Email etiquette, Emoticons and A dictionary :-)

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Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thank you all for your most positive response to the emails I post to the various groups and individually too .. Appreciation is a sign of being watered ... That which one likes and wants more of, one nurtures by watering it with ones focus . And the strength (aka eagerness to do more) results in better performance in every which way ... Thanks ... So today, I am focussing on

email etiquette as the heading says and a software that is related ... Its a dictionary ... called Wordweb Relax .. its not just that .. Its downloadable so you can save it on your computer and refer to it whenever you want ... So what's so great about that you ask? Well, WordWeb is a quick and powerful international English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up words from almost any program, showing definitions, synonyms and related words. It includes pronunciations and usage examples, and has helpful spelling and sounds-like links See .. that is how good this is .. You don't get that in a regular dictionary .. Well, not the way you do in wordweb certainly .. I have stopped using my heavy dictionary .. I now use wordweb almost whenever I am on the comp. and need to look up a word and its related usages .. or synonyms .. Its about 6 MB in size (the setup file that is) but well worth it .. Try it and you'll know what I mean ... Here's the link for free download http://wordweb.info/ And here's the email etiquette part that I was talking about ... E-mail Etiquette Sending e-mail that's looks good is a reflection of your professionalism. And an e-mail that is properly written not only makes you look good, but is easier for your recipients to read which will win you lots of points with that individual. Finally, if you send an e-mail that looks good, you also look like you know your way around the computer

and the Internet. Here are some tips to writing a winning e-mail: MANY READERS DON'T LIKE ALL CAPS. IT'S HARD TO READ AND SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SHOUTING! use punctuation its hard to read stuff that doesnt have any commas capital letters periods or apostrophes Usee yur spall chacker. Its annyang to try to reede constent spalling misstakes. When forwarding an e-mail to someone, copy and paste what you want to send into a new e-mail then send it off. This is especially true if you had to dig through tons of "layers" to actually get to the message of the

e-mail. Be courteous enough to use BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) when forwarding an email to everyone in your address book. You don't want the addresses of your friends to get sent around the net. We sent a tip out on how to do this back on 5/27/2004 Avoid embedding sounds or using "stationary" in your messages. I know it's cute and we're guilty of showing you how to do it, but they take longer to download and can be annoying to your recipient. Additionally, when your recipient responds to your e-mail, they may have to re-format their text (especially color) in order for it to be readable. Remember that attachments over 50k are annoyingly long to download, possibly causing your recipient's connection to "time-out", or the email could even be blocked. Try to keep those files manageable! Re-read your e-mail message before you send it out. I don't know how many times I thought I had everything just right then found something that was way out of place when I re-read the document. When replying to a message, don't quote back the entire message if you are just responding to one or two points. Just include what you are responding to. Finally, don't use short hand. Stuff like "r u going to stp by ltr" can be hard to read. Don't B lzy, typ the whole wrd. Well, I guess that's about it. I know that I occasionally have an e-mail transgression (I think we all do), but maybe these guidelines will help everyone communicate a little better. Remember, these are just suggested guidelines—most of our readers live in free countries, so email any way you want. ~ Steve And in the same vein here's another one to help you spice up your email .. with some emotional icons ... popularly known as EMOTICONS (Sorry for shouting .. Emoticons Emoticons are little text representations of emotions that you find in email, chat rooms, and IM's. When you talk to someone, they can tell what you mean by the tone of your voice or the look on your face. For example, maybe someone says something like, "Why are you so annoying?" Now, if they say it while they're laughing, you know that it's just lighthearted humor. If they say it with a bit of anger in their voice, you realize that it's probably time to back off. Problem is, when I wrote that, you had no clue which direction I was going with

it. Was I mad or joking? Well, if I write it like this, you know: Why are you so annoying :-) See? So, here's a list of the more common emoticons that you'll run across: Smiley face :-) Smiley face w/ a nose Sad face :-( Sad face w/ a nose Person laughing :-| Not laughing or bored ;-) Winking :'-( Crying, sad :-} Embarrassed ^5 High five (:): Band aid - offering help :-X Lips are sealed :-( ) Can't stop talking :~\ Mixed up, confused <:-I A dunce |-O Yawning #:-o Shocked >:-< Angry :-x Kiss *<|:-) Clown or Santa Clause 8-P Yuck! :-@ Screaming }: [ Frustrated These days browsers

will automatically display some of these as graphics. If you see a yellow smiley face, there is actually a series of characters that are being translated to create it in your browser. There are tons more to be found floating around the internet. So, express yourself and have fun. ~ Steve The above tips taken from www.worldstart.com Check out their website for their free newsletters too ... Great site. Have

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