Note that some of these tips
may no longer be valid for some versions of programs or just don't apply any
longer.
2010
SAVE A WORD DOCUMENT IN ANOTHER FORMAT
OR IN AN OLDER VERSION OF WORD
a. Click
b. Click down arrow
in Save As Type box.
c. Click format for
saving this document and click Save.
Note: Use Text Only (or Plain Text) if you
are unsure of format
you’ll need. The RTF (Rich Text Format) may
maintain some of
the text formatting but may not be readable
by others.
Note: User Word 97-2003 to save this document
into an
older version of Word.
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INSERT AN ACCENTED
LETTER WITHIN ANY PROGRAM
Note: You will not
actually SEE the accented 'e' below because
special characters
are often stripped out when you use them in
an email message you
send. You may see it when you type it
within the email
message but it MAY not appear as typed when
some recipients open
and read the email message at their end.
The following tip
allows you to automatically insert a letter with
an accent mark in one
step. For example, if you want to type 'Jose'
with the accented 'e' try the following:
a. Click Start - All
Programs - Accessories - System Tools -
Character Map
b. Click on accented
e in the chart and note the keyboard
shortcut of ALT+0233
in the bottom right corner.
Note: Thereafter,
after you type 'Jos' portion, type ALT+0233 and
you will see Jose
with an accented 'e' on the screen.
Note: Use the numbers on the numeric keypad
portion of your
keyboard -- not the numbers that appear
horizontally across
the top of the letters near the top of the
keyboard. Many laptops
embed the numeric keypad with the letters.
For example,
the number '0' may share a key with the
letter 'M.' To use the
'0' variation, you will probably need to
press the NumLock key
before typing the number.
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INSERT A PICTURE OR OTHER OBJECT IN WORD
a. Click to move
insertion point to desired location for picture.
b. Click INSERT - PICTURE
in ILLUSTRATIONS section
(or INSERT - PICTURE
- FROM FILE in Office 2003)
c. Switch to the
location of the picture you want to insert.
d. Click on picture.
e. Click INSERT (if necessary).
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USING FANCY TEXT AND OTHER FEATURES
IN EMAIL MESSAGES
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/fancy.htm
OBTAIN ADDITIONAL CLIPART FROM
MICROSOFT TO USE IN OFFICE PROGRAMS
Note: The following
works only if you have access to the Internet.
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click INSERT -
PICTURE - CLIPART.
b. Click Clips Online
(or similar wording) at bottom right of screen.
Office 2007:
c. Click INSERT -
CLIPART (in ILLUSTRATIONS section)
d. Click Clip Art on Office Online at bottom
right of screen.
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INSERT A DATE IN EXCEL THAT REMAINS
CURRENT WITH YOUR SYSTEM'S DATE
a. Click in an empty cell.
b. Type =TODAY() and press ENTER.
Note: Replace TODAY with NOW if you want to
insert both current
date and current time.
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REDUCING SPAM FOR EVERYONE
Often we forward emails to others without properly deleting
other email addresses contained within the email message.
When you are actually reading a message, it CANNOT be
edited.
However, when you click Forward to send this message
to someone else, the original message within this
email CAN be edited.
To reduce the likelihood that spammers will one day receive
and 'harvest' (gather) the email addresses contained in
that message, DELETE them before you actually send the
message.
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HIDE CONTENTS OF ROWS OR COLUMNS
IN EXCEL
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Highlight the rows or columns you want to hide.
b. Click FORMAT - CELLS.
c. Click Number tab at top of Format Cells dialog box.
d. Click Custom in the Category column.
e. Click and drag to highlight the contents of the Type field to the right.
Note: What you are highlighting probably says 'General.'
f. Type ;;; (that's 3 semicolons) and click OK.
Office 2007:
a. Highlight the rows or columns you want to hide.
b. Click HOME - FORMAT (in CELLS section)
c. Click HIDE & UNHIDE (in VISIBILITY section).
d. Click HIDE ROWS or HIDE COLUMNS.
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FIND A FILE IN WINDOWS
Windows
Vista/7
a.
Click Start button and click inside the Search field just above
the
Start button.
b.
Type what you are searching for in the Search field and press Enter.
Note: The Windows Search Utility
automatically displays files
and folders that either include your keyword
in the file/folder
name or include the keyword in the text of
the file.
Windows
98/ME/XP
a.
Click Start - Search (or similar wording).
b.
Click All Files & Folders (or similar wording).
c.
Type name of file in 'All or Part of the File Name' field
(or
similar wording).
d.
Verify that Look In field indicates your Hard Drive.
e.
Click Search (or similar wording).
Note:
Or click the down arrow to the right of the Look In
field
above and click
My
Documents if you want to narrow down your search to
just
this folder.
f.
When search is finished, click VIEW - DETAILS.
Note:
You can then sort the various columns in the listing by
clicking
the gray button at the top of a column.
Note:
You can also use the Windows Search Utility to search for
exact
wording within a document, the date a document was
created,
and more.
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PASTE TEXT FROM WORD INTO EXCEL
AS AN OBJECT
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Highlight text in Word and click EDIT -
COPY.
b. Click in a cell in Excel.
c. Click EDIT - PASTE SPECIAL - PICTURE.
Note: The text will appear in a single box
that sits on top of the
Excel cells. It can be moved, resized,
colored, etc. as desired.
Office 2007:
d. Highlight text in Word and click HOME -
COPY
. . . . .
(in CLIPBOARD section).
e. Click in a cell in Excel.
f. Click HOME - down arrow beneath PASTE and
click
. . . . .
PASTE SPECIAL.
g. Click to place a dot by Paste and click to
highlight Picture in the list.
Note: The text will appear in a single box
that sits on top of the Excel
. . . . . cells. It can be moved, resized,
colored, etc. as desired.
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CHANGE SYSTEM RESTORE SETTINGS IN WINDOWS
Note: Windows ME/XP/Vista/7 all include
System Restore which
automatically saves restore points at regular
intervals so you can
revert your system to a point in the recent
past before a problem
occurred.
Although this feature can be helpful, it does
use varying
amounts of hard drive space depending on how
much total space
is devoted to this utility. In addition, when
you do choose to revert your
system to a prior point, you will likely lose
some settings/information
that you may not want to lose.
To check or change System Restore settings in
Windows ME/XP/Vista,
do the following:
Windows ME/XP
a. Click Start - All Programs - Accessories -
System Tools -
. . . . . System Restore.
b. Follow directions on the screen.
Windows Vista
c. Click Start button - Control Panel.
d. Click System Protection link under Tasks
on left side of dialog box.
e. Follow directions on the screen.
Windows 7
f. Click Start button - Control Panel.
g. Click System.
h. Click System Protection link under Tasks
on left side of dialog box.
i. Follow directions on the screen.
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PASSWORD PROTECT AN EXCEL OR WORD FILE
a. Click FILE - SAVE AS (or OFFICE BUTTON -
. . . . SAVE AS in Office 2007).
b. Click down-facing arrow to right of Tools
button in top toolbar
. . . . (or click Tools button at bottom of
dialog box in Office 2007).
c. Click General Options (or Options in some
versions).
d. Type password in the Password... box and
click OK.
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SELECT MULTIPLE FILES THAT ARE
ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER IN WINDOWS
a. Display list of files on your screen.
b. Click on the name of the first file in the
list you want to select.
c. While holding down the SHIFT key on your
keyboard,
. . . . . click the mouse on the last file to
select.
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SELECT MULTIPLE FILES THAT ARE NOT
ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER IN WINDOWS
a. Display list of files on your screen.
b. Click on the name of the first file you
wish to select.
c. While holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard,
. . . . . click the mouse on each additional
file you want to select.
2009
TURN GRIDLINES ON OR OFF FOR PRINTOUTS IN
EXCEL
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click FILE - PAGE SETUP.
b. Click Sheet tab in Page Setup dialog box.
c. Check or uncheck the Gridlines check box
in the
Print area and click OK.
Note: Group worksheets if you want this
setting to apply to
more than 1 worksheet.
Office 2007:
d. Click PAGE LAYOUT.
e. Click small diagonal arrow at bottom right
of PAGE section.
f. Click Sheet tab in Page Setup dialog box.
g. Check or uncheck the Gridlines check box
in the
Print area and click OK.
Note: Group worksheets if you want this
setting to apply to
more than 1 worksheet.
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ADJUST WINDOWS POWER MANAGEMENT
SETTINGS
a. Right-click on blank portion of Desktop
and click Properties
(Personalize in Vista and Win 7).
b. Click Screen Saver tab (Screen Saver link
in Vista and Win 7).
c. Click Change Power Settings link near
bottom-right of
dialog box and click Power button.
d. In Windows 98/ME/XP only: Click Power
Schemes.
e. Make changes.
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INSERT A SYMBOL IN MICROSOFT WORD
a.
Click to place insertion point where you want to insert the symbol.
b.
Click INSERT - SYMBOL (or INSERT - SYMBOL -
.
. . . . MORE SYMBOLS in Office 2007).
c.
Click down arrow to right of Font box.
d.
Click on name of a font to see display of symbols associated
.
. . . . with this font (examples: Wingdings or Symbol are two good
.
. . . . font choices that offer many different symbols).
e. Click on desired symbol.
f. Click Insert and click Close.
