Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.

Thanks in Advance. x@y.

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:33:20 -0500, "x@y" wunderland.wine.invalid wrote:
Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.

Thanks in Advance. x@y.

Highlight the link, hit ctrl-C. Click where you want to
paste down the link and hit ctrl-V. Works in all Windows
applications.

Gary

"Gary Coffman" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:33:20 -0500, "x@y"
Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.

Thanks in Advance. x@y.

Highlight the link, hit ctrl-C. Click where you want to
paste down the link and hit ctrl-V. Works in all Windows
applications.

Gary

Thank You Gary !!
I was told that's easy but I never done it before,
the short links I was typing them in, the longer ones
I did not bother.
Thank You again: I very much appreciate Your reply.
x@y.

"x@y" wunderland.wine.invalid wrote in news:413d5632_2
@news.cybersurf.net:

Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.


Some hints:
Always leave at least one space between the end of your last typed
message and the start of the hyperlink, and always at least one space
afterwards.
This allows the reader of the post to double click the link from within
the newsreader of thier choice to open the website.
I would also suggest a real news reader program, such as Xnews:
http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Easy to learn to use, totally free, but very
powerful software if you want to use it's capabilities. There are others,
such as FreeAgent.
Outlook is *not* a good newsreader.



--
Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.

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x@y wrote:
"Gary Coffman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:33:20 -0500, "x@y"

Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.

Thanks in Advance. x@y.

Highlight the link, hit ctrl-C. Click where you want to
paste down the link and hit ctrl-V. Works in all Windows
applications.

Gary


Thank You Gary !!
I was told that's easy but I never done it before,
the short links I was typing them in, the longer ones
I did not bother.
Thank You again: I very much appreciate Your reply.
x@y.




And, if those links are really looooooong, like if you've gotten to a
page after you've dug down to that item you needed to locate at Home
Depot or something like that, do the highlite/Control-C thing on it and
then use your browser to go to:

http://www.tinyurl.com

Where you then paste (Control-V) it into the box, Hit "Make Tiny URL"
and receive a much shorter URL like:

http://tinyurl.com/4x3sl

(Which happens to be my own home page. At my age, it's much easier for
me to remember or correctly write down "4x3sl" than the actual URL;
click the link above and see what I mean.)

That "TinyURL" thing avoids the problems which occur if the URL is too
long to fit on one line in a message, in which case clicking on it in
some browsers doesn't produce the intended results.

Just my .02,

Jeff




--
My name is Jeff Wisnia and I approved this message....

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
schools"

Hey X&Y,

Another little hint for the "pasting" part, is to type in a set of
"angle brackets", like this at the spot you wish to paste in
the "link" or URL. Then when you have highlighted the link you wish
to paste in, and done the CTRL-C, and go to the page for pasting, you
put the cursor in between those two angle brackets before you hit
CTRL-V, so that the "link" ends up written between the brackets. This
allows you to put in really long links and then most other people you
send this to can "double-pick" it and have it go to that site
immediately.

For instance, lets say I was looking at an Ebay page, and wanted to
send the URL for a milling machine to you. If I just "paste in"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3825557 252
it may get broken by some email readers to look like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=58254&item=3825557252

and would be no good without further effort on your part.

But, if I type in the first, then place the cursor between them
before CTRL-V, we get


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58254&item=3825557 252

and most peoples programs can understand to keep all between the
brackets as "one thing". A better example (longer URL) might be
http://www.bevlisting.com/board.php?...a920c0 35ca15

versus

http://www.bevlisting.com/board.php?boardid=1&sid=7b74aa7b4dddcf52ddf5a920c0 35ca15

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:26:49 -0500, "x@y" wunderland.wine.invalid
wrote:


"Gary Coffman" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:33:20 -0500, "x@y"
Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.

Thanks in Advance. x@y.

Highlight the link, hit ctrl-C. Click where you want to
paste down the link and hit ctrl-V. Works in all Windows
applications.

Gary

Thank You Gary !!
I was told that's easy but I never done it before,
the short links I was typing them in, the longer ones
I did not bother.
Thank You again: I very much appreciate Your reply.
x@y.

"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
...
x@y wrote:

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.

Thanks in Advance. x@y.


And, if those links are really looooooong, like if you've
gotten to a
page after you've dug down to that item you needed to locate at
Home
Depot or something like that, do the highlite/Control-C thing
on it and
then use your browser to go to:

http://www.tinyurl.com

Where you then paste (Control-V) it into the box, Hit "Make
Tiny URL"
and receive a much shorter URL like:

http://tinyurl.com/4x3sl

(Which happens to be my own home page. At my age, it's much
easier for
me to remember or correctly write down "4x3sl" than the actual
URL;
click the link above and see what I mean.)

That "TinyURL" thing avoids the problems which occur if the URL
is too
long to fit on one line in a message, in which case clicking on
it in
some browsers doesn't produce the intended results.

Just my .02,

Jeff

My name is Jeff Wisnia and I approved this message....

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in
public
schools"

Hello Jeff !!
I am going to print the above Instructions and practice.
Thank You very much for Your Time. x@y

Hello "Brian" !!

Thank You very Much for Sharing Your know how on pasting.
I will print Your instructions, in case of computer crush or
viruses, and practice. Thanks Again, x@y.

============================================

"Brian Lawson" wrote in message
...
Hey X&Y,

Another little hint for the "pasting" part, is to type in a set
of
"angle brackets", like this at the spot you wish to
paste in
the "link" or URL. Then when you have highlighted the link you
wish
to paste in, and done the CTRL-C, and go to the page for
pasting, you
put the cursor in between those two angle brackets before you
hit
CTRL-V, so that the "link" ends up written between the
brackets. This
allows you to put in really long links and then most other
people you
send this to can "double-pick" it and have it go to that site
immediately.

For instance, lets say I was looking at an Ebay page, and
wanted to
send the URL for a milling machine to you. If I just "paste
in"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3825557 252
it may get broken by some email readers to look like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=58254&item=3825557252

and would be no good without further effort on your part.

But, if I type in the first, then place the cursor
between them
before CTRL-V, we get



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...gory=58254&ite
m=3825557252

and most peoples programs can understand to keep all between
the
brackets as "one thing". A better example (longer URL) might
be

http://www.bevlisting.com/board.php?...a920c0 35ca15

versus


http://www.bevlisting.com/board.php?...7b74aa7b4dddcf
52ddf5a920c035ca15

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"Anthony" wrote in message
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"x@y" wunderland.wine.invalid wrote in news:413d5632_2
@news.cybersurf.net:

Hello to All !!

Could anyone Please describe step by step,
how post Links when I answer a post to newsgroups
without typing them. I was told it is a piece of cake,
cut & paste. My cut & paste icons on the tool bar are
greyed out. I am old but new with computers.

I use Windows XP home, with OE 6 & Internet exp.


Some hints:
Always leave at least one space between the end of your last
typed
message and the start of the hyperlink, and always at least one
space
afterwards.
This allows the reader of the post to double click the link
from within
the newsreader of thier choice to open the website.
I would also suggest a real news reader program, such as Xnews:
http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Easy to learn to use, totally free,
but very
powerful software if you want to use it's capabilities. There
are others,
such as FreeAgent.
Outlook is *not* a good newsreader.
==============================================

Hello Anthony !!

Thank You for sharing Your trick to Isolate the URL between
spaces
for easier use.
I will print the above in case of computer crush so I will have
all the
infos. together. Thanks again x@y.

Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they
just make
better idiots.

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