Buying Guides & Articles:Business Software

All the small cameras we tested in this issue come with a CD that lets you organize and, in some cases, edit photos on your computer... Read more

When Microsoft released Office 2007 a year ago, many users welcomed the multitude of changes and upgrades that the company had introduced. The most significant change in... Read more

Ever do something really stupid to Microsoft Word? Something like, say, accidentally deleting the File menu? Here's the fix: Word stores macros, style formats, and... Read more

I receive one of two responses from people when they find out that my business partner works in another state and that we have spent only hours together in person. The... Read more

I tend to change the file format of my photos frequently--usually from JPEG to TIFF or JPEG to Adobe Photoshop's PSD format. Why would I do that? Usually, to preserve... Read more

Every time you create a user profile, Windows makes a bunch of folders for it. Some, like the My Documents folder in XP and 2000 and the Documents folder in Vista, are... Read more

If I had to name just one application that elevated the personal computer from a hobbyist device to an essential business tool, it would be the spreadsheet. This... Read more

Thanks to e-mail, some say that the art of the handwritten letter is dead. And they might be right; I buy a lot fewer stamps these days than I used to, making high-tech... Read more

Without software, a computer is basically useless. After all, the whole reason we buy computers is to run programs. Some are games; others are utilities that protect us... Read more

David PlunkertStuck with a boring browser? Wish that Word could handle more tasks? Feel hemmed in by Photoshop? You don't have to toss (or upgrade) your existing... Read more