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Computer Tricks
Jul. 27th, 2008 06:58 pm7/27/08
I learned three little quick-tricks for the computer that are coming in really handy. Maybe you know about them. Maybe they'll make you yawn. But I'm impressed with them and find them quite handy, so thought I'd share. I learned two of them from PCWorld magazine. The third may have come from there too, although I really don't recall.
1. An icon on my desktop to put the pc straight into hibernate mode with only a quick little double click. Why do I like this? Because my desktop pc doesn't go into hibernate on its own anymore. I don't know why, but I suspect it's because the firewall/antivirus won't let it. And shutting it down means we have to go through the loooooong startup. And I prefer hibernate to standby mode, although I know you can change the start-turn off computer-standby button to Hibernate, that's a longer step than double-clicking an icon. So it comes in really handy for me. Hibernate the pc, and then a quick return to things just as you left them. I thought I had the link to the instructions, but I guess I didn't save it. I'm sure you can find it by going to the pcworld site and doing a search for Hibernate.
2. I have a shortcut to my writing folder in my Start menu now, in the Favorites section. Why do I like this? Because it opens up to a full view of all the folders in my writing folder, so I no longer have to open up an explorer window to find a file. I love time savers. This was really easy. Just drag the folder to the Start button and then when the menu thingy opens up, drag the folder up to where you want it. The instructions also said you could right click the folder and pick the option "send to... Favorites" -- but that wasn't an option on my system.
3. If you're a Firefox user, there's a handy-dandy add-on called Google Notebook. You can clip selected text from a webpage and save it in there for later reference. It works perfect for me on those sites you want to visit again, perhaps to finish reading later, but you don't necessarily want to make it a permanent bookmark. For writing uses, it's perfect for saving submission guidelines for one-time only anthology markets, etc. You can also add notes to each entry, so that's a perfect spot to put in the deadline dates.
I learned three little quick-tricks for the computer that are coming in really handy. Maybe you know about them. Maybe they'll make you yawn. But I'm impressed with them and find them quite handy, so thought I'd share. I learned two of them from PCWorld magazine. The third may have come from there too, although I really don't recall.
1. An icon on my desktop to put the pc straight into hibernate mode with only a quick little double click. Why do I like this? Because my desktop pc doesn't go into hibernate on its own anymore. I don't know why, but I suspect it's because the firewall/antivirus won't let it. And shutting it down means we have to go through the loooooong startup. And I prefer hibernate to standby mode, although I know you can change the start-turn off computer-standby button to Hibernate, that's a longer step than double-clicking an icon. So it comes in really handy for me. Hibernate the pc, and then a quick return to things just as you left them. I thought I had the link to the instructions, but I guess I didn't save it. I'm sure you can find it by going to the pcworld site and doing a search for Hibernate.
2. I have a shortcut to my writing folder in my Start menu now, in the Favorites section. Why do I like this? Because it opens up to a full view of all the folders in my writing folder, so I no longer have to open up an explorer window to find a file. I love time savers. This was really easy. Just drag the folder to the Start button and then when the menu thingy opens up, drag the folder up to where you want it. The instructions also said you could right click the folder and pick the option "send to... Favorites" -- but that wasn't an option on my system.
3. If you're a Firefox user, there's a handy-dandy add-on called Google Notebook. You can clip selected text from a webpage and save it in there for later reference. It works perfect for me on those sites you want to visit again, perhaps to finish reading later, but you don't necessarily want to make it a permanent bookmark. For writing uses, it's perfect for saving submission guidelines for one-time only anthology markets, etc. You can also add notes to each entry, so that's a perfect spot to put in the deadline dates.
