How 2's
Instructions on how to do specific tasks.
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How 2's cover
a wide range of topics. Some of the information here is simple and easy
and some is very detailed. If the introductions say 'TUTORIAL' the information is very complete and detailed.
Some of this information comes from our website, some comes from other websites. An internet connection will be required for the linked sites. |
| Using your scanner | |
| TUTORIAL..Here is a very comprehensive tutorial
on setting up and using you scanner.
This tutorial is now offline. It is being revised with some additional information and several quick start guides in addition to the full tutorial that was on line. Club members will be able to order this tutorial on a CD from the librarian soon. |
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| Digital Photography | |
| TUTORIAL....This is about 100 + megs of
information dealing with
various aspects of digital photography. It also contains it own How2's
section.
This tutorial is now offline. Club members can obtained this tutorial on a CD from the librarian. |
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| Color Calibration | |
| Want to get your color printer to print the same colors you see on your monitor, scanner, or digital camera. This site is actually trying to selling you a software product to do the calibration, but if you just follow their steps using what ever software you are using, you will do OK. | |
| Image Composing | |
| Here is like that tells you how to doing things in Microsoft's Image Composers. It contains a lot of information on photo retouching, editing etc. The techniques discussed and illustrated apply to most all graphics packages. | |
| Netscape | |
| Step by step instructions on how to setup netscape and customize it. The screens are scanned images, so use the back button in your browser to return to the menu page of this How2. | |
| Windows 95 | |
| Detailed explanation of using Windows 95 | |
| Microsoft Office 97 Tips | |
| 150 hints and tips for the various components of Office. While the suit is somewhat old most of the tips are still good up through Office 2000. | |
| Electronic Library For Office 97 | |
| Detailed explanations on using each component | |
| Cable Modems | |
| All about cable modems:
Cable Modem Troubleshooting Tips Cable Modem Resources on the Web 3Com Cable modem Manual (Acrobat PDF file) |
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| Taking Control (CTRL) of your System | |
| When you are working in a document or with files and you need to move or copy text or files make sure that you take control of your system with the CTRL key. | |
| Changing Date and Time on your Taskbar. | |
| If you want to change or correct the date and time on your taskbar, you can do it quickly by placing your mouse pointer over the clock and double clicking. A new window will open showing the clock and calendar. | |
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| Tired of looking at those little arrows spoiling the beauty of your desktop icons? Try this trick: | |
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| Here is how to empty your browsers history so there is no trace of where you have been | |
| Clearing Temp Files Before Leaving Internet. (By Joyce Dillow) | |
| Free up disk space, run faster, and cover you tracks | |
| Scandisk - a detailed step-by-step guide | |
| Having some system problems? Run this windows utility and make sure your drive and files are ok. Scan disk should be run at least weekly on a busy system. | |
| Defrag - a detailed step-by-step guide | |
| Is your system slow? Have you added or deleted a lot of files lately? Well it time for some house keeping. Defrag will group all of the parts of a file together, making it faster to load. Defrag should be run at least weekly on a busy system. | |
| Windows related help sites | |
| The Trouble with Windows. Here are some excellent troubleshooting site with well written guides and explanatory articles. Clear navigation makes locating your problem easy. |
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| HTML School | |
| HTML is easy to learn:. At HTML School you will learn how to use HTML to create your own Web pages. Start Learning HTML! HTML Examples: Learn by 100 examples! With our editor, you can edit HTML, and click on a test button to view the result. Try-It-Yourself! |
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| How to record video | |
| A short simple how to on creating a video CD | |
| The DUX Computer Digest | |
| A very very good source of information and detailed HowTo's for all kinds of hardware and some software. Detailed instructions on building various computers, different motherboards and processors. The site includes indepth guides. Detailed HowTo's. And Detailed reviews on various types of hardware | |
| Beep Codes | |
| IBM, AMI and AWARD beep codes. Find out what your PC is trying to tell you | |
| Home Brew Cures for Hard Drive Failure | |
| Here is a whole list of things to do to try and get that '"Bad" hard drive working one more time so you can recover your data. Note!!! these "fixes" are not long term cures for what is wrong. While some of the more minor ones may let you use the hard drive again, you should not rely on a HD that has failed. | |