Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Top 46 Google Chrome Shortcuts That Save Time


Many times, working with the mouse can be inefficient and it’s often more efficient to just use the keyboard. If you’ve already installed Google Chrome on your computer and regularly use it, then these shortcuts will save you a lot of time (and energy)…
Window and Tab Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Open a new window Ctrl + N
Open a new windows in incognito mode Ctrl + Shift + N
Open link in a new tab Ctrl + Click on link
Open link in new window Shift + Click on link
Close current window Alt + F4
Open a new tab Ctrl + T
Reopen the last tab you’ve closed1 Ctrl + Shift + T
Switch to the tab at the specified position Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8
Switch to the last tab Ctrl + 9
Switch to the next tab Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDown
Switch to the previous tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp
Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab Backspace, or press Alt + Left Arrow
Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab Shift + Backspace, or press Alt + Right Arrow
Close current tab or pop-up Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Open your homepage Alt + Home
Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome Ctrl + O, then select file
1 Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs that you’ve closed
Address Bar Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Add ‘www.’ and ‘.com’ to your input in the address bar and open the web address Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl + Enter
Highlight content in the web address area F6 or Ctrl + L or Alt + D
Open your web address in a new tab Type a web address, then press Alt + Enter
Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine. Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E
Jump to the previous word in the address bar Place your cursor in the address bar, the press Ctrl + Left Arrow
Jump to the next word in the address bar Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Right Arrow
Delete the previous word in the address bar Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Backspace
Shortcuts to Open Google Chrome Features

Action/Function Shortcut

Toggle bookmarks bar on and off Ctrl + B
View the History page Ctrl + H
View the Downloads page Ctrl + J
View the Task Manager Shift + Esc
Webpage Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Print your current page Ctrl + P
Reload current page F5
Stop page loading Esc
Reload current page, ignoring cached content Ctrl + F5 or Shift + F5
Scroll down the web page Space bar
Go to the top of the page Home
Go to the bottom of the page End
Download link Press Alt, then click the link
Open find-in-page box Ctrl + F
Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box Ctrl + G or F3
Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3
View source Ctrl + U
Bookmark your current webpage Ctrl + D
Make text larger Ctrl + +
Make text smaller Ctrl + -
Return to normal text size Ctrl + 0
Text Shortcuts

Action/Function Shortcut

Copy content to the clipboard Highlight content, then press Ctrl + C
Paste current content from the clipboard Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard (cut) Highlight the content in a text field, then press Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete

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Google Chrome



Google Chrome is Google's newest web browser in the internet browsing market. Only holding 1% of the entire market.

PBCNX-MAN Tried and tested this and results were outstanding. It beated firefox, IE and even opera in speed. Making it the fastest out there. And this is the only browser that even the newbie can learn without compromising security. It can also be switched to "Nerd Mode" for those who want more technical aspects on how the browser works. And this is the only browser that has it.

It has also this amusing feature called ignotico. Pages you view in ignotico mode won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. (So yung mga gusto ng mga ehem dyan, libre na kayo hehehehehe )

I recommend it for the typical internet user. Pero i'm still in Opera Since Google Chrome is still lacking "Extensions" and Customizations. Since Google Chrome's still on it's early stages.

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ESET Nod 32 4.0314.0 and NodEnabler 2.8 Download Here!



FACT: Surfing the web and using email is a part of daily life.

FACT: Criminals capitalize on this to their advantage, flooding the Internet with over 100,000 new attacks every day, in an effort to steal your identity or turn your computer into a "zombie" to launch email spam and other Internet crimes.

FACT: Over 70 million users worldwide trust ESET to defend themselves from these attacks.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 is the most effective protection you can find to combat today's huge volumes of Internet and email threats. It provides comprehensive antivirus and antispyware protection without affecting your computer's performance.

Using advanced ThreatSense® technology, ESET NOD32 Antivirus proactively protects you from new attacks, even during the critical first hours when other vendors' products aren't aware the attack even exists. ESET NOD32 Antivirus detects and disables both known and unknown viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, rootkits and other Internet threats.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus is also one of the fastest antivirus solutions, so fast you won't even notice it running. And it's both incredibly easy to use yet simple to tailor for your specific needs.
Key Benefits

Protection from the Unknown — Award-winning ThreatSense technology uses multiple layers of threat detection to deliver the most effective protection possible against new attacks. And ThreatSense is smart; it raises far fewer annoying "false alarms" than any other products that use heuristics.

Finds Malware Other AV Companies Missed — Typically when a new copy of ESET NOD32 replaces another antivirus product on a home computer the average user finds viruses or malware resident on the machine that were undetected by their previous antivirus product.

