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How To: Automatically play embedded YouTube clips

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to automatically play You Tube videos on My Space. Begin by going on the You Tube website and search for a video that you want. Then copy the embed code and paste it in a notepad document. There will be two URLs in the embed code in quotations. Type in "&autoplay=1" at the end of both URLs inside the quotations and then copy the embed code. Log into your My Space account and click on Edit Profile. Paste the embed code into the About Me section and cli...

How To: Convert your Microsoft word files into pdf files

Steve Hicks from Screen Cast Central demonstrates how to convert your Microsoft Word files into PDF files using the Easy PDF Creator. First, download and install the PDF Creator. Then, open Microsoft Word and open the file that you would like to convert. Choose the file option from the top tool bar. Next, click the print option from the drop down menu. The print menu will now open. Under the printer name field select the PDF Creator option. Click the OK button. The PDF Creator summary window ...

How To: Extract and color correct in Photoshop CS4

In this Software video you will see how to extract and apply color correction in Photoshop CS4. First select the object and extract it. The tool that you use to extract will depend on the type of image. For example, for oranges, select the Magnetic Lasso Tool from the left hand panel. Take the cursor, click on the outer line of an orange and drag the cursor along the outline of the orange. The tool automatically creates anchor points. You don’t have to click. But, if you want to create an anc...

How To: Create a dynamic table for VLOOKUP function in Excel

You can use the vlookup function in MS Excel to create a dynamic table in your document. Creating a new dynamic table and a new dynamic lookup area enaables you to add new data or new columns to the lookup table. You can also create dynamic named ranges by using offset, vlookup table and the match table. This function is very useful to businesses working on Excel. This video will show you to create a dynamic table for vlookup in Excel.

How To: Create indented text in GIMP

Hulldo teaches you how to create indented text in GIMP. First, create a new document of any size. Then use the text tool to write some words. Next, select that text and go to Script fu-layer effects-inner shadow. Once you've done this, duplicate the layer. You will now want to filter-blur-Gaussian blur. Apply that to your second layer. Now you can either merge the layers or leave them as they are. You can also play with the text settings, if you want a larger shadow, a bolder text and so on. ...

How To: Cut, copy, and paste to the clipboard in MS Wrod 2007

HelpVids user mel_bone teaches you how to cut, copy and paste to the clipboard in Microsoft Word 2007. Select the first paragraph by either triple clicking on it or selecting it with your mouse. Click "Copy" in the top ribbon or press "ctrl + c". Then use "Paste" or "ctrl + v". To cut a paragraph, select it and click "Cut" or press "ctrl + x". Using the paste options, you can only paste the text, without its formatting. By clicking the small icon next to the Clipboard tab, you will open the p...

How To: Use drag & drop in MS Word 2007

In this video the instructor shows how to use the drag-and-drop feature in Microsoft Word 2007. You can use drag-and-drop to copy and move information within the Word document. This is particularly useful when you want to move and copy information within one page. However, if you want to move information between different pages, use the normal copy-paste feature. If you want to move any information, first highlight and select the data. Now click and hold down the mouse button in the middle of...

How To: Set up an MLA style essay in MS Word

This tutorial will show you how to set up your college essay using MLA style formatting in Microsoft Word. Follow these steps to set up MLA style formatting: Open a new document and change your margins to 1". Set your font to 12 point Times New Roman. Set the header by typing your name, your professor's name and your class and section. Add the date from the Insert Menu. Set your spacing to double. Enter your title in the center of the page. New paragraphs are indicated by indents, and not spa...

How To: Create an electricity text effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial CreativeIceDesigns shows you how to make really cool electricity text effect by using Photoshop. To do this you need to open Photoshop and create new document. Layer will be black. Go to Type tool and type the word which you want to give effect. Now duplicate the layer and hide one. After that go to filter, stylize and wind option. Give this effect from all side. Change the color and unhide the text layer. After watching this you will be also able to make electricity text eff...

How To: Resize the background image in Xara3D6

How to resize the background image in Xara3D6? First go to windows>frame size. Go in Sara and change the size of the image to the frame size. Make the image transparent. Then export the image as a PNG format. Now go back to Xara3D6 and go to view>background texture and open the previous image which was saved. That’s it; the image is resized to that particular document properly. It will help in resizing photos to be uploaded on the net.

How To: Use Adobe Presenter for presentations in PowerPoint

The ability to create professional and clean presentations can be a valuable asset to one’s career. With this video tutorial, learn how to use Adobe Presenter in order to augment Power Point presentations. Presenter offers users the ability to record narration under a set order of slides in a simple interface, and provides an interactive quiz option to further engage audience members. Alternatively, users may also convert a presentation into PDF format, for use as a physical or virtual document.

