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U.S. Dept. of Energy - Computer Incident Advisory Capability will walk you through the various real viruses circulation on the 'Net and the vast number of hoaxes. Most e-mail you receive concerning viruses are hoaxes but this site will let you know when to panic.
The computer is here and won't go away. So it's better to learn some tricks and tips from as many people as you can to make YOUR life easier. This is an attempt to offer some of those tips and tricks. Other sites are available that can offer more comprehensive information and they may be found using search engines.
Search Engines - what to use to find information:
Lycos - this engine will look for your information based on the words you enter in the search bar and tell you how many words it found that match you requestThere are many search engines and they all work just a little different from the others. When you find a few that search the way you like - bookmark them. But also explore new search engines and revisit older search engines as everyone is trying to improve to meet the needs of the 'Net
Alta Vista - this engine will look your information based on the relevance to the web site
Excite- what the other two don't find, this earch engine might
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CLIP ART
This is the term used for art that is put into a word processing program, such as Word(TM) or WordPerfect(TM) or into a desktop publishing program such as Adobe Pagemaker(TM) . The major programs will accept (import. acquire or place) most file formats. To determine if your program can handle a certain file format, study the user manual for the words: 'import', 'acquire', 'place' or similar ideas.
The CelticLady (TM) works in PC but tries to create files that will be usable by both PC and Mac computers. Computer Clip Artare created in .TIFF format (tho some may notice I haven't had time to convert the first two Celtic volumes of graphics - soon, I promise). .TIFF's are usable by both PC and Mac's.
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FONTS
PC's & Mac's use the same type of formats for fonts; however, to use a font from one platform (computer: PC or Mac) to another, it must be 'converted'. Those fonts created in PC such as The CelticLady's(TM) Fonts can be used by Mac after using TTConverter (see below) to convert them.TTConverter (see below) to convert them.
The CelticLady's (TM) Fontsare available in TrueType™ - however until I get a conversion program Mac users will need to use TTConverter to convert the PC TrueType for Mac use. Compressed files allow for faster download time and therefore require certain programs to uncompress them - below is a selection of shareware for uncompressing such files.
Want to know more about fonts? Font-FAQts might help.
File Extensions
This identifies the type of file by its 'extension'. The extension is the last three letters that follow the period (full stop) after the name of the file. An example is CARS.PCX. The file's name is "CARS" and its extension is .PCX or PC Paintbrush format. Below are a few clip art formats:
CLIP ART FILE FORMATS
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EXTENSIONFILE NAME COMMENTS .PCX PC Paintbrush IBM-compatible .TIF Tagged-Imaged File Format Mac or IBM compatible* .EPS Encapsulated PostScript Mac or IBM compatible* .JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group for photo-type images on web sites .GIF Graphic Interchange Format for line art or clip on web sites * most desktop publishing, illustration and page layout programs will use these files will use these filesthese files
FONT FORMATS both font styles are used by IBM compatible or Mac computers
FONT TYPE FONTS COMMENTS Type 1 Fonts Screen font is in bitmap
Printer font is what you wantthis font is also known as PostScript or Laser font True Type
Fontsshown the same
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Compressed Files - also known as Zipped FilesPC Utility Programs ZipIt 1.3.5 - this is a shareware for zipping and unzipping files and is compatible with PKZip (PC)
WinZIP - a compression program for Windows 3.1 and 95.![]()
Stuffit Expander - StuffIt Expander is a necessary utility if you handle compressed files from different platforms -- PC, Mac, etc. StuffIt Expander can decompress SIT files and other archive formats used on Macs. In the DOS arena, it can handle ZIP, ARJ, GZIP UNIX archives, and ARC files. (TM)
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MAC Utility Programs FONT ConversionTTConverter 1.5 - Chris Reed's $10 shareware will convert back and forth between Windows and Macintosh TrueType fonts.Decompression ProgramsUnZip - UnZip is a MAC extraction utility for file archives compressed in ZIP format. Under the UTILITIES section you will find the instruction for downloading this file.
UnZip - another Mac extraction program for unzipping PC files
UNZIPMAC5.0.sit.hqx - This package contains Unzip 5.0p1, the latest version of the Info-ZIP free generic Unzip utility, as compiled for the Macintosh. This version is compatible with PKZip 2.04c.
ZipIt - ZipIt is a Macintosh program to zip and unzip files.
Glossary of Terms Freeware products are available at no charge. Users are encourage to distribute freeware products with friends and associates. Please only distribute freeware product installers, not the individual components themselves.
Demoware products are full featured versions of products that may be used for a limited time after which they expire. Users must register the product to intstall a non- expiring version.
Shareware products are products that may be used for a limited time (15-day trial period) after which users must register the product or remove it from their computer.

a) look for instructions on how to be removed from their list.
b) if no instructions - "Reply" to the sender & put "REMOVE" in the subject
c) also "Forward" the entire e-mail to 'postmaster@ abc-companu.com [put the name of the service provider after the "@"] Then add to the e-mail a message such as "This e-mail user has sent me unwanted/unsolicited e-mail. I have been SPAMMED."
d) for more ideas visit C.A.U.C.E.

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