Just when you thought life couldn't get any fuller, a new baby is on the way. Whether this is your first or your fifth, you're going to need all the help you can get with the arrangements. From birth announcements and shower invitations to a photo-based Web site about your new arrival, Microsoft Office Online can provide some useful tools to help make this a fun, joyous, and smooth transition for you and your bundle of joy.

A few more tips

Put all your Office programs to good use while you're planning for and celebrating the new addition to your family.

• Before the big day and the small person arrive, create a special distribution list that includes all the people you want to share the news with. That way, you'll be sure not to miss anyone in the excitement and exhaustion of those first few days.
• Use FrontPage to build a Web site where you can post news and pictures for friends and relatives to ooo and aww over.
• Create a PowerPoint photo album to print, publish to the Web, or send to all the folks on that distribution list. If they don't have PowerPoint, they can always download PowerPoint Viewer 2003.

Better than a nanny?

Office can't get up in the middle of the night and change a diaper. But if you put it to work, it can help you plan for one of the most joyous times in your life by taking care of some of the details.