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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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