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Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts Newsletter
“Information, Computer Literacy, Education.”

Affiliated with the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA)
November 2008

® Illawarra PC Users Group

$2.00

PATRON: Sharon Bird MP, Member for Cunningham

INSIDE THIS ISSUE
13 MILLION-DIGIT PRIME
NUMBER DISCOVERED
22 WAYS TO SELECT TEXT IN WORD

MEETINGS
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9

BORDERS AND SHADING IN WORD

11

ICE HELP LINE

13

LONG BEFORE FIREFOX AND
INTERNET EXPLORER

14

PPS TO JPG

12

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

6

WINDOWS

3

13

CARTOON
HINTS & TIPS
QUOTABLE QUOTES
ONE LINERS

feature at both meetings. So have those
questions ready, written down preferably. If
you can do this, the question and answer
will probably be included in the newsletter
as a letter to the editor for future reference.
Ideally you should e-mail your question to
the editor, who will pass it on to the relevant
member so it can be properly researched.

ROUND AND ABOUT ICE
WELCOME – It gives us great pleasure to welcome
James Hall as a member of the Illawarra
Computer Enthusiasts and we hope that his
association with ICE will be a long and
happy one.

REGULAR FEATURES
ELWYN’S VIEW

SATURDAY, 22 NOVEMBER, 1:00 PM
 A Demonstration of Ulead Video by
Robert Castles
QUESTION AND ANSWERS will also be a

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MAKE WORD 2007 SAVE TO .DOC BY
DEFAULT

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN
2008 WHEN ...

FRIDAY, 14 NOVEMBER, 7:30 PM
 Building a Multi Media Centre by
Peter Stanhope

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12
3, 6, 9
8
4, 5, 9, 13

ROUND AND ABOUT ICE

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STOP ME IF ...

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DECEMBER MEETING – You are requested to bring a
plate of goodies for our final meeting of the year for the
upcoming ‘Munch and Mingle’ time.
PAGE SPONSORS – Computer Fairs Australia has
agreed to continue with their page sponsorship.
Many thanks to Glen and Hazel.

‘QUICKIE’ RAFFLE – The results of the raffles were:
September Day meeting –
 Gwen Brennan – ‘Pocket Colour’ Photo Printer
donated by Cablelink Australia
 Vic Park – USB 2.0 TV Stick donated by
(Continued on page 8)

A Printer Cartridge Recycling Station is now located in the foyer of the small hall of the
Unanderra Community Centre for your convenience with the compliments of South Coast
NOVEMBER
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Ink 2008
& Toner Supplies.

Vol. 26, No. 10, November 2008

Official Journal of
The Illawarra PC User Group Inc.
ABN: 81 127 508 207

 4284 8754 -  [email protected] -  www.illawarrapcug.org.au
Correspondence to: Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts, 9 Ursula Road, Bulli, NSW 2516

EDITORIAL TEAM AND CONTRIBUTORS
Editor, Production, Advertising:
Bodo Schwarz  [email protected]

Distribution: Robert Parsons
[email protected]

Assistant Editor, Research: Robert Castles
[email protected]

Contributors: Lynnette Armour, Robert
Castles, Robert Davidson, Don Estell, Elwyn
Jordan, Michael McKeen, Lorraine Thew.

This page is sponsored by Sid & Jan Wilkinson

ELWYN’S VIEW
JESUS AND THE INTERNET
By Elwyn Jordan, ICE

I

n his weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph
a while ago, Cardinal George Pell posed the
question, “Would Jesus use the Internet if he
was alive today?” As he said, when Jesus was
here about two thousand years ago, he had to
“teach in a world without microphones, a
newspaper or radio.” There was also no TV,
and of course, no Internet. Now, I’m not a
Catholic, but I often read his column, and it got
me thinking about how different it would’ve
been if there’d been computers and the
Internet back in Biblical times.

-page; it’d have detailed plans for boatbuilding, and there’d be links to the RSPCA
and WIRES (or the early Jewish equivalent).
But the main link would be to the Bureau of
Meteorology; with a highlight on Flood
Warnings! And even the people who laughed
at him building the big boat wouldn’t have all
been laughing if they’d had the Internet.
Someone would’ve checked the radar image
and said, “Whoa, look at this! He’s right, there
is a monster storm coming!” There’d be arks
being built all over the place!

