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Stupidman Downloads,Copies a File
Some superheroes drink a potion,take a pill,utter some magic words. I put my fingers on a keyboard and become STUPIDMAN.
I am currently reading the free chapters of the new e-book "Internet Profit Pearls" (IPP). I understand the explanations of why some popular strategies don't work and the advantages of some lesser used,yet cost effective methods. My problem is implementing the tactics. But apparently I'm not alone.
One tactic is creating a "junk" email address. I went to a free email service and thought Stupidman needs an email address. Guess what? Stupidman was taken, in fact the first three versions were taken. I finally secured a version but even creating an email address does not come easy for me.
Downloading the book was easy(at least it was with Winzip) but then IPP says I have to make a copy. Never having made a copy my blood pressure begins to rise, but there is a link to a tutorial site and a brief description of the steps for copying. Wanting to delay the inevitable and avoid becoming gaseous dog(see previous articles) I click the tutorial.
Remembering we have Windows 98, I select it, then "getting started" and......get the old "the page cannot be displayed notice". (Sometimes I think this is a cookie that attaches to me rather than a computer.) After two more attempts I give up and return to IPP.
For those of you who know what you are doing, this next passage is really boring and is intended for soul mates of Stupidman.
Usually my son,Greased Lightning, ignores everything I say but one time he responded to my mutterings about the wasted printer ribbon and paper when I would print a 22 page article and only wanted 3 paragraphs. He responded, contemptuously of course, by showing me how to select a portion of the article. Click the cursor (also known as the curser when your hand twitches) at the top left corner of what you want to copy, left click and hold,then drag to bottom right corner of what you want to copy. This highlighted area can be printed. Now hold the Ctrl key down and press P. A gray page will pop up, click selection (it's in the middle on the left side) then ok. If you have paper in the printer(a future article?) you'll get a copy of exactly what you want. (Warning: More than likely the gray page defaults to all. If you get too cocky with this new technique you will forget to click selection and end up with 22 pages of stuff).
Using this valuable technique, I copy the instructions on how to copy a file. (I'm a lot more comfortable with hard copy in one hand while I hit the wrong keys with the other.) (In a future article I'll describe some of the experiences I've had with the Alt key.)
Instructions in hand, I try to copy the file/book. Unfortunately,as I found out the next day, the instructions were written for PKzip while I have Winzip. But 30 minutes later,mostly due to hesitancy and gaseous dog phobia, I end up with a good copy of the book by following the instructions within Winzip.(I really don't know how it happened as the memory is very blurred.)
A word of caution to members of the tribe of Stupidman who are reading the book. Chapter 3 is very technical and full of alphabet soup. If you are like me you will be less stressed if you read the last screen of Chapter 3 (the material in the yellow box) before you read the rest of the chapter. (It's ok to do this,it's not like reading the last page of a mystery when you are in the middle of the book.)
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