Using a saved photo as your background

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Using a saved photo as a background Personalize your screen

Last week I showed you how to save a photo from within an e-mail to your hard drive. Today I'll show you how to use one of your saved photos as your screen background (also called wallpaper). RIGHT click on a blank area of your desktop. A shortcut menu will pop up. LEFT click Properties at the bottom of this list. A dialog box will open. LEFT click the Desktop tab. The Display Properties dialog box will open. LEFT click Browse to the right of the list of available images. This will open My Pictures. If the picture you want to use is in a folder, double click the folder. If not, find the photo you want to use and double click it. Then LEFT click OK. Wasn't that easy? There are so many things you can change on your computer screen. If you have Taming Your Computer -- The Simple Basics and Beyond, review pages 9-25 to learn how to use them. Try one new thing each day for a week and congratulate yourself on your accomplishments! If you haven't ordered your copy yet, click here to do so.

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Another keyboard Shortcut

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Another keyboard shortcut You can live without a mouse

I keep telling you that someday your mouse will die. It won't be pretty either -- it will just sit there and no matter how many times you click or move it or anything else, it won't perform. You might want to shut down your computer before you head out to the store to buy a replacement. (Look around -- there are so many kinds to choose from.) To shut down your computer hold down the CTRL key in the lower left corner of your keyboard, and then press and release the ESC key in the top left corner of your keyboard. Your Start Menu will pop up. (Who knew it was so easy?) Now you can press the UP arrow in the bottom right corner of your keyboard and it should go to the Turn Off Computer button. Just press the Enter key and it will bring up the next menu. Use your RIGHT arrow key (bottom right corner of the keyboard) and move over to the Turn Off button. When it is highlighted, just press the Enter key again and it will shut down. You can do more than shut down your computer using these keys. Once you have pressed CTRL and ESC you can use the arrow keys to move around the Start Menu to select other options. Give it a try. You may swear off your mouse completely (instead of swearing AT it!) If you have Taming Your Computer -- The Simple Basics and Beyond -- look at pages 38-43 to learn what all those "strange" keys are on your keyboard and what they do. Click to order your copy -- or order one for a friend. Get 5 or 10 friends together and place a quantity order -- you will receive a 20% discount for orders of 5 copies and 30% discount for orders of 10 copies.

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Can you see your rooftop?

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Can you see your rooftop? Test drive Google Maps

As you read this I will be starting a week of genealogy research with Mom at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Wish us luck. It's our maiden voyage and we're likely to be overwhelmed. Just for grins I used Google Maps to find the exact location of the Family History Library and then the satellite view to see the buildings in the neighborhood. Would you like to see your neighborhood and maybe even your rooftop? First go to www.Google.com Directly above the long white Search Box, click Maps. You will see a new Search Box in the top left corner of the screen, just to the right of the Google logo. In this Search Box type your street address, city and state. Then click Search Maps. The first map you will see will be a street map of your neighborhood with your address marked. Close the little white box that shows your street address by clicking the tiny X in the top right corner. Now look in the upper right corner of the map and click on Satellite. This will show you a birds-eye view of your neighborhood. Now look in the top left corner of this map and you will see a vertical bar with little "notches" and above that four directional arrows. At the top of the vertical bar you will see a + sign. Each time you click the + it will magnify the view of your neighborhood. If your home slips out of view, use the directional arrows in the top left corner to move the area of the view until you can see your house. If you keep clicking you will see a message on your screen stating that the magnification can't be shown (or something like that). I got so close I could almost see the bunnies in the back yard that drive my dogs NUTS!

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Save photos from e-mail

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Save photos from e-mail

Do your kids send you photos in the message box of an e-mail so you don't have to go through the brain damage of downloading them? Wouldn't you love to save the photos to your hard drive? It's so easy you won't believe it. Once you open the e-mail, RIGHT click the photo. A shortcut menu will pop up. LEFT click Save Image As. A dialog box will open asking you where you want to save the photo. Make sure My Documents is in the top line of the Save box. If not, click the dropdown arrow and LEFT click My Documents. When you see My Documents at the top of the box, double click My Pictures. If there is a particular folder you want to save the photo in, double click that folder. Then LEFT click Save in the lower right corner of the box. If you're tired of the background on your screen, change it! Go to page 12 of my book, Taming Your Computer -- the Simple Basics and Beyond for instructions on how to do this. Next time I'll show you how easy it is to place that photo you just saved from the e- mail on your desktop as the background. Tune in next week!

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Another keyboard Shortcut

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Another keyboard shortcut You can live without a mouse

I keep telling you that someday your mouse will die. It won't be pretty either -- it will just sit there and no matter how many times you click or move it or anything else, it won't perform. You might want to shut down your computer before you head out to the store to buy a replacement. (Look around -- there are so many kinds to choose from.) To shut down your computer hold down the CTRL key in the lower left corner of your keyboard, and then press and release the ESC key in the top left corner of your keyboard. Your Start Menu will pop up. (Who knew it was so easy?) Now you can press the UP arrow in the bottom right corner of your keyboard and it should go to the Turn Off Computer button. Just press the Enter key and it will bring up the next menu. Use your RIGHT arrow key (bottom right corner of the keyboard) and move over to the Turn Off button. When it is highlighted, just press the Enter key again and it will shut down. You can do more than shut down your computer using these keys. Once you have pressed CTRL and ESC you can use the arrow keys to move around the Start Menu to select other options. Give it a try. You may swear off your mouse completely (instead of swearing AT it!) If you have Taming Your Computer -- The Simple Basics and Beyond -- look at pages 38-43 to learn what all those "strange" keys are on your keyboard and what they do. Click to order your copy -- or order one for a friend. Get 5 or 10 friends together and place a quantity order -- you will receive a 20% discount for orders of 5 copies and 30% discount for orders of 10 copies.

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