Tips n Tricks to increase efficency at workplace

MapmyIndia,Complete guide to map of India

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:03:00 +0000

Mapping India has been task many companies take. To find best route Map of India and its locations is the best source. With the advent of the Internet and exposure to international mapping sites, tourism etc, there has been a very big rise on the advent of mapping by a large number of companies. However finding the accurate detailed location had been a challenge

Work Around

- Check Out MapmyIndia, a complete guide to maps in Inda

MapMyIndia is a free web application to get maps in India. Map provide accurate directions in India. It offers city maps, street maps, route maps, driving directions, Locations and a business locator for India. Mapmyindia has a sister site Mappls.com. MapMyIndia is a free map service just like Google Maps, Yahoo Maps or MapQuest but dedicated to Indian geography. MapMyIndia also offers city maps, street maps, route maps, driving directions, eLocations and a business locator for India. They also have a mobile maps portal (paid), but you can try it for free till 31st Dec

About Mapmyindia

MapmyIndia, portal dedicated to India map has been created by a New Delhi, India based company. Maps of India can be find in complete details. MapmyIndia has been rated as one of the most innovative companies by its peers in the Information Technology Industry. The Mapmyindia site is the web front end of the underlying data available with CE Info. MapmyIndia Creator Company over the last decade has built a library of high resolution satellite images, which it is now displaying through its website.

Unique Features

It provides free maps of India and locations in India. The detailed map of India and its locations are provided. Details are to extent that you can find address of your house. Whether it is physical map of Inda, road map of India, a house map in any location in India any map is possible with MapmyIndia. With unique feature of e-location one can map out his/her residence on the internet specific to India. This is a first for India and first for mapping sites across the world.
MapmyIndia better map portal for India then Google Map

Maps are very useful when it comes to planning trips or getting directions. Google Map provides Map but MapmyIndia provide details which GoogleMap does not provide.

For complete detaisl just check out the portal. www.mapmyindia.com

Internet Explorer tips n tricks

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:25:00 +0000

Internet Explorer is the most common browser used byall. but still many of its features are not properly utilized. Internet Explorer version 7.0n have some important features like:

* Tabbed browsing - Internet Explorer has provided tab facility like other browser such as Firefox

* RSS support - IE 7 provides facility to view RSS feeds from different Websites.

* Phishing filter - Phishing is a big threat to ones privacy. Internet Explorer ver 7.0 has filters to fight phishing.

* Improved webpage printing

Downloading Internet Explore 7.0

Internet Explorer 7 can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/. While downloading you may need to do Windows Validation and may be required to may be required to download security and other operating system-related updates. In case you are using Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Netscape, or another non-Internet Explorer browser to download Internet Explorer 7 you need to follow on-screen prompts to download the validation plug-in and validate Windows.

Note that as you install Internet Explorer 7, you may be prompted to validate Windows again. Also, you
The features of lat
Many people face problem in installing configuring IE.

Work Around

- Check out Internet Explorer features

Internet Explorer installing and configuring tips
- While Internet Explorer 7 is running Windows SharePoint Services may not be able to import spreadsheets.
- After downloading Internet Explorer 7 you may need to update Google Desktop to the latest version, as older versions may prevent Internet Explorer 7 from operating when new tabs are opened.
- Internet Explorer 7.0 may have some issues with certain software, such as Flight Simulator 2004, the Microsoft Office Handwriting Recognition Service, or the SAP GUI interface after installing Internet Explorer 7.
- In case Internet Explorer 7.0 it is advisable to install a back up browser before upgrading to IE 7.0
(source: http://malektips.com/internet_explorer_7_0001.html)
Internet Explorer keyboard short cuts
- Press Ctrl + Enter on Addressbar of Internet Explorer it will automatically addhttp://www and .com at the end in the address.
- Need to change Title of the Internet Explorer/ Follow these steps:
  1. Click Start > Run > Type gpedit.msc
  2. Click User Configuration > Windows Setting > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Browser User Interface
  3. Double click on Browser Title
  4. Click on Customize Title Bars
  5. Change the text to what whatever you want
  6. Click on Ok
- Access Address Bar of Internet Explorer using “F6” key on the keyboard.
- Controlling Internet Explorer by scrolling mouse
  1.Hold CTRL and use the scroll wheel on the mouse to increase
  or decrease the font size.
  2.Hold Shift and use the scroll wheel to go back or forward between WebPages.

