Number 312 - May 2009

UPDATE


TOGGLE Website Update
   Since February 2009, Ray Mills has been video taping our monthly meeting. Ray's videos of the monthly meetings will be posted on the TOGGLE Web Site so that if you missed the meeting you can see and hear what was discussed and presented.

Meeting Q&A
   Do you have a question that you want answered? Send your question to Carl Tenning at (c10ing@)toggle.org) and he will post it on a slide so that we can put it up on the screen at the next monthly meeting, discuss it and, hopefully, answer it.

Beginners
   In How I Fixed My Computer Recycle Bin TOG member Sandy Gimblett describes the steps she took to repair her damaged Recycle Bin.

   In PC's Are For Fun Vinnie LaBash departs from his more serious style to talk about the lighter side of computing.

Communications
   In Reading Adobe Acrobat Files in Single Column Mode the author describes a temporary method of converting a multi-column article to a single file for easy scrolling.

   In Ask DACs answers are given to questions about Upgrading to Windows 7, Opening Outlook Express from FireFox, Replacing Laptop Key caps, and Instability in MS Office 7 and IE7.


Hardware
   Preventive Computer Maintenance describes some things to do to avoid future problems. We have heard many of these steps before but they are worth repeating and remembering.

   In Magic Word Brings E-Mail To The Offline World the author describes simple equipment which is available and easily installed which can accept and print out e-mail messages for those folks who just don't want to learn how to use a computer. It opens up a whole new world for them.

General Interest
   In a longer than normal article How To Clean An Infected Computer the author describes several procedures to follow. It may be enough to save some of you from disaster.

   In TUT - The Ultimate Troubleshooter the author, Ira Whilsker describes this $29 utility in some detail.

   Tip of My Tongue is a brief note giving you a couple of Internet addresses in which you provide clues to that word that you just can't seem to recall at the moment. As you add clues suggested words appear until Voila! there's that pesky word you wanted.

   In Making a Digital Image Smaller - Dimensions or File Size? the author recommends using Irfanview a freebie from to handle either problem and more.
  Number 312 - May 2009