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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, August 25, 2002
In this Issue:
Special Feature: The AOL Instant Messenger Feature
Featured Computer Term: Slider Bar
This Week's Topic: Adding Icons to the Start Menu
Question: Organize Favorites In Internet Explorer
Learning Series: Microsoft Word - Using the Word Toolbar
Featured Website: Your Health, Part II: Kids Health for Kids; MedicineNet; Medline Plus; Quitnet
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Using Links
A Link is a reference to a website. In this newsletter you will see links to many worthwhile, informative and fun websites. Here are the instructions on how to use links:
A link will be used one of two ways, depending on your email program.
If you see the link in blue, underlined text, all you have to do is click on it and a window with the Website in it will automatically appear on your screen.
If you see the link in plain text, you can copy and paste it into the address bar on your browser. Here's how:
Highlight the link with your mouse, click Edit up on the menu bar, and then click Copy from the menu that you just opened up. Open your browser (click the Start Button, point to Programs, click on Internet Explorer); click on the address bar. Click Edit up on the menu bar, and then click Paste from the menu that you just opened up. Press the Enter key on the keyboard and this will take you to the Website.
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Special Feature: The AOL Instant Messenger Feature
America OnLine invented the AOL Instant Messenger and Buddy List features to enable you to chat online, privately one-on one, with family and friends, anywhere in the world at no extra charge. With this, you can save money on long distance calls by using instant messaging to quickly check in on friends and family.
What a lot of people don’t know is that you don’t have to be an AOL member to use this feature. With the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) feature, you don’t have to be a member of AOL and you can also chat instantly with anyone on any other Internet service.
To access this feature, go to AOL’s website:
www.aol.com.
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Special Feature:
We've added a new page to our website: History of Computers. If you're interested in learning when computers hit the scene, the dates of major transitions, and who is responsible to what, take a look at our Timelines of Computers.
http://stsico.com/html/history.html
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Today's Computer Term: Slider Bar
A Slider Bar is an object in a window that has less at one end, and more at the other. You can grab it with your mouse cursor and move it left and right, between less and more, or lower and higher, depending on the type of command you’re giving.
You can take a look at a slider bar in this window:
Click the Start button, point to Settings, click Control Panel, click Internet Options. When the Internet Options window appears, click the Settings button in the middle of the screen. You'll see the slider bar. If you’re using Windows XP, click the Start button, click Control Panel and follow steps as above.
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Today's Topic: Adding Icons to the Start Menu
The Start Menu was originally created to make it easy to get to programs when your screen is filled with a program. you can add new icons onto the Start Menu -for programs or files -whatever you need to make your computer use more convenient.
Here’s one way to do it:
1. Right click a blank portion of the Taskbar at the bottom of your screen.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on the Start Menu Programs tab.
4. Click the Add button.
5. Click the Browse button that appears and locate the program or file you want on the Start Menu.
6. In the Browse window, there’s a box named Files of type. This can be Programs or All Files. If you set it to All Files you can put anything on the Start Menu.
7. Click OK to pop the path to the file into the Command line.
8. Click Next to get to the Select Program Folder box.
9. Select the folder you want to place the file in by clicking it once.
10. Click Next and select a name for the shortcut. Either leave the name that’s there by default, or create a new name.
11. Click the Finish button, and then click OK. You’re done.
Now go to the Start Menu by clicking the Start button. You’ll see the new program listed. Place files or programs on the Start Menu that you want to access at any time. You’ll find this very handy when your desktop is covered up with open windows.
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Question: Organize Favorites In Internet Explorer
Question: I’ve added a lot of websites to my favorites in IE (Internet Explorer). Is there a way to organize them to make them a little easier to find?
Answer:
You can drag and drop to quickly re-arrange the order of your favorites list with the Favorites Explorer bar. To open the Favorites Explorer bar click the Favorites button on the IE toolbar and go to Arrange or Organize (depending on your IE version) Favorites. The Explorer bar will open in a separate pane inside your IE browser window. Now you can move a folder or items within a folder by just dragging and dropping.
To see favorites stored inside any folder, just click a folder's icon and a list for the folder's content drops down. To move a favorite on your list into a folder or to a new position in its folder, drag its icon up or down the Explorer bar to the new location. You'll notice a heavy horizontal line as you drag. This shows you where the favorite would be inserted when you release the mouse button.
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Progressive Learning Series: Microsoft Word - Using the Word Toolbar
You can access most of the Word functions using the menu bar. But, if you prefer, you can use the toolbar buttons. Some of the button functions are made obvious by their icons. Others are more obscure. To find out what a button does, just move the mouse pointer over the button and leave it there for a few seconds. A tool tip will open and display the button's name.
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Today's Featured Websites: Your Health, Part II
Kids Health for Kids
Immunizations, stitches, going to the dentist...all these things can seem pretty intimidating to a child, unless of course he or she understands what's going on. This site tackles the tough health-related issues in ways that kids can understand.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
MedicineNet
MedicineNet provides doctor produced medical information. This site brings you information from an experienced team of qualified professionals in medicine, healthcare, internet technology and business, where you will find comprehensive healthcare information.
http://www.medterms.com/MedicineNet
Medline Plus
The National Library of Medicine and The National Institutes of Health bring you this informational site where you can find information on conditions, diseases, wellness as well as a medical encyclopedia.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html
Quitnet
If quitting smoking was your New Year's Resolution, and it hasn’t happened yet, you may need some help. Quitnet is a smoking cessation site where smokers help smokers quit. On this site you'll find everything from a Quitting Calendar and other Quitting Tools to a Quit Date Wizard to help you set a date to quit.
http://www.quitnet.com/qn_main.jtml |
