By Don Patzsch, Tampa PC Users Group
When we get email, quite often there are URL's somewhere in that email. Here is what I do.
First, open Notepad and make up a file called "links". Save it and then put your cursor on the - sign in the upper right corner to minimize it, but keep it easily available. Then when you come across a URL in your email or anywhere else, simply highlight the URL with your mouse and hit EDIT, then COPY. Now restore Notepad by putting your cursor on the Windows task bar and clicking on Notepad.
Next, simply go up to the EDIT PASTE command and you have the URL and also any explanation that came with it in Notepad. Save it and keep doing this until you have gone through all the email. Now you can leave the stuff in Notepad for a few days or so until you get to it, and meantime you have added several more URL's to that "links" file.
When you go on the Internet, first bring up Notepad and minimize it so it is convenient while you are on the net. Open the Notepad and highlight one URL, hit EDIT COPY and then go to the browser command line and hit EDIT PASTE. Now hit ENTER and you will go to the URL, without ever having to type anything. This is a simple procedure once you get used to it. When you have a real long URL, you will appreciate having this way of transferring the URL to your browser, but also you don't have to hunt around for where you left that URL you read about in last week's newspaper! u