Index to Alan's Hints 'n Tips

Designed to answer some of those questions you might have.
A lot of this information has become obsolete but may still
be useful to some of you. Note that I have NOT entered the VISTA
help arena at this stage - mainly due to other projects on the go.

Note: Since the advent of Microsoft VISTA and Windows 7 versions there have been plenty of helpful information pages available on the Internet if you simply search via one of the many search engines by typing in for example "windows 7 add remove programs". The need for my now ancient help files is limited, but may still be useful for some situations.

BEGINNERS START HERE
How to START, size and close windows, and SHUTDOWN.

E-MAIL
ADDING BACKGROUNDS & SOUNDS
Outlook Express 5.5 - How to put background pictures/sounds on an e-mail.
ADDRESS BOOK.
How to add an e-mail address to your Address Book from an e-mail.
ATTACHMENTS (1).
How to SAVE an attachment from an e-mail.
ATTACHMENTS (2).
How to SEND an attachment with an e-mail.
ATTACHMENTS (3).
Why some attachments DON'T WORK when you get them.
ATTACHMENTS (4).
What to do when your computer says words like. "What program do you want to use to open this?"
ATTACHMENTS (5).
Sending attachments with an e-mail.
File formats to avoid - file formats to use.
ATTACHMENTS (6).
Sending pictures with an e-mail.
File formats to avoid - file formats to use.
BLIND CARBON COPY
Privacy protection when sending to a number of recipients.
COPYING & Pasting into an e-mail. what is that?
EARLY E-mail Notes on using Internet Mail - (the version before Outlook Express).
E-mail Group
Creating an e-mail 'Group'.
File suffixes or extensions
What do I use to open the file of that type?
File suffixes or extensions
A list of suffixes with what is used to open the file of that type.
FORWARDING a message you received from someone else.
GROUP e-mail addressing
Creating an e-mail 'Group'.
HOW an e-mail gets delivered
to the person you addressed it to.
INSERTING text into an e-mail
by "Cut/Copy & Paste" method.
INSERTING a text file into an e-mail
from a folder or directory.
PICTURES don't appear in the e-mails I send to my friends.
REPLYING to an E-mail.
SAVING E-mail as a text file.
SAVING E-mail attachments.
SENDING an E-mail. Text version.
SENDING an E-mail Outlook Express 5. Picture version.
SENDING an E-mail XP Outlook Express 6. Picture version.
SENDING pictures to an E-mail with Outlook Express.
SORTING E-mail Inboxes.
Getting the most recent e-mail at the TOP of the list.
Home Page for Webs4U is
http://www.webs4u.co.nz

FILES & FOLDERS

Are you confused
about FOLDERS & DIRECTORIES?
Here's a wee bit of help to understand them.
BACKING UP FILES.
How to backup files or folders to one or more floppy disks.
COPYING files using My Computer.
COPYING files using Windows Explorer.
CUTTING & Pasting. what is it?
File suffixes or extensions
What do I use to open the file of that type?
FILE naming conventions or rules
There are some characters you can't use.
SUFFIXES or extensions
A list of suffixes with what is used to open the file of that type.
WRITE-PROTECTED files - how to make them 'writeable'.
ZIPPED files - will add this later.

GRAPHICS - PICTURES
BACKGROUNDS.
How they are sometimes made from small pictures and repeated.
DESKTOP BACKGROUND PICTURE.
How to put your own picture choice as a background on the 'desktop'.
DIGITAL CAMERA thoughts.
What size/quality should I be using for e-mail/printing?
MY PICTURES PRINT TOO BIG how can I fix this?
PICTURE BACKGROUNDS.
Put your own picture choice as a background on the 'desktop'.
PICTURE EDITING Examples.
Rotate, flip, mirror, resize image.
PICTURE FORMATS - Best for attachments.
PICTURE SIZES - How to change them plus
see Sending pictures via E-mail with Outlook Express. with Microsoft's 'Send to Mail Recipient' option.
SCANNING Photographs, etc.
What size/quality should I be using for e-mail/printing?
SUFFIXES or extensions - on graphic files - see under "Files and Folders" section above.

VARIOUS
CUTTING & Pasting. what is it?
Defragging the hard drive.
HYPERTEXT Links.
MOUSE cleaning.
RIGHT-CLICKING things can be fun.
SLUGGISH MOUSE might need cleaning.
SYMBOLS you want that are not on the keyboard.
SYMBOLS - using characters from Wingdings font.
VIRUS awareness !!!
My ISP provides virus protection !
So why do I need a Virus Checker?
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More than 120 pages - last updated 1 March 2008.

See also
keyboard pix

Doreen's quick, easy typing course

Index to Alan's Hints 'n Tips

E-MAIL

FILES & FOLDERS

GRAPHICS - PICTURES

VARIOUS