Posts by Bagel
    Posted May 16, 2012 by

    PowerPoint: Create a Photo Album

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    You can use PowerPoint to create a photo album to display your photographs and pictures. PowerPoint makes it easy for you to insert pictures and customize them by applying themes and using special layout options. You can also change the appearance of a picture in the photo album by adjusting rotation, contrast, and brightness. As [...]

    Posted May 15, 2012 by

    Customizing Date and Time in Windows 7 and Vista

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    Manipulating how the time and date is displayed within Windows is one of the first things that users tweak after installing the OS. This article describes in detail how to adjust the time and date format in Vista and Windows 7. This includes changing to 24-hr military time and displaying leading zeros.

    Posted May 14, 2012 by

    Easy Way to Embed and Customize Google Map without Using the API

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    Google has finally made embedding a google map as easy as embedding a YouTube video. By following these steps you are just a copy and paste away from placing a google map into your web site or blog. This article has been updated for the latest directions.

    Category Google

    Posted May 7, 2012 by

    C#: Split String Using a Variable Length Delimiter

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    C# string types have a method to split themselves when a certain delimiter is encountered. This method returns a string array that contains the substrings that are delimited by elements of a specified Unicode character array.

    Posted May 5, 2012 by

    Firefox: Disable the Download History

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    By default, Firefox keeps a history of everything that you have downloaded. While you could constantly maintain this list to keep it tidy, it is much easier to disable the download history completely. All of the files you download will usually be in your Downloads library under your User folder, unless you’ve manually changed your [...]

    Category Mozilla Firefox

    Posted May 2, 2012 by

    Skype: Backup and Restore Your Contacts

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    Since your Contacts play in important role in the functionality of Skype, it only makes sense to back up this vital inforamation. That way, if disaster strikes, you simply restore the contacts and you’re off and going again.

    Posted May 1, 2012 by

    Word: How to Add Drop Cap

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    Drop caps are those giant letters that begin the first paragraph of a chapter or document. They get your readers attention by standing out and demanding focus. Continue reading to learn how to add a drop cap to a paragraph in Word 2007 or 2010. If authors have been using this since the 7th century, [...]

    Category Microsoft Word

    Posted May 1, 2012 by

    YouTube: How to Delete a Video

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    At some point it will become necessary to remove a video that you have uploaded to YouTube. Maybe you uploaded the same video twice, maybe you were asked to remove it, or maybe it turned out to be more embarrassing than you can take.

    Category Google, Internet

    Posted May 1, 2012 by

    Block Contact from Strangers on Facebook

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    Users are very concerned about the privacy issues regarding Facebook. One of the big concerns is how spammers and marketers can contact you and collect information about you. You can reduce your exposure to strangers by limiting how people can find you, if people can attempt to befriend you, and who can directly message you.

    Category Facebook, Internet

    Posted April 26, 2012 by

    How to Add Files to Google Drive

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    Google has finally released Google Drive, a major Dropbox competitor. Not only does it allow access to files in your Google Drive folder from the web, but it also syncs with your phone or tablet.

    Category Google