Lo-Tek Tips

What’s the one thing you absolutely have to be able to do in order to do any of these operations:

• Move a file
• Make a copy of a file or text
• Delete a file or text
• Change a font, color, or style of text
• Many other things…

You have to select it…

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“I downloaded it to my desktop.”

So where is that? On your hard drive? How do you plan to find it when you need it? A file manager is the answer.

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Back in the olden days, browsers had windows. No such thing as tabs. Don’t get me wrong. Tabs can be a great thing, as long as you pay attention. I prefer windows, but that’s just me.

For a long time, when you created a link on a web page, you had the option to specify that it opened in a blank window. Now, it opens in a new tab instead.

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When someone give you a web address, which of these do you do?

• A. Type the address into the address box of the browser.
• B. Go to Google (or Bing or Ask, or whatever) and type in the address.

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“How much memory do you have?”

I can’t think of the number of times I’ve gotten a blank stare or stunned silence when I ask that question.

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Most everyone knows what a Word document is. Everyone knows what an email message is. Everyone knows what a web page is. A lot of people know what an MP3 or WAV file is. Not everyone knows what a text file is.

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Nobody knows everything. That doesn’t mean we’re stupid. It means we haven’t come across a particular bit of information that might or might not have been helpful. This blog hopes to fill in a few gaps. If you learn something here, don’t feel that you should have known it already. If you don’t, maybe it’s time to start a blog!

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How many times has this happened to you?

You fire up Internet Explorer and open up your Yahoo, Gmail, or other email system and check your Inbox. There it is, an email with a Word attachment. You open the attachment. You edit it and save it. Now you can’t find it.

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