THE SOUNDBOARD
KEEPING
PACE IN CYBERSPACE
FEBRUARY, 2004
Heritage Village Computer Club http://www.hvcomputerclub.org
Wednesday;
MARCH 10, 2004
10:00
a.m.-11:30am
Guest Speaker: Paul Bernstein, Timex
Subject: The DataLink watch and other Timex products
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EVERYONE WELCOME,
BRING A FRIEND
COMING IN MARCH:
FILE SUMMARY FOR WINDOWS 98 & XP
This feature
that help you to remember where you saved a file to your hard drive. Fill out the file's Summary page for future
reference: Either RIGHT CLICK on
the file in Windows Explorer and select PROPERTIES, then the SUMMARY
tab. Or another way (because after all,
this is Microsoft) while the
file/document is open, go to FILE, PROPERTIES. This is especially handy if you need to search for lost files
later on, because the Summary page can maintain category, key words, and
comments.
RESTORING
UNDERLINED MENU SHORTCUTS.
In Windows XP, the underlined
letters in the menus are missing. For
example, in Win 98, if I look at FORMAT
on my Standard Toolbar, the O is underlined.
This means that ALT O will open the FORMAT drop down
menu. That was a convenient feature of
older Windows versions. You could press
the ALT key and the UNDERLINED LETTER to activate a menu
item. Restore the feature in XP by RIGHT
CLICKING the DESKTOP; choose PROPERTIES and the APPEARANCE
tab. Click on EFFECTS and uncheck
"Hide Underlined Letters for Keyboard Navigation Until I Press The ALT
Key."
PLACE MARKER
In Microsoft Word, if you've lost the place where you last made an edit change, SHIFT+F5 returns you to that point. Subsequent SHIFT+F5 key combinations will toggle through the last three edit locations.
DISABLE “DEBUG SCRIPT ERROR”
NOTICE.
If you're using Internet Explorer 6 and are bugged by the popup asking if you want to “debug script errors”, you can eliminate the annoyance. Go to TOOLS, INTERNET OPTIONS, and ADVANCED tab. Check “Disable Script Debugging” and remove the check from “Display A Notification About Every Script Error”.
Click OK and close IE.
HEARING TEST
Not intended as a replacement for your doctor or licensed practitioner, the free hearing test at http://www.freehearingtest.com/core.shtml will, however, give you an idea whether you should seek professional help. Are your Speakers ON????
TRANSLATION SERVICES.
http://www.faganfinder.com/translate
http://www.freetranslation.com/
Both of these appear to work quite well, featuring a dozen or so languages. Of course, if you only speak English I don’t know how you would know that it was translating properly.
I used a similar website to make a note in Spanish for our cleaning crew where I work. They occasionally bring their children to work and the little ones play with stuff in and on our desks. Since I keep box cutters in my desk to open packages, I was concerned about them getting hurt. My note in Spanish seemed to stem the problem.
NARRATOR IN WINDOWS XP
Windows XP provides an additional accessibility tool for the blind or vision impaired user. NARRATOR reads all text aloud. Press the WINDOWS key + U.
Or, START; PROGRAMS; ACCESSORIES; ACCESSIBILITY; NARRATOR.
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GUESS THIS ONE IS FOR THE GUYS:
15
THINGS TO DO AT WAL-MART WHILE YOUR SPOUSE IS TAKING HER SWEET TIME:
1. Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in peoples carts when they aren't looking.
2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms.
4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone, 'Code 3' in Housewares,and see what happens.
5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.
6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in if they bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?
9. Look right into the security camera, use it as a mirror, and pick your nose.
10. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he/she knows where the anti-depressants are.
11. Dart around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the theme from 'Mission Impossible'.
12. In the auto department, practice your "Madonna look" using different size funnels.
13. Hide in a clothing rack and when people browse through, say "PICK ME! PICK ME!"
14. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, assume the fetal position and scream "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!"
15. Go into a fitting room, shut the door, wait a while, and then yell loudly "There's no toilet paper in here".
FOR EVERYONE:
LEFT BRAIN,
RIGHT BRAIN TRICK
While sitting at a desk or table, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles with it.
Now, while doing this, draw the number 6.
Is your foot now going COUNTER-CLOCKWISE????
OSCARS
Here’s a fun page for you movie buffs. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oscars/
You can make picks & if you are correct, you could win a
home theater system! There are lots of
stories on this page: Nominees &
Nominees ballot; a quiz to check your knowledge of Oscars past; fashion
stories, Vote on your favorite part of Oscars night, and Academy Award Alerts.
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HELPERS
AutoCAD.......... Ken Pelletier................. 264-2310 Digital Camera.......... Joe Franzino........... 264-2922
MS Word.......... Arnold Deutchman........ 267-7355 MS Word................ Joe Franzino........... 264-2922
MS Excel........... Diana Scott................... 264-2134 Paint Shop Pro......... Ken Pelletier........... 264-2310
Publishing........... Joe Franzino................. 264-2922 Quicken................... Ken Pelletier........... 264-2310
Scanning............. Joe Franzino................. 264-2922 WordPerfect............ Jean Van Loon 267-5397