Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 Tips #8



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*1. ORGANIZE WITH KEYSTROKES        
  
In Internet Explorer, you can organize the contents of your
 Favorites folder by choosing Favorites, Organize Favorites. This
 opens the Favorites folder, where you can move, delete,
 or copy files. 

For quick access to the Favorites folder, press Ctrl-B.


*2. EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS        
  
Unless your hard disk is so large that conserving space means
 absolutely nothing to you, you may want to take steps to keep
 those mail files from growing uncontrollably. To save space, in
 your Internet Mail window periodically choose File, Folder,
 Compact, All Folders. 

A way to save even more disk space is to get rid of deleted
 files as soon as possible. You can click the Deleted Items
 folder and delete the files you're sure you won't need again. 

If you're careful about how you delete files, you can even tell
 Mail to do the job for you. Simply choose Mail, Options and
 click the Read tab. Select the "Empty messages from the
 'Deleted Items' folder on exit" check box. Click OK to record
 your change and close the dialog box.


*3. HOW FAR IS IT?        
  
Want to know how far it is to Miami? Or perhaps how far from
 Boston to Los Angeles? Take a trip to How Far Is It--you'll
 find this site at 

http://www.indo.com/distance 

This travel information system can help you locate some very
 small communities. For example, you'll find that it's 696 miles
 from Goshen, Connecticut, to Goshen, Kentucky. 

The distance reported is the straight-line distance (as the crow
 flies). But if you want a more accurate estimate for road
 travel, click Driving Directions.


*4. PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTIES        
  
You can set up your Internet Explorer parameters by
 right-clicking the desktop icon and choosing Properties from
 the menu. Or if you're a desktop neatnik with no IE icon on
 your desktop, you can use Control Panel to set those parameters
 without running the browser. 

Click Start and choose Settings, Control Panel. When Control
 Panel opens, double-click the Internet icon. Make all your
 changes and click OK when you're finished. The changes take
 effect the next time you run IE.


*5. ON THE QUICK        
  
You can make your own Quick Links assignments easily. Navigate to
 a site you'd like to use as a Quick Link. Choose View, Options
 and click the Navigation tab. Click the arrow at the right side
 of the Page list box to expand the list. There are five Quick
 Links. Click the one you'd like to change and click Use Current.
 Modify the name, then click OK to save your change and close the
 Options dialog box. 

If you decide later you'd like to have the original Quick Link
 back, choose View, Options and click Navigation. Select the
 link again and click Use Default. Now click OK to close the
 dialog box and record your change.


*6. SPEAKING INTERNET        
  
Do you know what a broken pipe is? How about MIP Mapping? No
 matter how good your Internet vocabulary, new terms are always
 popping up. You'll find them all at Netlingo 

http://www.netlingo.com 

You can look up a word or browse the whole dictionary.


*7. KEEP IT SIMPLE        
  
We've run this tip before, but a number of subscribers have
 recently asked about getting rid of the background pattern in
 the Internet Explorer toolbar. Choose View, Options and click
 the General tab. Now deselect the Background Bitmap check box.
 Click OK to record your change and dismiss the dialog box--no
 more background bitmap.


*8. DO IT LATER        
  
When you sit down to look through a newsgroup, you might want to
 download the headers first and disconnect while you examine them
 to see what you want to read. 

While offline, open News and choose Offline, Mark Newsgroups.
 When the Mark Newsgroups dialog box opens, select Selected
 Newsgroups and then click the little plus sign (+) at the left
 of your Newsgroup list to expand it. Select the newsgroup of
 interest and then select Download Headers Only. While connected,
 click Download Now to download the headers. 

You can disconnect now (if your system doesn't automatically
 disconnect after downloading the headers). Next look through the
 headers to decide what you want to read. When you find an
 interesting message, select it and choose Offline, Mark Message
 For Download. If you'd prefer to read an entire thread, select
 the first message in the thread and then choose Offline, Mark
 Thread For Download. 

Now you can connect again to download the messages
 you've selected.


*9. MOVING THE ADDRESS BOOK TO A NEW FOLDER        
  
If you'd like to change the location of the Address Book, we
 have good news and bad news. The good news is, it's possible.
 The bad news is, the only way to do it requires editing the
 Registry. Because you can do serious damage to your system if
 you inadvertently make an error when changing the Registry,
 it's a good idea to make backup copies of your System.dat and
 User.dat files before you start messing around
 with the Registry.

When you're ready to begin, click Start, Run and type 
 
regedit 
 
then click OK or press Enter. When RegEdit opens, navigate to  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\Wab File Name. In the
 right pane, you'll see the current selection. This is where IE3
 expects to find the Address Book. To change the folder,
 double-click the filename icon in the RegEdit right pane. When
 the dialog box opens, enter the new folder name. It's best not
 to change the Address Book file's name--just change the folder.
 Close RegEdit (Choose Registry, Exit). Restart the computer to
 enable the change. 

Note: Your Address Book must be in the new location. If no
 Address Book is there, Mail will create a new empty book.


*10. E-MAIL ISN'T ESPECIALLY PRIVATE        
  
If you think your e-mail correspondence is private, guess again.
 There are currently no laws to prevent a company from reading
 the messages that appear on its computers. Although most
 companies don't make a practice of reading e-mail, they can do
 it if they wish. 

Also, just because you delete a message doesn't mean the message
 is gone from the server. And here's something else: Many servers
 do a backup across the Internet on a daily basis--which means
 that your mail potentially appears on backup tapes all over
 the world.
