I'm not going to buy Walmart or Microsoft at the start up stage as a speculator because I saw huge appreciation potential before anyone else... but I'll sift through the solid performers and try to find the corner cases that are neglected and get predictable and above market returns.

You could try Microsoft OneNote - has some handy features where you can pull in graphics, text etc. all into one document and save as a .pdf if you want.

Learn Microsoft Excel.

It feels as if Seattle is going through a tech-boom of some sort with Amazon,Google and Microsoft hiring like crazy!

Yes, lookup a Microsoft Mail Merge tutorial on YouTube.

;-)- You buy a house 'cause you want to buy an expensive perfume using the 1st month positive cashflow- Buy a car the 2nd month and use the positive cashflow to pay your monthly instalment or lease - Courtesy - Robert Kiyosaki- Write to Microsoft and YELL at them for not having a REI XBOX game!

Firefox, Opera, Maxthon and Safari adhere to web 2.0 design standards and have many Web 2.0 functions.There are positives and negatives, depending on your needs.Firefox, Safari Maxthon, and Opera have less risk to virus and other issues that plauge Microsoft products.

I was thinking of microsoft outlook and the calendar program but there has to be a better way.ThanksFD4

Folks - get a copy of Quicken, Quickbooks, Microsoft Money, Excel, or use Google's free spreadsheet and do it yourself.

Thanks guys, we've got a relatively strong economy here in western WA primarily due to Microsoft, Boeing, and multiple military bases.