Computer Info July 14, 1999
On The Internet But Only Have One Phone Line
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Send Attachment in Email (from Hugh)
1. Go on-line and open your EMail program.
2. Select New Message ( or equivalent) and fill in the address, subject
and any message you want to send
with your attachment. At the end of your message, press enter on your keyboard
two times.
3. Click on Attach, the "paper clip" icon, and a new window will open
where you have to look for and
select the file that you want to attach. Usually you have to highlight
the file name and the click on save
or attach or something similar. Depending on how your EMail program works,
the process of loading
or processing the file takes place by the program and eventually you will
be returned to your main
EMail program. Then click on "Send" and away it goes.
4. For a test of your success, send a picture attachment to yourself
at your own address. You will soon know
how it works, or doesnt.
5. Note that a lot of servers limit the size of Email messages, so
keep them under 1MB. Also, send pictures as
JPG or GIF images, then they will open along with the words on most of
the browsers in use today.
Draft Folder in Your Email Program
Did you ever notice that you have a DRAFT folder in
your email program. This is where you place your email message that you
have not finished typing yet and you do not want to start over or where
you place an email message that you may use over again. Try it. You can
be online or offline to do this.
Netscape 4.5 Start your NEW MSG and start writing your
message then instead of clicking on the SEND button, go to the top menu,
and choose FILE then SAVE AS DRAFT.
Outlook Express Click on COMPOSE MESSAGE and start writing
your message then instead of clicking on the SEND button, go to the top
menu, and choose FILE then COPY TO FOLDER DRAFT.
In both of these programs, this will place a copy
of your message in the draft folder, but your new composition window will
stay open you can then continue writing your message or close the window.
When you wish to edit this message or continue writing it, just open your
draft folder and double-click on the message that you want to work
on. This opens it up for adding to it or editing it. When you are ready
to send it, just click on the SEND button.
DRDRAM
The next generation of PCs (debuting later this year)
will feature direct RAMbus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), which means RAM performance
should triple at least.
DRDRAM will run at less voltage provide a two
byte data path instead of just one feature a clock speed of up to 800
MHz (SDRAM runs at 100 MHz).
REMOVING THE OFFICE ASSISTANT
If the Office Assistant gets on your nerves, you can
always disable it. Firing assistants does feel good, doesn't it? Open your
Explorer and locate the Actors folder in your Microsoft Office hierarchy.
For instance, the path to our Actors folder is
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Actors
Once you find the Actors folder, move all the actor files (*.act) in
that folder to a holding folder. (Don't delete them, regardless of how
much you're tempted.) Moving these files is one way to deactivate the Assistant
feature. If you ever need to restore the assistant (no hard feelings?),
simply return the files to the Actors folder.
Printing Your Email Address Book
Netscape 4.5
Open your email program. Choose COMMUNICATOR from
the top menu then ADDRESS BOOK. When you have your address book open,
choose FILE then EXPORT. Determine where you wish to save the file. Change
the save as type to *.CSV (comma separated) or *.TXT (tab
delimited) and remember to give your file a name. This file can then be
opened in MS-WORD or any other word processor or it can be opened in EXCEL
or any other spreadsheet program.
Outlook Express
Open Outlook Express. From the top menu, choose
TOOLS then ADDRESS BOOK. When you have your address book open, choose
FILE then PRINT. This opens up your print window where you can print
your address book in one of three styles MEMO (all of the information
in your address book) BUSINESS CARD (all of the fields that you would
expect to see on a business card) PHONE LIST (all of the phone numbers).
You can print the list for all of your records or only selected records.
If you wish to save a copy of your address book to a floppy for save
keeping, this is where the address book files are located.
The address book for Netscape 4.5 is named pab.na2
and is usually stored under C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETSCAPE\USERS\ and then another
directory named DEFAULT or one that you gave it when setting up your profile.
The address book for Outlook Express is a file ending
in wab. It is stored under C:\WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\ADDRESS
BOOK.
To save them to your floppy, go to START then FIND
type in either *.na2 or *.wab -- depending on which address
book you are using. If you are given more than one choice of the file,
look for the one that is in the folder listed above (C:\PROGRAM FILES\NETSCAPE\USERS
or C:\WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\ADDRESS BOOK), then right click
on the file and choose SEND TO from the menu. Then choose A:\ FLOPPY DRIVE.
A Few Extra Web Addresses From the Group
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (birds)
http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/
Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.to/earthview/
Tucows --- good site for downloading software
http://www.tucows.com
The Animation Factory --
http://www.animfactory.com/
Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post Covers
http://www.paonline.com/zaikoski/rockwell.htm
Florida Department of Health profile of your doctor (has he been
convicted of a crime,
disciplined by the state, paid a malpractice claim with the past 10
years) available starting July 16, 1999
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/profiling/home.asp