46_078973673x_index.qxd 1/29/07 10:50 AM Page 411 Index A AAA Travel Services, 317 Ain’t It Cool News website, applications, 12-13 ABC News website, 314, 395 318 Explorers All Game Guide website, 319 Computer, 61-62 access points (wireless net- Control Panel, 62-63 works), 120 All Games Free website, 319 Documents, 60 accessory programs All-Movie Guide website, Windows XP, 72 (Windows), 63 318-319 applying Troubleshooters, accounts AllTheWeb website, 258 141 email, 232 Alta Vista Image Search, 316 ArcadeTown.com, 320 Money, 214-215 AltaVista website, 157, 258 online banking, 218-219 arranging desktop icons, 86 Quicken, 216-217 AMD microprocessors, 17 Ask for Kids website, 157 AccuWeather.com website, America Online. See AOL Ask website, 258 315 America’s Job Bank website, attachments (email) ActiveX controls, 164 317 opening, 236 Ad-Aware website, 155 analog-to-digital video, 404 sending, 235-236, 348 Add or Remove Programs Angelfire website, 306 auctions, eBay bidding process, 274-276 utility, 165 animations, 210-211 Buy It Now (BIN) option, adding internal hardware, ANT 4 MailChecking, 152 276-277 113 anti-spam software, 152 fraud protection, 280-281 addition (+) operator, Excel, anti-spyware software, process overview, 272-274 196 154-155 selling process, 281-283 Address Book antivirus software, 149-150 audio, 23 email, 238-240 CDs AnyWho website, 259 Microsoft Works, 168 playing, 354-362 Address box, Internet AOL (America Online) setting bit rate, 357 Explorer, 243 CityGuide, 317 digital audio formats, Instant Messenger. See AIM 368-369 administrator user accounts, Radio, 379 downloading, 370-373 88-89 Video, 395 DVD audio options, chang- Adobe Premiere Pro, 404 Apple ing, 389 AgeNet Eldercare Network, iPod, 114-116, 382-384 Internet radio, 378-379 321 iTunes Music Store, 370 music. See music AIM (AOL Instant Mac OS, 13 automatic backups, 136-137 Messenger), 324-327 automatic software installa- tions, 164 46_078973673x_index.qxd 1/29/07 10:50 AM Page 412 412 AUTOSUM FUNCTION AutoSum function (Excel), Bloglines website, 288 Buy It Now option (eBay), 197-198 blogs 276-277 AVG Anti-Virus, 149 creating, 289-290 BuyMusic website, 373 AVI file format, 408 overview of, 286 bytes, 18 reading and commenting on, Awesome Library website, 319 287-288 searching, 288 C B tracking, 288-289 cable Internet connections, 22 Blu-ray, 21 Back button, Internet Explorer setting up, 225-227 toolbar, 244-245 BMP images, adding to Word sharing, 227-228 documents, 190 backgrounds cable modems, 22 changing in PowerPoint pre- boards, 16 cables sentations, 207 booting systems, 41-43 color codes, 38 modifying, 77-78 BoxerJam.com, 320 connecting, 37-38 Windows XP, 83-84 broadband cable Internet con- camcorders backups nections, 224 connecting to PCs, 404 files, 103-104 setting up, 225-227 creating WMM projects from, Windows Backup, 135-137 sharing, 227-228 405-406 bank accounts, 216-217 broadband DSL Internet con- cameras. See digital cameras managing (Money), 215 nections, 224 cards, 16 online, 218-219 setting up, 225-227 adding, 113 base stations (wireless net- sharing, 227-228 analog-to-digital, 404 works), 120 broadband Internet connec- sound, 23, 108 batteries, notebooks, 33 tions, 22 video, 24, 108 BBC News website, 314 broadband satellite Internet Career.com, 317 Bcc (blind carbon copy), email connections, 225 CareerBuilder website, 317 messages, 239 setting up, 225-227 CareerWeb website, 318 sharing, 227-228 Bebo website, 302 CBS News website, 314 browsers, Web, 241. See also Bible Search website, 318 Internet Explorer (IE) CBS SportsLine website, 314 BibleGateway.com, 318 BuddhaNet, 318 CBS.com, 394-395 bidding processes, eBay, burning Cc (carbon copy) email mes- 274-276 CDs, 358-365 sages, 239 bit rate, 357 DVDs, 408 CD-R drives, 20 BizRate website, 265 buttons, 56-57 CD-ROM drives, 31, 19-20 black-and-white printers, 25 Close, 53 CD-RW drives, 20 dialog box buttons, 56 BlackICE website, 156 CDs displaying labels of, 56 playing, 354-355 blocking Internet Explorer toolbar but- burning, 358-365 email spam, 151-152, 236 tons, 244 media player programs, pop-up ads, 251 Maximize, 53 354 Blog Search Engine, 288 Minimize, 53 pausing playback, 356 Restore Down, 53 Blogger website, 258, 289 in random order, 356, 362 Windows Media Player, 354 46_078973673x_index.qxd 1/29/07 10:50 AM Page 413 CUSTOMIZING 413 ripping songs to PCs, columns (spreadsheets), 194 sharing, 127 357-363 alphabetic labels, 194 types of, 224 viewing info, 356 deleting, 195 WiFi hotspots, 228 setting bit rate, 357 inserting, 195 Windows Vista, 225 cells (spreadsheets), 194 width, adjusting, 196 Windows XP, 226 active, 194 combination printers, 25 modems, 22 networks, 121 AutoSum function operations, Comedy Central, 395 198 notebooks, 30 commands entering data into, 195 parallel/serial