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The Naked PC - http://www.TheNakedPC.com What You Need to Know about All Things PC Publisher: Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee Editor in Chief: Dan Butler Contributing Editor: Al Gordon This issue is for Thursday, December 9, 1999 - Vol. 2 No. 25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ** 01. Letter from the Publisher ** 02. PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000: New Productivity Enhancement Tool for Office 2000 (by Lee Hudspeth) ** 03. Before You Shop Til You Drop (by T.J. Lee) ** 04. Featured Product - Easy CD Creator Deluxe 4.0 (by Al Gordon) ** 05. Eudora Light and Eudora Pro Merge (by Dan Butler) ** 06. Featured Software Bargains ** 07. Featured Book - "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren ** 08. Featured FAQ - Yahoo! How-To ** 09. Featured Web Site - VolumeBuy ** 10. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff ** 11. We Get Mail - Comments and Tips from TNPC Readers ** 01. Letter from the Publisher [Cue PBS logo; cue telephones ringing in the background; cue the guy in the tuxedo with the deep voice] "Before we get back to this issue of TNPC we'd like to remind you that TNPC is supported by you, our readers. When you're in the gift-buying mood this holiday season, why not help keep TNPC free? Click over to Amazon.com or Beyond.com from the links provided in our newsletters before you start that holiday shopping spree. Any product you purchase will contribute a tiny bit to the ongoing process of bringing you this newsletter. We would sure appreciate it!" Whew! It's hard to talk like that. You know, like a cross between Chuck Heston and George C. Scott, instead of my usual squeaky wavering voice. Speaking of the holiday season, lots of new computers will be given and received between now and the start of Y2K. As long as we're in full-on sales mode I'd like to point out that the perfect gift to accompany that computer is our latest book, "The Unofficial Guide to PCs" published by QUE. Drop by our Web page for more information about this book and while you're there be sure to check out our "10 Reasons NOT to Buy This Book." http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?tugpcspublet Speaking of great gift ideas, in this issue we formally announce to the world the results of a development project that have had Lee, myself, and Mike Craven burning the midnight oil... PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000 is now available. Ta da! Meanwhile, Jupiter Communications (the self-professed worldwide authority on Internet commerce) predicts that 6 billion -- that's billion, baby!, with a B, yeah! (sorry, slipped into the Austin Powers thing again) -- US dollars will be spent on the Internet during November and December of this year. In keeping with this holiday forecast, T.J. tells you how to gird yourself for that Internet shopping experience. Our own Al Gordon takes a look at the best software we've found yet for powering the CD-RW drives we've all been ga-ga over the last few issues. Dan has a very interesting announcement from Eudora to pass on. As always, reader support is what keeps TNPC free, so please pass a copy of TNPC on to co-workers and friends (no spam please!) and always say "I saw it in TNPC!" +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ >> Own Your Internet Access - WEB 4 LIFE We Thank YOU - because of you, TNPC Readers Web 4 Life WON Distributor of the Year! Yay >> Let's CELEBRATE by Giving YOU a $30 REBATE! Stop Renting Your Access - Order on our Site by 12-31-99 $30 REBATE!!! Click Now: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?sponsor1 FREE 5 E-Mails, No Floating Banners, 2,000 Access Numbers Lifetime Internet Access is the BEST GIFT 1-888-267-1122 +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 02. PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000: New Productivity Enhancement Tool for Office 2000 (by Lee Hudspeth) As many of you know, T.J. and I are co-founders of PRIME Consulting Group, Inc., a leading Microsoft Office add-in developer since before Office was Office. Today, we're happy to announce the release of our latest Office product -- PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000. You're reading about it here in TNPC first! PRIME DocLauncher is a COM add-in that immediately and seamlessly works with Access 2000, Excel 2000, PowerPoint 2000, and Word 2000. (For more information on what a COM add-in is, see the sidebar at the end of this article.) With DocLauncher you get one-click access to your favorite Office documents from practically any Office application menu bar (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) or from the system tray located right on your Taskbar. DocLauncher was developed by code maven Mike Craven and PRIME Consulting Group, Inc. T.J. had this to say about the product launch, "We are zealously devoted to the idea that the productivity of a person using a PC can always be improved to their advantage and we try to realize this ideal in both the books we write and in the software we develop. With DocLauncher, we reduce to a single click all the tedious steps ordinarily required to find, open, and interact with frequently used Office documents." Now T.J.'s really on a roll, "DocLauncher manages one-click dynamic lists of your favorite documents. We call these 'DocLauncher