Built for Speed — ESET NOD32 Antivirus is lightning fast, so fast you won't even notice it's there. Even disk-intensive operations like performing a "full disk scan" to run smoothly in the background while you work or play.

Easy on Your System — ESET NOD32 Antivirus is "lean and mean," typically using just 44 MB of memory, a fraction of what other products consume. Because it's fast and "light," upgrading your existing antivirus protection to ESET NOD32 Antivirus can literally be like buying a new computer. And the new automatic energy-sipping battery mode lets you work or play longer.

Easy on You — ESET NOD32 Antivirus is easier to use than ever before. From its compact and intuitive user interface to its minimal use of alerts, you'll be up and running in a snap.You will receive the best possible proactive detection against malware, without enduring excessive system slowdowns and alerts, reboots or annoying false alarms.
What's New

Smarter Scanner — Threats don't always enter your network in ways you expect. ESET NOD32 Antivirus inspects SSL-encrypted communication channels like HTTPS and POP3S and intelligently scans compressed files to find hidden threats other products miss. Proactive protection begins at the earliest point in system startup to ensure your computer is always secure.

Clean and Safe Email — Email scanning for Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail, and other POP3/IMAP mail clients, ensuring your email is free of viruses and other threats.

Removable Media Security — Threats can enter your PC from removable media such as USB thumb drives. For self-running media, ESET NOD32 Antivirus scans autorun.inf and associated files when the medium is inserted, in addition to scanning any file on any removable device when it is accessed, or during a full-scan of the media. Power users can adjust ESET NOD32 Antivirus to perform additional levels of scanning on removable media.

System Tools — ESET SysInspector and ESET SysRescue simplify diagnosing and cleaning of infected systems by allowing deep scans of system processes to find hidden threats, and creating bootable rescue CD/DVD or USB drives to help you repair an infected computer.

Self Defense — ESET NOD32 Antivirus has built-in technology to prevent malicious software from corrupting or disabling it, so you can rest assured your system is always protected.

Many Usability Improvements — ESET NOD32 Antivirus has numerous speed, security and usability upgrades.

* Energy-sipping battery mode extends laptop battery life without compromising security
* Advanced Protection Status screen informs you of threat detections
* Information pop-ups are hidden when running full screen applications like games, video players or presentations
* Password protection prevents ESET NOD32 Antivirus from being uninstalled by strangers
* New interface and keyboard shortcuts simplify use for visually impaired users

System Requirements

Processors supported: Intel or AMD x86/x64
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP (32¬ and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit editions)
Memory: 44 MB
Disk Space (download): 28 MB
Disk Space (installation): 35 MB

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Mobile Phone Antivirus From ESET [New & Full Version]


ESET have announced that they will be a releasing a mobile phone antivirus software application in January 2009.

ESET are the producers of one of the best antivirus (NOD32) and security suites (ESET Smart Security suite) currently available - I’ve personally been using their NOD32 software for over 4 years and have recommended it to many people over the years. One of the best things about it is that it combines good protection while taking up small amounts of resources, so your computer isn’t noticeably slowed down by it.

When I begin using a new computer or set up a new Windows installation, installing a form of anti-virus software on it is one of the first things I do, if not the first thing! Will people want to have to do this with their mobile phones? Or perhaps the handsets will come pre-installed with mobile versions of antivirus applications - I’m not sure if this would be a good thing or a bad thing!

I can understand as mobile phones begin to use and access the Internet in a more traditional and open manner, then it does open up the possibility for the same malicious software and viruses as well as specially designed ones for mobile devices.

This may begin to be an even problematic area is people begin to use them to conduct transactions with, either online or as a form of swiping/scanning currency.

Perhaps we’ll even start to see virus problem on an Apple device in the form of the iPhone, given it’s popularity, perhaps it will make it a viable target for those people who create these viruses and other malicious software?

I suppose the main question is, do mobile phones/devices need antivirus solutions at this point? How much if anything would you pay them on your mobile phone? Do you think that this will become common place?

