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Tips Revised 12/20/Dec.

This Tip supplied by Neil Burnett of Titusville, Fla.

  

Subject:  SOMETHING FOR YOU MS Word USERS

I think I've sent this out before, but I find the Macro so useful that I thought I'd send it out again in case

some of you missed it the first time around. MACRO DELETES CURRENT DOCUMENT

This Macro is designed to delete the currently opened document (file), in MS Word.

Without this Macro you must perform five operations to delete a document. These five operations are shown below. With the

Macro you may do it with only two key strokes.

1. Close MS Word

2. Go to Windows Explorer

3. Locate the document (file) you wish to delete

4. Highlight the file

5. Now you may delete the file.

This Macro is especially useful if you often need to open documents in MS Word, as you work. When you no longer need the

document (you've already done a cut and paste or whatever) all you have to do is click the Delete button, in the MS Word

toolbar, and the document is deleted. To place this Macro in the toolbar follow the instructions

below.

The first step is to enter the Macro. To do this Press Alt-F8,

Then type the word Delete as the name of the new Macro and click Create.

Now, type (or you may use “Copy & Paste”) the Macro as shown below in the drop down screen:

‘Sub Delete()

'Dim DeleteFile As String

DeleteFile = ActiveDocument.FullName

DoWhat = MsgBox("Do you really want to delete" + DeleteFile +

"?", vbYesNo + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2, "Delete this file")

If DoWhat = vbYes Then DoWhat = MsgBox("Are absolutely sure you want to delete" +

DeleteFile + "?", vbYesNo + vbCritical + vbDefaultButton2,

"Delete this file") End If

If DoWhat = vbYes Then

ActiveDocument.Close

End If

Kill DeleteFile ' Now delete the file

Click on File, Save Normal to save your Delete Macro. Press Alt-Q to get back to MS Word screen.

Now, to get that Delete button onto the MS Word’s toolbar.

Click on View, Toolbars, Customize. When the Customize dialog box opens, click the Commands tab. Scroll down through the

Categories list and select Macros. Your new Macro should appear in the right pane of the Customize dialog box. Use the

mouse to drag it to the toolbar. Release the mouse button when you've located a spot for the Delete button.

Click Modify Selection and name your new button Delete. Press Enter and then click Close, to close the dialog box and save

your changes.

Now to see how your new Macro works.

Bring up a document that you wish to delete. click Delete. The dialog box will open, asking if you want to delete this

document (file). Click Yes to delete the document.

The Macro will now give you another chance with a second dialog box. To delete your new current document, click Yes

again. The document is deleted.

Note that this Macro can quite easily delete a document you need. Before you click that Yes button, make sure the current

document is the one you really want to delete.

Maintance of your computer Go to this site to important tips for keeping your computer, courtesy of Ed Rich of ww.a-zuc.com. Click here: Maintance Tips/.

IPOD REPLACMENT It's important that you know that if you send your iPod into Apple for a battery replacement, you won't get the same iPod back. Apple will replace the iPod with either a new, used or refurbished unit. This also applies to any type of service are replaced. Also Apple won't transfer music or data from the old iPod one. So it's important for you to back up your iPod data before sending it in. In fact, Apple requests that you remove all data from it.

Firefox New Version: For those of you that use FIREFOX as your Internet browser there is new version ( 1.0.4 ) (1.05) out that fixes two vulnerabilities that outside researchers had discovered. The vulnerabilities were rated "critical," meaning intruders could have used them to seize control of victims' computers. You may download the new versions at: http://www.mozilla.org/

STOPPING YOUR PRINTER WHILE PRINTING

• Sometimes when you're in the middle of printing out an email or a manual and you wish to stop printing, for some reason, and you can't think of anything to do, but take the paper out of the printer's tray to stop the printer. Really not a good solution.
• Well, sometimes you just have to do whatever works, right? Most likely, though, the removal of the paper from the printer's tray would leave the print job in queue, and would pick up an start printing when you re-enable the printer. There is a better way.
• Most of us have at one time or another have started to print a large document, and then later wanted to stop the printing. Well, on such occasions, you want to go to the printer's properties and cancel the printing job.
• To cancel the printing job in Windows XP, click on Start >Printers and Faxes.
  1. On earlier Windows systems, click on Start > Settings > Printers. Double-click your on printer.
  2. In the window that opens, click on Printer > Cancel All Documents, or similar statement. Then be patient. It takes awhile to kill the printing process.
  3. NOTE:You can reduce your effort by creating a shortcut on your Desktop to your printer. As before, open your Printers and Faxes window. Right-click on your printer and click Create Shortcut. Put the shortcut on your Desktop.
  4. You can now get into your printer's window, by double-clicking the icon on the Desktop. For even faster access, put the shortcut icon into your Quick Launch bar, which is the area just to the right of Start, in the lower left corner of your monitor.
  5. To put the icon in the Quick Launch bar. On the Desktop, left click on the printer's icon and hold down the mouse button and drag the icon to where you want it in the Quick Launch bar, release the mouse button. Test the icon in the Quick Launch bar to make sure it works.
  6. .You may now go back to the printer's icon on the Desktop and right click on the icon and click on Delete.

