And now for Today's Tip...

Most of the time I look for a file, I have an idea of which folder
it's in. If you're searching for a specific file and you know which
folder it resides in, remember to right-click the folder and choose
Find. This launches the Find application with the Look In field
already filled in, which saves you a step.

And now for Today's Tip...

Our last tip pointed out that you could save yourself a step when
searching for files by right-clicking in the folder where the file
resides and choosing Find. You can use the same technique to search
for strings of text in a document. This is a feature that I use all
the time, when looking for a phrase or heading I might have used
before. Just right-click on the folder where you want to start your
text search and choose Find. Then enter the word or phrase in the
Containing Text field and click Find Now. Searching in a specific
folder like this is necessary when it comes to searching for text, as
it takes your computer quite a while to scan the text of each
document.

------ Start of Forwarded Message ------
From: mike byrns <mike.byrns@...>
Sent:
To: Technology <technology@...>
Subject: Re: [Reboot] Windows XP requirements


R S wrote:

> ><...snip...>
> >So...Why does Micro$loth charge for the use of its (unstable) betas?
> ><...snip...>
> >
> >Probably to offset the cost of running servers/bandwidth that will allow
> >everyone and their dog to download a 500mb (give or take) file. This
>isn't
> >a
> >small download like Internet Explorer or Media Player. This is the
> >entire
> >operating system. I feel that $10 to beta test an operating system, that
> >
>I
> >will be moving to in the future anyways, is a very small price to pay. I
> >have paid more to ride a 45 sec rollercoaster. $10 isn't much to use a
> >program for 90 days (thats $0.11 a day). I find that very reasonable.
> >
> >Troy Gates
>
>Troy, I think that the reason you give for MS charging $10.00 for a
>download is faulty.  I can find and download any of the Linux
>distributions for free.  Many of these are multiple 650 meg images.
>
>The reason that MS charges $10.00 for a beta, that you have to
>download, is that there are people willing to pay it.  If no one
>volunteered for there beta test programs the price would drop to
>$0.00 because MS needs the information gathered from their beta
>testers.

Bandwidth costs money.  Just because you're not paying for it doesn't
mean
it's free.  The vast majority of Linux mirrors are at Universities.  Who

pays for their bandwidth?  Parents -- like me.  Why are college tuitions

skyrocketing out of control?  Linux is, in some small way, to blame.
Other
mirrors are commercial concerns most of which sell Linux support
packages.
While this has proven to be a faulty business model for the vast
majority of
business, some still continue to fund free downloads by sapping their
profits in the hope of getting someone to pay for support.  The worst
thing
the Internet and Linux have done is deluding people into thinking that
there
really is such a thing as
a free ride.  That fairy tale has tanked and look at the stock market
hell
that brought.  Everything with value costs someone something.



------ End of Forwarded Message ------



Cal-Pac

------ Start of Forwarded Message ------
From: joevld@...
Sent:
To: Technology <technology@...>
Subject: Re: [Reboot] Win XP,It ain't that great, and I hope its not the
future.

If Windows XP is really going to be that bad, then MS has just gone past
the
limits of what a purely evil company can do. They're not just abusing
their
corporate and political power, they're signing the death warrent of the
IBM-clone PC as we know it!

In the past, MS would not only force all computer manufacturers to
install
the latest Windows on new PC's, but they'd make some more cash by
selling
retail copies of the operating system at an unbelievable price. Starting

with XP, it looks like they're moving towards eliminating the retail
part,
and selling their OS through the computer manufacturers. You'll probably

have to bring the system in to one of their authorized service centers
to
obtain OS upgrades.

I fear that this is only the beginning of the most terrible scenario
possible: PCs will have their operating system on a chip connected
directly
to the motherboard, and only MS's authorized shops will have access to
the
software and hardware needed to flash an upgrade to it. This would
totally
kill off Linux and all other operating systems that would challenge MS's

unholy empire.

I think MS is going to kill itself slowly and painfully here. As their
total
domination of the PC market grows, the overall quality of the PC will
gradually fall to such a level that they will be useless. MS's focus on
dominating the PC market has left the Mac world pretty much untouched.
With
the PC so horribly corrupted by MS, people will throw them into the
local
dumpster and buy Macs by the dozen, leaving MS with no customers. It's
too
late for them to clean up their act, so they become the final victim of
their own evil empire.

Long story short, I'm not buying Windows XP. I'll probably just get a
pirated version that I'll never use, kinda like I did with WinME.



------ End of Forwarded Message ------



Cal-Pac

TODAY'S TIP: PAGE-DOWN SHORTCUT KEY

by Paul Dmytrewycz

When viewing a Web page in Navigator, pressing the space bar on your
keyboard acts as a Page-Down key, skipping one screen down the page
from your current view.

