Archive for Computer Software
03.16.08
Posted in Computer Software, Internet and Email, Home Computing Tips at 2:07 pm by webmaster
Most of you are probably familiar with unzipping files when they are either sent to you or downloaded from the Internet as a zipped file. It’s usually just a matter of clicking on the file, selecting the unzip option and you’re done.
But I had never zipped files up myself before. Why would I want to, you ask? Someone wanted me to send them a number of files, so they had to be zipped or they would be too big for my email program to handle. Besides that, a zipped file keeps confidential items safer until they reach their destination.
Using the zip program I already had, it was just a matter of creating a folder (some zip programs call it an archive) and then clicking add and selecting each file I wanted to include in the zipped material. Took all of 5 seconds or so and I was done.
Last step was to create an email and insert the zipped file as an attachment. Oh, another tip -if you are sending a private message email from a forum, you can’t attach a file there. You’ll have to send it with your regular email program.
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03.14.08
Posted in Computer Software, Internet and Email, Home Computing Tips, Digital Photographs at 4:44 pm by webmaster
This is a Wordpress blog and a little more complicated to insert pictures. I upload the pics to my site and then to insert it, I have to type a path showing where the picture is located. The path has to be exactly right, otherwise instead of seeing my nice photo, you’ll see a small box with an x in the corner. That, my friends, means I made a mistake in the path.
This morning I tried and tried with no luck, went back to see the path I used for other images and tried again. Still no luck. Then I realized I put a / after the www instead of a dot. Once I fixed that, everything was fine.
It’s kind of like calling someone mr instead of mrs, just that one little letter difference can get you in a lot of trouble.
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03.12.08
Posted in Computer Software, Home Computing Tips at 4:35 pm by webmaster
Since I have a new computer, I also have a trial version of Microsoft Office 2007. Maybe I’m just old and set in my ways, but I don’t really like the new version of Word.
There are so many buttons and options at the top that it took me five minutes to find out how to save my document. I finally realized it was the Microsoft graphic in the top left corner. Of course, how silly of me to think there might be something written in plain English.
I’m sure there are a lot of good points about this version and maybe I can customize the toolbar so it isn’t so intimidating, but I have to wait until I’m feeling up to the challenge. Then again, maybe I could install my old version of Word.
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03.08.08
Posted in Computer Software at 4:03 pm by webmaster
I’m testing Office Suite by ValuSoft to see how I like it. The software is WAY cheaper than Microsoft Office - I think I paid about $25 for mine at the local computer shop. For some reason, a friend of mine had trouble finding a copy, but I’ve seen it in a few different stores now. It comes in a cd sleeve rather than a box and there is no printed manual with it, but to save a few hundred dollars, I can live with that. There is also a registration code that has to be typed in when the software is installed.
I know I could use WordPerfect, but I still have nightmares about using the original version of it, so I’m not keen to try it again - although a lot of people love using it.
Anyway, back to the Office Suite review. The toolbar looks very similar to Microsoft Office (I’ll refer to the latter as MO for short) and also allows conversion of your document to PDF format. So far, using the word document is simple and easy. Office Suite is MO compatible, has applications for Word and Excel documents, and photo editing.
Although not advertised on the cd, my copy included a limited edition of Print Workshop (compatible with Avery templates, which is a plus).
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03.06.08
Posted in Computer Software, Internet and Email, Home Computing Tips at 6:22 pm by webmaster
For those of you who have a hosting service or ever find a need to upload a file to a server, this post is for you.
I have tried to learn and understand how to ftp a file (upload it) for a long time, with no success. Then I downloaded an ftp program called Filezilla and for some reason it finally clicked what I had to do. And it was so easy. I looked for every chance I could to upload a file just so I could use Filezilla again.
If you are using an ftp program for the first time, I’ll try to explain how I did it. At the top of the ftp program I had to insert my host address (in my case, my website address without www. or the .com, followed by .and my host’s name, including the .com). That part I had trouble with until I got the format exactly right.
Then the user name and password my hosting service gave me when I signed up (and I’m so bad about filing those forms, so it took some time to find). Then click connect. If you do all that right, you should get a message that you connected.
Then on the left side of the ftp program screen, you should see a list of the files on your computer. On the right side of the screen you should see the file folders on your server. Next, you simple drag the files you want uploaded from the computer side to the server side and in seconds you will see it uploading your files.
Once I managed to do it, I couldn’t figure out why it was so hard for me to understand before. Oh well, I’m thankful for lightbulb moments (instead of senior ones).
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