Web Savvy: Smarter Ways to Search

Harry McCracken goes searching for search engines and finds some cool new tools.

Are you a word wrangler? A spreadsheet jockey? Make the most of Microsoft Office and its rivals with the help of these sites:

Woody's Office Portal: Home of busy message boards and an opinionated Microsoft Office newsletter.
About.com Desktop Publishing: The name doesn't say it all--this site also covers word processing and more.
Office Update: Microsoft's official Office site backs the suite with plentiful help and downloads (and relatively little promotional hype).
WordPerfect Universe: An online community of WordPerfect aficionados, plus links to other resources.
David McRitchie's Excel Pages: Number crunchers rejoice! Meaty articles and tutorials galore.

Contact PC World Executive Editor Harry McCracken at websavvy@pcworld.com.

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