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Archive for January, 2009


Bookmarks In Word Document


  Dear Computer Lady, I’m writing a novel and want to save it chapter by chapter and as a whole piece as I move along.  I don’t want to have to scroll through 14 chapters, for example, to get to chapter 15 on which I am working. But I do want the entire work in [...]

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Safe To Delete Temp Files?

  Dear Computer Lady,  I love reading your newsletters. I am always so anxious waiting for your next letter to come.  I have a question. I was trying to make some room on my computer and was deleting cookies and temp. internet files.  Is it safe to delete everything in your C:\Windows\Temp folder? Some of [...]

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Word Web Dictionary

WordWeb Free for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/Me/XP/Vista Free Thesaurus and Dictionary One of the freeware programs that I use quite often is WordWeb. A nice little dictionary program. I used it to figure out the correct spelling of several words in this week’s issue. WordWeb has definitions, synonyms, related words and if you want it will install [...]

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Simple Database Program

Dear Computer Lady, Elizabeth, what kind of program would you suggest that could be used for a names data base? I do a lot of genealogy and need an inexpensive program. In one of your post and it has been a couple years ago maybe u had some sort of program u said could be [...]

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What is WordPad?

Dear Computer Lady, What is WordPad and why would I use it as opposed to a word processing program? Thank you, Ann

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Missing Email Message

Dear Computer Lady, Your newsletter is a good resource.  Thank you for putting “computer-eze” in writing. Inadvertently, I lost a file from my inbox.  While I was looking for it one of my twins bumped my hand and then the file was gone – what did I do and can I get it back? Can [...]

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Recycle Bin Settings

Dear Computer Lady, Thank you for the most informative and detailed information you relay to your weekly subscribers. Every week I learn something new. I seem to have a problem with my “recycle bin”. Not sure what I have done to my machine, but nothing goes to the “bin” anymore. It just disappears into cyberspace. [...]

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Upgrade RAM

Dear Computer Lady, Before my question, I must say when my brother sent me your newsletter many years ago he did me one of the greatest services a big brother can! May I ask how I can check the amount of RAM on my Dell laptop? It is only a couple years old, but things [...]

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Put Music On Player

Dear Computer Lady, I am a long standing fan of yours and want to thank you for all the answers in easy to understand language. I have not heard anyone ask this one: How to put music on your MP-3 or iPod. Thanks, Carolyn

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Back Up Contacts

Dear Computer Lady, I am trying to save my address book on my thumb drive. How do I do this with Vista? Love the “Computer Lady”. Thanks, Jo

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