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How to Combine Multiple Movies in Premiere

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In Premiere 4, it's often more convenient to create several projects, then combine them into one longer movie when you're ready to compile or print to tape. You can assemble a movie of up to 1 hour in duration... more »

How to Combine Paths in Adobe Illustrator

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When drawing in Adobe Illustrator, you'll want to edit shapes. You can slice apart shapes or you can use the pen tool to draw an image. However, you can't start adding color to an image until you combine the paths into one shape... more »

How to Combine Two Files Into One With PKZip

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You can use PKZip to combine two or more files into a single compressed file for backup or easy storage, or to send by e-mail. This procedure describes the process using PKZip 2.7 on Windows 98... more »

How to Compare Graphics Cards Before Buying

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You must consider several factors before buying a graphics card for your computer. For instance, an average home or office user probably will need only a value-level (or basic) graphics card, whereas gamers and advanced graphic designers need ... more »

How to Configure a Computer's Preferred DNS Server

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If you have recently added your computer to a network, or you have made changes to your DNS server configuration, these steps will show you how to configure a computer's preferred DNS server... more »

How to configure Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client to Automatically Compact Folders

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When you delete or move a message in the Thunderbird Email Client, like most Email clients, they do not handle their messages in a tidy way. The changes that you instruct the client to perform do occur, but many times the Client is simply making ... more »

How to configure your mobile phone to use the voip service

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i show how to configure your mobile phone to use the VOIP service.. more »

How to Connect a Mac to a PC on a Local Network

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Macs running OS X are more compatible with PCs than ever. There is no need to use PC-Mac LAN, and you can even print to Windows printers through your PC. This focuses on getting a Mac to connect to your PC not the other way around... more »

How to Connect a Printer to Two Computers Using a Hama Data Switchbox 4:1

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The Hama Data Switchbox 4:1 can be used to connect up to four computers to one USB device, such as a printer, digital camera, scanner or other peripheral. The process is simple and can save you a lot of desk space, especially in an office where ... more »

How to connect an external hard drive

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Are you thinking about buying an external hard drive to safely store photos or music? Need extra space on your computer? Or have you already bought the hard drive and are now scratching your head on how to set it up? Its easy... more »

How to connect to internet?

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If you put the computer on, and cannot get through to internet, or your isp pull out the wire at the back of your modem/rueter. Let it rest for a while then put the wire back, you will see you can connect once again to the internet.. more »

How to Convert a .pdf file to HTML or plain text

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In doing research I often get frustrated because I can't cut and paste the text from a PDF file to an article I am writing. This will tell you how to do it without having to buy software!.. more »

How to Convert a Document to PDF

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Converting documents to PDF (Portable Document Format) has never been easier. Any printable Windows application can be converted to PDF for secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents. If you can print – you can ... more »

How to Convert From an Earlier Version of Quicken

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How you convert from an earlier version of Quicken depends on many factors, including whether you are staying in the same level of the program and changing years or upgrading from the basic to the full version of the program. Not all file ... more »

How to Convert Online Videos to MPEG/iPod Format

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All videos viewed on Apple's iPod, iTouch and iPhone products must be in m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats. Standard videos do not come in these formats and so any video source file that you want to watch must be first converted. Any videos ... more »

How to Copy a File and Ignore Cyclic Redundancy Check Errors

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Cyclic Redundancy Check Errors, or CRCs, usually occur when copying data from a CD or DVD. The error can indicate a bad block, a damaged disc or a hardware problem. Each block of data has a CRC value that is checked when the data is transferred. ... more »

How to Copy and Paste at the Current-Time Indicator in Adobe Premiere Pro

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In the Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline, the “current-time indicator” appears as a vertical line that moves through the Timeline over all your clips. It shows the location of the current frame in each monitor’s time ruler. The current-time indicator ... more »

How to Correct Hue and Color Saturation in Adobe After Effects

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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 a lot of footage you are working with from different sources, you may need to adjust the hue and ... more »

How to Correct Mistakes in Adobe Premiere Pro

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People make mistakes. Luckily in Premiere Pro they are easy to undo. If you change your mind or commit an error, there are several ways to revise your work. Keep in mind you can undo only those actions that alter the video in the program... more »

How to Count Words in a Word 2003 Document

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School essays, college papers, book manuscripts, and other documentation may set a requirement for a minimum or maximum number of words. Microsoft Word 2003 comes with a feature to tally words for you automatically and even updates the tally as ... more »

How to Crash a Mainframe

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Mainframes are large computers that can occupy a room. They are used as servers by companies like Google, AOL or Facebook. Other organizations use them for the processing of large volumes of data associated with census, financial transactions or ... more »

How to Create a "Shut Down" Desktop Shortcut

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Have you ever wished there was a quicker, simpler way to shut down your computer? Do you wish you could sidestep the whole process of clicking “Turn Off” or “Shut Down” from the “Start” menu, only to have to click it again on the dialog box that ... more »

How to Create A "Wind" Effect With Photoshop

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Creating the look of wind blowing on your text is a breeze... more »

How to Create a Backup of Photos Using a Computer

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Be prepared for any disaster that could destroy your home. One way to ensure you’ll have your keepsake photos forever is to create back up discs with all of your photos on them, so that in case of a disaster, you can reprint hard copies of those ... more »

How to Create a Blue Water Picture Frame in Fireworks

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Photographs and pictures become more profound or beautiful by surrounding them with a frame. Make your photos stand out and make a special statement by adding beautiful frames using Fireworks. Any kind of frame is possible and is only influenced ... more »