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Tips & Tricks
ZD Journal Mac@Home Tips August 1999
Internet Explorer
Address box searches
You don't have to type http:// each time you enter a new URL in Internet
Explorer's Address box or Open function. For example, if a friend gives
you the URL http://www.zdjournals.com/, you can simply type www.zdjournals.com/
in the address box, and Explorer will fill in the http:// for you. You
can use Explorer's Address box to conduct quick, simple searches for companies.
To conduct a search with the Address box just type in the company's name
as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in your Explorer's address box and
press [Enter]. Most Web site developers try to use a domain name that
fits their company name. For instance, when you type www.ibm.com in your
address box and press [Enter], Explorer will display the IBM Web site.
Of course this search method doesn't always work because domain names
are sometimes already registered when a company develops a Web site.
Bad disk,
bad disk
We've all had it happen to us. You insert a disk into your computer's
drive and you get the message that the disk's damaged or unreadable, and
your computer gives you the option to re-initialize it. What do you do?
Well, if you know the disk contains files, don't click the initialize
option unless you want to kiss the files good-bye. Instead, eject the
disk and try reinserting it into the drive a few more times. Often a disk
may just not fit well into the drive or the spindle may be stuck. If you
choose to re-initialize the disk and it fails, don't try it again and
don't be thrifty... toss the disk. It isn't worth losing future data.
The
MacAuthority Q & A Session
Great facets of information that also make great conversation starters.
Hey, you might just learn something too!
Increasing
your font IQ
If there's any one facet of the Macintosh that's taken for granted, it
has to be fonts. Learn all about them with this great article by Ron Wilder.
What
do all those funny noises mean?
Read about the different freeware utilities that help you understand what
your Mac is saying when it beeps and toots and honks.
To
upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the question!
Should you get a faster Mac? Understand the great upgrade debate.
Everything
you wanted to know about custom menus on Word - but didn't know how to
ask!
Do you have a custom menu on your favorite word processor? This dandy
article gives you pointers on maximizing your productivity with wonderful
Word, as you create a special menu of the Word tasks that you utilize
the most, increasing the speed and simplicity of this great application.
Think of it as one-stop shopping for your everyday writing needs.
Get
your Mac ready for Spring!
Don't let useless files and hard disk wear and tear slow down your Mac.
Our Spring Cleaning guide will get your Precious One running smoothly,
chock full of memory, and looking beautiful inside and out.
Your
Mac can help alleviate tax-time headaches
Few activities are more fun than the yearly ritual of filing taxes. Of
course, we feel your pain. We've put together a selection of web sites
that we think will ease your trip through the taxation thickets.
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