1) Windows Tips - "What's On The Menu?"
2) File Find! - "Educational Favorites"
3) Sites-Seeing - "Index Librorum Liberorum\Visible Earth"
4) Email Funny - "Round-n-Round"
5) MOUS Tips - "What's Up, Dock?"
6) They Said It - quotes to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge - that what fits no where else

"I try every one of your tips each week. I'll occasionally have trouble when you say to 'right-click' to bring up a menu - the option you say to choose is sometimes not there. I'll  try it again and it will be. Why isn't my 'right-click' menu the always the same as yours?" - Dorothy W.

There are two different types of menus that can be called when you right-click.  The determining factor which controls the one you see is - Did you move your mouse when you right-clicked?

The other menu you're getting comes from moving or dragging your mouse when you click. The movement required to bring up this menu can be pretty subtle, most people that have trouble don't even realize they've moved their mouse!

The vast majority of the time, you'll want to make sure NOT to move your mouse. This will ensure the appropriate commands are available when following a tip.

If you do move your mouse when clicking, you'll always get a shortened menu consisting of "Copy Here/Move Here/Create a Shortcut Here" - which is great if you're trying to move or copy a file. Not so great if you're looking for those other options, though!

While this can be annoying, no real damage is done. If you get the "wrong" menu, tap your ESC key and try right-clicking again. Remember, when you click (right or left), only a slight pressure is required. Excess force on the button will usually move the mouse, and result in the wrong menu. With a bit of practice you'll get the correct menu every time!

This week's File Find just might keep you busy long past your bedtime tonight, and for many nights in the future! Links to almost 600 education-related sites with free (or some free) content are nicely packaged in a self-installing executable. Run this file once and it will add these links to your Favorites folder (or any folder you choose.) Sites are nicely categorized in a main "Education" folder; groups include core courses such as Math, English, Geography and Science.  There's also collections of links for Adult Ed, Home Schooling, GED,  Tutoring, and more. A great resource for parents, teachers, and students: [106 Kb\EXE]

CLICK HERE to download Education Links

John Walker is the founder of Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD. He also maintains our first site of the week, entitled "Index Librorum Liberorum" (both a parody and a pun, as you may discover.) A visit here is a bit like exploring an old-time candy store - there's an odd assortment of math and physics, science fiction and Windows utilities, computer nostalgia and humor. My favorite stop, however, is the Astronomy section, where you'll find the Earth and Moon Viewer, explore the Solar System "Live" over a 12,000-year period, and find even more astronomy-related software for Windows and Unix.

While you explore, you'll also find an explanation of why ".ch" is the domain of Switzerland, just in case you wondered:

To The Index

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Spending some time at the next site will help you put your problems in perspective. In a somewhat similar vein as our first site,  "NASA's Visible Earth" presents simply awesome images of our home planet - the typhoon Toraji ravishing Taiwan; Greenwich - Where East meets West; and Prospecting from Space are featured right now, but the gems are buried within.  This site deserves some exploration.

You'll might be interested in the comprehensive satellite photos of countries, or enjoy the Ice Floes, or Minerals, or Biosphere. There's so much of our beautiful world to see!

Be sure to see the Environmental Impact section in the Human Dimensions category for some explicit proof of mankind's mark on Mother Nature: 

TO NASA's Visible Earth

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Round and round and round it goes - where it stops no one knows! An apt description of this week's video Email Funny which chronicles a novice motorcyclist's mishaps [840 Kb\MPG]

CLICK HERE to download the Uneasy Rider

Did you know? If you use Microsoft Video Player to watch these funnies, you can use ALT-ENTER to watch full screen, and the same to return to the small window!

All Microsoft Office products have Toolbars that are typically docked at the top of your screen, the Standard and Formatting Toolbars being the most common.  Other toolbars, such as the Drawing or Picture Toolbars, may "pop up" on top of your work area. These toolbars, called by menu or when you select an object, will appear floating over your current project.

You can quickly "put 'em in their place" with a double-click on the toolbar's Title bar, which will snap it up to the top, under your other toolbars!

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe". - H.G. Wells

This week's Photo Funny is a rare collage of Michael Jackson photos. Check out the many faces of Mike! Then, ODDS and ENDS has a driver that got 3 tickets over 9 hours - all in the same stolen car! Plus, assault with a deadly peanut butter sandwich, and a tale of a downright nasty raccoon! All in The Basement this week:

G'nite, and thanks for reading!