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Welcome to this week's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, December 10, 2006
To all of our friends, we wish you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, and a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.
From all of us at Sharper Training Solutions - Ceil, Liv, Kristin, Francine, Maryanne, Dan, and Angela.
In this Issue:
Special Feature: Speed Up Websites
Question: Recovering Deleted Files
Question: Finding Downloaded Files
Question: The Difference Between Save and Save As
This Week's Topic: Microsoft Word: Change Page Orientation
Question: Stop Website Animation
Websites of Interest: Write a Senior Citizen; Public Radio Fan; Test Your Geography Knowledge; Calendar History; Human Rights Day
We will not be publishing this newsletter for the next three weekends so we can celebrate the holidays with our families and friends. See you in '07!
Please visit our website for holiday information, greetings, fun, graphics and more:
Merry Christmas!
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/christmas.html
Happy Hanukkah!
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/hanukkah.html
Happy Kwanzaa!
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/kwanzaa.html
Happy New Year!
http://computerkindergarten.com/html/newyears.html
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Special Feature: Speed Up Websites
Question: I use dial up to connect to the Internet and it is very slow. Is there any way to speed it up without spending all that money on a high speed connection?
Answer:
You can speed things up, a little, by turning off the graphics in web pages. You will then see an empty box where the image would be. The website will display on your screen faster that way.
Here are the steps:
Open Internet Explorer. Click Tools on the menu, and then click Internet Options. The Internet Options dialogue box will open. Click the Advanced tab on the top.
Scroll down to the Multimedia section. Click to remove the checkmark from Show Pictures.
Click the OK button.
If you visit a website where you would like to see the images, follow the steps above to turn Show Pictures back on. Click the Refresh button on the toolbar to reload the website with the images.
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Did you know that you can read every newsletter we have published? We started publishing this newsletter in November, 2000 and we have every edition online, on our website.
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Click This Weeks Edition to view all of 2006.
Click Archives to view all previous editions.
Are you looking for a specific topic? Try searching our archives. Click Search the Archives. Input your search term, choose your favorite search engine, and click the Search button.
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Question: Recovering Deleted Files
I erased a very important file by mistake. Do you think I can get it back?
Answer:
If you erased the file from your hard drive, and it is still in the Recycle Bin, you will be able to get it back.
Double-click on the Recycle Bin icon. Click to select the file that you want to recover. Click File on the menu and then click Restore. The file will get sent back to the folder you deleted it from.
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Question: Finding Downloaded Files
I download files and then can never find them. Do you have any suggestions that would help me out?
Answer:
Yes, use Windows Search feature.
In the email with the file attached, note the filename. Download as usual, and then click the Start button. Click Search (Find, it you are using Windows 98).
Click All files and folders. Type in all or part of the filename and then click the Search button. You will see the file display in the pane on the right. To open it, double click on it.
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Question: The Difference Between Save and Save As
What is the difference between save and save as?
Answer:
When you create a brand new document and click on File on the menu and then Save, you will be see the Save As dialog box because the program wants to know two things:
1. Where do you want to save it?
2. What do you want to name it?
In a typical Save, you will usually just answer the second question; that is the file name. If you want to save the file to a different folder, you will change the answer to the first question. Click the Save button and you are done.
After you have saved your file once, clicking on that same series of commands no longer gives you these choices. Why? Because the program assumes you do not want to change the choices you made. The program assumes you simply want to update the original copy by overwriting it with this new version of the same file. If you click File, Save again, your program will not even show you the Save dialog box after the first save.
Here is where Save As comes in. If, in fact, you DO want to either put a copy in a new location, or create a new copy with a new name, you must go to the File menu and choose Save As. That will then display the Save dialog box, which you need to change the file name or location information.
Windows will not allow you to have two files with the exact same name in the same folder, so when you save a file to a location where that file already exists, Windows will replace the existing file with your new one. So, if you do not want to overwrite the existing file, but instead want to create another copy with a different name or in a different location or as a different file type, you must go to the File menu and choose Save As.
When you choose File then Save As, you can use the dropdown box at the top of the Save As dialog box, which says Save In, to select the location where you want to put your new copy. You can also change the name of your new copy in the File name box and save it either in a new location or in the same location as the original (because this new copy now has a different name).
An important thing to remember is that Save will overwrite your existing file with this new copy, whereas Save As will give you the options to create a second copy.
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Today's Topic: Microsoft Word: Change Page Orientation
Question: I would like to print sideways on a page. How can I do this?
Answer:
Change the page orientation to landscape. Follow these steps:
Click File on the menu and then Page Setup. You will see the Page Setup dialog box. Click to select the Paper Size tab. (In Word XP you use the Margins tab.) click to select landscape orientation for your document.
Click the OK button.
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Question: Stop Website Animation
Some of the websites I look at have animation – things moving on the screen. It can be very annoying and distracting. Can I change a setting to make this stop?
Answer:
Yes, you can. Here are the steps:
Open Internet Explorer. Click Tools on the menu, and then click Internet Options. The Internet Options dialogue box will open. Click the Advanced tab on the top.
Scroll down to the Multimedia section. Click to remove the checkmark from Play animations in web pages.
Click the OK button.
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Websites of Interest:
Write a Senior Citizen
This is a pen-pal web site for seniors. Put in your hobby or interest and you will get a list of pen pals with similar interests.
http://www.writeseniors.com/penpals/
Public Radio Fan
The site has program listings and schedules for hundreds of public radio stations worldwide.
http://www.publicradiofan.com/
Test Your Geography Knowledge
How good are you at U.S. and World geography? You can test your knowledge at this site.
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
Calendar History
All about calendars: history, astronomy, ancient and current calendars and much more. A very well designed and interesting website.
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/
Sunday, December 10 is Human Rights Day
http://www.hrw.org/about/
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