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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, April 14, 2002
Monday is Income Tax Day. We wish all of our subscribers very little stress and a very BIG refund !!
In this Issue:
Special Feature: Solitaire
Featured Computer Term: HTML
This Week's Topic: Closing Advertising Windows on the Internet
Question: Locking the Taskbar into Place
Learning Series: Word Processing - Page Orientation
Featured Website: Income Tax Day
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Special Feature: Solitaire
Thanks to newsletter subscriber Louis for this addendum to last week’s Solitaire tip:
I’m a solitaire addict. Not too many people know this but, when you’re playing Solitaire in Windows XP, if you right click on an ace or any card that you can move up to the top, it will automatically move all allowed cards.
When I play I watch the timer and score and this shortcut has decreased my best time.
If you didn’t get the Windows XP Solitaire tip that we featured in the April 7 newsletter’s Special Feature section, take a look at this link:
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/040702.html
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Today's Computer Term: HTML
Thanks to newsletter subscriber Robert for the following question:
In one of your newsletters someone asked a question about HTML. What is HTML? I love to read your newsletter. Thanks.
Answer:
HTML is a programming language used to write web pages. It stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
If you want to see what HTML looks like, go to any web page, click on the View menu and then click Source. You will see a text file that contains all the HTML code used to make the web page. It may look like gobbledygook to you, because it’s programming code.
If you want to create your own website, there are programs that write HTML for you. If you learn HTML (it’s actually one of the easiest programming languages to learn) you can use a text file and write the code yourself. Some web designers prefer to write the code themselves; it takes more time, but they have better control of what they want the page to do.
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Today's Topic: Closing Advertising Windows on the Internet
Have you noticed lately all the windows that open when you’re browsing the Internet? Visit several websites and before you know it, you can have 10 or 15 other windows open advertising anything from Quick cams to free CDs. And recently these pop-up windows have a very annoying feature: you can’t see the X button to close the window.
The windows are programmed to open up with the X button all the way off the right side of the screen. But there are a couple of ways to close these windows.
1. You can drag the window back to the middle of the screen -then you’ll see the X button and be able to click on it. Point to the window’s title bar (that’s the blue bar across the top of the window that has the window’s name on it), hold down the left mouse button, and drag the window towards the middle of the screen. When you see the X button, release the mouse button. Click the X to close the window.
Or
2. Find that window’s button on the taskbar and right click on it (use the right mouse button). A menu will appear; one of the choices is Close. Click on it (use the left mouse button). That will close the window.
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Question: Locking the Taskbar into Place
The following is a question from a newsletter subscriber:
Can you help me? That gray bar that’s usually at the bottom of my screen is on top of my screen. It seems to move to different sides of the screen all by itself and I have to wait for my granddaughter to come over to get it back down to the bottom of the screen. How can I get it there myself?
Answer:
That grey bar is called the taskbar. You can actually have it on any side of the screen that you want -it will work the same way.
To move it back down to the bottom of the screen, just drag and drop it there. Point the mouse arrow somewhere on a blank gray area in the middle of the taskbar, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the mouse, and taskbar, back down to the bottom. Release the mouse button when you see the outline of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
If you want you can lock the taskbar into place so it can't be accidentally moved or resized.
If you’re using Windows ME: Right click on the Taskbar. Select Properties from the resulting menu. Click on the Advanced tab in the window and scroll to the bottom. In the Taskbar section, uncheck Enable moving and resizing. Click OK.
If you’re using Windows XP: Right click on the Taskbar. Select Properties from the resulting menu. Click Lock the Taskbar. Click OK.
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Progressive Learning Series: Word Processing - Page Orientation
In word processing and desktop publishing, the terms portrait and landscape refer to whether the document is printed vertically or horizontally. A page with portrait orientation, typical for letters, memos, and other text documents, is taller than it is wide. A page with landscape orientation is wider than it is tall.
To modify the paper orientation, follow these steps:
1. Choose the Page Setup option from the File menu. You will see the Page Setup dialog box.
2. In Word 97 & 2000, select the Paper Size tab. In Word XP select the Margins tab. In Works, select the Source, Size & Orientation tab.
3. Select the appropriate orientation for your document.
4. Click on OK.
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Today's Featured Website: Income Tax Day
April 15 is Income Tax Day. For in interesting website providing information on the history of U.S. taxation, including historical documents and a collection of presidential tax returns, take a look at the Tax History Project.
http://www.taxhistory.org/
Visit the Tax World website for explanations of tax policy, history, courses, glossaries downloadable forms and a great menu of links to other important sites.
http://www.taxworld.org/ |