TODAY'S TIP: NEW MESSAGE SHORTCUT KEYS

by Paul Dmytrewycz

Suppose one day you're visiting a Web page when suddenly you are
overcome with the urge to e-mail the Tipworld/Topica editors and tell
them what a great job they're doing! "How do I avoid having to open
Messenger and click File, New Message?" you ask. Simple--press Ctrl-M.
Communicator immediately opens a New Message Composition window.

N E T S C A P E   C O M M U N I C A T O R


TODAY'S TIP: NETSCAPE 6 RELEASE

by Paul Dmytrewycz

Netscape has released version 6 of its Internet browsing suite. Those
of us who have upgraded or tried the new version have noticed many
differences--some bad, some good. These differences are to be
expected. Version 6 is a completely new application. Netscape decided
some time ago to rewrite the software from the ground up rather than
build on the existing program we know and love.

It is important to remember that version 6 is not necessarily an
upgrade from version 4.7x. From now on, any upgrades to 4.7x will be
bug fixes and security updates only. Scores of bug reports about
version 6 have already appeared, a situation that probably will
continue throughout much of this year. However, many users express
satisfaction with the performance of the "new" Netscape. I think users
should hang on to whatever iteration of 4.7 they currently use until
all the kinks are ironed out of 6. As the evolution of Netscape
continues, we will provide tips on both the old and new versions, with
increasing emphasis on 6.

Message: 5


Try it now it's OK.    I noticed similar problems this weekend on some
sites though not VCGreens.   Upgrading your Virtual Machine in Internet
Exp[lorer or whatever Java is in your browser might help.  There have been
changes in these lately and if yours is behind too far it causes problems
with sites that have a lot of forms or even kills them.  If you need help
with such stuff join the CPTech group outlined below.  We try to keep
people clued in. Assuming that's really possible.


Gary O





Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 05:50:47 -0000
From: twistlaw@...
Subject: Am I the only one having this problem?
The past four or five days, when I click to "sign in" on our Green
Party Yahoo Group, I get a window that says the site has temporarly
moved or something. So I click "go back," and try again; and every
time it works perfectly. The first time never works; the second time
always works. Wierd.
Tell me it's not my computer!
-TPH

Gary Orthuber
Cal-Pac Computing
137 W. Second St.  Oxnard, Ca. 93030
(805)486-0777   (805)653-5976
http://www.rain.org/~nccorthu/calpac.html
SIGN ON to the CPTech Group. Great fun in  learning computers and the
Internet. Send E Mail to:
CPTech-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or E mail me at nccorthu@... . It's
all FREE.

   $24 a year for our CD magazine for all the programs you'll ever
want.   Need a Network, Speed up your Modem connections without more money
going out for a bigger pipe.  Try the CD zine.

Gary O

At 09:50 AM 04/11/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>CPTech-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
Gary, how do I get to CPtech on Netscape?  Tom S.

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CPTech
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Regards,

nccorthu@...

I personally like Eudora Mail over Outlook Express for several
reasons.  Group mailing lists are easier to manage and make.
Secondly,  It's not as virus prone as Outlook anything.  Let's face it
those programs are targeted because you get the Institutions and That fine
Visual basic incorporated into Microsoft Office and related products makes
them easy targets for crackers.

Here to attached is a file in HTML format ( Web page)  that explains how to
make filters in Eudora to allow you to automatically sort ( or trash )
certain mail.

If you have questions or problems let me know.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>

<HEAD>
	 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1">
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9">
<link rel=File-List href="./Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/filelist.xml">
<link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="./Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/editdata.mso">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
  <o:DocumentProperties>
   <o:Author>G.Orthuber</o:Author>
   <o:LastAuthor>G.Orthuber</o:LastAuthor>
   <o:Revision>2</o:Revision>
   <o:TotalTime>25</o:TotalTime>
   <o:Created>2001-04-01T05:55:00Z</o:Created>
   <o:LastSaved>2001-04-01T05:55:00Z</o:LastSaved>
   <o:Pages>3</o:Pages>
   <o:Words>145</o:Words>
   <o:Characters>827</o:Characters>
   <o:Company>Cal Pac Computing</o:Company>
   <o:Lines>6</o:Lines>
   <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs>
   <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1015</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
   <o:Version>9.2720</o:Version>
  </o:DocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

	 <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Visual Page 2.0 for Windows">
	 <TITLE>Filters in EUDORA</TITLE>

