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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics
accessibility accessory programs
     Magnifier
         changing magnification level
         customizing
         exiting
         hiding Magnifier Settings dialog box
         turning on/off tracking options
     Narrator
         exiting
         moving mouse pointers
         selecting voices
     On-Screen Keyboard
         typing with mouse
     starting
Accessibility Options
     Accessibility Options dialog box
         Display tab
         General tab 2nd
         Keyboard tab 2nd 3rd
         Mouse tab
         Sound tab 2nd
     Accessibility Wizard 2nd
         changing text size
Accessibility Options dialog box (Accessibility Control Panel)
    Display tab
         turning on/off High Contrast
     General tab 2nd
    Keyboard tab
         turning on/off FilterKeys
         turning on/off StickyKeys
         turning on/off ToggleKeys
    Mouse tab
         turning on/off MouseKeys
    Sound tab
         turning on/off ShowSounds
         turning on/off SoundSentry
Accessibility Wizard 2nd
     text, changing size
Accessories folder 2nd 3rd
accessory programs
     accessibility accessory programs
         Magnifier
         Narrator 2nd 3rd 4th
         On-Screen Keyboard 2nd
         starting
     Calculator 2nd
     games 2nd
    Notepad
         starting
     Paint
     Scientific Calculator
     viewing 2nd 3rd
    WordPad
         editing text
         entering text into
         Format bar
         line breaks
         Menu bar
         saving documents in
         starting
         text editing 2nd 3rd
         text formatting 2nd
         Title bar
         Toolbar
         typing text
         Window controls
accounts
    email accounts
         creating
         customizing
         disconnecting
         exiting
         Web mail accounts 2nd
accouts [See user accounts]
activating
     firewalls 2nd 3rd 4th
activity icon (Internet Explorer)
Add Fonts dialog fox
     fonts, installing 2nd
Add Hardware Wizard 2nd
    hardware, installing
         manual hardware installation 2nd 3rd
Add New Programs button (Add or Remove Programs window)
    programs
         installing
Add or Remove Programs Control Panel icon
     default programs, specifying 2nd
    programs
         installing 2nd 3rd
         uninstalling
Add or Remove Programs window 2nd
    Add New Programs button
         installing programs
     Add/Remove Windows Components button
     Change Programs button 2nd
     Remove Programs button 2nd
Add Printer Wizard 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Add/Remove Windows Components button
adding
     addresses to Address Book (Outlook Express)
     desktop icons
     favorites to favorites lists 2nd
     names to Address Book (Outlook Express)
     nicknames to Address Book (Outlook Express)
address bar (Internet Explorer)
Address Book (Outlook Express)
     addresses, adding
     addresses, displaying
     contact groups 2nd
     contact lists 2nd 3rd
     importing
     names, adding
     nicknames
addresses
     adding to Address Book 2nd
Adjust Date/Time button
adjusting
     volume
Advanced Appearance dialog box
     custom color schemes, creating
Advanced Search Link (MSN Search Web site)
Advanced tab (Customize Start menu dialog box)
advertisements
     home pages
Airbrush tool (Paint)
album art (visualizations)
Align to Grid command (shortcut menu)
All Programs button
Alta Vista Web site
Ambience option (visualizations)
Analyze button (Disk Defragmenter)
animations
     viewing
anti-spam programs 2nd
AntiSpam (Norton) 2nd
Apply Skin button (Windows Media Player)
Arrange Icons By command
     files, sorting
     folders, sorting
Arrange Icons By command (shortcut menu)
arranging
     program windows 2nd 3rd
         Cascade Windows command
         Tile Windows Horizontally command
         Tile Windows Vertically command
         Undo Tile command
Ask Jeeves Web site
assigning
     pictures to user accounts
attaching
     files to email 2nd
attachments
    email attachments
         checking for viruses 2nd 3rd
         opening 2nd 3rd 4th
         saving 2nd
         sending 2nd 3rd 4th
         viruses
audio [See also CDs]
     playing 2nd
     recording 2nd
     saving
     system sounds, customizing 2nd
audio CDs [See CDs]
Auto Arrange command (shortcut menu)
auto-hiding
     Taskbar
automatic install (programs)
automatic updates
     configuring 2nd 3rd
     running