Create Greeting Cards in Microsoft Word 2003
If you want to create something in Word that will just dazzle someone, try your hand at customized greeting cards. To set up Word to create a greeting card from a single sheet of standard letter-size paper [more…]
Creating a Report with Crystal Reports 10
When you start Crystal Reports 10, generally you want to do one of three things: create a report, modify a report, or run a report against the data in your database. Reports take data from a database, [more…]
Restoring a Backup in Norton Ghost
You know all the grousing you do about having to back up your data? Well, if all your folders and files suddenly disappear from your drive, you won't need to stress because you can restore it all with [more…]
Setting Up Norton Parental Control
Child safety is a big issue anywhere, but the online world presents special challenges in the form of virtual bogeymen, pitfalls, and the kind of Web sites that can fluster or enrage a mature adult. Parental [more…]
Free Software: Image-Editing with GIMP
GIMP, which stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, has all the major features of Adobe Photoshop but is available for free under the GNU General Public License. With the GIMP, you can create or open [more…]
Free Software: Migrating Your Mail to Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a great (and free!) e-mail program that offers you much better security than programs like Microsoft Outlook. Because Thunderbird doesn't allow scripts to run automatically, attachments [more…]
Crystal Reports 10: Understanding Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
The primary purpose for a report is to present database data to users in a form that's easy to understand. Crystal Reports gives you all the tools you need to do that. Sometimes, however, you want a report [more…]
How to Remove Unwanted Objects in Your Digital Photos
You can easily remove a piece of content (an object, background, or unlikable person) from a digital photo by using your image-editing program. You can replace that removed piece, and no one can even tell [more…]
Creating a Rule in Lotus Notes 6
A rule tells Notes what to do with certain incoming messages. For example, you could have a rule that always puts messages with a certain word in the subject field in a certain folder, or a rule that moves [more…]
How to Remove Blemishes from Your Digital Photos with Your Image Editor
If your digital image contains little marks (called artifacts) or your subject has an unsightly pimple, you can easily remove them with your image editor’s Brush or Pencil tool. Painting or drawing over [more…]
Running Norton's One Button Checkup
Norton SystemWorks and its Norton Utilities tools work something like a PC emergency room and triage center trying to identify and fix the things that go bump and beep on your system. But what if you just [more…]
Crystal Reports 10: Adding a Hyperlink to a Report
One of the most valuable features of Web-based content is the capability to quickly move between pages by using hyperlinks. By clicking a hyperlink associated with a word, a phrase, or an image, you can [more…]
How to Blur a Digital Photo in Your Image Editor
You can blur parts of a digital image in most image-editing programs. Blurring reduces the color and brightness differences between pixels to make them similar. You might want to apply a blur to the background [more…]
Creating a Basic Spreadsheet Formula in WordPerfect Office 2002
You can enter formulas in two ways in WordPerfect: Type the formula directly into the cell, or use a combination type-and-click approach. The following sections give you the lowdown on both methods, plus [more…]
Editing Your Digital Photos Like a Pro with Advanced Image-Editing Software
If you edit pictures on a daily basis or just want a lot of control over your images, you may want to use an advanced photo-editing program, which provides you with flexible, powerful, and convenient photo-editing [more…]
Numbering Pages in WordPerfect 11
Few things are more annoying than a sheaf of pages with no page numbers that have gotten (or may have gotten) out of order. Don't look like a schnook; number your pages. [more…]
How to Sharpen Your Digital Photo in Image-Editing Software
Use your image-editing program’s Sharpen tool, if it has one, to “paint” sharpness in only those places in your digital photo where you want things to look clearer or crisper. To use a Sharpen tool in [more…]
Your Computer’s Operating System
The most important piece of software inside a computer is its operating system. And the operating system is no slacker. The operating system has several duties: [more…]
Reusing Slides in PowerPoint 2007
Among the fascinating features in PowerPoint 2007 is the option that enables you to reuse slides from old presentations. The Reuse Slides feature also lets you [more…]
Working with Graphics in WordPerfect 11
A few basics before you jump into using graphics: [more…]
Customizing the Lotus Notes Welcome Page
When you start Lotus Notes 6, you see the Welcome Page. What you see there is determined by a few things. For example, although you can change the Welcome Page layout and contents, you should also know [more…]
Weeding Out Duplicate Contacts in ACT! 2007
Finding pesky duplicates in your ACT! 2007 database is tricky but not impossible. Because having multiple records for the same person or company is common, ACT! enables you to check easily for duplicate [more…]
Adding Borders and Backgrounds in WordPerfect 11
For some reason, nothing looks as neat as having a nice fancy border around your text. At least, that's what the folks at WordPerfect must believe, because their border features are yet another case of [more…]
Sprucing Up Your Messages with Lotus Notes 6
Before dispatching an e-mail message in Lotus Notes 6, you can define Delivery Options, Security Options, and Mood Stamps. Use these Notes cues to let your recipient know just how hot your message is or [more…]
Working with Templates in WordPerfect 12
Templates are prototypes for different types of documents. Templates are sort of like blank forms. They don't necessarily contain text, though. A template might contain only a collection of the particular [more…]
