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How to use The Disk Cleanup Utility To Keep A PC Running Smoothly

By FLPCNERDS

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To keep a PC running smoothly, regular maintenance is critical. Many users shy away from maintenance tasks, thinking it is a long, drawn out manual affair, but the Disk Cleanup Utility can easily determine which files on a hard drive may no ... more »

How to Use The Flock Web Browser

By coachmac4

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Do you love social networking? Do you love to keep up with what your friends and family are doing? Do you want to promote your website/blog/or eHow article? Then Flock is for you. Just follow these easy steps to a more personal experience on ... 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 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 Magic Wand Tool in Paint Shop Pro

By Jennifer Claerr

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The Magic Wand tool in Paint Shop Pro is absolutely essential to prepare for editing with other tools in the program. It is used to select areas, which can then be manipulated in a variety of ways... more »

How to Use the Master Slide View in PowerPoint

By eHow Computers Editor

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The Master Slide view in Microsoft PowerPoint contains the settings that determine the format of your slides, including color schemes, fonts, header and footer information, bulleted list format and many other items. Making changes to the master ... more »

How to Use the Paintbrush Tool in Adobe Illustrator

By IsabelleKay

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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 Illustrator, if you keep the right mindset. This guide ... 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 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 Pivot Table and Chart Option in Excel

By skrohilla

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This article will show you how to use the PIVOT TABLE and CHART OPTION in MS EXCEL.. more »

How to Use the Properties Summary in Word

By SeventhSibling

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Ever create a document and then later on, you can not find it? Word has search capabilities to locate files and you can increase the possibility of locating a file, particularly when you don't recall the name of the file, if you complete the ... more »

How to Use the Run Command

By eHow Computers Editor

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The Run command is a part of the Windows operating system that allows you to quickly run programs and access particular files. This feature of Windows is a great way to open a program with a short common sense command code. It's quicker to use ... more »

How to Use the Run Command in Windows Vista

By MidniteWriter

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Now where did that "run" command go on your start menu of your computer? You had it in previous Windows versions, and now it does not appear easily in Windows Vista. It was such a help getting software, commands and CDs to start. Let this be ... more »

How to Use the Select Browse Object in Word

By SeventhSibling

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Ever wonder what function was performed by the round button or the double up and down arrows on the bottom of the vertical scroll bar of an open Word document? That round button is the Select Browse Object tool that enables you to jump to ... more »

How to Use the SPELL CHECK Feature in Microsoft Word 2000

By ElectricalNut

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It is so annoying to try to read a paper that has misspelled words. Here's an easy way to use the spell check feature in Microsoft Word 2000 documents... more »

How to Use the Split Screen Feature of Word

By SeventhSibling

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Within Word, there is a feature to split a document screen into two horizontal sections so you can view two parts of the document at the same time. This is referred to as split screen. The advantage of this feature is that you can copy/paste ... more »

How to Use the Tab Key to Indent

By vries

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When you are writing an essay or other, equally important documents in your favorite word processing program, it is important to type as professionally as possible. This includes indenting your paragraphs... more »

How to Use the Time Indicator in the Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline Panel

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 to be able to navigate within the Timeline panel. There are different ways to do that using the Time ... more »

How to Use the Time Ruler in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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Both the Source Monitor and the Program Monitor in Adobe Premiere Pro have several controls for moving through time, including a Time Ruler. The Time Ruler shows you the duration, or length, of a clip or sequence. Here is how to use the Time ... more »

How to Use the Timer in Snag It

By GreenKnitter

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When using SnagIt software to capture screen shots, the program doesn't allow the user to open a drop-down window without the use of the timer function. The timer delays the SnagIt capture so you can set up the screen to get exactly what you ... more »

How to Use the Twirl 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 TWIRL special effect allows you to skew the subject matter of your image. Like ... more »

How to Use the Ultimate Boot CD to Fix Computer Issues

By Zachary Freeman

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So you're having computer trouble, but you don't quite know what the issue is. Maybe the computer spontaneously reboots, or maybe programs aren't loading. Perhaps the computer has stopped booting all together. If you have a little computer ... more »

How to Use the Warp Tool in Adobe Illustrator

By IsabelleKay

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Liquify is probably the most popular Photoshop tool, but did you know that you can create a similar effect in Adobe Illustrator? Illustrator's warp tool lets you bend paths around to create amazing distortions and styles. This guide will get you ... more »