	 <STYLE TYPE="text/css">
	 <!--
	 P.MsoNormal  {
			 mso-style-parent : "";
	 margin:0in ;
			 margin-bottom : .0001pt ;
			 mso-pagination : widow-orphan ;
			 mso-fareast-font-family : "Times New Roman" ;
			 Font-Family : Times New Roman ;
			 Font-Size : 12pt
		 }
	 OL  {
			 margin-bottom : 0in
		 }
	 UL  {
			 margin-bottom : 0in
		 }
	 DIV.MsoNormal  {
			 mso-style-parent : "";
	 margin:0in ;
			 margin-bottom : .0001pt ;
			 mso-pagination : widow-orphan ;
			 mso-fareast-font-family : "Times New Roman" ;
			 Font-Family : Times New Roman ;
			 Font-Size : 12pt
		 }
	 DIV.Section1  {
			 page : Section1
		 }
	 LI.MsoNormal  {
			 mso-style-parent : "";
	 margin:0in ;
			 margin-bottom : .0001pt ;
			 mso-pagination : widow-orphan ;
			 mso-fareast-font-family : "Times New Roman" ;
			 Font-Family : Times New Roman ;
			 Font-Size : 12pt
		 }
	 BODY  {
			 tab-interval : .5in
		 }
	 @page Section1  {
			 size : 8.5in 11.0in ;
			 margin : 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in ;
			 mso-header-margin : .5in ;
			 mso-footer-margin : .5in ;
			 mso-paper-source : 0
		 }
	 @list l0  {
			 mso-list-id : 796459782 ;
			 mso-list-type : hybrid ;
			 mso-list-template-ids : 153026348 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703
67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715
		 }
	 @list l0:level1  {
			 mso-level-tab-stop : .5in ;
			 mso-level-number-position : left ;
			 text-indent : -.25in
		 }
	 -->
	 </STYLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY lang="EN-US">


<DIV CLASS="Section1">
	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal">Filters in EUDORA</P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal"> <BR>
Setting up a filter In EUDORA v.4<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp;
</SPAN>is really easy compared to Outlook
	 Express.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Why it’s a pleasure to
fill your trash with those unwanted
	 ads , spam etc..</P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal"> <BR>
Here are the steps.</P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal"></P>
	 <OL Type="1" STYLE="margin-top : 0in ; List-Style-Type : Decimal">
		 <LI CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="mso-list : l0 level1 lfo1 ; tab-stops : list
.5in">Highlight<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp;
		 </SPAN>a message from the recipient or on the subject ( or other line) that
you want to filter to some other mail
		 folder.
	 </OL>
	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="Margin-Left : 0.500000in"><IMG
SRC="Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/image001.gif" WIDTH="372"
	 HEIGHT="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><SPAN
STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></P>
	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in">Then click on TOOLS\FILTER.</P>
	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal"></P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</SPAN>2.<SPAN STYLE="mso-tab-count : 1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	 </SPAN>In the Filters Dialog box you will see suggested filter conditions and a
place to send the messages to<SPAN
	 STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Usually the FROM<SPAN
STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>and E Mail
	 address is what you want.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>You
want to select the folder in the ACTION
	 item ( i.e. what should I do is what the program is asking.<SPAN
STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Click
	 on the suggested folder ( GREENS USA in Pic).<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun :
yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>You will get a listing
	 of all folders at the first level.</P>
	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"><IMG
SRC="Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/image003.gif" WIDTH="576"
	 HEIGHT="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1026"></P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"> <BR>
You can select one of those others if you like. E.g. Trash in the picture
below.</P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"> <BR>
<IMG SRC="Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/image004.gif" WIDTH="341" HEIGHT="288"
ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"><SPAN
	 STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes"></SPAN></P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in">&nbsp;</P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"> <BR>
<IMG SRC="Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/image005.gif" WIDTH="358" HEIGHT="150"
ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1028"></P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"> <BR>
The folder Bar changes to trash Now click<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp;
</SPAN>on CREATE<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp;
	 </SPAN>FILTER.</P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"> <BR>
<IMG SRC="Filters%20in%20EUDORA_files/image006.gif" WIDTH="364" HEIGHT="172"
ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" v:shapes="_x0000_i1029"></P>

	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="text-indent : .5in"> <BR>
Close up and your done.<SPAN STYLE="mso-spacerun : yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>You won’t
see any of those messages from
	 that recipient again.
	 <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="Margin-Left : 0.500000in">
</DIV>


</BODY>

</HTML>

Gary

Gary Orthuber
Cal-Pac Computing
137 W. Second St.  Oxnard, Ca. 93030
(805)486-0777   (805)653-5976
http://www.rain.org/~nccorthu/calpac.html

Remember CPTech is a two way conversation and pitch.  Pass on what you've
learned.  send an email to the group.      If you have questions on
something post it.  Others I can guarantee have the same question.  That
way, one answer gets all.

At 01:23 PM 03/29/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>>   Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:41:25 -0800
>   From: "G. Orthuber" <nccorthu@...>
>Subject: How to be a millionaire
>
At least when one has been taken to the cleaners one has cleanliness to be
thankful for and that, after all is next to Godliness. Or is it?

Tom S.

