DR. MAC'S COMPUTER CLINIC
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE
For those concerned about animals and the ethics of clinical trials :
All medications prescribed by Dr. Mac HAVE been tested on live computers !
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DR. MAC'S COMPUTER CLINIC No.4
Hallo and greetings once again.
A new feature this week is the Computer Clinic LIBRARY. You will find it at the end of
this page. The Library will contain links to ALL the Clinics. This will make it easy for
you to refer to anything you may have missed. And as we have always encouraged you to do,
SAVE each Clinic as single web-page - then you can refer to them at any time without being
connected to the internet (Full details are in Clinic No. 2
REMEMBER .... the Clinics have been designed as a step-by-step learning process. Often, you will need to know the tips and techniques of a previous Clinic in order to use the current Clinic.
O.K. TIME TO OPEN THE CLINIC DOORS
Last time I showed you how to create several useful short-cuts. Today, we are going to use the WINDOWS EXPLORER shortcut. (SO .... if you missed it and need to learn how .... go to the LIBRARY and refer to
Computer Clinic No. 3)
Have you ever looked for a document, or a program you downloaded, or
a special picture you saved ... but can't for the life of you find it ?
You know it is.... "somewhere on my PC" .... but .... WHERE
HOW TO MAKE USEFUL FOLDERS
It's really handy to have special folders for specific files. This keeps everything neat
and tidy. In Computer Clinic 2 we showed you how to make a special folder on your desktop
to save all the Computer Clinics as a single file. In the next Clinic, we will show you how
to Download files from the internet correctly AND we will ask you to download a very useful
program INTO a special folder.
It's a good idea to have a special "Downloads" folder ... so this is how you make it
- Double-click the WINDOWS EXPLORER shortcut on your desktop
(we showed you how to make this in Clinic No. 3)
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Windows Explorer opens up.
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[When opening Windows Explorer in Windows XP, it will show your 'My Documents' folder by default.
Double click on My Computer then click on Local Disk C before doing the above.]
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Now, in the RIGHT hand panel, RIGHT-click your mouse on any white (blank) area
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A small menu like the following pops up. Hold your mouse over the word "New"
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mouse pointer
over the
word "New"
and another
side-menu
pops up. |
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Look at the top of the new side-menu that pops up and click on the word "Folder"
 | Click once on
the word "Folder"
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GREAT! A new folder will now be created in the panel on the RIGHT. You will need to
scroll right down to the bottom of all the folders and files in that right-hand panel
to find it. It looks like this :
 | Hold your mouse-pointer
over this "New Folder" and
RIGHT click once.
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A menu will pop up. Look for the word "Rename" and click once on this.
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Your New Folder now looks like this
 | Type the word - Downloads |
[In Windows XP the words New Folder will already be highlighted so you can just type 'Downloads' and hit enter or click on any blank area.]
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And then click once on any blank area ... like this :
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GREAT ! You've now created a special "Downloads" folder on your C drive.
To test this : CLOSE Windows Explorer by clicking on the big X in the
very top, right corner of your Windows Explorer screen.
NOW .... double-click the Windows Explorer shortcut on your desktop ....
Explorer opens
up again
[Windows XP navigate to Local disk C first.]
Note:When you close Windows Explorer and then open it again, everything will have
been re-arranged in alphabetical order.
And there on the left is your new "Downloads" folder! By the way, you should ALSO be able to see it in the right hand panel.
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Your new
"Downloads" folder
should now
appear in BOTH
the left AND
the right
panels.
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Remember, we will start to use the Downloads folder next week. Make this folder first,
then you can go ahead and make as many special folders as you want. Simply follow the same
steps as above. Here are some suggestions :
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My Pictures
[In Windows XP the 'My Pictures' folder is already in My Documents.]
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Music files
[In Windows XP the 'My Music' folder is already in My Documents.]
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Inland Revenue
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Important letters
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Interesting web pages
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My E-mails
(in a future Clinic we will show you how to save important
e-mails)
etc. etc.
HAVE FUN! And remember to save this Clinic so you can refer to it again
(Refer to Clinic No 2)
NOW... surf to our new LIBRARY
and catch up on any Clinics you may have missed!
With my best wishes ....
Dr. Mac
Dr. Mac's Computer Clinic
LIBRARY
the idf50 web-site
Here are all the
Computer Clinics that have appeared on the idf50 web-site
TIP : May we suggest you take a quick look at each Clinic starting with No.1 -
if you already know that topic, go on to No 2, and so on.
When you find Clinics that you want to keep, save each one as a single file in a special
folder on your PC. There are full details how to do this in Clinic No. 2. You can then
refer to those Clinics and learn the techniques at your own pace - WITHOUT needing to be
connected to the internet!
CLICK ON THE CLINIC NUMBER YOU WANT TO VIEW :
Clinic No. 1
Welcome
Update Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
Clinic No. 2
How to make a new folder on your desktop
Save whole web pages as a single file
Clinic No. 3
How to create Useful Shortcuts
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HEALTH WARNING
Outdated programmes and lack of "know-how" can seriously affect the health of your PC including your internet and e-mail enjoyment
CLICK HERE
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