LESSON 191 CLEAR OUT THAT RUN MENU

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• LESSON 191 - CLEAR OUT THAT RUN MENU
• When you click on Start and then Run, as you
  type in a command, Windows displays a Run menu
  containing previously used Run commands. Click on
  Start and then on Run. Type "reedit" in the run
  box (without the quotes) and click OK or press
  Enter.
• Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER and then click on
  Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version,
  Explorer and then on RunMRU.
• On the right side of your screen you will see a
  list that starts with the (Default) icon. Every
  icon below that represents an entry on the Run
  menu.
• To remove an item from the Run menu, left-click
  on its icon and then click Delete.
• To delete a row highlight it and then right-click
  anywhere on the highlighted section and click
  Delete.
• NOTE DO NOT delete the (Default) or MRUList
  values.
• Click on the X in the upper right corner to
  close the window.The next time you start your
  computer, the Run menu will be empty.

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• LESSON 192 USING ZOOM IN WORD 2000
• Microsoft Word 2000, part of the Office 2000
  suite, has very interesting features. One feature
  is being able to view more than one page. It
  allows you to see how several printed pages will
  look. The tool that does this is called the
  "zoom" tool.
• To view several pages at the same time, from
  within an open document, click on View on the
  menu bar at the top of your document. Select
  Print Layout mode.
• Click again on View and this time click on Zoom.
  In the "Zoom to" section click next to "Many
  pages". Select the number of pages you want to
  view by clicking in the monitor icon that appears
  below. Clicking on the up or down arrows in the
  Percent box lets you resize the document pages
  as they appear on your screen.
• Now you'll see how your printed pages will look
  before you print them out.

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• LESSON 193 LET THE COMPUTER DIAL UP YOUR FRIENDS
• Microsoft Outlook will dial the phone numbers of
  people or businesses that you save in Outlook.
  You can dial from within any module.
• If you have a modem in your computer and it's
  connected to a phone line, click on Tools and
  then on Address Book. You can also open your
  address book from within any Outlook module by
  pressing the CtrlShiftB keys.
• From within the Address Book, select a contact
  or type a partial name to find that name. After
  selecting a contact click on Tools, Actions and
  then on Dial. This will open the New Call dialog
  box. You can select the contact you wish to call
  from within the New Call dialog box, click on the
  Dialing Properties button to access features like
  disabling call waiting, dial a number to access a
  local or long distance line, or even enter a
  calling card number to use when dialing long
  distance calls. There's even an option to enter
  your credit card starting with O, and a place to
  enter a "personal pin" number.
• Use Outlook's dialing feature to make placing
  phone calls faster and easier.

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• LESSON 194 - WINKEY - MAKE YOUR WINDOWS KEY WORK
  FOR YOU
• The Windows key, located in the lower left
  corner of your keyboard, has several uses. With a
  program called "Winkey", which is available as a
  free download, you'll have many more uses for the
  Windows key. You'll be able to customize and
  create your own Windows key-based shortcuts.
• It has several extra shortcuts built in. Examples
  are
• Windows key C Control Panel
• Windows key P Printers
• Windows key U Dial-Up Networking
• Windows key Y My Computer
• Any preinstalled shortcuts you don't want can be
  removed by opening the program (click on the
  Windows icon it places in the systems tray),
  highlighting the shortcut and clicking the Remove
  button.
• To create shortcuts, simply open the program and
  click the Add key. In the next screen, in the
  command line, select the file or program you want
  easy access to. Use the "Browse to File" or
  "Browse to Folder" buttons at the end of the
  Command line to navigate to your favorites. Then
  select a shortcut key from the dropdown list in
  the Shortcut Key line. Now you have given
  yourself instant access to all your favorites!
• The Winkey file is easy to download and install.
• You can create your own folder by double-clicking
  on My Computer and then on the icon that
  represents your C drive. Right- click anywhere
  in the window that displays the contents of your
  C drive, select New and then Folder. A new
  folder will be opened. It will be named "New
  Folder" and that name will be highlighted. Type
  the name you wish to give your folder and press
  the Enter key. Now close the My Computer window
  by clicking on the X at the top right corner of
  the window.
• To download the file, point your browser to
  www.copernic.com/winkey. The Download section
  appears at the top left of your screen. Windows
  may want to save the downloaded file on the
  Desktop. Click the Browse button and navigate to
  the My Downloads folder. Click save and the file
  will be downloaded to that folder. The download
  should take about 3-4 minutes on a dial-up modem
  connection. DLS and Cable modem connections will
  complete the download in much less time.
• Now, run the downloaded file, Winkey.exe, by
  clicking on Start, Run, and then clicking on the
  Browse button. Navigate to your My Downloads
  folder, locate the Winkey.exe file, double-click
  on it and click OK. Winkey will install itself
  and place an icon in the System try that appears
  on the bottom right corner of your screen. Click
  on this icon and click on Open Winkey to get
  started.

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• LESSON 195 ZIPIT - FREE COPY BACKUP UTILITY
• One problem that the computer has is that Windows
  doesnt know when a floppy disk is full. One
  easy solution is to use a program called
  Zipit.exe. Zipit.exe was written in 1993 as a
  free-ware program. Fortunately, Zipit.exe is
  available as a free download at
  http//am.net/lib/TOOLS/Misc/Compress. Download
  the program to your Windows folder (C\windows)
  and it will be available for you no matter where
  you are in Windows.
• Zipit works best in a DOS environment. It has a
  unique feature called "Hibernate" that will
  compress a folder and all of its sub-folders into
  one file. The original files are then removed,
  making more space available on your hard disk.
  The original files and folders can easily be
  restored.
• By typing Zipit and pressing the Enter key,
  you'll see a list of instructinos and switches
  that you can add to the command line prompt to
  copy files. For example, the command "Zipit
  c\mydocu1\. a /s" will copy the folder My
  Documents to your A or floppy drive. The /S
  switch tells Zipit to include any sub-folders
  under it. I used "mydocu1" because DOS can only
  recognize the first 8 characters of a file name.
  I added the tilde () character and the number 1
  after the first 6 characters of the folder My
  Documents. Zipit will, with this command, copy
  the entire My Documents folder. As a floppy disk
  fills up, Zipit will prompt you to remove the
  existing floppy disk and insert a fresh one.
• If you don't assign a name to the new compressed
  file that contains the files you copied, Zipit
  will assign the name Presto.exe to it. To restore
  the file, from the DOS mode, type "Presto /r"
  (without the quotes) and press Enter. The /R
  switch will restore the files you zipped to their
  original locations. Other switches let you
  restore to folders or directories other than the
  original.
• Zipit is a very useful file copy and backup
  utility. When you have finished working with
  Zipit, type "Exit" (without the quotes) and press
  the Enter key to return to Windows.