Desktop Publishing

The "Attach as Adobe PDF" action is usually installed as a toolbar in Microsoft Outlook or an Internet browser. In most cases, this toolbar is installed automatically, without the consent of the...

Paint Shop Pro allows you to create high-quality graphics and digital photos for multimedia, presentations or the web. You can enhance photos by removing imperfections; adjusting colors, contrast...

Black-and-white photographs and artwork are growing in popularity as a way to add uniqueness and drama to a layout. But sometimes an even more interesting option is to turn a photo black and...

Creating tables on your computer is a fast and easy way to organize your work. It all depends on how you like to work and how simple or complex your table needs to be. These simple how to...

Have you ever wanted to copy some data from one Excel spreadsheet to another but become frustrated when hidden rows and columns are also copied? Follow these simple steps to add a special feature...

Are there word processing chores that you do often, and wish you could just press a button instead of using the menu? It’s not difficult, and once you know how, you will find lots of uses for this...

Have you ever wanted to create an outstanding text banner at the top of a newsletter, poster, flyer, slide, report, or form? Have you wanted to make a statement in text anywhere on a document...

Are there word processing chores that you do often, and wish you could just press a button instead of using the menu? It’s not difficult, and once you know how, you will find lots of uses for this...

Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional offers users a variety of view, edit, save and print options. You can save documents created in applications such as Word, Excel and Dreamweaver for view over the...

Adobe InDesign is a very sophisticated page layout and publishing software package, and one of the most basic skills required to use InDesign is laying out type in an attractive and professional...

Reverse text is white text on a black background instead of the standard black text on a white background. You can format reverse text in any text box in your Microsoft Publisher 2007 document to...

After you have created a text box in Microsoft Publisher 2007, you may have to move it. You can move the text box by clicking and dragging it to the new location with your mouse.

You can add a whole new look to the text in your Microsoft Publisher 2007 document by rotating a text box so it sits at an angle. Use the mouse to rotate an empty text box or one with text in it.

There may come a time when you want to delete a text box in a Microsoft Publisher 2007 document. When you delete the box, any text inside the text box also deletes. You can delete multiple text...

Linking text boxes is one way to organize a large volume of text within your Microsoft Publisher 2007 document. If you want to edit the text in the linked text boxes, this is the best method to...

If you have text within a text box in Microsoft Publisher 2007, you may find that you want to edit or change the text. In order to do this you must first select the text that you want to make the...

Now that you have added text to your Microsoft Publisher 2007 document, you will want to edit that text. When you edit text you can change what the text says, delete the text or change the style...

If you want to move or edit text in Microsoft Publisher 2007, you will need to select the text box containing the text. You can also select and manipulate multiple text boxes at the same time.

A text box is inserted into a Microsoft Publisher 2007 document so you can enter a block of text into the document. A text box is a great way to organize text so you can later move or edit the...

Adobe Photoshop is a great program that can be used for many things like school projects, personal projects, or just plain fun. One great tool that can be found in Adobe Photoshop is the gradient...

Foxit Reader is a PDF reader much like Adobe Acrobat Reader. However, among the features unique to Foxit Reader is the ability to highlight passages, add annotations (your own text) and create...

You will find the Picture Toolbar in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher. Using the toolbar is easy – just click your image and the respective button on the toolbar. Below, in two steps to...

Did you know that Adobe Illustrator has the ability to lightly "morph" one shape into another? You can use the blend tool to combine different shapes, fills and colors, and let Illustrator figure...

Who hasn’t wanted to take a picture of a computer screen and show someone exactly what they see in a given moment. SnagIt is a tool that does just that. Screen shots make things more appealing to...

A style is a set of formatting rules that can be applied to one or more paragraphs of text within a Microsoft Publisher 2007 document. With Publisher, you can apply a predefined style or a style...

A lot of the Illustrator tools look the same as they do in Photoshop, but work a little differently. One of those tools is the paintbrush. Luckily, you can apply your Photoshop knowledge to...

You might be familiar with the idea of the eyedropper tool from using Photoshop, where you can use it to sample a color to use in other parts of your image. Illustrator's eyedropper tool is even...

If you have inserted a graphic into Microsoft Publisher, you may find that you want to use only a portion of that graphic for your Publisher project. You can easily cut out a portion of your...

You can create some great graphic effects using images and Microsoft Word. You can wrap text around the image, place the image behind the text, or place the text behind the image. We'll look at a...

WordArt is a fun tool to use in many Microsoft Office applications. You can choose from one of the many standard WordArt shapes and layouts in the WordArt gallery. You can also alter selections by...

Adobe Photoshop has lots of handy tools that people don't even realize are there. One of my favorites is the sponge tool. The sponge tool lets you "paint" with saturation. This means that you can...

Microsoft Word wasn't built to be a picture editing software, but there are lots of tools within it that you can use to manipulate images. By controlling the contrast and brightness you can fade a...

It is easy to build a website using Dreamweaver. Once you master the basic steps you can create a wide variety of websites that are only limited by your imagination. Whether you are building your...