Stir the pot. Cause a stir.
Stir up feelings. Stir Crazy! -
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Vol. 1, Issue 49
1) Windows Tips -
"Snap Your Screen"
2) File Find! -
"Dfolder"
3) Sites-Seeing -
"Get Heard\Distant Views"
4) Email Funny -
"Gecko Chase"
5) MOUS Tips -
"Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge"
6) They Said It - quotes
to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge - that what
fits no where else
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Once again welcome to The
Basement,
readers, both new and
old! ~and~
AOL users - your links at
bottom!
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1) Windows Tip
- "Snap Your Screen"
This week's tips could be
really handy when you're creating
a training manual, or
making a PowerPoint presentation for
a class or meeting. Need a picture of your Desktop? Or
maybe just a snapshot of
the contents of a window? Follow
these easy steps -
I)
Position items on your Desktop as you want them to be
in your picture,
II) Tap
the PrintScreen key (right next to the F12 key)
to capture a picture of your
entire desktop;
or
Alt+PrintScreen to snap a picture of the
contents of
the *selected* window only.
At this point, you could open most MS
Office products
and immediately Paste the new picture
where desired.
If, on the other hand, you need to modify
the screenshot:
III) Open Windows Paint (Start | Programs |
Accessories)
IV) In Paint, select Edit | Paste. If prompted to enlarge
bitmap, click Yes.
V)
Modify as desired and Save.
MS Paint files are saved
as bitmap images - which are can
be incredibly large
files. You might consider one final step
-
if you have installed MS
Photo Editor as part of your Office
suite. Open the saved bitmap picture, then Save As a
JPEG
or GIF. Compare the file sizes of the beginning .bmp
and
final file - you'll most
likely be pleasantly surprised!
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2) File Find!
- "Dfolder" [141 Kb/EXE]
Here's a simple little
utility - run it to install a new
Folders tab when you open
a folder's Properties window.
Click the new tab and
you'll find details about the total
size of all contained
files, for the main folder and for all
subfolders:
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl63.htm
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3) Sites-Seeing
- "Get Heard\Distant
Views"
Have a problem with
Ponderosa? A dispute with Denny's?
A squabble with Sheraton
Hotels? Trouble with Taco
Or perhaps you want to
praise Publix? Give kudos to Kmart?
UGetHeard is dedicated to
empowering consumers in their
contacts with
corporations and enabling corporations to
create more satisfied
customers. A smart business person
knows that a satisfied customer
will tell three others; a
dissatisfied customer
will tell ten others!
This site will give you
the ability to get heard by those
businesses you're
discontented with; and perhaps help you
resolve the cause of your
dissatisfaction. Use their online
forms to enter a
complaint or award an applause. For most
companies, your issues
are directed to the exact person
responsible for
rectifying them. UGetHeard will even
follow-
up with the business if
you've not received a response in a
timely manner; they'll
also email you directly to keep you
informed as to the status
of your grievances as changes
occur. You'll also find a helpful rating system for
evaluating
a company's past
resolutions of problems:
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What's the latest thing
on the floor in the Chicago Harley-
Davidson store? Want to see what's up at McMurdo Station,
the Antarctic polar base
of the
action at Universal Studios
City Walk? You can "spy" live
at these and 65 other
locations around the world, including
businesses, tourist
attractions, museums and zoos. You
control the cameras -
move and zoom as desired. It's the
closest I'm going to get
to
http://pri7.perceptualrobotics.com/live/livecameras.jsp
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4) Email Funny
- "Gecko Chase" [119
Kb/EXE]
The place is crawling with
geckos. Thought I got rid of them
all a couple of weeks
back; now here they are chasing that
cute little ladybug. Crunch, crunch!
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl62.htm
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5) MOUS Tips
- "Wink, Wink, Nudge,
Nudge"
Most times, when you want
to change the placement of
an inserted graphic in
Word or PowerPoint, you can simply
click-and-drag the
graphic. There may come a time when you
want to
"fine-tune" the position, with more control than you
can get with the mouse.
To absolutely control the
placement of a graphic, select and
then use your arrow keys
to move in the required direction.
This is known as a
"nudge". The ultimate in
control, in the
smallest increments
possible, can be gained by holding your
Ctrl key while using the
arrows - this is known as a "nudge
by pixel" - which
moves your picture one pixel at a time!
You
can't get any closer than
that!
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6) They Said It
"Live your own life,
for you will die your own
death." - Latin Proverb
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7) Hodgepodge
The subject of this
week's Photo Funny looks bad to the bone,
then take a look at how a
rose may soon NOT be a rose -
now appearing in The
Basement:
G'nite, and thanks for reading!
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