Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 Tips #3



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*1. WHATEVER YOU WANT        
  
Reader Vernon N. sent in this Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 tip: 

"It's very easy to customize the Microsoft Internet Explorer 3
 toolbar. All you have to do is choose View, Options and, when
 the Options dialog box opens, click the General tab. Under
 Toolbar, you'll see all your toolbar options. Just select the
 check boxes of the components you want active and deselect the
 components you don't want. Now click OK to close the dialog box
 and record your selections. Remember this: Even if you decide
 to deselect all the options, the features will still be
 available in the menus (except for the Address Bar)."  

Thanks for the tip, Vernon. If you decide to deselect some of
 the components, you can always choose View, Options, click
 General, and select the components to restore them.


*2. LOSING IT        
  
Let's consider an often-asked question.
 This one is from subscriber Happy L.: 

"Several months ago, I followed Microsoft's instructions to
 personalize the Microsoft home page. Now, for some reason, all
 my personal information has disappeared. I'm sure I must be
 doing something wrong, but I don't know what. Can you help?" 

What many users do is run Windows Explorer and delete all the
 files from the Temporary Internet Files folder. When you delete
 all the files this way, you delete the subscription content and
 lose your home page settings. It sounds like this may be what
 happened to you. To fix this, you need to make all your home
 page selections again. The next time you need to delete the
 temporary files, run Explorer and choose View, Options. When the
 Options dialog box opens, click the Advanced tab. Now click
 Settings, then Empty Folder. You'll get a dialog box asking if
 you really want to delete all the files. Click Yes, and then
 click OK. When you get back to the Options dialog box, click OK
 again to close it. 

This is the accepted method for deleting those temporary files.
 Using this method, you won't lose your subscription content.


*3. OPEN FAVORITES        
  
As reader Lou S. points out, you don't have to use the mouse to
 open the Favorites menu. All you do is press Alt-A. When
 Favorites opens, press the down arrow to move down through the
 list. When you arrive at a folder you want to open, press the
 right arrow to open it. To navigate to a URL, select it with the
 arrow keys, then press Enter.


*4. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR NEWS        
  
Reader Harold R. submitted this tip: 

"I use Internet Mail and News very often to access newsgroups, so
 I decided to see what keyboard shortcuts were available to me.
 Here is a short list of the keystrokes I use on a regular basis." 

* To open a list of available newsgroups, press Ctrl-W 
* To create a new message to the newsgroup, press Ctrl-N 
* To reply to the newsgroup, press Ctrl-G 
* To reply to the author of a message, press Ctrl-R 
* To forward the selected message, press Ctrl-F 

"If you need help, you can always press F1 to open Microsoft
 Internet Explorer 3 Help." 

Thanks for the tips, Harold.


*5. CLEAN UP THE CACHE        
  
Several readers have asked if we could explain the best way to
 manage the newsgroup cache files. 

You have three options available for working with the cache. To
 see what your options are, run News and choose File, Clean Up
 Files. When the Local File Clean Up dialog box opens, you can
 click Compact to eliminate wasted space without deleting any
 files. Click Remove Messages to remove messages and leave only
 their headers. Finally, click Delete to delete all the messages. 

After you make your choice, click Close to close the dialog box
 and apply your choice.


*6. DELETE READ NEWS MESSAGES        
  
Reader Larry R. sent in this News question: 

"Is there an easy way (preferably automatic) to delete News
 messages after I've read them? In most cases, I don't need to
 see these messages again." 

You can instruct News to delete all read messages. Run News and
 choose News, Options. When the Options dialog box opens, click
 the Advanced tab. Now select the checkbox labeled "Don't keep
 read messages" and click OK to record your selection and close
 the dialog box. From this point on, News deletes all read
 messages when you close it.


*7. SPRING CLEANING        
  
Want to clean up one of your well-used disk drives? If so,
 check out Disk CleanUp at 

http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-0506msie3%2C00.html 

Disk CleanUp will get rid of those remnants that get left on the
 hard disk when you delete a file. As you probably know, when you
 delete a file in Windows (or MS-DOS), the contents of the file
 remain intact until they get written over. All that happens
 during a file deletion is that the FAT no longer points to the
 deleted file. Someone with the proper tools can still read the
 deleted files. Running Disk CleanUp deletes the information in
 those file remnants. 

Disk CleanUp runs in either Windows 95 or Windows NT.


*8. SLICE AND DICE E-MAIL        
  
When you compose a message in Internet Mail and News, you'll find
 that the usual Windows shortcut keys apply. Ctrl-X cuts selected
 text, Ctrl-C copies it, and Ctrl-V pastes it. Ctrl-Z undoes the
 last operation.  

You can also copy text from a document other than an Internet
 Mail and News message and paste it into a message. Conversely,
 you can select and copy text from an e-mail or News message and
 paste it into another Windows document.


*9. LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND        
  
Internet Mail and News offers you several ways to save an e-mail
 message you've received. You can save it as mail or as a
 text file. 

To save a message, select File, Save As. When the Save Message As
 dialog box opens, click the arrow at the right side of the Save
 As Type list box. You can choose Text (*.txt) if you want to
 read the file with a text editor, such as NotePad, or Mail
 (*eml) to read the saved message using Internet Mail. 

After you make a choice, name the file (if necessary), choose a
 folder, and click Save.


*10. A NEW FONT        
  
Reader Barry F. sends this Internet Mail question: 

"Is there any way to change the Mail font? I asked someone this
 question a few weeks ago, who told me it could be done only
 with considerable difficulty." 

It can be done, and without much difficulty at all. Run Mail and
 choose Mail, Options. When the Options dialog box opens, click
 the Fonts tab, then click Change. When the Font dialog box
 opens, select your new font and click OK to close the dialog box
 and accept your new selection. 

All your Mail messages will now appear in the new font--even
 those you've already downloaded.
