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REGULAR FEATURES

ELWYNS VIEW 3

CARTOON 12

HINTS & TIPS 3, 6, 9

QUOTABLE QUOTES 8

ONE LINERS 4, 5, 9, 13

ROUND AND ABOUT ICE 1

STOP ME IF ... 9

ROUND AND ABOUT ICE WELCOME It gives us great pleasure to welcome

James Hall as a member of the Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts and we hope that his association with ICE will be a long and happy one.

DECEMBER MEETING You are requested to bring a plate of goodies for our final meeting of the year for the upcoming Munch and Mingle time. PAGE SPONSORS Computer Fairs Australia has agreed to continue with their page sponsorship. Many thanks to Glen and Hazel.

QUICKIE RAFFLE The results of the raffles were: September Day meeting Gwen Brennan Pocket Colour Photo Printer

donated by Cablelink Australia Vic Park USB 2.0 TV Stick donated by

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MEETINGS FRIDAY, 14 NOVEMBER, 7:30 PM Building a Multi Media Centre by

Peter Stanhope SATURDAY, 22 NOVEMBER, 1:00 PM A Demonstration of Ulead Video by

Robert Castles QUESTION AND ANSWERS will also be a feature at both meetings. So have those questions ready, written down preferably. If you can do this, the question and answer will probably be included in the newsletter as a letter to the editor for future reference.

Ideally you should e-mail your question to the editor, who will pass it on to the relevant member so it can be properly researched.

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22 WAYS TO SELECT TEXT IN WORD 9

BORDERS AND SHADING IN WORD 11

ICE HELP LINE 13

LONG BEFORE FIREFOX AND INTERNET EXPLORER 9

MAKE WORD 2007 SAVE TO .DOC BY DEFAULT 14

PPS TO JPG 12

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 6

WINDOWS 3

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 WHEN ... 13

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts Newsletter Information, Computer Literacy, Education.

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PATRON: Sharon Bird MP, Member for Cunningham

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ELWYNS VIEW JESUS AND THE INTERNET

By Elwyn Jordan, ICE

I n his weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph a while ago, Cardinal George Pell posed the question, Would Jesus use the Internet if he was alive today? As he said, when Jesus was here about two thousand years ago, he had to teach in a world without microphones, a newspaper or radio. There was also no TV, and of course, no Internet. Now, Im not a Catholic, but I often read his column, and it got me thinking about how different it wouldve been if thered been computers and the Internet back in Biblical times.

For example, remember how the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years after Moses led them out of Egypt? Imagine if theyd had the Internet. Theyd just log onto Whereis.com and look up where they had to go. Hey Moses, heres the directions to the Promised Land, now come on, lets get going!

And speaking of Moses, if Moses had a laptop when he went up to Mt Sinai, God wouldnt have had to chisel out the 10 Commandments on tablets of stone, he couldve just zapped them straight to the hard-drive. And remember how Moses got angry and smashed the tablets of stone? If itd been the laptop he smashed, he wouldnt have had to go back up the mountain for God to chisel out another couple of stone tablets, he probably wouldve just reached into his cloak and said, Its okay, I backed them up to a thumb-drive.

And what about Noah? Imagine Noahs web

-page; itd have detailed plans for boat-building, and thered be links to the RSPCA and WIRES (or the early Jewish equivalent). But the main link would be to the Bureau of Meteorology; with a highlight on Flood Warnings! And even the people who laughed at him building the big boat wouldnt have all been laughing if theyd had the Internet. Someone wouldve checked the radar image and said, Whoa, look at this! Hes right, there is a monster storm coming! Thered be arks being built all over the place!

And imagine if someone had a video camera when David killed Goliath. I reckon thatd be on YouTube almost before the big guy hit the ground. And e-mails would be flying around telling about it. You gotta look at this clip; a 9-foot giant gets taken out by a little guy with a sling-shot!

Speaking of e-mails, they wouldve made life a lot easier, wouldnt they? For example, God often communicated to people through dreams. But if thered been the Internet he couldve used e-mail. Imagine Joseph and Mary; instead of Joseph having instructions revealed to him in a dream, it couldve all been done through e-mail. Psst, Mary, wake up! Just got an e-mail from God! Weve got to go to Egypt!

So, would Jesus have used the Internet if itd been around back then? Well, it certainly wouldve made things easier! For example,

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EDITORIAL TEAM AND CONTRIBUTORS

Editor, Production, Advertising: Bodo Schwarz bodo@tadaust.org.au

Assistant Editor, Research: Robert Castles robert.castles@gmail.com

Distribution: Robert Parsons rparsons@exemail.com.au Contributors: Lynnette Armour, Robert Castles, Robert Davidson, Don Estell, Elwyn Jordan, Michael McKeen, Lorraine Thew.

