April 2010
Inserting Tab Leaders
Dear Computer Lady, I’ve been a fan of your column since forever. I’ve checked the manuals I have for Word, but can’t find out how to do the “. . .” when you are typing a table of contents. I’ve been doing it manually, but it’s taking me forever. HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! Thanks for whatever […]
Keyboard Word Problem
Dear Computer Lady, You are the best! I cannot even guess at how many times you have helped me. But now I have a problem. I have Windows XP and Word 2003. My keyboard in Word will suddenly change. That is, the keys type different letters. I have to shut down Word, wait a few […]
Can’t Click the OK Button
Dear Computer Lady, I increased the size of my icons & mouse pointer using Control Panel–Personalization—- I made it too large & want to go back to just large. My problem—the print is so large, when I try to change back to just large I cannot go down to the bottom of the screen to […]
AutoCorrect Shortcuts
Dear Computer Lady, I use expanders for long words or phrases when typing documents at work. For instance, when I type “tyvm” the letters automatically expand to “thank you very much”. How can I do the same thing in other word processing programs on my home PC such as Works or Open Office? Thank you […]
Keep Your Computer Secure
Dear Computer Lady, I have been having a few problems with my computer lately, and the guy at Best Buy said that all I need is an internet security suite like Norton or McAfee. Those programs are kind of expensive, how do I know if they are really worth it? Anne
Transfer Word Custom Dictionary To New Computer
Dear Computer Lady, I am a medical transcriptionist who over the past 5 years has added medical words to my spell check on Windows XP. For example, when the computer highlights an incorrect spelling, I look the word up, type it in correctly and then add it to the dictionary. Is there any way that […]
Take Pictures Out of Programs
Dear Computer Lady, I have pictures in Zoom browser and an adobe photo album and I would like to put them in the same file with all my pictures. I can’t seem to figure out how they let me do that. I can copy them but they are still there in the other files. I […]
Floppy Drives
Hi Computer lady, I am trying to find one of those old computers that have both the Floppy Disk and Memory Stick features. I know those are pretty dated, but I have a number of Floppy Disks that I need to transfer to a new hard drive and then also store the information on memory […]
Super Granny 5
Super Granny 5 One of my favorite games over at Big Fish Games is Super Granny, and I was excited to see that they have come out with a brand new version of the game, Super Granny 5. As in previous versions of Super Granny, Granny must rescue her kitties and guide them home while […]