document lists.' You can use these lists from your Office application menu bars or from your system tray. Plus, DocLauncher supports any type of file: program executables, shortcut files, text files, HTML documents, and so on. You click a file in one of your document lists and DocLauncher smartly starts the proper parent application and opens the file. On top of that, our exclusive right-click pop-up technology allows a user to act on these files in ways not possible with Office's built-in interface. For example, you can zip any Office 2000 document and send it as an email attachment, all in just two clicks. Or with a mere two clicks see the contents of a document's parent folder displayed in Internet Explorer. All from inside Office!" PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000's feature list includes: * supports five fully customizable "document lists" (one each for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; one for Office via the system tray) * offers a choice between an Office application menu bar interface, system tray interface, or both * supports the following actions for files on any "document list" -- New, Open, Open Read-Only, Edit with Word, Edit with Notepad, Edit with FrontPage, Print, Quick View, Explore Folder, Zip in Place, Zip To (folder), Zip as Mail Attachment, Create Shortcut, Delete, Rename on Document List, Remove from Document List, and Properties * integrates with Internet Explorer's file context menu, providing embellished Send To PRIME DocLauncher and Add to PRIME DocLauncher commands * offers an Organizer interface for managing your document lists, including a document list backup and restore feature * provides DocLauncher Tips to help users quickly discover DocLauncher's features * uses Microsoft's latest MSI installation technology * uses Microsoft Office's COM add-in technology whereby a single add-in integrates with multiple Office applications * provides our one-click PRIME Updater for live updates over the Internet To me, DocLauncher's coolest feature is that with one click I can select any of my favorite Office documents and then -- without moving my mouse so much as a pixel -- immediately right-click that target file and see a complete list of actions I can perform on that document. I can have it zipped up, slammed into an email message as an attachment and send it winging through cyberspace instantly. This saves me a lot of time during the course of the day. Our exclusive implementation of right-click support while the mouse is hovering on a pop-up menu makes it possible for you to do what comes naturally when working with files: right-click to see a list of relevant actions. The other neat thing about DocLauncher is that it supports any file type. Even with non- Office documents, DocLauncher is smart enough to know which actions match to files by type, saving you time and dramatically increasing your productivity. Mike Craven, co-developer of this really handy Office utility, has this to say, "We've put a tremendous amount of work into implementing a familiar user interface (a list) that gives you the freedom to organize your files by importance and usage. Our exclusive right-click pop-up technology allows you to see all relevant file actions by simply clicking the right mouse button. DocLauncher is the end result of our team applying its hard-won expertise on Office products to every utility we make." PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000 requires Microsoft Office 2000 and is certified to run on Windows 95 (all versions), Windows 98 (all versions), Windows NT 4.0 (SP3 or later), and Windows 2000. PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000 is available immediately as fully functional shareware with a 15-day evaluation period, or can be purchased on our Web site. All PRIME products come with an unlimited, lifetime, no-questions asked, 100% money-back guarantee. PCG is a member of ZDNet's AnchorDesk Software Vendors' Hall of Fame. Sidebar: What Is a COM Add-in? ------------------------------ A Component Object Model (COM) add-in is a dynamic-link library (DLL) or an ActiveX executable file that is specially registered and can be loaded by any Office 2000 applications. You can create a COM add-in with Visual Basic 5.0, Visual Basic 6.0, or the Developer Edition of Office 2000. For more information on COM add-ins see: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?comaddin1 http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?comaddin2 For more information or to download or purchase PRIME DocLauncher for Office 2000, go to: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?stdprice You can reach Lee Hudspeth at: mailto:leehudspeth@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ Christmas is right around the corner! All of your COMPUTING GIFTS are 1 click away at: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?sponsor2 FEATURED ITEMS: Windows98 training-FREE!!; Norton System Works2000-$59.95; Office97 Learning Pack-$49.99; HPC200 Megapixel Digital Camera $299.97; Your own Internet home page from $4.95/month >>>> Sponsored by Computer Concierge, an independent TC for Hand Technolgies, Inc. +++-----------------------------------------------------------+++ ** 03. Before You Shop Til You Drop (by T.J. Lee) This holiday season retailers around the Internet are gearing up for a major gift buying frenzy. It's expected that $6 billion (US dollars) will be spent this year, nearly double what was spent last year online. Are you feeling shopper confident with your credit card in one hand and your mouse in the other? Maybe not. It's scary to plunk down your credit card on a cyber countertop. Will you get double- billed (either by accident or by design)? Will the company actually ship the goods you are ordering? There are some things you can do to ensure your cyber shopping goes smoothly when dealing with US companies. First stop is the Safe Shopping Org site put up by the American Bar Association. At this site you can bone up on the terminology and answers to common questions that cyber shoppers have about security, credit cards, terms, and the like. