Questions About Writing

Writing tends to be a lonely business and writers often don't know where to turn to get answers to, sometimes, quite ordinary problems. These Questions and Answers deal with Word for Windows problems and a number of computer problems that writers have asked us about.

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• How Can I Create a Desktop Icon For a Newly Installed Program?
  I have downloaded and installed a program called xyz.com but the logo doesn't seem to have come up on my desktop. How can I create an icon so that I can use the program?
  
  
• Is there any way to stop spam if you don't have a firewall?
  Is there any way to stop spam if you don't have a firewall?
  
  
• How can I make sure my computer is protected by a firewall?
  How can I make sure my computer is protected by a firewall?
  
  
• What is Spyware and do I need it?
  What is Spyware and do I need it?
  
  
• How do I work in several documents at once?
  How do I work in several documents at one time?
  
  
• How do you pronounce 'horcrux'?
  I've been reading Harry Potter and want to know: how do you actually pronounce 'horcrux' and 'horcruxes'?
  
  
• Should a competition story always have a title?
  When entering a writing competition, if not mentioned, should a short story have a title?
  
  
• Word 'Help' System
  Does Microsoft Word have a simple way of getting answers to questions?
  
  
• Outlook and spam
  I have a tremendous fan called Viagra. He writes to me every day sometimes 20 times. How can I set up a Spam box for him to leave his messages in?
  
  
• What is de-fragging?
  What is de-fragging? How and why should I do it?
  
  
• Large documents on computer
  Can I keep very large documents, say 50,000 words, on my computer?
  
  
• Where do deleted documents go?
  Where do all my deleted documents go to?
  
  
• Cookies disabled
  If a web site says your cookies are disabled which reduces the functionality of the site for you: what do you do?
  
  
• Envelopes and Labels
  Printing labels. If I go into Envelopes and Labels and select Labels, I can never sort the correct sizes out as I don’t speak metric. Can you help?
  
  
• Disappearing boxes and windows in MS Word
  In MS Word how do you get rid of something (a box or window) that suddenly overlaps a previous one on screen? How do you recover a piece that suddenly disappears off screen?
  
  
• Opening several Word documents at once
  When opening several Word documents, how can I select them from the file index collectively rather than individually?