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How to Make Your Custom Avatar Show Up in eHow

By missforty

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As a new user on eHow, I uploaded a photograph to be used as my personal Avatar. However, although I could see my Avatar, it did not appear next to my articles. Here's how I fixed the problem!.. more »

How to Make Your Windows XP Computer Run Faster

By Kimberly Mathison

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Your computer is running slow and you’re beyond frustration. Is the thing fried? Is there any hope for it? I have good news; there are things you can do to speed up your Windows XP computer! This article will teach you how to run a virus check, ... more »

How to Manage Start Up Programs

By 1Hooksey

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Having too many programs start up while your OS is booting can seriously slow your system down. Here is how to manage which programs start when you turn on your computer!.. more »

How to Manage Time Using a Computer

By MidniteWriter

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Time is a treasure that, if not used properly, can get away from us in a hurry. Your computer is a tool you can use to help you get a better handle on your financial, business and personal life. You can use your computer in ways you never ... more »

How to Manage Your Digital Photos

By Richard Burke

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The beauty of digital photography is that we don’t need to use film and can just upload our images to the computer. The problem is that before too long we have thousands, if not tens of thousands of digital images. How do you find anything? In ... more »

How to Map Audio Channel Clips in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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As you work with different aspects of audio editing in Premiere Pro, a more advanced feature is to map channels of audio tracks before you add a clip to a Timeline sequence. Mapping allows you to choose exactly which channel multichannel tracks ... more »

How to Merge Cells in a Dreamweaver Table

By eHow Computers Editor

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It's a quick and easy process to merge table cells together in Dreamweaver. You may want to merge cells together when you are creating table headings or if you simply want to have a solid line of information within your table. Follow the steps ... more »

How to Merge Cells in Excel

By eHow Computers Editor

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While you are working within a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet you may find the need to merge two or more cells together to form one cell. This is often done if you need to add a heading or title to a row, column or section of your Excel spreadsheet. ... more »

How to Merge Documents in Microsoft Word 2003

By ElectricalNut

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Ever need to merge two (2) microsoft word documents together? Usually you prefer which document stays and which document gets merged. To put the second document, called the alternate, into the first document, called the master, just follow ... more »

How to Modify a Scheduled Task in Windows

By triciagoss

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You can schedule programs or even documents to run when you want them to by using “Scheduled Tasks.” Read on for some steps that will show you how to modify a scheduled task... more »

How to Motherboard Components: How to Build A Custom PC

By expertvillage

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Learn the components of a motherboard to build your own custom pc in this free instructional video... more »

How to Mount an ISO Image using Daemon Tools

By jenkins

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Stop wasting blank CDs and DVDs in order to install or view ISO image files; start using Daemon Tools to easily install or view them for free. Learn how to easily mount an ISO Image (and practically every other image format ranging BIN/CUE, CCD, ... more »

How to Move or Delete a Marker in the Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline

By msmarymac

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When editing clips in Adobe Premiere Pro, you can use something called a “marker” in an area of a clip where you want to make a note for yourself. These may be for any reason, such as an important action or sound within the clip. ... more »

How to Move the Adobe Premiere Pro Current-time Indicator Using Timecode

By msmarymac

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The Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline panel is where you assemble and rearrange sequences of clips. Once you have many clips in place, it is important that you know how to navigate within the Timeline panel. From within the Timeline, you can navigate ... more »

How to Name a Disk

By triciagoss

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You might want to change the name of one of the disks on your computer. Or perhaps you want to name a disk something more than simply “Local Disk (C:).” The following steps will show you how to name a disk... more »

How to Navigate Excel Worksheets Using the Keyboard

By SeventhSibling

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To get around in a worksheet, you can just click your mouse to select a cell. But there are also keyboard buttons to jump you to a specific location... more »

How to Nest Sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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You can combine various sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro, known as “nesting,” and you will be able to use a number of techniques, as well as create effects, that would otherwise be much more time consuming. Nesting also makes it ... more »

How to Notes to Paul M. J. Suchecki’s “ Get Your Computer to Boot Faster” article

By vittorio

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It's an addition of How Tos and Why Tos to Paul M. J. Suchecki’s “How to Get Your Computer to Boot Faster” article... more »

How to Open Microsoft 2007 Files From Microsoft 2003

By SeventhSibling

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Sharing Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files with someone using Microsoft 2003 can cause compatibility issues. The recipient of the file may not be able to open the file. There are two remedies. The creator of the Office 2007 ... more »

How to Open Multiple Webpages when You Start Firefox?

By Cric

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Do You check your favorite websites many times a day? Do you have to go to each website each time? This little trick will automatically open your favorite webpages when you start firefox. So you don't have to go to each website separately. ... more »

How to open office 2007 documents with earlier office versions

By choche

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With the advent of Office 2007, the new documents can still be opened and saved using an extension (free) from Microsoft. The compatibility pack will allow you to open, edit, and save in the new 07 format using an older version of Office (2000 ... more »

How to Open or Clear a Clip in the Adobe Premiere Pro Source Monitor

By msmarymac

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Once you have imported your video clips into an Adobe Premiere Pro project, the next step is to identify which parts of those clips you will use in your Timeline. You can view and edit your clips, or “Source Footage,” in the Source Monitor... more »

How to Open, Close and Resize Workspace Panels for Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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One great function of Adobe Premiere Pro is that it provides a customizable workspace that the user can modify for their preferences. The main window of the program contains various panels called the workspace. The default workspace contains ... more »

How to Optimize Instant Search in Windows Vista so its Really Fast

By MrCHUCK mrchuck999.blogspot.com

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Vista's new Instant search is fast but you can make it really fast and it only takes a few minutes... more »

How to Order a Windows Vista 64-Bit DVD

By eHow Computers Editor

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As 64-bit processors are becoming more common it's becoming much easier to find 64-bit OS disks and drivers. Microsoft offers 64-bit versions of all forms of Windows Vista, although only Windows Vista Ultimate comes with the 64-bit version in the ... more »