Announcements

Norton Anti-virus rebate update

Just a quick update on the rebate form issue with Norton Anti-virus 2002 (boxed version). If you purchased this product from us and didn't receive a rebate form, please e-mail cindy@worldstart.com and include your mailing address. She'll send you one right away.

We've had some requests for rebate forms from people who did not purchase the product through us. Unfortunately, we can't help you, we can only send out rebate forms to the folks who purchased through our web site.

Oh, and thanks to everyone who did (and does) buy through us. Your purchases keep this, and all of our newsletters, free.

Without your support, there wouldn't be any computer tips newsletter. Thanks :-)

That's it for me today, enjoy the newsletter :-)

Computers 101

Q:
How can I move and resize my taskbar?

A:

To move your taskbar, grab a blank area with your mouse (left click & hold) and drag it to whatever location (top, bottom, or sides) you want. Note that you need to grab the taskbar in the area where your open program buttons sit or right under your Start button (if there's room to grab). If you have IE 4.0 or better installed, you probably have an area (quick launch toolbar) where icons sit. That's NOT the area you grab.

If you are using XP and can't get the taskbar to move, you may need to "unlock" it. Just right-click a blank area on the taskbar and click the "Lock the taskbar" menu item to toggle it on and off.

OK, now for resizing:

To resize your taskbar, hover your mouse pointer over its edge. Your mouse pointer should turn onto a double arrow. Now, click and hold your left mouse button while dragging the taskbar to the size you want.

As you drag it down, you'll get another "level" you can work with. You can drag excess toolbars to this new level using their little "handles" (short vertical lines on the toolbar's left-hand side).

Who knew it could be so easy?

Tip of the Day

Similar Fonts

Web Link - http://www.worldstart.com/tips/simfont.htm

Have you ever had a font that was *almost* what you were looking for? Well, here's how to look at fonts that are similar to the one that's almost right.

1. Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel (XP users, click the Start button, Control Panel) . Open the Fonts folder. Some users may need to click the "View all control panel options" or "Switch to classic view" link that's on the left side of the control panel.

2. From the View menu, select "List fonts by similarity"

That's it. Now, just use the "list fonts by similarity to" drop down box to select the font that almost made the cut. You'll get a list in descending order of similarity. Double-click a font to see a sample.

Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Candy Usa

Do you have a sweet tooth? Well if so, you can visually feed it at this site. Learn how to make candy crafts, read candy statistics, find candy recipes, as well as candy trivia. Read up on Nutrition and Health information where they answer such questions as:

"Is my candy safe?"

And cover topics like:

"Pyschology" foods, Chocolate Does Not Raise Cholesterol, and Snacks, Chocolate, Candy and Kids, and many more. Check out this very tasty eye candy.

http://www.candyusa.org/

Do you have a cool site that you want to share? Send it to Amanda! Here's her address:

amanda@worldstart.com

Oh, and we're looking for non-commercial sites. We generally don't run sites that are strictly for shopping.