Debt reduction software for reducing bills

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:44:00 +0000

Debt reduction has emerged as one of the difficult tasks in this fast moving word. Reducing bill such as mobile bill, credit card bill, phone bill, petrol bill becomes tougher when one is too busy in professional life. Debt reduction task requires much more efforts than task of reducing bill. In myprevious post on reducing mobile bill. I discussed about yourbillbuddy. The post included tips n tricks to reduce phone bill by consulting yourbillbuddy. Consulting such online portal will definitely help in reducing phone bill. But that’s not all we still need ways to reduce our credit card bill and more then that pay then off efficiently. A debt reduction planis required that can provide professional assistance in reducing bill. Thus apart from reducing bill we need tricks to reduce debts and pay the bills quickly.

Work Around for reducing bill

- Reduce Bill using Debt reduction Software

Reduce bill using a Debt reduction Softwareis one of the efficient steps towards saving money. There are few companies who have released Debt reduction computer software that will definitely help in reducing bill. There are online portals that provide complete solution for debt reduction. Debt reduction Software will help any individual to create a debt reduction plan. A scheme to reduce bill can be obtained without obtaining any professional help. Debt reduction Softwarewill require you to enter all credit and debit information for a defined period and in return the software will create a customized repayment plan and budget. Reducing bill using the debt reductions software is definitely easy and will help to do comparative analysis of your budget and plan produced by Debt reduction Software

Working of Debt Reduction Software

Debt Reduction software require detailed debt information such as total debts, number of loans, interest rates, minimum payments, etc. The user needs to prioritize the various debts and need to enter the maximum amount he can repay every month (in total). The software analyzes this information and creates a debt reduction plan that can best suit the user need. The important debt that need to be paid first are considered at higher priority then other.
Debt Reduction Software Advantages

User Friendly
Flexible - Debt Reduction plan can be generated as per user income and budget
A free reminder to all debt payments

Popular Debt Reduction SoftwareTo reduce bill many debt reduction software are available in market. Some of the popular debt reduction tools are

Debt Reduction Software - Zilch Works
Zilch Works is an easy to use debt reduction software that can help user to pay off their debt quickly. According to Zilch Work, the company focus on helping user to build a step by step, get out of debt payment plan that is custom tailored to user's specific financial situation. It is one of the first company to come out with a software product for creating a personalized, step by step, get out of debt payment plan.

Attractive feature of Zilch
- - A powerful debt reduction software
- - Easy to use
- -30 Day trial version of Zilch Software is available and can be downloaded from the Zilch Website
Rapid Debt Reducer
Debt Eraser's Rapid Debt Reduction program is an efficient way to pay off debts. Rapid Debt Reducer works on the basis of a five year elimination plan. This program is also available under the name Smart Money Manager. This debt reduction software helps to identify unnecessary expenses and the most effective order of repaying outstanding debts. This tool a plan that is supposed to be able to clear your debts up to 13 times faster while saving a considerable amount of interest and this all can be done without increasing the total payments every month.

There are many other tools available and many online portals provide the details about such debt reduction plans and software. Will discuss about the other debt reduction tips n tricks in my future post.
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Reduce Mobile Bill using yourbillbuddy

Reduce mobile bill using Yourbillbuddy

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:09:00 +0000

Reducing Mobile bill had been great challenge for the organization and individual. Talking on phone may be need for an individual or may be part of his job. For any organization mobile tariff for its employees can be a great pain if the plans are not optimized according to the user’s need. Reducing mobile billis a important but a tedious job for any organization needs to do to optimize tariff plans of the phone used by employees. There is need of a service that predict prospects of reducing mobile bill. TO reduce mobile billcan be a major step towards cost cutting and this is possible if appropriate tariff plan for the phone is choosed. To reduce mobile bill there are many options available with various cellophone service providers but going through such plans, analyzing them deciding the best one suting need of individual employee is difficult. Reducing mobile bill is not only need of organization but also need of a individual who is roaming or is much on phone. Phone bill definately is concern of most of the people but many times people are too busy to get right plan for their phone and reducing mobile bill is difficult for them. With so much options for various cellophone services available choosing the best tariff plan is difficult

Work Around

- Consulting yourbillbuddy.com for reducing mobile bill

Yourbillbuddy is a free service available specifically for mobile phone users of India for comparing the tariffplans and finding out the best one. Yourbillbuddy has been launched by Trilogy E-Business Software, best known for cutting-edge analytics and configuration solutions having their development centres in Bangalore and Austin. The site helps a user to find out the best mobile plan suited for his need and this will eventually help the user in reducing mobile bill. This service works by requesting users to upload past mobile bills. The system analyzes these mobile bills and using a database of currently offered mobile phone tariff plans by different cellophone service providers it recommends the cheapest plan based on the user's calling pattern. It is running for Karnataka and Delhi but is being planned to be launched nationally and internationally soon.

