Tips and Techniques
SAVING PICTURES FROM THE INTERNET
If you want to save a picture that you see on a web site, simply place your cursor anywhere on the picture and right-click.
A popup menu will appear. Select 'Save Picture As…'
Choose a name for your picture (or keep the name it already has), browse to the folder in which you want to save the picture and click 'Save'.
A word of caution is in order here. Images carry copyrights. Be careful how you use images that you harvest from the Web. If you use them for commercial purposes, you may be liable for royalty payment to the owner of the image. Taking an image from a web
site and publishing it on your own personal or corporate web site could land you in trouble.
In case you're wondering if a legitimate owner of a photo can know when someone is illegally using their copyrighted material, the answer is "Yes". Professional photographers whose work appears online are able to embed digital watermarks which identify the image and allow 'robots' to search the web looking for instances of their work.
LOOKING AT FILES IN THE 'DETAILS' VIEW
For some reason, Microsoft ships Windows configured in such a way that folders are opened in the 'Icon' view. That is, you see a bunch of little pictures of folders or files spaced out all over your computer screen. These icons tell you almost nothing
about the files' properties and if a folder contains more than a couple of dozen files, it becomes very difficult to locate the one that you are looking for.
Why don't they just put them in an alphabetically sorted list? Who knows? Luckily, it is possible for you to change the way the files are displayed.
Next time you're looking at a screen full of icons and trying to find a certain file, go to the View menu at the top of your screen. You'll likely see a list that includes 'Large Icons', 'Small Icons', 'List', 'Details', and 'Thumbnails'. Click
'Details'.
Voila! All of your files are neatly arranged in an alphabetical list with the file types, file sizes and the dates that they were last modified included.
To permanently set your View options to 'Details', Select Start > Settings > Control Panel.
In the Control Panel window, select View > Details.
Then select View > Folder Options.
In the Folder Options window, select the View tab and click the 'Like Current Folder' button. Then, click 'OK'.
HOW TO PROPERLY REMOVE PROGRAMS FROM YOUR COMPUTER
Windows 98 has a little program that helps you delete applications safely and CORRECTLY. Why correctly? Because a lot of software leaves entries in the Registry, and unless you uninstall your programs, the excess code gets left behind. When the Registry
is in an untidy condition, programs or files may open slowly or incorrectly. When you want to delete an application, follow these steps:
1. Click Start.
2. Choose Settings > Control Panel.
3. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Add/Remove Programs item.
4. Under "The following software can be automatically removed by Windows..." select the application you want to remove.
5. Click Add/Remove and follow the instructions to remove the application. It will show you dialog boxes to assist you in the process.
HOW TO WORK WITH TWO WINDOWS SIDE-BY-SIDE
When you need to drag & drop objects from one window to another, it's nice to have both of them side-by-side. However, you probably don't want to waste your time manually resizing and position those windows so that they display side-by-side. Here's
the easy method.
1. Minimize all open windows, then open the two windows you'd like to view side-by-side
2. Then, right-click on your taskbar and select either 'Tile Windows Horizontally' or 'Tile Windows Vertically' from the menu.
3. Bob's your uncle!
4. When you're finished manipulating those files and folders, you can right-click on your taskbar again and select 'Undo Tile' from the menu.
