Noise From The Baement Archive 3-14-01

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Vol. 1, Issue 52            March 14, 2001           ISSN 1531-5258

1) Windows Tips - "Biggie-Size It"
2) File Find! - "Winkey"
3) Sites-Seeing - "Swallow's Airspeed?\Recipes for Minimalists"
4) Email Funny - "Wedgie"
5) MOUS Tips - "Hyphen Ate My Homework"
6) They Said It - quotes to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge - that what fits no where else

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1) Windows Tip - "Biggie-Size It"

Internet Explorer windows seem to have a mind of their own
as far as the size and position they are when first opened.
Here's how to have them open maximized, all the time:

I) Right-click the Internet Explorer icon - not the large
       one on your Desktop, rather use the small one on the
       Quick Launch toolbar - and select Properties.

II) Select the Shortcut tab. For the Run switch, select
        Maximized from the dropdown box.

III) Before you click OK, you might want to also click the
       Change Icon button, and give that blue E a different face!

Whenever you use that icon to start Internet Explorer in the
future, it will start full screen.

Now that you've got IE under control, follow the same steps
with most application shortcuts to open the program maximized
(or as minimized or normal windows, for that matter.)

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2) File Find! - "Winkey" [1257 Kb/EXE]

I really, really like this program! And, I bet you will too!

A couple of months ago, I wrote about a few handy
keyboard shortcuts using the "flying" Windows key. This
week's find, from the same folks that brought you Copernic,
lets you start your favorite applications, folders and Web
pages instantly by creating your own Windows key shortcuts!

As soon as you install Winkey, you'll find 14 pre-installed
shortcuts (in addition to the 9 standard ones from Windows).
Then, take advantage of the easy to use interface to add
your own personalized shortcuts, to make that Windows key
REALLY fly!

http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl77.htm

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3) Sites-Seeing - "Swallow's Airspeed\Recipes for Minimalists"

Spam, spam, spam, spam - before spam joined the vernacular
as a term for unsolicited and unwanted email, it was something
completely different - a hilarious comedy routine! Visit Python
online to catch up with the funny chaps of Monty Python's Flying
Circus. Why DID those knights say "Ni"? Find out here!

http://www.pythonline.com

And, Python fans, just in case you've wondered "What is the
air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?", you'll find the
answer here:

http://www.armory.com/swallowscenes.html

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Who among us has not opened the refrigerator or kitchen
cabinet, surveyed the contents, and thought, "There's nothing
to eat"? This site was created to spark some creative meal
thoughts for you, on just such an occasion.

The front page of Cooking by Numbers contains a selection
of 50 common foodstuffs one might find in a cupboard or
refrigerator. Select the components you have on hand, and
you'll quickly be rewarded with dozens of tasty recipes that
use the specific ingredients available.

Also, novice chefs might want to visit the "Skills by
Numbers" page, where you'll find illustrated descriptions
of procedures from How to Make Breadcrumbs to
How to Make a Béchamel (white sauce).

http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/frames.html

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Hungry Now? Have a snack on me:

http://www.webmoments.com/snackmachine.htm

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4) Email Funny - "Wedgie" [292 Kb/EXE]

Got a cute little joke executable for you... hmmmm, where
did I put it? Ah - there it is . . . under there... Under wear?

http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl76.htm

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5) MOUS Tips - "Hyphen Ate My Homework"

Last week I discussed Word's Justify alignment, wherein Word
will "stretch" the blank spaces between words to give you smooth
edges on both the right-and left-sides of formatted paragraphs.

The downside to using this alignment is that the blank spaces
may seem to stretch too much, with unsightly gaps between
the words. That's when Word's Hyphenation feature will come
to the rescue. Use the Hyphenation tool to automatically
hyphenate your document, and Word will return those big, blank
spaces back to their original size.

To turn on Hyphenation:

I) Select Tools | Language | Hyphenation.

II) Turn on the option to "Automatically hyphenate document".

III) If you desire, you can also change the Hyphenation zone,
       which is the distance from the right margin within which
       you want to hyphenate your document. Any word within
       the zone will be hyphenated as required. A smaller zone
       reduces the raggedness of the right margin, but may
       increase the number of words that require hyphens.
       A larger zone increases the raggedness of the right
       margin, so fewer words may require hyphens.

IV) You can also change the number of consecutive lines you
        want to permit Word to hyphenate.

V) Click OK to apply hyphenation using the options you've
        selected.

Hyphenation and Justification work hand-in-hand to create
nicely formatted, smooth edged documents!

Note: On some systems, the Hyphenation feature may not be
installed by default. If you find that your Word program will
not hyphenate, you’ll need to use the Office Setup program
(on your Office 2000 CD) to install it.

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6) They Said It

"Every gun that is made, every warship that is launched,
every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from
those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and
not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its
scientists, the hopes of its children." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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7) Hodgepodge

Don't have enough to worry about? Have I got the item for you
as this week's Bizarro subject - Attack of the Mutant Mir Fungi!
Take a look at this week's Photo Funny, too - a screenshot of
of a software program with some nice menu choices:

http://www.BasementNoises.com

             G'nite, and thanks for reading!

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NFTB does not assume responsibility for your use of
information given. Tips are tested on a machine with
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As I am firmly convinced that all systems are unique little
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