You will want to print this off and keep it beside you as you practice. All I am doing in this lesson is describing, step by step what I have found works for me.
As you explore, you will discover that there are many ways of doing the same thing. Under Windows 3.1, you need to explore the command bar at the top of your screen (indeed, Win95 people need to do this as well). As you do the exercises, do make note of any improvements, errors, or questions that arise from them. We can work together on making this a great file for other members.
Take your time with the lessons. It may be enough in one session to just learn the 'copy and paste' command. There's a lot here to absorb!
Open one of your letters in your email program from a member who has a homepage. Place your cursor at the beginning of the home page address, press on the left button of your mouse, do not release, move the mouse until the address is highlighted...release the mouse button. Click on the 'Edit' command at the top of your screen and, in the drop down menu, find and click on the word 'Copy'. (In Windows 95 you can save this step by right clicking with your mouse... a menu opens up and one of the words there is 'Copy'.. click on that.) You have a copy of the home page address on Clipboard now. TIP: The 'copy' command will only be active if you have HIGHLIGHTED something.
Minimize your email program.
Open your browser program for the Internet (I use Netscape). Click on the dialog box next to 'Location'. I want the address currently there to be highlighted. Go to 'Edit' and click there, find the 'Paste' command there and click on that. Your copied home page address should replace the previous address. You can go directly to that home page address on the 'net now (if you wanted to, but of course, you will want to continue with the lesson).
TIP: I don't even try to type out Internet addresses, way too many chances of making an error, just do the 'copy and paste' bit. Close your browser program.
NOTE: Many email programs have 'point and click' capability now. With your browser enabled and your connection to the 'Net open, you may find you can just click on the URL address in the letter in your email program and the browser will take you there. You must have your browser enabled and your connection to the net open. I'll keep the information for pasting the address for those who have older programs.
Another practice session for copy and paste:
Copy a paragraph from this letter using the highlight and 'Copy' command. This text will now replace the home page address you were storing on Clipboard. *Clipboard only stores ONE item at a time. Open a new message (letter) in your email program. Place the flashing cursor in the body of the letter. Go to 'Edit' and then click on 'Paste' (Win 95 can right click) and you will see my paragraph appear there. This is what people who subscribe to lace-digest must do to respond to one of the letters to the list. They have to pick out what they want and copy it to a new letter.
TIP: To differentiate the text you are copying and your own, it is a good idea to place a > sign at the beginning and a < at the end of the copied text. Close the letter without saving it.
*Remember, you can 'Paste' as often as you like with the same stored information. It stays on the Clipboard until replaced. We will continue now with your lesson...
Click on your 'Start' button, then Programs, and pick out 'Windows Explorer' from the list and click on it (Win 3.1 would just open File Manager). You should see all the current 'folders' displayed in the Explorer.
My 'hard drive' (the drive holding all the folders) is called the 'C' drive...yours may be a different letter. Single-click on the 'C' (or equivalent) drive (to close all folders). Go to the top of your screen and click on the word 'File'... from the drop-down menu highlight the word 'New' and in the drop-down sub-menu, click on the word 'Folder'. You will see a 'New Folder' appear in Explorer with the word 'New Folder' highlighted. This is your opportunity to name your folder. Type the word 'Tatting' and click on the word 'Enter' on your keyboard.
You might take the time to create 'New Folders' (Directories) now for 'Bobbin Lace' and whatever other folders you want. I have folders for Crocheting, Knitting, Embroidery, Crafts, Recipes, Quotations, Bobbin Lace, Tatting, Pictures (all my graphic files)... and so on.
Now, click on your email program to bring it to the forefront, highlight the tatting pattern and 'copy' it to your clipboard (you got that part down pat, eh?).
Bring your 'Write' program up, make sure the cursor is flashing at the top left of the empty text screen and 'paste' the pattern there (right-click on the mouse and click on the word 'Paste').
Click on the word 'File' and then the word 'Save' from the fall-down menu. A new 'Save As' screen will open up. You will see a dialog box next to the word 'File Name'. Type 'Tatted Angel pattern' in the dialog box. DO NOT CLICK ON 'SAVE' YET.
You will see that you have the Windows folder open, or at least I did. You will want to move out of that directory to the Tatting folder. There are two ways to do this:
Click on the word 'Save'. YOU'VE DONE IT! You can close your write program now.
