Say you have many files that all need to be e-mailed, but A: You don't want to add them one at a time, and B: You don't think all of them will be within the recipient's e-mail size limits.
What do you do?
Why zip 'em up, of course!
If you're running an operating system newer than Windows 98 (and you should be!), browse to the folder where the files you want to zip are at. (If the files are in different places, you should copy and paste each one into a new folder. You're going to need them all together to do this.)
Now highlight the files by either drawing a box around them or by holding the Ctrl key and selecting each of them. Once you have all of the ones you want to zip up highlighted, Right-Click one of them, go down to “Send to” and choose “Compressed (zipped) folder”.
Like magic, your highlighted files will appear in one convenient package. If you don't like the name Windows gives your
Gmail Notifier
If you are on a website and click on an email address does Gmail open for you? Would you like for it to? If so then help has arrived. Today I am going to show you how to set Gmail as your default email. After you do the following steps when you click on an email link using any browser a Gmail compose window will open automatically.
You will need to download Gmail Notifier here. This is an application that will alert you when you have new Gmail messages. You will have an icon in your system tray that will let you know when you have unread Gmail messages. It also shows who the sender is, the subject and snippets of the message without having to open a web browser.
When Gmail Notifier finishes downloading click on the installation file and choose Run. Accept the license agreement by clicking on I Agree.
During the installation, be sure to select the option Use for outgoing mail. This allows Gmail to send mail from links on the web, which means when you are on a website and click on a link to email someone a Gmail compose window will come up. Click Next
Choose the install location and click Next. There will already be a path in the Destination Folder field. You can choose this or if you want to install it to another location click Browse and choose the location. Click Next.
Choose the Start Menu folder. It will be set to Gmail Notifier as default, but if you would like to change this choose another option. Click Install.
The program will now install. After the installation is finished click the close button.
There will be an icon for Gmail Notifier in your system tray. Right click on this icon and choose Options. Check to make sure the Use Gmail for internet mailto:links is checked, and under Web browser it should be set to system default. Click OK.
When you have new mail the Notifier will show you a portion of the message. If you want to open your Gmail just double-click on the Notifier icon in the system tray. It may ask you for your username and password to your Gmail account the first time you use it.
If you only use Firefox do these steps to set Gmail as your default email.
Go to Tools and select Options
Click on the Applications tab and type “Mail” in the search field. Under Action choose Use Gmail and Click OK.
Uninstall Internet Explorer 8
Maybe you “Just don't like it”, but for whatever reason, here's a tip on how to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 in Windows XP and Vista.
Note: Before even attempting this tip, make sure you have another up-to-date browser already installed on your PC, otherwise you won't be able to view content on some web pages correctly. Alternate browsers include: Mozilla Firefox, Opera, or Google Chrome.
Windows XP:
Go to Start>Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs
Now look down the list and find Windows Internet Explorer 8 and click the Remove button.
Restart and you're finished!
Windows Vista:
Go to Start>Control Panel
Now select Programs (Might be Programs and Features if you're in Classic View)
Now select View Installed Updates (Might be under Tasks if you're in Classic View)
Scroll down until you see Windows Internet Explorer 8 and click Uninstall at the top
If you can't find anything to uninstall you may want to consider just installing a new web browser and simply forgetting you have IE8 on your computer at all. For example, I can't uninstall IE8 in Windows 7, so I just forget about it and use Firefox!
For years we've all used Microsoft Word and have come to rely upon our handy little underline button.
Assuming that you've made the transition to Word 2007, then I'm sure you were happy to see the Underline button safe and sound (not to mention easy to find) on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
But, have you really looked at the new Underline button?
the 2007 version has a down arrow indicating some choices.
So let's click the down arrow and take a look, shall we? As you can see there's several underline choices readily available… the same choices you've always had (and still do) in the Font dialog box…
With that one little addition to the Underline button your choices are now at your fingertips without extra dialog boxes and all the hassles that can go along with using them.
Sites to see.
http://www.wildearth.tv/static/wildearth/home.html
Ctrl + Z Does More Than You Think
When we think of using Ctrl + Z we're all thinking "undo" - which is true but in our minds that means removing the last character entered, putting text back that we just deleted or removing formatting that we tried but just didn't like.
All of these things are exactly what Ctrl + Z is for but there's more.
When you work in one of the MS Office programs there are many things that the program will automatically format, correct, replace, etc.
But what if one of those things happens and you don't want the change… what then?
Well, technically Ctrl + Z undoes the very last action… including the actions completed by the program itself through AutoCorrect or other features.
What does that mean for you?
Simply put, if you see a change made to your work that you don't want then immediately use Ctrl + Z.
The program will reverse the change it made - typo corrected, quotes style replace, a word capitalized - you get the picture.
Custom Folder Picture
This tip is for our fans of folder customization. Take a look at one of the folder icons on your desktop and you'll notice that there's a picture sticking out of it.
It would appear that this is just a random picture, chosen by Windows, but we all know better – we know that there's gotta be a way to change it.
Just Right-Click the folder and choose Properties. From here, make sure the Customize tab is selected and under Folder Pictures, choose Choose File... (Might be “Choose Picture” under Windows XP)
Now simply browse to a location on your hard drive that's got a picture you want to use, select it and choose Open. Click OK.
Now your folder has its own custom picture!
When we think of using Ctrl + Z we're all thinking "undo" - which is true but in our minds that means removing the last character entered, putting text back that we just deleted or removing formatting that we tried but just didn't like.
All of these things are exactly what Ctrl + Z is for but there's more.
When you work in one of the MS Office programs there are many things that the program will automatically format, correct, replace, etc.
But what if one of those things happens and you don't want the change… what then?
Well, technically Ctrl + Z undoes the very last action… including the actions completed by the program itself through AutoCorrect or other features.
What does that mean for you?
Simply put, if you see a change made to your work that you don't want then immediately use Ctrl + Z.
The program will reverse the change it made - typo corrected, quotes style replace, a word capitalized - you get the picture.
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