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Saving Pictures
Once you have found a picture that you know you’ll
want to have, you’d probably like to know how to save
it. It’s easy, depending on the number of buttons
there are on your mouse, the instructions are slightly
different.
- If you have only one button on your mouse, move
the cursor over the picture and hold the mouse button
down for approximately 5 seconds until another window
pops up.
- If you have more than one button on your mouse,
move the cursor over the picture and hold down the
button on the right side (also called “right-clicking”)
until another window pops up.
You then have the choice whether to copy the picture,
copy the link, or save the picture. Play it safe
and save the picture to a disk or to your hard drive.
So, choose Save. You might want
to change the name of the Picture before you save it,
so that it will be easy for you to identify later.
You also might want to consider creating a folder on
your hard drive just for the pictures you find, so that
it ‘s easy for you to find them later.
Importing Pictures
Importing is a good idea for those times when you are
going to use the picture right away and don’t think
you’ll need it again. Importing is just a long
word meaning that you are going to use the Copy and
Paste option. Depending on the number of buttons
on your mouse, the instructions are slightly different.
- If you have only one button on your mouse, move
the cursor over the picture and hold the mouse button
down for approximately 5 seconds until another window
pops up.
- If you have more than one button on your mouse,
move the cursor over the picture and hold down the
button on the right side (also called “right-clicking”)
until another window pops up.
Select Copy from the list that popped
up.
Go to the new word processing or other document and
click the mouse over the space where you want the picture
to be placed.
Select Paste for the Edit menu.
Playing Sounds
Sound files are now available on all kinds of web sites.
The first thing you need to know is the type of computer
you are using. Are you using a Mac, or some type
of PC?
Both systems will let you listen to sounds that are
in the RealAudio/RealVideo format. It involves
a plug-in. You need to download the free RealAudio/RealVideo
player from the RealAudio web site and follow the directions.
After you have downloaded the RealAudio software and
installed it on your computer playing Real Audio sound
files are very simple. Click on the link for the
sound file. A new browser window will pop up.
Wait (It takes some time for the sound files to download).
And the sound will play.
If your computer is a Mac, read this.
When you see a choice of sound files (usually .wav,
.aiff or .au), choose .aiff or .au. These formats
are compatible with your Macintosh computer, but not
with a PC. After you click on the .aiff or .au
link a new browser window should pop up. It may
take a few moments for the sound file to make its way
to the new window. Most of the time Macs cannot
play .wav files, but you can always try it out if you
are the exploring type.
If your computer is a PC, read this.
When you see a choice of sound files (usually .wav,
.aiff or .au), choose .wav. The .aiff and .au
formats are compatible with a Macintosh computer, but
not a PC. After you click on the .wav link a new
small browser window should pop up. It may take
a few moments for the sound to make its way to the new
window.
Saving Sounds
- If you have only one button on your mouse, move
the cursor over the sound link and hold the mouse
button down for approximately 5 seconds until a pop
up menu appears.
- If you have more than one button on your mouse,
move the cursor over the sound link and hold down
the button on the right side (also called “right-clicking”)
until a pop up menu appears.
Once the menu appears choose Save Link As. You
might want to change the name of the sound so that it
will be easy for you to identify later. You might
also want to consider creating a folder on your hard
drive just for the sounds you find.
Videos
Since playing videos on your computer does indeed require
a lot of things working together in order to make it
easy for you, web sites that make videos available usually
go out of their way to spell out the things you need
to play their videos, and they also provide links to
the help or software that you need too. Playing
videos on your computer requires a bit more speed and
memory than other types of files. Most sites will
let you know the size of the video files.
It is recommended that you start with smallest files
and see how long it takes to download on your computer,
and then make a decision on whether you want to try
downloading the larger files.
Listed below are some helpful plug-ins for playing
Video Files:
- QuickTime - QuickTime plays on both Apple
Computers and PCs running Windows and it’s free
from Apple Computer’s QuickTime Download page.
- RealVideo Player
- VDO Player
- Gif Animations - you shouldn’t need anything
special to watch these.
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