Adding Annotations (Comments)

Annotations are nothing more than comments added to a document. They do not interfere with the main text, and appear in their own area. Annotations are normally not printed when you print a document. To add annotations to your document, follow these steps:

  1.Select Annotation from the Insert menu. An annotation mark appears in your document, the annotation window opens at the bottom of your document window, the annotation mark is placed in the annotation window, and Word waits for you to enter the annotation.

  2.Type the comment you want in the annotation.

  3.Click on Close.

Word 97 and Word 2000 use a different terminology. Instead of using the term annotation, it uses comment. In order to use this tip with Word 97 or Word 2000 just remember that annotation means comment. For example, in step 1, you would select Comment from the Insert menu instead of Annotation.

When you are adding an annotation, Word opens the annotations window at the bottom of the document window. Most users, when they are through entering the annotation text, close the annotations window so they will be able to see more of their document at once. If you later want to view the annotations window, you can use the Annotations (Comments in Word 97 or Word 2000) option from the View menu. When you select this, the annotations window will be displayed. You can then make changes to annotations in the window, if you so desire. To close the annotations window, you can either click on the Close button, or you can again choose Annotations, or Comments, from the View menu.

If you use annotations within your documents, Word allows you to print an annotation list which you can use as a reference. To print an annotation list, follow these steps:

  1.Select Print from the File menu. You will see the Print dialog box.

 

                                                      The Print dialog box.

  2.In the Print what box, select Annotations, or Comments if using Word 97 or Word 2000.

  3.Click on OK.

Earl Hammond

 

  
 

FROM CENTURYTEL.NET

The recent rapid spread of the MyDoom or Novarg virus has caused many difficulties for Centurytel users as well as users of various other ISPs.  W32.Novarg.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that arrives as an attachment with the file extension .bat, .cmd, .exe, .pif, .scr, or .zip.  When a computer is infected, the worm sets up a backdoor into the system by opening TCP ports 3127 through 3198, which can potentially allow an attacker to connect to the computer and use it as a proxy to gain access to its network resources.  In addition, the backdoor can download and execute arbitrary files.  There is a 25% chance that a computer infected by the worm will perform a Denial of Service (DoS) on February 1, 2004 starting at 16:09:18 UTC, which is also the same as 08:09:18 PST, based on the machine's local system date/time. If the worm does start the DoS attack, it will not mass mail itself. It also has a trigger date to stop spreading/DoS-attacking on February 12, 2004. While the worm will stop on February 12, 2004, the backdoor component will continue to function after this date. The rapid spread of MyDoom has made it the fastest spreading email worm in history and the disruptive effects of this virus have been similar to that of the MsBlaster worm.

So what does this mean for you as a Centurytel user?  There are two major issues related to this virus that we have been seeing. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, it does not necessarily mean that you are INFECTED with this virus but rather that you are AFFECTED by this virus.  Centurytel's equipment and servers are NOT infected with these viruses.  The issues we are seeing are the side-effects created by those who are infected. 

Since January 28, 2004 we have been experiencing slow downs on the mail servers. This means that at times you will not be able send mail or recieve mail.  Common error messages from Outlook Express include "the connection to the server has failed" or "host cannot be found".  This problem is worse at some times than others and seems to affect outgoing email more than incoming.  We are presently filtering for subject lines test, hi, hello, mail delivery system, mail transaction failed, server report, status or error.  This is an effort to stop the spread of the MyDoom.A and MyDoom.B viruses.  This filtering does not ensure that you will be protected from this virus.  It is strongly recommended to always keep your virus scanner definition files up-to-date and to also run Windows Update. 

We have been seeing some isolated instances where a dialup or DSL connection is active, yet customers are unable to get to any webpages, or can only reach the Centurytel.net website.  More commonly however, we have also been seeing an issue where customers are able to browse a few minutes, then the ability to browse webpages stops. When the computer is rebooted the connection usually works again for about 5 to 10 minutes then stops working again.  This doesn't seem to be affecting non-Windows operating systems such as Mac OS X or Linux nor some types of routers.  Currently, our Network group does not have a solution but are still investigating. We feel certain that this issue is related to the MyDoom virus since it seems to have begun about the same time that the MyDoom's Denial of Service attack was set to start, however at this time the specific cause for this issue remains unknown. 

Again, we strongly urge everyone to update their virus scanner and run a complete scan.  It is also recommended to run Windows update.  Also, www.norton.com has posted a MyDoom removal utility on their website.  If you suspect you may be infected, please take all precautions and contact your PC vendor or anti-virus software vendor if assistance removing the virus is needed. 

We apologize for the incovenience this causes.  We are working hard to counter the effects of this virus and appreciate your continued patience in this matter. 

