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What is a template?
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We will be creating a template today, so this will be good background information for y’all.
A template is a document pattern or part of a document that you keep stored to make new documents. They can define the layout, fonts, margins, and other features of a document. Word processing, desktop publishing, and HTML editing programs sometimes call these “style sheets”. You… Continue reading
Free Download of the Week:
Are you giving away your old PC, or just putting it out on the curb? As I mentioned yesterday, when you delete something in windows—it just marks it to be written over . Formatting a hard drive does not permanently erase stored data, it just reconstructs the allocation table and checks the blocks on the disk. With the right software, old files can be recovered.… Continue reading
Start Menu Folders
Here’s another tip for those of you with cluttered Start menus.Why not place additional folders in your Start Menu?
You could make categories for your programs with these folders so you don’t have to do so much hunting around. For instance, you could have a category for office-type apps, one for games, and one for internet. The possibilities are endless.
Now, before we get too far
Download of the Week: Hello.com Photo Sharing
There’s nothing like taking pictures and sharing them with family and friends, however, I never really found a great way to share them over the Internet. I could use email, but there always seems to be something to deal with—like spam filters stopping me from viewing images or sizes are so big that I can only send a few at… Continue reading
Q:
I have Waaaay too much clutter in my Start menu. Some of it includes extra files and stuff I don’t need there. How can I clean the mess?
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Easy, just right-click the icons you no longer want and select Delete from the resulting menu.
OR
Here’s the second way to skin the cat – Right-click the Start button, Explore .
Explorer will open… Continue reading
Have you ever upgraded something to it’s newest version only to find out that you really hate the look of it? Or maybe some of your favorite features are gone. Well now you can go back to your previous version with this site. Choose the program from the list that you would like the older version of, click it, and you’ll be taken to that programs… Continue reading
Shel Silverstein: the Official Site for Kids
This is the official web site for poet / author Shel Silverstein and includes many sections such as: Let’s Have Some Fun, What’s New, Shel’s Books, About Shel, and Ideas for Teachers and Parents.
Let’s Have Some Fun: This section is full of fun stuff for your kid’s to do. Just choose the section you want, click the download and… Continue reading
Did you know that just about every program out there has a help file? Did you also know that the ones that don’t usually have online support or message boards for users? Continue reading
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
With all the new diseases that are springing up, this is a great site to have. You can find out the breaking information here. You can even find tips for staying safe from germs in the workplace.
There is a huge section on stopping germs, what you can do to protect yourself and your family from them. It discusses the importance of… Continue reading
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What is a COM port? How do I know if I have one?
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Known also as Serial ports or RS-232 ports, a COM port is an interface to connect serial devices. This is not as popular an interface in today’s technology because of the limitations in data transfer speed. However, the length of the cable can be up to 50 feet, beating out the length restriction… Continue reading
