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The Naked PC - http://www.TheNakedPC.com What You Need to Know about All Things PC Publisher: Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee Editor in Chief: Dan Butler Contributing Editor: Al Gordon This issue is for Thursday, March 14, 2002 - Vol. 5 No. 06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ** 01. Letter from the Publisher ** 02. Outlook in a Browser (by T.J. Lee) ** 03. Cutting the Hardware Cord (by Al Gordon) ** 04. Fighting Spam - Part 2 (by Dan Butler) ** 05. Office XP: What's New in Excel XP (by Lee Hudspeth) ** 06. Official U.S. Warning on Nigerian Letters (by T.J. Lee) ** 07. Featured Products - Logitech Game Controllers (reviewed by Al Gordon) ** 08. Featured Web Site - Infotrieve (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth) ** 09. Featured Drawing - Your Most Frequently Used Program ** 10. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff ** 01. Letter from the Publisher The other day Lee was talking with a TheNakedPCStore.com customer who had called in about his order. As is frequently the case, the customer began to share a neat experience with one of our products. Here's a paraphrased version of his comments, "I'm out to dinner with a friend of mine and as we go to the parking lot, I turn on my red Photon Micro-Light to better see the car door's key hole. My buddy was astounded. 'What's that light?' he asked. I showed him what it was, and he was bowled over by its small size and brightness. He asked me where I got it and asked if I'd get him a couple. Sure will, I told him." The customer then ordered four more Photons. We've hand-selected all the products we sell in our e-store, and we encourage you to pass the word along about the high-quality, productivity-enhancing products we carry. Buying, and recommending to others, products in our e- store helps keep The Naked PC newsletter free. Thanks for your support. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?publet1 CONGRATULATIONS to readers Robert B. and Wendell B., winners of The Naked PC "Office Suite of Your Choice" drawing. Both of these folks have won a free Photon Micro-Light in the color of their choice. In this issue we have a "Your Most Frequently Used Program" drawing. It's fun and simple to enter. In this issue... Jim covers the little-known but quite useful trick of accessing Outlook in a browser. Al describes Logitech's extensive array of cordless peripherals. Dan continues his series on fighting spam. Lee starts a series on Excel XP's new features. Lee thanks all the readers who sent in additional tips about places to go if you have a PC or PC components to donate. You can view these tips here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?publet2 Reader support is what keeps The Naked PC free. To this end you can help us by passing a copy on to co-workers and friends (no spam please). 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Lee) If you have one of the freebie email accounts like Hotmail then you've used your browser to access email. Some ISPs will allow you to use a Web browser interface to access your email account as well. Email in a browser window can be a truly wonderful convenience. It allows you to check your email from any computer with an Internet connection. You don't need to be running a particular email client and you don't have to configure anything on the computer you're using that would retain your email account information. You pop up the browser, access the URL that points to your email account, type in your credentials when prompted and bang! You're in your inbox and can read, reply, and send mail. But when it comes to accessing your email at work, convenience can be a very different story. Often times the only remote access to an email client like Outlook is to a have virtual private network (VPN) tunnel access to your company network. This requires a VPN client be set up on the PC that you'll use to access your company network and can be a bit complicated to set up and use. You need access through the company firewall as well. Or you might have to resort to a remote control program like PC Anywhere which means you need a phone line into your PC at work, that PC has to be left running and accessible by phone, and you have to have the same access software on the system you're using to access your office computer. Oh, and this method is guaranteed to give your network administrator heart palpitations because of the security risk it represents. The good news (I'll bet you figured some good news was coming, no?) is that if your office uses a version of Microsoft Exchange that supports Outlook Web Access (OWA) you can use a browser to access Outlook remotely from any PC connected to the Internet. Just as the name implies you gain access to Outlook via the World Wide Web. The primary issue with OWA is getting the network admin people where you work to enable it. They usually don't like to do this because of the security risk this type of access represents to the network. However, they may not be aware that OWA can often be configured to use the secure socket layer (SSL) protocol thereby providing additional security to protect the network. In my opinion SSL is the only reasonable way to set up OWA, otherwise it does represent too much of a risk. Then you have to know how to access Exchange via the Web. You type in the URL that points to your company's domain and Exchange server. For example, it may look something like this: https://mail.domain_name.com/exchange/ Where "domain_name.com" is the company domain. Once you connect to the network server running Exchange you'll be prompted for your login credentials, username, password, and the domain name that relates to your network. Once you've logged on you can access Outlook's Calendar, Inbox, public folders, pretty