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How to Use Find and Replace Feature in Microsoft Word

By *Janet Ford

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Microsoft Word's 'Find and Replace' feature is a fabulous time (and sanity) saver. Whether you are editing for spelling, punctuation or maybe you're like me and want to change a character's name in your manuscript, find and replace can save you a ... more »

How to Use Flixya

By MidniteWriter

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Whether you enjoy writing a blog (an online journal), publishing your own home videos or uploading pictures--you are sure to find something to keep you busy on a website called Flixya. Gone are the days of holding an audience captive to watch ... more »

How to USE FORMAT PAINTER IN MICROSOFT WORD

By skrohilla

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This will show you how to easily work on a word document copying a format and applying it onto a different paragraph or word, as desired by you , in the most simple and easy way... more »

How to Use Frames and Mats in Microsoft Digital Image Software

By momoftwingirls

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Sometimes any style of border will not do for your particular photo. This is when adding a frame or mat comes into the picture, literally. Here are some ways of adding either a frame or border to your photos using Microsoft Digital Image software... more »

How to Use Fundamental Data Types in Perl

By eHow Computers Editor

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The PERL programming language uses a few fundamental data types. This range of data types includes variables and other designations for routines and file maps. The data types in PERL are identified by a "sigil," one ASCII character at the ... more »

How to Use HTML Tags for Links

By Select Visions

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Using HTML Tags for links are just a sentence away from someone clicking on a link and directing traffic to a website or picture you are trying to promote. There are several ways you can do this. These are simple ways I have found to be effective... more »

How to use Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows XP

By tramarwave

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In today’s high speed, fast paced environment, it’s important to be able to work quickly and efficiently. To do this, you should learn how to use both the keyboard and the mouse simultaneously to do many tasks, such as ‘finding a computer on your ... more »

How to Use Layers in Paint Shop Pro

By eHow Computers Editor

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Many of the most interesting graphic effects in Paint Shop Pro come from working with layers. Layers let you apply changes to images while preserving the original image, as well as create complex illustrations and photographic collages. Paint ... more »

How to Use Mac OS Tiger Expose

By eHow Computers Editor

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Mac OS Tiger includes all of the power of OS Panther and more. New features and enhancements have been included in Tiger, including such resources as Spotlight and Universal Access. One of the more useful features of Mac OS Tiger, however is ... more »

How to Use Microsoft Excel COUNTIF

By SeventhSibling

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When you have a long list of data, you may have a need to find out how many times a particular word appears within a column or row of data. In our example, we will find how many times the word Detroit appears in one column using Microsoft Excel ... more »

How to Use Microsoft Virtual Earth

By Diane Dilov-Schultheis

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Have you ever wanted to travel the world to see places you only dreamed about? Well, you can actually do this if you know how to use Microsoft Virtual Earth. It is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services and was formerly known as Windows Live ... more »

How to Use Mono Audio Clips in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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There are a couple different ways to work with Mono Audio clips in Adobe Premiere Pro. You may choose to break out the audio channels, creating a mono clip from stereo or surround audio. This will give you either 2 mono clips (from stereo) or 6 ... more »

How to Use Mouse Manager

By Esiple

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This very simply for left handers that are force to use right hand mouses... more »

How to Use Moyea Flv Downloader

By Amanda Morin

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FLV is a file format used by Adobe Flash to play video files on web pages. It's used by almost every web page that offers video, as very few pages rely on the Quicktime or Windows Media plugins anymore. Though most websites don't offer explicit ... more »

How to Use MS Works Calendar

By Diane Dilov-Schultheis

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Microsoft Works calendar creator is a great asset. You can use the Works calendar to track all of your appointments, business meetings, birthdays, anniversaries, bills and any thing else you need. Once you have all of your details inserted in ... more »

How to Use Multimedia Files in Ubuntu

By Amanda Morin

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The Ubuntu Linux distribution is one of the most popular Linux distributions available today. However, because it's freely distributed and follows a strict policy of not including proprietary or patented software, when it's first installed ... more »

How to Use Multiple Sequences Simultaneously in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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When you begin a new project in Adobe Premiere Pro, one of the first things you will need to do is create a new sequence. However, a single project can contain multiple sequences, which can come in handy if you have many clips which you want to ... more »

How to Use MySpace Wallpaper

By eHow Computers Editor

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The social networking elements of MySpace have been matched by the creative tools available to the website's users. The average MySpace member can play her favorite music, show her favorite videos and post her favorite pictures for friends to ... more »

How to Use Natural Language Search in Windows Vista

By eHow Computers Editor

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Windows Vista includes an integrated search engine that can index all or selected parts of a computer's file system and return search results within seconds. While the default of entering simple search terms can be effective in finding specific ... more »

How to Use Nero to Make a Mixed-Mode CD

By eHow Computers Editor

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Nero is one of the many CD, DVD and home entertainment software packages on the market today. If you need to copy many different types of information from your hard drive onto a mixed-mode CD, Nero can accomplish that with a few clicks of your ... more »

How to Use Normal View in PowerPoint for Windows

By eHow Computers Editor

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You can view the presentation outline, current slide and notes page in Normal View in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 for Windows, eliminating laborious toggling between views to see all information for a given slide while developing a presentation. .. more »

How to use Ohm's Law

By BADrew

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The relationship between voltage, current, resistance, and power as defined by Ohm's Law... more »

How to Use One IM Program for All of Your Friends

By Toni128

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Do you enjoy IM, but your buddies all use different Instant Messengers? If you need to have AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and ICQ all open on your desktop at the same time just to "chat" with all of your friends, here's a solution... more »

How to Use OpenOffice

By eHow Computers Editor

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Open Office is an open source office suite. It is compatible with all the major office suites, but Open Office is free to download, use and distribute. Open Office offers 6 components: Writer, Impress, Math, Draw, Calc and Base. Open Office also ... more »

How to Use OpenOffice.org 2 to Create Eye-Catching Documents

By Althea DeBrule

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In my opinion, OpenOffice.org 2 is the most powerful FREE open-source office software suite available today. It contains word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphic and database software--everything you need to create eye-catching ... more »