For example, remember how the Israelites
wandered in the desert for forty years after
Moses led them out of Egypt? Imagine if
they’d had the Internet. They’d just log onto
“Whereis.com” and look up where they had to
go. “Hey Moses, here’s the directions to the
Promised Land, now come on, let’s get going!”

And imagine if someone had a video
camera when David killed Goliath. I reckon
that’d be on YouTube almost before the big
guy hit the ground. And e-mails would be flying
around telling about it. “You gotta look at this
clip; a 9-foot giant gets taken out by a little guy
with a sling-shot!”

And speaking of Moses, if Moses had a
laptop when he went up to Mt Sinai, God
wouldn’t have had to chisel out the 10
Commandments on tablets of stone, he
could’ve just zapped them straight to the
hard-drive. And remember how Moses got
angry and smashed the tablets of stone? If
it’d been the laptop he smashed, he wouldn’t
have had to go back up the mountain for
God to chisel out another couple of stone
tablets, he probably would’ve just reached
into his cloak and said, “It’s okay, I backed
them up to a thumb-drive.”

Speaking of e-mails, they would’ve made
life a lot easier, wouldn’t they? For example,
God often communicated to people through
dreams. But if there’d been the Internet he
could’ve used e-mail. Imagine Joseph and
Mary; instead of Joseph having instructions
revealed to him in a dream, it could’ve all
been done through e-mail. “Psst, Mary, wake
up! Just got an e-mail from God! We’ve got
to go to Egypt!”
So, would Jesus have used the Internet if
it’d been around back then? Well, it certainly
would’ve made things easier! For example,

And what about Noah? Imagine Noah’s web
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NOVEMBER 2008

WINDOWS

ELWYN’S VIEW
(Continued from page 2)

when he called his disciples, instead of walking
around calling out to people, he would’ve just
used Facebook; and sent out invitations to
become his friends. Can you imagine Matthew
getting his invitation? Matthew was a tax
collector, so he would’ve had no friends on his
Facebook page! But then he gets an invitation
from Jesus. And after accepting that, he finds
not only has he got Jesus as a friend, but there
are eleven other guys who’ve added him as
friends on their Facebook pages too!
When Jesus was teaching the people, it
would’ve been much easier if there’d been
TV and the Internet. His ‘Sermon On The
Mount’ would’ve been simulcast on every
channel. Ray Martin would probably have
been there hosting the coverage! And you
would’ve been able to download the whole
thing as a pod-cast!

Blonde goes to Bed Bath & Beyond to
buy curtains.

She tells the clerk, “I would like to buy a pair
of pink curtains.”
The clerk assures her that they have a large
selection of pink curtains.
She shows her several patterns but the
blonde seems to be having a hard time choosing.
Finally she selects a lovely pink floral print.
The clerk then asks what size curtains she
needs. The blonde promptly replies,
“Seventeen inches.”
“Seventeen inches?” asked the clerk. “That
sounds very small. What room are they for?”
The blonde says, “They aren't for a room.
They are for my new computer monitor.”
The surprised clerk replies, “But Miss,
computers do not need curtains!”
The blonde says, “Hellllooooooooo ... I've
got Windoooooows.......”
Submitted by Michael McKeen, ICE, South Australia

Speech and Handwriting

The disciples could’ve used the Internet too.
Like the time when Jesus asked them who
people were saying he was. Peter would’ve
whipped out the laptop and said, “Hang on and
I’ll Google you and find out!”
But it’s not just Biblical people. The Internet
could’ve changed history! Remember
Christopher Columbus? He had trouble
convincing people the Earth wasn’t flat. People
said that when he sailed to the horizon if he
kept going he’d fall off the edge. Chris would’ve
grabbed his computer, called up a few satellite
images and said, “Come and look at this you
idiots! I told you it’s round!” And what about
those early explorers looking for the “great
south land?” Instead of sailing aimlessly
around the Southern oceans, they could’ve just
logged onto GoogleEarth and found it straight
away! “Look there it is! That big island right
there! Let’s call it Australia.”
Okay, I’ve been joking around with this, but
let’s get a little more serious for a moment, and
go back to the original question: Would Jesus
use the Internet if he was here on Earth today?
George Pell says, “I am sure he would,
because God gave clever people the