The ESET Mobile Antivirus has these key Features, specifications and requirements:
* Proactive Protection - Proactively protects against known and unknown mobile malware.
* Control SMS spam - Sends unwanted text messages to the spam folder with simple rules.
* Heuristics - Proactive protection without relying on signatures.
* On-Demand Scanning - Scan memory and running processes, onboard files and removable media for malware; search deeply into nested folders to uncover malicious software.
* Advanced On-Access Scanning - Scans all accessed files for viruses, including email attachments and files accessed via wireless means such as Bluetooth, WiFi, infrared, GPRS and EDGE.
* SMS Spam Filter - Locks text messages from unknown senders or uses black and white lists to filter your SMS messages.
* Activity Log - Scan statistics are stored in a user-friendly format. Up to 50 logs can be stored onboard.
* Variable In-Depth Scanning of CAB Files - Control the scan depth of compressed cabinet files that may contain other nested folders or other compressed files.
* Automatic/On-Demand Updates - Download signature updates on-demand or automatically at pre-set intervals: daily, weekly, or monthly.
* Intuitive User Interface - Simple and elegant user experience.
* Minimal Resource Utilization - The software consumes about 400 KB installed
* Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 (Pocket PC Phone/Smartphone Edition), Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 (Standard/Professional Edition), Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 (Standard/Professional Edition).
* Memory: 1 MB

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Who is the faster internet browser do you think!


I searched all over the net for latest browser speed comparison test and I did not find anything, so I decided why not to make test myself. I already had on my pc, Opera and Firefox so I downloaded latest version of IE7, Chrome and Safari. Since I am big Opera fan and I am using Opera Browser for over 9 years I thought that Opera will easily blow up opponents just like it did maybe two years ago. However I did not count that Chrome is so blazing fast. I used few old tests from HowToCreate.co.uk and Java Script tests from CelticKane.com and also I added few of my own… All browsers are tested on same machine Athlon 3800 64bit, Gigabyte M55S-S3 mainboard and 2 gb DDR2 ram and Windows XP with SP2.
Browsers:
Opera 9.63
Firefox 3.0.4
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13
Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
Apple Safari 3.2.1

All browsers are tested “out of the box” without any extension or plugin.
This gave significant advantage to Firefox, since it is considerable slower with just couple of extensions.

1. Cold Start:
For cold start test, I run the programs (after windows finish loading) and then I measure time of loading until browser is ready for use. I measure 3 times and between any test I reset my pc. For other tests I also measured 3 times and then calculated average value… After first test, Chrome already jumped on the first place with
unbolivable load of only 1,6 seconds. Opera was second with 3,7 second and surprise was Internet Explorer with just 0,1 second behind Opera. Safari started bad with very slow loading with over 10 seconds.
2. Warm Start
Warm start is the test when I run browser then turn it off and then start it again without turning or logging out from windows. I hardly got Chrome loading time in this case, since it was incredible fast. Safari, for a difference from last test, was now very fast to. Opera and Firefox are slower then first three.
3. Acid 2 test
Acid 2 is web standard compliance test. All browsers easily passed, but IE7 failed completely with ruining and deforming that poor face.
4. Acid 3 test
After easy job on ACID 2, neither one browser passed Acid 3 test. However Opera scored most points, ending it with the score of 85. Chrome was second with the score of 79. Some alpha and beta version of browser are already passing successfully this test…
5. CSS speed test
This test was taken from HowToCreate.co.uk!
Quote:
To test CSS rendering speed I use a CSS benchmark test devised by nontroppo. The test measures the time it takes the browser to render a page consisting of almost 2500 positioned DIVs. The page is stored locally, loaded once to pre-load it, then reloaded 3 times, and the average time taken for those three renderings. The page is the first page loaded after starting the browser (after logging out and in). All browsers took significantly longer during the initial load, which is why I discount this initial load, as it does not reflect the reality of normal rendering. Safari and Firefox headed clear victory here leaving behind Opera then Chrome and IE7.
6. Javascript speed
I assigned browsers to celtickane.com javascript speed test. Every browser is tested three times and then average speed is calculated. Chrome won again with Safari on second, Opera on third, Firefox on 4th and as expected IE7 on the last place.
7. Memory usage
I started every browser with one tab. Opened google.com and then checked with Chrome “memory usage option” how much every browser take memory. IE7 taked easy victory here probably because parts of the IE are in some other windows processes which are not counted. Safari taked shameful last place with using over 65 MB for loading only one page.
8. Setup Size
Opera used to have smallest installation file but now Firefox takes that place. Interesting thing is that if you dont need additional languages then Opera setup.exe is smaller then 6 mb, however since Opera gives this file for download by default then I took that file in count.
8. Setup Size
Opera used to have smallest installation file but now Firefox takes that place. Interesting thing is that if you dont need additional languages then Opera setup.exe is smaller then 6 mb, however since Opera gives this file for download by default then I took that file in count.
Conclusion and FINAL SCORE.
Opera do not have advantage any more. Instead of advantage it is neither anymore the fastest. Chrome is ahead, then Opera on second place and Firefox just behind it (depends on personal taste). Safari is ok browser but weaker then first three, and it looks that Apple marketing is just a bunch of lies. IE7 is the bad thing. Just like a IE6. But since people get it free with windows they still use it. If we counted Opera powers of customizing skins, moving elements (such as menus, buttons, toolbars, adressbar, statusbar, skins) then Opera would be easily be on first place…
Be the one to choose
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Swine Flu Virus


What is swine flu?
Swine Flu, or swine influenza virus, is caused by Orthomyxoviruses endemic to swine/ pig populations. Swine influenza virus (SIV) strains are named as Influenzavirus C or subtypes of Influenzavirus A. Swine flu Influenzavirus A subtypes are H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3.

