Are There Any Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office?
How Can I Create A PDF Document?
Are There Any Free Alternatives to Virus Scanning Software?
Are There Any Free Alternatives to Firewalls?
Automatically put people I reply to in Outlook Contact List
Are There Any Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office?
If you don't have a specific need to use Microsoft Office and are looking for a comparable
alternative there is an suite called OpenOffice which is very good alternative. It contains
many of the same features present in Microsoft office and it's available as a Free. To learn
more about OpenOffice visit their web Site at www.openoffice.org
PDF documents are used extensively over the internet, to view a PDF document you must have the Adobe
PDF reader installed. The reader can be obtained by visiting
the Adobe web site. PDF documents have a file extension of .PDF,
The acronym PDF stands for Portable Document Format. To learn more about PDF documents visit
the Adobe web site.
How Can I Create A PDF Document?
In order to create a PDF document you must first have an application capable of creating a PDF
document installed. Some applications like OpenOffice have PDF creation functionality built into it.
If you are wanting to create a PDF document from an application which does NOT inherently support
PDF creation you can still do so. You can do so by purchasing
Adobe's PDF Creator or by installings an
open source application such as CutePDF,
since CutePDF is open source it can be downloaded and installed free of charge.
Are There Any Free Alternatives to Virus Scanning Software?
Yes there are free alternatives to virus scanning software. While the free alternatives are nice,
please read the information about them carefully to ensure the limitations on them are suitable for
your application. Most free alternatives provide the virus definition files but at a lower priority,
also the free alternatives generally have restrictions on commercial and
governmental use. One that I like to use and have used extensively is Grisoft AVG, to learn more
about AVG please visit the Grisoft web site
A firewall is a device either software or hardware which restricts access to and from your computer.
To view the wikipedia definition click here. If your
computer is connected to the internet, specifically using a broadband internet connection such as
cable or DSL you should certainly have a firewall installed. For home computing either
single machines or a small home network a simple software firewall installed on each computer is
sufficient for small businesses a software firewall will work but could prove difficult to
maintain so a hardware firewall is a better option. What a firewall does is restrict access to and
from your computer; if an application installed on your computer tries to access the intranet it is
stopped unless you have authorized the firewall to allow that application to access the
internet. This is helpful to reduce the possibility of Trojans or spyware from sending personal
information to unwanted companies and individuals. Also a firewall can strict access to your machine
by unwanted individuals thereby reducing the chance of your computer being hacked into and personal
information being stolen.
Are There Any Free Alternatives to Firewalls?
Yes there are free alternatives to firewalls. While the free alternatives are nice,
please read the information about them carefully to ensure the limitations on them are suitable for
your application. Most free alternatives have reduced functionality, also the free alternatives
generally have restrictions on commercial and governmental use. One that I like to use and have
used extensively is ZoneAlarm, to learn more about ZoneAlarm please visit
the ZoneAlarm web site
Automatically put people I reply to in Outlook Contact List
If you have Outlook 2000 and you use it in Internet Mode Only (IMO) then you already have this feaure. You can see it by going to Tools...Options...Preferences...E-mail Options. At the bottom of that window is the option "Automatically put people I reply to in".
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