>
>
>
>An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a janitor.  The
>manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test (Section:Floors,
>sweeping and cleaning).
>
>After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at minimum wage,
>$5.15 an hour.  Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a
>form to complete and tell you where to report for work on your first day.
>Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail
>address.  To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means that you
>virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect to be employed.
>
>Stunned, the man leaves.  Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in
>his wallet, he decides to buy a 25 lb flat of tomatoes at the supermarket.
>Within less than 2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes individually at 100%
>profit.  Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with
>almost $100 before going to sleep that night.  And thus it dawns on him that
>he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes.  Getting up early
>every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits quickly.
>
>After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen boxes of
>tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again so that he can buy a pick-up
>truck to support his expanding business.  By the end of the second year, he
>is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and manages a staff of a hundred
>former unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.
>
>Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some
>life insurance.  Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance
>plan to fit his new circumstances.  At the end of the telephone
>conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send
>the final documents electronically.
>
>When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned, "What,
>you don't have e-mail?  How on earth have you managed to amass such wealth
>without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? Just imagine where you would be
>now, if you had been connected to the internet from the very start!"
>
>After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of course!
>I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"
>
>Moral of this story:
>
>1.  The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life.
>
>2.  If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a
>millionaire.
>
>3.  Seeing that you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer to
>becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire.
>
>4.  If you do have a computer and e-mail, you have already been taken to the
>cleaners by Microsoft.

Gary Orthuber
Cal-Pac Computing
137 W. Second St.  Oxnard, Ca. 93030
(805)486-0777   (805)653-5976
http://www.rain.org/~nccorthu/calpac.html
Sign on to the CPTech Group. Great fun and learning computers and the
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   $24 a year for our CD magazine for all the programs you'll ever
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Gary O

Those blue lines are always links to wherever in the world that page
is.  Usually they will not do anything other than let you look at it.  To
download a program referenced it will have you click a button called
download or something like it.  Some especially from Microsoft are set to
install automatically but you get the chance to cancel.

The links that i post are just links to a description that give you the
opportunity to download and then install on your own.

Gary


At 03:57 PM 3/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Gary,  Is the blue lettering at the bottom (http://www,.pcworld....etc)
>give you access to this program (test procedure)?
>Ed

Gary

Gary Orthuber
Cal-Pac Computing
137 W. Second St.  Oxnard, Ca. 93030
(805)486-0777   (805)653-5976
http://www.rain.org/~nccorthu/calpac.html

Remember CPTech is a two way conversation and pitch.  Pass on what you've
learned.  send an email to the group.      If you have questions on
something post it.  Others I can guarantee have the same question.  That
way, one answer gets all.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>

<HEAD>
	 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1">
<meta NAME="VPSiteProject" CONTENT="file:///D|/4D30WEBsite/Project.vpp">
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252">

