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Computer tips and tricks for beginning and intermediate computer users -- especially senior citizens! Learn new things that you can teach your kids and grandkids -- they really don't know it all!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

It's really not lost!

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Dear Barb,
It's really not lost

One question I'm frequently asked is, "Where did my text go? I was typing and I looked up and it was all gone!!!! What happened to it?"

The usual answer to this question is that you might have accidently highlighted the text and then pressed the space bar and all of the text disappeared "Well," you say, "I didn't highlight anything!"

As I was working with a new client the other day she did just that -- accidentally. She intended to press the Shift key and the letter A to start a sentence. By mistake she pressed the CTRL key and the letter A, which is a shortcut for "highlight all." When she pressed the next key, all of the highlighted text was gone (much to her surprise) and it was replaced by the first key she pressed.

You can get it back! Before you do anything else (like scream or tear your hair) left click Edit on your Menu Bar and then left click Undo. Undo will reverse your previous action. See, there is life after computers!

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Barb Walker
Taming Your Computer Inc.

phone: 303 752-2152

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I love teaching senior citizens to use computers. I'm a senior myself, so I'm working with my peers. When I work with you in your home on your computer, I don't sit in front of your computer and TELL you want to do. You sit in front of your computer while I TEACH you what to do. I also write step-by-step instructions for you to follow when I'm not there.