Archive for the ‘Programs’ Category


How To Create a Table of Contents in Word

Dear Computer Lady, I am one of your followers that reads all your letters throughout the year. Thanks for sharing your expertise with computers. I’m working on a document which requires a “Table of Contents” and I have no idea on how to do this. I have Microsoft 2007 at work, and I’m familiar with [...]

Read More...

Computer Protection

Dear Computer Lady, We called Norton about a problem we were having and were connected to a support person at iYogi. The problem was resolved by giving access to our computer and we then purchased a contract from them to handle any issues that arose. Every time we are in communication for one reason or [...]

Read More...

Giving Control To Tech Support

Dear Computer Lady, I updated AVG.com which I had purchased originally. I kept getting pop-ups after I did this. I tried to contact them and I ended up with a company called Lester.com and a service in the Uk called guru. I gave control to the person and I became concerned about giving control to [...]

Read More...

Can I Copy Quicken?

Dear Computer Lady, I used a thumb drive to transfer a Quicken program from a desktop computer to a small laptop that does not have a disk drive. On the laptop, when I click on the *.exe file, I get a logo, which quickly disappears but cannot open the program. Can you suggest how to [...]

Read More...

How To Install CDs on My Netbook

Dear Computer Lady, Ah, after all these years, I finally have a question. I have a little gateway notebook. Can the CD’s ( I have a Printmaster and a couple of others) be downloaded onto a flash drive and then used with the notebook? Thanks so much, Rachel

Read More...

My Search Has Been Hijacked!

Dear Computer Lady, Here’s the problem I am having. Whenever I use a search engine, it doesn’t matter which one, a majority of the time when I click on the link of what I am looking for (I always use right click and open in a new window) it will open but to some other [...]

Read More...

How To Learn Excel

Dear Computer Lady, Could you please advise me of the best way to learn excel. With thanks, Karen

Read More...

How To Merge OneNote Files

Dear Computer Lady, I’ve been reading your posts for a long time. They are very enlightening. My question is about “Onenote” the Microsoft program. I first had it on Windows 7 and it transferred over when I updated to Windows 8. There seems to be two separate places for the Onenote books and they aren’t [...]

Read More...

Using Office with Windows 8

Dear Computer Lady, Have new Windows 8 computer. Can I install Microsoft Office 7 or 10 on my computer? The new Office is good for one year, while older versions are good for the life of the computer and expensive. Thanks – Dave

Read More...

Free Image Editing Programs

Dear Computer Lady, A friend suggested I install Infranview to edit pictures. When I Google Infranview… all that comes up is IRFANVIEW. This friend sent me a link to her picture editing program and it definitely show Infranview but this page shows a list of “sponsors” for editing pictures. Whether I try to download Infranview [...]

Read More...