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Welcome to this week's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, October 28, 2007
Trick or Treat! It’s Halloween! Have a happy and safe one!!
In this Issue:
Special Feature: The Jury Duty Scam
Tips & Tricks: Fast Moves in Word
Tips & Tricks: Microsoft Word - Move to a Previous Location
Tips & Tricks: Microsoft Excel – Wrapping Text in a Cell
Tips & Tricks: Using Ctrl Drag to Copy
Websites of Interest: Happy Halloween; Year by Year; History of the World Wide Web; Congress; Drug Digest
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Special Feature: The Jury Duty Scam
The following is from snopes.com.
Here's a new twist scammers are using to commit identity theft: the jury duty scam. Here's how it works:
The scammer calls claiming to work for the local court and claims you've failed to report for jury duty. He tells you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest.
The victim will often rightly claim they never received the jury duty notification. The scammer then asks the victim for confidential information for "verification" purposes.
Specifically, the scammer asks for the victim's Social Security number, birth date, and sometimes even for credit card numbers and other private information - exactly what the scammer needs to commit identity theft.
So far, this jury duty scam has been reported in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington State.
It's easy to see why this works. The victim is clearly caught off guard, and is understandably upset at the prospect of a warrant being issued for his or her arrest. So, the victim is much less likely to be vigilant about protecting their confidential information.
In reality, court workers will never call you to ask for social security numbers and other private information. In fact, most courts follow up via snail mail and rarely, if ever, call prospective jurors.
Action: Never give out your Social Security number, credit card numbers or other personal confidential information when you receive a telephone call.
This jury duty scam is the latest in a series of identity theft scams where scammers use the phone to try to get people to reveal their Social Security number, credit card numbers or other personal confidential information.
It doesn't matter why they are calling – all the reasons are just different variants of the same scam.
Protecting yourself is simple: Never give this info out when you receive a phone call.
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Tips & Tricks: Fast Moves in Word
Question: I have a very long document in Word that I update almost daily. I would like to know a quick way to get to the end so that it does not take me so long to scroll down to the bottom.
Answer:
Open the document. Hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and then press and release the End key. Release the CTRL key. This will move the insertion point to the end of the document.
To get back to the beginning of the document, hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and then press the Home key. Release the CTRL key.
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Tips & Tricks: Microsoft Word - Move to a Previous Location
Question: I have a Word file that I make additions to regularly. Sometimes I want to return to the place I had edited just previously. Is there a shortcut for this?
Answer:
Yes, there is. Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard. Press and release the F5 key. Release the Shift key. The insertion point will move to its previous location.
You can use this key combination to return to the three previous locations. Pressing it a fourth time will return you to where you started.
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Tips & Tricks: Microsoft Excel – Wrapping Text in a Cell
Question: I sometimes type a few words in a cell, which will overlap into the next cell. Is it possible to make the text display on two or more lines within one cell?
Answer:
Yes, it is. Text can wrap within one cell. To turn that feature on, select the cell or cells you want to change. Click Format on the menu and then click Cells.
This will open the Format Cells window. Click the Alignment tab at the top.
In the Text control area, click the check box to the left of Wrap text.
Click the OK button.
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Tips & Tricks: Using Ctrl Drag to Copy
Select the text you want to copy. Hold down the CTRL key, point anywhere in the selected text and hold down the left mouse button. You will be able to drag a copy of the selected text to another location in the document. When you get to the place you want, release the mouse button. The copy of the selected text will appear there.
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Websites of Interest:
Happy Halloween !
History, pumpkin carving, recipes, costume ideas, safety tips and lots of fun graphics can be found on the Halloween page on our website.
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/halloween.html
Year by Year
What happened the year you were born? Choose any year from 1900 to 2007 and you can see the news, sports, entertainment and more from that year.
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
History of the World Wide Web.
21 facts about the internet you should know along with trivia and definitions of common terms.
http://www.bizwaremagic.com/quick_internet_history.htm
Congress
This nonpartisan site provides information on votes, bills and current events from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. You will also find information on how to contact your local, state, and federal representatives.
http://www.congress.org/
Drug Digest
A visit to this site is a must for anyone who takes medication regularly. It’s easy to check drug interactions, side effects, information your health care provider should know about you, and much more.
http://www.drugdigest.org |
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