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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Sunday, November 11, 2001
Happy Veteran's Day!
Take a look at the Featured Website section for a Veteran's Day site.
In this Issue:
Featured Computer Term: Toolbar
Topic: Attaching a File to an Email
Progressive Learning Series: Microsoft Word: Using A Single-Column Heading In A Multi-Column Document
Featured Website: NYC tourist
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Today's Featured Computer Term: Toolbar
Most Windows applications have some kind of toolbar. That's the row, or rows, of buttons usually found across the top of the program right under the menu bar.
The toolbars allow GUI (pronounced gooey) control to perform an action so that you don't need to navigate through menus. GUI stands for Graphic User Interface, which is another way of saying that you can see pictures and click on them.
Point the mouse arrow on a toolbar button and you'll see the name of the button. Click on the button and it will carry out that command for you -- usually in fewer clicks than it would take going through the menus.
You can typically control the number of visible toolbars by clicking the View option, selecting the Toolbar, and then removing toolbars to save space or add toolbars to bring more easily accessed functions to the window.
Why have this GUI interface? If you've worked on a Mainframe or with DOS, then you'll remember that the only way to perform work on those systems was to type long commands. But the GUI interface allows a single-button click to activate tons of behind-the-scenes code to perform that same function-much easier and much quicker.
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Today's Topic: Attaching a File to an Email
Thanks to one of our newsletter subscribers for the following question:
Your newsletter is great and has given me a lot of tips. Please keep sending it! I would like to know how I get a letter that I write or a picture I scan so I can e-mail it. ***
To begin with, save your document in an easy to find location. Let's use a letter that you typed as an example (although the same steps apply to a picture you've taken, scanned or created, or any other kind of file). You have typed your document and you're ready to send it. First you must save it; to do so, click on File, and then Save.
In the Save As dialog box, click the arrow to the right of the Save in section; a list will drop down, click on the folder named My Documents. This will place your document in the My Documents folder.
Type a name for your document where it says File Name. Let's name it Letter for our example. Click the button in the lower right hand corner that says Save.
Close out of that program and open your e-mail program. Since you don't say which e-mail program you are using, this part of the directions will be a little more general.
Open a new e-mail the way you usually do. Fill out the e-mail address and subject section of the e-mail, and then look for an icon, button or blue underlined text that says Attach, Attachments, Insert, Browse or has a picture of a paperclip.
Click on that and you will see the same type of dialog box that you used when saving your file. Click on the list of folders (which probably says Look In), and select My Documents. You should see Letter listed in the area in the middle of the dialog box. Click on it and then on a button that will say either Open or Attach.
That will do it!
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Progressive Learning Series: Microsoft Word
Using A Single-Column Heading In A Multi-Column Document
There may be times when your document layout calls for using a single-column heading in a multi-column page layout. For instance, if you are creating a newsletter, you may want three columns in the newsletter, but a title that spreads across all the columns. To do this, follow these steps:
Type the text that you want to appear as the heading. Press Enter.
Choose the Columns option from the Format menu. You will see the Columns dialog box.
Choose the number of columns you want for the second section of the document. In the Apply To box, make sure it says This Point Forward.
Click on OK.
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Today's Featured Website:
NYC Tourist.com
The holidays are the nicest time in New York City.
This site lists citywide events planned for the month as well as information about museums, dining, shopping, Broadway shows, and other attractions.
There are sections offering a Neighborhood Guide, Tips for Tourists, Top-10 lists of NYC favorites, Photo Tours of the city and more. And if you're ready to plan your trip, there's even a Planning Info section.
You can help the Big Apple heal from the tragedy it has endured just by going there and having a good time.
http://www.nyctourist.com/
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Happy Veteran's Day!
If you'd like to learn more about this holiday, the website created by the Department of Veterans Affairs, can tell you all you need to know. There is history, notable quotes, a Patriotic Fact Sheet and much more--all put together to help us better understand and commemorate the liberty we enjoy, as provided by those who so bravely served our country.
http://www.va.gov/vetsday/ |
