If you think you have received a virus in your Outlook
Express, Don't touch it. Simply look at the tool bar at the top of
the window, select
"Edit/Select All " and then "Edit/Delete". This way you
don't have to touch and possibly open the virus. Make sure you
have current anti-virus software installed on your computer. The
cost of the software is way less than the cost of repairs to
damage done by a virus.
Use "right click" whenever you want to do something like copy a picture. There is a huge amount of tasks that can be done with "right click". If you hold down on the "right click" button and drag a file, you have the option of moving or copying the file. Play with it and see what happens.
When you have lost that file
that you just downloaded, go to Start/Find and type in the name and extension, (as best as you can remember it) of
the file you are looking for. The path to your file will be shown
in the box.
If you want to find something on a web page
and don't feel like scrolling to find it just click on
"Edit/Find on this page" and type in what you are
looking for. If it is on the page the browser will go right to
what you were looking for. It is just like having a teeny search
engine right there.
Adding a Personality to Your
Documents
The easiest ways to add a
personality to your documents is to use the Wingdings font. For
example, you'd like to add a smiley face at the end of a line of
text. To do so, follow these steps:
Click on the area where you'd
like the smiley face to appear. From the applications menu (Word,
WordPad, Notepad, etc) select the Wingdings font.
Now press Shift
+ J J.
Other Wingdings characters you
may use for personality:
Serious face (Shift + K) K
Sad face (Shift + L) L
Peace sign (Shift + A) A
Thumbs up (Shift + C) C
Thumbs down (Shift + D) D
OK sign (Shift + B) B
Skull & crossbones (Shift + N)
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Desktop with Mac Style
Click on the My Computer icon so
it shows all your system drives and other resources. Right click
on the 3 1/2 Floppy [A:] and drag this icon over to the upper
right hand corner of the screen where you'd normally see the
floppy icon on the Macintosh system. Release the right mouse
button and choose "Create Shortcut(s) Here". Do the same
with your hard drive icon, CD-ROM and other drives of choice.
You'll soon have a comfortable looking screen with quick access to
your files just like on a Mac system. Optionally, right click on
your new shortcuts and choose Rename to make it even more
familiar.
Closing All Folders
Sometimes, when you are
navigating through folders, you can make quite a mess of your
desktop. For example, you want to look in your Fonts folder. What
you must do is double-click My Computer, double-click Control
Panel, and then double-click Fonts--leaving three folders to close
when you are finished. It would be great if you could just close
them all at once. To do so, hold down the Shift key and then click
the Close button (the button with the "X" on it, on the
right end of the Title bar). Windows closes the current folder and
all its parent folders.
If you want to you can also have
the sub-folders open in the same window. Just click on the
"View" tab on the top of the tool bar and choose
"Folder Options", then choose "Custom", then
"Settings", and choose to "Open all folders in the
same window". If you want to go back to a previous folder, use
the back button to get there.
Another quick way to close windows, is to use "Alt+F4". This will close whichever window is currently on top of your desktop. This is also a shortcut to the shutdown menu when all other windows are closed.
Bigger Dialog Boxes
Probably you didn't realize that
Common Dialogs inside an application (Notepad, Paint, etc), such
as File - Open and File - Save As boxes are now resizable in the
Windows 9X/Me. Just look in the lower right-hand corner for that
familiar Explorer-like resize handle. Now, you can see more than
just a handful of files when you're in those dialogs.
Ctrl+Alt+Del for the Not
Responding Applications
If you open too many
applications on your computer, sometimes one of those applications
will make your computer stop responding. To get around this
problem, press Ctrl+Alt+Del. The Close Program dialog box will
appear on the screen. Select the not responding application and
then click End Task.
General Editing
Shortcuts
Try the
following general shortcuts in almost all of your applications,
including MS Word, Write (Win 3.1), WordPad, or even Notepad.
These keyboard shortcuts can be very handy.
Moving
One word to the right: Ctrl + right arrow
One word to the left: Ctrl + left arrow
Start of line: Home
End of line: End
Up one screen: PageUp
Down one screen: PageDown
Top of Screen: Ctrl + PageUp
Bottom of Screen: Ctrl + PageDown
Beginning of Document: Ctrl + Home
End of Document: Ctrl + End
Deleting
Delete word to
left: Ctrl + Backspace
Delete word to right: Ctrl + Delete
Clipboard
Copy selection:
Ctrl + C
Cut selection: Ctrl + X
Paste selection: Ctrl + V
Undo last of the above: Ctrl + Z
Completely
Disable Task Scheduler
Want to know how
to get rid of the Task Scheduler in your System Tray (the area
next to your Windows clock)? Double-click the Task Scheduler icon,
and then select Advanced, Stop Using Task Scheduler. Close the
Scheduled Tasks window, and this utility will no longer run at
start-up.
Wallpaper as
Reminder
Put your
important information or reminders in your Desktop wallpaper. That way you will not forget them. To do so, open Paint and then
type or paste the information that you want to be on your desktop
into Paint. Next save the file as a graphics (*.BMP) file. Then
you can choose Set As Wallpaper (Centered) in the File menu.
Switch from
Right to Left
Have a mouse
that is designed for the right hand? To switch to a left-handed
mouse, click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Mouse, go to the
Buttons tab, mark Left-Handed, and click OK. Your index finger on
your left hand will now click the number-one button. The Buttons
tab of the Mouse Properties dialog box makes it easy to switch
your mouse setting, and tells you what each button does.
Keep your Desktop
clutter to a minimum. Put all your shortcuts in a folder and
your computer will run faster. To create a folder on the Desktop,
simply "Right Click" on an empty space of the desktop
and choose, "New", then "Folder". Type in a
name for it and clean the desk up. Make a folder for everyone and
they can keep their stuff in their folders. You can also make a
new folder inside any folder to sort things even more. Use
"Right Click" often. It opens many options for you.
You can "Right Click" on a picture
you like and copy it. Then paste it in a folder using "Right
Click".
If you want to change the size of the text in
your browser, just click on the "View" tab on the top of
your window and select "Text Size". There are
several options to choose from.
Here is a way to put a shortcut to shutdown
on your desktop.
Right Click on Desktop - choose "New" then
"Shortcut". In the command line paste:
rundll.exe user.exe,exit windows
Click "NEXT" - Name it "Shutdown" or whatever you want it to say. Click
"Finish".
This will put a shortcut to shutdown right on your desktop and no more having to click on
"Start", then "Shut Down", then "OK"!
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