ISAC Computer Support Group

May 8, 2007

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62 - Mouse - Change Size and Style of Pointer
72 - Outlook Express - Address Book
 74a Outlook Express - Apply Signature on All Emails
74b Outlook Express - Apply Signature on Emails
74c - Outlook Express - Apply a Signature on Emails by using Stationery 
 79 - Outlook Express - Change Email Address in From Line (your email address on return)
84 - Outlook Express - Create Your Own Stationery
138 - Paint - Crop Pictures
139 - Paint - Resize Pictures
Tips Of The Month  
Open Questions & Answers

62 - Mouse - Change Size and Style of Pointer

Some people find it hard to find the default Windows mouse pointer on the desktop. This may be the result of poor eyesight or other physical problems but can be overcome quite easily.

Windows XP gives you a choice to make the pointer larger so it can be seen more easily. You can even change the pointer color to black and the pointer will stand out on white backgrounds. 

  1. Click on , Settings, Control Panel.
  2. Click the "Mouse Icon."
  3. Click the Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties window 
  4. Under Scheme, select Windows Inverted (extra large) (system scheme) from the drop-down list.
  5. The display area (top right of window) will show what the pointer size will be.
  6. Click Apply 
  7. Click OK 

 

72 - Outlook Express - Address Book

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click on the Addresses button (If you don't have an Addresses button, right click on the Tool bar and Customize it to be included) 
  3. The Address Book window will open

Note: The first Name and E-Mail Address are fake. If a Virus attacks and attempt to forward the Virus through your E-Mail address contacts, an error will occur and your ISP will tell you no one can be found for the phony address. This indicates you have a Virus in your system. Clean up the mess and alert everyone in your Address Book ASAP.  

  1. Click on View
  2. Set up the View menu as shown

  1. Click on New and select New Contact...
  2. Select each tab and fill in as many of the fields as you can
  3. Click on OK

74a Outlook Express - Apply Signature on All Emails

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click on Tools and select Options...
  3. Select the Signatures tab when the Options window opens
  4. Set the Signature settings as shown
  5. The Edit Signature field can be filled out as shown, or the user may choose any data to put into this field.
  6. Click on Apply
  7. Click on OK.

N.B. - For some unknown reasons, you may have to repeat the above steps to activate the Signatures Option. Also, you may find the File option under Edit Signature does not work either.  

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click on the Create... button
  3. A New Message window will open
  4. Your Signature will be present in the Message field
  5. Start typing here

74b Outlook Express - Apply Signature on Emails

  1. Open Outlook Express 
  2. Click on Tools and select Options...
  3. Select the Signatures tab when the Options window opens
  4. Set the Signature settings as shown
  5. The Edit Signature field can be filled out as shown above, or the user may choose any data to put into this field.
  6. Click on Apply
  7. Click on OK.
  8. Again, you may have to repeat these steps to fully activate the Signatures Option

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click on the Create... button
  3. A New Message window will open
  4. Type in your data in the message field
  5. Click on Insert
  6. Click on Signature
  7. If you have more than one Signature
  8. Select Signature >
  9. Click on Signature #1 or #2 (Default)

74c - Outlook Express - Apply a Signature on Emails by using Stationery 

  1. Open OOo (OpenOffice.org)
  2. Select the OOo Writer
  3. Choose your Font and Size
  4. Type in your Signature
  5. Select Character(s) to change colour

 

Select File

Click on Save As...

The Save As window will open
  1. Set the Save in: field to C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\STATIONERY (this is N.B.)
  2. Set the Save as type: field to HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Writer) (html)
  3. In File name: type a recognizable name for your Stationery/Signature. (ex. ISAC Signature)
  4. Click on Save.
  5. When the OOo window reappears
  6. Click on File 
  7. Click on Exit   Ctrl + Q

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click on the small arrow next to the icon for Create... 
  3. A menu will drop with all the Stationery options you have available.
  4. Select your Signature
  5. Note the message on the Status bar

 

A New Message window will open with your Stationery/Signature

Start typing here

 

79 - Outlook Express - Change Email Address in From Line (your email address on return)

  1. Open Outlook Express
  2. Click on Tools and select Accounts...
  3. Select the Mail tab
  4. Select your ISP
  5. Click on the Properties button

 

  1. Select the General tab
  2. Under User Information
  3. In the Name: field, type what you want to appear in the From column when the E-mail receivers open their Inbox
  4. In the E-mail address: type your E-mail address and it will be used when or if the receiver clicks on Tools and selects Add Sender to Address Book 

