Your Computer Questions...Answered!!

These instructions were helpful to a couple of members on another thread so I am posting them here also.



The little animated cat on the top of this post is from this site. http://www.cybergata.com/anim.htm One of the other members here shared that link with us a few months ago and there are about 56 pages of animated cats. The cat I have on the top of this post is from page 9. I copy the URL of the image, come back here and paste it. If you have problems with copying and pasting, there is also a way of manually doing this. Write down the exact URL of the image you want, come back here and type it where you want the image to appear. If you don't write the URL down accurately it won't work. You would have to enclose the URL with the image brackets which would also be typed in manually. It will look like this:
I had to leave spaces in the example so it could be seen, but don't leave any spaces when you type it. Click on preview reply and you should see your image.

I just love that one Lorie!!!

I'll admit that I'm a computer dummy. How do you copy and paste?

Cindy, its easy peasy.... - just highlight the thing you want to cut and paste (by holding down your left mouse button and dragging it to highlight what you want) then, click the right mouse button and a drop down menu should appear - on there it gives you the option of cut/copy/paste etc.... click the one you want (cut first) and what you have selected will disappear.... put your curser where you want that thing you just cut to appear, click your right mouse button again, and this time select paste (If you don't want the original bit to disappear when you select and cut it, chose copy instead of cut)

I think there must be two ways of doing this...here is what I do to copy and paste. I just go to the first word of the part I want to copy....for example....say I want to copy this line..

Mary walked to school.

I left click on the space right before the word Mary. Then I go to the end of the sentence, and hold my shift key down, and left click again. This will highlight the whole sentence.

Then I go up to the very top left hand corner of my computer screen....where it says edit...click on that...and when the drop down menu appears...I click on copy.

Then I can go anywhere else I want...my reply to a post, an e-mail, wherever...and click on edit at the top again, and this time chose paste from the drop down menu...and it copies it right there.

Just experiment with it, that's what I did... It is so easy once you learn it. I only wish posting my pics was that easy. :tounge2:

Here's another way..

Highlite anyway you like, then you just hit the Ctrl key and the "C" key at the same time.. that copies it. To paste it..
Put your curser where you want it to go, and then hot the Ctrl key and the "V" key at the same time.


*smiles*
Ken

How do I make saved pictures smaller? I have a few from emails that I would like to post here, how do I edit them?

Once they are saved on your hard drive, you have to use photo editing software to manipulate the photo. TexasReb posted links to some free software editors in another thread, so I stole those to post here:

here are some links for you to check out:
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/...e_Manipulation/
http://www.windows-shareware.com/sh...cs_editors.html
http://www.wise-old-man.com/pbpictures.htm
These are just a few, doing a quick search of google, dmoz or yahoo is sure to come up with lots of alternatives

Click to expand...

I'm not sure how these programs are set up, but there should be a Edit Image or Image Size selection somewhere. If all else fails, there should be an index or something in the Help menu. The images have to be 400x400 pixels and/or less than 33K to attach here.

I have read all your postings and feel dumber than ever. I would like to know (in the simplest terms possible) how to put pictures of my kids on my postings. I have an iMac with a combined Epson printer, scanner, copier and fax. Please tell me how to go about it. Thanks much.

Don't feel dumb...this is an enigma to many people. Definitely the most frequently asked question!

Your scanner should have come with some type of photo software, if not, check out one of the links above. I'm not 100% sure if they have versions for Macs or not, but I would think at least one of them would.

Once you have a picture scanned, you have to adjust the size of the picture to 400 x 400 pixels (or less than 33K). Click on the Help menu and find Image Size for instructions for your software. When you have the picture the right size, in your post click on the Browse button below in the Attach File part of the screen. Find your photo on your hard drive like you would to open the file. Submit your reply, if the picture is too big you will get a notice then. You can preview your post with the pic, but will have to re-attach the picture to post it.

I hope this helps. Perhaps someone else can put it in different language, too (a little help?).

