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How to Get Yourself Killed

By binarybuddy

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Tired of life? Come along and get a laugh! BEWARE! You can only perform 1 step. Choose carefully......... more »

How to Ghost an Image

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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Ghosting an image is a means of cloning certain files for use on other hard drives. It's easier to ghost an image that it is to reinstall tons of software or a new operating system on a new computer. One of the best known types of ghosting ... more »

How to Give Color to One Object in a Black & White Photo

By Diane Uhlman

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Have you ever seen a black and white photo and one object in the photo still has a soft hugh of color. The photo looks very artistic and elegant. Would you like to be able to do the same thing?.. more »

How to Group Clips in Adobe Premiere Pro

By msmarymac

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Staying organized when working in Adobe Premiere Pro is very important, especially if you are working with many clips. You can group multiple clips together so that you can easily move, disable, copy or delete them all at once. Both audio and ... more »

How to have Mac OSX application launcher on your PC

By chingshyi08

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Many Windows users envy Mac users have delicate and fancy application launcher. Now here is a solution for PC users. I have used this free software, RocketDock, for a long while and like it so much. And would like to share with those who never ... more »

How to Hide Cell Contents in Excel

By eHow Computers Editor

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Hiding the contents of certain cells can be a great way to quickly hide contents from other users or simply to avoid printing certain cells. The cell content will still exist in the cells, but you will need to redisplay it before you can view the ... more »

How to Hide Personal Flaws in Photos

By eHow Computers Editor

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With digital photography you can manipulate photographs by changing aspects you don't like. You can add, subtract or change colors and images to suit your needs. Hide personal flaws like blemishes or pimples in photos and you'll have the photos ... more »

How to Hide Spelling and Grammar Errors in an MS Word 2007 Document

By miasavc

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Users who switched using Microsoft Word 2007 find some features slightly different from the earlier versions of word processing for Windows such as MS Word 2003, MS Word 2002, etc. Working in this new environment is quite challenging but you can ... more »

How to Hide Windows Quickly

By allancass

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Hide Windows Free - Hide From Prying Eyes Quickly This all in one boss key application can hide windows, mute sound, switch display mode, hide tray icons and more with a key or a mouse shortcut. Once the threat has passed it returns all to the ... more »

How to Hide Your Email Recipient's Email Addresses

By RLRhodes

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There are occasions when you want to send the same email to more than one person, without having anyone know who the other recipients are. Many folks prefer not to have their email addresses exposed to people that they don't know. Here's a ... more »

How to Hide Your IP Address like a Private Eye

By PrivateEye007

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Many people need to hide their IP to protect their info and identity online when surfing the net. Now you can have an easy way to do this with tools that Private Investigators use. (well some anyway other PI's are clueless to this software). ... more »

How to Hide, Unhide, and Use the Office Assistant Paper Clip in Word 2003

By SeventhSibling

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That paper clip with the googly eyes in your Word document is the animated Help feature to give you quick access to guidance. He’s particularly useful when performing a grammar check. You can hide the feisty fellow or change it to another ... more »

How to How Install Brushes in GIMP

By Kimberly Mathison

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Adding new brushes to GIMP is really easy when you know how! Just follow these easy instructions!.. more »

How to Identify Repetitive Data in an Excel Table

By Melody

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The data I work with every day comes from multiple sources. Most often, I spend quite a bit of time formatting to get the data in a usable form. When scrolling through thousands of row looking for repetitive data, it’s easy to miss a few here ... more »

How to implement CRM?

By Pathikrit

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Success Rate of CRM Implementation is only 30%! How do you improve this. What should be your basic implementation methodology... more »

How to import data from a txt file to a Excel file.

By alexleeyy

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You have a text file which have some data you want to copy to a Excel file.But when you just simple use "Copy" and "Paste" you find that the format isn't what you want... 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 Video Files in Adobe Encore for DVD

By msmarymac

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If you have finished your movie and are ready to create a DVD, a great program to use is Adobe Encore. The first thing you will need for your DVD project is to import all your video footage into the program... 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 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 Internet Speed from Dsl to Cable with Only Changing 1 Setting!!!

By Lizardo

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By default, windows reserves 20% of your bandwidth for network background services. By changing this setting you get to utilize 100% of the bandwidth that you are paying for... 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 Microsoft Word Document into Another Microsoft Word Document

By Mike

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Word gives you the ability of taking an existing document and inserting it into another document. This helps avoid any retyping or copying & pasting. Here is how it is done... 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 »