Here's how to change your appearance settings in XP:
1. Hit the Start button, Control Panel . When that opens, double-click your Display settings..
2. OK, XP likes to make everything into a "theme". When you make changes, you modify the theme or you can save the all your custom settings as a custom theme. See how much simpler that is than the old way?
Anyhow, you should be looking at the Display Properties screen now. Click the Appearance tab. From here, you can set the "look" as either classic or XP. You also have a couple color scheme choices, and you can make the font size larger or smaller.
For even more options, hit the Advanced button. This screen allows you to further customize windows. You can adjust your Desktop background colors, title bars, icon size, etc.
Once you have Windows set up the way you want it, click the Themes tab on the Display Settings screen. Once there, click the Save As button to save all your settings as a customized theme.
That's it. It's similar to the methods used with previous versions of Windows, just more screens and tabs to fight with in the name of progress :-)
Shape It Up
Do you like MS WordArt's flash, but not always the shape of the text when it's created?
Do you know that you don't have to settle for the default shape of your WordArt text?
It's definitely within your control and just a quick couple of clicks away. With that, you can easily change your favorite WordArt into different shapes, arcs, banners, etc. It will take you longer to decide on a new shape than it will to actually make the change.
So, you've already got the WordArt created and you're ready to change its shape.
Select the WordArt object and go to the WordArt toolbar that appears.
You're looking for the WordArt Shape button.
Click it.
Poof! A palette appears with your WordArt shape choices.
Simply pick a shape from the palette and then sit back and watch the transformation begin.
Your WordArt will instantly transform to your requested shape. So, from now on, take control of your WordArt, because the shape is all up to you!
Do you have the Adobe Flash program installed on your computer? If you do, you've probably seen some .swf files on your computer at some point. Have you seen them, but you're not sure what they are exactly? That's a fair scenario. Well, I'm here to tell you all about them today, so here we go!
SWF files always come in a graphics file format and they are all produced by the Flash program. They are the files that contain the animations and the applets for all the interaction functions that come along with the material you can view with the Flash player. They are also used for different display graphics for DVD menus and TV commercials.
There have been a couple known meanings for the SWF letters, including Small Web Format and Shockwave Flash. Some people pronounce the file format as individual letters (S W F), while others call them "swiff" files. SWF files are the "top dog" when it comes to vector graphics on the Web today. So, if you ever see one of these file names on your computer, you'll know exactly where it came from and what it is used for.
Ever since I downloaded the new Internet Explorer 7, I can't seem to get my favorites organized like I had them before. Can you please help me?
A:
As a matter of fact, I can! I hope that makes you feel a little better already. You know, like someone is giving you a ray of hope when it comes to your Favorites. Okay, so that may be taking things a little too far, but in all actuality, the Favorites feature is very important when it comes to browsing the Web. If you've never added Favorites to your Web browser before, you might want to start now and with Internet Explorer 7's way of doing things, you'll never want to stop!
First of all, let me go over how you can add a Favorite to your list in IE 7. It's pretty similar to IE 6, so I'm sure most of you already know how to do it, but I want to discuss it just in case. When you're visiting a Web site that you want to add to your Favorites list, go up to the top of the page and on the left side of the screen, you'll see a large yellow plus sign (+). Click on that and choose Add to Favorites. You can then rename the Favorite if you'd like and you can choose where you want it to be stored. There's also the option of making the site available offline. When you've got everything set the way you want it, click Add and the site will be added to your list.
IE 7 made this process a little less complicated. Everything is pretty straight forward. It gives you a lot of options when it comes to adding your Favorites as well. Now, let's move on to how you can get these puppies organized!
If you browse the Web quite often, you probably have several items in your Favorites list already. I know I do! Every time I see a site I might want to look at or refer back to at another time, I click that Add button right away. But, after awhile, my list turns into an awful mess and I can never find anything. It all just becomes one long list to scroll through and that just defeats the whole purpose of the Favorites feature in the first place. So, when it comes to your Favorites, organization is key.
To begin, click on the
A new window will then appear and you'll have three tabs to choose from: Favorites, Feeds and History. Click on the Favorites tab to see a list of the Favorites you already have compiled.
Now, you can do a few things here. The best thing though is probably to create different folders for the different categories of Favorites you have. To do that, click on Create New Folder. You can then drag and drop your Favorites into their rightful folders. For example, if you have several Web sites that deal with sports, make a new folder and title it "Sports." If you like to travel and you have several sites devoted to that, make one and call it "Travel." The options are endless with this, but once you have all of your sites set in place, you will be able to find what you're looking for so much faster.
That is my suggestion for you, but there are several other things you can do with the IE 7 Favorites Center. If you need help, ask the Help file in IE 7. That will get you where you want to go. Also, the
Color Code Your E-mail - Video Tip
Do you get tons of e-mail every day? I know I do and it's sometimes hard to pick out the ones I really need to read first. So, what are we to do? Well, how would you like to add a little pizzazz to your e-mails by color coding certain ones as you receive them in your Inbox, all the while helping yourself out as well? You can have one color for one person, another color for another and so on. You can do as many as you want. I have everyone here in the office highlighted in blue and let me tell you, it's so helpful when I need to get to those e-mails fast! If you would like to learn how to do this, just click on the link to get started! http://imgsrv.worldstart.com/videotips/index.htm
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