System shell folders are special folders that Windows uses to indicate the default location for lots of kinds of settings and data. Most of those special folders hold important configuration data, so it is strongly recommended to regularly back up lots of of the method shell folders. The locations will vary from method to system, as well as the only way to get out the right path for sure is to programmatically call the Windows...
Messengers AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, ICQ Backup
Instant messages are text messages which you can send to other people who are online when you are. Your message is delivered immediately, as well as the person you sent the message to can respond immediately-just as in a face-to-face conversation. You can do much more than just send text messages to other people. You can have audio and video conversations, place a phone call from your computer to almost anywhere in the world,...
Mozilla and Netscape E-Mail Back up
Recent versions of Netscape Communicator are built on top of Mozilla (Thunderbird), so both e-mail clients share the same folder locations for e-mail database:
C:Documents and SettingsUser NameApplication DataMozillaProfiles
C:WindowsProfilesUser NameApplication DataMozillaProfiles
C:WindowsApplication DataMozillaProfiles
Mozilla profile contains your bookmarks, mail/news files and account settings, stored passwords, address...
Outlook Express Backup
Outlook Express is the e-mail client included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, 5, six and Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP operating systems. Outlook Express is created for home users who gain access to their e-mail messages. Built on open Internet standards, Outlook Express is created for use with Internet standard system, for example, SMTP, POP3, IMAPI, as well as NNTP. It provides full support for todays most important...
Registry Backup
Microsoft Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry. The registry is the central storage for all computer configuration data. The Windows method configuration, the computer hardware configuration, information about installed programs, the kinds of documents that each program can create, as well as user preferences are all stored in the registry. Windows continually references this information...
Outlook Data Backup
Outlook is a Microsofts premier application thats integrated into Microsoft Office 97, 98, 2000, 2002 and Microsoft Exchange Server. Outlook provides complete integration of e-mail, calendaring, as well as contact management. Outlook helps you get and organize information so which you can work seamlessly with Office applications, communicate and share information more effectively. Outlook enables you to filter and organize e-mail...
How to Backup?
Back up regularly, back up often. It is important which you get into the habit of backing up your files on a regular basis. Just having things stored on your hard drive is not enough. A computer crash, a virus, or a hard drive failure can wipe out everything. Dont make this simple mistake! Back up everything at least once a week. Daily is better. If you use your computer daily, it is best to back up important files daily and other...
System backup
System shell folders are special folders that Windows uses to indicate the default location for lots of kinds of settings and data. Most of those special folders hold important configuration data, so it is strongly recommended to regularly back up lots of of the method shell folders. The locations will vary from method to system, as well as the only way to get out the right path for sure is to programmatically call the Windows...
Messenger backup
Instant messages are text messages which you can send to other people who are online when you are. Your message is delivered immediately, as well as the person you sent the message to can respond immediately-just as in a face-to-face conversation. You can do much more than just send text messages to other people. You can have audio and video conversations, place a phone call from your computer to almost anywhere in the world,...
Registry backup
Microsoft Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry. The registry is the central storage for all computer configuration data. The Windows method configuration, the computer hardware configuration, information about installed programs, the kinds of documents that each program can create, as well as user preferences are all stored in the registry. Windows continually references this information...
Outlook backup
Outlook is a Microsofts premier application thats integrated into Microsoft Office 97, 98, 2000, 2002 and Microsoft Exchange Server. Outlook provides complete integration of e-mail, calendaring, as well as contact management. Outlook helps you get and organize information so which you can work seamlessly with Office applications, communicate and share information more effectively. Outlook enables you to filter and organize e-mail...
My Documents backup
The My Documents folder most likely contains lots of of your important files. Most Windows programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as Access save their data in My Documents folder. The My Documents folder may contain subfolders such as My Pictures, My Music and My Downloads which you may wish to backup separately. Those folders usually take up a bunch of space, as well as they are therefore recommended to...
The Importance of Backup
The first thing a new or experienced computer user should learn is the importance of backing up. Are you still not backing up your data? You should know this through now: computers can and do fail. The problem is which you usually get no warning before its too late. This has happened to lots of people. In extreme cases, it has put companies out of business. Computers are becoming more and more reliable. This creates a false sense...
Photography Tips
»Testing a New Camera or a New Film
When testing a new camera or new film, keep a notepad handy to record simple information regarding exposures, apertures, time of day and other information that will help you keep in mind what you did. Have a proof sheet made along with the prints with your first roll. This way you can review your notes easier and see exposure differences quicker.
» Adding drama to your Image
By incorporating...
Double Click's a Bust
When you double-click a cell, Excel opens that cell in Edit mode. This may or may not be a problem...
Shortcuts for Changing Fonts
If youre in a hurry, there's a quick, mouse-free way to adjust font sizes. By typing Ctrl-Shift-> or Ctrl-Shift-< you can increase or decrease, respectively, your font size next to the incremental values specified in the Font pull-down menu. For more pinpoint adjustments, press Ctrl-Shift-] or Ctrl-Shift-[ to increase or decrease, respectively, the font size through one po...
Search and Replace
Youre likely familiar with the search and replace feature in your word processing application. This...
Selecting a Line of Text without the Mouse
Having to reach for the mouse when youre typing always slows down your work. Here are a couple of useful keyboard shortcuts for selecting a single line of text in Word 2000: To select everything on a line to the right of the insertion point, press Shift-End; to select everything on a line to the left of the insertion point, press Shift-Ho...
Selecting an Underline Style
Although it may seem such as overkill, you may be interested to know which you can choose from no less...
