Using search engines to solve problems

Search engines can be useful tools for much more than finding a specific organisation or web site.

For example:
Do you ever get frustrated with trying to get office applications to do something out of the ordinary, such as running a mail merge or entering a table of contents? Sometimes I find the application's own 'help' function a bit confusing. A colleague has just given a great tip. Enter what you are trying to do into one of the search engines such as http://www.everyclick.com/ and you will find a host of advice and information from a wide range of sources. Often this will be presented in an easy-to-follow format written by someone else who has been in the same boat as you.

Many thanks to Jeralyn for this tip.