint	 30-60
Connect 2 PCs	 48-61
Connect a PC to a TV	 33-56
Connect two PCs together	 6-59
Connecting PCs to hi-fi	 12-53
Converting to FAT 32	 47-50
Copy and move files	 36-47
Copying Files	 9-56
Create a form in a spreadsheet	 24-51
Create a form in a word processor	 49-54
Create a presentation	 24-45
Create your own icons	 48-53
Create your own screensaver	 46-51
Create your own sounds	 35-53
Create your own wallpaper	 30-57
Creating a chart	 10-47
Crossword - make your own	 36-48
Cursor - animating	 28-50
Customise your Start Menu	 27-47
Customise your taskbar	 37-53
Customise your toolbars	 43-50
Customising Your Start Button	 7-53
Customising Your Taskbar	 7-53
CV creating in Lotus Word Pro	 15-51
CV Creating in Microsoft Word	 6-56
Data sharing between applications	 14-60
Database - creating one for labels	 20-58
Database - creating one in Works	 19-70
Date and time on your PC	 29-47
Dates and times in spreadsheets	 44-56
Defaults - changing	 13-51
Defragmenting a hard disk	 2-54
Deleting unwanted files	 2-55
Design & make a birthday card	 3-53
Design & make a Xmas card	 21-60
Design program - how to use	 26-45
Designing a newsletter	 3-60
Designing Stationery	 4-53
Device manager	 2-57
Dial-up connections	 26-54
Diary dates in a spreadsheet	 35-51
Digital Photo Album	  7-59
Direct Cable connection	 6-59
Document Map in Word	 19-66
DOS - basic commands	 34-59
Doubles sided printing	 23-48
Downloading a screensaver	 18-53
Drawing - create 3D letters	 28-48
Drumming in Midi	 26-48
DTP - designing a newsletter	 3-60
DTP - designing stationery	 4-53
Easy PC health check	 2-54
Editing a voice recording	 24-53
Email - advanced tips on sending	 49-47
Email - automatic responses	 37-47
Email - automatically checking	  41-51
Email - breaking apart large messages	 46-59
Email - collecting while you're away	 36-45
Email - sending emails	 48-60
Email - setting up a signature	 29-50
Email - skip large attachments	 45-57
Email address books	 15-56
Email Attachments Made Easy	 8-60
Email filters	 35-57
Email graphics files	 31-53
Enlarging and printing images	 40-45
Envelopes - printing	 33-58
Euro Symbol	 25-50
Family tree - create one	 7-55
Family trees - creating	 42-45
Fantasy football - making a spreadsheet	 13-53
FAT 32	 47-50
Favourites - marking internet sites	 3-63
Fax - receiving	 44-54
Fax - sending	 42-48
Fax cheaply via the internet	 17-59
Faxing - receiving a fax	 13-45
Faxing from your PC	 2-58
Fdisk	 38-54
File searches - advanced	 10-52
Filtering emails	 35-57
Filters on photos	 16-53
Filters on photos	 35-54
Financial management using Quicken	 11-47
Find and Replace - special options	 40-54
Find lost files	 39-51
Fit a faster processor	 45-60
Fitting a PCI soundcard	 26-52
Footers and headers	 26-51
Form - creating in a word processor	 49-54
Formatting a spreadsheet	 13-53
Formatting in Microsoft Works	 18-62
Formatting paragraphs	 46-58
Formatting text	 5-51
Formatting tricks in Excel	 22-49
Formatting with WordPad	 26-55
Formatting your hard drive	 38-54
Formulae in spreadsheets	 41-52
Frozen PC - what to do	  9-49
Games - playing online	 15-58
Grabbing screenshots	 24-50
Graphics - create a bookmark	 19-67
Graphics - create a logo	 22-47
Graphics - create website animations	  6-53
Graphics - design a birthday card	 3-53
Graphics - design a Xmas card	 21-60
Graphics - designing stationery	 4-53
Graphics - how to email	 31-53
Graphics - improving your graphics set-up	 46-60
Graphics - install an AGP card	 46-60
Graphics - matching colours	 20-60
