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When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in
If you ask most people what frustrates them most about theInternet, many of them will tell you "It's the littlethings!" It seems like all the great tricks and tips thatmake people exclaim "STOP! How did you do that?" never makeit into any manual (at least where I can find them). My father (and co-author of "Turn Words Into Traffic")calls it the "reverse oral tradition" of computing, wherechildren teach parents the survival skills of PC life. Well, if you want to look good to your kids or buddiesaround the water cooler, check out the following cool webtricks.~^~ Cool Google Tricks ~^~Virtually everyone knows that Google.com ranks at the topof most people's search engine lists, but it does a lotmore than just tell you where to find vitamins orinformation on George Washington's wooden teeth! Need a map to a specific location? Type in the address, city and state of virtually anylocation in the US, hit the search button, and Googleserves up several different map providers across the Web. Want to know what software application a certain file goeswith on your computer? Input the file name into Google's search box and a numberof reference sites will help you know exactly what purposea file serves. I actually used this to feature to identify a piece of"spyware" lurking on my computer. Want to know who's calling you on the phone in the US?You can just input the phone number on your caller ID orcell phone display into the Google search box and getinformation on listed numbers before your answering machinecan even pick up!Log on to http://www.google.com/help/features.html for morecool search features that harness the search power ofGoogle.~^~ Text Zoom ~^~Next time you can't see small text clearly on a website,try holding down the "CTRL" key and then moving the scrollwheel on your mouse up and down. The text in your web browser (and some programs) willincrease and decrease in size as you roll the wheel backand forth. This little trick provides an excellent means of quicklygetting what you need from websites with tiny text.~^~ Slow Surfing? ~^~ If your Internet Explorer web browser starts giving youproblems, you might want to clean up your "TemporaryInternet Files."Most people don't realize it, but when you leave a webpage, it doesn't leave you! Most of the time you keep a copy of websites you visit onyour hard drive and, over time, they build up. This collection of old web pages can eventually cause yoursurfing to slow to a crawl and even cause errors! Here's one way to clear out those old files. Click your"Start" button, then "All Programs," "Accessories," "SystemTools" and "Disk Cleanup." After an initial check of your hard drive (which can takesome time if it's the first time you've ever launched theutility), you can check the boxes of the files you wish todelete. To speed up your surfing, at a minimum, make sure youdelete the "Temporary Internet Files."~^~ Surfing Shortcuts ~^~ To quickly cycle back and forth through a series of webpages you've visited, hold down the "ALT" key and tap yourleft and right arrow keys. Left arrow takes you back while the Right arrow takes youforward. The Page Up and Page Down buttons allow you to quickly moveup and down any web page without struggling to find thescroll bar slider on the right side of the page.
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