INSTALL – Run Office XP or
2003's installation and choose Add
or Remove Features. Select Alternative
User Input under Office Shared Features
and opt for Speech and Handwriting.
intelligence to develop modern technology.” He
went on to say, “Technology can be abused,
but it is good in itself; a blessing!” And it is, isn’t
it! Technology, and the Internet in particular,
not only makes our lives easier, it also enriches
our lives in so many ways.
To continue from George Pell, he points out
that, “The immense volume of traffic indicates
the potential influence of this medium for good
or ill.” Instead of condemning the Internet for
promoting and exposing all the bad elements
of society, which some people do, those critics
should be encouraging it’s use for good. As
Pell says, “The field is wide open. The devil
need not have the best lines, nor the best
sites.” So let’s encourage it’s use for good; I’m
sure that’s what Jesus would do!

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE AUSTRALIAN IF …
You pronounce Melbourne as "Mel-bin".
Submitted by Robert Davidson, ICE

This page is sponsored by Bodo Schwarz

Mind you, it could’ve been a bit of a
hindrance too. Jesus often tried to get people
he’d healed not to tell anyone about the
healing. Remember the guy he healed of
leprosy and told not to tell anyone? Of course
the guy did tell people anyway, but can you
imagine if the Internet had been around? The
guy would’ve just laughed and said, “Are you
kidding? It’s all over the ‘net already!”

NOVEMBER 2008

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LOCATIONS OF WORD 2003 COMMANDS IN WORD 2007

T

his article introduces the basic elements of
the new Microsoft Office Fluent user
interface in Microsoft Office Word 2007. It also
provides lists of commands that you may
already be familiar with in Microsoft Office
Word 2003, showing you how to accomplish
the same results in Office Word 2007.

When you click the object, the pertinent set of
contextual tabs appears in an accent colour
next to the standard tabs.

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Introducing the new interface – There is a
new look for Office Word 2007, the new Office
Fluent user interface, which replaces menus,
toolbars, and most of the task panes from
earlier versions of Word with a single
mechanism that is simple and discoverable.
The new Office Fluent user interface is
designed to help you be more productive in
Word, more easily find the right features for
various tasks, discover new functionality, and
be more efficient.
Office Fluent user interface – The primary
replacement for menus and toolbars in Office
Word 2007 is the Ribbon, a component of the
Office Fluent user interface. Designed for easy
browsing, the Ribbon consists of tabs that are
organised around specific scenarios or objects.
The controls on each tab are further organised
into several groups. The Office Fluent Ribbon
can host richer content than menus and toolbars
can, including buttons, galleries, and Dialogue
box content.

Select an item in your document.
The name of the contextual tools appears in an
accent colour, and the contextual tabs appear
next to the standard set of tabs.
The contextual tabs provide controls for working
with the selected item.

Program tabs: Program tabs replace the
standard set of tabs when you switch to
certain authoring modes or views, including
Print Preview.

Tabs are designed to be task-oriented.
Groups within each tab break a task into subtasks.
Command buttons in each group carry out a
command or display a menu of commands.

Tabs that appear only when you need them;
in addition to the standard set of tabs that you
see on the Ribbon whenever you start Office
Word 2007, there are two other kinds of tabs,
which appear in the interface only when they
are useful for the type of task that you are
currently performing.

Menus, toolbars and other familiar elements
In addition to tabs, groups, and commands,
Office Word 2007 uses other elements that
also provide paths for accomplishing your
tasks. The following elements are more like the

Contextual tools: Contextual tools enable you
to work with an object that you select on the
page, such as a table, picture, or drawing.

If life deals you lemons, make lemonade; if it deals you
tomatoes make Bloody Maries. But if it deals you a
truckload of hand grenades... now THAT'S a message!!

