Jim Coates

Q. I am a chef who just bought the Mastercook Suite in hopes of being able to catalog a huge number of recipes. The problem is, I cook better than...

A rose by any other name may, indeed, smell as sweet, but if you choose the wrong name it won't sell for diddly. Promoters of a high-powered seminar opening Wednesday...

Q. I use AOL primarily because of my employer. I also use Office 97. I like the integrated office features and would like to use Outlook Express to read and...

Jim Coates resumes writing new Ask Jim Why columns today. His Binary Beat column will return to Sundays on Sept. 13. Q. I understand that AOL's Parental Control feature is...

Q. I recently exchanged my 8X CD-ROM drive for a new 24X. When I play a game like Scrabble, where it is necessary to spend time deciding which tile to...

Q. I recently purchased a Gateway 266 MHz Pentium II, 64 megs of RAM, 5.0 gig hard drive, 12x-36x CD-ROM. I am self-employed, an insurance agent with a large company....

Q. Like everyone else, I get plenty of junk e-mail. Often they give instructions for reply and removal from their list. Other times I just write back telling them to...

Q. I'm Web-connected via MSN.com (the Microsoft Network). Lately I've been toying with the idea of creating a personal/family Web page. I understand that I will need space on a...

Q. When visiting certain Web sites, I frequently receive the following message: "You have received a `cookie' from (it gives the Web site address). Do you want to accept it?"...

Q. I am moving out of state. I subscribe to AOL. When I access my new number in New Jersey, what will happen? What will I have lost? Address book?...