The Reply address: is used as per info shown on the right

(This message comes up when you use the )

84 - Outlook Express - Create Your Own Stationery

 

  1. Open Outlook Express

  2. Click on the Create ... button on the Tool bar

  3. Click on Format and select Apply Stationery AND More Stationery...

  4. Click the Create New... button. 

 

  1. The Stationery Setup Wizard will open to help you create your own stationery.
  2. Click on Next >

  1. Follow the wizard's instructions.
  2. Click on Browse... to select a Graphics file (*.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg, *.wmf, *.xbm, *.art) for the background Picture
  3. Set the Position: and Tile: to place your picture within the background
  4. Select a Color for the background 
  5. Click on Next >

 

  1. Choose the Font:, Size:, Color: and style (Bold - Italic).
  2. Click on Next >

  1. Adjust your Left and Top Margin:
  2. Click on Next >

  1. Enter a Stationery Name:
  2. Click on Finish and the wizard will add the new stationery to your Stationery folder
  3. Click on OK to open the New Message window displaying your new stationery.
  4. Your new stationery will now appear in the same lists as the others.

Make sure you install your new stationery in the folder C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\STATIONERY.

Tips & Warnings
If you like the stationery someone else uses, open the message, click on File and select Save as Stationery... Rename the stationery.
Some e-mail programs will not accept Stationery; the recipient's mail program must be able to accept messages formatted as HTML. Check with the recipient before sending mail using Stationery.
Use a minimum of images and/or colors in a Stationery template. Adding images builds up the file size, which can result in a long download.
You can link to the following web site for free Stationery

http://email.about.com/ 

138 - Paint - Crop Pictures

Do not waste your time using M$ Paint

Use the following link, download and install the following application.

http://www.irfanview.com/

  1. IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows
  2. The sample of IrfanView Help shown, illustrates very detailed instructions for performing a Crop function.
  3. All IrfanView Help is well documented and makes it unnecessary to rewrite the book here.

139 - Paint - Resize Pictures

Do not waste your time using M$ Paint

Use the following link, download and install the following application.

http://www.irfanview.com/

  1. IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows
  2. The sample of IrfanView Help shown, illustrates very detailed instructions for performing a Resize function.
  3. All IrfanView Help is well documented and makes it unnecessary to rewrite the book here.

 

Tips of the Month

There is no complete list of icons for the Desktop. Windows XP has only one Icon - Recycle Bin. All of the rest are added by Applications you install - if you give them the permission to install an icon on your desktop. Icons can just be another shortcut to an application and could be a duplicate of what you can also find when you use the and All Programs. For more info, click on Help and Support and type in - desktop icon.

Are you hiding inside while the spouse is shovelling snow, raking the leaves, cutting the grass? Why not use the time to increase your knowledge . . . . Take a course on the Internet and work your grey matter! 

Just click on this address :-) free-ed.net

or try this one :o) Microsoft Insider Learning

Need a review in your mouse skills? These are written for all of us ;o)) Mouse Tutorial 1 or try this one Mouse Tutorial 2 or Mouse Tutorial 3. This one "here" has a good start where it shows you how to hold a mouse. Use Google and type in "mouse tutorial", with the quotation marks and see 19,000 other web sites with Mouse Tutorials

Open Questions & Answers

Q. - When I want to print a page of a document, how do I find the page number?
A. - If you're looking at a document, the page number is displayed on the Status bar. If you're looking at a web page, I believe you would have to use the Print Preview or check the web site itself to see if they have set up a Print option. You will have to search for it, they don't seem to have a standard place to put it.  

Q. - When I download a file, should I use Save or Run?
A. - If you chose to use Save to download, you will have a record of what was downloaded  and if at some 6 months later, you think you should download a file, going through the procedure of Save, you will be asked if you want to overwrite the same file you already have on your system. It's a time saver of sorts, as some manufacturers don't change their available downloads for many months and sometimes, years. If you use Save, many large downloads can be interrupted by an outage and a reconnection will just continue from the point of the interruption. Some Runs will notify you when it is a copy while others just copy over what is already there. Long Run interruptions require a restart from the beginning thus setting themselves in a position for another possible interruption and restart. Interruptions are not as common now with broadband, in the days of early dialup, it was a real pain in the butt. So, I'm not saying you can't use Run, if you use Save, it's a lot faster to reinstall something you have already saved on your hard drive than to go back on the web and try to find something you downloaded 6 months ago. 

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