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Sold Out Twice

Wow—Thanks to you we've sold out twice this week!

We are out of both the National Geographic and MS Picture It titles. Although I'm on the lookout for more, it's not likely I'm going to be able to locate them—especially National Geographic. I can't even find a supplier that has any extra laying around.

Our sincere thanks to everyone who ordered and my apologies to anyone who missed out. Remember, if you see something in the newsletter you want, be sure to grab it quick!

Have a great weekend!!

Computers 101

Q:
I just noticed a key on my keyboard that I've never really used before becuase I have no idea what it's for. It's in between the left Ctrl and Alt and has a "flying window" on it. Can you help?

A:
Ahh, the Windows key. I remember the first time I noticed her... She sat lifeless until someone explained to me the power she possessed. And now I will pass the knowledge on to you so that together we can rule the univ..., well, our computers...

The Windows key can be used in conjunction with other keys to act as a keyboard shortcut for faster access to menu commands. Now, while the Alt key tends to open program menus (ex: Alt+F opens the File menu and Alt+E opens the Edit menu) and the Ctrl key performs actual operations (ex: Ctrl+C will copy and Ctrl+V will paste), the Windows key will open various Windows tools...

Windows key + R will open the Start menu's Run box
Windows key + F will open the Start menu's Find window
Windows key + E will quickly launch Explorer
Windows key + Pause/Break will open the System Properties window
Windows key + M will Minimize all windows
Windows key + Shift + M will undo Minimize all windows
Windows key + D will switch between minimizing all open programs and showing them all
Windows key + Tab will cycle through items on the taskbar
Windows key by itself will open the Start menu

You can also open programs or folders on your desktop by pressing the Windows key + the first letter of the program/folder/shortcut + Enter. Sounds kinda tedious, but if you're in a bind with your mouse, it can come in quite handy.

~ Steve

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Tip of the Day

Selective Printing

Every day I get email asking how to print just part of a web page or e-mail. Finally, after much demand I'm gonna tell ya how to do it...

First, you need to know that this does not work with every system out there. This tip only works if both your printer driver and the software application you're using supports this little trick. So, take this for what it's worth.

Here's how it usually works:

1. First, select the area you would like to print.

2. Next, from the file menu, select Print...

3. When the printer dialog box comes up, look for an option for "Selection", in a "Print Range" frame. Again, not all printers / software support this.

4. Click Print.

BTW - Please note that I was NOT able to get this little trick to work with Netscape (4.x or 6). This may be due to my printer driver, but I'm guessing that it's more likely that Netscape doesn't support selective printing.

Oh, one more thing. If you can't print a selection, you can always copy and paste the stuff you want into a word processor and print it from there. Sure, it's not nearly as much fun, but it's better than printing out eight pages of junk just to get a small section of text.

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Duct Tape Guys

Duct Tape fixes everything, right? Well here are two guys with the best Duct Tape site I’ve run across. I particularly enjoyed the Body Shop section where they show pictures of car repairs done with—you guessed it—duct tape.

The Duct Tape sightings section is also a hoot. Pictures from around the globe that show ways duct tape has been used to repair things.

And yes, for you Duct Tape fanatics, there is a How To section. With tons of ideas on just how you could use that duct tape.

Enjoy!

http://www.ducktapeguys.com/

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Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com