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DELETE BROWSER TOOLBARS
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/toolbars.htm
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PRINT LABELS WITH THE SAME INFORMATION
ON EACH LABEL IN MICROSOFT WORD
Office XP/2003:
a. Click TOOLS - LETTERS AND MAILINGS -
. . . . . ENVELOPES AND LABELS.
b. Continue with Step g below.
Office 97/2000
c. Click TOOLS - ENVELOPES AND LABELS.
d. Continue with Step g below.
Office 2007:
e. Click MAILINGS - LABELS.
f. Continue with Step g below.
Continue Here for All Versions:
g. Click LABELS tab in Envelopes and Labels box; type text
. . . . .for the label.
h. Insert label sheet(s) in printer.
i. Click to place a dot by 'Full Page of the Same Label.'
j. Click on sample picture of label and choose correct label style
. . . . . for your labels.
k. Click Print button.
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DEFINITIONS OF CONFUSING INTERNET
TERMINILOGIES
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/jargon.htm
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HIDE TEXT IN MICROSOFT WORD
a. Highlight text you
want to hide.
b.
While holding down the Shift and Ctrl keys on the keyboard
press
the H key and release all.
Note:
You can display hidden text if you click the pilcrow symbol.
(backwards
P) symbol in the toolbar.
Note: You can remove this feature by
repeating these steps
on the same text.
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IMPORT DATA FROM ANOTHER SOURCE
INTO MICROSOFT EXCEL
Office
97/2000/XP/2003:
a.
Click HELP - MICROSOFT EXCEL HELP.
b.
Type Import External Data in the Search field on the right side
of
the screen.
c.
Click arrow to right of this field.
d.
Click subtopic for more information.
Office
2007:
e.
Click HELP button in upper right corner of screen.
f.
Type Import External Data in the Search field of the Help dialog box.
g.
Click Search.
h. Read directions on the screen.
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TURN OFF AUTOARRANGE FEATURE ON
WINDOWS DESKTOP SCREEN
Windows
98/ME/2000/XP:
a.
Right-click on blank portion of Desktop; click Arrange Icons By
b.
Click Auto Arrange if there's a checkmark beside it.
Windows
Vista:
c.
Right-click on blank portion of Desktop.
d.
Click View.
e. Click Align to Grid if there's a checkmark
beside it.
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FREEZE CELLS IN EXCEL
a.
Click in a cell that contains data.
b.
Click WINDOW - FREEZE PANES VIEW - FREEZE PANES -
FREEZE
PANES in Office 2007) and note that 2 Freeze Bars
appear
on the screen.
c.
Scroll horizontally and vertically to see how Freeze Bars work.
Note:
Freeze bars always appear immediately BEFORE the cell
you
first select.
d. Click WINDOW - UNFREEZE PANES (or VIEW -
FREEZE PANES -
UNFREEZE PANES in Office 2007)
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CHANGE RECYCLE BIN SETTINGS
IN WINDOWS
a.
On Windows Desktop screen, right click on Recycle Bin icon.
b.
Click Properties.
c.
In Windows 98/ME/XP only: Click Global tab in Properties
dialog
box.
d. Make changes as desired and click OK when
done.
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Converting a PDF file to Word
(from Kim Komando -- komando.com)
Question:
How do I convert a scanned PDF file to a Word
file?
I need to do this so I can e-mail my resume
out for jobs.
Answer:
I usually tell people to send their résumés
in the body of their
e-mail. Many corporate e-mail systems strip
attachments.
But if you're following the company's
directions, you should be OK.
So, let me explain a bit about scanned PDF files.
Then, I'll
discuss converting them to Word documents.
A scanned PDF is simply a document that has
been imported
with a scanner. The scanner takes a picture
of a document,
which is placed inside a PDF. There is no
text, per se.
Rather, the text is part of the image. In a
regular PDF document,
the text is not part of an image.
To convert to Word, use optical character
recognition (OCR)
software. This extracts the text from the
image. It places the
text in a document so that it can be edited.
For example, the
text can be placed in a Word file.
The text could also be placed in a PDF file.
That way, it can
be edited with a program like Acrobat. Or,
you can search for
text within the PDF file. (If the text is
part of an image in a
PDF file, it can't be searched.)
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RECORD AUDIO IN POWERPOINT
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
- Click SLIDE
Office 2007:
- Click SLIDE SHOW - RECORD NARRATION
(in SETUP section).
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SHARING FILES IN VARIOUS VERSIONS OF OFFICE
If you are using Office 2007 and want to
share files with colleagues
using an older version of Office, you should
download the
Compatibility Pack from
http://snipurl.com/mscomp (or go to
http://www.microsoft.com and search for
Office 2007 Compatibility Pack).
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CHECK CAPACITY OF YOUR HARD DISK DRIVE IN
WINDOWS
a.
Double-click to open My Computer
(or
click Start button - Computer in Win Vista).
b.
Right-click on icon that represents your hard disk drive
(usually
C Drive).
c. Click Properties; click General tab.
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SELECT NON-ADJACENT CELLS IN
EXCEL
a. Click and drag to highlight cells.
b. While holding down the CTRL key, click and drag to highlight
non-adjacent cells.
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USE MAIL MERGE TO CREATE MAILIING
LABELS IN WORD
Go to http://www.iteachyou.com/merge.htm for directions.
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HARD DRIVE ERASER
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
Free, highly-respected program for completely
eliminating all information on your hard disk
drive.
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CHANGE
FORMAT OF A DATE IN EXCEL
a.
Highlight a column or just specific cells you want to affect.
b.
Office 2007 only: Click HOME - FORMAT (in CELLS section)
c.
Click FORMAT - CELLS
d. Click Number tab; click Date in Category
list and follow directions
on the screen.
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CREATE MULTIPLE COLUMNS IN WORD
a. Click FORMAT - COLUMNS (or
b. Follow the directions on the screen.
2008
CHANGE DEFAULT SETTINGS IN EXCEL
Office
97/2000/XP/2003:
a.
Click TOOLS - OPTIONS and make choices.
Office
2007:
b.
Click OFFICE BUTTON; click Excel Options button (bottom right).
c.
Click one of the words on the left side of Excel Options dialog box.
d. Make changes as desired.
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CHECK OR CHANGE DEFAULT SETTINGS IN WINDOWS
Windows 98/ME/XP:
a. Click Start -
Control Panel (or Start - Settings - Control Panel).
b. Click Switch to
Classic View if you see it listed on the left side
of your screen.
c. Check or make
changes as desired.
Windows
d. Click Start button
- Control Panel.
e. If there is no dot
to the left of 'Classic View' then click on these
words to add a dot.
f. Double-click to
open System and click the General tab in the
dialog box.
g. Check or make
changes as desired.
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PRINT COLUMN HEADINGS AT TOP
OF EACH PAGE IN EXCEL
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click FILE - PAGE SETUP.
b. Click Sheet tab in Page Setup dialog box.
c. Click in Rows to Repeat at Top field.
d. Type range of cells that contain column
headings to repeat.
(For example: A1:G1)
Office 2007:
e. Click PAGE LAYOUT.
f. Click small diagonal arrow at bottom right
of PAGE SETUP section.
g. Click Sheet tab in Page Setup dialog box.
h. Click in Rows to Repeat at Top field.
i. Type range of cells that contain column
headings to repeat.
(For example: A1:G1)
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PRINT A COMPLETE LIST OF WORD KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS
All Versions:
a. Click TOOLS - MACRO - MACROS (or DEVELOPER
- MACROS
in Office 2007).
b. Click down-facing arrow to the right of
the 'Macros In' field.
c. Click Word Commands; scroll down and click
List Commands.
d. Click Run.
e. Click to place dot by 'Current Menu and
Keyboard...' in dialog box.
f. Click OK.
g. Click FILE - PRINT and click OK if you
want to print out the
entire 9-page list.
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MAXIMIZE THE SIZE OF A WINDOW
Double-click on the blue Title Bar for a
window you want to maximize
so it fills your screen.
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DISPLAY GRIDLINES ON THE SCREEN IN WORD
Office
2000/XP/2003:
a.
Click VIEW-TOOLBARS; click (if necessary) to place
checkmark
by Drawing.
b.
Click Draw button in Drawing toolbar.
c.
Click Grid.
d.
Click Display Gridlines on Screen.
e.
Make changes as needed and click OK.
Office
2007:
f. Click VIEW - GRIDLINES (in SHOW/HIDE
section).
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LOCK AN ENTIRE EXCEL WORKBOOK
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click TOOLS - PROTECTION and follow
directions on screen.
Office 2007:
b. Click HOME - FORMAT (in CELLS section).
c. Click PROTECT SHEET (in PROTECTION
section) and follow
directions on screen.
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WET CELL PHONE?
If your cell phone becomes wet, try the
following:
- Remove the battery.
- Pack the battery in dry white rice
overnight.
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In the next several issues of Net Happenings,
I will be including
tips that list 'how to' steps for both
Windows XP and
Windows
Occasionally I will also include 'how to'
steps for both
Office XP/2003 and Office 2007.
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TURN ON FILE EXTENSIONS
Windows 98/ME/XP
a. Double-click to open My Computer on your
Windows Desktop.
b. Click TOOLS - FOLDER OPTIONS.
c. Click View tab in dialog box.
d. Click (if necessary) to remove checkmark
by 'Hide Extensions
for Known File Types.'
e. Click Apply and OK.
