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Wed
11
Dec
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'B1 Free Archiver 1.4.69', and 'Shape Collage 3.1'

B1 Free Archiver 1.4.69 Archive the files on your computer with B1 Free Archiver. This fast, simple, and easy-to-use tool is available for all platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. It supports the most popular formats, including zip ... and rar. http://b1.org/ Shape Collage 3.1 Create custom collages with your favorite images using Shape Collage. Use dozens of photographs of your wife to create a unique Christmas gift. This program is compatible with the Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. http://www.shapecollage.com/ This freeware software program is brought to you by ... (view more)

Tue
12
Nov
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Bigger, Curved iPhone Coming in 2014: Report

A new report suggests Apple is developing two new technologies for its iPhone device: larger, curved screens and enhanced sensors. It's expected the iPhones featuring these changes will be available this time next year. The story does not come ... directly from Apple (in fact, Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris declined to comment on the rumors). Instead, the report comes from Bloomberg News, which says it has learned of the changes from someone "familiar with the plans." First Apple 'Phablet' Coming in 2014? The source says Apple is planning to unveil 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone screens. The ... (view more)

Wed
29
Dec
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Solid-State Drive (SSD)

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. SSDs are distinguished from traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), which are electromechanical devices containing spinning disks and movable read ... / write heads. SSDs, in contrast, use microchips which retain data in non-volatile memory chips and contain no moving parts. Solid State Drive (SSD) Compared to a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Today's solid state hard drives are considerably faster than a standard (spinning) hard drive. For example: read / write speeds on a standard HDD are roughly 40-60 ... (view more)

Tue
05
Dec
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Change Fill Color in Drawing Objects: MS Word

When you first draw a shape, it appears empty, with a thin black border. You can add color, shading and fill effects to a selected shape by using the Fill Color button. Click the Fill Color button to see the menu. Here you can click a color to fill ... the shape, or click More Fill Colors to get a dialog box offering even more colors. After you've selected a color, you can add fill effects. Click the Fill Effects button on the Fill Color menu to see the Fill Effects dialog box. On the Gradient tab, you can choose to shade from one color to another. The Texture tab offers a selection of realistic ... (view more)

Fri
01
Dec
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Use Drawing Objects: MS Word

The buttons on the Drawing toolbar have useful tools for -- what else? -- drawing objects, such as shapes and lines. Not only can you make simple squares, circles, ovals, and lines, but MS Word provides AutoShapes, a gallery of typical shapes such ... as stars, pentagons, block arrows, etc. A special type of AutoShape, a callout, combines a text box and indicator line and is used to attach explanatory text to a specific part of the document, much as a speech balloon in a comic strip attaches to a character, or a label points to part of a cell or organism in a biology diagram. Other buttons on the ... (view more)

Fri
11
Aug
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Format Painter: MS Word

MS Word's Format Painter is a very cool means of copying just the format of one word or paragraph, then pasting (or painting) it onto others. It's a shortcut that is very easy to master and pays off handsomely in a document with inconsistent ... formatting. Format Painter works on two levels: character and paragraph. You can copy just the character formatting -- fonts, font sizes, font attributes -- or character style from one word and apply it to other words. Or you can copy the paragraph formatting (line spacing, alignment, indentation, et al.) or paragraph style from one paragraph and apply it ... (view more)

Tue
09
May
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Make Decorative Text: MS Word

You're about to start your first novel -- "Once upon a time..." Those beginning words just beg to have fancy lettering to evoke the feeling of your story don't they? Word has two features that let you create interesting lettering that goes beyond ... just changing the font and size. Those features are WordArt and Drop Caps. WordArt is an element of Word that allows you to define the shape, fill and text of decorative text -- everything from rainbow-colored and shaped words to the gleam of chrome on 3-D block letters. Many predefined effects are available for you to choose from, but you can ... (view more)

Thu
20
Apr
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'Dm2', and 'Photo Shape'

Dm2 Minimizes windows to floating icons, freeing both task bar and tray bar space. Moreover, DM2 can manipulate windows in various ways: minimize to tray, make them standing always on-top over all other windows, roll to caption, resize, align to ... screen borders, hide, set the opacity etc. DM2 also helps with Open/Save dialog boxes, by providing user-defined menu with favorites and recent files and folders. Plenty of options. http://dm2.sourceforge.net/index.html Photo Shape PhotoShape rotates your photos in three dimensional ways. Simple to use, gives you all parameters you need to give your ... (view more)

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