Now for a dry run to call up your new file. Open your 'Write' program again. Go to 'File' and click on it and then on the word 'Open'. You will see a new screen with the word 'Open' at the top left corner. You'll find that you have to move up again to locate the Tatting folder ... click on the bent arrow to get to the main directory window, find the Tatting folder and double click on it.
At the moment you only have the one file (you will create many more), but for now, click on the pattern you just saved, you will see its name appear in the 'File Name' box. Click on the word 'Open' and ... VOILÁ... the pattern is displayed on your 'Write' screen. That's it for now. Just close your 'Write' program and make yourself a nice cuppa and give yourself a large pat on the back so we can have a chat.
Of course you can always send this pattern to a friend by 'copying and pasting' into an email letter, but...
***If you want to send the tatting pattern (or any file) to a friend as an attachment, start a letter to your friend in your email program. Find the word at the top of your email screen that carries the word 'Attach' (I use Eudora.. the 'attach file' message comes under the word 'Messages'. I understand that the word is 'Insert' in MSN) When you click on 'Attach', the same type of screen opens up the folders as described in the above paragraph when you clicked on the word 'Open'.
You do the same steps as you have practiced in the previous exercise to locate the pattern. When you have found it and highlighted it... click on the word 'attach' on the screen... you will find yourself back at your letter and you will see a message next to the 'Attachments' with the path for your pattern file.
You can send any file this way, not just text files, but graphic files, programs files, ANY files! AND you can repeat the steps for attaching files if you want to send more than one file with your letter.
To practice, send me the tatting pattern back as an attachment.
DELETING A FILE... That right button click or going through 'File' at the top of your screen, will provide a number of commands to choose from... you can delete a file either way.
MOVING A FILE (say you saved a file to the wrong directory, and you want it in 'Bobbin Lace')...open Explorer (File Manager) ...Double click on the folder currently holding the file to open it, and locate the file. Place the mouse arrow over the file... press on the left button to highlight the file. *Do not release*... move the mouse arrow (you will see a little ghost file icon moving with the arrow), over to the 'Bobbin Lace' folder (*it will become highlighted)... release the left button and the file is moved there.
MOVING A PROGRAM FILE or COPYING TO ANOTHER FOLDER ** I have noticed that using this 'move' technique may not move .exe files, but may just create a shortcut for it (I don't know why, that's Windows 95 for you!). If the ghost file icon has that little arrow in the lower left corner, that indicates a shortcut icon and the program file itself will not be moved. The only way to move these programs is to right click and click on the word 'Cut'... then move the mouse arrow to the destination folder and right click on the word 'Paste'.
You can also 'copy' a file and 'paste' the copy in another folder. That means there are two of the same file on your computer.
TIP You can move or copy a file to your floppy disk if you wish. Double click on the right screen of Explorer to open the Folder (Directory) and locate your file. On the left screen, at the top, you will see the drive where you floppy disk is located. After making sure you have a disk in that drive, move the file as described above to the disk drive and 'drop' it there.
Start the moving process again... keep that mouse steady. The 'Undo' command is a mighty handy tool in word processing too. If you delete text in a letter, and want it back, the 'Undo' button will bring it back.
USING THE BROWSE BUTTON. Essentially, you already know how to use the browse button. When you searched Explorer for a file to open in your Write program, or for a file to 'Attach', you were 'browsing'. There are places in Windows 95 where you will actually see a button marked 'browse'.
Say you want to install a new game from a floppy disk (or from a CD). Place the first disk in the disk drive. When you click on 'Start' and then 'Run' you will see a window open up requiring the 'path' (Look at the end of the lesson for a description of the word 'path'). Click on the word 'browse' and the Explorer screen will open. That 'bent arrow' we used before can move you out of your directories to an even higher level. Click on the bent arrow until you see all your drives. My floppy disks are on my 'B' drive and my CD ROM is on my 'E' drive. If I click on the 'B' drive, some files will appear that are on the disk I put in the drive... I locate and click on the 'Setup.exe' or 'install.exe' file and then on 'OK'. That returns me to the first window with the 'path' all filled in very nicely by that friendly Windows 95. Clicking on 'OK' will start the installation of the program.
