> 1. I find myself jockeying through these dialog boxes time after time
> getting down to the directory(s) I am truly interested in. They seem to
> consistently start at some directory I have no interest in. What can be
> done (short of setting up shortcuts) to by default go to the desired
> destinations?
Each program has it's own way of setting defaults. This is not based on
Windows 98, but rather the specific application. For example, MS Office
programs default to whatever is set up in Tools/Options/FileLocations /
Documents. You can change the default location there. They will also default
to whatever is the current folder, once a session has started. However, other
applications may not have a way to modify. I suggest you look in each apps
documentation or Help. There are also numerous newsgroups specific to various
programs.
Quote:> 2. What is the text gibberish called which occurs at times when you open
> a text file in another application - ie. Works' interpretation of a Word
> Perfect file which shows unintelligible collections of smiley faces, ??, ``
> ##**(()), boxes -- anything but clear text?? I have on occasion received
> e-mail with this display? What is it?
If the receiving program doesn't recognize the format of the sending program,
it will look like gibberish. For example, if you open a Word or Word Perfect
document with notepad, notepad will only recognize text files. You can view
many of these documents with QuickView (included with Win 98).
Quote:> 3. What can be done to correct problem where CTRL+Alt+Delete does NOT
> bring up the Close Programs Dialog box? Mine works maybe l out of 20
> times?
Can't help you here, although I suppose a bad keyboard could do this (can't
hurt to check the electrical connections either). I'll leave this for the
experts.
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Hope this helps.
Phil
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