How do you get swine flu?
One obvious way of transmission is through contact with pigs. Another way of getting swine flu is through contact with people. People who have swine flu may transmit the swine flu from person to person.

What are the symptoms of swine flu?
The symptoms of swine influenza virus are fever, confusion, disorientation, stiff joints, vomiting. One of the fatal symptoms of swine flu is the loss of consciousness as this may eventually lead to death.

The swine flu virus mutates and evolves rapidly. New variant strains have evolved. The new strains were found to show resistance to standard antiviral drugs like amantadine and rimantadine for H3N2 in humans. In 2005, the resistance in humans was 91%.

In 2005, the H5Ni virus was known to exits in pigs without showing symptoms. This finding was in Indonesia.

What are the symptoms of swine flu in human beings?
The swine flu epidemic has transmitted across the species. The symptoms of human transmitted swine flu are similar to human flu. The symptoms of swine flu in humans are fever, tiredness, loss of appetite and coughing.

What are swine flu’s more conditions and symptoms?
Other uncommon symptoms of swine flu include runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

How is swine flu transmitted?
The human transmission of swine flu is via contact with molecules that contain the virus. This means that human transmitted swine flu is spread through coughing, sneezing, touching, nose and mouth contact. The swine flu in a human is contagious during the first 5 days of the sickness. Some children and people can remain contagious for the first 10 days.

What is the treatment for swine flu?
In the US, swine flu is treated with amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir. However, some strains of swine flu virus have evolved to become resistant to the drugs. CDC recommends treatment with Tamiflu and Relenza.

Where is swine flu prevalent?
In Mexico, the death toll was 86 on April 26, 2009. In Mexico, 1003 were suspected to have been infected with swine flu.

In Kansas, 2 cases of swine flu were reported.

In NYC, there were 8 cases of swine flu.

On April 26, it was reported that in Elyria, Lorain County, northern Ohio, a boy, 9 years old, had the same strain of virus found in the dead victims of swine flu in Mexico. The boy visited Mexico with his relatives. He visited a Mexican farm and several other places in Mexico. His Ely Elementary School has notified parents to watch out for symptoms of swine flu. The boy had a mild case of swine flu and is recovering.

In Canada, 6 swine flu victims were documented.

In New Zealand, there maybe some cases of swine flu.

In Spain, suspected swine flu cases are known.

What were the previous flu epidemics?
1918 - The Spanish flu pandemic.
1957 - The Asian flu epidemic.
1968 - The Hong Kong flu epidemic.

Source.

President Barack Obama visited Mexico and shook hands with Felipe Solis. Mr Solis, an archaeologist, shook hand with Pres. Obama as he received him at the Museum. Solis died 24 hours later from pneumonia. The White House stressed that flu symptoms took 24 - 48 hours for incubation before showing symptoms. Obama has been back from his Mexico visit for 9 days (counting backwards from around April 26) and his health is fine.

Obama’s Mexico visit.

Swine Flu wiki.

Google Map of H1N1 Swine Flu. Please click on the link below.

View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map

Track the Swine Flu virus in the USA. Please click on link to see the large map. Google is updating the map very frequently.

Is swine flu spread by eating pork?

The US’s National Pork Board said it was safe to eat pork as though as the meat has been properly cooked. The virus will be killed at temperatures of 160 degrees and higher.

The US pork producers have to protect its industry of $5 billion p.a. Pork producers, handlers, and everyone else down the line are urged to observe proper measures in processing pigs and pork. Farm workers are encouraged to shower before and after work. They should leave their farm footwear and clothing only for use on the farm. This may limit the transmission of virus through material.

In the US, swine flu was not transmitted from swine to human but rather human to human.

Pork and swine flu source.

What are the other countries doing to contain swine flu?
Read CNN’s report.

Updated April 27.
Spain has reported its first case of swine flu. The patient is a young student who had returned from Mexico. The patient has fever and respiratory problems. He has responded well to treatment. Source on Spain’s swine flu.