ports, 112 menus, 54 formatting, 200 PDAs (personal digital assis- toolbars, 55 including in formulas, 197 tants), 114 sorting, 199 comments, blogs, 287-288 scanners, 332 system components, 37 central processing units CompletePC backups, 137. See wireless networks, 121 (CPUs), 17-18 also backups connectors, system units, 15 ChaCha website, 258 components notebooks, 29-31 conserving notebook battery Chart Wizard, 201-202 PCs, 11-14 usage, 33 charts, creating, 201-202, 209 compressing files/folders, Control Panel, 62-63, 76 check boxes, in dialog boxes, 99-100, 368 copying 57 Computer Explorer, 61-62 files, 96-98 ChildFun Family website, 320 computers. See PCs email, 103 children networks, 100 Concierge.com, 317 Internet security, 156-159 portable drives, 103 websites, 320 configuring Microsoft Word text, 186 networks, 117-120 Classroom Clipart, 316 songs, 358, 363 Windows Vista, 122 Corbis website, 316 Clip Art Center, 316 Windows XP, 122 Clip Art Gallery (Word), 190 parental controls, 90 Corel WordPerfect, 180 Clip Art Review, 316 Quicken, 216-217 CPUs (central processing restore points, 144, 146 units), 17 Clipart.com, 316 video, 404 Craigslist website, 317 clips, video, 405. See also Confirm File Delete dialog video crashes, restoring from, box, 99 143-146 clock speeds, CPUs, 17 connections crawlers, 254 closed captions, 389 Apple iPod, 383 Crosswalk.com, 318 closing camcorders, 114 programs with Task Manager, digital cameras, 114, 332 Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination, 143 FireWire/USB ports, 111 143 windows, 53 Internet cursor, 21 account setup, 225 Club Photo website, 349 customizing broadband cable, 224 CNN website, 314 desktops broadband DSL, 224 modifying colors, 78 CNN/Money website, 315 broadband satellite, 225 personalizing backgrounds, color printers, 25 configuring Windows, 77 225-227 colors, modifying, 78-79 selecting screensavers, 80 dial-up, 224 How can we make this index more useful? Email us at [email protected] 46_078973673x_index.qxd 1/29/07 10:50 AM Page 414 414 CUSTOMIZING Windows Sidebar, 81 dial-up Internet connections, DVD-R drives, 20 Windows XP, 83 224 hard drives, 18-19 WMM, 408 connecting cables, 37 checking for errors, 131 cutting Microsoft Word text, setting up, 225 defragmenting, 131 186 dialog boxes deleting unnecessary files, 130, 165-166 Cybersitter website, 157 Confirm File Delete, 99 Display Properties, 84 diskettes, 19 displaying, 55 Display Properties dialog box, D grayed items, 55 84 Insert Chart, 209 display properties, customiz- Dark Horizons website, 319 Turn Off Computer, 70 ing, 79-84 data entry, 195 digital audio, 368-370 Ditto.com, 316 data storage. See storage downloading, 370-373 options file formats, 369 division operator, Excel, 196 databases, URGE, 356 Internet radio, 378 Document workspace dates, resetting, 87 digital cameras (Microsoft Word 2007), 181 connecting to PCs, 114-116, Daypop website, 288 documents 332 viewing, 53-54 defragmenting hard drives, memory card readers, 108, Word 131 333 adding pictures, 190 deleting pictures copying text, 186 files, 98-99, 130 Photo Gallery, 339-343 creating, 183 Microsoft Word text, 186 photo-processing services, cutting text, 186 programs, 165 345 defined, 183 spreadsheet columns/rows, printing, 343-345 deleting text, 186 195 digital media servers, 109 editing text, 186 entering text, 185 design templates digital photos. See also pic- formatting, 186-191 (PowerPoint), 205 tures grammar checking, 187 desktops email, 348 insertion point, 185 backgrounds, 77-78, 84 printing, 351 opening, 185 colors, 78 sharing, 349-351 Outline view, 189 customizing, 77 Digital Podcast, 291 pasting text, 186 modifying, 79 directories (Web), 258 printing, 187 navigating, 50 resizing display size, 183 screensavers, 80 DIRECWAY satellite Internet saving, 185 shortcut icons, 50, 86 access, 225 selecting text, 186 arranging, 86 DiscoverySchool.com, 319 spell checking, 187 creating, 85 Disk Cleanup utility, 130 using styles, 189 removing, 85 viewing options, 182 renaming, 85 Disk Defragmenter utility, 131 Works Windows Sidebar, 81 disk drives creating, 170 Windows XP, 83-84 CD-R, 20 finding, 173 device drivers, 112 CD-RW, 20 DVD drives, 20 opening, 172 Documents Explorer, 60 46_078973673x_index.qxd 1/29/07 10:50 AM Page 415 FAMILYFUN.COM 415 Dogpile website, 258 fraud protection, 280-281 Entertainment Weekly, 319 DotPhoto website, 349 process overview, 272-274 ergonomics, 36 registering for, 273 double-clicking, 51 selling process, 281-283 eSpirituality.com, 318 downloading eBloggy website, 289 ESPN website, 314, 395 digital music, 370-373 Edit menu, 55 Excel, 193 online files, 164 AutoSum function, 197-198 songs from iTunes Music editing cells Store, 384 digital photos, 339-343 active, 194 dragging and dropping Microsoft Word