Windows
a. Click Start button - Control Panel.
b. Double-click to open Folder Options.
c. Click View tab in dialog box.
d. Click (if necessary) to remove checkmark
by 'Hide Extensions
for Known File Types.'
e. Click Apply and OK.
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CHANGE MARGINS IN WORD
Word 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click FILE - PAGE SETUP.
b. Click MARGINS tab in PAGE SETUP dialog
box.
c. Change margins as desired.
d. Click OK.
Word 2007:
a. Click PAGE LAYOUT - MARGINS (in PAGE SETUP
section).
b. Change margins as desired.
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BETTER RESULTS WITH GOOGLE
When using Google.com to search for
something, try the following…
- Go to http://www.google.com
- Click Advanced Search
This allows you to add or eliminate keywords
in your search.
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MODIFY GRAPHIC IN POWERPOINT
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Right-click in center of graphic.
b. Click Format Picture.
c. Click Picture tab; change cropping and
brightness as desired.
d. Click additional tabs and make changes as
desired.
e. Click OK when done.
Office 2007:
f. Click in center of graphic.
g. Click FORMAT - CROP (in SIZE section).
h. Click and drag brackets around graphic to
crop as desired.
i. Click BRIGHTNESS (in ADJUST section) and
select desired
brightness.
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ADD AN ACCENT MARK TO A VOWEL IN WORD
A good friend's last name is Dave (with an
accent on the final e)
- While holding down the CTRL key on your
keyboard, press the '
(apostrophe) key and release both keys.
- Immediately type the letter e which should
create an accented letter e.
Note: Although you may be able to copy and
paste a word that includes
this accent mark from Word to an email
message, there is no guarantee
that your recipient(s) will see the accent
mark at the receiving end. It
depends on what email option they are using.
The accent mark may
either be missing in the email message or you
might see something
like the following for the name Dave: ...
last name is Dav(91)e(92) ...
if their email program can't properly
interpret the accented e.
However, use it in Word anytime and it should
work fine.
On a Mac?
For the Mac: hold down the Option key, press
E, then the vowel you
want accented.
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Create PDFs for free
(from komando.com)
http://www.primopdf.com/
PDF stands for Portable Document File. PDFs
appear identically
on all computer systems. They can be opened
with the free
Adobe Reader.
Adobe Acrobat also sells a program that
allows you to create
PDFs; however the price of this program is
quite high.
PrimoPDF is a free alternative program for
creating PDFs.
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MICROSOFT COMPATIBILITY PACK
If you receive a file that was created with
Office 2007 and you are
using a prior version of Office, you need to
obtain the Office 2007
Compatibility Pack in order to open the file.
Go to http://www.microsoft.com
Search for 'Office 2007 compatibility pack'
(without the quotes).
If you are using Office 2007 and want to share files with
colleagues using an older version of Office, you should download
the Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack from
http://snipurl.com/mscomp (or go to
http://www.microsoft.com
and search for Office 2007 Compatibility Pack).
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ACCESS YOUR FAVORITES/BOOKMARKS ONLINE
EVEN WHEN YOU ARE AT A DIFFERENT COMPUTER
The following options are both popular and free...
- http://del.icio.us
- http://furl.net
... and are referred to as social bookmarking sites -- others can see
your bookmarks and vice versa. However, with Furl, you can make
your bookmarks private if you wish.
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ADD HYPERLINK IN POWERPOINT
... Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click Slide Sorter View button.
b. Double-click on Slide 2 to switch to Slide View (Normal View
in some versions) of this slide.
c. Click and drag to highlight the words www.iteachyou.com.
d. Click SLIDE SHOW - ACTION SETTINGS.
e. Click Mouse Click tab in Action Settings dialog box.
f. Click to place a dot by Hyperlink To.
g. Click down-facing arrow to right of Hyperlink To field,
scroll down, and click URL in the list.
h. Type the full Web address for the link (e.http://www.iteachyou.com).
i. Click OK 2 times.
... Office 2007:
j. Click Slide Sorter View button.
k. Double-click on Slide 2 to switch to Slide View of this slide.
l. Click and drag to highlight the words www.iteachyou.com.
m. Click INSERT - HYPERLINK (in LINKS section).
n. Click in Address field at the bottom of the Insert Hyperlink
dialog box and type the full Web address for
the link
(e.g. http://www.iteachyou.com).
o. Click OK.
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UNDERSTANDING PROBLEMS WITH PRINTING WEBPAGES
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/print.htm
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SELECT NON-ADJACENT CELLS IN MICROSOFT EXCEL
a. Click and drag to highlight cells.
b. While holding down the CTRL key, click and drag to highlight
non-adjacent cells.
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CLICKING WRONG LINK ON A WEBPAGE
If you click the wrong link on a Webpage, try one of the following:
- Press Esc key on your keyboard which stops loading the Webpage.
or
- Click Stop button in your browser's toolbar.
Depending on how much of the Webpage has loaded, you may
still need to click the Back button in your
browser's toolbar to return
to where you were.
Note: If you've click the wrong link and still have your left mouse button
pressed down, just drag your mouse pointer
off the link to a blank
portion of the screen and release the mouse
button.
2007
I am frequently asked how to create mailing
labels using Microsoft
Word. Following are 3 options that each
produce different results.
Option 1: Print Labels with the Same Information on Each Label
Option 2: Print Labels with Different Information Manually Typed on
Each Label
Option 3: Print Labels using Mail Merge to Combine the Data from
One File with the Label Form in Word.
. . . . .
Option 1: Print Labels with the Same Information on Each Label
OFFICE XP/2003:
a. Click TOOLS - LETTERS
ENVELOPES
b. Continue with Step g below.
OFFICE 97/2000:
c. Click TOOLS - ENVELOPES
d. Continue with Step g below.
OFFICE 2007:
e. Click MAILINGS - LABELS.
f. Continue with Step g below.
CONTINUE HERE FOR
g. Click LABELS tab in Envelopes and Labels box; type text
for the label.
h. Insert label sheet(s) in printer.
i. Click to place a dot by "Full Page of the Same Label."
j. Click Print button.
. . . . .
Option 2: Print Labels with Different Information Manually Typed
on Each Label
OFFICE 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click
GENERAL TEMPLATES for some versions).
b. Click Letters and Faxes tab; double-click Mailing Label wizard icon.
c. In Office Assistant bubble, click Create One Label or a Page of the
Same Label and OK.
d. In Envelopes and Labels dialog box, click Options.
e. In Options dialog box, under Product Number, select correct label
type and click OK.
f. In Envelopes and Labels dialog box, click New Document.
g. After a table with faint gridlines displays, type different addresses
in the cells.
OFFICE 2007:
h. Click MAILINGS - LABELS (in CREATE section).
i. Click Labels tab in Envelopes and Labels dialog box.
j. Click Options button.
k. Make choices in Label Options dialog box and click OK.
l. Click to place a dot by "Full Page of the Same Label."
m. Click New Document button.
n. After a table with faint gridlines displays, type different addresses
in the cells.
. . . . .
Option 3: Print Labels using Mail Merge to Combine the Data from
One File with the Label Form in Word
Go to http://www.iteachyou.com/merge.htm
and follow the directions
on the screen.
Note: These instructions currently only apply to Word 2003 and prior
versions -- not to Word 2007.
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INSERT A FOOTNOTE IN MICROSOFT WORD
* Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Position cursor at location for footnote in document;
click INSERT - REFERENCE - FOOTNOTE (click INSERT -
FOOTNOTE in Off 97/2000) and click Insert (or OK).
b. Type footnote text; when done, click in body of document.
* Office 2007:
c. Position cursor at location for footnote in document.
d. Click REFERENCES - INSERT FOOTNOTE (in FOOTNOTES section).
e. Type footnote text; when done, click in body of document.
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HIDE CONTENTS OF CELLS IN MICROSOFT EXCEL
* Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Highlight the rows or columns you want to hide.
b. Click FORMAT - CELLS.
c. Click Number tab at top of Format Cells dialog box.
d. Click Custom in the Category column.
e. Click and drag to highlight the contents of the Type field
to the right.
Note: What you are highlighting probably says 'General.'
f. Type ;;; (that's 3 semicolons) and click OK.
* Office 2007:
g. Highlight the rows or columns you want to hide.
h. Click HOME - FORMAT (in CELLS section)
i. Click HIDE and UNHIDE (in VISIBILITY section).
j. Click HIDE ROWS or HIDE COLUMNS.
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INSERT A 'LANDSCAPE' PAGE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A 'PORTRAIT' DOCUMENT IN MICROSOFT WORD
a. Click at the start of the page that is to
be in 'landscape' format.
b. Click INSERT-BREAK; click to place a dot by Continuous and
click OK.
c. Click at the end of the page that is to be in 'landscape' format.
d. Click INSERT-BREAK; click to place a dot by Continuous and
click OK.
e. Click just before the first word in the page that will be converted
to landscape.
f. Click FILE-PAGE SETUP; click Margins tab; click Landscape;
click OK.
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TURN GRIDLINES ON OR OFF WHEN
PRINTING A MICROSOFT EXCEL SPREADSHEET
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click FILE - PAGE SETUP.
b. Click Sheet tab in Page Setup dialog box.
c. Check or uncheck the Gridlines check box in the Print area
and click OK.
Note: Group worksheets if you want this setting to apply to
more than 1 worksheet.
Office 2007:
d. Click PAGE LAYOUT.
e. Click small diagonal arrow at bottom right of PAGE SETUP
section.
f. Click Sheet tab in Page Setup dialog box.
g. Check or uncheck the Gridlines check box in the Print area
and click OK.