To be continued when updates are available.


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Keyboard Shortcuts in WOrd


The shortcut keys described in this Help topic refer to the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.

For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in Microsoft Word Help. For keyboard shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another key, the keys to press are separated by a comma (,).

To print this topic, press TAB to select Show All, press ENTER, and then press CTRL+P.

Help task pane and Help window
Using the Help task pane and Help window

The Help task pane provides access to all Office Help content and appears as part of Microsoft Word. The Help window displays topics and other Help content and appears as a window next to, but separate from, Word.

In the Help task pane
To do this Press
Display the Help task pane.
F1

Switch between the Help task pane and Word.
F6

Select the next item in the Help task pane.
TAB

Select the previous item in the Help task pane.
SHIFT+TAB

Perform the action for the selected item.
ENTER

In a table of contents, select the next and previous item, respectively.
DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW

In a table of contents, expand and collapse the selected item, respectively.
RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW

Move back to the previous task pane.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move forward to the next task pane.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Open the menu of task panes.
CTRL+SPACEBAR

Close and reopen the current task pane.
CTRL+F1

Expand a +/- list.
RIGHT ARROW

Collapse a +/- list.
LEFT ARROW


In the Help window
To do this Press
Select the next hidden text or hyperlink, or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic.
TAB

Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink, or the Browser View button at the top of a Microsoft Office Web site article.
SHIFT+TAB

Perform the action for the selected Show All, Hide All, hidden text, or hyperlink.
ENTER

Move back to the previous Help topic.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move forward to the next Help topic.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Print the current Help topic.
CONTROL+P

Scroll small amounts up and down, respectively, within the currently displayed Help topic.
UP ARROW AND DOWN ARROW

Scroll larger amounts up and down, respectively, within the currently displayed Help topic.
PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN

Change the Help window from being separate from (untiled) to connected to (tiled) Word.
ALT+U

Display a menu of commands for the Help window; requires that the Help window have active focus (click an item in the Help window).
SHIFT+F10


Menus, toolbars, task panes, and dialog boxes
Access and use menus and toolbars

To do this Press
Select the menu bar (menu bar: The horizontal bar below the title bar that contains the names of menus. A menu bar can be the built-in menu bar or a custom menu bar.), or close an open menu and submenu at the same time.
F10 or ALT

Select a task pane or toolbar after pressing F10 or ALT to select the menu bar. Pressing the keys repeatedly moves the focus among the open toolbars, menu bars, and task pane.
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

When a toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) or menu bar is selected, select the next or previous button or menu.
TAB or SHIFT+TAB

Open the selected menu, or perform the action for the selected button or command.
ENTER

Display the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) for the selected item.
SHIFT+F10

Display the title bar shortcut menu.
ALT+SPACEBAR

When a menu or submenu (submenu: A menu that appears when a user points to a command on a higher-level menu.) is open, select the next or previous command.
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW

Select the menu to the left or right. When a submenu is open, switch between the main menu and the submenu.
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu.
HOME or END

Close an open menu. When a submenu is open, close only the submenu.
ESC

Open the selected menu.
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

When a shortened menu is open, display the full set of commands.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Add a toolbar button to a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then click a toolbar button, Microsoft Word adds the button to the appropriate menu. For example, click Bullets on the Formatting toolbar to add the Bullets command to the Format menu.
ALT+CTRL+= (equal sign)

Remove a command from a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the command is removed. You can add the menu command back to the menu if you change your mind.
ALT+CTRL+- (dash key)

Customize the shortcut key for a menu command. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the Customize Keyboard dialog box opens so you can add, change, or remove the shortcut key.
ALT+CTRL++ (plus key on numeric keypad)


Note You can use the keyboard to select any menu command on the menu bar. Press ALT to select the menu bar. Press the letter that is underlined in the menu name that contains the command you want. In the menu that appears, press the letter underlined in the command name that you want.

Access and use task panes

To do this Press
Open the task pane or hide the current task pane.
CTRL+F1

Move to a task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.) from another pane in the program window. (You may need to press F6 more than once.)
F6

Note If pressing F6 doesn't display the task pane you want, try pressing ALT to place focus on the menu bar, and then pressing CTRL+TAB to move to the task pane. In addition, if you open a dialog box from the Reveal Formatting task pane, the focus may be in your document after you close the dialog box, rather than in the task pane. You can use F6 or CTRL+TAB to return to the task pane.

