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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