Don't you hate it when Word assumes you are
making a list or outline or that you want all of your paragraphs
indented? Don't you want to type what you want to type?
To turn off all the [deleted] automatic formatting
in Word, go to Tools>Autocorrect. Under Autoformat and Autoformat
as You Type deselect all of the options that are giving you trouble
and trying to second guess you. Tools>Autocorrect is also where
you can deselect the (c) = © stuff.
§ection §ymbols
In Word:
Insert>Symbol>Section
In WordPerfect:
Insert>Symbol
4,6
or
Ctrl+w
4,6
Even slicker (Word):
Create
a shortcut key for section symbol in Word.
Insert>Symbol
Select
the Section Symbol
Click
the Shortcut Key button.
Press
the key combination you want to use (I use Alt+s).
Click
the Assign button.
Close.
Close.
Now
you should be able to add a §
at will in Word just by using Alt+s.
Even slicker II (WordPerfect):
Click
Tools>Settings >Customize >Keyboards.
Click the keyboard you want to edit, then click Edit.
Click the shortcut key you want to make an assignment to. (I again,
would use Alt+s if it is available). If it already has an assignment,
be sure you want to replace the current assignment with something
else.
Click
Keystrokes, type Control+w 4,6, <<Insert and Close>>,
then click Assign Keystrokes to Key.
OK.
Close.
Close.
WordPerfect
settings stay with the computer; they do not follow your profile.
The lab computer you sit at may have already had this customized
assignment made. Or you may have to do this again if you
sit at a different computer.
Section symbol in HTML
<§>
Section
symbols elsewhere:
If you are not in Word or WordPerfect
you can try this to see if you can come up with a section symbol.
(Not for the faint of heart.)
Make sure you are have Num Lock
on your keyboard ON.
Hold down the Alt key and type
in 0167 on your numeric pad.
Release the Alt key.
Why would you want to know
how to do things without a mouse?
I
can think of a few instances. Your mouse bites the
dust. You have a laptop with one of those horrible eraser
tip mouses. You relate better to text and typing than to
pointing and clicking. You may be suffering from Mouse Arm.
Or, for some functions, the keyboard just gives you more control
than a mouse would. I often find this true when trying to
select blocks of text. The mouse outruns my selection, and
when I try to back up, it outruns it in the other direction.
Frustrating.
To
select text using keys rather than the mouse, position your cursor
where you want the text selection to begin. Hold down your
shift key. Use the cursor keys (that little cluster of keys
with arrows on them) to move to the point where you want to end
your selection. You can also use your Page Up and Page Down
keys to cover larger blocks of text.
Here
are some other keyboard commands I find useful:
Alt+Tab
Brings up a little window with icons of your active programs
which you can then select from and switch to another program.
Ctrl+F4
Closes a program.
Special
Keys The key with a Microsoft logo on it (if you have
one) behaves like a left mouse click. Another special key
(possibly between the Microsoft key and the Control key on the
right side of your keyboard) behaves like a right mouse click.
Tab
moves from field to field in various windows (the dotted lines
indicate the option that is active and will be selected if you
hit enter).
Enter
selects or activates things.
Dropdown
Menus When letters are underlined in a toolbar, Alt+that
letter often selects that Dropdown Menu. After the menu
drops down, the letter underlined will select that menu option.
Ctrl+c
Copies selected text.
Ctrl+v
Pastes copied text. (These are useful in places where the mouse
just won't do it.)
Browser Keys
Tab
Moves you from link to link, or field to filed.
Alt+ß
Back.
Alt+à
Forward.
 Free
Cell
Free
Cell can be played without a mouse. I have noted that there
is a correlation between Free Cell addiction and excelling in
the legal profession. If Free Cell is hurting your arm...
F2
-- starts a game
1-8
-- select a card by using the column number; play the card by
using the column number.
0
-- the free cells.
First
of all, I want to express my condolences to all of you who have
lost family, friends, and acquaintances in the terrorist attacks
on Tuesday. My thoughts are with those who are still missing,
those who still do not know the status of loved ones, those who
are grieving and healing, and those who may be experiencing survivor's
guilt. The following link is a website where you can
check to see if people you know are safe and or to report
on the safety of others you know about. There are links
within this website to similar pages.
Finding
News on the Internet
On
Tuesday we discovered the limits to using the Internet as a source
of fast breaking news. CNN,
NPR, NBC,
CBS, ABC,
PBS,
Marketplace,
AP, Fox
and other news sites were swamped with demand. I was able
to get onto the BBC site
occasionally. I heard that ESPN
provided surprisingly good coverage. By late afternoon,
most news web sites had pared their offering down to one page
of text, so that more people could get some news. Local
news sources were more accessible:
I
particularly found http://www.thedenverchannel.com
a helpful site that was accessible even during the heaviest crush
of news.
For Parents:
Mr. Rogers'
advice on talking with children about scary news:
http://pbskids.org/rogers/parents/sept11.htm
Be
well.
Here's a tip to help lighten the email load
on students. If you are sending an email about an event
with a specific date, you can set the email to expire after that
date. For students who never read the email about, say,
street sweeping or a noon-time program, the message will disappear
from the server on its expiry date. It will be as if they
never received it. If they have read it, it will appear
grayed out and struck through on their list of mail. It
will still be accessible, but it will be marked for easy deletion.
In order to set an expire date on email, in
your newly created message go to View>>Options. Down
near the bottom is the field Expires After: You can choose
the date from the calendar. You can then even edit the time.
This is good only for internal mail.
Mail that is forwarded may not carry its expiry information with
it.
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