When a menu or toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) is active, move to a task pane. (You may need to press CTRL+TAB more than once.)
CTRL+TAB

Open the menu of task panes.
CTRL+SPACEBAR

Go to the Getting Started task pane.
ALT+HOME

Reverse the sequence of task panes you opened.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Repeat the sequence of task panes you opened.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Close a menu if one is currently open, or go back to the document.
ESC

When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane.
TAB or SHIFT+TAB

Move among choices in a selected submenu; move among certain options in a group of options.
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW

Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button.
SPACEBAR or ENTER

Open a shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) in a document; open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item.
SHIFT+F10

When a menu or submenu is visible, select the first or last command on the menu or submenu.
HOME or END

Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list.
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN

Expand or collapse a collapsible item in the gallery list.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move to the top or bottom of the selected gallery list.
CTRL+HOME or CTRL+END


Resize and move toolbars, menus, and task panes

Press ALT to select the menu bar (menu bar: The horizontal bar below the title bar that contains the names of menus. A menu bar can be the built-in menu bar or a custom menu bar.).
Press CTRL+TAB repeatedly to select a toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.) or the task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.).
Do one of the following:
Resize a toolbar

In the toolbar, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display the Toolbar Options menu.
Select the Size command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to resize the toolbar. Press CTRL+ the arrow keys to resize one pixel at a time.
Move a toolbar

In the toolbar, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display the Toolbar Options menu.
Select the Move command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to position the toolbar. Press CTRL+ the arrow keys to move one pixel at a time. To undock the toolbar, press DOWN ARROW repeatedly. To dock the toolbar vertically on the left or right side, press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW respectively when the toolbar is all the way to the left or right side.
Resize a task pane

In the task pane, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display a menu of additional commands.
Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Size command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to resize the task pane. Use CTRL+ the arrow keys to resize by one pixel at a time.
Move a task pane

In the task pane, press CTRL+SPACEBAR to display a menu of additional commands.
Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Move command, and then press ENTER.
Use the arrow keys to position the task pane. Use CTRL+ the arrow keys to move one pixel at a time.
Note If you move the task pane up into the toolbars or down into the status bar, the pane attaches itself to the bars and reorients itself horizontally. To return the task pane to its vertical position, use the arrow keys to move it away from the bars.
When you are finished moving or resizing, press ESC or ENTER.
Use dialog boxes

To do this Press
Move from an open dialog box back to the document for dialog boxes such as Find and Replace that support this behavior.
ALT+F6

Move to the next option or option group.
TAB

Move to the previous option or option group.
SHIFT+TAB

Switch to the next tab in a dialog box.
CTRL+TAB

Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Move between options in an open drop-down list, or between options in a group of options.
Arrow keys

Perform the action assigned to the selected button; check or clear the selected check box.
SPACEBAR

Open the list if it is closed and move to that option in the list.
First letter of an option in a drop-down list

Select an option; select or clear a check box.
ALT+ the letter underlined in an option

Open a selected drop-down list.
ALT+DOWN ARROW

Close a selected drop-down list; cancel a command and close a dialog box.
ESC

Run the selected command.
ENTER


Use edit boxes within dialog boxes

An edit box is a blank in which you type or paste an entry, such as your user name or the path (path: The route that the operating system uses to locate a folder or file; for example, C:\House finances\March.doc.) to a folder.

To do this Press
Move to the beginning of the entry.
HOME

Move to the end of the entry.
END

Move one character to the left or right.
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Move one word to the left.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move one word to the right.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Select or unselect one character to the left.
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Select or unselect one character to the right.
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Select or unselect one word to the left.
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Select or unselect one word to the right.
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry.
SHIFT+HOME

Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry.
SHIFT+END


Use the Open, Save As, and Insert Picture dialog boxes

To do this Press
Display the Open dialog box.
CTRL+F12

Display the Save As dialog box.
F12

Go to the previous folder ().
ALT+1

Open the folder up one level from the open folder (Up One Level button ).
ALT+2

Close the dialog box and open your World Wide Web (World Wide Web (WWW): The multimedia branch of the Internet that presents not only text, but also graphics, sound, and video. On the Web, users can easily jump from item to item, page to page, or site to site by using hyperlinks.) search page (Search the Web button ).
ALT+3

Delete the selected folder or file (Delete button ).
ALT+4

Create a new subfolder in the open folder (Create New Folder button ).
ALT+5

Switch between List, Details, Properties, Preview Thumbnails, Tiles, and Icons views (click the arrow next to Views ).
ALT+6

Show the Tools menu (Tools button).
ALT+7 or ALT+L

Display a shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.) for a selected item such as a folder or file.
SHIFT+F10