Vol. 26, No. 10, November 2008

Official Journal of The Illawarra PC User Group Inc.

ABN: 81 127 508 207 4284 8754 - icepcug@gmail.com - www.illawarrapcug.org.au

Correspondence to: Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts, 9 Ursula Road, Bulli, NSW 2516

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when he called his disciples, instead of walking around calling out to people, he wouldve just used Facebook; and sent out invitations to become his friends. Can you imagine Matthew getting his invitation? Matthew was a tax collector, so he wouldve had no friends on his Facebook page! But then he gets an invitation from Jesus. And after accepting that, he finds not only has he got Jesus as a friend, but there are eleven other guys whove added him as friends on their Facebook pages too!

When Jesus was teaching the people, it wouldve been much easier if thered been TV and the Internet. His Sermon On The Mount wouldve been simulcast on every channel. Ray Martin would probably have been there hosting the coverage! And you wouldve been able to download the whole thing as a pod-cast!

Mind you, it couldve been a bit of a hindrance too. Jesus often tried to get people hed healed not to tell anyone about the healing. Remember the guy he healed of leprosy and told not to tell anyone? Of course the guy did tell people anyway, but can you imagine if the Internet had been around? The guy wouldve just laughed and said, Are you kidding? Its all over the net already!

The disciples couldve used the Internet too. Like the time when Jesus asked them who people were saying he was. Peter wouldve whipped out the laptop and said, Hang on and Ill Google you and find out!

But its not just Biblical people. The Internet couldve changed history! Remember Christopher Columbus? He had trouble convincing people the Earth wasnt flat. People said that when he sailed to the horizon if he kept going hed fall off the edge. Chris wouldve grabbed his computer, called up a few satellite images and said, Come and look at this you idiots! I told you its round! And what about those early explorers looking for the great south land? Instead of sailing aimlessly around the Southern oceans, they couldve just logged onto GoogleEarth and found it straight away! Look there it is! That big island right there! Lets call it Australia.

Okay, Ive been joking around with this, but lets get a little more serious for a moment, and go back to the original question: Would Jesus use the Internet if he was here on Earth today? George Pell says, I am sure he would, because God gave clever people the

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intelligence to develop modern technology. He went on to say, Technology can be abused, but it is good in itself; a blessing! And it is, isnt it! Technology, and the Internet in particular, not only makes our lives easier, it also enriches our lives in so many ways.

To continue from George Pell, he points out that, The immense volume of traffic indicates the potential influence of this medium for good or ill. Instead of condemning the Internet for promoting and exposing all the bad elements of society, which some people do, those critics should be encouraging its use for good. As Pell says, The field is wide open. The devil need not have the best lines, nor the best sites. So lets encourage its use for good; Im sure thats what Jesus would do!

WINDOWS

A Blonde goes to Bed Bath & Beyond to buy curtains. She tells the clerk, I would like to buy a pair

of pink curtains.

The clerk assures her that they have a large selection of pink curtains.

She shows her several patterns but the blonde seems to be having a hard time choosing. Finally she selects a lovely pink floral print.

The clerk then asks what size curtains she needs. The blonde promptly replies, Seventeen inches.

Seventeen inches? asked the clerk. That sounds very small. What room are they for?

The blonde says, They aren't for a room. They are for my new computer monitor.

The surprised clerk replies, But Miss, computers do not need curtains!

The blonde says, Hellllooooooooo ... I've got Windoooooows....... Submitted by Michael McKeen, ICE, South Australia

Speech and Handwriting INSTALL Run Office XP or 2003's installation and choose Add

or Remove Features. Select Alternative User Input under Office Shared Features and opt for Speech and Handwriting.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AUSTRALIAN IF You pronounce Melbourne as "Mel-bin". Submitted by Robert Davidson, ICE

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LOCATIONS OF WORD 2003 COMMANDS IN WORD 2007

T his article introduces the basic elements of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface in Microsoft Office Word 2007. It also provides lists of commands that you may already be familiar with in Microsoft Office Word 2003, showing you how to accomplish the same results in Office Word 2007.

Introducing the new interface There is a new look for Office Word 2007, the new Office Fluent user interface, which replaces menus, toolbars, and most of the task panes from earlier versions of Word with a single mechanism that is simple and discoverable. The new Office Fluent user interface is designed to help you be more productive in Word, more easily find the right features for various tasks, discover new functionality, and be more efficient.