How To: Print 2-sided (duplex) w/ an Epson all-in-one printer

The Epson video describes how to print two-sided on one piece of paper. When document is ready, go to "File" and then "Print". Click the "Properties" button and select Page Layout tab and turn on the two-sided printing option. Click "OK" in print window. Wait for Epson printer to complete the first page. Take paper, flip over and put it back upside down in the paper feeder. There are instructions that will pop out on screen for this. Click resume and the second page will be printed on the bac...

How To: Remove sensitive information from PDF's in Acrobat 9

This video shows how to use a special tool to redact or remove sensitive information from Adobe Acrobat 9. This includes hidden metadata, file attachments, comments, hidden text and layer elements within a PDF file. You can also set it up when you're emailing. The Examine Document function highlights information that you may want to remove. You can then select the different types of data and choose which things you want to remove.

How To: Use Microsoft Word to create a brochure

Rod Milstead brings us a video on how to create a brochure in Microsoft Word. He shows us how to navigate Microsoft Word in order to create the brochure. He gives us step by step instructions on how to get a general template to work with. Then he explains how to work with the template once you have pulled it up. He shows us that it is a two page document and that page one in the outside and page two is the inside. He says that while it might be a little hard to use at first, once you get used...

How To: Add custom number formats to a cell in Excel

In this video the author shows how to perform custom number format for turnover ratio in a Microsoft excel document. He shows how to perform custom number formatting in which he shows how to display a decimal value in words. He opens the Format Cells option and there he shows how to set the Custom option. He shows how to configure different options so that we can format the decimal value and display it as text with some meaning attached to it. In this video the author shows how to use custom ...

How To: Export PDF files to Office formats in Acrobat 9 Pro

In this Adobe Acrobat tutorial the instructor shows how to export PDF files to other office formats. He shows how to do this with a live example. He chooses the file menu and from there goes to the export sub menu and shows all the different file format options that are available for exporting. For demonstration purposes he saves the current PDF in Microsoft Word format. He opens the converted file and shows the results of conversion. This video demonstrates the features of Adobe Acrobat 9 to...

How To: Create a wrought iron rose scrapbook layout

Many wonderful things come from the workshop. However, it's hard to document this land of screws, sweat, and metal on the organized pages of a scrapbook. In this how-to video, Carmen pays tribute to her brother's workmanship and demonstrates how to create a page that tells a story of forged steel. So get out those photos of your favorite craftsman, some wire and a hammer and get ready to test your metal! Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to create a wrought iron rose scrapbook ...

How To: Set default applications for file types in Mac OS X

Oftentimes a friend will send you a PDF, MP3 or some other type of document such as a spreadsheet. When you open the file, an application opens. But sometimes it's not the application you wanted to associate with that file. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to define which programs open what sorts of files. For more, and to learn how to set filetype application defaults in Mac OS X, watch this video tutorial.

How To: Copy and paste style, or format, settings in Mac OS X

When you copy text from one application to another, or even within the same document, you may notice that you're not just copying the text but style along with that. And when you've been spending a lot of time on the look and feel of what you're working on is right where you want it, you'll want to make sure it stays that way. For instructions on pasting and matching style, and copying and pasting a style without copying and pasting its attendant text, watch this video tutorial.

How To: Save and use favorite colors in Mac OS X

Have you ever worked on a document or graphic and found that perfect color but later were never able to recreate it? All you have to do is click on your colors palet, click on the magnifying glass, and select the color you wanted. To ensure that you don't lose it, drag it to the color well in the bottom of the palet. For a video demonstration of the color favoriting process in Mac OS X, watch this video tutorial.

How To: Create a podcast with Blackboard

This tutorial shows you how use Blackboard, a popular content management system, to make a podcast available to your students. Blackboard provides an easy an easy way to upload a podcast and make an RSS feed for it available to your students. The tutorial is available on the companion Tech Ease for Mac site and includes a PDF document with the instructions. Learn how to upload podcast content to Blackboard and how to make an RSS feed available so you students can subscribe to the podcast feed...

How To: Create your own hot keys in After Effects 6.5

This tutorial goes over how to edit the text document that controls the hot key (shortcut key) commands. It doesn't go into the advanced commands or even begin to describe the various commands that you can invoke by changing the text document, but most of the users who will be editing this are ADVANCED USERS. NEVER. NEVER change the shortcut settings on a machine that is not yours and ALWAYS. ALWAYS make a backup copy of the document before you start to work on it.

How To: Make your own Adobe CS4 logo in Photoshop

In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to make your own Adobe CS4 logo in Photoshop. Open Photoshop and click ctrl+O to open a new document. Set the height and width to 500 pixels, select ‘transparent’ under background contents and click OK. Create a new layer and with the rectangle tool draw a rectangle. Right click on the shape layer > rasterize layer. Hold ctrl and click on the thumbnail of shape1 layer. Open gradient tool and make a light to dark gradient as shown in the v...

