Typically taught during the elementary school years, cursive writing builds on the letter formation of block letters or printing. The pencil doesn’t leave the paper in cursive writing and letters flow together. If you don't know how to do this, check out this video tutorial. Learn to write cursive, step by step.
In this video, we learn how to do gumpaste cake decorating lettering. First, you will roll the gumpaste, then add some crystal to the surface so it will stick. Next you will roll it out until it's thin. Cut a piece of it out, then put the rest on the side. Take the small piece and cut it into a small square. Use a letter Tappit to press onto it until it's completely cut out. Once finished, you will be able to use this on a cake! Cut out all of your letters from the remaining piece of gumpaste.
In this tutorial, we learn how to write the letter Y in calligraphy copperplate. First, make a thin line with the pen, going thicker as you go down, make a loop and then come back down. Make a "u" shape, then connect a curved line to the other side finished with a dot on the bottom to complete the letter. To make the lower case letter, make a small thin hump, then drag the pen down to a thicker line. Make a new line on the other side, making a thicker line and connect it with the other shape ...
In this video, we learn how to write the letter "S" in calligraphy copperplate. First, dab your calligraphy into ink, then start to writ on a your paper. Make a large half bowl shaped curved line, then make a loop and go down, creating a curved line with a dot at the end. To make the lowercase letter, make a thin line, followed by a thick outer line that curves into the large line making a lower case s. When you are finished with both of these, you will have beautiful letters that look great ...
In this video, we learn how to pronounce Arabic. There are families of letters to learn, that all have similar pronunciations. You will want to start out slow to learn how to say the different letters. Each letter can be pronounced up to three different ways. You will want to either have someone that already speaks Arabic to help you, or listen to audio so you know the sound. When you are reading these words, you will want to know what they sound like so you can completely understand the word...
Teach Excel demonstrates how to change the columns from letters to numbers in Excel 2007. The first step is to click on the Office button in the top left part of the window. Next, you click on Excel Options and click on the Formulas tab. There should be a heading labeled "Working with Formulas." The checkbox for R1C1 reference style should be unchecked by default. Check that box and click OK. This changes the column headers from letters to numbers. In order to change back to letters, simply g...
Your manuscript is complete, and you have a list of your favorite agents and a strong query letter... but how do you properly address letters to agents? You neither want to be too formal nor too casual - strike the perfect balance.
A letter of intent is a good way of formalizing a verbal agreement without going through the effort of having a contract drawn up by lawyers. This video will give you tips for writing your own binding letter of intent to protect your business interests.
Do you think you're well in your business venture but you can't get clients and don't know why? Perhaps the issue isn't in your work itself, but how you present it. Knowing how to write a great bid letter is a valuable weapon in that cutthroat business world. This video from Freelance Writing will show you how to write a bid letter for a job.
Check out this Russian language tutorial video that goes over the Russian letters that look and sound like their English counterparts. Master the Russian alphabet by learning a few of its intricacies with Rusky Ed. Learn the Russian alphabet with this instructional language video and soon you'll be able to move on to more advanced Russian lessons!
Rusky Ed introduces some Russian words that begin with the next letters of the Russian alphabet in this Russian language tutorial video for beginners. Learn the letters of the Russian alphabet slowly with letters 11 through 15 and soon you'll be able to master the whole Russian alphabet and move on to more advanced Russian lessons! Make sure to study hard so you retain this language information.
Check out this video to learn how to make a chipboard monogram letter. Chipboard brings a decorative dimension to scrapbook pages. Make your words really pop by adding these easy chipboard monogram letters.
In this tutorial, we learn how to write in lowercase calligraphy letters. To begin, you will write in lower case letters just use a more find edge then you do when writing normally. The letters will all have a twist to the edge of them to make them look more fancy than normal. There are no straight lines, all the lines have a slight curve or curl at the end of them. Practice doing each letter on a piece of paper with a calligraphy pen or marker. The letters will look very similar to the usual...
Sending a special note and don't have an envelope? In this four part series learn how to fold your letter into cool shapes so you can deliver them on their own. The only supplies you will need are your hands and your letter. Have fun!
In this video, we learn how to write in cursive. When you are writing in cursive, you will want the angles of your letters to flow together so you can connect one letter to the next without stopping your pen or pencil. The capital letters and lower-case letters will all look different from one another. Practice writing out each of the betters with their upper and lower-case to get a feel for how to write them out correctly. Once finished, start to write easy and simple small words and make su...
In this video, we learn how to write the letter "b" in calligraphy copperplate. Start off with a piece of lined paper and your calligraphy pen. Create a smooth curved line going down, with a dot that is at the end of the line. After this, create a swirl on the left hand side of the line, then curve it out to make the top of the letter of the humps on the "b". Make sure you grab ink often, especially when you want to make a bolder line. Continue down to make the humps of the letter, then when ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to use the character pad with the HP TouchSmart computer. First tap "calendar" on the HP TouchSmart home page. Then click "today" then tap "add event". Now, a blinking cursor will be ready for you to type in it. Now, tap the icon with the pen and paper to open the character pad. You can now write in the letters you would like, and the computer will fill in the correct letters for you. If you mess up, you can tap that letter and change with other letters that are...
This video shows how to a draw a boy wearing glasses using the letters b, o and y. First, write the three letters in the middle of your page, in lowercase, leaving about a letter space between each. Write the letters so they form the word boy. Next, take the tail of the y and drag it all the way over to the beginning of the b. Do this in a curve shape, it will create the bottom of the face. Next, from the top of the b draw another curved line back to the far edge of the top of the y. Draw ano...
