Q: I’m creating a Word table and why is my tab key behaving weirdly?
Instead of tabbing, it jumps to the next cell in my table!
A: In Word, the Tab key is used to navigate forward through the cells.
(You use Shift+Tab to navigate backward through the cells). If you want to put
a tab within a cell, you use Ctrl+Tab.
Q: "I will need a Web site for a new product I’ve developed. I
don’t have the Web site design ready yet, but I’m thinking that I should register
the name at least. Could you tell me how to do that? When I did a search, I
wasn’t really sure what to look for."
A: When you want to put up a Web site, the first thing you need is a
name (called a "domain"). A Web address like www.yourdomain.com needs
to be purchased through a domain registrar. In the past, this was an expensive
proposition mostly because there was only one registrar.
These days it’s extremely easy and MUCH less expensive than it used to be.
My favorite registrar is Go Daddy (http://www.godaddy.com).
Their customer service is very good and it costs about $8.00 to register a name
for a year.
When you go to the site, just type in the name you want and they’ll tell you if it’s taken. They’ll offer alternative names along with the .com suffix, such as .net or .org. If the name you want is available, then you can just follow the steps to register it. Be sure to use a reliable, working e-mail address for the contact because they use e-mail to confirm the purchase.
When you register a domain with Go Daddy, you get a "parked page" which is just a temporary page that says you own the domain.
To put up a site, you need to find a hosting company and pay a separate monthly fee for them to host your site. Then you can put up your pages in the space they provide and give the registrar the new information about your site.