*Watch for the browse button, you will find it appears in many places. For example, when you are INSTALLING A NEW PROGRAM, you will see a screen with a 'path' for the destination of the new program. Say, for example, you are installing a new game and the program proposes setting up a new folder for installation... but you want to place the game in an existing folder called 'Games'. You will see the 'browse' button ... use it to locate the folder 'Games' and click on 'OK' ... you will see that 'path' magically appear in place of the previous destination.
Hugs,
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This is an adaptation of an old angel pattern:
Using size 20 Cebelia or Cordonnet, White
BODY: Cut a very sturdy cardboard template 5 1/2" long and about 3 inches wide. Wrap 150 times around the card long ways. Slide an 8" length of thread under the top of the wrapped thread and tie tightly to form a loop to hand the finished angel.
Form Head and body: Tie around the Angel's neck with a few turns of an 8" piece of thread 1" down from the top. Cut the loop of threads open at the bottom.
Pull away 40 threads from each side of Angel body; wrap each section at top of arm with 7" of thread, as done for head. Cut 1 to 1 1'2 " from bottom of thread to form arms. If desired tie a 5" length of thread around "wrists" to from hands.
HALO: Using gold metallic if desired, make a Large ring of 2 ds - p as large as you like but at least 22 picots.
HAIR: With shuttle thread in ring position make 5 ds, close ring, 8 times. Make each new ring right up next to the previous ring.
WINGS: Each wing has 3 individual pieces. Make 2:
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Return to lesson on adding a file to a folder
OPENING A SAVED FILE
ADDING TEXT TO AN EXISTING FILE IN A FOLDER
Say you have saved a file in Tatting that you called 'Suppliers Addresses'. Another letter comes in with more suppliers addresses... just highlight and 'copy' the new addresses and 'Open' your write program and bring up the file for 'Suppliers Addresses'. You can paste the additional addresses to the bottom of that file, then click on 'File' and 'Save'... all done! I have a file on 'Beginners Books', for example, that I add to from time to time.
TIPS FOR RENAMING, DELETING, AND MOVING FILES
If you want to RENAME A FILE... open Explorer (File Manager), then the directory where the file lives. Highlight the file and click your right button... you will see a menu. Click on the word 'Rename' and a box will appear around the file name... type in the new name and press 'Enter'... all done! (Clicking on 'File' and locating the command 'Rename' works too.)
USEFUL BUTTONS: UNDO AND BROWSE
USING THE 'UNDO' COMMAND. If you err and place the file in the wrong directory while you are practicing, it is easy to back up to try again. Click on the word 'Edit' and the word 'Undo' and you file will be returned to where it was before you started to move it.
WHAT IS A PATH?
A path is just another word for the 'address' for a file. Just like your address, the path focuses the search. e.g. C:\Games\Jigsaw.exe. That is the address for my Jigsaw game... on the 'C' drive. In the Games directory, the .exe files 'execute' or start the program. This is like giving my address as Canada\BC\Vancouver\Street number\Apt. Number. You don't need to know the 'path' for a file or program if you practice using the browse button... Windows will find it for you.
WHAT IS A DEFAULT?
In computer lingo, the 'DEFAULT' is a preset command. Hee hee, when I was new to computers, and it asked if I wanted to use the default, I tried to avoid it because the word has a negative meaning to me (not nice to default' on a loan, for example). Unless you are an expert, and know how to 'tweak' your computer, always go for the default. It is the best option for us beginners. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO 'EXECUTE' A FILE?
I had similar uneasy feelings about this word. In computer language however, to 'execute' a file or program (i.e. Jigsaw.exe) means to OPEN it. NOT to shoot it, electrocute it, or hang it from the highest tree. Default... execute...these computer nerds have a weird sense of humor!
Joan Posener
jposener@direct.ca
A Tatting Pattern from The LaceLady
Small amount of Metallic Gold for Halo
Ring: 2 ds - p - 2 ds - p - 2ds - p - 2ds, CR, RW
Chain: 2 ds - p - 2 ds RW
Ring: 2 ds - J - 2 ds - p - 2 ds - p - 2 ds, CR, RW
Chain: 2 ds - p - 2 ds RW
Ring: 2 ds - j - 3 ds - p - 3 ds - p - 3 ds CR RW
Chain: 2 ds - p - 2 ds
LaceLady
Cristina Banyard
Lincoln, Nebraska
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