Speed Up Your Typing with AutoCorrect
If you get yourself typing lengthy words again and again, you should consider setting up typing shortcuts, so you only must mode in segment of the word and Word fills in the rest. For example, if I must mode New Smyrna Beach (the town where I live), I just mode NSB; then I press the SPACEBAR, Word automatically spells out all the words.
Heres how I configured this shortcut:
On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect. Select the Replace...
Understanding Date Arithmetic
Most applications store dates as an integer and time as a decimal value. As a result, you can use simple...
Undo All Previous Actions
Most of us are familiar with the Undo button on the Standard toolbar. Clicking this button will undo...
Easy Access to Functions
If you use lots of functions in Excel, you might want to know there is a simple and efficient way to...
Adding a Calculate button
One feature missing from a button or menu in Word is the ability to calculate a string of numbers and paste the total at the end, i.e. you might have the sequence 49+88= in the text and want Word to calculate the sum for you.
This feature is available as a WordBasic command which can be added to a menu, toolbar, or shortcut key combination. To add the item to a menu, choose Tools, Customize, Menus. In the Categories list box,...
Using Negative Indents
One cool way to make your headings stand out from the body of your text is to offset them to the left...
Insert Accents and Special Characters in Word
If you are tired of the intricate steps involved in inserting accents and special characters, here...
Add Links to Web Pages in your Files
SUMMARY: Here are two ways to add hyperlinks to WebPages inside your Microsoft Word 2000 documents.
Adding links to WebPages in your Microsoft Word 2000 documents is easy. Just mode in a internet address, starting with http:// and Word will automatically convert your link to a hyperlink.
However, would you want to mode in some text, such as "Link to my homepage", as well as have that text displayed in your document, instead...
Automatically Hyphenating Documents
In our past tip, we showed you how to insert hyphens through hand into words. Keep in mind that these...
Better View of Worksheet
Ever wish you had a bigger monitor? Well, maybe you do not really need a bigger monitor--what you need...
Charts-- Selecting Different Types of Charts
In this series of tips, were examining the built-in chart features of Word 2000. By default, Word 2000...
Custom Menus
If you determineyou do not such as the changes you made, or you delete a menu and you can not figure...
Edit Text in Print Preview
Sometimes when you watch a Microsoft Word document in Print Preview mode, you notice adjustments or edits youd want to make to graphics and text. Did you know you can make those changes while youre still in Print Preview mode? Heres how you do it:
Click Print Preview on the File menu.
Click the text in the area you want to edit. Word zooms in on the area.
Click Magnifier on the Print Preview toolbar. When the pointer changes...
Fit Multiple Pages on One Page
SUMMARY: Heres how to fit more pages of your Microsoft Word 2000 documents on less sheets of paper.
Short on paper? You can have Microsoft Word 2000 print 2, 4, or more pages of your document on one sheet of paper. To attempt this trick, choose the "File" menu and select "Print". On the "Print" dialog box that appears, head to the bottom-right section of the window labeled "Zoom". Click the "Pages per sheet" pull down and select...
Great Pointers
Youve likely noticed that the new versions of Microsoft applications make use of a solid triangle as...
How do I Insert a Copyright Symbol in My Document?
Microsoft Word 2000s AutoCorrect feature can be a pain at times, but in other instances it can be somewhat helpful. Take copyrights and trademarks for example. Normally, you would need to go through a couple of menus to insert such symbols in your documents. As lengthy as AutoCorrect is turned on, just typing (c), (r), or (tm) in your document should result in a copyright symbol, registered trademark, as well as trademark symbol...
How Many Sheets
If youd want to see a fast list of the sheets in the current workbook, simply open the files property...
Changed My Menu
If you determineyou do not such as the changes you made, or you delete a menu and you can not figure...
Increase or Decrease Line Spacing in Word
To quickly change the line spacing of a paragraph in Microsoft Word:
Select the text you want to change.
Do one of the following:
To set line spacing to single-space lines, press CTRL+1.
To set line spacing to double-space lines, press CTRL+2.
To set line spacing to 1.5-line spacing, press CTRL...
A Sharper Angle
Im showing my age here, but years ago you couldnt display Excel text at an angle. Now, angled text...
Password Your Document
You do not need complicated security features to protect your confidential data. When you s...
Need the Results without the Hassle
To learn the sum of a range of values, you need to enter a formula that refers to the values you...
Open Web Pages
The Web is a treasure trove of facts and data which you may get beneficial. If you can get that data...
Prevent Your Sheet from Scrolling
A while ago, we showed you how to copy data from one sheet to another. You simply hold down the Alt...
Quick Column Width Change in Print Preview
You likely know you can change a columns width through dragging that columns right border cell. You...
Quickly Zoom Your Document
SUMMARY: A shortcut to zoom in and out of your Microsoft Word 2000 documents.
If you have a mouse with a wheel, press and hold the CONTROL key and scroll the wheel up to zoom in your document. Press and hold the CONTROL key and scroll the wheel down to zoom o...
Repairing Word Installation Errors
If your copy of Word 2000 seems to have a few unexplainable bugs, a last-resort solution to your problems...
Retain paragraph formatting while pasting
Have you ever noticed that when you copy and paste a paragraph from a Word document, its formatting will change to the same formatting as the formatting of the text around it. How does one retain its original formatting when you need to copy it at another location?
Click the Paragraphs Markings button from the toolbar. It looks like. Now, copy and paste your text. The formatting will stay the sa...
Save or Close Multiple Documents at a Time
You can save multiple documents at a time. While holding Shift down, click on the File menu. The Save option would have changed to Save All.
Similarly you can also close all the open documents through holding Shift down and clicking on the File menu. The Close option would have changed to Close A...