Hello! Welcome to OfficeHelp.Biz July 2006 Newsletter. 

Table of Contents: 

• Introduction
   
• New ADVANCED Edition of the Calendar Plan Generator – 9 new features including 2 completely new calendar types
   
• FREE PC Tips – Two new articles published since our last newsletter  
  • Hiding / Unhiding windows folders on the hard disk
  • Record your own macros
      

Introduction

It’s been 6 months since our last newsletter (early December). Newsletters from OfficeHelp.Biz are only sent when there is relevant new content, as happen this month.

Our main product, the Excel based Calendar Plan Generator, has a brand new version with 9 brand new features, including 2 new types of Calendars (Monthly and Yearly), Outlook data import and FULL customization.

There are also 2 new FREE PC Tips, regarding privacy and Office automation. Check them below on this newsletters. Articles are completely free, just click on the title links.

As an EXTRA, only available to our newsletter subscribers, there is also a FREE download link for our PC TIPS in PDF file. Download 14 of our 16 PC tips in a single PDF file, for free. This product is usually commercial.

Calendar Plan Generator ADVANCED Edition

Generate ADVANCED Project style calendar plans, just by entering the tasks and associated data like it's name and the starting and end date. Use different colors and select a deadline terminator for each task. Indent each task to its level or sub-level. Change, save and email the resulting calendar as any other regular Microsoft® Excel file. Includes ADVANCED features like EXTRA plan types, detail filtering, optional fields, extra information of task bars, full customization and Outlook integration.

MORE INFORMATION? Check the ADVANCED Edition page!

Screen Shot from the resulting DAILY Microsoft® Excel File (Click to Enlarge)

Screen Shot from the resulting WEEKLY Microsoft® Excel File (Click to Enlarge)

Screen Shot from the resulting MONTHLY Microsoft® Excel File (Click to Enlarge)

Screen Shot from the resulting YEARLY Microsoft® Excel File (Click to Enlarge)

MORE INFORMATION? Check the ADVANCED Edition page!

The NEW ADVANCED Edition has several exclusive features not previously available:

• FULLY CUSTOMIZE the look of your calendars by defining  sample cells for each plan area: headers, task bars, backgrounds and columns widths. Set the plan to your look instead of manually formatting the output each time a plan is generated!
   

• EXTRA PLAN OPTIONS with Two Extra Plan Types - Monthly and Yearly in addition to the previously existing Daily and Weekly, all generated from the same task list!
   

• BETTER PLANS WITH LESS EFFORT with Optional Fields to easily add or remove heading columns, Improved Readability by including start and end dates directly on each task bar (Weekly and Monthly plans) and Detail Management - include or exclude task levels from plans to differentiate long-term (Monthly, Yearly) to short-term (Daily., Weekly) plans without having to write separated task lists!
    

• OUTLOOK Integration: Import tasks or calendar events from Outlook with a highly customizable setup!
   

• INVESTMENT PROTECTION for previous version customers, 100% compatible with previous version task lists, just copy/paste them into the ADVANCED Edition to benefit from the extra features!

MORE INFORMATION? Check the ADVANCED Edition page!

Screen Shot from the Microsoft® Excel Macro File (Click to Enlarge)

Consultant? Developer? Corporate IT? Make your own BRANDED version!!!

Rebrand messages and interface with YOUR logos and trademarks! Add missing features or adjust existing ones to your clients special needs. Supply it as your own product:

New FREE PC Tips

Two new PC Tips have been published since our last newsletter. Click on TITLES to read the full article:

1. Hiding / Unhiding windows folders on the harddisk - Sometimes, it is nice to be able to keep some secrets from prying eyes. It is possible, in a very simple manner, to hide windows folders so that they don't become visible when browsing or searching the harddisk. It is very easy to hide folders in Windows. These folders are not visible under the regular Windows folder settings, but in fact they may be made visible with a single tweak. This is very basic privacy. There is, however, the stronger possibility of encryption and the utilization of extra software to add an extra degree of privacy

• Create YOUR OWN Microsoft® Office Macros - Macros are software applications that run inside other applications, like Office packages. While some very sophisticated macros are real pieces of Software, demanding professional developers, ANYONE can create their own automation macros in any of the Microsoft® Office applications. They are very useful to extend the usefulness and productivity of the Office applications. As an example, in this website you can find, among others, Macros that build calendar plans using Excel and no extra software. Macros exist for all current Office applications, but only the most recent versions of Outlook (from 2000) support them (previous version have a different programming model). This article will use EXCEL for illustrations purposes, but in general its concepts will apply to all Microsoft® Office Applications.

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