Friday, July 16, 2010

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.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

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.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

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.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

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”

Monday, May 10, 2010

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.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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