Office Fluent user interface The primary replacement for menus and toolbars in Office Word 2007 is the Ribbon, a component of the Office Fluent user interface. Designed for easy browsing, the Ribbon consists of tabs that are organised around specific scenarios or objects. The controls on each tab are further organised into several groups. The Office Fluent Ribbon can host richer content than menus and toolbars can, including buttons, galleries, and Dialogue box content.

When you click the object, the pertinent set of contextual tabs appears in an accent colour next to the standard tabs.

Tabs are designed to be task-oriented. Groups within each tab break a task into subtasks. Command buttons in each group carry out a command or display a menu of commands.

Tabs that appear only when you need them; in addition to the standard set of tabs that you see on the Ribbon whenever you start Office Word 2007, there are two other kinds of tabs, which appear in the interface only when they are useful for the type of task that you are currently performing.

Contextual tools: Contextual tools enable you to work with an object that you select on the page, such as a table, picture, or drawing.

Select an item in your document. The name of the contextual tools appears in an accent colour, and the contextual tabs appear next to the standard set of tabs. The contextual tabs provide controls for working with the selected item.

Program tabs: Program tabs replace the standard set of tabs when you switch to certain authoring modes or views, including Print Preview.

Menus, toolbars and other familiar elements In addition to tabs, groups, and commands, Office Word 2007 uses other elements that also provide paths for accomplishing your tasks. The following elements are more like the

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If life deals you lemons, make lemonade; if it deals you tomatoes make Bloody Maries. But if it deals you a truckload of hand grenades... now THAT'S a message!!

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menus and toolbars that you are already familiar with from earlier versions of Word.

Microsoft Office Button: This button is located in the upper-left corner of the Word window and opens the menu shown here.

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Quick Access Toolbar: The Quick Access Toolbar is located by default at the top of the Word window and provides quick access to tools that you use frequently. You can customise the Quick Access Toolbar by adding commands to it.

Dialogue Box Launchers: Dialogue Box Launchers are small icons that appear in some groups. Clicking a Dialogue Box Launcher opens a related Dialogue box or task pane, providing more options related to that group.

Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar Some Word 2003 commands are available in Office Word 2007 only from the list of all commands in the Word Options Dialogue box. To use these commands in Office Word 2007, you first add them to the Quick Access Toolbar as follows:

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options.

2. In the list at the left, click Customize. 3. In the Choose commands from drop-down

list box, click All commands.

4. In the Customize Quick Access Toolbar box, select either For all documents (default) or a specific document.

5. Click the command that you want to add, and then click Add.

6. Repeat for each command that you want to add.

7. Click the Move Up and Move Down arrow buttons to arrange the commands in the order in which you want them to appear on the Quick Access Toolbar.

8. Click OK. New locations of familiar commands To find the location of menu and toolbar commands in Office Word 2007, open the Word Ribbon mapping workbook. Instructions on the first tab of the workbook provide tips for customising, finding, and printing data. Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100625841033.aspx

Dialogue Box Launchers

Youre never too old to learn something stupid!

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Q What is tabbed browsing? A Tabbed browsing is a new feature in Internet

Explorer that allows you to open multiple websites in a single browser window. You can open web pages or links on new tabs, and switch between them by clicking on the tab. If you have a lot of tabs open, you can

use Quick Tabs to easily switch to other tabs. The advantage is that you have fewer items open on the taskbar.

Q How do I open a new tab? A To open a new blank tab, click the New

Tab button on the tab row or press CTRL+T. To open a new tab when you follow a link on a webpage, press CTRL as you click the link, or right-click the link and then select Open in New Tab. If you have a mouse with a wheel, you can click a link with the wheel to open a new tab.

Q How do I close a tab? A Click the X on the tab to close it. If you

have a mouse with a wheel, you can click a link with the wheel to open a new tab.

Q How do I save a group of tabs? A To save a group of tabs, click the Add to

Favourites button , and then click Add Tab Group to Favourites. Give the group a name, select the folder that you want the group to be stored in, and then click Add.

Q How do I open a saved group of tabs?

A Click the Favourites Centre button , and then click the Favourites button. Navigate to the folder that contains the tab group you

want to open, and then click the arrow ) to the right of the folder name. All of the web pages will open on separate tabs.

Q I want to close Internet Explorer but I have a lot of tabs open. Is there anything I can do to make them re-open the next time I start Internet Explorer?

A Yes. When you close Internet Explorer, you will be asked whether you want to close all tabs. When the prompt appears, click Show Options, select Open these the next time I use Internet Explorer, and then click Close Tabs. When you reopen Internet Explorer the tabs will be restored.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS SOME COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT TABBED BROWSING

Q I opened a lot of tabs, but I can't see them all. Where are they?

