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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, January 13, 2002
In this Issue:
Featured Computer Term: Screen Saver
Topic: Forwarding E-mail
Progressive Learning Series: Changing the Default Font in Word
Featured Website: Aerial Views
See below for our Special Feature, Printing Part of an Email
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Special Feature: Printing Part of an Email
Due to the many emails we receive asking for instructions on printing only part of an email, we will put the following instructions in this newsletter on a periodic basis:
Most Windows programs allow you to print part of a document instead of the whole thing. To print part of a page, highlight the part you want to print by moving the mouse pointer to the beginning of the section, holding down the left mouse button, and moving the mouse to the end of the selection. Make sure it's still highlighted - the text will be white on a dark background.
Click on File to open the menu, click on Print, and choose Selection in the Page Range area of the dialog box. Click the OK or Print button.
In some programs, the Selection choice may not be in the first Print dialog box. In that case, look for a button that says Options. Click on it; you should find the Page Range area in the resulting dialog box. Click the OK or Print button.
Only the part of the document that you highlighted will print.
An alternative to using the Selection feature is to Copy and Paste the text in your word processing program, and then print from there.
To do this, highlight the text that you want to print. Click Edit on the menu, and then click Copy. Switch to your word processing program. Click Edit on the menu, and then click Paste. The highlighted text will appear in the word processing document.
Advantage to copying text into a word processing document: if you want to print two or more nonconsecutive areas of a document, you can copy each block of text into your word processing program, then only have to print the word processing document one time.
Special Note for America OnLine users: AOL currently has a "bug" in this feature where the text highlighting is removed by opening the Print dialog box. There is a very lengthy fix for this, but a simpler way would be to Copy and Paste the text you want to print into your word processing program, then print from there.
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Addendum to the Volume Control article in the December 23 Newsletter
The following question is from a newsletter subscriber:
I read your article on changing and removing computer sounds. My question is a little different.
If I am playing a CD I need to turn the sound level up higher than when I use other programs. I use AOL for my email and Internet. When I am playing a CD and go on the Internet, the Welcome and You’ve Got Mail message comes on so loud that it scares the heck out of me. Is there a way to adjust the sound so that they’re all the same?
Answer:
You can turn up the CD volume control. To do this, try double clicking on the little speaker icon in the system tray. That is the small area on your taskbar that has the clock in it.
When you double click on the speaker icon, you will get a volume control window that will allow you to adjust the overall volume as well as individual items like Wave files and the CD player. If CD Player is not listed, click on Options and Properties and place a check mark in front of CD Player.
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Today's Computer Term: Screen Savers
Screen Savers are programs that can run on your computer while you're away.
Screen Savers used to provide protections against monitor burn. Years ago, if an image remained in one place on the screen, it would cause burn, a white, ghostly appearance that would eventually make the monitor unusable. With newer monitors, burn is no longer a problem. Now, Screen Savers are just for fun.
To select a screen saver, right-click on a blank spot on the desktop. From the resulting menu, select the Properties option. When the dialog box appears, click on the Screen Savers tab. Here you can select any screen saver currently on the system by clicking the small down arrow and picking the screen saver you want. Click the Preview button and you’ll be able to see what the screensaver will look like when it runs.
Screensavers can be fun initially, but might become annoying if they always come on. Make sure you allow enough idle time so that your screensaver isn’t always running.
When your screensaver is running and you want to get back to work, press a button on the keyboard or shake the mouse back and forth. That will turn off the screensaver program.
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Today's Topic: Forwarding E-mail
To send a copy of an e-mail you received to someone else, click the Forward button in the e-mail window. The message will be automatically copied into a new e-mail message and the subject line on the new e-mail form is automatically filled in. It will show the subject of the original e-mail preceded by the letters Fwd:.
All you need to do is fill in the address field. If you add a personal message, what you type will appear right above the message you are forwarding when your recipient reads the e-mail. Click Send and you're done.
Note: in some email programs you will not see the message you’re forwarding in the new email. It will, however, send the message. To try it out, forward an email to yourself: click the forward button and then type your email address in the To: field. Click Send and you’ll receive the email.
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Progressive Learning Series: Microsoft Word Changing the Default Font in Word
The following question was sent in by a newsletter subscriber:
In my Word program, the letters and numbers are very small on the screen and on my prints. Can I make them bigger?
Answer:
The Font used determines the appearance and size of the letters, numbers, punctuation marks, spaces and blank lines. Font size, the size of the letters and numbers both on the screen and on the printed copy, is measured in points (pts); seventy-two points equal approximately one inch.
More than likely, your program is using a 10-pt font size, which is a little small. You can change it to 12 points, a better size for viewing on the screen and for printing out. To make sure your change is permanent, that every new document you start will use the point size you change to, you must change the default font.
Word includes a way to easily change the default font for your documents. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Create a brand new, blank document.
2. Choose the Font option from the Format menu. Word displays the Font dialog box.
3. Select the font settings you want to use by default.
4. Click on the Default button. Word asks you if you are sure you want to change the default font.
5. Click on Yes.
You have now changed the default font. The changes will take effect in the current document and every new document you create.
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Today's Featured Website: Aerial Views
Take a look at the U.S. Geological Survey Website for some very interesting aerial photos. Once you've pinpointed the corner of the world you want to see, you can zoom and scroll to find what you’re looking for.
It may take a few tries, but you should be able to find your house. Hint: look for large landmarks, highways and bodies of water.
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