Role of Yourbillbuddy in reducing mobile bill

According to organization as well as individual point of view Yourbillbuddy help consumers check on various parameters that play a key role in mobile bill. Such as people whom they call up the most, how many long distance calls they make, or how long they are on roaming etc.. The site analyzes various factors that have great influence on the mobile bill and and provides the optium tariff plan. The major aspects that are analyzed include factors such as amount spent calling up various phone numbers, number of long distance calls,number of calls made to a particular phone number, number of local calls, number of roaming calls, and number of SMSes.

Importance of Yourbillbuddy

Cellophone Service providers have flooded consumers with numerous mobile plans. The frequency of change in tariff plan together with availability of new and different plans in market keep consumers confuse. Consumers are noit sure which mobile plan will help to reduce phone bill. To give solution to the consumer which is best for them and appropriate for their budget is the goal of Yourbillbuddy. Usage factor is a very important issue which plays key role in determining the success of any tariff plan. Triology has used this important factor in providing appropriate plan for reducing mobile bill.

Yourbillbuddy features that help in reducing mobile billRole play of Yourbillbuddy for reducing mobile bill and hence cost cutting is worth talking. Some of the important features about the website are:

Free for the consumers

Easy to use

Site constantly monitors the changing tariff plans in the market and periodically updates itself. It provides the plan available with every service provider for the benefit of customers.
Yourbillbuddy is at backed supported with robust algorithm which are capable of accepting all types of bills, compare them and then provide the best suggestion plan for the user.
Using Yourbillbuddy for analyzing and reducing mobile bill is not a very big task. Its just a three step process
a. Login/Signup as member
b. Upload post-paid mobile bill with bill details
c. Follow instructions online and get the appropriate bill

for complete details just logon to yourbillbuddy at www.yourbillbuddy.com

Office Tips

How to write a better Business letter?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:09:00 +0000

Many times at work place you are stuck while writing a business letter. Your boss may be demanding a formal business letter. Business Letter,apology letter,sales letter , complain letter, resignation letter, thank you letter needs to be professional and impressive. Some times you may feel you need a letter writing expert for writing a strategic business letter. Such letter writing needs effective business letter cover plan. Business letter headings and closings needs to be appropriate. In short there are some business letter etiquette that needs to followed. You need to have a tool that helps you in writing a professional business letter without wasting much of your time and at low cost.

Work Around

- Use a Business Letter writing software

Business Letter Professional is a letter writing tool available for writing impressive, attractive letters.

Features
Business Letter Professional includes about 1000 typical business letter templates. It has an embedded text editor that allows you to edit, copy, paste, search, preview and save your letters. It also enables you to set an external e-mail program to send your finished letters directly.

Some basic tasks which can be accompolished using Business Letter professional are:

In accounting & Finance for raising capital, applying for grants, improving accounting methods etc
Marketing & Sales:Helps in planning market campaign, sending a press release and more.
Thanks & Greetings: Provides help for congratulating on success, expressing satisfaction with certain products or service, acceptance of suggestion or giving greeting on a special day.
Complain & Apology: complain about goods and bad service, eliminate misunderstandings, stop illegal use of properties, and explain mistakes on customer service.
Cooperate & Legal: protect your Intellectual Property, protect company secrets, better negotiate your office lease, and use By-laws, shareholders Agreement & Articles of Incorporation to setup your business.
Marketing & Sales: increase your sales with better communication, improve response time to customer inquiries, plan a marketing campaign, send a press release, and sign distribution/partnership deals.
Personnel & Employees: hire/fire employees, contractors and consultants, write detailed company policies and procedures, prepare professional job descriptions, conduct personnel evaluations, manage your workforce, and sign confidentiality agreements.
Proposal & Request: request and sign agreements reselling products, and expand your market reach with co-branding opportunities and affiliate marketing.

