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Now That's Impressive!

Wow, thanks to all who ordered PrintMaster 11 Platinum Edition yesterday! The response was terrific! Did you miss out? Well, you'll be glad to know we still have some of these left (but they are going fast).

So, what's the big deal with this? Well, it's an incredibly well done and user friendly print program that'll let you create just about anything you can come up with! You can create Greeting Cards, Banners, Labels, Recipe Cards, Light Switch plate Covers, Booklets, Calendars, Newsletters, Business Cards, Mobiles, Paper Airplanes, Stickers, Bookmarks, Photo Albums, Photo Organizer, Photo Frames, Novelty Projects, Web Pages, Stencils, Puzzles, Invitations, Announcements, Flyers, Accordion Folders, Masks, Signs, Decorative Boxes, Ornaments, Stationary, Gift Bags, tags, and more!

This 8 CD set has over 122,000 images on CD, another 80,000 available online, plus over 11,000 templates! If you can't create it with this program, there's a good chance it just can't be done at all! :-)

Want yours? Well, you'd better get to the site ASAP! I'm not sure how many more of these I can scrounge up. Again, this has a retail value of $69.95, but your price is only $23.97! Great deal huh? Well, click that link below or you may miss it!

http://www.worldstart.com/store/printmaster-platinum11.htm

BONUS! - Buy this program now and get a Greeting Card Sample Pack for FREE! This is a $7.00 value, yours free when you order. Get to the site quickly - I can't recommend this program highly enough!

What's New?

I tell ya, Rose has been working some long hours this week putting new items in our online store. You've just got to check out all the cool things she's found! Lots of really great software at some fantastic prices. Be sure to stop by, you never know what you may find ;-)

http://www.worldstart.com/store/newtitles.htm

Computers 101

Q: I have so many "Favorites" that I can't quickly go to the ones I use most often. Is there a faster way to revisit a web page using Internet Explorer?

A: Yes, IE provides the ultimate in shortcut solutions called "Links."

If you don't see the Links bar as shown above, right-click any empty area within the menu or navigation bars and click Links so it is checked.

Go to the web page you want to shortcut. Drag the IE icon in the address field to the Links bar. The screen will then refresh showing your new shortcut with its default title.

Now, anytime you want to visit that page from a different page, just click that link. Note, unlike Favorites, this page will open in the same and not a new window.

Now, assuming that you want to see as many links as possible without first clicking >>, right click on your new entry and select Rename or Properties/General tab. Type the shortest acronym or abbreviations that you will remember. The screen will refresh again displaying your new title.

Duplicate until you have a link to as many pages as you want. Then, you can reorder them by simply dragging them within the Links bar and releasing when the big I (vertical beam) appears in the desired location. You can even drag links from beyond the >> to the viewable Links area; however, this will usually force the right-most link to fall beyond the >>.

To increase the Links bar length, right click on "Links" and make sure "Lock the Toolbars" is not checked and then drag "Links" to its own full line beneath the menu and/or navigation bar. If you need even more space and don’t mind an extra click, you can save links within a folder as shown using Windows Explorer. I find this preferable to clicking >> to see all my links because I can find any link more quickly. You can also use grouping instead of putting your links on an extra line, which will reduce vertical scrolling.

Tip: You can assign a hotkey to any link using the Properties box as we've previously covered. The hotkey will open the link in a new window. You can also change the default icon, if you like, from the Properties box.

--Dave Hearron

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Tip of the Day

A Quick Way to the C:

OK, I know there are several ways to view the contents of your hard drive (normally drive "C" ), but here's one I stumbled upon the other day that I thought was kinda cool.

1. First hit your Windows Key and the letter "R." (The windows key is located between the ALT & CTRL keys - if you don't have a "windows" keyboard, you won't have this key and you'll need to hit the Start button, Run to try this.)

2. You should now have the "Run" dialog box sitting in front of you. Now, type in a back slash (/):

3. Hit Enter and you should get a window with a list of all the stuff on your C: drive.

Again, there are other ways of getting to your C: drive quickly (like sticking a shortcut on your desktop by dragging the C: drive to it), but this was a new one to me so I thought I would pass it along.

--Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Federal Consumer Information Center

Find out what’s been recalled directly from the internet. Don’t take the risk of not knowing if something you own has been recalled. From the food you eat to the cars you drive, you’ll find it here.

On the front page of this site you’ll find the leading news articles with recalls and other information that made the news from this division. You can even post a complaint, read about frauds and scams, and find other helpful recall resources.

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/recallsdesc.htm

APOLOGY -

It has been brought to our attention that the site we ran on the 18th had some vulgarity in it. We apologize for sending you to that site. We do try to check these sites out before we run them, but sometimes one slips through.

Again, our sincerest apologizes.

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