Because many staff members at Winnefox libraries are switching to Microsoft Outlook 2000 on the Exchange Server, most staff e-mail addresses are changing from the old @axp.winnefox.org format. How can you keep track of all the changes and avoid having your messages go the "dead letter office"? Here's how:

If Jody & Pete have already switched you to Outlook:

• If you use the Local Version within the Outlook software itself, it's as easy as checking the Global Address Book to see everyone else in Winnefox who's got a new e-mail address:
  
  
  
• If you use the Web version of Outlook, when you compose a new message type the person's first name, then click the Check Names icon and the address will be resolved for you, or you can choose the correct address from the list of those available:
  
  
  
• If you're not using Outlook, use the Winnefox E-Mail Address Directory in the Staff Pages (contact Joy if you've forgotten your username or password).

A special note about e-mail subscriptions: as you change to Outlook you'll need to un-subscribe to listservs or electronic discussion lists at your old address, and re-subscribe at your new address. (Don't worry about Winnefox-L and WALS-L -- staff here are making your address changes for you). Listservs you might be subscribed to include WISPUBLIB, FVLC-L, and others. Here's the listserv two-step:

1. In your old Pine or Netscape e-mail account send an e-mail message to unsubscribe.
2. In your new Outlook e-mail account send an e-mail message to subscribe.

Here are links to specific subscription instructions for individual listservs/electronic discussion lists you might need:

• WISPUBLIB
• Wislib (Wisconsin Library People listserv)
• Channel Weekly
• WLA (Wisconsin Library Association)
• WAPL (Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries)
• WIERATE (the Wisconsin E-rate e-mail list)
• FVLC-L (Fox Valley Library Council)
• PUBLIB
• Web4Lib

If there's a specific electronic discussion list that you need help unsubscribing/subscribing to, contact Joy Schwarz for assistance.

When working from a Web page that's chock full o' good links (gee, I don't know, maybe like The Ides) do you sometimes find it too easy to follow link after link, wander astray, and forget that you wanted to follow the other great links on the original page? Here's a trick that will allow you to keep the first page open in Netscape 4.x, and open a link in an additional session of Netscape (Note: this trick will also work in Internet Explorer 5.x).

1. Place your mouse pointer over any hyperlink;
2. Click the RIGHT mouse button;
3. A small popup menu will open up;
   
4. Click the LEFT mouse button on "Open in New Window".
   

5. This second session of Netscape will open up, and
6. You can see on your Windows 95/NT Taskbar that there are now two Netscape sessions open.
7. To go back to that first page, just click on the first Netscape icon on your Taskbar.

Now that you've got two sessions of Netscape open, how can you tell which Web page is on which? Just place your mouse pointer over one of the icons, and a small white box will pop up like this:

When you have a lot of programs or applications open on your PC, and need to access the Windows Desktop, here's a shortcut for minimizing everything quickly:

1. Click on the Windows Taskbar with your right mouse button, and
2. Click on Minimize All Windows.


3. All your open programs or applications will be minimized on the Taskbar, and your Desktop will now be accessible.

The Best Free Reference Web Sites 2001 list is the third annual round-up of outstanding online resources, compiled by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association (ALA), Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS). From AmeriStat to YourDictionary.com, you can be sure to find among these 31 prime informational sites a new resource to add to your bookmarks or favorites!

Send a fun e-greeting card from ALIAnet (The Australian Library and Information Association). Choose from some amazing graphics illustrating the motto "Libraries: Here for the Long Run". Here's my favorite.

"There is only one kind of Internet filter that works - conscience."

     -- Cuban Library Association President Marta Terry, quoted by Dale Vidmar in his Cuba diary, available at New Breed Librarian.

is Cranberry and Turkey Casserole, another answer to the question of what to do with those Thanksgiving-day leftovers.

This issue of The Ides was written on November 19, 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/idesnov01.html