Working with the Email and Internet

This week we will cover the following:

• Internet Maintenance

• Placing file attachments in email

• Placing photograph attachments in email

• Opening and reading email attachments

• Making an entries in the email address book

• Review of Internet navigation

• Address line

  • Search engine

  • Using search engine to get to hotmail account

  • Hyperlinks

  • Scrolling the open using the key board

Remember, you can view the class manuals for weeks one, two and three online. The web address for the manuals is:

http://www.vweb-consult.net

Remember, always type the web address in the Address dialog box and not in the search engine dialog box. An error message will be received if you mistype the web address.

Internet Maintenance

Step One:  Keeping your computer clean. (Information for All Windows OS)

• Click on Start. Click on Control Panel. Find on Internet Options.

• Click on Internet Options folder. 

  • Find Browsing history.

  • Click on Delete button

    • You will find five sections Home page, Browser History, Search, Tabs ,and Appearance.

    • Find Browser History.

    • Click on Delete. In the next window put a check in all the boxes except the top box.

    • Click on Delete.

  • Click on Settings and the View files.

    • The window that opens should be empty.

    • If it is not empty, click on Edit at the top of the page, then Select all. All the contents of the window should be selected. Push Delete on you keyboard to delete the contents of the window.

  • Close the window.

  • Close the Internet Options window.

  • Close the Control Panel window

• This procedure will clean out the stuff web pages put on to your computer when you surf the web. Often, ad ware, or spy ware will get on your computer this way and slows down the computer processing.

• Explore some of the other tabs at the top of Internet Options so see what else you can do.

Step Two: Make sure you download and install the application from the Maintenance Page and scan frequently with the following: Glary Utilities, Advanced System Care, etc.

• Download a file to your computer

  • Click on Maintenance Page.

  • Click on the file you want to download.

  • When the window opens, click on download file. Be careful to download the free version. There will be several windows that will open before you get to the correct one.

  • Often there is a light yellow banner that appears at the top of the window area. It asks you to Click here to continue the download. Click in the yellow banner to continue.

  • The application will ask you to Open or Save the download. Click on Open.

  • Follow the on screen instructions to download and install the application.

  • The last window will ask you to Finish and Open the application. Do so, and run the application.

  • A short cut will appear on the desktop so you can run the application daily.

Step Three: Make sure you update your antivirus software once a day and scan frequently. Remember: don't put more than one antivirus application on you computer.

Once in a while, Ad Aware and Spybot conflict with antivirus applications and will not work. If you install these two applications and there is trouble, uninstall them. The other software will protect your computer.

Making and Receiving Email Attachments

Receiving an Email Attachment

Receiving email attachments is similar to downloading application or filesfrom the internet. Sending email attachments is similar to uploading files to the internet.

Caution: all email accounts handle attachments and allow you to click somewhere to open the attachment. The somewhere is not always the same for each email program. You may have to go to Help to determine how to open your file.

Make sure you are on line and have access to your Hotmail email account.

• Type in the Address Bar: www.hotmail.com

  • Type the user name and id in the dialog boxes and click Sign In.

  • Click on Hotmail and then Inbox.

  • Notice: the little paper clip icon at the left of a message. This indicates that an attachment is in the email.

• After you open the email message, locate the attached file directly above the message dialog box.

  • Click on the file name (the mouse goes to a little hand) and a new window will open.

  • In the new window look for Download Now and click on the button.

  •  The attachment will download and open so you can read it or look at it.

  • The attached file can be a photo or a text message.

  • After you have viewed the attachment, exit the window or save the attachment.

  • It is a good idea to save attachments to a specific folder so you can locate the attachment easily.

Make sure you are on the internet and in your hotmail account. The file to be attached to your email message needs to have been saved to a location: floppy A disk, cd-rw disk, hard drive or a flash drive. You need to know where the file is located before you start the attachment process.

Start the attachment

• Sign in to Hotmail and go to the Inbox. 

  • Click on New Message Fill in the To, Subject and Message dialog boxes.

  • Notice the little paper clip icon on the Tool bar or the word Attach.

• To make the attachment, click on the little Paper Clip icon.

  • From the drop down menu, click on File.

  • On the new window , there is a dialog box with a button to the right side.

  • The button is Browse... Click on Browse...

  • First look in the Look In dialog box to make sure you can find the file. Find the file and double click it.

  • The pathway will be written into the dialog box.

  • Find the OK button above the dialog box. and click on it. 

The message will tell you that the file is downloading and to please wait. When the download is complete, the window will be closed and your email message will be reopened.

• Find a message just above the message dialog box that tells you there is an attachment to you email message.

  • If the attachment process is complete and accurate, the message will tell say: Send by clicking on the Send button.

  • Make sure you log out of your email account before you close leave the internet.

Extras

Making Entries into the Address Book

All email programs allow you to create an address book. Not all address book additions are done the same way so you may have to look in Help to get further instructions:

Address Book on Windows

Adding Sender from an E-mail Message

• Open an email massage.

• Click on Tools from the menu bar and select Add Sender to Address Book.

• This will automatically save the name and address of the sender of the email and you won't have to type it in.

• All the email addresses in the message can also be added to the address book by clicking on Everyone on the List.

• Other tabs in the Address book allow you to add telephone numbers and Street Addresses, etc.