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Welcome to this week's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, June 22, 2008
The editors of this newsletter will be taking vacation for the next three weeks. We wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July!
In this Issue:
Special Feature: Printing This Newsletter
Tips & Tricks: Links in Email
This Week's Topic: Creating an Email Signature in Hotmail
Question: Installing a Printer without Disks
Websites of Interest: Charity Watch; Product Reviews; The Dynamic Earth; Gas Prices
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Special Feature: Printing This Newsletter
For those of you who would like to print all or some of this newsletter, we have set up a printer friendly page on our website. At this site, you will find only the articles.
To access this page, please visit our website:
http://computerkindergarten.com/
Click This Week's Edition on the left side. This will take you to the most recent edition of the newsletter.
On the right, under Past Newsletters Click to view or print, click the edition you would like to print.
At the top of the page, click Click here to print this page.
You can then print the entire newsletter. To do so, click File on the menu and then Print (if you do not see the menu, press the Alt key on the keyboards).
To print only part of the newsletter, highlight the part you want to print. Click File on the menu, then Print. In the Page Range area, click Selection. Click Print.
Note: currently, our printer friendly pages only go back as far as February 24, 2008. We hope to have the rest up soon.
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Tips & Tricks: Links in Email
Question: How do you put a link to a website in an email?
Answer:
A link in an email will allow the recipient to click on it and go right to the website. In some email programs, you can type out the web address and it will automatically turn into a link as soon as you press the space bar.
If your email program does not do that, follow these steps:
Open a new email. Type whatever text you want up to where you will insert the link. On the toolbar that is usually found above the text area of the email, look for a button that has a picture of a globe with a chain link on it, or just a chain link. Click that button.
A textbox will open prompting you to input the link. Type or paste the link in there and click the OK button. The link will now be in your email.
Continue creating your email as usual.
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Today's Topic: Creating an Email Signature in Hotmail
An email signature contains text that you type once, set up as a signature, and it appears at the bottom of every email you send.
Here are the steps to create an email signature in Hotmail:
Open your browser and go to your Hotmail page.
Click Options near the top right corner. Under Customize your mail, click Personal e-mail signature.
In the window that you now see, enter the text that you would like to use for your signature. Text can be formatted with buttons on the formatting bar.
When you are done, click the Save button in the lower right corner. Click Mail on the left to return to your Inbox.
The text you typed in there will now appear at the bottom of every email you send.
Please visit our newsletter archives to view the steps for creating signatures in other email programs:
Outlook Express:
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/051808.html
Yahoo! Mail
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/060108.html
Gmail
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/060808.html
AOL
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/061508.html
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Question: Installing a Printer without Disks
I am trying to install my old printer on my new computer. It asks for an installation disk which I do not have anymore. Is there anything I can do other than buy a new printer?
Answer:
Yes, there is. You can go to the printer manufacturer’s website and download the drivers for your printer. Most printer manufacturers have the software and drivers on their websites that are needed to use their products.
Here are links for the more popular printers:
Hewlett Packard - www.hp.com
Brother - www.brother-usa.com/
Lexmark - www.lexmark.com
If you do not see your printer listed, go to Google or your favorite search engine and input the name of your printer.
Once you are at the website, search for your printer’s drivers. For example, at the hp website, you will click on Software and Driver Downloads. You will then be prompted to input your version of Windows, the printer type and model number. When the download begins, be sure to note the folder that you are downloading the file into.
After you have downloaded the software, begin the printer installation. When you are prompted for the installation disk, browse to the folder when you downloaded the software form the website.
Note: For older printers, some manufacturers may not have software for Windows Vista.
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Websites of Interest:
Charity Watch
If you are asked to contribute to a charity and are not sure of its authenticity, you can look up the organization at the American Institute of Philanthropy Charity Guide website.
http://www.charitywatch.org
Product Reviews
Check out this website for any products you are thinking about buying. You can read customer and expert reviews, as well as manufacturer specs and more.
http://www.testfreaks.com/
The Dynamic Earth
From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, this amazing website is about the birth of our Solar System and the development of our beautiful planet Earth.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/
Gas Prices
Locate the low-priced gas stations in your neighborhood.
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