Articles for category: Tech Tutorials

Karla News

DIY Project: Photography Diffusion Panel

7/21/2009 My wife is an amateur photographer and does a lot of outdoor, on location photography sessions and portraits. Since many of these sessions end up being in the afternoon time frame, she struggles sometimes with sun spots on her subjects. In an attempt to help her out, I’ve used her light reflector to block ...

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Creating Your Own Greeting Cards Using Microsoft Word

One question I am often asked in my computer classes is how to create persolized greeting cards. For people who are not too terribly familiar with Microsoft word and setting up colums, rows and margins I have developed a simple quick-start guide using greeting card design templates provided free for download. The official Microsoft Office ...

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Free DVD Authoring Software – DVD Flick

DVD Flick is an absolutely awesome DVD authoring software. This utility is open source so it is 100% free to use. DVD Flick can take many types of video files and convert them to a DVD ISO image which can then be burned to a DVD. There are a few commercial software utilities that can ...

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Word Count Plus Plugin for Firefox

Word Count Plus is a plugin that will allow you to count any text that is highlighted on a webpage. You can also save the word count and add it to a total word count. This plugin is used in Firefox. It is compatible with version 1.5 and up. In this tutorial, I will show ...

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How to Enable Aero in Windows Vista

Windows Aero is a graphics display option which comes with Windows Vista Home Premium, Enterprise, Business and Ultimate. Windows Aero includes attractive visual effects such as transparency effects, additional colors, greater color customization and taskbar window previews. It’s simple to enable Windows Aero in Windows Vista. It also includes Flip 3D, which allows you to ...

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Trying to Find a Free Trial of Microsoft Outlook?

Taking software class online can be a nightmare, especially when you are stepping into a world of softwares that you don’t understand. Not always will a professor help you explain the software. Neither can a professor that is in a complete time zone reach over your shoulder to explain that software to you. I was ...

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Converting Cassette Tapes to MP3 Files: Three Easy Steps

Converting old cassette tapes into MP3-file format has become a desirable thing. It’s the smartest thing to do in order to ensure the long-term shelf life of the recorded media. But exactly how easy is it, and what does it take to make this happen? Here are the step-by-step methods that I took to accomplish ...

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Microsoft Windows’ Secret Alarm Clock

Traditional bedside alarm clocks have been suffering physical abuse since the turn of the century. Flung across rooms; snooze buttons slapped with enough force to bludgeon a small child; power cords ripped savagely from unsuspecting wall sockets. But what if there were an alarm clock that would wake you from your slumber with, say, the ...