	 <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Visual Page 2.0 for Windows">
	 <TITLE>CUT COPY AND PASTE</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993300">CUT, COPY AND PASTE......
AND OTHER SHORTCUTS</FONT></B></P>
<P>We all know how to move information in the Windows environment using the Cut
Copy and Paste commands in the
menus of the various programs. Or in some programs icons maybe placed in the
tool bars. However these often are
not available (grayed out) at times that we want to use them. It's also true
that the short cut keys will make
the process much faster if they are used especially when moving data between the
files opened in two or more programs.</P>
<P>Many times, we want to take information from one program e.g. one or more
URLs (<U>U</U>niform <U>R</U>esource
<U>L</U>ocator, the indexing system of the Internet) in Netscape in the address
bar at the top and put it into
a word document to make up a list of resources on some topic.</P>
<P>If you try that with the menus in Netscape you'll quickly find out that if
anything gets copied its not the
URL address that you want, but some graphic or frame. To get that URL with the
short cut keys you drag across it
while holding down the left mouse key to SELECT the URL. Since there is no copy
command lit up on the menus nor
any available icon to help you, YOU USE THE SHORTCUT KEY TO COPY which is CTRL+C
that’s the CTRL (control) key
on your keyboard ( bottom left) and after you have that one held down with the
text, graphic whatever you want
to copy highlighted ( SELECTED) you hit the &quot;C&quot; key. This will put
virtually any thing on your screen,
that you can SELECT some how or at least will stay highlighted, onto the
CLIPBOARD (the memory that holds things
you copy or cut prior to putting them elsewhere).</P>
<P>The next step is to startup, or have open, whatever program or file that you
want to put the information in.
Open the file or document to accept it. Then you put the cursor wherever you
want the stuff in that second program
and hold down the CTRL key and hit the &quot;V&quot;. Bingo, it appears.</P>
<P>The summary of these <B><FONT COLOR="#993300">SHORTCUT KEYS IS</FONT></B></P>
<P><B>TO CUT: CTRL+X</B>. This will remove the item from its original location
when the PASTE is completed.</P>
<P><B>TO COPY CTRL+C</B>. Only a copy is taken to be Pasted in the new location.
If you feel uncomfortable or want
to leave the original use this. You can always delete later.</P>
<P><B>TO PASTE IT CTRL +V</B> (WHEN YOUR IN THE NEW LOCATION PROGRAM DOESN’T
MATTER AS LONG AS IT’S THE PLACE YOU
WANT TO PUT THE INFORMATION)</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>In Summary</P>
<P>Step one: Go to the text or stuff that you want to copy or move (for safety's
sake use copy CTRL+C over the
CUT command CTRL+X. You can always delete the extra later. Select the material
you want to copy or move by selecting
the stuff (by moving the mouse cursor over it while holding down the left mouse
key) until all that is to be copied
or moved has been highlighted.</P>
<P>Step two: while holding down the CTRL key hit the &quot;C&quot; to copy to
the clip board or hit the &quot;X&quot;
to cut it and put it on the clip board. The last step is to go to the document
or program and file that you want
to place it into with the mouse put the cursor at the start of where you want
the material and hold down the CTRL
key and hit the &quot;V&quot; key for PASTE. The material will appear.</P>
<P>Limitations: The only limits to this are that you must be able to highlight
the material in the originating
file or location. Two, that the receiving document must be compatible with what
is being placed in it. I.E. the
data types match. The new field must be able to accept text or dates or numbers
or pictures. You cannot put text
into a database field that is set to numbers only.</P>
<P>To CUT and MOVE material --- --- -- CTRL+X</P>
<P>To COPY material --- --- --- - -- --- CTRL+C</P>
<P>To PASTE it in the new location-- ------CTRL+V</P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE="4">There are all kinds of other shortcut keys that you can use
as well. Some are kind of useless
now but some will speed up your processing of information. They all come from
the earliest days of the PC and Dos.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#993300">Using shortcut keys in Windows</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE="2">T</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="2">hese will work in any windows
program (pretty much).</FONT></P>
<P>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">To</FONT></B>
		 </TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P>
			 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">Press</FONT></B>
		 </TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Activate the menu bar in
programs</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">F10</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Carry out the corresponding command on the
menu</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">ALT+underlined letter in menu</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Close the current window in (MDI)
programs.</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+F4</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Close the current window or quit a
program</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">ALT+F4</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Copy</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+C</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Cut</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+X</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Delete</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">DELETE</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display Help on the selected dialog box
item</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">F1</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the current window’s system
menu</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">ALT+SPACEBAR</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the shortcut menu for the selected
item</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">SHIFT+F10</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the </FONT><B><FONT
SIZE="2">Start</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="2"> menu</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+ESC</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the system menu for MDI
programs</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">ALT+HYPHEN (-)</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Paste</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+V</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P><FONT SIZE="2">Switch to the window you last used</FONT></P>
			 <P><FONT SIZE="2">-Or-</FONT></P>

			 <P><FONT SIZE="2">Switch to another window by holding down ALT while
repeatedly pressing TAB</FONT>
		 </TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">ALT+TAB</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Undo</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+Z</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
</TABLE>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT><B>The following ones have some but a lesser
value for most of us most of the time</B><FONT
SIZE="2">.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#993300">Using shortcut keys for the desktop, My
Computer, and Windows Explorer and other
programs that are fully Windows Compliant</FONT></B></P>
<P>When an item is selected, you can use the following shortcut keys:</P>
<P>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">To</FONT></B>
		 </TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P>
			 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">Press</FONT></B>
		 </TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Bypass AutoPlay when inserting a compact
disc</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">SHIFT while inserting the
CD-ROM</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Copy a file</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL while dragging the file</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Create a shortcut</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+SHIFT while dragging the
file</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Delete an item immediately without placing
it in the Recycle Bin</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">SHIFT+DELETE</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="2">Find: All
Files</FONT></B></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">F3</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the item’s shortcut
menu</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">APPLICATION key</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Refresh the contents of a
window</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">F5</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Rename an item</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">F2</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Select all items</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+A</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">View an item’s properties</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">ALT+ENTER or ALT+DOUBLE-CLICK</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
</TABLE>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">You can use the APPLICATION key with a Microsoft Natural
Keyboard or any other compatible keyboard
that includes the APPLICATION key.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;The NEW ONES</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">The Following are the only new ones. They came in with Windows
95 and the windows key referred
to is the one with the windows logo on it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT COLOR="#993300">Using the WINDOWS key</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">You can use the following keyboard shortcuts with a Microsoft
Natural Keyboard or any other compatible
keyboard that includes the Windows logo key <IMG SRC="../images/mswinlog.gif"
WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="image: windows logo" BORDER="0">.</FONT></P>
<P>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">To</FONT></B>
		 </TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			 <P>
			 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">Press</FONT></B>
		 </TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Cycle through buttons on the
taskbar</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+TAB</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="2">Find: All
Files</FONT></B></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+F</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="2">Find:
Computer</FONT></B></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">CTRL+WINDOWS+F</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display Help</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+F1</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the </FONT><B><FONT
SIZE="2">Run</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="2"> command</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+R</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the </FONT><B><FONT
SIZE="2">Start</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="2"> menu</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display the </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="2">System
Properties</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="2"> dialog box</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+BREAK</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Display Windows Explorer</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+E</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Minimize or restore all windows</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">WINDOWS+D</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Undo minimize all windows</FONT></TD>
		 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">SHIFT+WINDOWS+M</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
</TABLE>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2"><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE="2">Shortcut keys for Microsoft Magnifier</FONT></B></P>