How To: Make a real 3d text in Photoshop

This video shows how to make a real 3d text in Photoshop. First open up Photoshop. Create a new document File > new. Then select width then OK. Fill the background with black. Then go to the text tool and write whatever we want. Choose a font with fat letters. Right click on the text layer and go to "Blending options". Then edit the text in our way. We can create a Gradient Overlay, Contour, Stroke and Outer Glow. We can add any effect we want. Again right click on the text layer and click "R...

How To: Create a glossy logo in Adobe Photoshop CS4

This video is a tutorial on creating an Icon Logo in Photoshop Cs4. Go to File and open a new document. In the Layer option, set up a new layer and give it a name. Using the pen tool, create a shape for your logo, it can be anything you like. When you have the shape you want, right click and select Make Selection. Now you can fill the shape with a color. Press ctrl+U for the Hue/Saturation option to get the exact color that you want.

How To: Invite all your friends to an event on Facebook

Do you have tons of friends on Facebook? Would you like to invite everyone you know to an event you are hosting or to try a product you are marketing? Normally to do this, you would need to select friends one at a time, reach Facebook's max invitee limit and then go in and do it again, and keep doing so until you get through your whole list. But what if you have hundreds of friends? This could take forever! Check out this tutorial and learn how to bypass Facebook's regulations and invite mass...

How To: Make a glossy apple logo in Photoshop

First create a new 800x600 document and fill it with black color. Then create a new Layer and add a white circle with the hard edge Brushtool Select the 'Eraser tool' and use the same brush (a bit smaller) to erase the inside of that circle. Rightclick an layer 1 and go to the blending options. Add a contour. Now you should have a simple ring. Create a new layer again, and drag a dark red/brown circle inside the ring. Open up the Apple Logo (download in discription). Resize/replace it. Rightc...

How To: Make a reflection in water using Photoshop

In this how to video, you will learn how to make a reflection in water using Photoshop. First, open the image in Photoshop. Select the crop tool and select the whole photo. Click and drag the lower part down. Select the rectangular marquee tool and select the picture. Click on the selection and select layer via copy. Click the move tool and drag the upper point in the picture to the bottom of the document. Go to filter, blur, and select motion blur. Choose a -90 degree angle with a 35 pixel d...

How To: Insert, format, resize & crop pictures in MS Word

This video is a Microsoft Word 2007 tutorial on working with pictures. To insert a picture in your document, click on Insert and select Picture, then find the picture, select and insert it. To resize the picture without distorting it, click and hold on the corner circles. You can adjust Brightness and Contrast by using the various choices within these settings. The Recolor setting gives you a number of options for changing the coloring of the picture, such as sepia, black and white, or graysc...

How To: Use YouTube's autoplay feature when embedding video

Learnasyouwatch shows viewers how to automatically play YouTube videos. First, you need to open your web browser and go to YouTube. Find the video you want to automatically play or upload your own video to YouTube. On the ride bar there is a section that says 'Embed'. Click on the pin wheel icon next to it that is 'customize' and you can set various parameters. Now, you need to copy the embed code and right click and copy this code. Paste this code into a word document. You will need to add '...

How To: Make Google go crazy

This is a javascript trick that will work on any website. Just go to the webpage you would like to view go bananas, erase the url from the address bar, insert this code into the empty address bar, hit enter, and enjoy:

How To: Create an MLA works cited page in Word

To start with you have to write the author's name, with the last name entered first followed by first name and then the period. Title of the article should be in quotation marks. Do not use italic format. Title of the actual journal must be written. After this there is a series of numbers the volume number, issue, year, pages number separated by a colon. Don’t write 'p' for pages as the number itself is a standard for it. Write the period and also the dates.

How To: Make a mini candy bar for a dollhouse

First of all go to Google and then type in 'candy bar wrapper image' and then enter and go to image results. Select the 'crunch' image and right click and then 'copy' and then go to word document and paste it there. But if the image is big then right click and select 'hyperlink' and select 'remove hyperlink' to remove it. Now select the image again by clicking on to it and you can change the size of the image. Pick out the corner of the box that appears on the image and drag it inside to make...

How To: Do text effects in GIMP

Click in File and New to create a new document, press OK and select the text tool and click once on your file and write something, then close the window. Click in move the active layer to make easier to move the text. Go again to the text tool and click on the Color to change the text color. Press Crtl+O, select the background layer and change the color to the one you want, now select the bucket tool and click on the background to paint it with the color you have selected. Go back to the text...

How To: Draw a realistic ear in Photoshop

StephanieValentin teaches you how to draw a realistic ear in Adobe Photoshop. You create a new document of 1300x1900 pixels and then create 9 layers named L00, L01 and so on until L08. The first layer should be black. On Layer 01 use a soft round brush with a white color, 100 pixels width and 50% opacity. This is the base sketch of the ear. You then apply a gaussian blur of 30 pixels. For Layer 02 you use a soft round brush with a white color, 50 pixels width and 50% opacity. Apply a gaussian...