Graphics - run 2 monitors on same PC	 46-60
Graphics card - installing	 15-54
Graphs - creating in spreadsheets	 27-48
Hard disk - installation part 2	 18-56
Hard disk - installation	 17-56
Hard disk - partitioning	 18-60
Hard disk - reclaim space	 9-51
Hard disk housekeeping	 45-57
Hard disk recovery - part 1	 37-48
Headers and footers	 26-51
Help - how to use Windows Help	 1-59
Help for Windows	 24-49
Help with Windows online	 38-45
Histograms in spreadsheets	 31-58
How to use ClipBook	 45-56
Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word	 2-53
Hyphenation in Word and WordPro	 31-57
Icons - create your own	 14-39
Icons - create your own	 48-53
ICQ	 43-45
Image editing - restoring photos	 32-51
Imaging - how to use	 43-48
Improving bad photos	 37-45
Indents and margins	 27-50
Information management - using Lotus Organizer	 4-60
Infrared printing	 18-56
Inkjet printer maintenance	 20-53
Installation - fitting a DVD-ROM	 22-54
Installing a camcorder	 40-48
Installing a camera	 27-54
Installing a CD-RW drive	 42-47
Installing a faster processor	 45-60
Installing a graphics card	 15-54
Installing a hard disk - part 2	 18-56
Installing a hard disk	 17-56
Installing a joystick	 14-43
Installing a modem	 19-61
Installing a motherboard part 1	 43-54
Installing a motherboard part 2	 44-60
Installing a PCI soundcard	 26-52
Installing a printer	 13-49
Installing a scanner	 37-54
Installing a SCSI device	 23-56
Installing a second parallel port	 16-62
Installing a TV tuner card	 21-57
Installing a USB port	 35-59
Installing a Web camera	 12-45
Installing a Zip drive	 11-45
Installing an overdrive processor	 24-54
Installing more memory	 9-54
Instant loan estimates in Lotus Backsolver	 34-60
Instant messaging	 43-45
Internet - add a guestbook to web page	 27-45
Internet - browser security	 12-54
Internet - browsing offline	 34-57
Internet - buying online	 17-63
Internet - change home page	 39-48
Internet - dial-up connections	 26-54
Internet - downloading a screensaver	 18-53
Internet - make cheap phonecalls	 9-58
Internet - news sent to you	 16-60
Internet - playing games	 15-58
Internet - security settings	 47-54
Internet - sending a fax	 17-59
Internet - streetmaps	 45-57
Internet bookmarks	  3-63
Internet bookmarks	 3-63
Internet Relay Chat	 10-45
Internet searches - advanced	 15-60
Internet searches - basics	 44-53
Internet searches - the basics	 1-60
Internet security	 47-54
Joystick - setting up	 14-43
Keyboard: advanced keys - what they do	 41-47
Keyboard: basic keys - what they do	 30-56
Keyboards - setting up correctly	 2-63
Labels - creating a database	 20-58
Labels - printing	 10-50
Language - localising for the UK	 32-57
Layout - design a birthday card	 3-53
Layout - design a Xmas card	 21-60
Layout - designing a newsletter	 3-60
Layout - designing stationery	 4-53
Letterheads - create your own	 4-53
Loan repayments in Lotus Backsolver	 34-60
Localising your PC for the UK	 32-57
Logo - create your own	 22-47
Lottery - tracking results in Excel	 33-53
Lotus 1-2-3 - formatting a spreadsheet	 23-43
Lotus WordPro - creating a menu	 22-45
Macro - creating one	 47-50
Macros in spreadsheets	 30-58
Macros	 7-62
Mail Merge - address & send letters en masse	 5-56
Mail Merge	 39-49
Maintaining your PC	 2-54
Make a hallowe'en mask	 44-51
Make a Windows screensaver	 43-51
Make your own business cards	 49-45
Make your own Xmas tree ornament	 47-45
Making a booklet with WordPad and Paint	 12-47
Maps in spreadsheets	 29-51
Margins and indents	 27-50
