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Three Awesome, Incredible, Absolutely Must-Have Titles!

Here are 3 must haves. All are limited quantity items, so if you see something you're interested in, be sure to grab it - and quick. All titles include free US shipping.

# 1 McAfee Parental Controls - We all know that the internet is a dangerous place - especially for kids. And, as much as we'd like, we can't always monitor every second of their time online. This software helps keep 'em safe - even if you're away for a bit. In fact, this would even be great for adults who don't want to accidentally stumble upon the wrong type of site.

This software protects your identity, filters chat conversations, lets you block the type of websites that you feel are inappropriate, allows easy parental override, works with multiple users (with individual protection settings for each), lets you set internet time limits, even logs internet activity!

This is a must have for anyone who wants their kids to be safe on the internet. We are constantly hearing horror stories in the news about the bad things that happen to kids when they're online. Don't let it happen at your house. Protect your family with this fantastic software. This retails for $49.95 at the chain stores and McAfee's website, but your cost is only $18.97!!

http://www.worldstart.com/store/mcafee-parntl-cntrls.htm

# 2 - PrintScreen Deluxe with EZ Macros - Ever wish your PrintScreen key would actually print what's on your screen? Well, this software makes it happen!

Just tap your PrintScreen key and this handy software captures (and prints if you like) the current window, the whole screen, or just a section of the window (your choice). In fact, it even has an "auto scroll" feature that can capture a long web page!

Heck, you can even draw boxes, circles, and other shapes around what you want captured and it can grab that too! Plus it can take snapshots of DOS screens, menus, cursors, and more (lots more)!

As a bonus, you also get a cool little program called Easy Macros that lets you create macros for common tasks. I made one that allows me to open several programs at once, but you can also tell it to watch certain mouse and keyboard events and repeat them (good for repetitive tasks). Very slick and only $12.97

http://www.worldstart.com/store/print-scrn-dlx.htm

# 3 - 303 Legal Forms (includes a free bonus - 100 business letters) - Here's a program that everyone can use. It has just about every kind of personal and business legal form you can think of. Plus it's about as easy to use as it gets - just open (MS Word format) and print.

I don't know about you, but it seems like I'm always in need of some type of legal form. Maybe it's an emergency medical authorization when I leave my kids with the baby sitter, maybe it's a promissory note for a loan, or even a receipt for a private sale of an automobile. I found at least a dozen forms that I could use right off the bat (or that I wish I'd had in the past)!

We have all 303 forms listed on the web site, so you can be sure of what you’re getting. Any one of these would run big bucks from your local legal firm, you can get the whole lot of them from us for $12.97!! (of course, this is not a substitute for legal advice).

http://www.worldstart.com/store/303-professional-legal.htm

On to the newsletter!!

Computers 101

Q:
Is there anything I can do about web pages with fonts that are too small to read or so large that they waste browser space?

A:
Yes, there is hope. You can avoid eye strain or the loss of vast amounts of browser real estate. You can increase / decrease the font size of your browser. Here's How:

Internet Explorer & Outlook Express Users:

Click your View menu, Text Size, and select the size you want to view your web pages at.

Netscape Users:

Click the View menu and select either "Increase Font" or "Decrease Font"

Opera Users:

In the upper right hand corner of the toolbar there is a drop-down menu to zoom in or out. You can also go to View and Zoom, then select the percentage. The cool thing about Opera compared to other browsers is that it doesn't just increase the text size, but the graphics as well!

One quick note:
Keep in mind that when the people who designed the page you're looking at set it up, they may have designated a specific text size that you're overriding. So, if a page looks bad at one of your "custom" text sizes, you know why!

~ Steve

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Tip of the Day

Cool Wheel Mouse Tricks

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel on it, you can do some cool tricks...

Shift & Spin

Ever wonder what happens when you hold down the Shift key on a web page and spin the wheel on your wheel mouse? Explorer goes either back or forward, depending on which direction you spin.

Give it a try. Open up Explorer and follow a few links. Then, hold down your SHIFT key and spin that wheel.

CTRL & Spin

If you are in a web browser (Explorer or Netscape) or reading an email in Outlook Express, hold down your Ctrl key and spin the wheel. It makes the text larger or smaller depending on which way you spin. For Opera users, it magnifies both the images and the text.

Not only does this spinning technique save lots of time, but it has the added bonus of impressing the heck out of any novice computer users in the area during said spin.

What more could you want? :-)

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

This is for all you baseball fans. What would summer be without this American tradition? With the All Star Games already being played this summer why don't you wander down the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Check out the Exhibits section, and you can take a gander at the different things to see. You'll find "Dressed to the Nines: A History of Baseball Uniforms", Museum Collections, Hall of Fame Video Library, "Baseball as America", and many more.

This site is a home run!

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/

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