Note: Group worksheets if you want this setting to apply
to more than 1 worksheet.
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HUMMING NOISE IN YOUR COMPUTER'S SPEAKERS
A humming noise can occur when the volume
dial for your speakers
is turned up to a high level. To adjust the volume setting within
Windows XP or
a. Click Start button - Control Panel.
b. Open Sounds (wording varies with version and settings)
c. Change sound levels to at least 80 percent.
d. Click OK (or similar) maintain this setting in Windows.
e. Turn down the volume dial for your speakers.
If this doesn't work, then you may have another electronic
component placed too close to the speakers, thus causing the
noise.
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DISPLAY NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN
VARIOUS WAYS IN MS EXCEL
a. Highlight a column or just specific cells you want to affect.
b. Office 2007 only: Click HOME - FORMAT (in CELLS section)
c. Click FORMAT - CELLS.
d. Click Number tab in dialog box; click Number in the Category list.
e. Make choice in the Negative Numbers field of how you want negative numbers
to display.
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FINDING YOUR NAME ON THE INTERNET
It's fun (and sometimes alarming) to find references to YOU
on the Internet. Try the following:
- Go to http://www.google.com
- Type "your full name" within quotes in the search field
(e.g., "Gini Pedersen")
- Click Google Search button.
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ADD HYPERLINK IN POWERPOINT
Office 97/2000/XP/2003:
a. Click Slide Sorter View button.
b. Double-click on Slide 2 to switch to Slide View (Normal View
in some versions) of this slide.
c. Click and drag to highlight the words www.iteachyou.com.
d. Click SLIDE SHOW - ACTION SETTINGS.
e. Click Mouse Click tab in Action Settings dialog box.
f. Click to place a dot by Hyperlink To.
g. Click down-facing arrow to right of Hyperlink To field,
scroll down, and click URL in the list.
h. Type the full Web address for the link (http://www.iteachyou.com).
i. Click OK 2 times.
Office 2007:
j. Click Slide Sorter View button.
k. Double-click on Slide 2 to switch to Slide View of this slide.
l. Click and drag to highlight the words www.iteachyou.com.
m. Click INSERT - HYPERLINK (in LINKS section).
n. Click in Address field at the bottom of the Insert Hyperlink
dialog box and type the full Web address for the link
(e.g. http://www.iteachyou.com).
o. Click OK.
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MICROSOFT WORD -- INSERT A DROP CAP AT THE
START OF A PARAGRAPH
- Highlight first letter in a paragraph.
- Click FORMAT-DROP CAP and make selections.
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WRAP TEXT AROUND A PICTURE IN MICROSOFT WORD
- Right-click on the picture.
- Click Format Picture.
- Click Wrapping tab.
- Make choice and click OK.
- Click and drag the picture to desired
location.
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ADDING CLIPART TO AN ENVELOPE IN MSWORD
To do this, you must first attach the envelope to a document.
This allows you to work with the envelope as you would a page
of text, instead of relying on Word's Envelopes And Labels tool
to generate the formatting.
To attach an envelope to a document:
- Open Word
- Click TOOLS - ENVELOPES AND LABELS
- Click Envelopes tab in dialog box.
- Type envelope information as you normally would.
- Click Add to Document button and the envelope becomes
. . . . . . . . . a page in the document.
- Click where you want to insert the clipart.
- Click INSERT - PICTURE - CLIP ART.
- Follow instructions on screen.
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FORMATTING IN EMAIL MESSAGES
Unfortunately, in the 'email department,' we're still in
'just because you can, doesn't mean you should' mode.
Many current email programs allow the sender to format
an email in a variety of ways -- stationery, colors, formatting, etc.
However, since the Internet Protocol needs to make your message
readable on different types of computers along the delivery journey
and at the receiving end -- and because there are so many different
email programs people use out there (including different versions of
the same program) -- there is really no way for the sender to truly
control the way a receiver will see what's in the body of an email
message.
If formatting is critical, as with spreadsheets, resumes, etc.,
then you would need to send them as an attachment to increase
the likelihood that the recipient will see it as it was created --
and then only if they have the right program already installed
on their computer to read that file format.
Some people try to test the use of stationery, etc. by sending
a message to their own email address. But this isn't really a
valid test since the message really isn't going out on the Internet --
but, rather, is just cycling through your Internet Service Provider's
intranet.
This will all probably be a non-issue in a few years. But, for now,
you probably need to stick with plain old vanilla style emails.
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2006
WORD -- HOW TO ELIMINATE ALL FORMATTING
IN ONE STEP
- Click EDIT-SELECT ALL.
- While holding down the CTRL key, press the Space Bar.
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EXCEL -- HOW TO CLEAR CELL FORMATS IN EXCEL
After you have applied a particular cell format to cells in
Excel, you can't simply reverse what you set as you might
in Word. To remove cell formats, do the following:
- Highlight the cells you no longer want formatted.
- Click EDIT - CLEAR - FORMATS
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HOW TO DELETE UNWANTED TEXT IN AN E-MAIL
MESSAGE BEFORE YOU FORWARD, SAVE, PRINT, ETC.
We all receive (and forward?) e-mail messages
that start out
with a lot of unwanted 'header' info --
evidence that this
message has been forwarded one or more times
before we
received it.
Here's how to clean up the mess before
printing, saving, or
forwarding the message to someone else.
The text of an e-mail message ISN'T usually
modifiable
when you first receive the message. It can be
READ only.
However, if you begin the process of replying
or forwarding
this message to someone, you are able to edit
this e-mail
message at this point -- before you send it.
To do this,
scroll across the unwanted text to highlight
it and press the
Delete key on your keyboard.
Or, you can highlight the entire message,
click EDIT-COPY
to place the highlighted text on your
'clipboard,' open your
favorite word processing program, click
EDIT-PASTE to
paste the highlighted text in this new
document, and then delete
unwanted text within the word processing
program.
This latter method is particularly useful if
you just want to print
or save a portion of the message. In
addition, this latter method
also gives you more control over editing out
the > symbols at the
start of each line. Following is the way to
do this in MSWord:
- Paste the entire message into Word as
explained above.
- Highlight the message.
- Click EDIT-REPLACE.
- Type the > symbol in the Find What box.
(Note: Or, if necessary, type a > followed by a space
in
the Find What box.)
- Leave the Replace With box empty (meaning
you will
replace with nothing)
- Click Replace All button
Additional note: In most word processing
programs you can
also use various other features within the
Replace dialog box
to make additional changes -- even to
non-printing codes such
as line breaks, tabs, etc.
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RE-RUN SPELL CHECKER IN WORD
Occasionally you may want to re-run the Spell Checker on a
Word document that has already been checked and saved.
In most recent versions of Word, do the following:
- Open the document.
- Click Tools-Options.
- Click Spelling and Grammar tab.
- Click Recheck Document button.
- Click Yes.
- Click OK.
- Run the spell checker again on this document.
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HOW TO SEE THE TOTAL SIZE OF A FOLDER AND ALL
ITS CONTENTS IN WINDOWS
Get to your Windows Desktop.
Open My Computer.
Branch to the folder you want to check, but don't open it.
Right-click on the folder you want to check.
Click Properties.
The dialog box will tell you this size information.
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CREATE A WATERMARK WITH AN IMAGE IN WORD
a. Insert a picture in your document; resize picture as needed.
b. Right-click on the picture; click Format Picture.
c. Click Picture tab; click down-arrow to right of the
Image Control Color field.
d. Click Washout (Watermark in Office 97/2000).
e. Click Layout tab; click Behind Text and click OK.
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CORRECTLY DISPLAY WEB ADDRESSES WITHIN AN
EMAIL MESSAGE
Many e-mail programs will turn a typed Web address within
an e-mail message into a direct link to the Webpage.
To properly code the Web address so it may become a
direct link for your recipient, never include any characters
or punctuation immediately before or after the Web address
even if the Web address falls at the end of a sentence.
Also, always type in the http:// at the start of the
address
because some e-mail software programs will not convert
an address that is missing the http:// portion. In
addition,
only some e-mail programs will convert a Web address
that is surrounded with < and > symbols to a hyperlink.
Good and bad examples include:
... Bad: You can see a list of upcoming classes
at http://www.iteachyou.com. (don't use
final period)
... Bad: You can see a list of upcoming classes at
www.iteachyou.com
... Good: Check the following address to find out about
upcoming classes: http://www.iteachyou.com
... Good: Check ITeachYou.com ( http://www.iteachyou.com
)
to see a list of upcoming classes (note the spaces between
parentheses and Web address)
The Web address to this site would then become a hyperlink
within the e-mail message, if the recipient has e-mail software
that supports this feature. If not, it will still appear as readable
text -- just as shown above.
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SPEEDING UP YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/speed.htm
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UNDERSTANDING
YOUR BROWSER'S CACHE
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/cache.htm
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EDIT EMAIL BEFORE REPLYING OR FORWARDING IT
With most email programs you can edit an email message
before you send a reply or forward it on to others.
Doing this allows you to remove unnecessary text, old
email headers, etc.
To do this...
- Open the email message.
- Click a button or drop-down menu to begin a Reply or Forward.
- Click and drag to highlight unwanted text in the message area.
- Add text as needed.
- Send message.
In other words, you cannot edit an email message you receive.
