Firefox and spell check

[EdwinHossar]

Firefox is way much better then IE. Switched to it a long time ago and never felt this was a bad decision. It has a great number of plugins available for all your needs.

[Sunshine]

I have not had access to my computer since 12-30-2008 because on that day I was advised by Microsoft that "apparently" I was using an incorrect product key number for the Windows XP program - installed by the local computer people less than two years ago. It just would NOT function. So, apparently, the hard drive had to be cleaned - or whatever. I asked them to PLEASE save many of my files - apparently they did. Hopefully, this time they used the correct product key number.

I also asked them to install the FIREFOX program - because I had "heard" it was a better access route. So, they installed the FIREFOX program.

My computer system was returned to me on 2-3-2009 - so I am working out all the bugs.

I had asked them to "save" the "Favorites" listing - they did - it is now accessible on my desktop via an icon. What to do with it???

At the top of a Firefox page - I see a tab - BOOKMARK -
and when I click on that I get a drop down list that does not seem to be connected to such as the "favorites" listing from IE.

I see - Bookmark this page - Subscribe to this page - Bookmark all tabs - Organize Bookmark - Bookmarks toolbar - Recently Bookmarked - Recent Tags - Get Bookmark Add-ons and Mozilla Firefox.

Is this at all related to such as a "favorites list"?

I believe I have found a way to "use" the "favorites" list - I bring-up my providers' home page - reduce it to put at toolbar - then at the desktop - I click on the "favorites" icon - and there - find the site I might want to go to - double click it - (forgot how I took it to the address bar at the provider's home page) - no matter - it seemed to work.

As I have been putting this together - I remembered that I had purchased my previous computer reference books from Alibris - maybe I should check with them to see if they have anything on using the Firefox program.

If anyone has any bright ideas - I would be most grateful.
Thanking you, in advance - Sunshine

[HayZee518]

firefox can "import" all your "favorites" from IE.

[pushkins]

Open Firefox, click on File and click on Import (third from the bottom) this will import almost anything and everything into Firefox.

[Sunshine]

This may end up being a repeated submission - if so, I apologize. I just about had the entry completed when I apparently touched the space bar by mistake and my entry disappeared. So, I will try again.

First of all, in my earlier entry (2-5-2009) I had indicated that I was not all that certain how I had utilized the "favorites" icon on the desktop. I am very clear on that now. First I access the "connection" to my provider - not that home page. Once I have the "connection" - I double click on the icon for the "favorites" and find the page/site I want to access - I double click on the entry and that brings the site up on the screen - showing the name at the top of the screen - followed by "Mozilla Firefox".

After preparing that earlier message (2-6-2009) - I found the Firefox support page and found a considerable amount of material available. I printed out what I thought might be helpful. And did not look at those print-outs until this morning.

And using some of that data - I "found" the "favorites" listing -

At the Firefox page - I clicked on "VIEW" - then "SIDEBAR" and then "BOOKMARK - Ctrl B" and that put a window to the left of the screen - listing options that I will look at another time. No matter, this morning - at the very bottom of that listing I saw "From Internet Explorer" - I clicked on that and it presented a total list of the "Favorites List" from the Internet Explorer.

O.K. the next thing I have to figure out is - if I delete that icon "Favorites" from the desk top - will that delete the entry that now appears at the Mozilla Firefox site???

I truly cannot understand the "bookmark" function - I have attempted to bring-up different options, but right now it just does not come together.

I know that when I am at a website and click to close it - I receive a small window asking - "Do you want Firefox to save your tabs for the next time it starts." I am given the option - "Save and Quit" - "Quit" and "Cancel" - I always check "Quit" because I don't know when it would go.

I want to thank HayZee 518 and Pushkins for their input -

[pbc]

CNTL + Print Screen will take a screen shot
ALT + Print Screen will take a screen shot of just the active window

Paste (CNTL V) it into Paint, or an html email etc

[HayZee518]

there's a free program called printscreen. whatever you have on your screen the computer will take a screen shot and print it out. control/printscreen doesn't work, alternate/printscreen doesn't work either!

[pbc]

sure it does

[HayZee518]

NO it doesn't! I got a dell optiplex machine. I pressed ctl-printscreen and nothing happens. I press alt-printscreen, still nothing happens! I'm running windows xp - professional.

[pbc]

I have Windows XP Professional here as well

you're only going 1/2 way though

Like I said in the first post, once you Cntl/Alt Print screen you need to paste it into something

either an email(html format), your resident Windows Paint program, Adobe Photoshop etc.