More information can be found about the MyDoom virus at the following websites.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp
 http://www.norton.com/
 

  
  Helping to stop spam

I'm betting you all have had a problem with spam on your email.  It got so bad on mine (60 per day) that I was forced to get a new email address and of course (ISP's take note) changed servers when I did that. 

 I had noticed that all those cute little things that we all get in emails must have some purpose.  That they were probably not the friendly little messages that we all assume.  Once when I opened one of those funny little things in my email, I noticed that the dial up message suddenly popped up in the center of my screen.  What th heck?....  I didn't do that !  then I looked carefully at what I had just opened and it was indeed one of those slick, funny little items that we all get.  I may have put my finger on the method by which the spammers collect all the spam lists that they use (yours and mine, grrrr.)

Here's what I did  (right or wrong), and so far  it has been successful.  You have to understand that I'm not a puter geek and I'm not aware of all the inner workings of a puter, but it sure enough has worked for me....   NO SPAM !  HOORAY !

The first step of course is to get a new email address, so that you start clean...    I did that.

The next thing I did was to UN-Check.... the auto-dial up connection box, so that logging onto the internet was not automatic and I had to click on the connect box to ALLOW it to go on the internet.  In this way, there's no sneaky stuff, and I'm aware every time my computer is talking to the web.  I'M IN CONTROL... kinda, sorta.

The next thing I did was to declare a FIRM rule for my computer that EVERYONE was to painfully observe.  That rule is that NO FWD's are to be opened when the phone connection is active !  Yup, that's right....  LOG OFF THE PHONE LINE BEFORE YOU OPEN ANYTHING.  I'm assuming that there are hidden files in all those cute little messages that we all get, that were designed to report back to the originators of this cute little deal..... MY EMAIL ADDRESS...   We don't see all this happening of course, and I suppose it was originally planned in the basic program of our puters for security purposes, but was then USED....  by the spammers for collecting our email addresses.

LOG OFF THE PHONE LINE EVERY TIME YOU OPEN ANY EMAIL...   make it a habit.  And do away with the auto-connect box on your dial up feature.   I'm betting that you will see about 3 out of 10 of those cute little forwards will cause your computer to try and autodial onto the internet so that it can report back your email address to the originator.  Don't let it do that.

For those of you that have a web page.....  NEVER PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON YOUR WEB SITE.  There are jerks out there that are constantly visiting every website on the net just looking for your email address.  Some nerd has offered to pay them  25 cents, or 50 cents apiece to collect them.  Once you make the spam list, then they've gotcha', and we all have to suffer through a constant barrage of un-wanted commercial messages.

On your web-site you must always use the simple word  CONTACT .   then use what is called a hyperlink to tell the viewers computer to go to the email mode and the necessary address is automatically placed in the TO portion of that email.   Since these collectors of email addresses are generally too lazy to work for a living, they usually won't go the extra step of hitting contact and waiting for all that to happen.  You've added an extra layer of protection for you email address.

Hope all this makes sense to you.  Like I say, It works for me, and I've been spam free for over a year.

Ray Graeff

 

  
 

Adding Page Numbers

If you are creating documents that are more than a page or two in length, you will probably want to include page numbers so you can keep your document in order.
Word for Windows supports automatic numbering of pages in your document, and you can control the type of page number, the starting number, and the placement
of the page number. In addition, you can include page numbers in the headers and footers on your pages. To add page numbers, follow these steps:

  1.Since page numbers are an attribute of sections, position the insertion point in the section of your document that you want to include page numbers.

  2.Choose the Page Numbers command from the Insert menu. You will see the Page Numbers dialog box.              
 

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->  3.Using the Position drop-down list, specify where you want the page numbers to appear.  For instance, you can choose Bottom of Page (footer)
     to cause the page number to appear at the bottom each page.

  4.Using the Alignment drop-down list, specify how you want the page numbers to appear in relation to your page (left, right, center, inside or outside).

  5.Click on OK.

Inserting page numbers in this way adds a frame to your header or footer, and the page number is contained within the frame

Earle Hammond

  
  When you receive email and there's lots of spam in the IN BOX, do you delete them one at a time ?  There's an easier way to get rid of all of them in one click.  Here's what you do.  Click on the bottom message in the row of a group you want delete, then scroll up to the top listing you want to be rid of,  HOLD DOWN... on the shift key, and click on the top one of that row.  Your computer will highlight all these items in between.  Then just click on the delete  X and they'll all be gone with one shot....  Goodbye Junk....   you can do the same thing in your deleted items file, or anywhere in your computer.  Now wasn't that easy.

Ray Graeff