Memory - add more To Your PC	 9-54
Microsoft Bookshelf	 38-51
Microsoft Office Binder	 17-60
Microsoft Word - creating a menu	 22-45
Midi events	 29-54
Midi expression	 27-52
MIDI sequencer software	 19-63
Millennium bug - test	 46-55
Minesweeper - how to play	 41-48
Modem - installing	 19-61
Modem - upgrading to V90	 29-53
Monitor ergonomics	 28-51
Monitor Settings	  7-58
Motherboard - installing part 1	 43-54
Motherboard - installing part 2	 44-60
Motherboard battery - changing	 38-50
Mouse - moving without one	 16-55
Mouse - programming the wheel	 11-54
Mouse - programming third button	 20-62
Move and copy files	 36-47
Moving Files	 9-56
MP3 player software	 30-53
MPEG movies	 13-47
Multiple ISPs - setting up	 48-56
Multiple POP3 - setting up	 23-54
Multiple users - how to set Windows up	 8-55
Music - adding expression to a track	 27-52
Music - arranging a song	 25-54
Music - automating Midi and audio tracks	 36-54
Music - Changing tempo	 32-60
Music - composing on your PC	 19-63
Music - create a drum track	 26-48
Music - General Midi	 28-53
Music - Midi colouring	 30-61
Music - Midi events	 29-54
Music - MIDI music editing	 21-55
Music - MIDI recording options	 20-57
Music - Midi rhythms	 31-60
Music - recording vocals	 23-46
Music - synthesiser sounds	 33-60
Music - timing when recording	 22-51
Music - voice editing	 24-53
News straight to your desktop	 43-52
Newsgroup - using one	 29-48
Newsletter - designing	 3-60
Notepad - using	 17-58
Office binder - using	 17-60
Offline internet browsing	 34-57
Online streetmaps	 45-57
Online support for Windows	 10-54
Organise with Lotus Organizer	 4-62
Organising data in a spreadsheet	 24-51
Organising with Outlook	 12-50
Outlook - using	  12-50
Outlook express - multiple POP3	 23-54
Overlay in Paint	 30-60
Paint - making a booklet	 12-47
Paragraphs - how to format	 46-58
Partitioning a hard disk	 18-60
Password protecting files	 40-47
PC - how to set one up	 47-48
PC - keeping it healthy	 32-53
PC Maintenance	 2-54
Performance settings in Windows 95	 2-56
Phone dialling codes - changing	 45-51
Phonecalls made cheap via the internet	 9-58
Photo filters	 35-54
Photo restoration	 32-51
photo's - changing a background	 5-62
photo's - construct a digital photo album	 7-59
Photo's - removing red eye	 2-60
Photos - removing redeye	 49-52
Photo's - removing scratches	 3-59
photo's - re-touching	 1-53
Photos - salvaging disasters	 37-45
photo's - using filters	 16-53
POP3 - using to pick up email	 36-45
Power management in Windows 98	 44-58
Powerpoint - advanced tips	 49-48
Powerpoint - basics	 24-45
Powerpoint animations	 32-61
Presentations - advanced Powerpoint tips	 49-48
Presentations - basics	 24-45
Presentations - create animations	 32-61
Printer - adding	 13-49
Printing - tips	  31-51
Printing - using infrared	 18-56
Printing a bookmark	 19-67
Printing labels	 10-50
Printing on an envelope	 33-58
Printing on both sides	 23-48
Privacy - using a security program	 16-56
Problem solving in Excel	 25-48
Processor - installing a CPU	 45-60
Processor - installing an overdrive CPU	 24-54
Quickview - using	 23-53
Receiving a fax	 13-45
Receiving a fax	 44-54
Reclaim Hard Disk Space	 9-51
Record your own CDs	 25-51
Recording - using a MIDI sequencer	 20-57
Recording using Windows Sound Recorder	 6-62
Recording vocals	  23-46
Recycle Bin - configuring	 15-57
Recycle bin features	 42-51
Red Eye removal from photo's	 2-60
Re-design your house using software	 26-45
Redeye - how to remove	 49-52
Regional settings	 11-53
Regional settings	 48-55