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NOVEMBER 2008

(Continued from page 4)

menus and toolbars that you are already
familiar with from earlier versions of Word.
Microsoft Office Button: This button is
located in the upper-left corner of the Word
window and opens the menu shown here.
Dialogue Box Launchers

Microsoft Office Button

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and
then click Word Options.
2. In the list at the left, click Customize.
3. In the Choose commands from drop-down
list box, click All commands.
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Quick Access Toolbar: The Quick Access
Toolbar is located by default at the top of the
Word window and provides quick access to
tools that you use frequently. You can
customise the Quick Access Toolbar by adding
commands to it.

Dialogue Box Launchers: Dialogue Box
Launchers are small icons that appear in some
groups. Clicking a Dialogue Box Launcher
opens a related Dialogue box or task pane,
providing more options related to that group.
Adding commands to the Quick Access
Toolbar – Some Word 2003 commands are
available in Office Word 2007 only from the list
of all commands in the Word Options
Dialogue box. To use these commands in
Office Word 2007, you first add them to the
Quick Access Toolbar as follows:
You’re never too old to learn something stupid!
NOVEMBER 2008

4. In the Customize Quick Access Toolbar
box, select either For all documents
(default) or a specific document.
5. Click the command that you want to add,
and then click Add.
6. Repeat for each command that you want
to add.
7. Click the Move Up and Move Down arrow
buttons to arrange the commands in the
order in which you want them to appear on
the Quick Access Toolbar.
8. Click OK.
New locations of familiar commands
To find the location of menu and toolbar
commands in Office Word 2007, open the
Word Ribbon mapping workbook. Instructions
on the first tab of the workbook provide tips for
customising, finding, and printing data.
Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/
HA100625841033.aspx

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
SOME COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT TABBED BROWSING
Q What is tabbed browsing?
A Tabbed browsing is a new feature in Internet
Explorer that allows you to open multiple
websites in a single browser window. You
can open web pages or links on new tabs,
and switch between them by clicking on the
tab. If you have a lot of tabs open, you can

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use Quick Tabs
to easily switch to other
tabs. The advantage is that you have fewer
items open on the taskbar.
Q How do I open a new tab?
A To open a new blank tab, click the New
Tab button on the tab row or press
CTRL+T. To open a new tab when you
follow a link on a webpage, press CTRL as
you click the link, or right-click the link and
then select Open in New Tab. If you have
a mouse with a wheel, you can click a link
with the wheel to open a new tab.

Q I opened a lot of tabs, but I can't see
them all. Where are they?
A Internet Explorer displays up to 10 tabs on
the screen. To display all tabs, click Quick
Tabs
. All open web pages will be
displayed as thumbnails. Click the page
you want to view.
Q Can I turn off tabbed browsing?
A Yes. Here's how.
1. In Internet Explorer, click the Tools
button, and then click Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab, and then, in the
Tabs section, click Settings.
3. Clear the Enable Tabbed Browsing
check box.
4. Click OK twice.
5. Close Internet Explorer, and then open
it again. Tabbed browsing will now be
off, and every webpage will open in a
new Internet Explorer window.

Q How do I close a tab?
A Click the X on the tab to close it. If you
have a mouse with a wheel, you can click a
link with the wheel to open a new tab.
Q How do I save a group of tabs?
A To save a group of tabs, click the Add to
Favourites button
, and then click Add
Tab Group to Favourites. Give the group
a name, select the folder that you want the
group to be stored in, and then click Add.
Q How do I open a saved group of tabs?
A Click the Favourites Centre button
, and
then click the Favourites button. Navigate to
the folder that contains the tab group you
want to open, and then click the arrow
)
to the right of the folder name. All of the web
pages will open on separate tabs.
Q I want to close Internet Explorer but I
have a lot of tabs open. Is there
anything I can do to make them re-open
the next time I start Internet Explorer?
A Yes. When you close Internet Explorer, you
will be asked whether you want to close all
tabs. When the prompt appears, click
Show Options, select Open these the
next time I use Internet Explorer, and
then click Close Tabs. When you reopen
Internet Explorer the tabs will be restored.
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Disable Anti-Virus Software
Make sure anti-virus software is
disabled when you are installing new
software in order to avoid a conflict that may
crash your computer.

