Quickly Zoom In and Out of Your Office Documents

You can use the wheel button, the third (middle) button, to quickly zoom in and out of an Office document.

Simply hold down the CTRL key as you rotate the wheel button forward or back.

Using Disk Cleanup

Disk Cleanup helps free up space on your hard drive. Disk Cleanup searches your drive, and then shows you temporary files, Internet cache files, and unnecessary program files that you can safely delete. You can direct Disk Cleanup to delete some or all of those files.

Open Disk Cleanup.

Notes:  To open Disk Cleanup, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.

To view open documents

Using the Window command allows you to move between documents of the same type. You also can press Ctrl+F6 to view the documents in this list. Press Ctrl+F6 multiple times and you will eventually return to the current document. To cycle through the list in reverse order, use Ctrl+Shift+F6. (This works in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 97 and above.)

Have you ever had a virus in your system? Would you know if you did?

An easy way to check to see if your system has a virus is to:

1. Open the internet and go to www.symantec.com
2. Then click on the link for Symantec Security Check
3. Click on the Start button under Virus Detection

The scan will then start to check all the files on your system – this will take approximately 1 hour.  When it is complete it will then tell you details about the files and viruses (if there are any).  To remove any viruses:

1. From the Symantec home page click on the link to Download Virus Removal Tool
2. Click on the appropriate Virus name and then follow directions. 

Note:  If you have Windows XP, you will need to turn off the System Restore feature – instructions are included on the website.

Note:  You will need to be logged on as an Administrator.

Tips for securing your computer

1. Update / patch ALL your software every now and then!

2. Check / adjust ALL your settings so they are safe, since they AREN’T by default!

3. Use a firewall, like ZoneAlarm!

4. Use good passwords: at least 8 characters long, containing both letters and numbers. Remember to change your password every few months at least!

5. Get a good antivirus program: McAfee or Norton Antivirus and keep it updated!

6. Don’t open or execute files that you are not 100% sure are absolutely safe no matter where or how you get them.

7. Don’t use public computers for anything you need to type in your login information; they usually have Trojan horses that capture your passwords.

8. Don’t assume anything. If you don’t know, find out! If you can’t or don’t understand, ask someone who knows! There’s nothing more dangerous than doing something you don’t really know anything about. That’s the best way to cripple your system or get a Trojan horse on your computer!

Using MSN Messenger to Call a Computer

You can call an online contact's computer and have a voice conversation. You must both have a full-duplex sound card with a headset (or speakers and a microphone) or a USB port with a USB headset (or USB speakers and a USB microphone). You can also use video cameras to see each other when you talk.

In the Messenger main window:

• Right-click the name of an online contact, and then click Start a Voice Conversation.
• –or–
• Click the Actions menu, and then click Start a Voice Conversation.

• Click Start Talking in the right sidebar.

Get Back to the Desktop Quickly

No matter how many windows you have open, you can always minimize all of them at once by clicking the Show Desktop button in the Quick Launch part of the taskbar in Windows XP. If you change your mind and don't want to use the desktop, you can click the Show Desktop button again to restore all of your windows.

Note If you don't see the Show Desktop button, right–click an empty part of the taskbar, point to Toolbars, and make sure Quick Launch is checked. If it’s not, then click it.

Don’t lose your files

To back up files to a file or a tape using Windows XP

• Open Backup. (Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup)

• Click the Advanced Mode button in the Backup or Restore Wizard
• Click the Backup tab, and then, on the Job menu, click New

In Backup destination, do one of the following:

• Click File if you want to back up files and folders to a file. This is selected by default.
• Click a tape device if you want to back up files and folders to a tape

• If you are backing up files and folders to a file, type path and file name for the backup (.bkf) file, or click the browse button to find a file
• If you are backing up files and folders to a tape, click the tape you want to use
• Specify any backup options you want, such as the backup type and the log file type,by clicking the Tools menu, and then clicking Options. When you have finished specifying backup options, click OK
• Click Start Backup, and then make any changes to the Backup Job Information dialog box
• If you want to set advanced backup options such as data verification or hardware compression, click Advanced. When you have finished setting advanced backup options, Click OK
• Click Start Backup to start the backup operation

Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips

You can teach yourself keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used commands in Microsoft Word by turning on shortcut keys in ScreenTips. When you choose to show toolbar ScreenTips, you can specify that Word also display a shortcut key combination for the toolbar button.

To display shortcut keys in ScreenTips:

• On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Options tab.
• If it's not already selected, select the Show ScreenTips on toolbars check box.
• Select the Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips check.

• On the Standard toolbar, click on the E-mail button.
• In the To and Cc boxes, enter the recipient names separated by semicolons.
• By default, the name of the document appears in the Subject box. If you want, you can type your own subject name.
• Click Send a Copy.

Privacy and Security

Folks migrating from Windows 95, 98, or Me will find a lush array of new security and privacy features in Windows XP.

Turn on your firewall Microsoft included a firewall in Windows XP to keep you safe from hackers while you cruise the Internet. How do you know that the Internet Connection Firewall is on? Go to the Control Panel and double-click the Network Connections icon. In the dial-up, DSL, or cable connection dialog that appears, check the Status column. If your firewall is on, it should say Firewalled. You can turn the firewall off with the check box, but unless you are going to add a third-party firewall for heightened security, it's best to leave it on.

Now that you know that your firewall is on, how do you know that it's doing its job? Test it with ShieldsUp, the free testing service sponsored by Gibson Research. According to our tests, XP's Internet Connection Firewall kept the computer in full stealth mode. Hackers could not break in and couldn't even see the computer online.

Quick ways to select

Selecting text, documents, or whatever:

• CTRL-A will select everything
• Click at point A and Shift-Click at point B will select everything in-between points A and B
• CTRL-Click will do random selections

CorelDraw Tip - Manipulating Objects

To make a copy of an object, select it and press the + button on the numeric keypad, and a copy appears on top of the original

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