Source:getfreesofts

An Introduction to “Office Tips n Tricks”

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:42:00 +0000

Office is the place where we spend most productive part of the day. There are so many goals to be taken care of and targets to be achieved. Many times it happens that there are many things which are small but significant and take much time. This blog is an attempt to list various office trips n tricks which when used can make work place efficient. It contains discussion about various tools/work arounds that an organisation should use to expedite their work. Some of the tools discussed include Software for sending bulk e-mails , Anti-spamming software,using desktop search program,usingmicrosoft outlook for keeping reminder of pending tasks or for copying data from Web, Data security software such as Anti-phishing software. Tips and tricks include tips about organizing a manager's work place,tips and tricks to expedite search on Web,tips and tricks for using language translation tool, Microsoft office tips,Office tips for Letter writingand many more.

The idea is to create awareness of tools that are available so that one can deploy them and make their work space more efficient. So here is my first post :)

Join Anti-Phishing Work Group

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:06:00 +0000

Phishing is one of the popular crime I discussed in some previous posts. TO fight phishing you need to know various methods that can lead to phishing. Phishing can be done via Social Engineering or via technical subterfuge.

Social-engineering schemes use 'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. Hijacking brand names of banks, e-retailers and credit card companies, phishers often convince recipients to respond.

Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials directly, often using Trojan keylogger spyware. Pharming crimeware misdirects users to fraudulent sites or proxy servers, typically through DNS hijacking or poisoning.

A new kind of phishing scam has been discovered where phisher uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts. This is one of the latest social engineering attack where identity thieves have lured users into dialing a phone number and giving up credit card information. Phishing e-mails are sent to the peopple which do not ask for personal information but urges the recipient to call a phone number and verify account details.These phone numbers are em

Work Around

- Join Anti-Phishing Group

To fight such notorious crime we need to be part of anti-phishing process. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is the global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types. You can report phishing emails, pharming sites and crimeware to the Anti-Phishing Working Group and help stop this insidious threat to e-commerce. Some of the features of the group are:

1: Avaialbility of Phishing and Crimeware map.

Phishing and Crimeware map displays the most recent data collected by Websense Security Labs (WS Labs) and provides a historical look into where Phishing and Crimeware related websites are hosted on the Internet. Upon discovery, each site is looked up via its IP Address to track the country of origin through the appropriate IP registrars and plotted on the map

2: Report Phishing Crime

Anti-phishing work group is in process of building a repository of phishing scam emails and websites to help people identify and avoid being scammed in the future.

Source: http://www.antiphishing.org

Related Post:

Using Anti-Phishing Software

Using Microsft outlook Anti-Phishing Features

Fighting Spyware

Fighting against e-mail spam

Thank God I use Gmail at my workplace

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:47:00 +0000

In office when you get hundreds of mails and you need to read,mark and categorize them as per official need. You may need to customize mail for the client and need to store a lot of e-mail IDs. Things may get messed up if your e-mail service is not . In most office there is an official e-mail software used in case you don't have one what you need to use.

Work Around

- Use Gmai Account for managing your e-mails.

Some of the popular features of Gmail are listed below:

Labeling E-Mails

Managing Contacts

Auto Save feature

G-Mail Notifier

G-Mail Chat feature

Key board short cuts

Support to Multiple languages

G-Mail’s RSS feed feature

Anti-Virus Scanning

Provides access to Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Having problem in language Translation at Work Place?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:08:00 +0000

Often at your workplace you need to do instant language translations. This task may become tedious if you do not have a right translation tool.

Work Around

-Use Language Translation tool simple!!!!!!!

Language Translator tool such as Google language Tools are user friendly and can be used to obtain instant translations from within your applications. Language translator tools can help you to translate e-mail/chat/document /web page from one language to other instantly. Such tool is ideal for businesses who need complete language translation solutions for their software, websites or day to day transactions.
Some other Language translation tools available online are:

Babel Fish Translation
Free Language Translation tool
World lingo Translation tool

Tips and Tricks to Organize files on your PC

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:21:00 +0000

With lots of file increasing on your PC it may be difficult for you for filing the files carefully in the right folder. Result ?At the time when you require some important information you may be fiddling with files stored on your PC with required file buried in the depths of hard disk.

Work Around

- Use a Smart Desktop Search Tool such as Google Desktop Search Tool

Desktop Search Tool can be used to search for wider range of items such as instant messaging chats, e-mails, contacts and recently visited web pages. This search tool scans through the entire contents of computer hard disk after installation. It compiles a index which contains details of searchable item found along with their location.
Some important features are:

Very fast Search

Provides preview of results that further expedites the search

Indexed Information stored in hard disk itself

Ability to search one PC from another (An updated feature in Google Desktop Beta)

Google Desktop search works with Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape mail, Thunderbird, Mozilla mail

By default it indexes emails, web history, different file formats, contacts and calendar.

