Well, I've got a lot to catch up on. Updates to post, questions to answer ... and blog mediums to consider.
It's about 9:30pm right now. I'm just having supper, having spent (another) long day at the store. I don't begrudge to time I spend there, but it leaves me with very little time to focus on the blog. Or at least in the format the blog currently exists in.
Everytime I want to make a post, I have to go to the www.blogspot.com webpage. Then I log in. Then I click New Post and start typing. Which is pretty frustrating when I have an idea for a post that I want to start now and save for later. It means saving a file, making sure I can take the file home, saving any files I want to attach like photos (which I prefer to link to directly) etc.
What I want to be able to do is to start a blog post at work, NOT post it immediately, and then continue it from another computer anywhere I like. It sounds pretty ambitious, but I think I've found a way to do it. John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing (someone I'd recommend to anyone starting their own business!) has been strongly recommending a program called Word Press for a while, and I'm going to give it a shot. The address will still be the same, and the text will all still be mine, but it is intended to be easier for me to post to, giving me more incentive to post more often.
Combine all this technolomogical stuff with the hour or so I want to spend writing each day (wish me luck!), and the added bonus of answering 31 blog post questions from Mark Hayward over the next month, and I think we're looking forward to a very busy time for the next little while.
My statcounter says that over 1000 people have viewed this blog so far. Thankl you all so much! I hope you've found the blog helpful. If any of you have any questions, please don't be shy. I will answer all questions that I can, and find answers to those I don't know, for you! My email is officegirlgreen@gmail.com, and you can ask anything you want! As much as I want the blog to stay focused on MS Office and basic computer tips, I also want it to be able to showcase our storea little, and to focus on interesting things I find online. To help with that, I will be inviting Rob (my husband and business partner) to post here sometimes too. There are several really useful applications he's found online recently that I thought he might like to share with you, so expect to see an additional writer here in the near future.
Take care,
Jess
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- Application - AKA Program this refers to any piece of software on your computer.
- Browser - the program used to access the internet. Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the most commonly used, although Mozilla's Firefox is also popular.
- Cell reference - literally a reference to a cell. This is usually first encountered in Excel. A cell reference usually is phrased as the letter of the column and the number of the row being referred to e.g. A1
- Character - Any symbol (letter, number, punctuation etc) that you type in.
- Default tab stops - how far your insertion point moves when you press the Tab key
- Document - A file created by using keyboard input. Basically it usually is something like a letter or resume. It might end in .doc, .rtf, or .txt.
- Font - the "handwriting" used for text. Usually is either a serif or sans serif typeface.
- Footer - Area at the bottom of a Word document devoted to text which is repeated in the same position for every page of the document.
- Format - Changes the way your (usually) text appears.
- Formula - a calculation mostly used in Excel which uses operators and cell references to express itself
- Hard drive - the hard drive is your main storage device in your computer. It is also known as the "C drive", which in nerd-speak is written like C:
- Header - Area at the top of a Word document devoted to text which is repeated in the same position for every page of the document.
- Indentation - a way to determine how much space shows between the margins and the edge of the paragraph
- Input - Input is where you put information INTO the computer. You can do this with an input device such as the keyboard or mouse.
- Install - to take the contents of a disk (CD, DVD etc) and place them permanently on the computer.
- Malware - anything which infiltrates or damages a computer system without the owner's informed consent.
- Margins - the white spaces around the edge of your document
- Operating System - a very complex piece of software, but without it you wouldn't be able to use your computer! Windows is the best known operating system available.
- Operator - a symbol used to calculate, compare and otherwise express what you want to do
- Paragraph - Created in Word everytime you press Enter.
- Program - AKA Application this refers to any piece of software on your computer.
- Software - A program (usually purchased at a store) which can be installed onto your computer. AKA Application, Program
- Spyware - installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent.
- Tab - a clever way of aligning your text differently within a paragraph
- Uninstall - to remove an installed program from the computer.
- Web based email - an email account which is accessed through a browser rather than a dedicated program. Yahoo and Hotmail are examples of this.
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