WORD TIP
Word saves documents for recovery
in case the program stops
responding or you lose power. The
Document Recovery task pane lists all
recovered documents and allows you to
open the documents, view the repairs, and
compare the recovered versions. Word
saves the changes in a recovery file based
on the amount of time indicated in the
AutoRecover option. To turn on the
AutoRecover option and specify a time
interval in which to save, on the Tools
menu, click Options, click the Save tab,
select the Save AutoRecover info every
check box, specify the period of time, and
then click OK.
Desktop Shortcut
To create a shortcut on your desktop
to computer file, open “My
Computer” on the desktop and locate the
file. Right click the file and choose “Send
To”. Select “Desktop as shortcut”.
NOVEMBER 2008

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QUOTABLE QUOTE

ICE EDUCATION

"A computer is almost human - except that it
does not blame its mistakes on another
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Be sure check out the new 2-hour mini
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our meetings.

Submitted by Michael McKeen, ICE

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ROUND AND ABOUT ICE
(Continued from page 1)

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NOVEMBER 2008

22 WAYS TO SELECT TEXT IN WORD
By Don Estell, ICE

W

indows gives you more than one ways of
doing most things. You may know some
of these. I doubt that anyone knows all of them.
Certainly you would not use all. But you may
find that there is a new way that you may find
more convenient. I certainly have.
Using the Mouse
1. drag over text (one space at a time or down
over lines) click at end
2. double click on a word (selects the word)
3. triple click on a word (selects the paragraph)
With the mouse arrow showing in the margin
4. click in margin (selects the line)
5. double click in margin (selects the paragraph)
6. triple clicking in margin (selects the whole)

Using the Shift Key (held down)
10. With left and right arrows (one space at
a time)
11. With Up and down arrows (one line
immediately above or below insertion point)
12. Page up/Page Down (selects screen depth

Saving notes
If you have a particularly lengthy
note, you can save it as a separate
file. Click on the Note icon in the top left
corner of your Note and select Save As.
From the Save as type drop-down menu,
select the kind of file you want to save it as
(plain text, Rich Text Format and so on) and
browse through your folders for a location to
save it to. Click Save.
Whoever said: “Laughter is the best medicine”,
obviously never had a weak bladder.

DUPLICATE DATA ENTRY
Enter the same data in more
than one sheet at a time by
selecting the sheets (hold Shift as you
click their tabs) then type your data.
NOVEMBER 2008

With both Shift and Control keys held down
17. right or left arrow (selects one word at a
time to right or left)
18. Home (selects from insertion point to
beginning of text)
19. End (selects from insertion point to end
of text)
Short cut keys
20. Control +A (selects whole document)
Using the menu
21. Edit ->, Select All (selects whole document)
22. Alt +E then L (selects whole document)
Note: If you select text and find that you have
stopped at the wrong spot you can hold down
Shift key and use arrow keys to move to
correct spot (also Home, End, page up/page
down also control home, control end)

LONG BEFORE FIREFOX AND
INTERNET EXPLORER
In 1992, long before Firefox and Internet
Explorer, there were a few browsers knocking
about, including Erwise, Viola and Arena. But
the first Web browser to really take off was
called Mosaic. Developed by Marc
Andreessen, a student at Illinois University, it
ignited the explosive growth of the WWW and
interest in websites and was eventually ported
to the Macintosh OS by Aleks Totic, a
Yugoslav. The 1.0 release was made available
in April 1993.
Submitted by Robert Castles, ICE

STOP ME IF ...

A girl asked her brother, “Can you
stand on your head?” And he said,
“No.” So she said, “I can. Put your
head on the floor and I’ll stand on it.”
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With mouse bar pointer showing in the margin
7. click in the margin moves the insertion point
to start of line
8. double clicking in the margin selects the
first word
9. triple clicking in the margin selects the line

from insertion point)
13. Home (selects from insertion point to
beginning of line)
14. End (selects from insertion point to end
of line)
15. Drag with mouse, hold down shift key
and release mouse (selects area covered
by mouse)
16. Select start location with mouse, move to
end of required text and hold down shift key
and click with mouse.

