The default setting for Microsoft Outlook is to display only the menu items and buttons you use most often. When you first begin using Outlook the most basic commands appear, but as you use Outlook more it adapts the menus and toolbars to fit your habits. An item is dropped from the short version of a menu if you use Outlook many times without using that command. If you want to expand a menu to see the full list of options, click the arrow bar at the bottom of each unexpanded menu.

If you'd rather see all menu choices all the time, you can change Outlook's settings so you always see the full list of options. Here's how to customize Outlook to do just that:

1. Open Outlook (click the Windows Start button, click Programs, and then click Microsoft Outlook.)
   
   
2. On Outlook's menu bar click on Tools, and then Customize:
   
   
   
3. Click the checkmark next to "Menus show recently used commands first" to take the checkmark away:
   
   
   
4. Click the Close button

Here's an example of what your new expanded File Menu will look like:

Now that more staff at Winnefox libraries are accessing their Outlook e-mail accounts via the web, lots more people are using Internet Explorer as a web browser. If you're someone who's used to using Netscape instead, here's a way to find out some of the differences between Netscape and Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE



2. Click "Help" on the IE menu bar



3. Click "For Netscape Users" on the Help menu:
   

In particular, one section you might find helpful is "Compare terms in Navigator and Internet Explorer: If you've used Navigator in the past, you may find that words for common actions or features are different in Internet Explorer."

Just like Outlook customization hint in this month's E-Mail Tip above, you can do the same in other MS Office products like Word and Excel. For example, if you'd rather see all menu choices all the time in Word so you always see the full list of options, follow these steps:

1. Open Word



2. On the menu bar click Tools, and then click Customize
   
3. Click the checkmark next to "Menus show recently used commands first" to take the checkmark away:
   
   
   
4. Click the Close button.

Internet Librarian 2001 Conference presentations offers links to web sites, PowerPoint slideshows, and other electronic resources used in support of presentations at last month's conference. Find presentations on:

• Advanced Web Searching
• Close Encounters of the Cooperative Kind: Politics & Policies for Successful Library Cooperation
• The Future of Web Search
• Evolving Internet Technologies
• Consumer Health Information Compendium

Are you planning to see the new "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" film being released on the 19th? Read a behind-the-scenes look from a school librarian who was an extra on the film -- he even played two characters on both sides of the same battle (a Gondorian soldier and an Orc).

Instead of a quote this month, how 'bout a song? Go to God Rest Ye Good Librarians for a holiday favorite, sung to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen":

is Toffee-Topped Bars.

Do you need more than just one of our recipes a month?
Are you at a loss for what to get Aunt Edna for Christmas/Hanukkah//Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice?
Are you underweight?

If so, we have just the thing for you!

The Cookbook of the Staff Association of Oshkosh Public Library & Winnefox Library System will go on sale December 21st at the Friends of the Oshkosh Public Library Store (located near the OPL circulation desk), for a mere $11. Not only is it filled with over 100 recipes, it's also sprinked with gastronomical quotes and includes a set of bookmarks.

This issue of The Ides was written on December 14, 2001
Copyright 2001, Winnefox Library System

The Ides is written by Joy Schwarz.
Please direct any questions, comments or recipes to schwarz@mail.winnefox.org

URL: http://www.winnefox.org/ides/idesdec01.html