Registry back ups	 36-51
Reinstalling Windows	 39-54
Removing photo scratches	 3-59
Removing programs	 24-47
Removing redeye	 49-52
Replacing CD-ROM with DVD-ROM	 22-54
Rescue a frozen PC	 9-49
Rescue your hard disk - part 1	 37-48
Rescue your hard disk - part 2	 38-54
Rescue your hard drive - part 3	 39-54
Resize pictures for PC wallpaper	 30-57
Restoring photos	 32-51
Restrict access to your PC's desktop	 41-54
Re-touching photo's	  1-53
Revision marks	 30-54
Route planning on the internet	 45-57
Routefinders - using Autoroute	 28-45
Safe mode	 33-55
Scandisk - checking  for errors	 2-54
Scanner - installing	 37-54
Scanning - advanced	 25-45
Scanning - combining text & pictures	 19-67
Scanning images into your PC	 4-55
Scanning Text	 14-58
Scanning your signature	 26-47
Screensaver - create your own	 46-51
Screensaver - customising	 43-51
Screensaver - downloading	 18-53
Screensavers - adding	 2-62
Screenshots - taking	 24-50
SCSI - adding a device	 23-56
Searching for files	 10-52
Searching the internet - the basics	 1-60
Searching The Web/Internet - advanced	 15-60
Second parallel port - installing	 16-62
Securing your PC	 16-56
Security in Explorer & Navigator	 12-54
Send to - using	 12-52
Send video email	 38-49
Sending a fax from Windows	 42-48
Sending emails - advanced tips	 49-47
Sending emails - the basics	 48-60
Setting up a PC	 47-48
Setting up multiple ISPs	 48-56
Sharing a Word document	 35-60
Sharing resources - connect 2 PCs	 48-58
Shortcuts - create a shortcut in Windows	 1-58
Shortcuts on your desktop	 38-53
Shut down screen - changing	 38-47
Signature - setting up email signature	 29-50
Skip large email attachments	 45-57
Sound - changing Windows sounds	 1-56
Sound Card - how to install one	 8-58
Sound Recorder	 35-53
Sound Recording	 6-62
Soundcard - updating	 26-52
Speakers - setting up surround sound	 36-52
Spreadsheet - building a formula	 41-52
Spreadsheet - calorie counting	 21-53
Spreadsheet - dates and times	 44-56
Spreadsheet - Make a Mondrian	 45-54
Spreadsheet - making graphs	 27-48
Spreadsheet - making maps	 29-51
Spreadsheet - tracking important dates	 35-51
Spreadsheet - tracking lottery results	 33-53
Spreadsheet - using functions	 42-54
Spreadsheets - adding buttons	 18-56
Spreadsheets - adding colour	 17-55
Spreadsheets - charts	 10-47
Spreadsheets - creating a budget	 5-53
Spreadsheets - creating a form	 24-51
Spreadsheets - creating histograms	 31-58
Spreadsheets - formatting in Lotus 1-2-3	 23-43
Spreadsheets - formatting tricks	 22-49
Spreadsheets - formatting	 13-53
Spreadsheets - loan repayments	 34-60
Spreadsheets - macros	 30-58
Spreadsheets - problem solving	  25-48
Spring clean your PC	 14-57
Start button	  7-53
Start menu - customising	 27-47
Startup disk for Windows - creating	 37-48
Stationery - designing	 4-53
StuffIt expander - how to use	 28-54
Style in Word and WordPro	 41-49
Surround sound on your PC	 36-52
Synthesiser sounds	 33-60
System Configuration Editor	 37-48
System policy editor	 41-54
Table - making one in Word	 16-59
Taking screen captures	 24-50
Taskbar	  7-53
Tax self assessment	 22-52
Templates - creating	 32-58
Templates - pre-designing documents	 5-64
Tidying Your Hard Disk	 8-51
Time - changing format	 29-47
Toolbars - customising in Word	 11-50
Toolbars - customising	 43-50
Touch up photos	  32-51
Tracking changes	  30-54
Transferring data to a CD-R	 25-51
T-Shirt transfers - creating and printing	 39-45
TV tuner card - installation	 21-57
Tweak UI for Windows	 37-51
Understanding file types	 22-50
