November
2004 Tidbits
Making the Start Menu Work for You
If you're a Windows XP user, you probably know that the interface is meant to be customizable and adjusts to the way you work. Take the Start Menu for example. The programs you use frequently stay listed there, while programs used less frequenlty disappear after a time and have to be found under All Programs. But what if you want to control what stays listed there?
Here's how to make the Start Menu work for you:
- Click the START button.
- Find the program you would like to be listed in your Start Menu and RIGHT-CLICK on it.
- Select PIN TO START MENU from the shortcut menu.
Now your favorite program will be listed in the Start Menu right under your email and browser programs.
I like this one! 
Selecting Multiple Files
Okay, maybe most of us remember how to do this, but some of us always forget! So here's a little reminder for those times when you need to move or delete multiple files and would like to do them all at once instead of one at a time.
To select a list of files (contiguously):
- select the first filename
- hold down the SHIFT key
- click on the last filename
- move, delete or whatever you like to them
To select a list of files (noncontiguously):
- select the first filename
- hold down the CONTROL key
- click on each of the other filenames you want to move or delete
- (to deselect a file, simply click on it again while the CONTROL key is pressed)
- move, delete or whatever you like to them
Printing Multiple Files Together
Since we're on the topic of doing multiple things all at once, I thought you'd like this one.
Ever have more than one file you'd like to print at the same time? There's an easier way to do it than opening each file and printing them individually. Here's how:
- First, make sure all of the files you want to print reside in the same folder. If they don't, just create a temporary folder on your desktop and copy the files you want to print to it.
- Use on of the methods described in Selecting Multiple Files to pick the files you want to print.
- Once the files are selected, right-click on one of them and choose PRINT from the shortcut menu.
Each file will be opened in the application it was created with and will be printed automatically. What a timesaver!
Adieu
Farewell until next time from the library system where all the computers are fast, all the books are worth reading, and all the librarians are above average!
This issue of Tidbits was written by Beth Carpenter, Web Services Manager for the Outagamie Waupaca Library System. Please send any comments or questions about this issue to Beth.
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