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We hope everyone had a great weekend - a great holiday weekend if you live here in the US. Enjoy the newsletter :-)

PrintMaster Fun!

Wow, thanks to all who ordered our PrintMaster Select 12 & ClickArt 10,000 bundle over the last several days! 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, Puzzles, Invitations, Announcements, Flyers, and more!

Want yours? Well, you'd better get to the site ASAP! Again, this has a retail value of between $50-$60, but your price is only $12.97 (Free US shipping too) Great deal huh? Well, head to the link below or you may miss it!

http://www.worldstart.com/store/printmaster-12-select.htm

Computers 101

Q:
Help! I created a document in MS Word, but now Word doesn't "see" it anymore. I can go to My Computer, look in the My Documents folder, and it's there. However, when I try to open it in Word, I can't seem to find it - or any other word document for that matter. What's going on?

A:
My guess? It's a filter problem.

No, not the kind of filter you use for e-mail or to keep your fish tank clean. This is a file filter.

When you select "Open" and that little dialog box comes up, check the drop box called "Files of type" (toward the bottom). It's my guess that you have something other than Word documents selected. To remedy the situation, just select "Word Documents (*.doc)" from the drop down menu.

You should now see all your Word documents, including the missing file.

OK, so why have all the filter stuff in the first place? Why not just show all the files in a folder?

The primary reason for filters in most programs is so you're not trying to open unsupported formats. Good thing too, I remember one time when I forced a jpeg to open in Notepad. Whew, not a pretty site. I still shudder when I think about it.

Anyhow, the really cool thing about filters is you can use them to select only the type of file you're looking for.

For example, let's say I have 300 files in the My Documents folder and they're an equal mix of word documents, text files, pictures, and html files. Now, if I know that the file I want to open is a text file, I can set the filter in MS Word (or any other word processor) to show me only text files. Now, instead of searching through 300 files, I only have to search through 75.

See? Filters aren't just for fish tanks anymore.

~ Steve

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Tip of the Day

Use A New Browser Window

Know what I hate? Anchovies on my pizza and recycled browser windows. You don't know what a recycled browser window is you say? Let's illustrate this idea with an example.

You have a web page open that you're checking out. An e-mail comes in and you decide to switch to your e-mail program. As you check out the new e-mail, you see a friend has sent you a link to a cool web page. So, you click the link and it loads in place of the page you were originally looking at. You catch yourself yelling, "Hey, stop! I was lookin' at that!"

Sure, you can always hit your Back button to go back to your original page, but wouldn't it be nicer if the e-mail link would just open up in a new window?

Good news- it can with just a couple of clicks of your mouse!

1. Open up Explorer and select the Tools menu, Internet Options.

2. Under the Advanced tab, look for the Browsing section. Now, look for a check box labeled "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts". Uncheck that puppy and you're all set.

Oh, here's a note - If you're using a pre 5.0 version of Explorer, you're looking to check (not uncheck) a checkbox labeled "Browse in a new process". I know, it's cryptic, but that's what it's called.

Also, your Internet Options on older versions of Explorer may be under the view menu. I don't remember for sure...

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Household Express

Household Express has thousands of links that are useful and informative. From Budgeting to Health to Shopping—you'll find it all here. The coupon section is my favorite—both online and offline, when you need to pinch pennies they are great. Just print them out and go, or click through to the site where the product you want to buy is at.

This site is another moneysaver, you can also get good advice on tons of other topics. Check this one and you won't regret it. Oh, and as an added bonus, there are tons of cleaning tips—especially for harder to clean objects and stains.

This one is a keeper.

http://www.householdexpress.com/

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