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How to Use Templates With Scribus Page Makeup Software

By Richard Burke

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Scribus is a free, open source page makeup program. It compares in some way to Quark and InDesign, but is not as robust in some features (see Resources below to download). When used in conjunction with Ghostscript software (see Resources below), ... more »

How to Use the Adobe Premiere Pro Broadcast Colors Effect

By msmarymac

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The Broadcast Colors Effect in Adobe Premiere Pro can alter the pixel color values for accurate representation in a television broadcast. While computers represent colors as combinations of red, green, and blue, video equipment represent colors ... more »

How to Use the Adobe Premiere Pro Fast Color Corrector Effect

By msmarymac

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The Fast Color Corrector effect in Adobe Premiere Pro is a tool you can use to change a clip’s color by adjusting its hue and saturation. The effect also has levels controls for adjusting intensity levels of image shadows, midtones, and ... more »

How to Use the Adobe Premiere Pro Reference Monitor

By msmarymac

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The Reference Monitor is a handy tool in Adobe Premiere Pro. It acts as a second Program Monitor, and can be used to compare different frames of the same sequence, or to view the same clip in different modes simultaneously... more »

How to Use the Adobe Premiere Pro Three-Way Color Corrector Effect

By msmarymac

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The Three-Way Color Corrector effect in Adobe Premiere Pro allows you to make simple, subtle corrections to a clip’s hue, saturation, and brightness for the shadow, midtones, and highlights. It is a great tool to use when making simple color ... more »

How to Use the Adobe Premiere Pro Trim Monitor

By msmarymac

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The Trim Monitor in Adobe Premiere Pro displays a clip’s “In” and “Out” points at a specific cut so that you can see which frames you are cutting out. In your Premiere Pro workspace, the monitor on the left side shows the clip to the left of the ... more »

How to Use the AutoFill Function in Excel 2003

By eHow Computers Editor

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The AutoFill function in Excel lets you save time by automatically filling in certain cells in your spreadsheet. For example, if you are creating a schedule, you can enter "Monday" and use AutoFill to complete the remainder of the days... more »

How to Use the Clone Stamp Tool in Adobe Photoshop

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With the clone stamp tool in Adobe Photoshop, you can select part of an image you want to duplicate in another area of your image. The cloning stamp tool is especially helpful when you want to remove part of an image. Simply clone the background ... more »

How to Use The Clone Tool in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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The clone tool, sometimes known as the "Rubber Stamp" tool allows the Photoshop user to select a part of the image and then paint with that selection. The selection can be painted into the existing image or into a new image. The ... more »

How to use the cool Snipping Tool in Vista

By akemi

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In XP we could only use the prtscn (print screen) function to capture the entire desktop area. In certain Vista editions you can use the new Snipping Tool to capture any small area of the screen... more »

How to Use the Drawing Toolbar in PowerPoint

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The Microsoft PowerPoint Drawing toolbar is a useful feature that you can use to quickly apply and change the style of objects in your PowerPoint presentation. With the Drawing toolbar, you can add an object such as a shape or a picture and then ... more »

How to Use the Flash Free Transform Tool

By Adrien-Luc Sanders

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Flash's Free Transform tool allows you to easily scale, rotate, skew, and distort your drawings. Use the tool to manipulate photos for family and friends or for a design project... more »

How to Use the Flash Pen Tool

By Adrien-Luc Sanders

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Flash's pen tool lets you draw scalable vector artwork controlled by defined points with curves between. It's a little hard to get used to at first, but once you do, you'll find yourself using it with no difficulties... more »

How to Use the Freeze Pane Command to Create Static Headings in Excel 2003

By eHow Computers Editor

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Excel is the leading spreadsheet program existing today. With each new edition, improvements are made. As you view the information in your rows and columns, allow yourself to see the headings that go along with it. Follow the steps below to use ... more »

How to Use the Hand Tool in Adobe Illustrator

By IsabelleKay

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One of the many advantages to using Adobe Illustrator is that the program gives you an enormous art board to draw on. Keeping track of small elements of your drawing can be tough in such a large space. Luckily the hand tool can help you navigate ... more »

How to Use the History Panel in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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The history panel in Adobe Photoshop is a tool allowing the user to delete actions or edit specific actions. It is a way to step backward through all the actions you have performed on an image and start over from a specific point. You can also ... more »

How to Use the Internet

By Nalina

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Using the Internet is a rather moderately easy thing to do but if you just got a computer and want to see how to access web site and etc. This how-to guide is for people that want to know how to access web site and address bars and some simple ... more »

How to Use the Magic Wand Tool in Adobe Photoshop

By eHow Computers Editor

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Adobe Photoshop has a great selection of tools. The magic wand tool is one of the more fun ones to use. When you click on a certain color in an image, it will select all the areas in that image that have similar colors to the one you clicked. ... more »

How to Use the Microsoft Office Picture Toolbar

By SeventhSibling

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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 divide the toolbar, you will learn what each button ... more »

How to Use the New Version of Windows Media Player That Comes With Vista

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Microsoft’s new Vista operating system includes an updated version of Windows Media Player that functions in much the same way as previous versions. You can use the new version of Windows Media Player that comes with Vista to play audio or video ... more »

How to Use The Paint Daubs Filter Effect in Adobe Photoshop

By Richard Burke

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Adobe Photoshop has fourteen different categories of special effect filters. They are easy to use and allow the user to completely change and enhance an image. The PAINT DAUBS special effect allows you to "paint" the subject matter of ... more »

How to Use the Paste Options Button in Word

By SeventhSibling

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Copying text from one document and pasting it into another document can result in a formatting issue if the fonts were not the same in both documents. By using the Paste Options Button, you can quickly fix the formatting to match... more »

How to Use the Paste Special Command in Excel

By eHow Computers Editor

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Instead of copying entire cells, you can copy specified cell contents - such as the cell format or the result of a formula, but not the formula itself - with the Paste Special command in Microsoft Excel 2000. You can also switch data from columns ... more »

How to Use the PC Disk Defragmenter to Clean Up Your Hard Drive

By msmarymac

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If your computer is running slow or you need to free up some space to store larger files contiguously on your PC, you can use the Disk Defragmenter utility to keep your computer in good health, and running more efficiently... more »

How to Use the Print Screen Function in the Vista Operating System

By Amy S Trosen

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To show someone exactly what you are doing, sometimes it is necessary to be able to copy exactly what you are seeing on your computer screen. In Vista, it is easy to turn your computer's wallpaper into a jpg picture... more »