Google Desktop preference options is available to add/delete other data to be indexed such as Instant message chats

Password-Protection feature available for Data Security

Instructions for use:

Just download the free application from Google’s website

After downloading just locate Google desktop setup files on computer’s desktop and double-click on it.

Go through the wizard instructions for the installation of the program

Other Desktop Search tools available are:

Yahoo Search tool
Msn search tool
Copernic Desktop Search Tool

Tips and Tricks to expedite Web Search –Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:05:00 +0000

Search engine Math commands discussed above are one of the popular methods to expedite search. In case search engine maths fails to provide desired results another work around is using Boolean Searching.

Boolean searching as the name suggest includes basic Boolean commands
Such as And ,Or,Not.

‘And’: ‘And used to find web pages that definitely contains both the keywords specified on either side of the command.

English AND Geometry

‘OR’ :‘OR’ used to find web pages containing either of the keywords entered with the ‘OR’ command.

English OR Geometry : Results in pages containing either of the keywords or both of them

‘Not’:

Beans NOT Java :

Note:The commands discussed above are some popular search commands. There are many Search engine specific commands. Just check out Search Engine Featured Chart for complete information about various search commands available with different Search Engines.

Tips n tricks to expedite search on Web

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:04:00 +0000

Web is collection of millions of web pages and to search required web page search engine is the most popular medium. If you are an online recruiter or in industry of market research or in related job it becomes a daily routine to search relevant pages on net. Many times we get irrelevant pages irrespective of search keyword we use. Many times web page does not turn up in first few google pages. This not only delays work but also creates mental tension. So in that case what you need to do ?

Work Around

Be aware of Search Engine math

Each search engine acknowledges some basic search engine math which can surely improve the results and expedite the work. Just check out some basic mathematics that can really improve your searches

Using ‘+’
Using ‘+” ensures that search engine searches all the words you have entered in the Search tool bar for eg. If you want to web page containing information about both google and yahoo enter

+ google + yahoo

Rather then entering google yahoo.
If you want web page containing specifically summer camp registration date its better to write + summer + camp + registration + date to get web page specifically containing all the keywords.

Using ‘-‘
Subtract is used to specifically find web pages that contains one key word and not the other. For example you need information about TATA group but not about Tata Indicom.You can just enter TATA –Indicom
With this command no page containing Indicom will be displayed.

Using Phrase Search for multiplicity
In addition we get all terms we entered but not in that particular order. To get the whole key phrase such as summer camp registration date we need to enter it within quotes such as “summer camp registration date”. This command will make search engine search specifically for the whole key phrase.

Note: You can just combine the above commands to suit your need and to get improved results.

How to monitor Network Security?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:32:00 +0000

Data security has become a major concern in today’s world. By breaching network security information can easily be hacked or damaged.

Work Around

- Be aware of the key areas in Network which are prone to security breach.

Network needs security in three areas:

Perimeter where network connects to internet: Firewalls are each internet connection helps keep hackers and mischief’s away.
Securing remote connections such as office, satellite as well as employees who connect 0from road or from home.
Endpoints: This include individual devices on the network. They are most difficult to secure as they are more prone to malicious activities and difficult to secure due to there quantity, diversity and habits of people who are using them. It is at the endpoints that the hacking or other attack takes place and the attack propagates through the network making it insecure and may hinder in its functioning.

So in case you find any breach in these key areas just report your Network Administrator.

Source: IQ by Cisco Systems Third Quarter 2006
Note: Check out tips and tricks to reduce Network Down time in the Previous post

Tips and Tricks to reduce Network Downtime

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:01:00 +0000

Network Down means no work/ no business. The rapid developments in computer technology have resulted in a greater reliance on Client/server architectures that implies greater implementation of Networks. With large numbers of desktop or network computers interconnected in a network, networks act as eminent medium of connection between the servers and the clients. This increasing reliance on networks, driven by the growing use of sophisticated applications and popularity of Intranet and internet, has created demands for a zero fault tolerant network. Network Downtime even if it is of relatively short period of time can represent a substantial loss to the business. We can say that companies rely on their networks to sustain their business and need to have have a zero tolerance to downtime.

