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Discusses several project management software packages that include presentation-style graphics, such as Symantec's Time Line 4.0, Microsoft Project, and Micro Planner from Micro Planning International.

Discusses several types of methods for using a PC as an unattended work tool, and includes examples and specific products. Starting an unattended job; Task schedulers; Integrated routines; Costs savings; Automated file exchanges.

Reports how no man is an island, even if he's on the road with a laptop computer. Cellular modems, laptop fax boards and other telecommunication tools for business travelers are keeping people in touch with the people and data they left back at the office. INSET: Travel tips for the laptop communicator.;Radio days: Back to the.

Discusses how DOS continues to thrive in the face of a technologically superior successor, OS/2. It's more than just users' reluctance to make the switch; Improvements in interfaces, connectivity, memory usage and multitasking give DOS new vigor. INSET: Windows 3.0: OS/2 killer?, by C.O..

Gives advice for maintaining your hard disk. Software-based maintenance routines; Manufacturers; Prices; Life expectancy of a hard drive; What problems occur; Compatibility constraints. INSET: A hard disk glossary.;Bringing back the dead..

Describes four local area network (LAN) alternatives, their benefits, drawbacks, and prices. Peripheral-sharing devices; Data switches; Cableless connections; Bulletin boards. INSET: When you need a LAN, by C.O..

Discusses some of the reasons less than ten percent of printers currently in use have any color capabilities, and some of the changes, such as thermal transfer prints, expected in 1990. Obstacles; Prices; Benefits of color in reports and other documents; Advantages of dot matrix printers for color. INSET: Software's many hues, by C.O..

Examines four word processors and how they worked for desktop publishing tasks. WordPerfect 5.0; Microsoft Word 5.0; Ami Professional; Word 4.0 for the Mac; Results. INSET: When you need a desktop publisher..

Presents 13 ingenious utilities that solve routine problems. Among them are: PC Tools Deluxe 5.5; PC-Kwik Power Pak 1.35; and Grab Plus 5.5.

Discusses IBM's master plan for the overall connectivity of all classes of business computers. Should your office adopt this strategy; Pros; Cons. INSET: The mainframe advantage.;Minicomputer middlemen; PCs on the....

Explains how laptop computers can help the sales representative, the field engineer, the manager, and the creative type. Includes short descriptions of laptops by Toshiba, Compaq, and Zenith.

Explains that just now, computers are beginning to be integrated in the education system, and their immense possibilities are just beginning to enfold. Profiles uses in several schools; Curriculum changes; Costs. INSET: Status report.;Forecast..

Describes the advantages of form making software for businesses that would normally have forms made by a printing company. Time; Money; Flexibility and control.

Discusses the benefits and restrictions of a combined personal computer and facsimile device. INSET: Cost.;Convenience; Control; Filling the communications gap....

Describes the features of personal information managers (PIMs), organizing software for personal computers. Slow market acceptance; Comparison to outliners and database systems.

Presents ratings and performance benchmarks for six popular desktop publishing applications. GEM Desktop Publisher; Mac PageMaker; PC PageMaker; Quark XPress; Ready Set Go; Ventura Publisher; Includes brief reviews of several other desktop publishing applications. INSET: Desktop publishing on a budget, by M. Antonoff; What we tested....

Update on computer scanners, which, until recently have had few practical applications for personal computer users. Improved gray scale is production-quality; Scanners can also double as optical-character recognition and facsimile machines. INSET: What's new in OCR.;Scanning information..

Describes instances where a 80386-based personal computer is the preferred choice over the 80286 machine. Premature death knell of the 80286-based machines.

Discusses the advanced graphics features available in popular word processing programs for personal computers, such as Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. INSET: Belles lettres..

Describes the evolution of Microsoft Windows, from an attempt to mimic the Macintosh's graphical interface to its recent position as an important bridge to IBM's new Presentation Manager interface. INSET: Presentation Manager: Windows deja vu..

Unix, after 20 years, is emerging as the `fourth standard' operating system for desktop computers. It has always been popular as powerful, though user-unfriendly system. Explanation of why its popularity is on the rise. INSET: Racing against OS/2..

Desktop publishing is the chief reason scanners are finally selling, after an early entry to a market that wasn't ready for them. What's available today; Quality of scanned images; Applications. INSET: Letter-perfect scans..

A new breed of software is emerging to help with the random business activities performed daily. Called `personal information managers' (PIMs), these programs not only store and retrieve notes and phone numbers, they build relationships, display common elements and help you assign priorities. Description of software on the market; Examples. INSET: Alternative approaches to organization..

Facsimile machines, or fax, turn a piece of paper with words and pictures into digital information and send the data over phone lines, emitting a copy of the original at the target destination. PCs transmit computer files, but a PC fax system can do both. Why the merge of the two technologies is succeeding now; How to set up a PC fax system.

An expanded memory specification, EMS 4.0, allows developers and users to access up to 32Mb of RAM and to use the memory for both storing and running programs. Spreadsheet users will benefit immediately and other programs, such as word processors and database management programs, are being developed to take advantage of the extra available memory. Effect on hardware upgrades; Who will benefit; Compatibility with OS/2. INSET: EMS 4.0 sampler..

Discusses new data base management software. How these systems are helping information managers. INSET: Data Base programs..

Looks at the best of the full-featured word processing programs. The programs discussed are: WordPerfect 4.2, Microsoft Word 4.O, Ashton-Tate's MultiMate Advantage II, MicroPro's WordStar Professional 4.0, and IBM's DisplayWrite 4.

Lists the top ten myths concerning home offices, how they work, and who they are suited for. There are fewer distractions at home; Some quiet time with a PC will make you a better worker; You can set your own hours.

Describes the Open School, a public school in Los Angeles in which innovative teaching methods are combined with networked Macintosh computers which are part of each desk, to teach 300 students from all over the city.

Describes how laptop computers have allowed salespeople at City Provisioners, Inc. to provide more services in less time to their customers. Ordering time cut down; Increased personal communication with customers; Higher profits for customers.

Describes how the influx of nearly 19 million personal computers has allowed companies to focus more on products, services, and customers, and less on routine paperwork.

Describes how to manage personnel in an office who use their personal computers too much, past the point of productivity. Advises managers to allow for a learning period with the computer, but to know the technology well enough themselves to understand the time needed for productive use.

Briefly reviews several types of 2,400bps portable modems, such as the Stowaway 2400 from Vocal Technologies, the Hayes Personal Modem 2400 and a pop-up personal information manager (PIM), Info Select from Micro Logic.

Presents strong features of newest versions of major word processing package s. WordPerfect 5.0 raises expectation levels about performance; MicroSoft Word of fers breadth and depth of features; Lotus' Manuscript handles long, complex docume nts well.

Presents a user report on the Hyundai Super 386s microprocessor. Features; Capabilities.

Opinion. Argues that MS-DOS, not the newer OS/2, may be the operating system of choice for 1989 and beyond. OS/2's upgrade costs; Lack of applications for O S/2's graphical interface, the Presentation Manager; New DOS shell for MS-DOS 4.0.