much whatever you have access to when at work is available via OWA. I've seen networks where OWA was enabled because a VIP wanted to be able to check his email from home and the IT staff just never mentioned to anyone else that it was available. So you might check to see if your Exchange server has OWA and is accessible. You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ >> "How Many Ways Will You Use These Amazing Devices?" They're incredibly handy. When we first saw these amazing little devices we thought, "these will look cool hanging on my key ring." Then we started using them. WOW - every day we find more uses. How many will you find? http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/a/tr.cgi?swisstech +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 03. Cutting the Hardware Cord (by Al Gordon) Logitech wants you to cut the cord... to your keyboard, mouse, and game controller. Over the last year or so, the peripherals maker has unveiled a wide lineup of cordless hardware. In the ongoing battle between Logitech and Microsoft for supremacy in input devices, Logitech has clearly staked out the cordless market. Microsoft only offers a single cordless mouse and has not yet released an announced keyboard-mouse package. Logitech, on the other hand, offers a choice of five keyboards, four mice, two trackballs, and a game controller, all cord-free. For pictures and additional links please see my supplemental page: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?al1 A couple of caveats apply here: -- As long-time The Naked PC readers will know, I have only recently recovered from a computer-related repetitive motion injury and, thus, I take ergonomics very seriously. One size does not fit all. The layout, size, weight, key touch, and other design factors in each input device require that users find one that meets their personal needs for comfort. Don't go by pictures or model names. Most computer and office superstores put input devices out on display; give them a try. -- Note also that in Windows XP (and all other flavors of Windows) the native keyboard-mouse-game controller will give basic support to Logitech's devices, but not such special features as mapping special keys and buttons. For example, it will support only two buttons and a scroll wheel for a mouse. (The same holds true for Microsoft's hardware, by the way.) You need to install Logitech's own "iPoint" and "iTouch" software to activate the special keys and buttons. All of Logitech's units passed the crucial Across the Room Test. I could take the keyboard or pointing device with me to the other side of my office and still communicate with the PC. No, you are not going to do a lot of typing that way. But you might well want to control your digital music software from a distance, for example, or put the keyboard on your lap while Web surfing. The devices run on cordless phone frequencies, and Logitech says it has tested extensively to be sure there will be no interference between phones and peripherals. Flagship of the Logitech line is the Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical Mouse and Keyboard (street price, just under $80): http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?al2 Sleek, black, and well-featured, the bundle also includes a version of Logitech's Cordless MouseMan Optical. MouseMan, the company's top-of-the-line, four-button, cordless, optical mouse is $45 alone, which makes the bundle a very good deal. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?al3 [I use this keyboard and mouse set up with my laptop when I'm in the office. It's very nice! -- Jim] The keyboard has a low profile, making it easier to fit it on your desk, in slide-away keyboard drawers, or--this being cordless, after all--on your lap. In addition to the standard keys, the board has a nice set of add-ons. Top center is a multimedia control center, with a volume control dial, and keys to launch a player, start/stop, change tracks, and all that. The top-left and top-right corners have programmable buttons to go to Web sites or launch applications. And on the left side is a scroll wheel intended to take over some of the work you might do with the mouse in your right hand. If the Cordless Freedom Optical is not to your liking, the diverse Logitech product lineup includes an ergonomic Cordless Freedom Pro keyboard and, if you have a PC in basic beige, the neutral color Cordless Freedom iTouch. One of the key features in the Logitech keyboard-mouse bundles is that the transmitters and devices are fungible. If you decide you want a different mouse, you don't need to change transmitters. You just push a button on the transmitter and one on the device, and--zap--your new mouse or trackball is on the air. Thus if you want an ambidextrous unit (MouseMan is for righties), there is the Cordless Optical Mouse, and trackball users can choose between the Cordless TrackMan FX optical (you move the ball with your fingers) and the Cordless TrackMan Wheel (you move it with your thumb). You can reach Al Gordon at: mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ "The Book That Should Have Come with Your Computer" "Undoubtedly the most informative and readable book on PCs I've read." "I have dog-eared many a page for later reference. Worth its weight in gold." These are just a few of the comments from satisfied readers. The authors--T.J. Lee, Lee Hudspeth, and Dan Butler--are the same fellows who pen this newsletter. 