Work Around

- Need to monitor and incerease fault tolerance of Network

Tips and tricks to reduce downtime:

Identify both source and cause of problem eg. Source of downtime may be router but cause may be improper configuration.

Scrutinize network applications to make sure that service providers meet their uptime promises. Companies that run applications supporting vital revenue streams like real-time order entry or financial trading can attest to the dollar value of each transaction traversing their network. Network downtime costs these companies large sums of money every year in terms of lost productivity and lost business.

Invest in redundancy

Ensure that the core of the network is protected against any potential single point of hardware failure

Monitor traffic regularly as any un expected increase may overload network and will call for increased bandwidth. Provide mirrored links for LAN and WAN traffic.

Replace conventional switches and routers that tie transaction processing clients to server farms with non-stop devices.

Upgrade Existing System: Fundamental way of addressing and managing the reliability problem is to create a network architecture that deploys fault tolerant system components.

Note: Check out Network Downtime Pdf for more information

How to open a MS word file on PC that does not have MS office?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:50:00 +0000

Many times at workplace you may get stuck if you need to open up a word file on system which does not have MS office installed on it.

Work Around

Use Microsoft Word Viewer.

Microsoft Word Viewer lets you view and print Microsoft Word documents on a computer that does not have Microsoft Word installed. With Word Viewer 2003 you can open Word 2003 documents and documents created with all previous versions of Microsoft Word for Windows and Microsoft Word for Macintosh. It provides facility to view, print, and copy document contents to another program. Besides word files it can also open files saved in the following formats:

• Rich Text Format (.rtf)
• Text (.txt)
• Web Page formats (.htm, .html, .mht, .mhtml)
• WordPerfect 5.x (.wpd)
• WordPerfect 6.x (.doc, .wpd)
• Works 6.0 (.wps)
• Works 7.0 (.wps)
• XML (.xml)

Source: Microsoft Word Viewer can be downloaded from Microsoft Website. For complete details just check out Microsoft support site

Web Directories for frequent use

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:19:00 +0000

Global Business List

Bindexed.com

Want to send bulk e-mails ?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:00:00 +0000

Often at your workplace, major task in your to-do list is " need to send bulk E-mails to your clients/customers ". It’s quiet tedious task, (but job is job :), surely not an easy one as you need to maintain database for list of e-mail Ids of the receivers and also monitor status of e-mails i.e they have reached the receiver or have bounced due to invalid ids or other problems. Such tasks are important in today's competitive world, as the timely mails should reach targeted clients at the right time. It's a challenge, to achieve maximum results, especially if email list is very large.

Work Around

-Use a Bulk Mailer and e-mail validator software such as World Cast.

World Cast is user friendly software that can act as a power tool for bulk mailing. It can be described as a two in one software that help to send bulk mails and also provides facility to validate e-mail addresses. It detects many of the invalid addresses that may exists on emailing list and reports errors such as bad email address, time out operations etc.. . Its download is freely available on many Website. You can just download the software from Shareware connection

Are you a victim of E-mail bombing and Spamming?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:10:00 +0000

While working in office you may find your system has suddenly become sluggish. E-Mail processing is slow, your mailer seems to process a large number of messages and there are lot of unwanted e-mails in your inbox. If that is the case then you are victim of e-ail spamming.

Work Around

-You need to use an anti-spam tool that can help you in recognizing and minimizing effect of such indecent activity.

With such tools you can maintain a list of legitimate and fraud e-mail Ids and also keep a check on suspicious mails such as
Setting alerts for messages that originate from the same user or same site in a very short span of time. You can try using Mail Washer. Mail washer is a reliable spam blocker that will effectively stop email spam. Just download 30 day trial version and check out its anti-spam features. Some of features of the software are:

Preview emails on the server to see who’s the sender and what he has to say before downloading.
Deleting un-wanted e-mails from server.
Maintaining Friends list for recognizing valid e-mail Ids.

Maintaining backlist for the e—mails which have automatically bounced.

Customizable Filters for effective filtering out spam mails from legitimate mails.

Just login to Mail Washer site for complete information.

Using Anti-Phishing Software

Fighting Spyware

Using data security software
Using Microsft outlook Anti-Phishing Features

Related Posts: Check out other post on fighting against Phishing andSpyware
http://officetipsntricks.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-safe-guard-your-personal.html

How Microsft Out look can help in fighting Phishing?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:50:00 +0000

As discussed in previous post it is difficult to distinguish fraud e-mail from legitimate ones specially when you receive lots of e-mail in a day. Here is another work around:

-Use Microsft Outlook anti-phishing features simple!!!!!!!!!!

