Computer Info –
This Week’s Meeting
Well, this
week we will do questions and answers – about anything and everything. We will try to do as many questions from the
beginners as we can.
SACD
Thought I would mention about this
new type of audio CDs. We learned about
them when we started looking for a new stereo system and noticed that numerous
CD players were also called SACD players.
What is SACD? Super Audio CD is
a new format developed by Philips and Sony. It uses DSD (Direct stream digital)
and a 4.7GB disc to give the consumer an audio experience so real you think you
are in the recording studio or front row at a concert.
AudioGrabber
This is the program John was demonstrating for copying your music from your CDs to the computer as MP3 or WAV files. The free version allows you to only do half of the songs on the CD while the purchased version ($20) allows all of them.
It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals.
Check it out at http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net
Internet Explorer and Netscape
What is BCC?
BCC
stands for Blind Carbon Copy. This is
where you send an email message without sending a long list of addresses of
other people you are sending the message to.
When you receive a message that was sent to you using the BCC – then it
will not show that it was addressed to you – it will show that it was addressed
to someone else.
When
you are in Outlook Express 6 and are writing a new message, click on
VIEW – ALL HEADERS and this will give you the ability to send your message with
BCC.
When
you are in Netscape 4.72 or 6.1 and are writing a new message, click on
the TO: and this will give you the ability to send your message with BCC.
What is a
Signature?
Have
you received email messages where the bottom text is always the same – maybe a
quote – their name – a web site address ---- well that information was placed
there automatically on every email your friend generates. It is known as a signature.
When
you are in Outlook Express 6 and wish to create a signature file, go to
TOOLS – OPTIONS and select the SIGNATURE tab.
When
you are in Netscape 4.72 and wish to create a signature file, go to EDIT
– PREFERENCES – MAIL & NEWSGROUPS – IDENTITY – SIGNATURE FILE. In this case, you will have to create a file
first in something like WordPad.
Exporting
your Favorites or Bookmarks
To
export your favorites in Internet Explorer – from the FILE menu, choose IMPORT
AND EXPORT. Choose EXPORT FAVORITES
(notice that you can also Export Your Cookies).
If you wish to export all of your favorites, leave the Favorites folder
highlighted. On the next screen, choose
to EXPORT TO A FILE. Type
in the name and location that you would like for your file – i.e. C:\MY DOCUMENTS\FAVORITES.HTM
Now
that we have done that, how do we use them?
Open your browser – from the FILE menu, choose OPEN. Click on BROWSE – locate the MY DOCUMENTS
folder and click on your FAVORITES.HTM.
This will open it in your browser.
You will be able to click on one of your Favorites and access the page
that it refers to.
To
export your bookmarks in Netscape – click on BOOKMARKS – then EDIT
BOOKMARKS. From the FILE menu, choose
SAVE AS – choose the folder you would like to save them in.
Now
that we have done that, how do we use it?
Open your browser – from the FILE menu, choose OPEN. Click on BROWSE – locate your file. This will open it in your browser and allow
you to have all of your bookmarks as links.
What about
address books
To
export your address book in Outlook Express, open your address book
(TOOLS – ADDRESS BOOK). From the FILE
menu, choose EXPORT. Choose WAB (if you
would just like to save a backup copy of your Outlook Express address book) –
or choose OTHER ADDRESS BOOK (if you would like to save it in a format that can
be imported into other programs – you will be choosing .CSV – text file – comma
separated values ). Again, you will have
to choose where to save it.
To
export your address book in Netscape, open your address book and choose
FILE – EXPORT – then be sure to change the SAVE AS FILE TYPE to the one you
wish to use and watch where you are saving the file to. You can choose to save it as a .CSV (text
file – comma separated values) or a LDIF (this can be read into Outlook Express
as can the .CSV file).
When
these files are saved as .CSV files, they can also be read into a spreadsheet.
Windows Shortcut Keys
(Going Mouseless)
Here
is a list of keys that you can use to navigate without your mouse. This list of shortcuts works for Windows 95 –
98 – ME – XP.
F1. Opens help
F2. Renames the highlighted item
F3. Opens FIND
F5. Refreshes a window
F10. Highlights
the menu bar. Then you can use
the arrow keys or the underlined letter to access the command menus.
ALT-F4. Closes
the current window or program (just like clicking on the X in the upper right
corner. If you do this when no
programs are open, you will be taken to the SHUT DOWN window.
ALT-ENTER.
Opens the PROPERTIES window for the highlighted icon
or file.
ALT-ESC.
Switches to another open window.
ALT-PRINT SCREEN.
Saves a copy of the active window to the Clipboard
Viewer.
ALT-SPACEBAR.
Opens the CONTROL menu inside a window, letting you move, resize,
minimize, maximize or close the current window.
ALT-S. Opens
the START menu when no other widnow or program is
open.
ARROW KEYS.
Changes the highlighted icon in the current window. Then hit ENTER to open the highlighted icon.
CTRL-DELETE.
Deletes a word from the point of the cursor to the end
of the word.
CTRL-END.
Moves the cursor to the end of a document or to the
end of a list of files.
CTRL-HOME.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of a document or to
the beginning of a list of files.
CTRL-A. Selects all
CTRL-C. Copies
a block of highlighted text, leaving it in its current position as well as
saving a copy of it to temporary memory.
You can then Paste it somewhere else.
CTRL-N. Creates
a new file under the current program.
It only works with certain programs.
CTRL-O. Opens the OPEN file
window, giving you access to your files.
It only works with certain programs.
CTRL-P. Print the current
document. It only works with certain
programs.
CTRL-S. Saves
the current document. It only
works with certain programs.
CTRL-V. Pastes a block of
text that has been saved in memory at the point where the cursor is.
CTRL-X. Cuts
a block of highlighted text, removing it from its current location.
CTRL-Z. This is a UNDO.
DELETE. This deletes the highlighted
file from permanent storage, placing it in the Recycle Bin.
ESC. Lets you close most
dialog boxes and pop-up menus.
PGDN. Scrolls
downward through a list of files.
PGUP. Scrolls
upwards through a list of files.
PRINT SCREEN.
Saves a copy of the entire screen to the Clipboard
Viewer.
TAB. Moves forward between buttons
in a dialog box. Use the ENTER key to
select the highlighted button.