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THE ICON SEPTEMBER 2006 EDITION
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WINDOWS SIG - SEPTEMBER, 2O06
by Mary Phillips
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| Q. What are the most common Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts? |
A.The ones I use most are:
- Backspace key to go Back one page.
- Press Ctrl + O to Open up a URL (Web address) box.
- Ctrl + N opens a New browser window.
- The F5 key will refresh the screen.
- Use F11 to toggle between a full screen and a normal view.
To see a complete list of Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts, with Internet Explorer open, click on Help > Accessibility > Keyboard Shortcuts, and then click on the plus sign (+) beside each topic to expand it.
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| Q. Where do I get a copy of one of the Linux versions demonstrated at the General Meeting on August 19 at The Library Center? |
| A. Different Linux versions were demonstrated by George Schmoele, of Springfield Technology Company on the Plaza Shopping Center, Glenstone & Sunshine. George said he had ordered CDs of several versions including the really easy one, and you can get one free by going into Springfield Technology and asking. |
| Q. What's a thumb? (not a question being asked of a toddler) |
| A. It’s a little gadget about the size of one’s thumb that your computer identifies as a “mass storage device” when it’s inserted into one of the USB connections. (USB is the acronym for Universal Serial Bus. You know that place that’s about 1/2" wide and about 3/8" high and has a little pad that’s supposed to match up with another little pad in whatever you’re trying to connect?) That little mass storage device is a place where you can store files that you want to carry or move from one computer to another. We used to have 3.5" floppy disks that would handle most of our files, but they held only 1.4 megabytes of data. Many of our files, particularly photos, presentations, graphics and other digital files, are much larger than that and can’t fit on a floppy disk. As a result, manufacturers started putting digital memory cards that have much more room into small, compact gadgets. Very large files totaling even up to a gigabyte can be saved to the mass storage device to which Windows assigns a drive letter (F: or some other letter), and then these files can be opened on another computer provided the same program is installed on the second computer. Any type of file can be Saved or Copied to a mass storage device. The size of the memory chip in the thumb determines how much the gadget will hold, and that should be printed somewhere on the outside (64M, 128M, 256M, 1G, etc.). Other names for a Thumb drive are Jump drive and Flash drive, and sometimes they’re part of another gadget such as a pen or an MP3 player. |
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