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Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend (and to our international readers, I hope your weekend was good too). And yes, I still have all my fingers.

A couple things today. First off, I want to welcome all the new subscribers. We've had a lot of new folks join us over the last several weeks and if this is your first issue (or even if it's not), we're glad you're here.

Also, in all the 4th of July excitement last week I neglected to mention our Free Download of the Week. We have an awesome little program called IE Spell. It's a spell checker for Internet Explorer.

I know, why would you need it? Well, have you ever filled out a form, posted a message, or left comments somewhere and wondered if you had the spelling correct? Ah, now you're interested. Find that, and oh so much more, at our home page:

http://www.worldstart.com

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).

Also, to hide your taskbar:
Right-click any blank area on your taskbar (your taskbar is what your Start button sits on) and select Properties from the menu that pops up. Select Autohide or Auto-hide Taskbar from the resulting screen.

Now, your taskbar will disappear when you move your mouse away from it and re-appear when you bring your mouse back.

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http://www.worldstart.com/submitquestion.htm

Tip of the Day

Doc Scraps

Here's a cool one. With this tip, you can stick a "scrap" of information on your Desktop. You can then take this "document scrap" and paste it into another application - without opening it up (although it doesn't work on everything).

First, you'll need to use a program that supports OLE2 drag and drop. Programs like Word, MS Paint, Wordpad, Corel WordPerfect, and most other popular programs will support this function.

OK, now, here's how to do it.

Just highlight the text you would like to copy. Drag it to your desktop (don't copy it, just highlight and drag). A "Document scrap" will be created on the desktop for you.

You can make as many of these little "scraps" as you like. They can be text or images.

Here's a picture of one:

Oh, and you may want to right-click them and re-name them too - makes it easier to figure out which one is which.

To use these document scraps, either double-click them to open, or drag them to where you would like to have them inserted into your document (again, this only works with some programs).

A really cool use for this is if you use the same text over and over. For example, maybe you have some information you occasionally e-mail to people and find it annoying to be constantly opening up your word processor and all the associated copying/pasting.

Well, if you right-click the document scrap, and select "Copy" from the resulting menu, the info in that scrap is placed on the clipboard where you can paste into your e-mail message (again, not every program supports this). I use this little trick all the time to send out info to commonly asked questions.

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http://www.worldstart.com/submitatip.htm

Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Joe Canner-Master Food Preserver

Have you ever been curious about the secrets of food canning, and preserving? Have you ever had a really good batch of fruit that you wanted to make into jelly for your toast?

Well, now those secrets can be revealed to you by Joe Canner, “Master Food Preserver.” You can also learn the judging rules for preserves and jellies at this site. You’ll also find information on Botulism at Joe’s site.

This site is really quite tasty I might just make some mango jelly. Enjoy!

http://www.joecanner.com/

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com