Move between options or areas in the dialog box.
TAB

Open the Look in or Save in list.
F4 or ALT+I

Update the files visible in the Open or Save As dialog box (File menu).
F5


Quick reference
Common tasks done in a Microsoft Word document

To do this Press
Create a nonbreaking space.
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

Create a nonbreaking hyphen.
CTRL+HYPHEN

Make letters bold.
CTRL+B

Make letters italic.
CTRL+I

Make letters underline.
CTRL+U

Decrease font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+<>

Remove paragraph or character formatting.
CTRL+SPACEBAR

Copy the selected text or object.
CTRL+C

Cut the selected text or object.
CTRL+X

Paste text or an object.
CTRL+V

Undo the last action.
CTRL+Z

Redo the last action.
CTRL+Y


Language bar
Speech and handwriting recognition

To do this Press
Switch between languages or keyboard layouts.
Left ALT+SHIFT

Switch microphone on or off.
+V

Switch between Voice Command mode and Dictation mode.
+T

Display a list of correction alternatives.
+C

Turn handwriting on or off.
+H

Turn Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) (IME: A program that enters East Asian text (Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) into programs by converting keystrokes into complex East Asian characters. The IME is treated as an alternate type of keyboard layout.) on 101 keyboard on or off.
ALT+~

Turn Korean IME on 101 keyboard on or off.
Right ALT

Turn Chinese IME on 101 keyboard on or off.
CTRL+SPACEBAR


Notes

You can set the key combination for switching between languages or keyboard layouts in the Advanced Key Setting dialog box. To open the Advanced Key Setting dialog box, right-click the Language bar, and then click Settings. Under Preferences, click Key Settings.
The Windows logo key () is available on the bottom row of keys on most keyboards.
E-mail
Sending e-mail messages

Use the following keys (if you are e-mailing a document or a message) when the insertion point is in the e-mail header. To move the insertion point into the e-mail header, press SHIFT+TAB.

To do this Press
Send the active document (active document: The document in which you're working. Text you type or graphics you insert in Microsoft Word appear in the active document. The title bar of the active document is highlighted.) or message.
ALT+S

Open the Address Book.
CTRL+SHIFT+B

When the insertion point is in the message header, check the names on the To, Cc, and Bcc lines against the Address Book.
ALT+K, CTRL+K

Open the Address Book in the To field.
ALT+. (period)

When the insertion point is in the message header, open the Address Book in the Cc field.
ALT+C

If the Bcc field is visible, open the Address Book in the Bcc field. To display the Bcc field, open the Address Book for any field, and insert or type a name in the Bcc box.
ALT+B

Go to the Subject field.
ALT+J

Open the Microsoft Outlook Message Options dialog box.
ALT+P

Create a message flag.
CTRL+SHIFT+G

When the insertion point is in the message header, move to the next box in the e-mail header. When the last box in the e-mail header is active, TAB moves the insertion point to the body of the document or message.
TAB

Select the previous field or button in the e-mail header.
SHIFT+TAB

When the insertion point is in the message header, select the Send button. You can then use the arrow keys to move to the other buttons. To perform the action for the selected button or command, press ENTER.
CTRL+TAB


Working with documents and Web pages
Create, view, and save documents

To do this Press
Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document.
CTRL+N

Open a document.
CTRL+O

Close a document.
CTRL+W

Split the document window.
ALT+CTRL+S

Remove the document window split.
ALT+SHIFT+C

Save a document.
CTRL+S


Find, replace, and browse through text

To do this Press
Find text, formatting, and special items.
CTRL+F

Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window).
ALT+CTRL+Y

Replace text, specific formatting, and special items.
CTRL+H

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location.
CTRL+G

Switch between documents or sections of a document, and between a document and an open e-mail message if you use Word as your e-mail editor.
ALT+CTRL+Z

Open a list of browse options; use the arrow keys to select an option, and then press ENTER to browse through a document by using the selected option.
ALT+CTRL+HOME


Undo and redo actions

To do this Press
Cancel an action.
ESC

Undo an action.
CTRL+Z

Redo or repeat an action.
CTRL+Y


Switch to another view

To do this Press
Switch to print layout view (Print Layout view: A view of a document or other object as it will appear when you print it. For example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.).
ALT+CTRL+P

Switch to outline view (outline view: A view that shows the headings of a document indented to represent their level in the document's structure. You can also use outline view to work with master documents.).
ALT+CTRL+O

Switch to normal view (normal view: A view that shows text formatting and a simplified page layout. Normal view is convenient for most editing and formatting tasks.).
ALT+CTRL+N