<P>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="263">
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><B><FONT SIZE="2">Press</FONT></B></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><B><FONT SIZE="2"><BR>
			 <BR>
			 To</FONT></B></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><IMG SRC="winkey.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="Windows logo key" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="2">(Windows logo)+PRINT
SCREEN</FONT></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Copy the screen to the
Clipboard, including the mouse cursor</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><IMG SRC="winkey.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="Windows logo key" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="2">(Windows logo)+SCROLL
LOCK</FONT></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Copy the screen to the
Clipboard, without the mouse cursor.</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><IMG SRC="winkey.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="Windows logo key" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="2">(Windows logo)+PAGE
UP</FONT></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Toggle Invert
Colors.</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><IMG SRC="winkey.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="Windows logo key" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="2">(Windows logo)+PAGE
DOWN</FONT></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Toggle Follow mouse
cursor.</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><IMG SRC="winkey.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="Windows logo key" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="2">(Windows logo)+UP
ARROW</FONT></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Increase
magnification.</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
	 <TR>
		 <TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><IMG SRC="winkey.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
ALT="Windows logo key" BORDER="0"><FONT SIZE="2">(Windows logo)+DOWN
ARROW</FONT></TD>
		 <TD WIDTH="52%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT SIZE="2">Decrease
magnification.</FONT></TD>
	 </TR>
</TABLE>


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In answer to your question concerning setting up a donor database,I would
suggest that you set up that donor database in a IP virtual Network.
	 These allow one to use the Internet privately for a select group to share
information    using  the cheap transfer capabilities of the Internet and
the privacy of a secure LAN.  This can be setup secure enough to satisfy
DoD standards, i.e. as close as we can get to anything being
unbreachable.  I have some software that  I think will do it or there are a
number of other programs that will.  The cost will be minimal. though there
is labor involved. They, once set up are easy and automatic for the user.
No hassling as you were describing and certainly less labor intensive at
that level compared to what you were describing.  That was some years
behind.  This will also be easy to get to for the authorized  people.
If interested let me know and we can pursue it further.  I would like
serious interest from the CC however.  In other words a little more than
the usual show me.

Gary

Gary Orthuber
Cal-Pac Computing
137 W. Second St.  Oxnard, Ca. 93030
(805)486-0777   (805)653-5976
http://www.rain.org/~nccorthu/calpac.html

Remember CPTech is a two way conversation and pitch.  Pass on what you've
learned.  send an email to the group.      If you have questions on
something post it.  Others I can guarantee have the same question.  That
way, one answer gets all.

While this one has been around for several weeks now it is dangerous.

new virus is running around the net:
if you see in the subject line and/or the attachment which says
NAKED WIFE....dont open it.
this virus will email to everyone in your address book.
there may even be a small picture of a woman.
remember to upgrade your anti-virus software immedidately.
greenly,
roz

Remember that this is a shared board. Post your ideas and discoveries.  If
you need help with this just send me an E mail.  Reply and change the
subject line to your question.  Also Members of this board are of course
encouraged  to post questions they have. That's the real point of this.

I've uploaded a file describing how to setup filters for the trash mail
in Outlook Express. I note its not very intuitive or clear to do it.
Eudora is a lot better and easier in this respect ( and a whole bunch
of other ways outside the office.

Gary

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Learn to control your computer ( PC ) by really getting acquainted with
Windows Explorer.  As remarkable as it is the Path concept that was the
basis of old Dos is still there.  That program also lets you run anything
you want on your system as well as finding those lost files. One of the
problems we find most often is that I can't find "xxxxxxx" anymore.  With
the windows Find function  ( Under the TOOLS Menu item) you can find those
files if you can remember any part of the name and fill in the rest with
the asterisk wild Card "*"  and a period (dot) before the last
asterisk.  e.g. *can*.*  if can is anywhere in the name this will turn it
up among all the files that have "can"  somewhere in the first part of the
name.