Rebecca Robeson shows you how to remember which side of the plate to put the fork, knife and spoon. To set a table the correct way, follow these steps: The word 'fork' has four letters, as does the word 'left'. So, the fork goes on the left. The word 'knife' has five letters, as does the word 'right'. So, the knife goes on the right. The word 'spoon' also has fiver letters, so it goes alongside the knife. Remember that the safe side of the knife, the dull side, faces out to anyone sitting nex...
Street artist wackojacko54321 teaches you how to draw "wild style" graffiti. There is no definite technique or way of drawing wild style. Wackojacko54321's interpretation involves starting with a simple piece with connecting letters (of which he provides an example) and possibly arrows. Add more basic arrows and connections to unify the piece more. Connection points of the arrows are important. Attach them to the ends/corners of letters or other letters/connections. Spice it up with more adva...
A lot of phone numbers these days use letters so that you can remember them easier. For example, 1 800 BEST BUY or 1 800 FLOWERS. On a normal touchtone telephone, you would associate these letters with numbers on your keypad. With a Blackberry, however, this poses a problem. Blackberries do not have the traditional letters above the numbers.. so how are you supposed to dial?
To some, SCRABBLE is just a board game to play during family game night or during a casual get-together. Others think of SCRABBLE as a mere hobby. But with any activity, there will always be fanatics—the ones who would rather sell their soul than stop—the ones with a constant yearning for self-improvement—the merciless.
In this tutorial, we learn how to pronounce "Tha'a" "Zay" "the-al" & "'6a'a" in Arabic. Start by taking a look at the families of letters that have similar pronunciations. From here, you will want to practice saying each of the different letters out loud and then start to use them in sentences. After you do this, take a look at four main pronunciations, the "tha'a", "zay", "the-al" and "6a'a". These will sound different depending on the words that they are used in. Make sure to get the accent...
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 699th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to extract all the letters from a text string with a VLOOKUP function in Excel 2010.
V, the masked and rather offbeat/tortured hero from the movie "V For Vendetta," had a strange obsession with a particular letter of the alphabet, embellishing all his clothing and gear with a great big letter "V."
Want to give a special someone your heart (and get rid of junk mail in the process)? Make a paper heart using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions on how to make your own paper hearts from a folded letter . For more information, and to get started making paper hearts yourself, take a look!
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 18th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the ROW, CHAR and RANDBETWEEN functions to randomly generate letters. See also how to randomly create letter sequences.
This helpful video explains how to use letters when dialing on a Blackberry. Many companies have words in their phone numbers so Darci Larocque shows us how to dial those letters. All you have to do is go to the call log, and hold the key in, and type in whatever word you are trying to dial. She also shows us another tip: if you are calling an office and you need to enter in someone's last name, you can do that the same way. Blackberry users should definitely view this video.
Thanks to the Freedom of Information and Privacy acts, we’re all entitled to see what the FBI has on us. Learn how to get your hands on your FBI file.
Let TutVid teach you how to make metallic text is Adobe Illustrator CS3. This video shows you how to do it step by step. You only need basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator CS3 to do this.
In this economy being competitive for a job means your application must stand out above the rest. Here's how to write a cover letter to successfully introduce your resume. Make sure your cover letter follows business letter format. Your name and address must be written at the top left corner. The employer's name and address are written just below. The letter should be addressed to a specific person within the company. Paragraphs in a business letter are not indented, but instead are left just...
The Craft Robo is a useful tool for papercrafters, card makers and scrapbookers, which will allow you to cut letters out of any type of paper and using any sort of font you have in your library. Add a professional look to your next paper craft project!
In this video, we learn how to write the letter O in calligraphy copperplate. Take your calligraphy pen and make a medium thick half loop at the top, dragging it down into a thicker line on the left side of the word. Then, continue onto the other side of the O with a lighter touch of the pen making a very thin line, finishing with a loop in the middle. Make the smaller O just like normal, making the thick line on the side and finishing with a small loop bending out to the right at the end. Wh...
The typewriter effect is a popular text effect for games and movies that makes text appear letter-by-letter on the screen as if it is being typed as your watch. It's cumbersome for actual reading, but looks cool and old-school. This video will teach you how to create this effect using Actionscript 3 and Flash CS4. Bring the 20th century into the 21st!
In this tutorial, from graphic designer Ali Edwards, you will learn how to use cool, hand drawn lettering on your photos in Photoshop. You can buy packages of hand drawn letters and words from various sources (or make your own) and this clip will show you exactly how to add these brushes to your photos for scrapbooking, advertising, logos or anything else.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 385th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to generate random letters without RANDBETWEEN function using the formula =CHAR(65+INT(RAND()*26)).
Trying to learn the English language? Then it's vital to start with the basics: the alphabet. Learning larger words won't be difficult once you understand how each letter of the alphabet is pronounced.
To draw bubble letters, draw elliptical shapes in place of straight lines in pencil, trace the outline in marker and erase erroneous pencil marks. Sketch out rounded and bubbly letters with creative tips from a professional illustrator in this free video on drawing.
In this video, expert resume writer Susan Ireland gives you advice for writing a letter of recommendation - for yourself! She offers you quick tips so that you can get past writer's block and start writing an effective cover letter. Let Susan help you get the job of your dreams.
It's easy to remove the old lettering from your boat before applying your new boat graphics. Check out this instructional boating video to learn how to do just that. Heat them with a hair dryer and slowly peel them off. When you have all of them removed, scrape off any remaining glue residue and clean the surface thoroughly using ordinary glass cleaner. Your new boat lettering is ready to be applied.
