Archive for the ‘Basics’ Category


Red Underlined Words

Dear Computer Lady, Enjoy your site very much. Your information is priceless. My question is misspelling words ( a lot) that become highlighted. Is there a trick that I can use to let the computer give me the correct word? I am forever going to the dictionary. I have win XP and use google chrome. [...]

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How To Copy & Paste

I have been getting a lot of requests lately for directions on using copy and paste, or cut and paste, so I decided to create this illustrated tutorial. Before you can cut or copy text, you need to be able to highlight it. There are several ways to do this. Lets examine a few of [...]

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Article Index

Dear Computer Lady, Is there an index to the many things you have covered over the years. I am grateful for you articles. Betsy

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What is Notepad & Clipboard?

Dear Computer Lady, Are the clip board and Note Pad the same? I see the note pad on my list of programs but not the clipboard. Thanks so much, Theresa

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How To Copy & Paste Articles

Dear Elizabeth,   Thank you for all the lessons.   Since I got my new computer with Windows 7, I have had a problem copying and pasting certain items.   If I highlight an article in my email that has a picture in it (example your lessons with a sponsors ad or a picture of [...]

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How to Print Parts of a page

Dear Computer Lady, I print some e-mails for a hard copy to show others. I am irritated that the Yahoo Logo is also printed, which is a waste of ink. I get around this by copying and pasting to MS word. This is more time consuming than I like, and think that surely there is [...]

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Password Protect Folders

Dear Computer Lady, Can I give certain folders in Document a password so that I cannot open them. If so how do I do that? Thanks, Peter

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Programs to Speed Up Your Computer

Dear Computer Lady, Do you know if any of those web sites claiming to make your computer faster actually work? Thanks, Bob

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Paste Special

Dear Computer Lady, I’ve got Windows XP. I like to transfer parts of documents from WORD (which I’ve highlighted and changed) into powerpoint, but have found that I have to always copy and then in PPT select “Paste Special” in order to keep the same format of my changes. I’d like to just insert my [...]

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Change MP3 to Text?

Dear Computer Lady, Is there a program that changes an MP3 file to text? I have a lot of MP3 files and would like to read them rather than listen to them . I love your letter . It has helped me learn a LOT. Merle

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