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Both of those services do give you POP (Post Office Protocol) access to your mail. Others do not. All I was saying is that a Web-based free email may not give you direct access to your mail. If that is important to you be sure to check for that feature when you sign up. Some AOL users asked about email filtering. I'm not sure the AOL client allows you to filter the mail and I don't know an easy way around that. You can block specific addresses or only allow addresses to come through that you approve. Alas, these are cumbersome techniques. If someone knows of a general AOL email filter please let me know. So how do spammers get your email address? One way from one last issue--clicking the "remove me" links in the spam. The rule is don't respond to an email unless you know the person sending the email is on the up and up. This would be newsletters you've subscribed to, stores you shop with, etc. An overlooked source of names used by smaller time spammers? The chain letters everyone forwards. Notice how many people leave all the addresses visible when they forward. A potential spammer receiving the email has a nice source of known good addresses. I once wrote a little program to count the visible addresses in an email. The record? 500 addresses mentioned in a single email. Do you have friends who like to forward these chain letters? Teach them how to use the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) feature of their mail reader. If you are the one forwarding, strip out all the previous addresses from the message and address the new message to yourself. Put everyone you are forwarding to in the BCC field. At the very least you'll make the mail easier to read for everyone who receives it. [Jim did a series on email basics that covered use of BCC: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?dan1 -- Ed.] The next source of spam is Internet newcomers. They buy CD-ROMs of email addresses looking to make a quick dollar. The addresses are usually collected by "scraping" the net for visible addresses. They usually don't know what they are doing is wrong and will send the email from their ISP account. The ISP educates them quickly or they lose the account. Either is usually sufficient to motivate these people to search for better ways to market their products. So what do you do? Remember the simple rules from last time. Don't reply to spam--not now, not ever. Use an alias or an alias- generating service and keep your real address private. Sounds easy, right? Remember how the forwarded messages work. Your friends who forward everything under the sun may have included your address to *many* people around the world. There is not much you can do about it. Next issue you'll learn about why the spam in your mailbox is not addressed to you. You can reach Dan Butler at: mailto:danbutler@TheNakedPC.com ** 05. Office XP: What's New in Excel XP (by Lee Hudspeth) In this series of articles I'll cover Excel XP's new features, describe each one briefly, and grade each one on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = useless and 10 = top-notch. Some of these features also apply to Excel's sibling Office applications. Note that whenever describing any Office feature, regardless of the version, 90% of the time there are at least two different ways to get there through the UI. Due to space constraints, in this article I focus on the UI techniques that I think are the easiest to discover. 1. Digitally sign a document (workbook) -- Digitally sign a document to prove it was you--or your company--who created it. You need a digital certificate to actually sign a document yourself, although you can always see who, if anyone, signed a document. UI: Tools, Options, Security, click Digital Signatures, and add your digital certificate. Grade: 7 (nice feature, but a tad hard to discover) 2. Customize the Places Bar -- Put your own drives or folders here, rearrange them, and rename them. UI: File, Open (or Save or Save As), right-click on the Places Bar, pick commands from the list. Also (and this is the awkward part), select the *parent* of a drive or folder object in "Look in" then select the desired object, click Tools, Add to "My Places". Grade: 7 (nice feature, but the add operation is hard to discover) 3. New from existing workbook -- Create a new workbook using an existing workbook as a template. Before Excel XP you could only do this with a macro, by right-clicking on a workbook in Windows Explorer and clicking New, or by saving a workbook first as a template which could then be used to spawn children workbooks. UI: View, Task Pane, pick New Workbook from the Task Panes drop- down list, click the "Choose workbook..." hyperlink under "New from existing workbook". Grade: 6 (works fine, but limited usefulness) 4. Task Pane -- Appears on the right margin at startup. It offers several often-used features: New Workbook, Clipboard, Search, and Insert Clip Art. UI: View, Task Pane. Grade: 10 (cool, but I prefer keeping the pane turned off until I need it: scroll to the very bottom of the pane and clear the "Show at startup" check box) 5. Web Query -- This feature existed before, but has a much improved dialog box now (like a small browser window) with which you can easily select one or more tables from a Web page for import into Excel. You just click the small yellow box--with a right-pointing arrow inside--that points to each table, then click Import. UI: Data, Import External Data, New Web Query. Grade: 7 6. Select Data Source -- This new dialog is a centralized interface for importing data from any source. UI: Data, Import External Data, Import Data. Grade: 7 7. Find and Replace -- The essential "Find and Replace" dialog has two new features. One, searches are no longer limited to the current sheet; you can now search the entire workbook. Two, now you can search based on formatting (including a nifty format chooser mode; you select a cell whose format you want to look for other instances of, all while the dialog is still displayed). UI: Edit, Find, click the Options button if the Format drop-down control isn't displayed otherwise the dialog is in its "fully expanded" mode, click the Within drop-down and choose