Gary

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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="green" FACE="Courier New">By Gerhard
W. Orthuber</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="green" FACE="Courier New">Cal - Pac
Computing 137 W. 2nd St. Oxnard CA
93030</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="green" FACE="Courier New">Voice (805)
486-0777 Fax (805)486-0777 X33</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="green" FACE="Courier New">E-Mail:
</FONT></B><A HREF="mailto:nccorthu@rain"><B><FONT
SIZE="1" FACE="Courier New">nccorthu@rain</FONT></B></A><B><FONT SIZE="1"
COLOR="green" FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></B></P>
<P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="4">WHERE DID THE FILE GO or</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="4">The Three Ways of the
&quot;PATH&quot;</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">(Basic File Management)</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">A major, if not the major cause of confusion and turmoil for
new users and many older users of
PC computers is that they do not develop a good understanding of the term and
concept PATH as used in the operation
of the systems.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">The term Path is used in three interrelated but slightly
different ways on computers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">1. First, Every FILE has a UNIQUE and DISTINCT &quot;FILE
PATH&quot; to it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">The File Path is always as follows:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Dr:\SubDir\.....\FiIename.xxx</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Dr= The Drive letter of the hard drive , cd rom, floppy etc
etc. and must be followed by a COLON
&quot;:&quot;.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">\= the First &quot;\&quot; (backslash) refers to the ROOT
DIRECTORY. The Ones(&quot;\&quot;)
that follow after, such as &quot;\SUBDIR\&quot; are dividing markers for
subdirectories that are on the particular
drive. and they also separate the last subdirectory name from the file
name.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">As an example. &quot;C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM &quot;. The path to
the File &quot;COMMAND.COM&quot;
is C:\DOS\. The subdirectory Dos in the Drive C:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO LOOK AT THE PATH TO A FILE</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">E.G. :</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">To make it easier to get used to the PATH concept think of it
as</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">1. a tree; there is the: ROOT Directory ( the first
&quot;\&quot;) which refers to the trunk
or root. Then come the branches that are equivalent to the subdirectories
(\subdirectory\). The final part are
the leaves. These are equivalent to the files themselves
(\filename.xxx).</FONT></P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/PATH1.gif" WIDTH="800" HEIGHT="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
BORDER="2"></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">2. A second method or view:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">REVERSE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS FROM THE WAY YOU PUT IT ON
ENVELOPES NORMALLY.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">REVERSED MAILING ADDRESS</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">THE EARTH = C: ( The Drive)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">COUNTRY USA = \ ( Root Directory)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">STATE = SUBDIR \ ( Subdirectory)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">CITY = SUBDIR</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">STREET = SUBDIR</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">HOUSE # = FILE NAME</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">3.A third way to look at this:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">A ROAD MAP THAT SHOWS YOUR HOUSE AND THE WHOLE
ADDRESS.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/ROADPA%7E1.gif" WIDTH="419" HEIGHT="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM"
BORDER="0"></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Another analogy is the Road Map. Here the drive name would be
the country (C:). The State is
the</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">ROOT Directory (First &quot;\&quot;). The city streets would
be the subdirectories ( \subdirectory\...\).
The street number would be the Filename (..\filename.XXX),</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">E.G. USA (Root Directory), California( subdirectory), Ventura
(Subdirectory\) 1239 E. Main St.
( \ filename.xxx).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">To Move files in Windows 3.x or 9x you use File Manager in 3.x
or 9x or in 9x its better to use
Windows Explorer even though File Manager is there. The reason is that all
Windows programs follow its method.
Result; learn Explorer and you’ve learned the rest. The Dialog boxes in Windows
Explorer are setup just like the
trees explained earlier. To move or copy files click on the file(s) you want to
affect and go to the Edit Item
in the menu. and Click on Copy. Then take the cursor to the drive and
subdirectory you want to move the file to
and click Edit menu item and Paste. To move items use Cut and Paste. You can
also Simply highlight the files you
want to affect in Win 9X and move the Cursor to the delivery location but the
effects tend to &quot;vary&quot;
in ways not explained in this document.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">2.THE SECOND WAY OF THE PATH</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">The second use of the PATH concept is the DEFAULT PATH. In
this regard your system maintains
a default path which can be changed by programs that are running or yourself
when you are working in DOS or WINDOWS
directly. To save keystrokes the Dos/Windows system sets up a default drive and
PATH that is used when you give
a command such as to copy and do not give one of the path designations required
to make the command work.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">3. The THIRD WAY that PATH is used is as the SEARCH PATH
Command used in DOS called ( no kidding)
PATH.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">This command you will usually find as follows in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">&quot;PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\windows&quot;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">The purpose of this command is to setup a search path to be
used by the system to allow you to
run a program from any directory you may be in. Normally the System will only
execute and run a program that is
in the default directory. This command however, makes the system search all the
subdirectories in the PATH command
to</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">find the program and run it. In the event that there are two
files in different directories with
the same name, the system will run the first one in the search path that it
encounters. This is why, when you type
install, wanting to install some program, you get a totally different
installation utility.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">If the program that you are trying to run or the file that you
are trying to copy ( or do something
else to) comes back with &quot;FILE NOT FOUND&quot; you have messed up your PATH
somewhere, CHECK IT and you will
find it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Relax, you are not the first one to get lost in your
system.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">HOW DOES WINDOWS RELATE TO THE PATH?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">In Windows you still need to know about the path. In Windows
3.1 or Windows 9X etc. you will
find that all of your rules for naming files and where they are, concerning the
PATH still apply. All the windows
programs of whatever style do is to provide an easier to use interface for the
functions that have to do with files
and directories now called folders often. Please note that in Windows 9X, they
are called folders and add a picture
of a file folder but in fact they are still subdirectories, just look at Windows
Explorer. In Explorer for clarity
use the List and /or Details choices in the View menu item, rather than the
folder views that leave you as lost
before as after, or if in Windows 3.XX then use the File Manager.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">When the program throws at you various dialogue boxes when you
are trying to run a program save
files etc. or do other things with files you find that the PATH is still behind
it all. And if you know how to
search the PATH using those screens you will find your file, at least
eventually.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">You will discover that the usual dialogue box will consist of
the following components:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Assuming that the windows colors have not been customized you
will find a gray field near the
top right of the dialogue screen showing something like C:\???? This is the
default directory that you are in.
On the left appears a white box with directories of the drive you are using or
the part of the system that you
are in. In the right hand white box is the list of files in the directory
highlighted in the left box.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Note that the left-hand box is in the form of a tree as
above.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">To select files and directories you click on the file or
subdirectory once or to make the file
&quot;RUN&quot; or to pick it for use click twice. To select for other purposes
click the mouse key once. Remember
that in all mouse operations it’s usually the left mouse key. In Windows 3.XX
the right mouse key usually does
nothing. One major exception is that the right mouse key in Windows 95 is a menu
key. Click it and a menu appears
of things that you may want to do.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Again note that you are navigating through the
&quot;PATH&quot; it's the same as in plain Dos
only its more visual so you don't have to memorize file names as
much.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">However, Windows or not, you must still know the nature of the
Path and how it is set up to use
the computer with any degree of proficiency.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">File searching</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="2">Since everyone looses track of files, its good to know about
the search functions of Windows
Explorer or File Manager. In File Manager is found under the File menu (Win3.x).
In Windows Explorer you will find
it under the Tools menu (Win 9X). In both cases you will find a dialog box
asking you for a name. REMEMBER the
wild cards * and ? . The big one is * . With this one and some idea of the name
you are looking for put in *nam*.*
. Use this format until you get familiar with it. The above will find &quot;
names.txt &quot;, &quot; hisname.doc&quot;
etc. etc.. In other words any name with nam in the first part before the period
and the extension. The last * fills
in for any extension. If you know part of the extension or all of it, substitute
what you know for the *. Remember
that the * will substitute for any number of characters or none. The ? will
substitute for one character. Try it,
it will make it easier and raise your comfort level measurably.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE="2">By Thomas Adams  1991  revised G.W. Orthuber</FONT></P>

