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Computer Aid Archive Section
Volume 7 - 2008

• Volume 7, Number 1

• Volume 7, Number 2

• Volume 7, Number 3

• Volume 7, Number 4

• Volume 7, Number 5

• Volume 7, Number 6

• Volume 7, Number 7

• Volume 7, Number 8

• Volume 7, Number 9

• Volume 7, Number 10

• Volume 7, Number 11

• Volume 7, Number 12

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Volume 7, Number 1

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Volume 7, Number 2

Not sure about Microsoft Windows Vista? Still? Look into your local technical school, public school computer club, public library, etc. If no one offers a basic or how to course, suggest any service provider do so. There is always a learning curve, but generally, there are valuable improvements in new roll outs.

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It's called page view. Yes, you can set your program to show you the pages in different ways. It's easy once you know how. Look down the screen to near the start button - where there are several "lines" of gray "stuff" before you see the bottom edge of the document. At the top left of all of this gray are 4 buttons before the side-to-side scroll bar starts. The page view with the dotted line to show page break is called "normal" and it is that far left button (depressed) - the arrow below is pointing to these buttons:

To see how the other 3 views work, position a file where you can see the page break and just left click each button in turn. Besides normal view, I sometimes like print view which is the third button from the left, as it shows me virtual sheets of paper with the correct margins and page number too. - CAC

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Volume 7, Number 4

Today's browsers are great to help with general searches. Many places and software even load extra search toolbars into your browsers. But, for genealogy searches, don't stop with that. Become a student of search engines: Find out how you can narrow your search with different engines. Find at least one "engine" that searches more than one. Not used to doing computer searches? Go to ask.com - there you can use a regular sentence to search without being penalized for using words like "and" and "the". Also consider trying clusty.com - this search engine places your returns by subject. In this way, if you were to look for "Homer Simpson" all the cartoon stuff would be sorted out for you.

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Volume 7, Number 5

In a MS Word file, how do I tell where in the document my cursor is at?

In Microsoft word, look in the lower left - in the gray areas above the "start" button. While it won't be exact, you should see something like this: (pic in Emachine my pics)

(I added the red so you could see it easier)

Right above the "start" button it shows you what page your cursor is on (Page 1).

Moving right, it shows what section you are in. If all goes right, you should always be in section 1.

The third notation (working left to right) on that line shows you again what page your cursor is on, then a forward slash and the number of pages in the file. In this instance it is page 1 of 21 (1/21).

In the above example, you should see a dotted line 4 text lines from the bottom of the screen (above the red line). This demarks the page break in this type of page view.

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Volume 7, Number 6 - MS Office - Format Paint

A good thing (in my book) is when you can get away with setting variables once and not having to do it again. To that end, I bring up the "format paint" option.

 

If you have a paragraph (or several) that are formatted just right and one (or more) that are not. Try using format paint:

Place your cursor in a paragraph that is formatted great.

Go up and click the button, just right of "paste".

Next, highlight all the text you want formatted properly. This should make the highlighted text format correctly as you have "painted" it with the great format.

This doesn't work with all formatting items, especially the advanced ones, but it does most everything found on the formatting tool bar - font size, type, underline, etc.

 

The paint only works for the next cursor placement. If you want to repeat the format paint - such as changing the person headline on each page, double click the format paint button. Everywhere your cursor highlights will reflect the new format until you either hit your Esc key, or double click the paint button again.

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Volume 7, Number 7 - see genealogy tip in this issue.

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Volume 7, Number 8

If adjusting line spacing in MS Word, go to the Format-Paragraph box. For a "quick squeeze" that most people wouldn't notice, instead of the default 12 point/single space, set it for 11 point/ 12 point space. This shrinks the font as well as the line spacing, but very little. By setting the line space 1 point higher than the font, it keeps the white separation space that makes it easier to read, but not as much as single space does.

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Volume 7, Number 9

If you haven't looked into www.footnote.com yet, take a look. They have lots of plans and are growing all the time. Some things you can see for free, others are subscription.

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Volume 7, Number 10

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Volume 7, Number 11

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Volume 7, Number 12

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