Use Microsoft Works To Create A Phone Directory

It must be really boring and frustrating, having to go through a thick set of pages on your phone book to find a phone number from it. Why take so much trouble when you can come home to the digital world and simply do away with paper copies and make use of the digital database, which can be quickly and easily traversed.
Microsoft Works can be used to make a database of the names, numbers and other details of your family, your friends and the companies that you often contact. If you still insist on having a hard copy, just print it onto paper and bind it in a book. Microsoft Works includes a Word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system, which lets you create and keep useful information. Here are some Microsoft help guidelines that’ll help you with the process.

Instructions

• Switch on the PC and run the Microsoft Works Task Launcher program. Go to Templates and then choose the Home & Money option from the menu bar, located towards the left of the page.
• Select the Home Lists option from the list that appears at the right. For selecting the template to use, select the option Member Directory. Choose the Use This Style option, or just double click on the icon and it’ll open a new template for you.
• Press the CTRL + F9 key combination and the form designer opens up. Double-click the title and rename it as Phone Directory, or feel free to be more specific. Alter the remaining subtitles on the page until you are absolutely satisfied with the results.
• Hit the F9 button to get back to the data form. Enter the names, phone numbers, and all other details in the respective categories and fields provided.
• Hit the Tab button to keep moving from one record to another, and through the directory. Keep going till you are done with the whole phone list.
• Print the directory you just made on regular copy paper, and don’t forget to save it on the PC so that you can print it again if you misplace the phonebook. 

These above mentioned instructions should help you in making a phone directory with Microsoft Works. If you have further doubts on this, get in touch with the Microsoft help team.

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Enable Speech Recognition In Windows XP

Have you ever heard about speech recognition? Just as you’d have guessed, it recognizes the user’s speech. But how can this be used if Windows XP has no speech recognition enabled? Let us find out how speech recognition can be implemented in XP. You can also seek assistance by contacting the Microsoft Help and support team.

Instructions

• To avail speech recognition, you need to have Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Word 2002 installed on your computer.
• To make your computer recognize your voice in the first instance, the speech recognition profile settings need to be set up. For that select the Start button on the desktop, and click on Control Panel, and then select Speech.  Choose Speech Recognition, and you need to choose a profile that can be configured under Recognition profiles. Once this is done, select Settings.
• Using the sliders, configure Pronunciation sensitivity and Accuracy vs. Recognition Response Time. The pronunciation slider can be kept at high and the errors would be low, but the chances of commands getting rejected would be more. If the slider is kept at low, you will have the opposite effect. The accuracy slider can be set to Low/Fast for ease of processing.
• You may return to the Speech Recognition tab by selecting OK. Navigate to Recognition Profiles and choose Train Profile, and this would improve the accuracy of your program. You can collect samples by following the Voice Training Wizard prompts.
• The Microphone settings can be configured. The microphone can be tested and configured by following the Microphone wizard.
• In the Control Panel select Regional and Language Options and select Language, and then Details. Select Speech Recognition when Text Services and Input Language opens. Select Installed Services in Speech Recognition, and select Properties.
• Select the Advanced tab, and this would help you to plan the way in which the speech recognition engine and Windows XP would interact. Put a check mark against Extend support of advanced text services to all programs. You may restart the computer and once it turns on, you will find a Language Bar icon on your desktop.
Following the above instructions, you can set up speech recognition in Windows XP without any difficulty. If still you find it difficult to set up speech recognition, contact the Microsoft Help and Support team for assistance.

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How To change Microsoft Publisher & Word Icons In Windows?

Microsoft’s Windows operating systems is well equipped with several features and tools, using which one can give an attractive and classy look to their desktop screen. No doubt, you will surely get bored after seeing the same icons and color combinations for a long time. To avoid this, it’s better to change these icons and color patterns after several days of use. If you don’t how to change the shortcut icons in Windows, then the below pointers, provided by the Microsoft Help teams, will help you to become a professional at this.
By creating short icons, you can easily reach the particular application by simply double-clicking the corresponding icon. This is a useful feature, if you wish to open a particular program for several times a day. Nonetheless, it’s also possible to change these shortcut icons, in order to distinguish similar looking icons. Almost all versions of Windows operating system include a Windows internal icon list.
How to Change Microsoft Word icon?
• Turn on your system and locate the Microsoft Word shortcut icon on your desktop screen, and right-click on it. This will bring up a context menu with Properties option it.
• Now click on the Properties tab, and then select the Shortcut option. This opens up a new window showing the current settings.
• For changing the icon, you need to trigger the Change Icon tab. Now you’ll be able to view the list of available icons. For choosing an icon, click on it and then click OK.
You can also select icons from the Windows internal list. To obtain this list, click on the Browse button located in the upper part of the Current settings window.
Now go to the following directory: C:\Windows\System32 and select the folder with caption shell32.dll. When finished, click Open. Now you can view a new window, with a list of Windows Internal icons in it.
Choose the one you like by simply clicking on it, followed by hitting the Ok button. Now close all the windows and check whether the Microsoft Word icon is changed or not.
You can follow the same procedure for changing the Microsoft Publisher icon. If you encounter any error or issue while trying to change icons by following the above instructions, then contact the Microsoft Help teams for further help.
For more tech related assistance, please visit the tech resource websites under Microsoft.

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