Saving lots of time and money on software

Monday, October 20th, 2008

For those of you who have been reading for awhile, you probably have some vague recollection of my praise for top 10 honoree www.download.com.  It’s that great place to find spyware free software downloads where you can truly “try before you buy”.

 However, here’s another way to save both time and money on software for those of you using Microsoft Office that you may not know about.

 Did you ever have to write a letter, build a spreadsheet or (ack!) a database and didn’t know where to start?  That blank “new document” staring you in the face can be quite daunting.  Instead, try www.office.microsoft.com and click on their “Templates” list at the top of the page.  Here you can find a template for just about anything–from building a personal budget to tracking a kitchen remodel to spreadsheets on “activity based depreciation” and project proposals. 

The best part is that they are all free and if you already know your way a little bit around the Office software suite, there’s no need to learn a whole new program.  No building painful spreadsheets with long formulas just to find that one line is wrong. No staring at a blank page when you need to write a business letter–get a head start. That saves a HUGE amount of time and free is a very good price!

Copyright 2008-2009 Kristin Delfau, author of Turbo-Mom's Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time a womens' personal finance book, and Aji Publishing.

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