Handy QuickTip - Web searching

When searching for a website, there is no longer any need to go to a search page to do so, just type in what you are looking for directly into the browsers address bar at the top of the page.

Installing Windows on more than one computer

You may have a Windows disc that came with your computer and we have been asked if this can be installed on another computer.

The simple answer to this is no, each copy of Windows come with its own unique "product-key" which is kind of a serial number for that copy you have.

The disc will let you go as far as installing the software but will ask you for the serial number and then you have to activate either via the Internet or by phone.

Recommended Web Sites - myhotspots.co.uk

Staying on the Wi-Fi theme this week we have a web site to recommend.

If you are visiting an area in the UK and want to find a place to connect to the Internet you can find out where to connect to by using www.myhotspots.co.uk

Just type in the name of the town you are visiting and the site will give you all of the hotspots in the area.

You can even click on a map of the hotspot to see exactly where it is.

Click here to visit the site.

Handy QuickTip - Increasing size of text in your Internet Browser

Having trouble reading text on a web page in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox?

Hold down CTRL and the "+" key and the text will enlarge, press a couple of times to make the text bigger still.

If you would like to decrease the size hold down the CTRL key and the "-" key.

Wi-Fi Hotspot

A lot of people ask us what a Wi-Fi Hotspot is.

All this means is a place where you can log onto the Internet either free or for a small charge.

Many of the large chain of coffee shops and fast food restaurants have Wi-Fi hotspots for you to log onto, all you need is a laptop or other Internet device to log on.

Recommended Downloads - Foxit Reader

Staying on the PDF theme this week, we have a download for you from a company called Foxit.

There are a few different ways of reading PDF files but some of them, Adobe's Acrobat reader for instance is quite a large download and can take more space than needed to do the job.

The answer for us is Foxit Reader, its a small download and very fast to load when opening a PDF file, and like always this download is free.

To get Foxit Reader please click here.

Handy QuickTip - Saving a document as a PDF

If you have the lastest version of Microsoft Word you can save you document as a PDF easily by using the save as command and selecting .PDF from the drop down menu underneath the box where you name you file.