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?safeshopper Next stop is the Shopping Safely Online page by the Better Business Bureau. This page has eight great online shopping tips that everyone who buys online should be aware of. You can also find out more about their BBBOnLine Reliability program and the sites that are entitled to display their reliability and privacy logos. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?shoponline Armed with knowledge and smart online shopper tips, stop by TIME Digital's The 25 Best E-Commerce Sites page for a list of the best cyberstores, auction sites, shopping tools, guides, and gimmicks ever assembled. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?25best Another major player in the consumer site survey game, Forrester, has a site called Power Rankings that gives you their top rated sites for brokerages, computer sales, apparel, books, music, toys, games, flowers, and general merchandise. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?forrester And should things still go awry while trudging through the cyber- malls keep this URL handy. It's to the Computer Economics Internet Shopping Complaint Hotline page. Drop a dime on any eCommerce vendor that did not do right by you. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?hotline Here's hoping you all have a great holiday season and even if the cgi/perl/order form gremlins cause your online shopping to be less gratifying than it should be, remember this... you did not have to cruise up and down a mall parking lot for 30 minutes trying to find a parking space in the same county as the store you wanted to go in. You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ The Unofficial Guide to PCs "It's packed full of important knowledge and valuable tips that you can use to take full control of your computer." This is what readers have said about "The Unofficial Guide to PCs" from QUE. >From hardware to software this book has all the critical information you need to optimally maintain your personal computer. "I am just writing to tell you that last week I bought your book and three days later I finished it. It is without a doubt the best book I have read on computers ever." -- Andrew H. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?sponsor3 +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 04. Featured Product - Easy CD Creator Deluxe 4.0 (by Al Gordon) My colleagues recently have been writing about their recordable/rewritable CD-ROM experiences. Wimps. They went out and bought their drives now, when they work well and are cheap. Hey, REAL computer geeks buy hardware back when it is overpriced and buggy. In fact, they buy it before they even understand what they are doing. Yeah. Me. I purchased a SONY "Spressa" two years ago for my old PC, didn't like it much, and made a lot of "coasters" out of botched CDs. So when I bought a new system, I switched to a HP 8200. It came bundled with recording software from Adaptec, "Easy CD Creator." Nice drive, I thought. Then I bought the retail "Deluxe" version of the software, tried it with the SONY, and discovered that the problem wasn't the drive but the SONY proprietary software. Easy CD Creator is clearly the key to reliable CD creation on most brands of CD writers. All of which is by way of prologue to the news that Version 4.0 of "Easy CD Creator" is now on sale. Users of Version 3.5 may not find a compelling need to upgrade. 4.0 has a street price of $80-$85, with a $20 upgrade rebate for existing users. There isn't that much worth of new features, and Adaptec clearly is a member of the overpriced upgrade brigade. However, people who have the reduced-feature recording software bundled with CD-ROMs or who do a lot of disc "burning" will like the new version, which addresses several key limitations in version 3.5. Easy CD 4.0 does what the early versions did: create data or audio discs from individual files or CD tracks, create labels and jewel box covers, and copy CDs in one step. It does "packet writing" -- save files on rewritable CDs as if they were floppy discs. There also is a package of audio and graphics editors for those who lack them. (These are not particularly strong apps, so don't bother with them if you already have, for instance, Paint Shop Pro or Microsoft PhotoDraw for graphics or Cool Edit for sound files.) Version 4.0 performs all of its core functions better than ever. There is a new unifying interface that blends the various functions into a more seamless package. Version 3.5 treated each function as a separate application. Data CD creation seems faster, and there now is a verify feature to check a disc after recording. The