However, you can edit this same message when you begin the
process of replying or forwarding the message.
In addition, with any email programs you can also use the following
technique to save a single message into Word so you can easily
edit, find, and maybe print it in the future:
1. Open email message onto the screen.
2. Click and drag with the mouse to highlight all text in the message.
3. Click EDIT-COPY.
4. Open Word.
5. Click EDIT-PASTE.
6. Click FILE-SAVE AS and give it a name and location in your
My Documents folder if you wish.
7. Click FILE-PRINT, etc. if you wish to print this now or later.
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AUTOCOMPLETE
SETTINGS IN INTERNET EXPLORER
The AutoComplete feature in Internet Explorer finishes typing
what you started in Web address fields, password fields, and on
forms if this information has been typed within Internet Explorer
on a prior occasion.
To access Internet Explorer's AutoComplete feature:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS.
3. Click Content tab.
4. Click AutoComplete button.
5. Make Changes as desired.
6. Click OK.
Note: Although I may choose to use the AutoComplete feature
which also helps with "remembering" passwords at some sites,
it is a bit of a security risk since others who access your computer
could also access these sites.
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CHANGE DEFAULT BROWSER OR EMAIL PROGRAM
If you change browsers or e-mail programs, you can change settings
on your computer so the new program will be your new default
browser or e-mail program.
1. Click Start - Settings - Control Panel (or Start - Control Panel).
2. Click Switch to Classic View (if available on left side of dialog box).
3. Double-click to open Internet Options.
4. Click Programs tab in dialog box.
5. Make changes as desired.
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http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/cookies.htm
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EMAIL
MESSAGE OR WEBPAGE CUTS OFF RIGHT
If what is being cut off is the right side of an email message,
then the sender likely is using an email program that uses
a longer line length than what your email program supports.
Or, the cut off is the right side of a Webpage, the
site developer probably didn't follow good webpage
development techniques, keeping the line length
short enough to fit on paper.
One solution that usually works -- particularly in the
case of cut-off email messages:
- Click and drag to highlight the text.
- Click EDIT-
- Open your favorite word processing program.
- Click EDIT-PASTE.
- Click
This way you are allowing your word processing program
to 'rewrap' the lines so they will fit on paper.
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CLEANING
FLAT PANEL MONITORS
I
personally use the moistened eyeglass cleaners that are
suitable
for A/R coated eyeglasses. SeeClear and other
companies
make them.
In
addition, I've seen the following recommendations:
-
1 part white vinegar to 10 parts water
or
-
1 part isopropyl alcohol (from drug store) and 1 part water
Spray
on VERY soft, non-abrasive cloth lint-free cloth -- like an
old
cotton t-shirt.
Misc.
Notes:
-
Don't use Windex-type products.
-
Don't spray directly on the screen.
-
Don't use paper towel or Kleenex since they contain wood fiber.
-
Be sure cloth has no grit on it.
.....
CHANGE
BROWSER SETTINGS
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/browser.htm
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TRANSLATE
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/translate.htm
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COMPLETING FORMS ON WEBPAGES
Most of us have suffered the annoyance of
typing something on a
Webpage -- perhaps on an online form, in our
Web email, etc. --
only to have it disappear before we have
completed the task.
And,
of course, in these instances, the EDIT-UNDO...
that most of us rely on isn't available.
This is caused primarily for the following
reasons:
a. You inadvertently highlight the text on
the screen and replace it
with the next key you press on the keyboard.
b. You press perhaps the BACK button in your
browser which
automatically erases everything you've typed
-- even if you click
the FORWARD button to return to where you
were.
c. You complete various fields on a form and
click the Submit
button only to see a message indicating that
you forgot to
complete a required field. When you click the
BACK button,
you find that all fields are now blank.
THE
Change your browser's cache settings so it
will hold on to
the information.
If using Internet Explorer:
- Click TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS.
- Click General tab.
- Click Settings button.
- Click to select Every Time You Start
Internet Explorer.
- Click OK 2 times.
If using Firefox:
- Click TOOLS-OPTIONS.
- Click Privacy.
- Click + sign to left of Saved Form Information.
- Click (if necessary) to place a checkmark
by 'Save information...'
- Click OK.
If using Netscape:
- Click EDIT-PREFERENCES.
- Double-click to open Advanced.
- Click Cache.
- Change memory cache to at least 1024k.
- Change disk cache to at least 7680k.
- Clear both caches.
- Click OK.
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UNDERSTANDING COMMON
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/error.htm
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CLEAR YOUR BROWSER'S HISTORY
http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/history.htm
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ADJUST
Browsers are preset with a certain level of
security warning at the
factory. If you want to review and/or change
these security warnings,
do the following:
If Using Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS.
- Click Security tab.
- Examine and/or change settings.
Note: A search of the browser's HELP will
give you more specifics.
If Using Firefox
- Open Firefox
- Click TOOLS - OPTIONS.
- Click on the word 'Advanced.'
- Examine and/or change settings.
- Click on the word 'Privacy.'
- Examine and/or change settings.
Note: A search of the browser's HELP will
give you more specifics.
If Using Netscape
- Open Netscape
- Click EDIT - PREFERENCES.
- Click on the word 'Advanced.'
- Examine and/or change settings.
Note: A search of the browser's HELP will
give you more specifics.
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ABOUT BLOGS
http://askbobrankin.com/create_a_blog.html
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DISAPPEARING TEXT WHEN TYPING ON A WEBSITE
Most of us have suffered the annoyance of
typing something on
a Webpage -- perhaps on an online form, in
our Web email, etc. --
only to have it disappear before we have
completed the task.
And, of course, in these instances, the
EDIT-UNDO... that most
of us rely on isn't available.
This is caused primarily for the following
reasons:
a. You inadvertently highlight the text on
the screen and replace it
with the next key you press on the keyboard.
b. You press perhaps the BACK button in your
browser which
automatically erases everything you've typed
-- even if you click
the FORWARD button to return to where you
were.
c. You complete various fields on a form and
click the Submit button
only to see a message indicating that you
forgot to complete a
required field. When you click the BACK
button, you find that
all fields are now blank.
THE
Change your browser's cache settings so it
will hold on to the
information.
If using Internet Explorer:
- Click TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS.
- Click General tab.
- Click Settings button.
- Click to select Every Time You Start
Internet Explorer.
- Click OK 2 times.
If using Firefox:
- Click TOOLS-OPTIONS.
- Click Privacy.
- Click + sign to left of Saved Form Information.
- Click (if necessary) to place a checkmark
by 'Save information
I enter...'
- Click OK.
If using Netscape:
- Click EDIT-PREFERENCES.
- Double-click to open Advanced.
- Click Cache.
- Change memory cache to at least 1024k.
- Change disk cache to at least 7680k.
- Clear both caches.
- Click OK.
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CONVERTING VHS TO
http://www.askbobrankin.com/convert_vhs_to_dvd.html
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HORIZONTAL SCROLLING ON SOME WEBSITES
Needing to scroll horizontally on a Webpage
is annoying.
Read on for explanations and possible
solutions:
1. Your Screen Resolution
The most likely problem is that your screen
resolution is set
too low. It's probably at 640x480 and most
sites are designed
with the assumption you're using a resolution
of 800x600
(the most common).
To check / change your screen resolution...
- Right-click your Windows Desktop.
- Click Properties.
- Click Settings tab in dialog box.
- Move slider in Screen Resolution field to
the left or right.
On most systems it's best to have it set at
800x600 or
1024x768. The higher you go, the smaller an
item will
appear on your screen, reducing the amount of
horizontal
scrolling you will need to do.
2. Poorly Designed Website
The other possibility is that the site you're
looking at is poorly
designed. My site (http://www.iteachyou.com)
is designed for
an 800x600 resolution, but I have it set at
750 pixels wide to
allow for the sides of the browser window. If
it was set to 800,
you would still have to scroll a little
unless your monitor was
set higher than 800x600.
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Windows XP contains an Event Viewer that
keeps track of anything
that happens on your computer. To check the
Event Viewer,
do the following:
- Click Start - Run.
- Type eventvwr.msc and click OK.
- Click System on the left side of the dialog
box.
- On the right side of the dialog box, scroll
to find the date you
want to check.
- Double-click on the specific date/event you
want to check.
- Click on the 'For More Information...' link
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SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK
http://www.askbobrankin.com/home_networking.html
2005
RE-
Occasionally you may want to re-run the Spell
Checker on a
Word document that has already been checked
and saved.
In most recent versions of Word, do the
following:
- Open the document.
- Click Tools-Options.
- Click Spelling and Grammar tab.
- Click Recheck Document button.
- Click OK.
- Run the spell checker again on this
document.
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SPECIAL SYMBOLS IN
SYMBOL: ~ (tilde)
PURPOSE: Usually means the Webpage resides in
someone's
personal folder on a server.
EXAMPLE: http://www.bigfoot.com/~pedersen
SYMBOL: ? and =
PURPOSE: Often indicates the site is using
scripts or small
automated programs to take data entered by
the user and
create a page from the info provided. For
example,
when you search for keywords in Google.
EXAMPLE:
http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?boolean=
SYMBOL: /
PURPOSE: A single forward slash appears after
the .com or .edu
portion of a Web address if you are viewing
Webpages that are
embedded inside one or more folders/
EXAMPLE:
http://www.iteachyou.com/rosebud/index.html
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PRINTING WEBPAGES
Pre-Printing Suggestions
- Before printing a Webpage, click
how it will lay out on paper.
