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Computer How-To
A general page with assistance on how to do
those little things that make your life so much easier when you're sitting at
your desk working with your computer.
Contents:
Copy and Paste Text
Set a Rule or Filter
Switching Between Windows Tasks
Copy and Paste
Text
You
can combine the mouse and keyboard methods as you wish to suit your situation
and abilities
with each. For example, you can highlight the text with your mouse, then
use the keyboard commands to cut/copy and paste.
Using your mouse
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Move the cursor on the screen to the
beginning of what you want to copy.
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With the cursor at that beginning point, hold down the left mouse button, and
drag the cursor to the end of the text you require. The text will be
highlighted.
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With the cursor at the end of your required text, and that text highlighted,
release the left mouse button.
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Shift the cursor to within the highlighted text.
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Click the right mouse button; a menu will appear.
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Select Copy (or Cut, if you want the text removed from this location in your
document)
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Go to the window or document that you are copying the text to.
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Set your cursor to the place where the text is to begin.
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Click with the right mouse button, select Paste from the pop-up menu.
Using your keyboard
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Move the cursor on the screen to the beginning of what you want to copy.
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With the cursor at that beginning point, hold down the <Shift> key, then use the
following keys to move the cursor and highlight the text you want:
<Arrow Up> - up one line
<Arrow Down> - down one line
<Arrow Left> - left one character
<Arrow Right> - right one character
<Page Up> - up one screen-length
<Page Down> - down one screen-length
<Home> - to the beginning of the current line
<End> - to the end of the current line
<Ctrl><Home> - to the beginning of the document
<Ctrl><End> - to the end of the document
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Release all keys when you have completed highlighting the text you want.
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Press <Ctrl><C> to Copy, or <Ctrl><X> to Cut
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Go to the window or document that you are copying the text to.
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Set your cursor to the place where the text is to begin.
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Press <Ctrl><V> to Paste your selected text.
Setting a Rule or Filter
Each of these rules or filters below are aimed at setting
for list mail from the
Guai-Support Group. You need to be a member of the group to receive
the list mail; click
here
to join or change your settings. The list mail arrives in your mailbox
from the person who posted the message, and addressed to the list, not
you, hence the particular instructions below.
Hotmail
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Log into your Hotmail mailbox.
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Click on Options, in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
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Click on Custom Filters.
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Click on the New Filter button.
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Click on Advanced Filter, in the top right-hand corner of the white part of the
screen.
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In Step 1, set the options so that it says:
If To or Cc lines contains
guai-support@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
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In Step 2, select your folder (if you've already created it), or select New
Folder and type in the name of the folder.
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When you're satisfied that your filter is as you want it, click on the OK button
at the bottom.
Microsoft Outlook Express v6
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In Outlook Express go to the Menu Bar at the top of your screen. Click on Tools
then Message Rules then Mail. In the new box that appears on your screen there
are three tabs; click on Mail Rules if it is not the topmost one.
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Click on New to create a new Rule. This opens the New Mail Rule box, which has
four parts:
a. Select the Conditions for your rule (where you tell the rule what to look
for)
b. Select the Actions for your rule (where you tell the rule what to do)
c. Rule Description (where the conditions and actions are spelled out and
further refined)
d. Name of the rule
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In the Conditions box click in the square next to "Where the From line contains
people". In the Description box click on the blue link that says "contains
people". Click on that and type in (or use your mouse to Copy and Paste) the
address for the list:
guai-support@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
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In the Conditions box click on the square next to "Where the To line contains
people". Again, this will be copied to the Description box. You will need to
click on the new "contains people" link and put the list address in again. Then
click on the link "and" next to that second rule, and select the choice
"messages match any one of the criteria" and click on Okay. That “and” will now
say “or”. This means that it doesn’t matter how your list emails arrive
addressed, the Rule will pick them up; different settings and/or different mail
programs can affect the addressing of list emails, I’ve found, so this rule
covers all bases.
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In the Actions box click on the square next to “Move it to the specified
folder”. In the Description box click on the blue link that says “specified” and
select the folder you want the group emails moved to. If you haven’t set up this
folder click on New Folder and give it a meaningful name, say Guai-Support
Group. Click Okay to accept your changes (twice if you had to set up the new
folder).
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In the Name box, use your mouse to highlight the automated name for this new
rule and give it something meaningful, say Guai-Support Group. (This is
optional)
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When you are happy that this rule has everything set, click Okay to save it. If
you want to cancel and start over, click Cancel instead.
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If you have Guai-Support Group emails in your Inbox, you can use the new rule to
move them by clicking on Apply Now.
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Click Okay to exit the Rule box.
Yahoo
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Log into your Yahoo mailbox.
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Click on Mail Options, near the top right-hand corner of the screen.
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Click on Filters in the left-hand column.
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Click on the Add button to set a new filter.
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Give your filter a name, eg Guai-Support Group
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Next to the line "To/Cc header:", enter the list address -
guai-support@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM; leave the left-hand box set to
"contains". Don't set it to match case.
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Select the folder you want your list mail directed to; if you haven't created a
new folder for this mail yet, you can select [New Folder] and you will be
prompted to type in the name of the new folder. Call it something obvious,
like Guai-Support, so you know exactly which list this folder relates to.
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When you're satisfied that you've set the filter as you want it, click on the
Add Filter button.
Switching between Windows tasks
This is a very
handy tool for moving between various windows that you have open on your screen,
without the need to reach for your mouse and dragging the cursor to the Start
menu to locate the window of choice.
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Hold your left
thumb down on the <Alt> key, and keep it there until you're done.
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Press the <Tab>
key with a finger, while still holding down <Alt>.
A small window will appear in the centre of your screen, showing each of the
tasks that you currently have running. You can move from one to the next
by pressing <Tab> as many times as needed to move left to right. To go
right to left, hold down <Shift> as well. The selection will go back to
the beginning when you go past the end.
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When you have the
desired window highlighted, release <Alt>.
Upon releasing <Alt>, the window selected will become the active window, on top
of the others you have open.
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