Capturing a Screen Shot
To do a screen shot, there are two ways.
Firstly:- This applies to both XP and Windows 7 operating systems
Press the ‘Print Screen’ button. This puts a copy of the whole screen into the ‘clipboard’. If you only want the error message or the current window, hold down the ‘Alt’ key and then press the ‘Print Screen’ button. Click on the ‘Start’ button (lower left hand of screen). Left click on ‘All Programs’ Left click on ‘Accessories’ folder. Click on ‘Paint’ program. When this opens, left click on ‘Edit’ and then click on ‘Paste’. You should now have a copy of what was on the computer monitor. Click on ‘File’. Click on ‘Save as’. Click on ‘Desktop’. Give the file a name you will recognize and click on ‘Save’. You will now have a file which contains an image of what was on the desktop. You can now email this file to a volunteer for help.
The second way is for Windows 7 users only:-
Click on ‘Start’. Click on ‘All Programs’. Click on ‘Accessories’. Click on
‘Snipping Tool’. Drag it around the part of the screen you want to save. Click
on ‘File’. Click on ‘Save as’. Click on ‘Desktop’. Give the file a name you will
recognize and click on ‘Save’. You will now have a file which contains an image
of what was on the desktop . You can now email this file to a volunteer for
help. 
Setting up GMail in
Outlook Express
As discussed at the meeting on 24th June. Google have an instruction page on how to do this. Just follow the link
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=76147
If you find blank pages are being printed from a WORD document, you have probably created a second blank page by mistake. Check at the bottom of the document to see if it says Page1 Sec 1 1/2. On the standard toolbar there is an icon which looks like a backfacing letter P; if you click this it will show all the formatting marks like spaces and new lines - you will see there may be several new lines below the end of your typing, spilling over to a blank second page; delete the ones you do not need to make the document only one page.
Windows
Explorer - one at a time!
When you open Windows Explorer (best done with the WINDOWS key + E), make certain you have not accidentally opened it more than once - check the taskbar at the bottom. If you are moving files and have more than one copy of Explorer open, you will cause some nasty problems.
View more of a web page:  | If you have a scrolling mouse, hold down the CTRL key and roll the scroll 'button' backwards and forwards and see how it changes the text size |
| Alternatively: From the Internet Explorer toolbar use View and then chose Text Size - make larger or smaller. |
| Use F11 key to remove the toolbars top and bottom of the page so you can see more at one time. (Repeat F11 to undo it). |
Organising
Folders: No matter whether you are working in My Documents, My
Pictures, My Favourites or your email Inbox, you should set up a series of
logical organised folders. When you first start using a PC it
doesn't seem important, however, as time goes on you can get in a real
mess with all manner of files dumped into one long untidy list and it is
difficult to find them later. This is so fundamental that the topic is
dealt with on it's own page - Files
and Folders
Naming
pictures: After
you have downloaded pictures from your camera you can go to My Pictures
(or wherever you have put the files) and quickly apply a meaningful label
to every picture.
| First, open the folder and select View > Thumbnails. |
| Click the last picture in the folder you want to rename, hold down the Shift key, and click the first picture; this will select them all. |
| Right-click the first photo, and select Rename from the drop-down menu. |
It is very important that you keep the .jpg at the end of whatever you type in for the name
View 2 windows: Particularly when
using the Help function in Office programs, it can be useful to view the
document you are working on, and the help page, at the same time.
This can be done side by side, or one above the other. Right click in a
blank part of the taskbar and choose, 'split horizontally', or 'split
vertically'. Alternatively you can quickly switch from one to the
other by left clicking the icon in the task bar of the one you want
visible.
Windows Logo Key Shortcuts Click here to view a PDF file presented
at Club meeting on 15/02/2012.
