Getting the most out of Me's Windows Explorer!
Windows Explorer is the organizational heart of your computer, and
there may be times when you'd like it to supply you with more
information about your files than that provided by the default
Name, Size, Type, and Modified fields in the right portion of the
Explorer window. Windows Me lets you customize the fields
displayed by Windows Explorer in a quick and easy way.
Verify that you're viewing your folder in Details view by opening
Windows Explorer and displaying the View menu. Details should be
selected on the menu. Then simply right-click on any of the
headings in the right portion of the Explorer window to display a
list of the available fields you can add to Windows Explorer. In
addition to the default Size, Type, and Modified fields, you can
choose to display the Author and Subject of your files, and if you
select the More option, the Column Settings dialog box opens to
reveal even more choices for column headings.
We found it helpful to display the Comments heading (found in the
Column Settings dialog box). If you often work with Word or Excel
files with non-descriptive names, you can easily add a brief
description to the file to help you identify it in Windows
Explorer. Right-click on the file, choose Properties, and then
select the Summary tab. Select Comments from the list box, and
then display the Comments dropdown list and type a brief
description of the file there. Click OK, and then click OK again
to close the dialog box. The Comments field in Windows Explorer
now displays the description you just added.
Creating Internet security zones in Windows ME!
Have you ever downloaded information from a site you weren't sure
was entirely secure? If you've ever opened a Web page and
downloaded a program or file that ended up damaging your computer,
you know that Web security is a hard lesson to learn. Fortunately,
there's a way to set up Internet Explorer to divide the Web sites
you visit into zones with different levels of security. This
ensures that you'll be accessing only safe Web pages and
downloading only secure data from Web sites you trust.
In Internet Explorer, choose Tools | Internet Options and in the
Internet Options dialog box, select the Security tab. Your Web
sites can be divided into four categories (Internet, Local
Intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites) and each of these
zones has a different security level. Select each icon and then
read about its security restrictions. Then, for both the Trusted
Sites and Restricted Sites zones, click the Sites button, and type
the Web sites you want added to each zone.
You can tell which zone the current Web page is in by looking at
the right side of the Internet Explorer status bar. Whenever you
attempt to open or download content from the Web, Internet
Explorer checks the security settings for that Web site's zone.
Shortcut Keys in Windows!
For Windows OS users, there are a number of keyboard shortcuts
that will save you a lot of mouse movement. Here are some of our
favorites:
ALT + TAB -- If you have not used this one yet, get ready! If you
have more than one application open at any given time, you can
press the ALT key, and at the same time, the TAB key to move from
one application to another quickly. This is very useful, for
example, for coding pages and then jumping to a browser to
preview. This shortcut will jump through all your open
applications, but defaults to a quick hop to the last used
program. Play with ALT + TAB and you'll be flying through Windows
in no time.
WINDOW + M -- Have you ever wanted to get to your Desktop screen
fast, but found yourself closing applications with your mouse? Try
this shortcut, which instantly minimizes all open windows and
returns you to the desktop in one quick jump. (The WINDOW key is
the one between CTRL and ALT.)
WINDOW + E -- This launches an instance of Windows Explorer, a
very handy program for file management. Use this shortcut instead
of running through the Start > Programs > Accessories > Windows
Explorer route.
CTRL + C -- This command copies highlighted text.
CTRL + X -- This command cuts the highlighted text and puts it in
memory.
CTRL + V -- This command pastes highlighted text.
SHIFT + CTRL + ARROWS -- This shortcut is very handy for selecting
text in HTML or text editors. Rather than highlighting with a
mouse, this will quickly grab text one word at a time from the
cursor position.
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