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Welcome to this week's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, July 9, 2006
In this Issue:
Special Feature: Outlook Express Blocked Attachments
Featured Computer Term: The Windows Key
This Week's Topic: Printing Picture Thumbnails
Question: Check Email on Vacation
Websites of Interest: Vision 101; Just for Fun - Games; The Recipe Link
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Special Feature: Outlook Express Blocked Attachments
Question: I switched from American Online to Optimum Online. Now I use Outlook Express for my email. All the emails I get with attachments have the attachments blocked with the following message: Outlook Express removed access to unsafe attachments in your mail. These attachments are not unsafe; they are pictures of my grandchildren that my children send. What can I do?
Answer:
This is a security setting that is automatically on in Outlook Express. Since most viruses come from email attachments, this is on to protect your computer. You have a choice: turn it off so all attachments are allowed, or leave it on, temporarily turn it off when you want to download a specific file, and then turn it back on again.
To turn the setting off, click Tools on the menu and then click Options. Click the Security tab at the top.
In the Virus Protection setting, look for Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus. The checkbox to the left has a checkmark when this setting is on. To turn it off, click the box to remove the checkmark. Click the OK button.
If you want to turn this setting back on after you have downloaded a file, follow the steps again, clicking that box to put the checkmark back in. This will protect you from viruses.
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Featured Computer Term: The Windows Key
Question: On my keyboard, there’s a button with a little picture on it that looks just like the Windows logo. What is this button for?
Answer: That’s the Windows Logo key, which will perform many different tasks for you when used alone or in combination with other keys. Below is a list of some of the things it will do; these are called keyboard shortcuts.
Pressing and holding the Windows Logo key (which we’ll abbreviate to W) while typing, for example, the letter E is shown below as W+E.
W. Opens the Start menu
W+A Opens Accessibility Options if installed
W+C Opens the Control Panel
W+E Opens Windows Explorer
W+F Finds a file or folder
W+Ctrl F Finds a computer on a network
W+I Opens the mouse properties
W+K Opens the keyboard properties
W+L Logs on and off Windows
W+M Minimizes all windows
W+Shift M Undoes the minimize all action
W+P Opens the Print Manager
W+R Displays the Run dialog box
W+S Enables or disables the Caps Lock key
W+V Views the clipboard
W+F1 Displays Windows help
W+Break Displays the system properties
W+Tab Activates open programs in order
Is there a computer term or phrase that you'd like to see an explanation of?
Email it to info@computerkindergarten.com and we'll put the term and its
definition in an upcoming newsletter.
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Today's Topic: Printing Picture Thumbnails
Question: Could you please tell me if this is possible? I have many photos on my computer from my digital camera. I would like to print a page of the thumbnails so I can get a better idea of how they look, without using a lot of paper. I have asked many people, computer experts, too, who said they did not think this can be done but I thought I would try asking you.
Answer:
Yes, if you are using Windows XP, you can do that. You will get a sheet of paper with 35 pictures printed on it; each approximately 1 inch by 1 inch. You can also use these printed sheets for CDs. If you have a lot of pictures on a CD, print thumbnails on a sheet to include with the CD. Then you will know what is on that CD if you are looking for particular pictures.
Here are the steps.
Put all the photos that you want to print into the same folder. If your pictures are organized in many different folders, you may want to create a new folder and copy the pictures you want into there; then, the originals will stay organized, and you can just delete the folder with the copies when you are done printing the thumbnails.
After you have copied all of the pictures into one folder, open the Windows XP Photo Printing Wizard.
Open the folder with the pictures you want to print.
On the left, you should see a navigation pane. At the top, check if it says Picture Tasks. If it does not, follow these steps:
Right click on a blank spot in the folder window. Left click on Properties from the resulting menu. Click the Customize tab. Under, Use this folder type as a template, change to Pictures (best for many files). Click OK.
Now you will see Picture Tasks on the left.
Under Picture Tasks, click Print pictures. This will open the Photo Printing Wizard. Click Next.
By default, all of the pictures will be selected. For any pictures that you do not want to print, click to remove the checkmark from the top right corner of that picture. You can print up to 35 thumbnails on each sheet. Click Next.
Under Which printer do you want to use, if your printer is not shown in the box, click the down arrow and click to select your printer. Click Next.
In the Layout Selection page, you will see Available Layouts. Scroll down to select Contact Sheet Prints. You will see the example in the Print preview pane on the right. Click Next.
Your pictures will now be printed.
When they are done printing, click Finish.
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Question: Check Email on Vacation
Question: I am going away on vacation. I will have access to the Internet and would like to check my email while I am away. Can I do this?
Answer:
Yes, you can. If you use America Online, go to the AOL website – aol.com. Input your screen name and password and you can read and send email. For web email, such as Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN or Lycos, go to the website – yahoo.com, hotmail.com, msn.com or lycos.com and input your email address and password.
For optimum online or other emails, go to mail2web.com. Input your email address and password.
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Websites of Interest:
Vision 101
Created by 1-800-contacts, this is a fascinating website with information on the anatomy of the eye, how it works, common problems, visual correction, contact lenses and more.
http://www.vision101.com/
Just for Fun - Games
If you like computer games, take a look at this site. You will find more than 50 games that you can play, for free, with no annoying downloads required.
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
The Recipe Link
This website has thousands of recipes and links cookbooks, cooking and baking instructions and much more.
http://www.kitchenlink.com/ |
