Archive for July, 2009
Creating a Basic Website Part 1
Saturday, July 25th, 2009How to Create a very Basic website Using Trellian Webpage. Part 1 of 4 part Video series on creating a website. This is using the free web editor that you can download from here, its freeware not share or trial ware.
http://www.trellian.com/webpage/
See wireless networks you have used
Saturday, July 25th, 2009How to Open Programs on New Computer
Friday, July 24th, 2009How to Open Programs on New Computer
Absolute Beginner Guide to Icons on the Desktop, Start Menu and the Bottom menu bar and notification area of your PC.
Learn about the Windows desktop ,the taskbar, the desktop icons, and the notification area in the taskbar. Several tips on settings and the difference between Windows XP and Vista names.
These are how you find your programs in all the various places on your computer. Clicking on icons or names opens your programs. Also shows where to change date and time on your computer if it is incorrect.
Embed Youtube video into Word 2007 and convert to PDF
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Embed a Youtube video into Word 2007 document and convert it to PDF.
This video first shows you how to embed any video into a Word 2007 document.To convert to PDF you will need a paid PDF creation program, Adobe PDF is the best. To download and embed a You Tube video visit Any Video Converter and you can watch videos on how to use AVC on this page.
If you don’t have Adobe PDF, you may want to see if the Writer program in Open Office will do the same thing, as this will import a Writer doc to a pdf easily, but I haven’t checked if it will accept an embbeded video as yet.
So you can use a You Tube video ( with permission) and enable it to play in a PDF file. Its very cool. You can put any video from your computer into a word document and then convert that document into a PDF file. This is absolutely awesome for creating tutorial books with the visual clarification of video.
Create a Basic Website-Part 2-Tables
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009How to link to a title in Word 2007
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Using Bookmarks to jump up and down a page
How to link to a title or heading in a word 2007 document. Sometimes you want to have an index at the top with titles which link to a paragraph below. Sometimes to might want to give a link to the top of the page.
Creating bookmarks or anchors on a page means that you can click on a link to be taken to the bookmark or heading in the word document. Jump to any where you want to go to in the word document. Make hyperlinks to specific parts of your document. This is very useful for very long pages and for pages where a question and answer format such as FAQs is used.
Create a Basic Website-Part 3-Links
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009How to Create a basic website Part 3.
Creating internal and external hyperlinks on a webpage. How to create hyperlinks with anchor text and a link title and opening the new link in a new window. Anchor text is an important part of seo but until you know what it is you won’t know to learn more about it. When you do know you will want to use it as much as you can.
http://www.build-your-website.co.uk/make-a-web-page.htm
How to open a cd and see the contents of a disc in your cd rom drive
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009How to open a cd and see the contents of a disc in your cd rom drive
Most cds are autrun now but if you create a cd or have an old cd autorun may not be there or may not work. You need to know how to open the CD rom drive and see what files are on it.
This video shows how to open a cd or see the contents of a disc in your cd rom drive. When you put a cd in your cd rom drive and you want to install a program if it does not autorun … or you want to look at photos that are on the cd or dvd disc… this is where to go. It is generally called the D or perhaps the E drive.
If you are unsure when there, which file to click on to install a program, generally looking for a file with the words setup on it or a file that ends in .exe – these will install the program onto your harddrive. If you cannot see the file extension , right click the file and choose properties. The icon may show a cog wheel.
Create a Basic Website-Part 4- Images
Monday, July 20th, 2009How to Create a Basic Website-Part 4- Images.
Inserting images into a web page can be a problem until you get the basics. You need to know about image resizing so you don’t upload “heavy ” files that take a long time to load. You also need to know how to control text around images so it displays wrapped or wherever you want it to appear.
http://www.build-your-website.co.uk/make-a-web-page.htm