Like a picture you find on the Internet? In Internet Explorer, right-click on it and choose “Set as Background.” Make sure you have permission. Now, you can view it every day!
Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Internet Tip: Instant Wallpaper
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Internet Tip: Auto-Delete History
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011To automatically delete your Temporary Internet files when you close Internet Explorer, pull down the Tools menu. Under the General tab, look for the “Browsing History” section. Check the box labeled “Delete browsing history on exit.”
Internet Tip: Refresh
Friday, January 7th, 2011Has a web page changed in the last few minutes? Find out by hitting F5. This is the keyboard equivalent of clicking the “Refresh” button on the toolbar..
Internet Tip: Keyboard Shortcuts
Saturday, December 11th, 2010When reading a web page, hit the END key to go to the bottom of the document, HOME key to go to the beginning, and hit the SPACEBAR to advance one screen at a time. Sure beats using the scrollbar!
Internet Tip: Homepage
Friday, November 26th, 2010Get to your homepage quickly. Hit Alt-Home.
Internet Tip: Image Wallpapers
Monday, November 22nd, 2010Find a picture on the Net you like? Make it your Wallpaper by right-clicking on it and choose “Set as background.” Make sure you have permission from the image creator, first, though!
Internet Tip: Map Address
Thursday, November 18th, 2010In Outlook, open a person’s contact record, pull down the Actions menu, and choose “Display Map of Address.” Cool!
Internet Tip: Easy to Read
Monday, November 1st, 2010Sometimes the print is too small to read on a webs page. Hold down your CTRL key and spin your mouse wheel. You can zoom in and zoom out on any web page. Be careful, though: Sometimes web pages look funny when you do this!
Internet Tip: Error Googling
Saturday, October 30th, 2010Receive a “strange” Windows error? Just Google it! Type the error message (word-for-word) into the Google Search blank and find out what it REALLY means (and more importantly, how to fix it).
Internet Tip: One Less Click
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Need to surf to a new address? Hit CTRL-L and type the address instead of clicking the address bar with your mouse.









