Month: October 2006

Some things you can do faster by learning a few strategic keyboard shortcuts. Select something (a file, a word, a paragraph) and copy it, using [Ctrl]+[C]. Using these keys on your keyboard copies the object you selected to the clip board (to the computer memory, if you like) and it waits there. Then, when you are ready to paste the object somewhere else into your work

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You want to put some pictures into a document but they are too big. You know that you can resize them but how do they ‘keep their shape’? To resize a picture you should see the ‘handles’. They appear, for instance, when you click on an image in MS Word.

You can put your cursor on a handle and

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This is a basic primer about digital picture taking and saving habits you should get into. The subject can be pretty complex so I won’t be explaining every little thing, I’ll be linking to some sources that explain more… (I am talking to those who are having fun with their digital camera and want some good results for their memories. The digital SLR aficionado, or the RAW picture taker can probably skip this.)

1. Take your pictures at the highest resolution your camera offers at all times. Using film you didn’t have to think about resolution, you got a good print of a good or bad picture.

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Yes, use your mouse better and start right-clicking on things. If you are not in the habit of doing that you are missing a lot of convenient help at the (right-)click of a mouse!

Start now. Say you are looking at an image file (a picture), say it’s called img10023.jpg, right out of your camera, right-click on the file name. The menu that pops up shows you what you can do with the file. In the menu there is probably an option to

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