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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, February 16, 2003
In this Issue:
Special Feature: Undeleting E-Mail
Featured Webpage: Create and Save Your First Spreadsheet
Tips and Tricks: Deleting Lots of E-Mail
Tips and Tricks: Selecting Multiple Objects
Featured Computer Term: Forced Page Break
This Week's Topic: My Briefcase
Question: Undeleting Files
Learning Series: Microsoft Word - Page Numbers
Featured Website: President’s Day; George Washington’s Birthday; February
is Responsible Pet Owner Month; Stop Telemarketers; Brain Candy
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Using Links
A Link is a reference to a website. In this newsletter you will see links to many worthwhile, informative and fun websites. Here are the instructions on how to use links:
A link will be used one of two ways, depending on your email program.
If you see the link in blue, underlined text, all you have to do is click on it and a window with the Website in it will automatically appear on your screen.
If you see the link in plain text, you can copy and paste it into the address bar on your browser. Highlight the link with your mouse, click Edit up on the menu bar, and then click Copy from the menu that you just opened up. Open your browser (click the Start Button, point to Programs, click on Internet Explorer); click on the address bar. Click Edit up on the menu bar, and then click Paste from the menu that you just opened up. Press the Enter key on the keyboard and this will take you to the Website.
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Special Feature: Undeleting E-Mail
America Online
If you accidentally deleted e-mail that you wanted to keep, click on the Mail Center icon on your AOL Toolbar (Look for the word Mail under the menu bar, towards the left) and select Recently Deleted Mail. From this list you can retrieve deleted e-mails from the last 24 hours only.
Microsoft Outlook
On the navigation bar on the left, click on Deleted Items. You should see the deleted email in there. To move it back to the Inbox, right click on it, then left click on Move to Folder. Left click on Inbox.
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Featured Webpage: Create and Save Your First Spreadsheet
Your spreadsheet program is probably one of the most useful programs on your computer. You can do your bank reconciliation and check register, keep track of investments and expenses, create a database with names and addresses of your family and friends, list your collections: stamps, records, coins or whatever you collect and much more.
If you’re interested in using Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Works Spreadsheet to keep track of some information, here's an introduction to using your spreadsheet program.
http://stsico.com/html/create.html
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Tips and Tricks: Deleting Lots of E-Mail
There are times when you may find a larger number of junk email in your mailbox than you usually get and deleting them one by one can get pretty monotonous.
There are two shortcuts that you can use to speed up the process. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on multiple e-mails with your mouse: you can select as many e-mails as you want. Or you can hold down the Shift key and highlight all of the e-mails between two selections: hold down the shift, click on the first email in the group, click on the last email and you’ll see that those two emails, and all the ones in between, have been highlighted.
Once you’ve selected all the emails you want, click the Delete button.
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Tips and Tricks: Selecting Multiple Objects
If you want to select all but a few files: Select the file or files you don't want. In the edit menu, click Invert Selection. Now all the files you want will be selected and the others won't.
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Today's Computer Term: Forced Page Break
A forced page break is an instruction that you insert into a document to end a page manually as opposed to typing text or blank lines to get to the end of the page and on to the next.
Forced page breaks are sometimes called hard page breaks.
In most programs that allow a user-entered page break, the command is found in the Insert menu on the menu bar.
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Today's Topic: My Briefcase
The briefcase is a tool for working with files stored on your main computer. You would want to use the briefcase if you frequently transfer files between computers on a removable disk.
Add My Briefcase to Your Desktop
If your computer doesn’t have a My Briefcase icon, you can add it to your desktop:
Right click the Windows desktop. Go to New, and then click Briefcase. The new Briefcase is ready to store your files.
Using My Briefcase
When you have a file that you want to take to another computer to work on, just drag that file to the briefcase folder. When you’re done with all the files you want to take elsewhere, copy the briefcase to your removable disk.
Take the disk home and work on the file.
When you return, drag the briefcase from your disk back to your desktop; the original file will be updated.
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Question: Undeleting Files
My husband was fooling around with his computer and decided to erase some files. Unfortunately, he erased some important things that we need. My son told me that they’re probably in the Recycle Bin; sure enough, they’re there, but how do I get them back into the My Documents folder?