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Introduction to Vista – Vista
basics explained in interactive disc
lessons – $50.00

Security on the Internet (40 pages)
Published by ASCCA, only
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advice on how to help you to keep
your computer secure whilst on
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Internet and E-mail lessons for Vista on disc
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A CD with free security type
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Computing For Seniors in easy steps
Computing for Seniors in easy
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 playing and storing music on
your PC;
 creating your own letterhead;
 surfing the web; buying and selling on eBay;
 sending and receiving email; playing games;
 installing antivirus software;
 shopping safely on the internet; ordering
groceries online; money management;
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ICICLES
2008 YEARBOOK
The ICICLES Yearbook can be ordered by
interested members by pre-payment of $15.
Again as last year, the yearbook will be
produced in colour.
You can place your order at the reception
desk at our meetings.
NOVEMBER 2008

13 MILLION-DIGIT PRIME NUMBER DISCOVERED
AP

M

athematicians at the University of
California, Los Angeles have discovered
a 13 million-digit prime number, a long-sought
milestone that makes them eligible for a
$US100 000 prize.

expressed as 2P-1, or two to the power of
"P" minus one. P is itself a prime number.
For the new prime, P is 43,112,609.

The group found the 46th known Mersenne
prime last month on a network of 75 computers
running Windows XP. The number was verified
by a different computer system running a
different algorithm.
"We're delighted," said UCLA's Edson
Smith, the leader of the effort. "Now we're
looking for the next one, despite the odds."
It's the eighth Mersenne prime discovered
at UCLA.

Mersenne primes - named for their
discoverer, 17th century French
mathematician Marin Mersenne - are

The $US100 000 prize is being offered by
the Electronic Frontier Foundation for finding
the first Mersenne prime with more than 10
million digits. The foundation supports
individual rights on the Internet and set up the
prime number prize to promote cooperative
computing using the web.
The prize could be awarded when the new
prime is published, probably next year.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2008
Submitted by Lynnette Armour, ICE

BORDERS AND SHADING IN WORD
By Lorraine Thew, ICE

F

rom the Menu Bar click on Format then on
Borders and Shading.

 In the Dialogue Box click on Page Border.
 Click “Box” under Settings
 Choose your Line Style and Colour
 In the Apply to Box make sure it says
“Whole Document”

 Click OK to return to your document.
If you are not happy with the border you
chose go back to Page Borders and select
“None” under settings.

NOVEMBER 2008

You can use an “arty” border if you like. To do this
go back to Page Borders and click on the arrow
next to the Art Box and scroll down, either using
the mouse or the arrow keys your keyboard. Each
one you select will first show in the Preview box.
When you have made your choice make sure
and apply it to whole document. Click OK.

You can view the result in Print Preview to
check how your border will look.
If you want to change the spacing or you
find the border does not fit on the page
properly it can be changed in the Options box
in Page Borders.
This will give you several options to customise
your border including the positioning of it.
Setting the Measure From dialogue box to
from “text” gives greater control over border
placement. You may, however, prefer to use
the “edge of page” setting.
Whichever one you use, adjust the “Margin”
settings, top, bottom, left or right, until the
border is placed to your satisfaction.
You can also apply Border and Shading to
single words and lines of text as long as they
are selected. Remember to always check the
‘Apply to” box.
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This page is sponsored by Fred and Lorna James

Primes are numbers like three, seven and
11 that are divisible by only two whole positive
numbers: themselves and one.

Thousands of people around the world have
been participating in the Great Internet
Mersenne Prime Search, or GIMPS, a
cooperative system in which underused
computing power is harnessed to perform the
calculations needed to find and verify
Mersenne primes.

PPS TO JPG
By Bodo Schwarz, ICE

Q

uiet a few times I was asked: “Is it possible to convert PPS files to JPG or other so that
Photoshop Elements 6 can read them – I have a very good PowerPoint presentation and I
would like to print out some of the images but I can't transfer them to Adobe photo gallery to do so if it
is at all possible?”

