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details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485"target=_blank> <b> downloads.com </b> </a> . Or you can play it via the free <b> Google Docs </b> ( <a href=http://docs.google.com/ target=_blank> <b> docs.google.com </b> </a> ) online Powerpoint-compatible presentation utility...or you can use the LibreOffice Powerpoint-compatible presentation program. <b> LibreOffice </b> (Microsoft Office-compatible) is free from <a href=http://www.openoffice.org/ target=_blank> <b> www.libreoffice.org </b> </a> . <br> <br> <b> Copying Outlook Express & Windows Live Mail Address Books to Another PC </b> <br> <br>     A number of readers have asked how to move their OE or WLM Address Books to a new computer. The easiest way is to send them to an email address on the new PC. Open OE or WLM on the old PC, click <b> Create Mail </b> and then click <b> CC </b> to display your contact list. Clicking on a contact and clicking CC will place it in the "Carbon Copy" field – or you can mouse-select all the contacts before clicking CC. <br> <br>     Next click inside the <b> CC </b> field and do <b> Ctrl </b> + <b> A </b> to <b> Select All </b> , followed by <b> Ctrl </b> + <b> X </b> to <b> Cut </b> All. Now click into the message area and do <b> Ctrl </b> + <b> V </b> to <b> Paste </b> in all the Contacts. <br> <br>      <big> Do NOT leave any addresses in the CC field. </big> <br> <br>     Finally, mail the message to yourself at the email account on the new PC, from where the addresses can be copied and pasted into your new Address Book or Contact List. Or you can do what I do – paste them into a Word or Excel document, from where they can be copied as needed into outgoing emails. <br> <br>     The above procedure works with all email programs, although the steps for copying addresses into the CC field may vary. If the email program you're going to use on the new PC happens to be Gmail, it has an option for importing addresses from your previous email program. <br> <br> <b> Which Anti-Virus Program Is Best? </b> <br> <br>     I'm often asked which anti-virus program is best. Well, the only way to know for sure is to have one of them installed on a computer onto which you introduce one or more viruses. Repeat the process for each anti-virus program you want to test and see which does the best job. However, this is an elaborate, expensive process for which I have neither time nor the resources. <br> <br>     So which anti-virus program do I prefer? Well, since <b> Microsoft Security Essentials </b> was introduced, it's the one I use. Since MSE was created by the same people who created Windows, it seems reasonable that they could supply a program to protect Windows PCs. And since the program is totally free, it's a no-brainer. Beyond all this, I have found the program to work very efficiently. <br> <br>     Click here to download Microsoft's Free Security Essentials anti-virus program: <a href=http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/?mkt=en-us target=_blank> <b> www.microsoft.com </b> </a> . <br> <br> <table align=center border=0 cellpadding=0><tbody><tr><td align=center valign=top> <form action=http://www.google.com/cse id=searchbox_013158327042001083789:tqrrd3nmypq><input name=cx type=hidden value=013158327042001083789:tqrrd3nmypq><input name=q size=40><input name=sa type=submit value=Search><input name=cof type=hidden value=FORID:0></form> <script src=http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_013158327042001083789%3Atqrrd3nmypq></script> </table> <div align=center>© <small> Donald Ray Edrington – All Rights Reserved </small><br><br><a href=#top> <small> Top of Page </small> </a></div></table><td cellpadding=12 valign=top width=270><br> <h3><div align=center><a href=index.html> <img alt="Don Edrington - Computer Columnist for The Californian and San Diego's North County Times"border=0 height=73 src=Don_NCTimes_73.gif width=118> </a><br><br> Senior Computer Tutor <br><font face=georgia> <big> <b> <i> Don Edrington </i> </b> </big> <br> <br> <font face=verdana> <a href=index.html> Home Page </a>        <a href=page16.html> About Don </a> </font> </font></div></h3> <font face=georgia> <font face=verdana> <br> <div align=center><script><!--
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