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Customise your Send To menu by Dianne Reuby

Question : How can I open my file in a different program - easily?

Answer : Customise your "Send To" menu

Windows "associates" files with programs according to file extension and software installed on computer. So "myfile.doc" will be associated with your default word processor, "any.gif" will be associated with your default picture viewer or editor.

Great - just one click on filename, and it loads program. What a time saver!

But what if you don't want file to load in its' associated program?

For example: my PC has quite a few .html files (web pages) stored on it. Some I've saved when surfing, some I've created. Windows associates these with my browser - after all, where else would you want to view a web page?

Quite often, in my web page editor! Or if I just want to make a small change to one of my pages, in my text editor. So, load program, choose File, then Open, search for my directory and file, and ... what was I going to do? Can't quite remember, now!

By Larry Johnson http://www.BizSiteBiz.com/

Your site is now up and running and you're trying to figure out just how to let others know about it. How do you create a wave of traffic to it ?

Here are three simple steps that anyone who is really serious about marketing and selling online must do to be successful:

1) Get your own domain name. A virtual domain name is a virtual necessity when trying to promote and market your site and it's products and services.

Which would you more likely take as a serious webmaster who could be trusted to do business with ?

A: http://www.geocities.com ripod/lite/889765

OR

B: http://www.MrMarketer.com/

It's pretty clear, right? The site with virtual domain name is pick of litter everytime. I hardly every visit, or take seriously, those sites without one.

The cost for a virtual domain name is a drop in bucket for two years of potential income from a good producing site.

2) Create and market your own product or service.

This is one that may cause you to lay awake at nights for a while. Coming up with a unique service or procuct that fills a niche market is a challenge, but not one that can't be overcome.