disc copying utility allows "disc at once" one- click creation. HP label software is now included for simpler label production. But the biggest enhancements come for audio CDs, reflecting the current trend toward "burn your own" discs for music lovers. Launch the audio CD writer, and put a music CD in a drive to record it. CDDB -- the online CD database -- automatically is contacted and the application pulls down album and track name and timing information. So instead of seeing "track 1," etc. in Easy CD's Windows Explorer-like interface, you see actual song names - - which are then available for label creation and jewel box covers as well. You can change the spacing between tracks on your discs, and also do fade in/fade out effects. Basically, everything you need to really irritate the music industry. There is one annoying downside to the new release, though. Adaptec insists on putting automatic startup features into the Windows Registry rather than through startup group icons that can be bypassed on Windows start. I hate that, as typically one holds down the shift key to bypass startups precisely to boot up Windows without launching unnecessary background apps such as CD software. Those running NT and who aren't intimidated by Registry editing should -- after following the usual Registry backup precautions - - go directly to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and remove the Adaptec items, then create startup shortcuts. If you're using Windows 98 click on Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / System Information / Tools / System Configuration Editor. Then click the Startup tab and uncheck those items you don't want to start on boot. Or run the msconfig.exe program (Start / Run) that calls up the System Configuration Editor directly. Easy CD Creator V4.0 Deluxe for Windows 95/98/NT on Beyond.com: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?easycd You can reach Al Gordon at: mailto:algordon@TheNakedPC.com ** 05. Eudora Light and Eudora Pro Merge (by Dan Butler) QUALCOMM announced today that it would soon begin providing their full-featured Eudora Pro email client to users at no charge. You heard right, FREE! Eudora is a very popular email client that in the past had a limited feature freeware version and a more powerful commercial version that currently sells for $49.95. In the words of Qualcomm, "This represents a major, free upgrade for over 16 million existing Eudora Light users, and a powerful solution for other email users as well." Well, sorta. A free full-featured version of Eudora is nothing to sneeze at by any stretch of the imagination, but the deal is not quite that clear cut. What Qualcomm is doing is consolidating the freeware Light and the $49.95 Pro packages into a single product. But this one version of Eudora can operate in any of three modes. Light mode -- in light mode you get what you basically have now with Eudora Light. A featured limited version of the Eudora email client. It won't have any rotating advertising but will include a sponsor image or logo somewhere on the application. Sponsored mode -- here is really what this whole product change is all about. You get the full-featured version of Eudora Pro free but with rotating advertising. In effect, you get all the features and Qualcomm gets to sell ads on its software. A model not unlike a lot of free Internet products these days and one that is bound to appeal to many users. Paid mode -- this is the a la mode as it were. To get this mode - - full-featured, no rotating advertising -- you have to shell out $49.95; exactly the same price of the current Eudora Pro. While it appears that not much has really changed, the Sponsored mode really is a boon to users who can get all the features in Eudora Pro for free. While we've not seen the implementation, we don't expect the rotating ads to be more than a minor inconvenience. The release of this product is scheduled for sometime in the first quarter of 2000. There is, however, going to be a beta program beginning December 9th that is open to the first 250,000 users to download the beta software from the Qualcomm site. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?eudora You can reach Dan Butler at: mailto:danbutler@TheNakedPC.com ** 06. Featured Software Bargains Get it while it's free. McAfee VirusScan free after rebate. Plus you'll get a free copy of the Y2K Survival Kit. This is another item that would be good for any new computer users you know. Get them a virus scanner and then educate them on the best way to use it. You could be saving them a ton of grief down the road. If you have "The Unofficial Guide to PCs" you'll find our discussion of McAfee Virus scan on p. 216 along with other helpful tips on preparing for a disaster. Get your free copy of VirusScan at: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?mcafee1 Microsoft's popular Encarta 2000 multimedia encyclopedia is once again free after rebates. Help out any budding students you know or just find out some new information for yourself with over 36,000 articles on just about any subject conceivable. Grab your free copy at: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?encarta1 Note: rebates on Beyond.com are usually only available in the U.S.A. and Canada. Always check for current rebate availability before ordering as TNPC does not warrant or guarantee rebate offers mentioned on this page. If