Answer:
Open your recycle bin by double clicking on it. Then, while holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard, click each file that you want to put back.
Once you have selected all the files you want, click File on the menu and then click Restore.
This will put the files back where they were before they were deleted.
To learn more about the recycle bin, visit our website at: http://stsico.com/html/recycle_bin.html
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Progressive Learning Series: Microsoft Word - Page Numbers
Adding Page Numbers
If you are creating documents that are more than a page or two in length, you will probably want to include page numbers so you can keep your document in order. Word supports automatic numbering of pages in your document, and you can control the type of page number, the starting number, and the placement of the page number. In addition, you can include page numbers in the headers and footers on your pages. One way to add page numbers is to follow these steps:
1. Since page numbers are an attribute of sections, position the insertion point in the section of your document that you want to include page numbers.
2. Choose the Page Numbers command from the Insert menu. You will see the Page Numbers dialog box.
3. Using the Position drop-down list, specify where you want the page numbers to appear. For instance, you can choose Bottom of Page (footer) to cause the page number to appear at the bottom each page.
4. Using the Alignment drop-down list, specify how you want the page numbers to appear in relation to your page (left, right, center, inside or outside).
5. Click on OK.
Changing the Starting Page Number
Word gives you quite a bit of flexibility in working with page numbers. There may be times when you want to change the starting page number for a particular part of your document. For instance, your document may include a couple of pages of preliminary information, but you want the actual page numbering to start on the third physical page. This is quite easy to do in Word.
Page numbering can be varied by section in your document. To change the way in which pages are numbered in the previous scenario, you would perform the following steps:
1. Position the insertion point at the end of the second physical page in your document.
2. Choose Break from the Insert menu. This displays a Break dialog box.
3. Click on the Next Page radio button in the Section Break area of the dialog box.
4. Click on OK. The section break appears in your document, and the text following the break will begin at the top of a new page.
5. With your insertion pointer located on the third physical page (in other words, right after the section break you added), choose the Page Numbers option from the Insert menu. This displays the Page Numbers dialog box.
6. Click on the Format button. This displays the Page Number Format dialog box.
7. In the Page Numbering area of the dialog box (at the bottom), click on the Start At radio button and indicate the starting page number for the section.
8. Click on OK to close the Page Number Format dialog box.
9. Click on Cancel to close the Page Number dialog box.
At this point you can add your page numbers as you normally would.
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Today's Featured Websites: President’s Day; George Washington’s Birthday; February is Responsible Pet Owner Month; Stop Telemarketers; Brain Candy
Note: if you're not sure how to use the following links to websites, take a look at the instructions on using links at the beginning of this newsletter.
President’s Day
For more information on Presidents' Day, look at the Family Education Network for articles, quizzes, and links for kids.
http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4983,00.html
The Montgomery County Public Schools’ website has extensive information for Teachers, Parents, and Students on George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and all the Presidents including biographies, timelines, photographs and much more.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Presday.html
This week we celebrate George Washington’s birthday. Take a look at the Whitehouse’s website for a biography of our first President.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
February is Responsible Pet Owner Month. Visit the ASPCA website to get lots of information including the care of your pet.
http://www.aspca.org/
Do Not Call Lists
There are few things more annoying then unsolicited telephone sales calls. In October of 2000, Governor George E. Pataki signed legislation creating the Do Not Call Telemarketing Sales Calls Registry. If you fill out the Do Not Call Registration Form, you register for the protections offered by this legislation, which means that telemarketers aren’t allowed to call you anymore (there are exceptions; see the website).
At this website, you can learn more about this legislation and your rights. You can also access, fill out and submit a Do Not Call Registration Form:
https://www.nynocall.com/index.html
Most states have similar laws. If you live outside of New York State, you can learn more about your state’s laws at this website:
http://www.the-dma.org/government/donotcalllists.shtml
Brain Candy Did you know that the average American eats 20.7 pounds of candy a year? Take a look at Brain Candy, a website that is chock full of trivia, useless facts and all kinds of interesting trivia - and not just about candy; you'll find everything, from facts about animals, entertainment trivia, bible and religion, to sports, science and language trivia.
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/
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