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MAC USERS
When you are connected to the Internet, you'll want to make sure that your Quick Time control panel is set to receive video at the rate you're connected. Too slow, and it'll make you wait unnecessarily; too fast, and you run the risk of overflowing the data coming into your computer. To check the speed, open your Quick Time control panel and choose Connection Speed from the drop-down menu. Make sure you click on the correct downloading speed so Quick Time can do its job correctly.
WRITE NOW, SEND LATER
Here's a quick tip for those who use dial-up accounts for Internet access (especially those who pay by the minute.) When you dial up your ISP, retrieve all your new e-mail messages. Then log off and read your messages offline. Reply or compose new messages offline as well, to save connection time. This can be a good idea even if you have unlimited dial-up access, because it avoids tying up the phone until you're ready to send messages (a continuing source of aggravation in many households.)
RIGHT MOUSE - WINDOW COMMANDS
Did you know that many of the options available through menu commands in an Explorer window are also available in the right-mouse context menu in Windows 98? Right-click a blank area inside an open window and check out the resulting list. There, you'll find almost every command from the View menu (except Folder Options and the three toolbar com-mands). Additionally, you'll see a couple of favorites from the Edit and File menus. Why waste all that energy clicking on an exact menu command when you can right click anywhere in a window and accomplish the same thing?
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RIGHT MOUSE - KEYBOARD EQUIVALENT
Tired of reaching for your mouse? You can do just about anything without it--event "click" something with the right-mouse button. The next time you need to right-click the desktop, an active window or a highlighted shortcut, press Shift+F10 instead. Magic!
AOL - Address Book
Would you like to make a copy of the names in your address book? Go to Address Book. Click on the Maximize button to reveal the full view. Next click on Print Screen (top right side of most keyboards). Next bring up a blank page on your Word Pro-cessor, be it MS Word, Word Pad, Word Perfect, etc. Next click on the Paste icon on the tool bar or the Edit, Paste on the menu bar. Voila! The names in your Address Book are ready for printing. If you should have the misfortune of losing your address book, you now have hard copy as a back up.
BYPASS THE RECYCLE BIN
More than once, the Recycle Bin will save your life, and you will kiss the desktop it sits on. However, deleting everything twice can be a real pain, especially things you know you'll never need again.
If you are certain you want to ditch something the first time around, skip right over the Recycle Bin. Just highlight whatever it is you want to get rid of, hit Shift+Delete and kiss it goodbye. It's not as dangerous as it sounds, because you'll still get one of those polite messages asking if you're sure. (The danger is in getting so comfortable that you delete this way all the time and get hasty and....?)
USE F2 TO RENAME
The next time you need to rename a file, folder, or shortcut, simply press F2 on your keyboard.
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