Computer Info –
This Week’s Meeting
The topic
will be miscellaneous items—and sharing of information (so bring your comments
and problems to share). And as always, question and answer session.
The next meeting
will be May 19th.
Hyperlinks in Outlook Express
If you
receive a hyperlink (a web address that you click on) in your email while using
Outlook Express and nothing happens when you click on it – try this.
Close
Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Click on START- RUN.
In the Open box, type
regsvr32 urlmon.dll and then press ENTER.
When this
finishes running, go to the CONTROL PANEL – INTERNET OPTIONS. Click on the PROGRAMS tab, then on the RESET
WEB SETTINGS button.
Printing in PhotoShop Elements
Various sizes of one
picture on a sheet of paper
From the
file menu, choose AUTOMATE – PICTURE PACKAGE.
From here you can choose the picture that you are going to use – the
layout you want (maybe (1) 5x7 and (8) 2x2.5 ) and you
will see your pictures on the paper before you decide to print.
Print thumbnails of
all pictures in one folder
From the
file menu, choose AUTOMATE – CONTACT SHEET.
From here you can choose the folder that you want thumbnails from –
decide the size, number of columns, number of rows, etc. and you will see your
thumbnails on the paper before you decide to print.
Create a web layout
using your pictures
From the
FILE menu, choose AUTOMATE – WEB PHOTO GALLERY.
From here you can choose the style that you want – borders, background,
etc. and you will see what your web page will look like.
Missing Part of the
Web Page When Printing
Since web
page designers usually create the web page for display on a monitor not a
printer, if you find that you can see both sides of the web page – but when you
print it, it is missing some text on the right hand side – Try this.
From the
FILE menu, choose PRINT PREVIEW. If you
notice that the text is missing in the Print Preview, then
click on PAGE SETUP --- and reduce the size of your right and left
margins.
Using the
PRINT PREVIEW, will also allow you to choose which pages you would like to
print, therefore, saving you from printing more than you want.
Spyware
(Info from Smart Computing
– June, 2004)
Spyware’s transparent installation process occurs when you
visit certain sites or install some programs or utilities. Because spyware
isn’t considered malicious in the way that viruses, worms, and Trojan horses
are, antivirus programs typically don’t stop them. And firewalls won’t
usually stop spyware because they assume the code is
safe; after all, you chose to visit the site, so any information the site
delivered is solicited on your behalf.
Therefore, users must employ specific spyware-killing
software, such as Ad-aware (free at http://www.lavasoft.de
) and Spybot-Search & Destroy (free at http://spybot.safer-networking.de
) to find any installed spyware and eliminate it.
Using Your Back Button on a Web Page
If you
click the BACK button and find yourself still staring at the same site you were
trying to leave – try this.
Right click
on the BACK button and choose the web page you would like to get back to.
If the BACK
button is grayed out – then you can close the browser window (by clicking on
the red X) and another browser window will be there with the previous web page
on it.
Why Does
This Happen ---- the web developers have coded the page to either open in its
own separate browser window or to reload each time you click the BACK button.
A Dollar Bill
A torn and ragged
one-dollar bill discovered that it was about to be retired from circulation.
As it slowly moved
along the conveyor belt to the shredder,
it
became acquainted and struck up a conversation
with
a fifty-dollar bill that was meeting the same fate.
The fifty began
reminiscing about its travels all over the country.
Life has been
good," the fifty exclaimed. "Why, I've been to
the
finest restaurants in
and
just returned from a cruise on the
Gee," said the
one-dollar bill, "you're fortunate to have been able to visit all those
places."
So where all have you
been in your lifetime, my little friend," says the fifty?"
"Well, I've been
to ..
the
the
the
Episcopal Church,
the
Presbyterian Church,
the
the
Catholic Church,
the
the
Orthodox Church,
the
Assembly of
the
the
the
the
the
the
"Excuse
me," says the fifty, "but what's a 'church?'"