Outlook provides feature that verify each e-mail to check whether it is fraud or not. Some of the parameters used to verify the e-mail are:

Check content of the E-mail

E-Mail address from where E-mail has been sent. If it has been sent by a spoofed address filter will consider it suspicious.

Filter check the links if provided in the e-mail. If links found to me suspicious mail considered to be fraud.

Suspicious message detection is set on by default. Whenever any e-mail is considered suspicious it is sent to Junk E-Mail folder. The m essage format of the e-mail is changed to plain text and links in message are disabled.

Outlook 2003 contains phishing protectection features to fight phishing. Its features can be used by downloading both the latest Junk E-mail Filter update and Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 from Microsoft office online. Good information about its phishing features is also available in a post ondigital Inspiration.

Note: The phishing protection feature is not available for earlier versions of Outlook.

Are you being phished?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:17:00 +0000

Are you being phished is a difficult statement to understand if one exactly does not know What is phishing?
So What is phishing?

Phishing is one of very popular internet scam in which the users are lured to disclose their personal information such as credit card number, account id, passwords etc.. which can then be easily misused. So phishing can be defined as activities causing identity theft of a person. Such kind of identity theft can be big loss to an individual or to an organisation. In office when one is too much indulged in work phishing goes unnoticed as a common phishing scam starts with an e-mail message that looks like an official notice from a trusted source through which recipients are directed to a fraudulent Web site where they are asked to provide personal information.

Costs of phishing

Phishing results in loss in money as well as time of owner.

Financial institutions also suffer from reduced employee and IT productivity, loss of network resources, legal liability and damage to their brand name and reputation.
From Customer’s perspective, their trust in Online payment systems and the ability of financial institutions to mitigate fraud is diminished over successful phishing attacks.

Work Around

-Awareness is first step for prevention. Be aware of best online practices while working on web.

Some are listed below:

Be very careful while providing personal information in a reply to e-mail message. You need to verify the sender and purpose carefully before providing such
information

Avoid clicking on Suspicious Links/Unknown llinks in a e-mail

Don't send personal information in regular e-mail messages Regular e-mail messages are not encrypted and are like sending a post card. You need to use Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) for sending digitally signed and encrypted message.

Make sure the Web site in which you are making a transaction uses encryption. The Web address should be preceded by https:// instead of the usual http:// in the browser's Address bar. There should be lock icon on browser's status bar doubleclicking on which will display to display the digital certificate for the site.
Use Anti-Virus/Firewall to protect your PC. It is important to use a firewall, keep your computer updated, and use antivirus software, especially if you connect to the Internet through a cable modem or a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem>/li>
Whenever you make a online transaction monitor the transaction carefully to make sure that the charges levied are correct

Note: Just visit Microsoft support site for complete information

- Use Anti-Phishing Software

Using Anti-Phishing Software can help in detecting phishing scam. Anti-phishing software can be described as computer programs that are capable of identifying phishing content contained in a websites or e-mail. This tool gets integrated with web browsers and e-mail clients as tool bar so that whenever viewer visits a website or opens an e-mail actual domain name is displayed. This will help the user in distinguishing legitimate website from fraud ones that vicariously act as legitimate. One such tool is Phishing Detector Publisher's Description. It’s a premier free Fair Trade Authority Phishing Detector plug-in for Outlook Express and Outlook used for spotting phishing and email frauds. This Anti-phishing tool helps in detecting Phishings/Email Frauds/Spoofed emails. Phishing Detector v.1.0 is able to recognize phishing emails pretending to come from eBay, PayPal, Amazon, eGold and hundreds of other financial institutions. Its free version can be downloaded from various websites such as soft32

Need to copy data from Web?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:41:00 +0000

While surfing the Web or while reviewing any document you may need to save some information for future reference. Generally either we save the webpage or need to copy paste in another document. This can be some times time consuming and we need to remember the folder where we have saved relevant information. Can you think of a better trick to do this job?

Work Around

-Use Microsoft Outlook Notes Simple!!!!!!!!!!