you know of other software or hardware bargains that would interest TNPC readers, send them to: mailto:bargains@TheNakedPC.com ** 07. Featured Book - "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren How interesting can a book entitled "How to Read a Book" be? It can prove to be one of the more useful books you've ever read. What you'll discover between the covers of this classic tome is how to extract and learn the information from any book you pick up. I first read this book halfway through my university stay and it made a total difference in how I have approached learning since then. This is one book I put on the must-read list for anyone looking to get past the hype (or lack thereof) and get to the truth -- even in TNPC! If you do any reading in the course of your day you owe it to yourself to get a copy of this great book. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?featuredbook ** 08. Featured FAQ - Yahoo! How-To Do you Yahoo!? For a quick tutorial on different ways to find information online give Yahoo! How-To a quick spin. As you might guess the information is slanted toward using the Yahoo! search engine but you'll find it useful no matter what search service you favor. Most tutorials overwhelm you with information but this one presents the information in a simple, straightforward manner. Be sure to check out the Tips and Tricks section where Yahoo!'s icons are explained. Now that I know what the little sunglasses mean I've got to get surfing! http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?faq ** 09. Featured Web Site - VolumeBuy A slightly different take on the "get a great deal on the net" idea. Unlike Priceline or other reverse auction sites, VolumeBuy lets you enter "pools" with like-minded buyers all after a given product. The more people in the pool, the greater the volume discount and the more you save. There are different types of pools that allow for variations on the time limits and discounts offered. You'll find pools for computer hardware, software, airline tickets, movie tickets, and more. None of us here at TNPC have had a chance to "jump in" any of VolumeBuy's pools but it is a very interesting site and the concept is intriguing. As always when buying on the Net you need to know exactly what it is you want to buy and what the real retail cost is so you know when you actually are getting a good value. If you've had any experience with VolumeBuy (or Priceline for that matter) drop T.J. a note telling him what you thought about it. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?volumebuy You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com +++-----------------------------------------------------------+++ WANT TO GET YOUR WORD OUT? Classified ads in The Naked PC can be yours for the ridiculously low price of $40 per issue. Get your message out to over 43,000 TNPC subscribers. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/tnpcadvertising.html?v2i25 +++-----------------------------------------------------------+++ ** 10. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff *-* If you use AOL you should be aware that your privacy agreement with AOL is or has expired and that AOL can now give your account information (like the types of sites you visit and the things you purchase) to Web marketers and other interested parties. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?news1 *-* Digital cameras are great but if you want a nice 35mm quality print all of a sudden it's not so great. Kodak has a service called QuickPrints that lets you upload your digital pics and they mail you back prints on photographic paper. But it's a pricey service costing a minimum of $3 for the service and 75 cents for a 4-inch-by-6-inch print. A new startup, Shutterfly.com hopes to challenge Kodak for this market. Pricing has not been announced but one can only hope they beat the Kodak prices. The Shutterfly.com site (http://www.shutterfly.com/) is not live as of this writing but should be open soon. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?news2 *-* Microsoft has put together an Office Tips and Tricks site where you can get "how-tos" and tips on your favorite Office programs. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?news3 *-* If all the virus hype of late ("EXPLORE.ZIP IS BACK!" "DO NOT DOUBLE-CLICK OR RUN THIS ATTACHMENT" "Cookie Monster steals credit card number") is bugging you, then do what we do when it all starts closing in on us... go over to Computer Virus Myths and read the December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd updates from Rob Rosenberger. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?news4 *-* Meanwhile, Microsoft has put together a collection of fully functional anti-virus software, free of charge for 90 days, to help you with virus detection through the critical season and year end dates. http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?news5 *-* And be sure to check the Annoyance Update page regularly: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/225/tr.cgi?officeupdate ** 11. We Get Mail - Comments and Tips from TNPC Readers TNPCer Ray Merriam checked in with a problem that was driving him nuts. Seems that Explorer was crashing all the time and he could not nail down the cause. Until he remembered he had changed some of the default fonts in Windows. 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