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How to Import and Export Title Files in Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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One very handy function of Premiere Pro is the ability to create titles. Titles, like credits, can include any type of text, including title of your movie, names of your actors and crew and even subtitles. They can be created using any font ... more »

How to Import Data From Microsoft Money Into TaxCut

By eHow Computers Editor

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TaxCut allows users to take advantage of the work they have already done through keeping their financial records with Microsoft Money. Instead of entering summaries of such records manually, you can import the records directly from Microsoft ... more »

How to Import files into Adobe After Effects

By msmarymac

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Adobe After Effects is a program which you can use to combine footage with transparent backgrounds, such as video shot on a green screen. If you have footage you want to add other elements or animation to, here is how to import those files into ... more »

How to Import Media With Adobe After Effects

By msmarymac

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Adobe After Effects is a complicated animation and compositing program that cannot easily be learned in a few steps. The best way to learn the program is to start simply, learn the basics and build from there. After you create a composition and ... more »

How to Import Music Tracks to Final Cut Pro Projects

By eHow Computers Editor

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Music files can easily be brought into Final Cut Pro to be used in projects. Music can be selected from among the music files in the iTunes Library or anywhere else the music files are stored on the computer or even directly from a disk in the ... more »

How to Import Photoshop Files Into Flash Professional CS3

By eHow Computers Editor

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Long gone are the days of saving image files as PNGs or GIFs and then having to import your file layer by layer. Importing Photoshop files to Flash has never been easier. Since Macromedia products are now a part of the Adobe family, you can ... more »

How to Improve Ehow Articles Using the Paint Program

By derbyka

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Everyone knows that pictures grab a reader's attention and make an article more interesting. Images are especially valuable on ehow because they often illustrate procedures more effectively than words. To bring your ehow images to the next ... more »

How to Improve Outlook 2003's Performance After Initial Setup

By Elvis De Leon

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Sometimes MS Outlook will freeze or perform very slowly after setting it up for the first time. This can occur to accounts in an organization and home users alike. Follow the steps below to fix this potential issue... more »

How to Improve the Visibility of the Mouse Pointer

By Tricia Goss

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If you have an LCD (liquid crystal display) screen you might wish that your mouse was easier to see. Fortunately there are some things you can do to improve the visibility of your mouse pointer... more »

How to Improve Your Computer Skills

By Sush56

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Improving your computer skills is necessary, in these times of changing technology. Having great computer skills can present alot of opportunities, including an increase in your income. Take a look at some of my suggestions below... more »

How to Include Pictures In Your Visual Basic Application

By Rocky Huber

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If you are writing a visual basic application that you intend to sell, and you want to include image files within the program and have the image change based on a selection from something like a listbox or an option button, you’ll need to ... more »

How to Include Voice Confirmation With Excel Data Entry

By SeventhSibling

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Microsoft Excel 2003 comes with a nifty text to speech tool where you can hear Excel speak what you type. Intended as a proofing tool, this feature can be fun to try... more »

How to Increase Computer Speed For Free

By Dave Vey

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This guide will give you a few steps to improving the speed of your computer at no cost to you... more »

How to increase font and text size in Internet Explorer

By jdarling86

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This how-to guide will show you how to increase the font and text size while you are using Internet Explorer. Sometimes web pages can be cluttered and have small font. This does not necessarily mean you have to be stuck with the small or large ... more »

How to Increase Screen Resolution for Ubuntu in Virtual Box

By Cric

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Virtualbox is one of the many virtualization softwares available online. In Nutshell, virtualization software helps you to try out different Operating system without affecting your original operating system. (I assume the basic knowledge of OS ... more »

How to Increase Your Mouse Speed in the Computer

By Never

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How to Increase Your Mouse Speed in the Computer. If Your Mouse Speed will Increase, So you can do work Fast And Your Mouse will Move Fast than Before... more »

How to increase your wireless network signal

By Sidhartha

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So you've got your wireless network setup and you feel super nerdy. Everything talks and life seems good. Then all of a sudden you want to use your wireless upstairs or in the backyard or while your in the lew and notice your bandwidth slows to ... more »

How to Initialize New Disks

By Tricia Goss

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New disks appear on your computer as not initialized. In order to use a new disk, you must initialize it. If you are logged on to your computer as an administrator, or as a member of the Administrator's group, you can follow these steps in order ... more »

How to Insert a Background to an Excel Spreadsheet

By Tricia Goss

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An Excel spreadsheet is a fantastic way to provide information to other users. However, you might not think of them as aesthetically appealing or terribly exciting. One way to spruce up your spreadsheet is by adding graphics. You can insert your ... more »

How to Insert a Mathematical Equation into a Microsoft Word 2003 Document

By ElectricalNut

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Once in a while, you will need to add a mathematical equation to a Microsoft Word 2003 document. Just follow these simple instructions... more »

How to Insert a PICTURE in a Microsoft Word 2000 document

By ElectricalNut

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If you need to add a Picture to a Microsoft Word 2000 document, just follow these instructions... more »

How to Insert a Picture in Word 2003

By eHow Computers Editor

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By inserting a picture in your document, you can illustrate figures with tables or grab a reader’s interest with graphics and photographs. Word 2003 (and later versions) allows you to insert images of all formats in only a few steps... more »

How to Insert a Picture Into OpenOffice Impress

By eHow Computers Editor

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An OpenOffice Impress presentation is a great aid in communicating your point to an audience. You can use the system to rivet the attention of your audience by adding pictures to your presentation... more »

How to Insert a TABLE in a Microsoft Word 2000 document

By ElectricalNut

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Need to insert data in a table format in a Microsoft Word 2000 document? Just follow these easy instructions... more »

How to Insert and Merge Multiple Clips in Windows Movie Maker

By michaelgavin

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With the advent of feature rich desktop operating systems such as Windows XP, users have more tools at their fingertips than ever before. Of the many included tools Windows has always offered, Movie Maker, was originally introduced in the first ... more »