How to Clear Recent Files (documents) in Ms- Word, Excel,..Photoshop

Ms- Word, Ms - Excel:
1. Tools Menu => Options => General Tab
2. Deselect the option “Recent used file list”(or clear the entries) => Ok

Photoshop:
Edit Menu => Preferences => File Handling => Put “0” (zero) in the “Recent file list contains” options => Ok.

Adding shortcuts to the Taskbar

Adding shortcuts to the Taskbar:
Right click on the Taskbar => Toolbars => select the software or folder u want to add =>ok
U can also right click =>drag & drop the icon)

Locking the Taskbar:
If u don’t want the taskbar to be moved, then right click on the taskbar => select “Lock the Taskbar”. Otherwise,
Start => Settings => Control Panel => Taskbar & StartMenu => Select the option “Lock the taskbar” => Ok

Note: Sometimes the whole monitor display may be changed ( upside down). Then check the “color quality” & “screen resolution” in “Display” Option, if it is changed, choose the correct option.

Creating “jpg” files from Ms - word doc (content)

1. Copy the content (CTRL+C) from MS - Word
2. Open Ms Paint , Edit Menu => Paste
3. Then File => Save => In the “Save As” dialog box, Choose “JPEG” in “save as type” option => then type the name => Save

Note:

* We can also use “Print Screen” key (to copy from word).
* We can also use Adobe Photoshop or Corel Photo-paint to get high resolution.

Taking (snapshots) photos from Video files:

Windows Movie Maker:
1. Play Menu= >Play clip
2. Click the “Take picture” button (available in the right corner) => Then save the picture.

Power DVD:
1. Run the Movie , then right click the button “Capture frame” => Capture to Clipboard
2. Then open Paintbrush => Edit Menu = >Paste = > Save the picture.

Windows Media Player:
1. Tools Menu => Options => “Performance” Tab => Advanced” button.
2. Uncheck the “Use overlays” Option => Ok.
3. Then (while running the movie) press the button “Print Screen” in the keyboard.
4. Open “Mspaint” and paste it then save the picture.

Inserting video files into Powerpoint slide:

Insert Menu => Movies & sounds => Movie from File =>Select the file

Ex: Windows Media Video files, Videos Captured through Webcam,,etc

If u want to play it automatically => Click “yes” otherwise “No”

Note: File with some extensions will not adopt this procedure.

Playing movies(or songs) with subtitles

(English translation of audio comments)
In VLC Media Player:

Video Menu => Subtitles Track => Select “Track(English)”

In Windows Media Player:

Play Menu => Captions & subtitles => select “on if available”

To remove usernames and passwords in gmail screen

In Internet Explorer:
Tools menu => Options => Contents Tab => Personal Information => Auto complete button => Click the buttons “Clear forms” & “Clear passwords”

In Mozilla Firefox:
1. Tools menu => Options.
2. Select the "Privacy" tab & deselect "Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar"
Then in the "Private Data" section, click on the "Clear Now" button & select "Saved form and search history"
3. Click on "Clear Private Data Now" button.

Removing hyperlinks in Word document

1. When u copy the content from net and paste it to the word doc, u can see three options(icons) displayed in the right corner, select the 3rd option , i. e “keep text only”

or

2. Select the content (or press CTRL + A) = > then press CTRL +SHIFT +F9

Bugs in Database Pgm

If u are using a database(oracle, sql,…) in a front end tool, and if u are unable to get results from the database,

1. check whether the path of the database is correctly provided in the procedure.

2. Also Check whether the server is running otherwise start the service.

Revert in Photoshop, IR

We can abandon all changes and display the most recently saved version using the option ‘Revert’ in the foll softwares..

* PageMaker
* CorelDraw
* Photoshop
* ImageReady

File-> Revert.

C language - Tips

1. To know the usage of a function (or keyword):-

Type the word in C Editor , then press CTRL +F1


2. To learn C Graphics, u can run the graphics pgm( available in c ‘EXAMPLE’ directory.

Open the file ‘bgidemo.c’

Copy it . (using ‘write to’ option)

In the ‘initgraph()’ function include the graphics path
Then compile & run.

Torn paper edge effect in Photoshop

Torn paper edge effect in Photoshop

1. Open the image in PS.

2. Select the area to be torn with polygonal Lasso tool(L).

3. Filter =>Distort => Ripples (Select Amount: 100%, Size : Medium) =>Ok

You can tear off this image at the edge also..

Browser tips

Printing all linked documents:
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In Internet Explorer:
File-> Print -> Options(tab) -> Print all linked documents.

Turn off underlines in web page link:
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In I.E,
Tools menu -> Internet Options ->Advanced(tab) ->undeline link=>Never

To turn off graphics to display all web pages faster:
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Tools-> Internet options -> Advanced -> In the ‘mutimedia’ clear one or more of the ‘show picture’, ‘play animation’, ‘play videos’, ‘play sounds’ check boxes.

Powerpoint tips

To print a powerpoint file without opening it:

In “RUN” command window type,
powerpnt.exe/p verses.ppt
(Include full path of file)

General Shortcut Keys

To select(or deselet) a checkbox or radiobutton:
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Spc

To view items in a dropdown list:
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ALT + (Down arrow)

To minimize a (opened)window:
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Win + M

To maximize a window:
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Win + Shift + M

To select buttons in Taskbar:
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Win + Tab

Colorful Backgrounds – Photoshop

We can create colorful backgrounds using ‘Render’ option in Filter menu.
1. we can apply this to the Background of the file , or to any layer.
2. Select diff background, foreground colors
3. Select Paintbucket tool.
4. Select Filter ->Render -> Difference clouds.

‘Rotate canvas’ in Photoshop

‘Rotate canvas’ in Photoshop :
We can create the above files using ‘Rotate Canvas’ option.
1. First Create and Save the file.
2. Then choose Image -> Rotate canvas -> Filp Canvas Horizontal -> save(save for web).

Photoshop tips

Photoshop tips:

1. when we create logo’s in pshop, we can change the appearance of the objects(here for the butterfly) we placed in the file using the option Layer(Menu)- > Style(option)
2. Here the ‘music notes symbol’ are drawn using ‘shape’ control
3. the glowing appearance around ths’star’ is given using styles palette.(Window menu -> styles)

If u don’t want the logo in rectangular shape, u can choose transparent option when u take new file.

General software tips

To open the following softwares from RUN command,
1.Type ‘moviemk’ – to open ‘Windows Movie Maker’
2.Type ‘imageready’ – to open ‘Adobe Imageready’

Debugging in VB

Error: Type mismatch

Solution
Check the data-type of each field.

Error: Method not found.

Solution
Check the controls in the form.

Error
couldn't accept to add data in table.(during database creation)

Solution
De-activate the snapshot button.
Activate the dynaset button