Information management and technology assurance

Word has a well-hidden tool for that. Click on Insert, Picture and then Organization Chart. That will bring up a conventional four-part chart. To adjust the design to suit your needs, right-click on an empty space between the blue labels and an Organization Chart toolbar will appear (see screenshot below).

  I wouldn’t dismiss Word’s envelope function. It’s very useful and can be customized easily by clicking on the Options button (see screenshots).   But if you want even more customization—such as an added graphic —I suggest creating a template that can be evoked with a single click. Here’s how:

I believe your decision to go with a dual monitor arrangement is wise. You’ll find they will make your work proceed smoother and faster. In fact, if you have a laptop in addition to a desktop, you can link the laptop monitor to the desktop instead of buying a new

I hesitate to use tables in Word because they are so hard to edit. For example, it’s a real pain to change the sequence of names from one place to another. Do you have any suggestions? The trick is in the Alt and Shift keys. If you want to move

In my opinion, no. I know they sound awfully attractive. After all, wouldn’t it be great to just pick up the phone and have the insurance company send a repairperson? But in my experience and in the experience of the editors of Consumer Reports, new computers—and all high-tech items, for

I’m preparing a memo for clients that contains definitions of many technical terms. Although I must include those definitions somewhere in the memo for nonaccountants, I don’t want the definitions to get in the way of the flow of the text; nor do I want them stuck at the end,

  Wireless surfing in public places leaves you vulnerable to many hazards. The major risk is unscrupulous people who use packet sniffers to capture packets of data as they pass between a computer and the wireless access point. The sniffers are software programs (many of which can be downloaded free

I have something better than a macro: Press Ctrl+A to highlight the entire document and then press Ctrl+0 (that’s a zero), and Word adds a single line space (that’s a 12-point line space) before each paragraph. And while I’m on the subject of quick and easy Word format changes, consider

Excel takes loads of abuse for guessing wrong. And while some of the complaints are justified, quite often it’s the user who is at fault. In most cases when you copy a formula to a new location, you want Excel to automatically adjust the cell references; it’s a great convenience