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Windows Explorer Basics / the Right Side

=== Right Side (Contents of ONE drive or folder)

*) Whichever entry is selected (highlighted) on the left side, its contents (if any) will be displayed in the right window.

*) The right window can display files as well as folders.

*) To run a program (file) double click on it's entry in the right side window. If Windows can, it will run the program. If it can't, it will say so and ask for your help.

Regards,
LB

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(Remember - no FILES are ever displayed in the left window.)

Play with this for a while, and let me know how far you get. (If I'm being too basic, tell me to speed it up a bit. Bur remember there might be others that can use this stuff.)

Regards,
LB

E-mailing a "screen shot".

Three steps -

*) Capturing the screen shot.
*) Saving the screen shot.
*) Attaching it to an e-mail.

Capturing the screen shot.

*) Arrange a window to display what you want to show someone else. (Adjust the size and scroll positions of the window.)

NOTE - the Title bar of the window should be dark blue, to let Windows know that it is the selected window.

*) Hold down the "Alt" key and press the "PrintScrn" key once. (PrintScrn is usually next to F12)

NOTE - if you don't hold down the Alt key then pressing PrintScrn will copy the entire desktop, rather than just the window with the information you want to share.

NOTE - the copied image of the window (or desktop) goes to a temporary place in Windows called the "clipboard".

Saving the screen shot.

The image needs to be saved in a file before it can be attached to an e-mail.

*) Run the program called Paint ("Start" / "All Programs" / "Accessories" / "Paint")

NOTE - Any program that can work with a bitmap image will work here. MS Word, for example. But not every computer has Word on it. Every computer does have Paint.

NOTE - If you are using a version of Winodws before XP and can't find some of these things, let me know. The differences from one version to the next are usually small, but not always.

*) Select "Edit" in the menu bar.

*) Select "Paste" in the drop down menu from Edit. ("Edit" / "Paste") The image you saved should appear inside "Paint".

*) Back to the menu bar - select "File" / "Save As".

A "save as" dialog box will appear. Three things to do here.

1) Decide where to save the image. (use the drop down list box labeled "Save in" or "Look in")
2) Decide what to call it. (use the drop down list box labeled "File name")
3) Change the file type from Bitmap to JPEG. (use the drop down list box labeled "Save as type")

NOTE - Bit maps are usually huge files. Especiall 24 bit bitmaps. JPEG puts them on a diet. (This step is optional, but if you or the recipient are on a dial-up connection, a large bitmap can take hours to transfer.)

Let me know if you need help with either of these.

*) Once all these things have been set, click the Save button.

Attaching it to an e-mail.

(This final step is actually pretty easy to do, but very hard to describe. Because it is different from one e-mail program to the next.)

Generic instructions -

*) Create and address an e-mail.

*) Find the button in your e-mail program that lets you add an attachment to this email.

*) Push it and follow the instructions.

*) Send the e-mail.