Computer newbies: A Few 'Tips' For Computer Newbies

Install and use the free Character Map that

comes with windows (all versions)

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(NT) I Print Them Out

by Grif Thomas  - 7/11/06 4:55 PM

No Need To Compile, I Just...

by Grif Thomas  - 7/12/06 3:25 PM

...print them from a website. For example, click on the link below and print out the information provided:

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/keyboard.htm

Hope this helps.

Grif

How To Reassociate Default Picture Viewers

by Grif Thomas  - 5/6/04 6:16 PM

In reply to: A Few 'Tips' For Computer Newbies by Grif Thomas 

Go to one of the .jpg pictures, click on it once to highlight it, then while holding down the Shift key, right click on the file, then choose "Open With" from the menu. When the "Open With" box opens, make sure there is a check mark in the "Always Use this program to open this type of file", then scroll down to "Iexplore" and double click it. (Other programs may be set for this such as the "Windows Picture and FAX Viewer" on many Windows XP machines. It's your choice.) This will set up the default viewer for opening jpg files. You can always set up another type for those files if you want. Do this same procedure with .gif files, Iexplore may be their default opener.

Do the same for .bmp files, except when you open the "Open With" box, scroll down to "MSPaint" and double click that. That is the default for bmp files.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Msmclow, Try This....

by Grif Thomas  - 7/31/04 3:28 PM

You appear to be doing it incorrectly...On Windows 98....Go to a .jpg file. Click on it ONCE to highlight it. Now, while holding down the "Shift" key, RIGHT click on the file, then choose "Open With" from the menu. ("Open With" will probably be fourth or fifth on the list) When the "Open With" box opens, make sure there is a check mark in the "Always Use this program to open this type of file", then scroll down to "Iexplore" and double click it. Iexplore works for .jpg and .gif files. MSpaint works for .bmp files.

If that doesn't work for you,(it should) try using a free "picture viewer" program called "Irfanview" from the link below. After loading it, you can set up Irfanview as the default viewer from within the program for almost all picture types:

http://www.irfanview.com/

Hope this helps.

Grif

Backing Up and Printing Internet Explorer Favorites

by Grif Thomas  - 5/6/04 7:24 PM

In reply to: A Few 'Tips' For Computer Newbies by Grif Thomas 

Backup your “Favorites” to a separate file and print them like this:

While in Internet Explorer, click on "File" in the upper left, choose "Import and Export" from the list, click on "next". When the next window loads, click on the "Export Favorites" selection, then click on "next". At the next window, make sure the top "Favorites" folder is highlighted, then click on "next". At the next window, make sure to place a dot/tick in the “Export to a File or Address” box, and verify which location you are sending the saved file to, then click “next”. (The default is usually the "My Documents" folder) Proceed through all the instructions to export the "bookmark.htm" file to your designated location. The saved HTML document will have the actual hyperlinks and can be used just like the favorites listing in Internet Explorer. It’s a good idea to save the file and "Import" it if a crash were to occur, or just use it as-is.

If you then want to print out the file, with the included links do this:

Navigate to the "Bookmark.htm" file that you have previously saved, then double click it to open it in Internet Explorer. Next, click on "File" in the upper left, and choose "Print" from the menu. When the "Print" box loads, make sure to place a CHECK mark in the "Print Table Of Links" box which is in the lower right corner. Click on OK and the entire list will be printed up.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Cnetlimp, Did You ????

by Grif Thomas  - 7/30/04 3:24 PM

...follow my instructions completely? When you're ready to print the "Bookmark.htm" document, and after the "Print" dialogue widows pops up, make sure to place a CHECK mark in the "Table Of Links" box. (Some printers may have this box on a separate "Options" tab or button.) An extra page or two will be printed which shows the actual URL that is associated with each site.

Isn't that what you're asking for.

Hope this helps.

Grif