Tech tips - Easy Screen prints… For free!
Have you ever wanted to take a ’snapshot’ of something on your computer screen but didn’t know how?
Many people search the internet looking for specialized tools to accomplish this.
But if you’re like us, you’re cheap and don’t like to spend money on things you really don’t need.
So, here’s how to ’screen capture’ anything for free!
All Windows machines come with a basic handy little graphics program called Paint. It’s located in the accessories folder (Programs/Accessories).
To screen capture anything follow these instructions:
Tech tips - Cut/Copy and Paste!
Many computer users are not aware of a very easy method for cutting/copying and pasting text in documents.
Most people will highlight the text, use the mouse, right click and select “Copy” then right click and select “paste”.
If you’re like us, and use the keyboard more often then the mouse, this can really slow you down.
There is a much faster keyboard shortcut for accomplishing this task.
To copy text:
Highlight the text
Hold down the Ctrl key and press ‘c’ - this places the text into a buffer (a save area)
To cut text:
Tech Tips - Email signatures
I have a client that was unaware of being able to add a “signature” to outgoing emails from Mozilla Thunderbird or MS Outlook/Express.
So, what is an email signature?
An e-mail signature consists of text or pictures, or both that can be automatically added to outgoing emails from within your email program of choice.
If you choose to create and use a signature, Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird will automatically add the signature to your outgoing e-mail messages.
Here are instructions for creating an email signature using MS-Word…
Technical Tips - Backing up and saving your data!
If you’re like many of us, getting your files organized can be quite a chore.
If so, then you are probably ahead of the game and can easily back up your data for safety.
If not, read on…
Finding what files to back up can be quite a chore if your files are not organized or planned. Many of us save files where ever the application we are using at the time tells us to.
This goes against organization as many applications clutter their own folders with our customized documents. This makes finding these documents difficult and time consuming.
Website Tips - ALT and Title tags
ALT and Title tags
If you place photos on your website always make sure they have text in both the ALT and TITLE attributes.
These attributes should be descriptive.
Don’t know what an ALT and TITLE attribute is?
When you place an image on a webpage it is done by using a tag known as the <IMG> tag. Within this tag are additional attributes, 2 of which are ALT and TITLE.
This mumbo jumbo is all part of the language that your website is written in called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).