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>
>Singularity
>You may be using Windows, but that doesn't mean you can't soothe your
>pangs of DOS nostalgia. Like Windows Explorer, this file management
>tool lets you perform a variety of operations with files and
>folders--but unlike that program, you can do so with a command prompt.
>This utility also sports a toolbar that you can dock on top or on
>either side of the main window. Other features include a drive bar,
>status bar indicators, and handy folder navigation tools, such as a
>"Most Recently Visited Folders" list. This version is optimized for
>Windows 2000.
>http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7549,00.asp
>
>Advanced Registry Tracer
>Did something go haywire when you tried to make changes to your PC?
>Are you wishing you could turn back the clock to a time before you ran
>into trouble? With this program, you can. A tool for the technically
>advanced user, it differs from other Registry utilities in its
>snapshot feature, which records the state of the Windows Registry at
>intervals and keeps snapshots in a database. You can compare snapshots
>for changes and roll back the Registry to a previous setting--a
>lifesaver if you tangle with a maverick program or botch an
>installation.
>http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7589,00.asp
  >
>
>Video Still a Challenge for the Web
>Even advocates acknowledge the wall remains strong and tall between TV
>and the Internet.
>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,44246,00.asp
>
>
>

Gary Orthuber
Cal-Pac Computing
137 W. Second St.  Oxnard, Ca. 93030
(805)486-0777   (805)653-5976
http://www.rain.org/~nccorthu/calpac.html
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