CliffsNotes Making Microsoft Windows Me Work For You

CliffsNotes™ Making Microsoft ® Windows ® Me Millennium Edition Work For You......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
How to Use This Book......Page 9
Don\'t Miss Our Web Site......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: WINDOWS ME FOR YOU......Page 11
Pointing and Clicking......Page 12
Clicking the buttons......Page 14
Dragging and dropping......Page 16
Mastering Your Keyboard......Page 17
Adjusting your keyboard......Page 18
What Else Is There?......Page 19
What Are Programs?......Page 20
Opening and Starting Programs......Page 21
Starting with the Start button......Page 22
Starting with desktop icons......Page 23
Starting with Windows Explorer......Page 24
Starting with the Run dialog box......Page 25
Closing Programs......Page 26
An Internet history lesson......Page 28
Understanding What You Need......Page 29
Finding an ISP......Page 30
Getting your account information......Page 31
Connecting the first time......Page 32
Connecting after your account is active......Page 33
Understanding Internet addresses......Page 34
Using links......Page 35
Saving your favorite sites......Page 36
Using the Address toolbar......Page 37
Using the History list......Page 38
Printing Web pages......Page 39
Finding Things Online......Page 40
Playing Internet Games......Page 41
Communicating with MSN Messenger......Page 42
Understanding sound......Page 44
Running Multimedia Files......Page 45
Playing computer sounds and videos......Page 46
Making Sounds Automatic......Page 47
Balancing sound sources......Page 49
Using the Sound Recorder......Page 50
Making Videos with Movie Maker......Page 51
Arranging your story line......Page 52
Saving your movie......Page 53
Personalizing Your Screen......Page 55
Selecting the background image......Page 56
Changing lettering......Page 57
Adding special effects......Page 58
Sharpening the picture......Page 60
Improving picture performance......Page 61
Making your desktop look like a Web page......Page 62
Personalizing Your Start Menu......Page 63
Rearranging by exploring your Start menu......Page 64
Starting Screen Savers......Page 65
Customizing a screen saver......Page 66
Using Windows Explorer......Page 69
Managing files......Page 70
Viewing folders......Page 73
Customizing the display......Page 74
Adding and arranging folders......Page 76
Using Disks......Page 77
Preparing disks for use......Page 78
Increasing disk performance......Page 79
Finding Files......Page 81
Saving Your Files......Page 83
Saving to the My Pictures folder......Page 84
Saving another copy......Page 85
Copying files to removable disks......Page 86
Starting recent files......Page 87
Emptying the Recent Documents list......Page 88
Starting from the My Documents folder......Page 89
Starting files by dragging......Page 90
Recycling Files......Page 91
Emptying the Recycle Bin......Page 92
Creating a restore point......Page 94
Adding programs......Page 95
Removing Programs......Page 96
Adding More Windows Features......Page 97
Using Windows Update and AutoUpdate......Page 98
Sampling Windows Programs......Page 101
Writing with WordPad......Page 102
Scanning images......Page 103
Calculating......Page 104
Archiving your files......Page 105
Scheduling tasks......Page 106
Finding system information......Page 107
Inserting special characters......Page 108
Connecting through Dial-up Networking......Page 109
Sharing an Internet connection......Page 110
Printing......Page 112
The Print dialog box......Page 113
The Page Setup dialog box......Page 114
Installing Printer Drivers......Page 115
CLIFFSNOTES REVIEW......Page 117
Books......Page 121
Send Us Your Favorite Tips......Page 122
INDEX......Page 125