A Internet Explorer displays up to 10 tabs on the screen. To display all tabs, click Quick

Tabs . All open web pages will be displayed as thumbnails. Click the page you want to view.

Q Can I turn off tabbed browsing? A Yes. Here's how.

1. In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options. 2. Click the General tab, and then, in the Tabs section, click Settings. 3. Clear the Enable Tabbed Browsing check box. 4. Click OK twice. 5. Close Internet Explorer, and then open it again. Tabbed browsing will now be off, and every webpage will open in a new Internet Explorer window.

Disable Anti-Virus Software Make sure anti-virus software is disabled when you are installing new

software in order to avoid a conflict that may crash your computer.

Desktop Shortcut To create a shortcut on your desktop to computer file, open My

Computer on the desktop and locate the file. Right click the file and choose Send To. Select Desktop as shortcut.

WORD TIP Word saves documents for recovery in case the program stops

responding or you lose power. The Document Recovery task pane lists all recovered documents and allows you to open the documents, view the repairs, and compare the recovered versions. Word saves the changes in a recovery file based on the amount of time indicated in the AutoRecover option. To turn on the AutoRecover option and specify a time interval in which to save, on the Tools menu, click Options, click the Save tab, select the Save AutoRecover info every check box, specify the period of time, and then click OK.

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W indows gives you more than one ways of doing most things. You may know some of these. I doubt that anyone knows all of them. Certainly you would not use all. But you may find that there is a new way that you may find more convenient. I certainly have.

Using the Mouse 1. drag over text (one space at a time or down

over lines) click at end 2. double click on a word (selects the word) 3. triple click on a word (selects the paragraph)

With the mouse arrow showing in the margin 4. click in margin (selects the line) 5. double click in margin (selects the paragraph) 6. triple clicking in margin (selects the whole)

With mouse bar pointer showing in the margin 7. click in the margin moves the insertion point

to start of line 8. double clicking in the margin selects the

first word 9. triple clicking in the margin selects the line

Using the Shift Key (held down) 10. With left and right arrows (one space at

a time) 11. With Up and down arrows (one line

immediately above or below insertion point) 12. Page up/Page Down (selects screen depth

22 WAYS TO SELECT TEXT IN WORD By Don Estell, ICE

from insertion point) 13. Home (selects from insertion point to

beginning of line) 14. End (selects from insertion point to end

of line) 15. Drag with mouse, hold down shift key

and release mouse (selects area covered by mouse)

16. Select start location with mouse, move to end of required text and hold down shift key and click with mouse.

With both Shift and Control keys held down 17. right or left arrow (selects one word at a

time to right or left) 18. Home (selects from insertion point to

beginning of text) 19. End (selects from insertion point to end

of text)

Short cut keys 20. Control +A (selects whole document)

Using the menu 21. Edit ->, Select All (selects whole document) 22. Alt +E then L (selects whole document)

Note: If you select text and find that you have stopped at the wrong spot you can hold down Shift key and use arrow keys to move to correct spot (also Home, End, page up/page down also control home, control end)

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STOP ME IF ...

Saving notes If you have a particularly lengthy note, you can save it as a separate

file. Click on the Note icon in the top left corner of your Note and select Save As. From the Save as type drop-down menu, select the kind of file you want to save it as (plain text, Rich Text Format and so on) and browse through your folders for a location to save it to. Click Save.

DUPLICATE DATA ENTRY Enter the same data in more than one sheet at a time by

selecting the sheets (hold Shift as you click their tabs) then type your data.

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You can view the result in Print Preview to check how your border will look.

If you want to change the spacing or you find the border does not fit on the page properly it can be changed in the Options box in Page Borders.

This will give you several options to customise your border including the positioning of it.

Setting the Measure From dialogue box to from text gives greater control over border placement. You may, however, prefer to use the edge of page setting.

Whichever one you use, adjust the Margin settings, top, bottom, left or right, until the border is placed to your satisfaction.

You can also apply Border and Shading to single words and lines of text as long as they are selected. Remember to always check the Apply to box.

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M athematicians at the University of California, Los Angeles have discovered a 13 million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone that makes them eligible for a $US100 000 prize.

The group found the 46th known Mersenne prime last month on a network of 75 computers running Windows XP. The number was verified by a different computer system running a different algorithm.

"We're delighted," said UCLA's Edson Smith, the leader of the effort. "Now we're looking for the next one, despite the odds."

It's the eighth Mersenne prime discovered at UCLA.

Primes are numbers like three, seven and 11 that are divisible by only two whole positive numbers: themselves and one.

