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Sandy's Quick Tips
If the document that you are looking
for was created or updated recently, you are in luck. Both Windows and many
programs keep track of your most recent documents. Click on the Start button
and hover the cursor over My Recent
Documents. This will bring up a list of the documents you most recently
worked on. Click on any one of them to open it.
You will also find that many programs
like Microsoft Word, keep a list of recent documents for your use. In Word,
click on File and you will see a list
of recent documents at the bottom. Click on any one to open it. By default older
versions of Word only keep track of the four most recently opened documents. To
increase that number, go to the Tools
menu and click on Options. On the General tab, change the Recently Used File List to nine, which
is the most you can have. Fortunately for users of Word 2007, this newer
version of Word keeps track of more recently documents automatically. Just click
on the round Office icon and a list of more than twelve recent documents will
automatically appear next to the vertical menu bar.
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The Windows Recycle Bin is the place
where most deleted files are stored. You can click on the trash can icon on
your computer desktop to see all of the items in the Recycle Bin. If you want
to restore a file in the Recycle Bin, you simply highlight it and click on "Restore
this item" to return the file to its original location.
This is a very valuable feature.
Once you get used to it, you may think that it is always available. In most
cases, it is. However, there are two important instances when the recycle bin
doesn't work.
First, there is no Recycle Bin for
networked drives. So if you have a file server and you delete a file from it,
it is permanently deleted. While this affects mainly businesses with the
appearance of Microsoft Home Server software, you can be sure that it will
start to affect sophisticated home users as well.
Second, when you delete a file from
a removable drive like a USB flash drive, camera, or memory card reader, there
is no recycle bin. Any item that you delete will be permanently deleted.
Unfortunately, there is no real
alert to this fact. If you look closely when you delete a file from your hard
drive, the confirmation box will say something like: "Are you sure you want to
send this file to the Recycle Bin?" When
you delete a file from a removable drive, the box will say, "Are you sure you
want to delete this file?" but, to be honest with you, no one reads all those
common warning boxes anyway. Most people, me included, just click right through
them.
So just be aware that you either
need to read the confirmation boxes, or just remember that if you are deleting
a file from a network or external drive, you will be permanently deleting it.
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It might seem like a good idea to have a little added
protection, but when it comes to antivirus programs, more is not better. You should never run two
antivirus programs at the same time. They can interfere with each other, and
may cause you more headaches than they cure. In fact, even having two antivirus
programs installed on your computer at the same time can cause problems. So if
you decide to change antivirus programs. Be sure to uninstall the first one
before you install the new one.
The same holds true for firewalls. The rule is only use one
firewall at a time.
However, antispyware programs are different. While you don't
want to run two of them simultaneously, you may need to have more than one just
to find all the spyware. I keep two or three on each of my computers. When you
are ready to check for spyware, run one program and let it complete its work,
then run the next one.
Be sure to keep your antispyware and antivirus programs up
to date, as new spyware and new viruses appear every day.
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In Windows Windows XP or Vista, click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Character Map. When the Character Map appears it will look like this:
If you use that symbol a lot, you can also use its shortcut key to put it in any document without opening the Character Map every time you want to use that symbol.
Jot down that shortcut key. If you will use it a lot, memorize it or put it on a sticky note on your computer. Then go to the email or document and put your cursor where you want the symbol to appear. Make sure the NumLock for the numeric keypad is on. (It is a toggle key, pressing once will turn it on, pressing it again will turn it off.) Hold down the Alt key while you enter the numbers that represent that symbol. As you can see from the above screen shot, the cent key numbers are 0162. So for the cent sign you would enter 0162 on the numeric keypad. When you release the Alt key, the symbol will appear in your document.
For more information check out my article entitled: Symbols & the Character Map
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With a tabbed browser like Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox, you can open any group of tabs with just a few clicks. You can do this with just 2 or 3 tabs, or you can open as many as you like at one time. The trick is to create a tab group. Here how to do it:
If you are using Firefox
Open each page you want to bookmark in a separate tab.
(Click CTRL-T to open a new tab), then click on Bookmarks and choose Bookmark All Tabs. When the window pops up asking you to name the folder, type in a name.
When you are ready to open these bookmarks, simply choose Bookmarks, then
choose name that you gave the folder. Click
Open All in Tabs and each will open
in a separate tab.
If you are using Internet Explorer 7
Open each page you want to bookmark in a separate tab, then
click Add Tab Group to Favorites. Give
the Tab Group a name. When you are ready to open this group of tabs, open the
Favorites Center by clicking on the yellow star on the toolbar. Find the name that
you have given the folder and click on the blue right-pointing arrow that
appears on the right side of the folder name. Each will open in a separate tab.
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