Feb Notes
Is your google homepage getting cluttered with multiple gadgets?
Organize gadgets under different categories or tabs.
1. On the left side of your google homepage
2. Click the triangle pointing down beside home
3. choose add a tab
4. type in a label for the tab or category you will create
5. remove the I’m feeling lucky
6. click OK
7. your new tab/category has been created
Click on the tab name and click “add stuff” to customize your new empty category/tab
[Microsoft Word] I am getting a small preview of each page on the left, how can I remove or get it back
1. click the view menu
2. choose thumbnail to remove or make it appear
I have been using this new igoogle, I like it, but I want my original Google page back without all the gadgets. What do I do to get it back?
1. on the top right of the page, you will see a link titled “classic home”
2. Click that to have your google.com page return to the classic style/design
***notice once you have the original google page displayed, the link you previously clicked on has switched to display “igoogle” if you want to return to the igoogle page with all your gadgets
[Microsoft Word]When I use word, I have dots between each word and backward Ps at the end of each line. What is it and how can I get rid of it?
Invisible Formatting is activated to turn it off or on click the backward P (paragraph symbol) on the toolbar.
****remember you can have invisible formatting visible but it WILL NOT print on the page
Add a custom RSS feed (updated broadcast of information) from your favorite website to the iGoogle gadget page.
-->How do I know if a website I frequently visit has a RSS feed?
Go to the website in question, and look at the bar across the top [Firefox] or along the middle [Internet Explorer] for an orange rectangle with the 3 radio waves to identify if an RSS feed is available.
-->To add the item to your igoogle homepage…
1. highlight the full http://www.blahblah.com website address on top
2. go to the edit menu and choose copy
3. go to your igoogle page and click add stuff
4. scroll down the page till you see add feed on the left
5. click it
6. remove the http:// that is being displayed
7. go to the edit menu and choose paste
8. click add
9. your feed has now been added to your homepage
Organize gadgets under different categories or tabs.
1. On the left side of your google homepage
2. Click the triangle pointing down beside home
3. choose add a tab
4. type in a label for the tab or category you will create
5. remove the I’m feeling lucky
6. click OK
7. your new tab/category has been created
Click on the tab name and click “add stuff” to customize your new empty category/tab
[Microsoft Word] I am getting a small preview of each page on the left, how can I remove or get it back
1. click the view menu
2. choose thumbnail to remove or make it appear
I have been using this new igoogle, I like it, but I want my original Google page back without all the gadgets. What do I do to get it back?
1. on the top right of the page, you will see a link titled “classic home”
2. Click that to have your google.com page return to the classic style/design
***notice once you have the original google page displayed, the link you previously clicked on has switched to display “igoogle” if you want to return to the igoogle page with all your gadgets
[Microsoft Word]When I use word, I have dots between each word and backward Ps at the end of each line. What is it and how can I get rid of it?
Invisible Formatting is activated to turn it off or on click the backward P (paragraph symbol) on the toolbar.
****remember you can have invisible formatting visible but it WILL NOT print on the page
Add a custom RSS feed (updated broadcast of information) from your favorite website to the iGoogle gadget page.
-->How do I know if a website I frequently visit has a RSS feed?
Go to the website in question, and look at the bar across the top [Firefox] or along the middle [Internet Explorer] for an orange rectangle with the 3 radio waves to identify if an RSS feed is available.
-->To add the item to your igoogle homepage…
1. highlight the full http://www.blahblah.com website address on top
2. go to the edit menu and choose copy
3. go to your igoogle page and click add stuff
4. scroll down the page till you see add feed on the left
5. click it
6. remove the http:// that is being displayed
7. go to the edit menu and choose paste
8. click add
9. your feed has now been added to your homepage