Heidi,
Thank you. Will try to put this together and hope to get pictures on eventually.

All right! If you laugh, I'm not going to tell you. Promise? OK--Guess what I got for my birthday? The Complete Idiot's Guide to Computer Basics by Joe Kraynak. My daughter, who teaches a course in using computers, said it was really comprehensive, more than the "Dummy" series. The price was $19.95 US and $29.95 in Canada. On the cover page is ALPHA, a Pearson Education Company. This book covers everything from setting it up to "speaking like a geek." There are 408 pages of simple instructions. No, I'm not getting a cut; I'm just excited! I hope this helps some others who are "computer challenged." Between that book and this thread, I should be set.

Thanks, for the tip, Jeanie. I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't know how to do something. I'll check Barnes & Noble or Borders' for this.

Every time anyone replies to a thread I've posted in, I get an email telling me that. I went to my options and clicked the "no" about these notifications, but I'm still getting these emails. what do I do? with this alphabet game thread responded to so often, I'm getting email way too often for my liking. help! (please)

Nathalie, I delete all the notices except the most recent. You'll still see all of the entries. Also, you can "unsubscribe" to the thread by clicking that option at the bottom of the e-mail. That thread is an exception to the other threads; everyone participates now, and we are not answering anyone in particular; we are answering everyone. With most threads you would be more interested in seeing what people are answering in response to your post, especially if you started the thread. I might be wrong, but I believe you checked a box saying that you did not want the members to e-mail you personally. The notifications about threads are computer generated automatically-if you subscribe to the thread.

I'm so confused.

I'm sorry I confused you, Nathalie. When you filled out your profile, you checked a box that said you did not want any of the CatSite members to be able to reach you personally by e-mail. That means if I want to tell you something that I don't want anyone else to read I cannot send you a personal e-mail. That's all it means. It protects your privacy. A member can send you a private message, which stays here, but not an e-mail.

Separate from a personal email is notification that someone has responded to a thread, or subject in which you have shown interest. Let's say you have a problem with your cat's behavior, and you need advice. You would start a new thread (a subject-with your name on it) asking your question, and hope to get replies-(posts). Every time someone replied the computer would automatically tell you that someone had replied to your personal problem. You would welcome that notification, and would come to the CatSite to get each new answer. So far, this is only the second answer you have received, and you needed more than one to clarify the answer, so you're probably glad I answered again. Sometimes people get only one answer; sometimes, if the question is controversial or very interesting to almost everyone, twenty to 100 people might answer!

If you reply to someone else's question, you are subscribing to his thread. If you lose interest in that subject, just click the line which says you wish to unsubscribe to that thread (separate subject). You will no longer be notified of new replies.

The alphabet game is not a problem that someone needs to solve; it's just a fun pass-time for us. Many more people answer, because it takes only a minute, and your answer can be one word. Therefore, you will get notified every time someone comes up with a new answer. If you do not want to be notified, click the "unsubscribe" line. Unfortunately, if you play again, the computer will again start notifying you of each answer. You will have to click "unsubscribe" to the first notification you receive every time you have added a word to the game. Or, do what I do. Let these particular notifications pile up; open the most recent one, and just delete all the other alphabet game notifications. I hope I was more clear this time!

Nathalie....try this.....go to the user cp tab at the very top of this page...it is the first one...click on that...then go to the top of that page and click on the edit options tab....then scroll down until you see....

"Use e-mail notification by default" and select "no".

This should eliminate this problem, if it is working correctly.

Don't forget to scroll all the way down to the bottom after that, and click on "submit modifications" or it won't work.

I couldn't keep up with all the email notifications so I changed my selection to no for this option, "Use e-mail notification by default." Recently, I changed my mind again and changed my selection back to yes and also clicked the submit modifications button. I'm still not receiving any email notifications so something must not be working right.

Debbie and Lorie, I'm glad you answered this question. I think I misunderstood her problem!