Technical Tips

I hope this page will help with some of the mysteries of computers and the internet. I will be adding regular Hints & Tips, to hopefully take the pain and frustration out of modern technology and make it fun.

So-- on with the show.

The first entry is a complete Glossary of terms, which covers just about every term imaginable.

Click the link below

TIP.1 (PRINT SCREEN)

It is possible to take a screen shot of anything appearing on your screen, in two ways. The first option will take a snapshot of everything (all open windows) and allow you to save or print this page:-

On the keyboard press the Print Screen ( key (usually top right) This action places the image into the clipboard ( an area of memory on your computer) You now need to open another application for example WORD; EXCEL or indeed just about any other application. Now PASTE this into the application by either Right clicking within the open page and selecting PASTE, or by holding the Ctrl (control) key and pressing V on the keyboard. As if by magic, your screen shot will appear, whereupon you may either save it or print it out.

You may also take a snapshot of only the last window to be opened on the screen. This is done by following the above procedure, but his time hold the Alt or Alt Gr key, whilst then pressing the Print Screen key.

TIP.2 (OUTLOOK EXPRESS)

Outlook Express sometimes has a default set whereby all new emails you respond to will have that address placed in your address book. This may not always be desirable, and indeed can be a security risk, so here is the way to prevent it.

Open Outlook Express ,then left click:-
Tools
Options
Send Tab
Remove the tick from the box "Automatically put people I reply to in my address book".
Apply
O.K

There we are-- Job done.

TIP.3 (OUTLOOK EXPRESS--ADDRESS BOOK)

Did you ever go on holiday wishing you had taken a copy of your email address book, just in case you are of a mind to find an internet cafe and gloat to your friends?

Follow this procedure exactly:-

Open Outlook Express
Addresses
File
Export
Other address book
Text File (Comma Separated Values)
Export
Save to a location, e.g. My documents.
Next
Select fields to save (I advise not saving more than 3,otherwise printing will be impractical)
Finish

This will save a .scv (comma separated value) file in your chosen location, which you can print out. It may be necessary to adjust column widths for printing.

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