Uninstalling Programs	 2-57
Uninstalling Windows 98	 18-55
Uninstalling your applications safely	 24-47
Unzipping with StuffIt expander	 28-54
Upgrading Windows online	 42-52
Upgrading your modem	 29-53
Upgrading your monitor	 49-51
USB - installing	 35-59
USB - using	 19-63
Using BBC Ticker	 43-52
Using formulae in a spreadsheet	 25-48
Using Outlook as an organiser	 12-50
Video emails - sending	 38-49
Volume in Windows	 25-53
Wallpaper - how to resize pictures	  30-57
Wallpaper - make & use your own	 3-56
Wallpaper from the internet	 39-52
Watermarks - creating	 34-51
Web bookmarks	  3-63
Web camera - installing	 12-45
Web camera -setting up	 27-54
Web favourites	  3-63
Web page - adding a counter	 23-45
Web page - creating part two	 21-58
Web page - creating	 20-55
Web searches - advanced	 15-60
Web searches - the basics	 1-60
Windows - associating file types	 20-63
Windows - changing the colours	 40-52
Windows - FAT 32	 47-50
Windows - getting help via the Web	 10-54
Windows - how to reinstall	 39-54
Windows - Save as	 34-53
Windows - Sound Recorder	 35-53
Windows 95 - adding components	 16-58
Windows 95 performance settings	 2-56
Windows 98 - Dual monitor feature	 46-60
Windows 98 - Internet connection sharing	 48-58
Windows 98 - Power management	 44-58
Windows accessibility options	 10-53
Windows Accessibility Options	 46-54
Windows Backup	  3-58
Windows boot disk - how to create one	 37-48
Windows Briefcase	 14-44
Windows CD Player - making a track list	 8-53
Windows character map	 17-62
Windows clock	 29-47
Windows desktop - customising settings	 8-55
Windows desktop - set it up for multiple users	 8-55
Windows Explorer	  8-51
Windows File Types	 22-50
Windows Help	 1-59
Windows help	 24-49
Windows Imaging	 43-48
Windows Notepad	 17-58
Windows Phone Dialer	 37-50
Windows Quickview	 23-53
Windows recap	 21-63
Windows Recycle Bin	 15-57
Windows Send to	 12-52
Windows Sound Recorder	 11-52
Windows Start button	 7-53
Windows startup screen	 13-52
Windows Taskbar	  7-53
Windows upgrades from the net	 42-52
Windows volume controls	 25-53
Windows Wallpaper	  3-56
Winzip - advanced	 16-61
Winzip - the basics	 6-60
Word processing - adding a table	 16-58
Word processing - changing defaults	 13-51
Word processing - changing defaults	 47-47
Word processing - create a CV in Word Pro	 15-51
Word Processing - create a CV in Word	 6-56
Word processing - create a form	 49-54
Word processing - creating a macro	 47-50
Word processing - find and replace	 40-54
Word processing - footers and headers	 26-51
Word processing - format paragraphs	 46-58
Word Processing - formatting text	 5-51
Word processing - hyphenation	 31-57
Word processing - mail merge	 39-49
Word processing - making an invite	 33-51
Word processing - margins and indents	 27-50
Word processing - printing envelopes	 33-58
Word processing - revision marks	 30-54
Word processing - templates	 32-58
Word Processing - using macros	 7-62
Word processing - using style	 41-49
Word processing - watermarks	 34-51
Word processing - working as a team	 35-60
Word Templates	  5-64
WordPad - formatting	 26-55
WordPad - making a booklet	 12-47
Working between 2 PCs	 48-61
Working in a team on long documents	 35-60
Writing to CD-Rs	 25-51
Xmas card - designing	 21-60
Yahoo Messenger	 47-51
Zip drive - installing	 11-45
Zip files - opening	 28-54
Zipped files - the basics	 6-60
Zipping files - the basics	 49-50
Zipping files across multiple disks	 16-61

 
 
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