Title: Did You Know…
Author: Nancy Roberts
Date: 7/17/06
It’s hard to believe I can still be surprised after using computer – and using them as extensively – as I have over the past 20 years.
Still, every so often I discover one of those “I didn’t know that!” things. Usually they’re pretty useless – or I would have gone looking for a way to do (whatever the AHA item is) long before stumbling upon it.
Nevertheless, here are a few of those surprises in Windows XP and in some commonly used programs.
Did you know… you can view browser windows from within Outlook? Make sure the “Web” toolbar is visible (use “View” and “Toolbars” to add these buttons if they are not visible), and then use the Address Box to enter a URL, or click on the “Home” (little house) icon to see your customary home page.
Did you know… There is a secret key combination in FreeCell that allows you to choose whether you win or loose a game? Press CTRL-SHIFT-F10 during play. You will be given an option to Win or Loose.
Did you know… You can reset the default size and position of Internet Explorer Windows? Either:
With no other Internet Explorer sessions open, start a new Internet Explorer session, resize and position as you wish. Then hold down CTRL and SHIFT and close Internet Explorer.
In the registry (usual warnings apply about not doing anything in the registry unless you know what you are doing) delete the following key: HKEY_ CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Internet Explorer\Main and delete the key on the right that is called "Window_Placement".
Did you know… You can print or record a list of all files in a directory?? We really like this one! For example, let’s say you want to list all the songs in your Music folder, or all the pictures in your Photos folder.
Start at the DOS Command Prompt. Go to: Start>Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt.
You will be at the default directory, which is your Documents and Settings/(User Name) folder. Type a backslash and the name of the folder or directory for which you want the list. In my case, I wanted a list of my Data directory, so I entered \Data.
The command prompt flashing cursor now sits at the end of \Data.
Type in the following command dir /s >c:\listing.txtYou can change "listing.txt" to any file name that you desire, and you can locate this file wherever you wish. For example, I typed dir /s>c:\Data\list.txt so that the list of all the files within Data would also show up in the Data folder.
Author: Nancy Roberts
Date: 7/17/06
It’s hard to believe I can still be surprised after using computer – and using them as extensively – as I have over the past 20 years.
Still, every so often I discover one of those “I didn’t know that!” things. Usually they’re pretty useless – or I would have gone looking for a way to do (whatever the AHA item is) long before stumbling upon it.
Nevertheless, here are a few of those surprises in Windows XP and in some commonly used programs.
Did you know… you can view browser windows from within Outlook? Make sure the “Web” toolbar is visible (use “View” and “Toolbars” to add these buttons if they are not visible), and then use the Address Box to enter a URL, or click on the “Home” (little house) icon to see your customary home page.
Did you know… There is a secret key combination in FreeCell that allows you to choose whether you win or loose a game? Press CTRL-SHIFT-F10 during play. You will be given an option to Win or Loose.
Did you know… You can reset the default size and position of Internet Explorer Windows? Either:
With no other Internet Explorer sessions open, start a new Internet Explorer session, resize and position as you wish. Then hold down CTRL and SHIFT and close Internet Explorer.
In the registry (usual warnings apply about not doing anything in the registry unless you know what you are doing) delete the following key: HKEY_ CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Internet Explorer\Main and delete the key on the right that is called "Window_Placement".
Did you know… You can print or record a list of all files in a directory?? We really like this one! For example, let’s say you want to list all the songs in your Music folder, or all the pictures in your Photos folder.
Start at the DOS Command Prompt. Go to: Start>Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt.
You will be at the default directory, which is your Documents and Settings/(User Name) folder. Type a backslash and the name of the folder or directory for which you want the list. In my case, I wanted a list of my Data directory, so I entered \Data.
The command prompt flashing cursor now sits at the end of \Data.
Type in the following command dir /s >c:\listing.txtYou can change "listing.txt" to any file name that you desire, and you can locate this file wherever you wish. For example, I typed dir /s>c:\Data\list.txt so that the list of all the files within Data would also show up in the Data folder.
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