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How to Legally Own Shares in a Company When You Are a Director

By eHow Legal Editor

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As a director in a public company, you must tread carefully among all of the regulations and restraints put upon you by the law, the company's bylaws, and by the shareholders themselves. However, you wouldn't be a passionate member of the board ... more »

How to Make "Forty-Five" CD Labels

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Get the hip, retro look of a 45-rpm vinyl album on a CD. While there are a few different ways to make "forty-five" CD labels, it's easiest if you start with vinyl-look CD-Rs. Then use labels especially for "vinyl" CD-Rs or print directly on the ... more »

How to Make a Cursor in Flash

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Flash is an animation software that allows you to build custom elements for your website. Some web designers prefer to use Flash rather than HTML because the final result tends to be richer than HTML. You can use Flash to make a custom cursor ... more »

How to Make a Custom iPod Ad With Photoshop 5

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If you want to add a hip touch to the images on your MySpace page, iPod ads provide a slick template with characters in silhouette against pastel backgrounds. They look cool and the effect is easy to produce in Photoshop 5 with just a little ... more »

How to Make a Decorative Envelope Using Microsoft Publisher

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Special occasion cards get piled away with the rest of the mail when they are in plain envelopes with no special decal or design to separate them from others. Design a special envelope using Microsoft Publisher for a single use birthday card ... more »

How to Make a Fake Picture With Famous People

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If you like to doctor photos, the technology boom worked out great for you. You can use software to create online collages, cutting and pasting images just like you used to do with scissors. When done right, it's almost impossible to see how the ... more »

How to Make a Flash Button

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When creating or updating a website, Macromedia Flash is a useful tool to create a fresh and user-friendly layout. To customize the site, you can make a Flash button rather than use the premade buttons that other applications offer. Using Flash ... more »

How to Make a Menu in Publisher

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Creating a menu in Microsoft Publisher is an inexpensive way to dress up a dinner or provide a menu for a restaurant. Publisher makes creating a menu quick and easy. With some instruction and creativity, you can be making menus that you can be ... more »

How to Make a Personalized Coloring Book for Kids

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Engaging your children in fun and educational activities can be difficult, and making the most of their recreation time after school is tough. Coloring books are always fun for kids, but sometimes the subject matter can get boring for them. ... more »

How to Make a Polar Grid in Adobe Illustrator

By IsabelleKay

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Are you trying to create a clock or other circular diagram in Adobe Illustrator? You could make all of the lines and borders by hand, but luckily Illustrator has a built in shortcut--the polar grid tool. Here is how to use it... more »

How to Make a Rectangular Grid in Adobe Illustrator

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Do you have a schedule or timetable that you need to create in Adobe Illustrator? You could make all of the lines and borders by hand, but luckily Illustrator has a built in shortcut—the rectangular grid tool... more »

How to Make a Unique Christmas Card Using Photoshop

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Sending Christmas cards is a terrific tradition to wish well and reconnect with friends and family. It may be the only time you update far away loved ones, so making your own personalized Christmas card is a great way to stand out from the crowd ... more »

How to Make a Website With Print Master Software

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Put your mark on the World Wide Web. Do this by creating your very own website and publishing it on the Internet. You could choose to use this website for business and create a way to market your services or products, or you could use a website ... more »

How to Make an Image Fit a Picture Box in QuarkXPress

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QuarkXPress is software to create and edit complex layouts for print publication. The most common feature of QuarkXPress is the box. Boxes can contain text, graphics, lines, shapes or any object that can be embedded into QuarkXPress... more »

How to Make Anchored Objects in InDesign

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InDesign's anchored objects save a lot of time when you need to add or delete large passages to text. Anchored objects automatically reposition any frames you align with a particular bullet or paragraph in a different column. Once you anchor any ... more »

How to Make Business Cards with Print Master Software

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You can create customized business cards with Print Master software, your computer and any basic color printer. Follow these steps... more »

How to Make CD Labels With a Laser Printer

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Making labels for your CDs is a project you can do at home. You can purchase CD labels at any office supply store, and there are a number of label maker programs that you can purchase or download for free from the internet. Or, you can simply use ... more »

How to make Cheap Paper and Cardboard Signs

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Smaller organizations need signs for many one or two day events. The commercial costs of signs quickly determines the number and size of the signs for an event. Here is one way to reduce those costs and increase the number of temporary signs if ... more »

How to Make DVD Case Inserts

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Easily create professional looking DVD case inserts by choosing insert sets available at office supply stores that can be imprinted using your home computer and printer. Achieving the best results is partly linked to picking the correct card ... more »

How to Make Full-Face CD Labels

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Full-face CD labels are the best way to add a personal touch to any writable CD. These labels are relatively easy to make with the proper materials purchased at your local computer supply store. A full-face CD label can be as dramatic or subtle ... more »

How to Make Greeting Cards Using Print Shop Deluxe

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Greeting cards can easily be made on your home computer. Print Shop Deluxe is software that can be used to print greeting cards as well as other creative stationary items. Creating cards with this program can be quite easy once you are familiar ... more »

How to Make Guides in Adobe Photoshop

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Sometimes you need help lining elements up in a graphic design. Photoshop has these great guides to use that don't print. Most people don't know how to use them, but it's easy! Here's how... more »

How to Make Hub CD Labels

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Hub CD labels work great to personalize CDs and DVDs. The labels fit securely around the small hub on the discs. Whether you want to protect your music collection from roaming hands, or organize a large movie collection, hub labels can work for you... more »

How to Make Invitations Using Print Shop Deluxe

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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You can easily make invitations on your home computer for a fraction of what it would cost to buy them. Making your own invitations allows the creator to add a personal touch and making the invitations very unique. Print Shop Deluxe is a great ... more »

How to Make Jewel Case Inserts

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Creating personalized jewel case inserts for your CDs or DVDs is a process that resembles digital scrapbooking. If you'd prefer, you can use a simple template to make uniformed inserts for a clean, modern look... more »

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