  FINDING THE ACTUAL EMAIL SENDER'S ADDRESS WHEN A FAKE EMAIL ADDRESS IS USED If a fake email address is setup or received. Can it be tracked back to the real sender? You might think that if you use fictitious information when setting up an email account, no one would be able to figure out the email came from you. After all, you set up a phony Web address. Think again. Email contains invisible information about the sender. The information about the actual sender is in the header. All major email programs can display header information. Here's how:
  • In Eudora, double click the message. Then click the Blah Blah button.
  • In Microsoft Outlook, double click the email. Then click View>>Options.
  • In Microsoft Outlook Express, click the email. Then click File>>Properties and select the Details tab.
  • In Netscape, click the message to open it. Then click View>>Message Source to display the header. LI>The sender's revealing information is in the sections that begin with "Received:." There may be several of these, depending on the number of computers the email traversed. The originating computer is in the bottom Received:.
  • That Received: section will have an Internet Protocol (IP) number, such as 124.213.45.11. It can be traced on a number of Web sites. One Web site is Arin.net. The number is probably assigned to the sender's Internet service provider, rather than the sender. But the ISP will be able to identify the sender using that number.
  • The ISP probably will not give another person your name. It probably will let you know that someone is complaining, if that is the case. If the case is serious enough, the ISP may cancel your account. The complaining party would probably need a subpoena to get your name from the ISP. If that person is suing you, he or she probably could get a subpoena. It is difficult to remain anonymous when you use the Internet. Obviously, some spammers do it. But you really need to know what you're doing. I suggest you follow the general rule: "If it could come back to bite you, don't put it in writing! Email never goes away!" LI>If you receive spam email that offends you and you think it should be reported to someone. You should report it to spam@uce.gov. When you forward this spam, be sure to include the full e-mail header information.

  • A handy URLIf you ever have a hard time removing a program or file from your hard drive, because it's in use or some other reason, take a look at the following URL:
    http://www.snapfiles.com/get/removereboot.html

• ANTI - VIRUS PROGRAMS If you're concerned about your anti-virus software missing the problem, try an online scan, which are free. Here are addresses for two: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm http://www.pandasoftware.com/home/default.asp
  For freestanding computers, I recommend a software firewall. Windows XP has one, but it is inadequate. Instead, download ZoneAlarm (http://www.zonelabs.com), which is free.
• INTERNET EXPLORER CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS : Internet Explorer can fill in the blanks for you when you're using Web forms.; For instance, it can remember your password.  Put in your user name, and the password is added automatically.
  This function is known as AutoComplete.  To find it, open Internet Explorer. 
  Click Tools>>Internet Options.  Select the Content tab and click AutoComplete.
  You can set up AutoComplete to remember Web addresses, form information and user names and passwords.  For instance, if you have entered your address previously, AutoComplete will remember it.  In the future, when you enter the first number, AutoComplete will offer the full address.
  You can call up everything available for a particular form. For instance, go to a search site and double-click the blank. A selection of search terms will be offered.  You can choose one, or you can delete some.  Highlight the term by putting the cursor on it.  Then click Delete.
  Unfortunately, that will not work with Web addresses.  The places you visit will be stored in the address bar in Internet Explorer.  You cannot delete them individually.  You must delete them all.  Click Tools>>Internet Options, select General and click Clear History.
  

• Transparent ICONs
  It's possible to make the ICONs on your DeskTop transparent. You can also change the color of the text and many other things. Click Here >>>ICON

• If you'd like to have your computer checked for viruses and worms (FREE) you might like to take a look at the following URL. http://www.pandasoftware.com/
• Adding a web page to your Desktop
  Instead of adding a Web page to the Internet Explorer Favorites folder, you can create a shortcut to the Web on your computer's desktop. That way, you can open the Web page (and launch Internet Explorer at the same time, if it's not already open) simply by clicking the shortcut icon. To place a shortcut to a Web page on your desktop, follow these steps:
  In the Internet Explorer 6 browser, open the Web page to which you want to create a shortcut. Choose File, Send, Shortcut to Desktop. Internet Explorer creates a shortcut to the current Web page, with the title of the page beneath a Web icon.

  WHAT'S MORE IRRITATING THAN A SCRIPT ERROR MESSAGE?
  Peop1e who use Internet Explorer can get an aggravating message about script errors. On some sites, this can pop up repeatedly. The message is caused by problems with the Web sites code, usually JavaScript or BScript. Assuming you don't want to rewrite the bad code, you can turn off the message. Click TooIs>Internet Options. Select the Advanced tab. Check the box next to "Disable script debugging." Clear the box next to "Display a notification about every script error."

  BULLETS ARE HANDY BUT OFTEN HARD TO CONTROL
  When you need to put bulleted items into Word, you'll find the bullets on the Formatting toolbar. If that isn't visible, right-click in the toolbar area and select Formatting. The bullets can be irritating, though, because when you finish with them, they want to keep going. But they're easy to stop. When you hit Enter to start a new paragraph, press shift.>p> SCANDISK IS USUALLY NICE, BUT...
  If you're using Windows 98 or ME, you know this drill Your computer crashes, and you're forced to reboot. But when the computer reboots, ScanDisk starts. You can stop it manually, but it's still a pain. You can stop this behavior. Click Start>Run. Enter "msconfig" (without the quotation marks) in the box and click OK.. On the General tab, click Advanced. Put a check mark in the box next to "Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown." Click OK>O K.

  WINDOWS HAS HELP FOR THOSE WITH LOW VISION
  Last week I addressed a listener's question about software for peop1e with vision problems. I mentioned two programs, MAGic and JAWS, from Freedom Scientific. Windows also has utilities that can help. Magnifier, which is present in all versions since Windows 98, enlarges type. Narrator, present in XP and 2000, reads what is on the screen. Microsoft warns that Narrator may not work with all programs. To find these programs,click Start>Programs (All Programs in Wmdows XP), Accessories> Accessibility. Microsoft also has accessibility information online at:Click>>>Eyes

  IS YOUR DESKTOP A MESS? STRAIGHTEN IT OUT!
  Do you have icons all over the place? You can easily arrange them in neat rows.. Right click the desktop and mouse over Arrange Icons. Select Auto Arrange. Yon can also arrange them by Name, Type, Date and Size. Now, there will be no more messy desktops in this crowd!

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