Click Notes to view all of your Outlook Notes. Now back to clipping. Open a Microsoft Office Word document or a Web page and size the window so that it does not overlap with your Outlook Note. See something that you would like to save for future reference? Select the text, and then drag it to your Outlook Note. When you see the mouse pointer change to a plus symbol (+), you can release the mouse button. Your text is now saved in an Outlook Note

Source: Micrsoft office Online

How MVP’s can help in solving MS Word related problems?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:55:00 +0000

It may happen you are stuck with MS Word problem at your workplace and are not able to solve it using MS Word tutorials/Newsgroups.

Work Around
You can go for a professional help by a MVP.

MVP stands for Most Valuable Professional. This is a award provided my Microsoft to outstanding members of online community. These candidates are generally proposed by existing MVps as they regularly participate in conversations of newsgroup and are familiar with members of the community. These MVPs are available for commercial hire. They show their a "Business Contact" link on their bio page. In case you have an extensive problem which you are not able to solve via newsgroup advice alone you may email to a MVp for consultation. Note you need to post your problem in the newsgroup before contacting any MVP. Complete details of MVPs can be downloaded from The Word MVP Website. It is one of the best help website that provide quality tutorials on MS Word.

Getting help for Microsoft Word

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:04:00 +0000

In our office Microsoft word is a most useful package we use for our daily documentation. Sometimes we get stuck with problems that really kills our time.

Work Around

The guru mantra for getting out of such problem is to use F1 Key help and Office Assistant. If this doesnot solve your problem you may visit Microsoft newsgroup. Microsoft have newsgroups that are completely dedicated to understanding MS word and using it in a better way. Any one can go and put up a question over there which are quickly answered by other people who visit the group. It has been analyzed visitors get their answers with in 24 hours. In case you have Microsoft Outlook Express on your system just visit news://msnews.microsoft.com

Google also keeps archives of the discussion on Micrsoft Newsgroup. You can search the google archivehosted on google groups beta center and search the archive same way you search on the Web.

There are also very good websites which provide quality tutorials on MS Word. Just check out the following Websites

The Word MVP Website
Shaunakelly’s Website
MSDN Blogs
Bay City Public School help tutorial
Online Free tutorials
Internet4classrooms
MS Word Tutorial
About:WordProcessing

Note: Such help is also available for other MS office programs.

Spyware…Is it troubling you?

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Many time while working in office you may find unwanted popup appearing on your PC screen from nowhere. You may feel there is some kind of virus that is creating trouble and anti-virus is not working properly It’s time that you realize that this can not be due to a virus but can be the work of Spyware program.

According toMicrosoft – “Spyware and other unwanted software refers to software that performs certain tasks on your computer, typically without your consent. This may include giving you advertising or collecting personal information about you”. Spyware cannot be removed by Antivirus as Antivirus program is not supposed to do so.

Spyware can create following problems:

Browser search settings have changed without your knowledge. You may notice a new toolbar in your browser that you didn’t want, and find it difficult to get rid of.
Computer is more prone to crashes.
Unwanted pop-up advertisements even when you’re not on Web
Computer takes longer than usual to complete certain tasks.

Work Around

Spyware Removal Tool

According to Microsoft best way to get rid of spyware is to download a Spyware removal tool and run the same on your computer.
Other way can be to find programs in Add/Remove Program that you do not recognize or are named similarly to the program that is causing the unwanted behavior and remove it.

Microsoft has provided few other resolution methods which are available on Microsoft support site. For complete information regarding Spyware you just need to visit may refer Microsoft support site.

Using Anti-Phishing Software

Using Data Security Software

When was last time your BOSS reminded you for pending TASKS !!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Shruti Kohli) — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:15:00 +0000

What you usually use at workplace for write TO Dos

Note Books
(Which usually get lost, have tear pages after some time, you forget where you have written last notes, etc)

Stick Notes

(After a while, stick notes gum looses its adhesiveness, some one removes its by mistakes, etc)

Work Around

- Use Microsoft Outlook Notes

Microsoft Outlook comes a bundle pack with MS Office. If you are using Outlook for first time on your PC, you need to make profile (just give your own name). On LHS there are links for Mail, Calendar, Notes, and Contacts.(sample pic below). Create a new one (e.g. title TO DO) start writing all pending tasks you have and create shortcut on desktop (you may even further link shortcut to start-up). This will now act as permanent notes on desktop.

Advantages of using Microsoft Outlook Notes

Its Free!!
Once created shortcut, no need to start outlook
Whatever you write, no need to save (write it and forget it, it will remain there!)