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How to Use Zoom in Word

By SeventhSibling

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To get a close-up view of your document, or to reduce the view of the document, you can use the Zoom feature. Being able to enlarge the view is helpful if you are working with very small fonts, while being able to reduce the size of the view ... more »

How to Utilize the Text Messaging Feature of Your Phone to Get Directions

By croew

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You are driving. You are tired. You are lost, and the map isn't doing it for you. You don't have a GPS system in your car BUT you do have your cell phone, relax you have all you need to receive step by step directions to your destination for FREE... more »

How to View a Listing of Word 2003 Shortcuts Keys

By SeventhSibling

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Word has developed a series of shortcuts to more quickly perform a task or open a dialogue box through keystrokes rather than having to go through menus. To see a listing of Word-created shortcuts, check out the following steps... more »

How to View a Photoshop Easter Egg

By Naz Ir

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Adobe Photoshop has 2 very interesting and funny Easter Eggs. Easter Eggs are small pieces of code that can be humorous and light-hearted. Here are instructions on how you can view these Easter Eggs... more »

How to View Audio Data in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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The Adobe Premiere Pro program has multiple views of each audio data track that can help you edit clips. Each track can show you the volume and effect values for each clip in either the Audio Mixer or in the Timeline panel. To begin working with ... more »

How to watch a DVD on tv with a laptop

By alanmd23

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There are so many different electronic products these days that you could watch a movie almost anywhere, but sometimes it is a pain to watch in your own home. If your DVD player is busted or you want to save money by not buying one, then you can ... more »

How to watch a secret movie in Windows XP

By renee82

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Want to find out how to watch a 'secret' movie on your Windows XP? Just follow these the simple steps below... more »

How to Watch DVD movies on Pocket PC

By superlee

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Wanna watch DVD movies or video files on your Pocket PC? This is the way..... more »

How to watch pirated DVD's on the pc

By Amanda Morin

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The PC has gone from small hobby computer to business computer to internet appliance. In many homes the PC is now a full-blown entertainment system. One of the things you can do with your PC is watch movies, either from DVD or downloaded from ... more »

How to watch Star Wars with computer symbols on command prompt

By GreenKnitter

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There are a lot of really cool tricks you can do in command prompt. Try this one to watch Star Wars produced in all computer symbols (ASCII). This is known to work on Windows XP and may or may not work on other platforms... more »

How to Watermark an Image in Paint Shop Pro XI

By Christina1229

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If you're a photographer, illustrator, designer, or maybe just someone with a hobby it is important to protect your original images from copyright infringement. This how-to article will teach you how to make an unobtrusive watermark that will ... more »

How to Win at Freecell Every Time

By Naz Ir

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Here is a small cheat hack to "win" at Freecell every time... more »

How to Work with Adobe Premiere Pro Preview Files

By msmarymac

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When you render previews as you work in Adobe Premiere Pro, the program creates files for each of these renders on your hard disk. The preview files contain the results of any effects that Adobe Premiere Pro processed during a preview. The ... more »

How to Work with Linked Audio/Video Clips in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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When you are working in Adobe Premiere Pro, clips that contain both video and audio appear as a single item in the Project panel. When you drag a clip into the Timeline sequence, the video and audio will appear as two separate objects, each in ... more »

How to Work With Predefined Workspace in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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Adobe Premiere Pro includes several pre-defined workspace templates for various tasks. You can choose between these workspaces any time you have a project open. When you choose one of these workspaces, the current workspace is reformatted ... more »

How to Work with Split Edits in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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A split edit is basically a transition in a clip that allows you to fade audio and video in at different times. It is effective if, for example, you want the viewer to see the video portion first and fade in the audio later, or if you want the ... more »

How to Work with the History Panel in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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History panel is a great tool for people who are learning how to use Premiere Pro, as it allows you to go backward or forward to any state of the project during the current session. Every time you make a change to any part of the project, that ... more »

How to Work With Webaroo and Communicate Through Firewall Protection

By DrSrinivasan

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When launching Webaroo, if your computer is protected by firewall protection (either McAfee Firewall Protection or Windows firewall protection), then this article will show you how you can make Webaroo communicate through the firewall protection... more »

How to Wrap Text Around a Table in Microsoft Word

By eHow Computers Editor

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When you create a table in Microsoft Word, it is automatically set to not apply any sort of text wrapping to the table. Wrapping text around a table simply means that you can have text surrounding the sides of a table, much like how text is ... more »

How to Wrap Text Around an Image Using HTML Programming

By Angela Wells

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HTML (hypertext markup language) is a computer language used to create Web pages. Whether you are setting up a personal or a business website, learning HTML code is essential for manipulating your page settings. You can wrap text around an image ... more »

How to Wrap Text Around an Object in PageMaker

By eHow Computers Editor

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Make your Adobe PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5 documents for Windows and Macintosh look slick and professional by flowing text around your graphics. The PageMaker Text Wrap feature helps you wrap text around graphics objects on the page... more »

How to Wrap Text Around an Object Using Adobe's InDesign

By Fiona Cameron

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You are designing the layout for a publication and want to place an image in the document. Since the overlapping image is covering the text, you must wrap or contour the text around the image. Follow this process to arrange text and images on a page... more »

How to Write a Book Using Blurb

By shefveland

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If you have a story to tell, here's a slick way to write and publish your book... more »

How to Write Text on a Curved Path Using Adobe InDesign

By Fiona Cameron

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Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software. You want to create a greeting card and write text on a curved or wavy path. InDesign has a tool that makes this possible. Follow this 5-step process to draw text on a curved path... more »

How to Write Text on Top of a Graphic in Microsoft Word

By Josh Crank

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Although Microsoft Word isn’t the optimal program for creating pages of text that include graphics, it still works well for many simple applications. If you add an image to your document and feel that you need to layer text over the image, ... more »