- Look for a Next Page (or similar wording)
button so you can view
additional pages.
- In some browsers you can click with the
magnifying glass to
'zoom in.' Be sure to check the right margin to
see if the text chops off.
Printing an entire Webpage
Click
Printing a Portion of a Webpage
Internet Explorer
- Click and drag to highlight portion of
Webpage you want to print.
- Click
Firefox and Netscape
- Click and drag to highlight portion of
Webpage you want to print.
- Click
Printing a Webpage that is Wider than 8 1/2
inches
Since the screen is oriented in 'landscape'
format while paper is
oriented in 'portrait' format, the web
designer should be limiting
the width so this problem doesn't happen when
someone prints
his/her webpage.
Therefore, you have to work around this
design glitch...
To print the Webpage so it won't cut off in
most browsers:
- Click
- Change margins (particularly side margins)
to perhaps as
small as .5 inches (if your printer supports
margins this narrow).
If the above doesn't work, you can usually solve
the problem by
printing the page(s) in 'Landscape' format
instead of the usual
'Portrait' format:
Internet Explorer
- Click
- Click Landscape and click OK.
Firefox and Netscape
- Click
- Click Properties.
- Click Basics or Layout.
- Click Landscape; click Apply (if
available); click OK.
Printing a Webpage that has a Dark Background
A Webpage with a dark background will usually
print as shown, using
a considerable amount of ink. To avoid this
problem, do the following:
Internet Explorer
- Click TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS.
- Click Advanced tab at top of dialog box.
- Scroll down to the 'printing' category and
make sure the box for
printing backgrounds is not checked.
- Click Apply (if available) and click OK.
Note: This setting change will affect all
backgrounds on all
Webpages unless you make another change.
Firefox and Netscape
- Click
- Confirm that 'Print background' box is not
checked.
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BACK UP OF EMAIL MAILBOXES
If you want to back up your email mailboxes
and contacts,
following is the location of email mailboxes
and contacts on
most Win XP systems:
Outlook Express...
C:\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Local Settings\
Application Data\Identities\<class
identifier>\Microsoft\Outlook Express
Outlook...
C:\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Local Settings\
Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Thunderbird...
C:\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Application Data\
Thunderbird\Profiles\<random
characters>\Mail\Local Folders
Eudora...
C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora
For those with Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, or Juno
Web accounts,
the mail is stored on their server and must
be individually
downloaded/saved to your hard drive if you
want to keep
a copy on your computer.
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SPECIAL SYMBOLS IN
Symbol: ~ (tilde)
Purpose: Usually means the Webpage resides in
someone's
personal folder on a server.
Example: http://www.bigfoot.com/~pedersen
Symbol: ? and =
Purpose: Often indicates the site is using
scripts or small
automated programs to take data entered by
the user and
create a page from the info provided. For
example, when
you search for keywords in Google.
Example:
http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?boolean=
Symbol: /
Purpose: A single forward slash appears after
the .com or .edu
portion of a Web address if you are viewing
Webpages that are
embedded inside one or more folders/
Example:
http://www.iteachyou.com/rosebud/index.html
.....
SHOULD YOU USE FORMATTED OR FANCY EMAIL?
Go to http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/fancy.htm
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STOP PRINT
The challenge here is usually getting to the
printer dialog box soon enough
to stop a print job quickly. To speed this
up, do the following:
- Get to your Windows Desktop screen.
- Click Start - Settings - Printers and Faxes
(or similar wording)
to open the dialog box that lists the
printer(s) attached to your computer.
- With your finger on the RIGHT mouse button,
right click and drag the
printer icon to our Windows Desktop screen
and release the right
mouse button.
- Click (left button) the words Create
Shortcuts Here.
- Close the Printer dialog box.
- Right-click on the new Printer shortcut
icon on your Windows Desktop.
- Click Properties.
- Click the Shortcut tab at the top of this
Properties dialog box.
- Click after the word None in the Shortcut
Key field.
- While holding down both the Shift and
Control keys on your
keyboard, press the letter P and release all
keys. You should
now see the words Ctrl+Shift+P in this field.
- Close all dialog boxes covering your
Windows Desktop screen.
Note: From now on you should be able to
quickly open the Printer
dialog box any time you are working on your
computer in order to
delete a print job in progress.
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WHY AN ATTACHMENT DOESN'T ARRIVE
Perhaps...
- The sender forgot to include the attachment
prior to clicking Send.
- Your antivirus stripped the attachment
because it may have
contained a virus.
- Your Internet Service Provider stripped the
attachment because
it was too large and exceeded limits on your
account.
In addition, a forwarded email message
usually doesn't automatically
include an attachment that you may have
received with the original
message. This is usually determined by a
setting in your email
program. You can change this setting in many
email programs
by clicking TOOLS-OPTIONS (or similar
wording), and check
the various categories. If you do wish to
include the attachment
with the forwarded message, you will usually
need to re-attach
it yourself.
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HOW SECURE IS THIS WEBSITE?
Websites that sell products and services,
offer protection to their
customers' information by encrypting personal
information you
enter during the ordering process. Although
the entry and
preliminary Webpages won't be encrypted, you
should see
evidence of encryption when you enter a
portion of the website
that is requesting personal information such
as your address,
credit card number, etc.
There are two things that indicate a secure
webpage:
1. Web address changes from http:// to
https://
2. A locked padlock appears near the bottom
of your browser
screen.
Summary: Never provide personal information
on a website
that doesn't use encryption on critical
portions of their website.
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DISTRACTING ANIMATIONS ON A WEBSITE
Depending on the technology used to create an
animation,
you
concentrate on the text as follows...
After the Website has loaded onto your
screen, press the
on your keyboard which will stop annoying
animations that make it
difficult to read the Webpage content.
Note: If you press the
loading, you will likely cause a portion of
the Webpage to not appear.
If you want it all to appear, click the
Refresh/Reload button in
your toolbar.
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E-
One trick scammers are using is to send you a
message that
looks like a 'bounced' return of a message
you sent to someone.
The easiest way to confirm if this is truly a
return of an email you
actually sent is to scroll down the message
(preferably while it's
just visible in your email's 'preview' window
and see if it contains
anything related to a message you actually
sent out. It may
contain only a small portion of content you
sent, but you should
recognize something.
If it doesn't, just delete it and NEVER reply
in any way to one
of these messages. Doing so gives these
scammers one of the
things they want -- proof that a specific
email address is legitimate.
...........
MOUSE CHALLENGES
A mouse that has become erratic or stops
working altogether is
usually caused by one of the following...
1. Drivers for the mouse aren't installed.
Find the disk that came with the mouse and
install it on
your computer.
2. Drivers that were installed have become
corrupted.
Reinstall mouse drivers.
3. Mouse is erratic.
If you have a traditional mouse with a round
opening on the
bottom that houses a rubber ball, you need to
remove the ball
and carefully clean the 3 rollers that the
mouse rubs against.
These rollers will likely be both white and
black. Carefully loosen
anything on the rollers with a wooden
toothpick. If necessary
use a dampened Q-tip.
4. Mouse stops working.
If you have an optical mouse (red light on
bottom), check the
connector or, in the case of a wireless
optical mouse,
change the batteries.
5. If these ideas don't work, I'd
double-check to be sure
you have a current, updated version of an
antivirus program
like Norton or McAfee installed.
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RESOLVING PROBLEMS WITH
The Normal.dot is the template for a blank
document in Word.
If your Normal.dot template in Word becomes
damaged,
the problem isn't resolved when you reinstall
Office or Word.
Instead you will need to delete it and then
let Word automatically
rebuild this file. To do this…
1. Close Word (if you have it open)
2. Locate and rename the Normal.dot (or
Normal.bak, answering Yes to a confirmation
message that
may appear about the future stability of this
file.
- On Windows XP systems it should be located
in…
C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\
Microsoft\Templates
Note: 'username' is whatever your profile was
called when
Win XP was installed.
- With most other versions of Windows, it
should be located in…
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates
3. Open Word which automatically creates a
new Normal.dot
template (blank document file).
Notes:
- When you delete and rebuild the Normal.dot
file as described
above, you may also lose any customizations
you have done
in Word. For example, macros you added to the
toolbars.
- If the new rebuilt Normal.dot works fine,
then you can safely
delete the Normal.bak you created above. If
not, then rename
Normal.bak to Normal.dot and get technical
help from someone
familiar with inner workings of Word.
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CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN A WEBSITE WAS LAST
MODIFIED?
(shared by steve@worldstart.com)
1. Go to a specific Website
2. Type 'javascript:alert(document.lastModified)'
-- without the
quotes -- in the address bar in place of the
Web address and
press ENTER.
Note: This will work only if you have
JavaScript enabled within
your browser
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PASSWORD-PROTECT A
IN WORD OR EXCEL
Try the following to password protect a
single file:
- Open a file in Word (or Excel)
- Click
- Click down-facing triangle to right of
Tools button in Save As dialog box.
- Click Security Options (or General
Options).
- Follow directions on screen.
In addition, check the following:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000705.htm
http://www.folder-password-expert.com
http://www.mycomputersafe.com
USING QUICK LAUNCH TOOLBAR
The Quick Launch toolbar is a group of small
icons that appears
to the right of the Start button. It provides
easy access to any
program you use often.
To confirm that your Quick Launch toolbar is
turned on...