Sheet or Workbook. To explore the format search options, click on the Format drop-down control. Grade: 10 (eminently useful) 8. Edit Links -- This dialog has been updated to include three new features. One, you can check the status of a link; status descriptions are found in the help topic "Check status of and fix links" (click the dialog's "Check Status" button). Two, there's an option to break a link, which replaces it with a static representation of its last known value (click the dialog's "Break Link" button). Three, you can configure an individual workbook's links-related startup prompt to one of three settings (click the dialog's "Startup Prompt" button). UI: Edit, Links. Grade: 6 9. Emailing a range -- Select any range in a worksheet, click the E-mail button on the Standard toolbar, choose "Send the current sheet as the message body", enter the recipient's email address, type in an introduction comment (optional), then click "Send this Selection". UI: see above. Grade: 7 There are dozens more new features in Excel XP. I'll delve into them in future articles. You can reach Lee Hudspeth at: mailto:LeeHudspeth@TheNakedPC.com ** 06. Official U.S. Warning on Nigerian Letters (by T.J. Lee) It is as amazing to me as it is to many of our readers that people can be fooled by the rather heavy-handed hoax that's been known for decades as the Nigerian Letter scam. Sadly, the various incarnations of this bunco scheme are enjoying a renaissance of sorts and the letter "is growing in its effectiveness" according to the United States Secret Service (no kidding). TNCPer Kerry N. pointed me to the official Treasury page that warns about what it refers to as the international "4-1-9" fraud. It's referred to as "4-1-9" by our State Department after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes. Make no mistake, the Nigerian Letter is a very real scam and can have serious consequences for those who fall prey to it. According to the U.S. Treasury, "In June of 1995, an American was murdered in Lagos, Nigeria, while pursuing a 4-1-9 scam, and numerous other foreign nationals have been reported as missing." For the complete official word on the 4-1-9 scam (which as we've pointed out is not limited to Nigeria by any means) go to this page: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?jim2 Well, try to go to that page. I've had it come up without a problem but other times I get a 404 error. You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com ** 07. Featured Products - Logitech Game Controllers (reviewed by Al Gordon) Wireless game controllers seem to be a no-brainer, and Logitech has released its WingMan Cordless Rumblepad ($50), a force- feedback controller in the standard "handlebar" configuration. It has all the triggers, joysticks, and buttons a gamer could want, plus software to allow you to customize configurations for each game. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?fprod1 However, my favorite Logitech gaming device is not cordless at all. It's the $200 Logitech MOMO Force steering wheel and pedals. Not just any wheels and pedals, mind you. A leather-wrapped wheel and aluminum-clad pedals that wouldn't look shabby in a Lexus. MOMO is a maker of prestige auto accessories, and the unit emulates the look of the company's products. (One bit of tackiness was some stick-on MOMO decals to be installed by the user. The stickers fit poorly and peeled off; you will do better to leave them in the box.) The pedal action was smooth and the wheel nice to grip. The force feedback can be tailored to the needs of your game. All-in-all a nice way to go for a simulation of the Monaco Grand Prix. I asked a Logitech spokesman about the market for an expensive controller. Noting that it was a limited production unit, he said, "I wish we had made more; we could have sold them all." http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?fprod2 You can reach Al Gordon at: mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com ** 08. Featured Web Site - Infotrieve (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth) Infotrieve is a portal site for researching scientific, medical, and technical journal published materials. When you locate the article you want, you can read the free digest online, and then elect to pay for delivery of the full text in a variety of formats: email, fax, or hard copy; the latter can be delivered via first-class mail, standard courier service, or rush delivery. Infotrieve's proprietary, free-to-search bibliographic database contains over 22 million citations, plus over 10 million abstracts originating from 35,000 scholarly journals. Infotrieve offers free searches of Medline, the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database with citations and abstracts from 3,900 biomedical journals. You can freely search Publist, a directory comprised of over 150,000 publications (with an emphasis on the academic). Then there's pay-per-view eContent (searches are still free) which gives you access to electronic- format publishers, ranging from the Acoustical Society of America to Harvard Business School Publishing Division to University of Chicago Press (I counted 46 publishers currently in the list). I'd like to thank my friend Vic for pointing me to this excellent research site, particularly as a tool for searching Medline and thereby gaining a better understanding of a physician's diagnosis and advice. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/506/tr.cgi?fsite ** 09. Featured Drawing - Your Most Frequently Used Program If you haven't entered a The Naked PC drawing before, here's how it works. You go to a Web page on our site, answer one survey question (today's is "Other than a Web Browser - which type of program do you use the most?"), and enter your email address. 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