You can do IT in later lifeJanuary 2008
You can do IT is a regular feature of laterlife.com aimed at trying to help laterlife visitors make the most of Information Technology on or off the web. Jackie Sherman who runs the You can do IT Question & Answer section is an IT trainer and author. Jackie has spent her career in education and specialises in teaching IT to adults. Her courses for adults include such topics as MS Office, the Internet, e-mail and basic web page authoring. Jackie has also written several books - you can find more details about these by clicking here. Jackie has also been running a course specifically for over 50s. Via laterlife.com Jackie aims to particularly help those new to IT and the web to build up knowledge and confidence, so no question is too basic. At the same time she will cover Q&As for the more experienced user. So if you would like to ask a question of Jackie, or if you have discovered something which may be of interest to others in making the most of the web, then she would love to hear about that too. Why not email her jackie@laterlife.com
January 2008
A: 1. To add a new
toolbar, right click on any toolbar (but not on an actual
button)! The list of toolbars will appear. Click the name of any
toolbar you want to use and it will be added to your screen. All
toolbars that are on the screen will have a tick next to their
name in the list. (Click a name to take off the tick if you want
to remove the toolbar.)
3. If you cannot find the new toolbar, but its name has a tick next to it on the toolbar list, it is probably hidden between other toolbars. Look for the buttons you can recognise. Now move your mouse over the vertical dotted line on the left-hand edge and the pointer should show 4 arrows. This is the 'move' arrow. If you want to, you can now drag the toolbar to a different position.
4. To add
individual buttons, you can either find extra ones normally
associated with the toolbars already displayed, or add unusual
ones that may be on any toolbar.
b. For extra
buttons, click the Customize option. When the window opens,
click Commands and you can scroll through the categories until
you find the relevant toolbar. All the buttons offered in this
category will be displayed in the right-hand pane. Click any
button you want and drag it up to a current toolbar. The mouse
will display a white arrow with a + sign, and the position for
the button will show as a black, vertical bar. When it is in the
place you want the button, let go the mouse and it will drop
into position.
Q: How do I know that
a page asking for credit card details is
genuine and safe?
A: If you shop or
bank with a reputable company and you open their page directly
from your browser, you should be OK to add your details. There
will be two clear signs that the site is safe and your details
are therefore being encrypted (scrambled). These are https:// in
the Address box (rather than http://) and a padlock at the
bottom of the screen.
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