- Right-click on a blank portion of your
Taskbar.
- Click Toolbars.
- If there is no checkmark by Quick Launch,
click to place one there.
You can add buttons to and remove them from
the Quick Launch
toolbar as desired. For example, you might
add a button for
starting Word or your dial-up Internet
connection, so it's always
handy. The Quick Launch toolbar is always
visible, unlike
the desktop, which is sometimes covered by
program or
file windows.
To add a button, do the following:
1. Select the file or folder inside a window
in Windows Explorer
or My Computer or select a shortcut on your
Desktop that you
want to make a shortcut to on the Quick
Launch toolbar.
2. Drag the item onto the Quick Launch
toolbar until you see
what looks like a capital 'I' -- usually next
to another icon
in the toolbar. When you see the capital 'I'
release your
mouse button to place a copy of the
file/folder/shortcut there.
Note: To delete a button, right-click it and
choose Delete
from the shortcut menu, then Yes to confirm.
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WHAT
IS BLOGGING?
(excerpted
from Kim Komando's
Blog
is short for Weblog. It simply means that anyone at all can step
up
to a soapbox and fire away. Blogging, therefore, is the act of
writing
a blog.
There
are thousands of blogs on the Internet. I have one, posted at:
http://www.komando.com/kimslog_index.asp
Some
blogs have actually achieved a degree of readership. The people
writing
those have developed reputations for having something to say.
Blogging
penetrated the public's consciousness during the 2004
presidential
campaign. Bloggers investigated a CBS report on President
Bush's
National Guard service, and discovered that the papers on which
it
was based were fraudulent.
If
you want to start a blog, there are many free sites where you can
express
yourself. Here are three:
http://www.blogger.com/start
http://www.livejournal.com/
http://spaces.msn.com/
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UPDATED CURRENCY CONVERTERS
http://www.xe.com
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WHAT IS BIOS?
(excerpted from http://www.worldstart.com)
BIOS (basic input / output system) is
basically the software the
computer uses for it's most basic operations
(accessing memory,
disks, processors, etc.). This software is
referred to as firmware
and is built into the computer's motherboard.
Note that these are NOT Windows settings,
these are the 'core'
settings for your computer. It's probably an
area that's best left
alone unless you are an experienced computer
user. I've seen
more than one computer that was rendered
useless from
tampering with these settings.
You normally can get at them by pressing a
key (sometimes the
Most BIOS setups allow you to configure hard
drive settings,
memory timing, and so on.
-----
Many
hardware devices today plug into a tiny rectangular port
(opening)
on a computer called a Universal Serial Bus (
Often
we need to add additional
to
add a
of
the computer's
allows
you to plug in 2 or more
devices
draw the same amount of power from the
occasionally
have a device that overloads the hub and stops working.
You
can solve this problem by purchasing a powered
comes
with its own power supply. If a hardware device has its own
power
supply, it should work fine on an unpowered
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CHECKING
HTML CODE ON A WEBPAGE FOR ERRORS
Coding
HTML from scratch or by using a copy-and-paste method
does
not ensure clean HTML code or HTML code without errors --
just
as driving a stick-shift automobile doesn't ensure better driving
than
driving an automatic.
Scratch
code that isn't standard to most browsers is more of a
problem
than code generated by a Web editor that does meet
most
or all browser standards.
You
can 'validate' your HTML code for free at Net Mechanic
which
will check for HTML errors, browser incompatibilities,
spelling
errors, link integrity, and more. To do this...
To
access this free service from Net Mechanic, do the following:
-
Go to http://www.netmechanic.com
-
Click 'Try It' under 'Fix HTML Code Errors.'
-
Scroll down and type your Web address in the #1
'Enter
your URL' field.
-
Click '1 Page' or '5 Pages' in the #2 field. I usually click
'1
Page' which gives me my results immediately.
-
Type in your email address in #3 (optional unless you request
the
5 Page check).
-
Click 'Test Now' in #4 and wait for immediate results -- if the
server
isn't too busy.
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Understanding
Color Printing Problems on an Inkjet Printer
(excerpted
from article at http://www.worldstart.com)
First,
let's start with how an inkjet printer works: everything you
see
is made up of 3 colors magenta (red), cyan (blue), and yellow.
Some
printers have a separate black cartridge, while others create
black
using a combination of all three.
When
you choose a color, your computer tells the printer how much
of
each should be used to produce it. Remember kindergarten?
When
you mix blue and yellow what do you get? That's right, green.
It
would be nice if the 3 colors of ink all wore out at the same time,
but
we know this is not the case. If you print black text a lot with
just
a color cartridge, then expect it to be used up quickly. If you
print
a lot of yellow, then expect yellow to wear out, thus making
your
green into blue.
Some
color printers have a single color cartridge unit, thus
requiring
you to change the whole cartridge even if only a single
color
is depleted.
There
is no consensus among the experts about whether or not
it
is a good idea to refill ink cartridges yourself. Some say it's OK
if
done carefully and with a good quality ink while others say that
it
may ruin your printer and/or a table, outfit, etc.
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Preparing
Computer for Donation, Disposal, etc.
(Excerpted
from http://www.komando.com)
1.
Don't want a big hassle? Give the computer to a trusted
employee,
friend or family member. If you trust who you give
it
to, I wouldn't put a lot of effort into destroying data.
Recovering
deleted data isn't automatic. A thief or con artist
will
have to get some specialized software and learn to use it.
Rivers
of boring data would have to be sorted to find the
good
stuff. The average (honest) person isn't going to bother.
So
if you give the PC to someone you trust (careful now),
you
should simply delete the files. More extensive work
probably
isn't worth the effort. Just be sure the recipient is honest.
If
he or she is shaky, go to the next step.
2.
Reformat the hard drive and re-install the operating system.
Reformatting
a disk prepares it to accept a new operating system.
It
also wipes out everything on the hard drive. That's your goal.
Past
versions of Windows (up through Windows Me) allow you to
create
a startup disk. You'll need one to reformat your hard drive.
Click
Start > Settings > Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove
Programs.
Click Startup Disk. Click Create Disk.
On
Windows XP, you'll need to download the disk information.
Go
to BootDisk.com and click 'DOS Windows 9X/NT4/2000/XP
Excellent
Bootdisks.' Download the Windows XP Custom Install
Disk
and save it to a floppy.
On
all systems, shut down all open programs. Restart the
computer
with the floppy in the A: drive. At the A: prompt,
type
Format: C. Answer 'yes' to the warning; you want to
wipe
out all the data. When the reformat finishes, put the
Windows
installation CD in the CD drive and remove the floppy.
Restart
and re-install Windows.
Reformatting
will keep most people out of your old files.
But
specialized shareware exists to reclaim files after reformatting.
If
you do not know who will get the computer or you do know
and
you don't trust them stronger measures are required.
3.
Buy software and overwrite the disk, again and again and again.
If
you don't know much about computers, this might be easier than
Step
2. There are several programs that write gibberish to the
hard
drive. They promise that nobody will be able to find your files
after
the software is utilized.
PC
Inspector's (www.pcinspector.de) e-maxx meets
standards.
Another good program is DriveScrubber ($29.95),
from
Iolo Technologies (www.iolo.com). If you have a Mac,
try
SuperScrubber (www.jiiva.com). It is $30, and also meets
military
specs.
This
process can be slow, because these programs write to the
disk
repeatedly. You might want to run it overnight.
4.
You're totally paranoid, so get out the acetylene torch.
I'm
not kidding. The only absolute and assured way of
protecting
your data is to destroy the hard drive. To do that,
you
need to remove it from the computer. If you want to save
the
rest of the computer, touch the machine's metal frame
before
reaching in. Static electricity can wreck the circuitry.
The
Pentagon shreds its hard drives. That should work,
assuming
you can find a hard-drive shredder. I've never seen one.
You
need to destroy the platters inside. Try smashing them
with
a hammer. Destroying them with a torch should work.
Step
4 seems excessive to me. But you're right to be paranoid
about
this. Identity theft has become overwhelming. There are
a
lot of people out there who would love to hurt you. Personally,
I
would use Step 3. I believe in being careful, no matter who
gets
the computer.
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Choices
for Retrieving the Photos from your Digital Camera
(excerpted
from article at http://www.komando.com)
Q.
I received a digital camera for Christmas. I've taken some
pictures,
but I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know how to
get
them off the camera. The instructions are so poorly written
that
I can't understand them. Do I take it to the drugstore?
A.
There are several ways to download the pictures. And,
in
fact, many drugstores will take the pictures off the camera
(download
them) and make prints for you. But you'll probably
want
to download them yourself and store them on your home
computer.
So, let's discuss how that is done.
1.
Cameras come with software. If you install that, it will guide
you
through the downloading of the images. This software
probably
also includes rudimentary editing features. That should
help
you get rid of red-eye and other common problems.
2.
You don't have to use the downloading software. Open
Windows
Explorer. Typically, cameras connect to the computer's
universal
serial bus (
show
up in Windows Explorer as another drive--probably D: or E:,
depending
on how many hard drives you have. The pictures will
be
in the right pane. I would create folders with specific dates or
events
under My Pictures (C:\My Documents\My Pictures).
Store
your pictures there.
3.
Use a card reader. This has the benefit of not depleting your
camera's
battery. If you buy a card reader, be sure it can handle
your
type of memory card. Most can read several types.