Mersenne primes - named for their discoverer, 17th century French mathematician Marin Mersenne - are

expressed as 2P-1, or two to the power of "P" minus one. P is itself a prime number. For the new prime, P is 43,112,609.

Thousands of people around the world have been participating in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, or GIMPS, a cooperative system in which underused computing power is harnessed to perform the calculations needed to find and verify Mersenne primes.

The $US100 000 prize is being offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for finding the first Mersenne prime with more than 10 million digits. The foundation supports individual rights on the Internet and set up the prime number prize to promote cooperative computing using the web.

The prize could be awarded when the new prime is published, probably next year. Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2008 Submitted by Lynnette Armour, ICE

BORDERS AND SHADING IN WORD By Lorraine Thew, ICE

You can use an arty border if you like. To do this go back to Page Borders and click on the arrow next to the Art Box and scroll down, either using the mouse or the arrow keys your keyboard. Each one you select will first show in the Preview box.

When you have made your choice make sure and apply it to whole document. Click OK.

F rom the Menu Bar click on Format then on Borders and Shading. In the Dialogue Box click on Page Border. Click Box under Settings Choose your Line Style and Colour In the Apply to Box make sure it says

Whole Document Click OK to return to your document.

If you are not happy with the border you chose go back to Page Borders and select None under settings.

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PPS TO JPG By Bodo Schwarz, ICE

Q uiet a few times I was asked: Is it possible to convert PPS files to JPG or other so that Photoshop Elements 6 can read them I have a very good PowerPoint presentation and I would like to print out some of the images but I can't transfer them to Adobe photo gallery to do so if it is at all possible? The short answer is Yes, do the following 1. Click on the file 2. Right-click and a drop down menu will appear 3. Change the file extension from .pps to .ppt (to be safe I would suggest that you make a copy

of the file first and work on the copy) 4. Open the .ppt file 5. In the Menu Bar click on File, Save As 6. Then click on the triangle on the right Save as type: and select the type desired

7. Click Save and the following dialogue box will appear

8. Make your choice and after the save is complete, the program will tell you were the files where saved (below)

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1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You havent played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your mobile phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8. Leaving the house without your mobile phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing. 13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you

are going to forward this message. 14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9

on this list. 15. You actually scrolled back up to check that

there wasn't a #9 on this list! Submitted by Michael McKeen, ICE, South Australia

ICE HELP LINE

T his Help Line is for ICE members. Be they beginners, intermediate or advanced users, many of our members need help in one way or another to solve both software and hardware problems from time to time. If your problem cant be solved by phone or e-mail then you may ask the member to visit you.

This will be a private arrangement and ICE takes no responsibility. More volunteers are needed. Do you remember what it was like to be a beginner?

We hope that more of our experienced members with expertise in certain areas will soon add their names to this list. Members, when you call someone on this list, please respect the fact that others may be waiting in line, so, if possible, limit your call to about 15 minutes.

Contact Phone Topics

Robert Castles 4267 3232 Hardware, General Apps, Web pages, Video & Graphics robert.castles@gmail.com

Duncan Charig 4262 1883 Gen Apps, Win 3.x & XP, Music App, Databases, Internet connections & e-mail software dunc33@tpg.com.au

Patrick Colby 4229 6558 Technical Advisor pcolby@fishinternet.com.au

Elwyn Jordan 4261 6325 Hardware problems & up-grade and purchasing advice ejordan@hotkey.net.au

Bodo Schwarz 4284 8754 Microsoft Publisher, PowerPoint, Word & Excel bodo@tadaust.org.au

Lorraine Thew 4285 2434 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Gen App - Win 95-98 Word Processing & DTP lorrainet@iprimus.com.au

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 WHEN...

Q. How do catch a squirrel? A. Climb up a tree and act like a nut.

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MAKE WORD 2007 SAVE TO .DOC BY DEFAULT By Robert Castles, ICE

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5. Click OK Use Bookmarks Word's Bookmark feature lets you navigate quickly through lengthy documents. Simply go to a page you'd like to bookmark and, from the Insert menu, click Bookmark (in Word 2007, it's in the Links subsection). Name your Bookmark and click Add. To find your bookmark, hit CTRL + F, and then click on the Go To tab. Select Bookmark from the menu on the left and enter the bookmark name to jump straight to it.

W ord 2007 uses a highly incompatible .docx file format for saving files, making it difficult to share with friends and colleagues who don't have the same version. To change this: 1. Click the Office button in the top left 2. Click the Word Options button 3. On the left-hand side, select Save 4. Change the Save files in this format

drop down box to Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)