Tip: In Word, to quickly select a paragraph just double-click in the left-hand margin.
Tip: To select the entire document in Word just press Ctrl+A. Selecting everything is useful if you want to cut and paste into another application, such as Internet mail or need to alter the Language for spelling checking purposes.
Tip: You can have almost any magnification you like in Word. Click on the Zoom control in the tool bar and enter you own percentage magnification, such as 123%.
Tip: If you are using a template that contains your name or address at the beginning of a document, or inserting a file with just that information, you should have a date field as well. This will ensure that whenever you print your letter, it will always have the current date on it.
Tip: For a quick way to toggle between open documents use the keyboard. When editing two or more Word documents simultaneously, your fingers are on the keyboard and thus it is relatively slow to use the mouse to switch documents. Keystroke toggle keys are Ctrl+F6 to go the next document window and Shift+Ctrl+F6 (or Alt+F6) to go to the previous one.
Tip: In Word when you are in Print Preview mode, click on the Multiple Pages icon and drag the mouse down and across to select as many pages as you wish to preview on the screen.
Tip: You can use Word's AutoCorrect (from Tools) to save repetitive typing. For example, if you type Windows Internet Explorer often, create an entry, (say) wie, and that will automatically expand to insert Windows Internet Explorer every time you type the letters wie.
Tip: In Word, after you have loaded an existing document, you can go straight to where you left off last time by pressing Shift+F5.
Tip: If you write long e-mail letters, use your word processor as it has timed backups, spell check, possibly grammar checking and many other useful extras. Also, you won't use up your online time. When finished, just cut and paste into the e-mail program.
Tip: When using auto numbering of paragraphs, users often find it tricky to create two or more paragraphs under the one point without the next number appearing and it is a messy business to fix this once it has happened. The answer is actually very simple: just press Shift+Enter. You will get a new paragraph without a new number. Press Enter and the new number will appear.
When you are using Explorer, File Manager or any other Windows program to mark some files in a subdirectory or folder as Windows 95 refers to sub-directories, to copy, move or delete them, the following conventions apply to all Windows programs.
In Windows 95 Explorer, to sort by date just click on "Modified" heading. This helps you to quick find the recent files or, click on Size to find all the large files. Clicking a second time will reverse the sort order.
Tip: The Windows 95/98 registry files should be backed up at regular intervals. From the DOS box, when in your destination folder, type XCOPY C:\WINDOWS\*.DA? /H
Do you ever hit the CapsLock instead of the Shift key and continue typing? If you are using Windows 95 there is help.
You can modify Windows to make a sound when the Caps Lock button is hit. Do this by clicking on Start, Settings, Control Panel, Accessibility Options and click on the ToggleKeys check box. Now when you press CapsLock, it will make a sound and when you press it again, to turn it off, it will make a different sound.
These keys can be used for shortcuts such as:
So now you do not need to have extra shortcuts on the desktop for the Explorer for Find Files cluttering the desktop.
This is not very difficult to remove. Right-click on the Network Neighbourhood and then click on Properties.
Then select the Primary Network Logon, change it to Windows Logon and click OK. If you are asked to restart the computer say No.
Next open the Control Panel, click on Passwords|Change Windows Password, and type in the old password into the Old Password box. Just press Enter if you have none. Leave the New Password and Confirm Password boxes blank and you will not be prompted again with the login screen after you restart your computer.
Note that if you or anyone else in your family has set up user profiles, the above steps will not prevent Windows 95 from prompting you for a password. If several people are sharing a computer and have different tastes then each individual can have his or her wallpaper, icons, sounds etc by establishing individual profiles and have individual names and passwords. The data and programs are accessible to all.
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