Card
readers don't usually have software. To use one, open
Windows
Explorer. The card reader should show up as a new drive.
Click
it, and the pictures will be displayed as files in the right pane.
Again,
copy them to a new home.
4.
Hook the camera directly to a printer. You can make prints
without
using the computer. A liquid crystal display on the printer
shows
the pictures. You can also view them on the camera's
LCD
screen. Paper and ink are expensive, so only print the ones
you
really want. If you want to keep the original files, you still must
download
them to a computer or other storage device. See above.
5.
Most drugstores will remove the card from the camera and make
a
contact sheet for you. You pick which pictures you want.
The
drugstore also can produce a CD with your files. Many also
have
kiosks where you can make your own prints. They can show
you
how to use the kiosks. While we're on the subject, here are a
couple
more digital camera tips.
In
addition, if you don't want to make prints of the pictures, you can
upload
the pictures to a photo-sharing site. All of these sites work
pretty
much the same. You sign up for a free account and create a
photo
album. You then upload your pictures from your computer.
From
the photo-sharing Web site, you send invitations to others to
view
the pictures or order the prints that you want. Here are some
to
check out:
Ofoto
-- http://www.ofoto.com
Shutterfly
-- http://www.shutterfly.com
Yahoo!
Photos -- http://photos.yahoo.com
2004
CHOOSING THE RIGHT DIGITAL CAMERA
(excerpted from http://www.komando.com)
Most digital cameras are sold the same way.
You'll hear about
megapixels, zooms and X numbers. It's pretty
confusing if
you're new to it.
Here are some things to consider for all
digital cameras:
Megapixels--This means millions of pixels.
This is the first
thing you will notice about advertising. The clear
implication
is that more megapixels is better. That's
true, but only up to a point.
The more megapixels you have, the more
saturated your pictures.
If you want to print 8x10 pictures, you need
a minimum
3-megapixel camera. For 5x7s, you can get by
with 2 megapixels.
But those are minimum numbers. During
computer processing,
people often crop their pictures and blow
them up. That spreads
the pixels. So I would recommend 4 megapixels
for 8x10s, and
3 for 5x7s. On the other hand, if you are
just a casual
point-and-shooter, 2 megapixels is probably
OK.
There are many cameras with 5 or more
megapixels. Those might
well be appreciated by demanding consumers.
But the extra power
would be wasted on most people.
Optical Zoom--Most digital cameras have optical
zoom. This
allows you to bring distant objects closer by
making them larger.
Optical zoom is easy--more is always better.
Optical zoom does not distort pictures or
cause them to be grainy.
Cheap cameras sometimes have no optical zoom.
More expensive
cameras may have up to 12X. (More about the
X's in a minute.)
Do not confuse optical zoom with digital
zoom. Digital zoom
can be used to crop a picture on the camera's
screen. The camera
then spreads the pixels to fill the picture.
It fills in the spread
through interpolation, where it looks at
surrounding pixels and
guesses what is needed.
The guesswork usually is not impressive.
Pictures made
with digital zoom are often grainy. So don't
give much weight
to digital zoom.
Makers sometimes multiply optical zoom by
digital zoom,
giving you total zoom. That's a meaningless
number, in my opinion.
Concentrate on optical.
Those X's--You'll see numbers such as 3X in
relation to optical
and digital zoom. The ads never explain this.
But it is really simple.
Most people are familiar with zooms on 35
millimeter film
cameras. A camera might be rated at 35-70 mm.
The X's are based on the same system. Cameras
have a base rate.
Manufacturers usually show it in camera
specifications on their
Web sites. Usually, the base rate is
equivalent to 37 or 38 mm.
If the base is 37 and the zoom 3X, multiply
37 by 3. That is
111 mm. You could shoot at anything from 37
mm to 111 mm,
depending on what you need.
So long as you're looking at optical zoom,
higher X ratings
are better.
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HOW TO REMOVE SOFTWARE THE CORRECT WAY
General Instructions
a. Don’t delete files unless you really need
to and are experienced
with the process and pitfalls -- it’s too
risky. Instead, spend
computer housekeeping time on other important
tasks such as
CheckDisk/Scandisk and Defrag.
b. Most recent programs change settings
throughout your computer;
therefore, simply deleting the program from
your hard drive may not
reverse the installation process entirely
since switches may have
been set that are tested when you turn on
your computer.
The resulting error messages are merely an
annoyance.
You can either click through them or get help
with modifying
startup files.
c. NOT EVERY
TO THE RECYCLE BIN! In fact, only files that
you delete from
your hard disk go to the Recycle Bin. Files
you delete from a
floppy or Zip disk bypass the Recycle Bin.
d. Even though programs you delete from your
hard disk go to
the Recycle Bin, you cannot 'restore' them
and expect them to
work; they will need to be re-installed from
the CD or disks.
e. Normally 10 percent of your hard drive has
been reserved for
the Recycle Bin. If it fills, you will be
alerted. When this occurs,
it is best to delete only the oldest files.
Best Methods for Uninstalling Programs -- in
order of preference:
1. Use 'uninstall' utility if one came with
the program (not usually
available with older programs).
To see if a particular program came with an
uninstall utility,
click Start - Programs (click Start - All
Programs in Win XP).
When you click on the name of the program,
sometimes an
additional menu appears immediately to the
right that includes
specific choices about this program. If a
choice appears that ways
'Uninstaller' (or similar wording), then
click on it and follow the
directions on the screen. Note: Not all
programs have a built-in
uninstaller.
2. Use built-in program removal utility if
using
Windows 95/98/ME/XP, as follows:
2a. Click Start - Settings - Control Panel -
Add/Remove Program.
2b. Click Install/Uninstall tab in dialog
box.
2c. Select name of program from the list (if
it is listed there).
2d. Click Add/Remove button and follow
instructions on the screen.
2a. Click Start - Control Panel - (or Start-Settings-Control
Panel) -
Add or Remove Programs.
2b. Click name of program and click
Change/Remove.
2c. Follow instructions on the screen.
Note: If #1 and #2 are not possible for the
program you want to
delete, it is probably best if you leave it on
your computer instead
of doing #3 below (see first note under
General Instructions).
3. Delete the program directly from the hard
drive and delete the
icon on your desktop.
Note: Using #3
way to eliminate these error messages is to
edit some critical files
that
shouldn’t be modified by the average user. You can either
just click through the error messages every
time you start your
computer or get professional help in
modifying the necessary
files to eliminate the error messages. These
files are risky to
edit and should be modified only by a
qualified professional.
Note: If you have already deleted a program
using #3 above
and are now getting error messages at
startup, you may be
able to resolve the problem by reinstalling
the program and
then deleting it as described in #1 and #2
above.
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WHERE
TO SAVE FILES YOU'VE CREATED
Files
created in Word, Excel, etc. are usually saved within your
My
Documents folder on your hard disk drive.
This is good.
However,
files created in Quicken, QuickBooks, Photoshop, and
a
few other popular programs save files you create in a folder
within
their program folder.
This
becomes a problem in 2 ways:
-
If you reinstall the program, you may lose the files you've
created
in these programs.
-
Backup becomes more challenging if files are scattered
throughout
your hard disk drive.
I
suggest you check the various programs on your computer to
see
where files are being saved. In most programs you can
click
at
the top of the Save As dialog box. You can manually redirect
each
saved file into the My Documents folder or check the
settings
for each program (usually under TOOLS-OPTIONS)
to
see how/if you can permanently redirect all files saved in the
future
into the My Documents folder.
If,
in the past, you have used programs that saved files into a
folder
other than the My Documents folder, you can manually
copy
and paste them into your My Documents folder. You can
usually
locate them within the program's folder. For example,
you
probably will find Photoshop files you've created in
C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Photoshop (or similar wording) on
your
hard disk drive.
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GETTING
LISTED IN SEARCH ENGINES
There
are 2 basic types of 'search engines' ...
-
True search engines such as Google, Lycos, Hotbot, and
many
more
-
Directories (often called search engines) such as Yahoo
and
a few more
Search
engines 'spider' the Internet and will probably eventually
find
your site as they link through other sites to find you. Or, if you
want
to be found sooner, you can register with them and they will
spider
your site sooner. Most do not charge for this process but
this
has been changing with some over time.
With
directories, you need to register (submit) your site with them.
Yahoo
is the Mother of all Directories. It now costs $295 per year
to
register a business site with Yahoo. Other directories
(such
as www.dmoz.org) are *
With
both search engines and directories it is important to read
their
submission guidelines carefully. Sometimes the link to the
guidelines
is hard to find but it is usually toward the bottom of
their
home page.
For
example, to reach guidelines for...
Yahoo:
-
Go to http://www.yahoo.com.
-
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
-
Click How to Suggest a Site.
Google:
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Go to http://www.google.com
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Click About Google
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Click Submitting Your Site.
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CHANGING INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
(shared by Sol Schumer and Gini Pedersen)
When you pay an Internet Service Provider (
with one or more email addresses, for your
use. The
those addresses, and maintains the services
to support them.
When you leave an
email addresses, and need to begin using
email addresses from
your new
as long as you continue paying their monthly
charge.
To read our entire article, go to...
http://www.iteachyou.com/changeisp.htm
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YOUR COMPUTER
http://belarc.com
Download, install, and run this small, free
utility from Belarc
to get a display and/or printout about brands
and numbers
related to your CPU, hard drive, modem,
network card,
installed software, and much more.
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