This page is sponsored by Elwyn Jordan

The short answer is “Yes, do the following”
1. Click on the file
2. Right-click and a drop down menu will appear
3. Change the file extension from .pps to .ppt (to be safe I would suggest that you make a copy
of the file first and work on the copy)
4. Open the .ppt file
5. In the Menu Bar click on File, Save As…
6. Then click on the triangle on the right Save as type: and select the type desired

7. Click Save and the following dialogue box will appear

8. Make your choice and after the save is complete, the program will tell you were the files
where saved (below)

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NOVEMBER 2008

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 WHEN...
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you
are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9
on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that
there wasn't a #9 on this list!
Submitted by Michael McKeen, ICE, South Australia

Q. How do catch a squirrel?
A. Climb up a tree and act like a nut.

ICE HELP LINE

T

his “Help Line” is for ICE members. Be they beginners, intermediate or advanced users, many of our
members need help in one way or another to solve both software and hardware problems from time
to time. If your problem can’t be solved by phone or e-mail then you may ask the member to visit you.
This will be a private arrangement and ICE takes no responsibility. More volunteers are
needed. Do you remember what it was like to be a beginner?
We hope that more of our experienced members with ‘expertise’ in certain areas will soon add their
names to this list. Members, when you call someone on this list, please respect the fact that others may
be waiting in line, so, if possible, limit your call to about 15 minutes.

Contact

Phone

Topics

Robert Castles

 4267 3232

Hardware, General Apps, Web pages, Video & Graphics
[email protected]

Duncan Charig

 4262 1883

Gen Apps, Win 3.x & XP, Music App, Databases,
Internet connections & e-mail software
[email protected]

Patrick Colby

 4229 6558

Technical Advisor
[email protected]

Elwyn Jordan

 4261 6325

Hardware problems & up-grade and purchasing advice
[email protected]

Bodo Schwarz

 4284 8754

Microsoft Publisher, PowerPoint, Word & Excel
[email protected]

Lorraine Thew

 4285 2434
5:30 to 7:30 pm

Gen App - Win 95-98 Word Processing & DTP
[email protected]

NOVEMBER 2008

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This page is sponsored by Lorraine and Lynnette

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on
the microwave.
2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards
in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to
reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the
desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with
friends and family is that they don't have
e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use
your mobile phone to see if anyone is home
to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web
site at the bottom of the screen
8. Leaving the house without your mobile
phone, which you didn't even have the first
20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a
cause for panic and you turn around to go
and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line
before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways
to smile. : )

MAKE WORD 2007 SAVE TO .DOC BY DEFAULT
By Robert Castles, ICE

W

ord 2007 uses a highly
incompatible .docx file format for saving
files, making it difficult to share with friends and
colleagues who don't have the same version.
To change this:
1.

Click the Office button in the top left

2.

Click the Word Options button

3.
4.

On the left-hand side, select Save
Change the Save files in this format
drop down box to Word 97 - 2003
Document (*.doc)

5. Click OK
Use Bookmarks
Word's Bookmark feature lets you navigate
quickly through lengthy documents. Simply go
to a page you'd like to bookmark and, from the
Insert menu, click Bookmark (in Word 2007,
it's in the Links subsection). Name your
Bookmark and click Add. To find your
bookmark, hit CTRL + F, and then click on the
Go To tab. Select Bookmark from the menu
on the left and enter the bookmark name to
jump straight to it.

If undeliverable return to:
Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts
9 Ursula Road, Bulli, NSW 2516

Meetings are held every second Friday, 7:30 pm, and
fourth Saturday, 1:00 pm (February to November), of the
month at the Unanderra Community Hall (Rear Hall),
corner of Factory Road & Princes Highway, Unanderra.

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DEADLINE 15 NOVEMBER 2008.

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Disclaimer: The Illawarra PC Users Group Inc. disclaim all responsibility for any losses or damage which may be
attributed to the use or misuse of any material published in this Newsletter.
The ILLAWARRA COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS NEWSLETTER ’ICICLES’
is published by the Illawarra PC Users N
Group
Inc.,
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