Switch to Reading View.
ALT+R

Expand or collapse subdocuments in a master document.
CTRL+\


Outline view

In outline view, press
To do this Press
Promote a paragraph.
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Demote a paragraph.
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Demote to body text.
CTRL+SHIFT+N

Move selected paragraphs up.
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW

Move selected paragraphs down.
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Expand text under a heading.
ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

Collapse text under a heading.
ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN

Expand or collapse all text or headings.
ALT+SHIFT+A

Hide or display character formatting.
The slash (/) key on the numeric keypad

Show the first line of body text or all body text.
ALT+SHIFT+L

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style.
ALT+SHIFT+1

Show all headings up to Heading n.
ALT+SHIFT+n

Insert a tab character.
CTRL+TAB


Printing and previewing documents

To do this Press
Print a document.
CTRL+P

Switch in or out of print preview (print preview: A view of a document as it will appear when you print it.).
ALT+CTRL+I

Move around the preview page when zoomed in.
Arrow keys

Move by one preview page when zoomed out.
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN

Move to the first preview page when zoomed out.
CTRL+HOME

Move to the last preview page when zoomed out.
CTRL+END


Reviewing documents

To do this Press
Insert a comment (comment: A note or annotation that an author or reviewer adds to a document. Microsoft Word displays the comment in a balloon in the margin of the document or in the Reviewing Pane.).
ALT+CTRL+M

Turn track changes (tracked change: A mark that shows where a deletion, insertion, or other editing change has been made in a document.) on or off.
CTRL+SHIFT+E

Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open.
ALT+SHIFT+C


Reading layout view

To do this Press
Go to beginning of document.
HOME

Go to end of document.
END

Go to page number.
Number, then ENTER

Increase the size of selected text by one point.
CTRL+]

Decrease the size of selected text by one point.
CTRL+[

Exit reading layout view.
ESC


References, footnotes, and endnotes

To do this Press
Mark a table of contents entry.
ALT+SHIFT+O

Mark a table of authorities entry (citation).
ALT+SHIFT+I

Mark an index entry.
ALT+SHIFT+X

Insert a footnote.
ALT+CTRL+F

Insert an endnote.
ALT+CTRL+D


Working with Web pages

To do this Press
Insert a hyperlink (hyperlink: Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, a Web page on the World Wide Web, or a Web page on an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.).
CTRL+K

Go back one page.
ALT+LEFT ARROW

Go forward one page.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Refresh.
F9


Note To use keys to go back or forward one page or to refresh a page, the Web toolbar must be showing. If the Web toolbar is not showing, press ALT, press V, press T, use the arrow keys to select Web, and then press ENTER.

Editing and moving text and graphics
Delete text and graphics

To do this Press
Delete one character to the left.
BACKSPACE

Delete one word to the left.
CTRL+BACKSPACE

Delete one character to the right.
DELETE

Delete one word to the right.
CTRL+DELETE

Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard.
CTRL+X

Undo the last action.
CTRL+Z

Cut to the Spike (Spike: A special AutoText entry that stores multiple deletions. Microsoft Word appends one item to another until you paste the contents as a group in a new location in your document. You can also use the Microsoft Office Clipboard to get the same result.).
CTRL+F3


Copy and move text and graphics

To do this Press
Copy text or graphics.
CTRL+C

Display the Office Clipboard.
CTRL+C, CTRL+C

Move text or graphics.
F2 (then move the insertion point and press ENTER)

Create AutoText (AutoText: A storage location for text or graphics you want to use again, such as a standard contract clause or a long distribution list. Each selection of text or graphics is recorded as an AutoText entry and is assigned a unique name.).
ALT+F3

Paste the Office Clipboard contents.
CTRL+V

Paste the Spike (Spike: A special AutoText entry that stores multiple deletions. Microsoft Word appends one item to another until you paste the contents as a group in a new location in your document. You can also use the Microsoft Office Clipboard to get the same result.) contents.
CTRL+SHIFT+F3

Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document.
ALT+SHIFT+R


Insert special characters

To do this Press
A field
CTRL+F9

An AutoText (AutoText: A storage location for text or graphics you want to use again, such as a standard contract clause or a long distribution list. Each selection of text or graphics is recorded as an AutoText entry and is assigned a unique name.) entry
ENTER (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)

A line break
SHIFT+ENTER

A page break
CTRL+ENTER

A section break
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

An em dash
ALT+CTRL+MINUS SIGN

An en dash
CTRL+MINUS SIGN

An optional hyphen
CTRL+HYPHEN

A nonbreaking hyphen
CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN

A nonbreaking space
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

The copyright symbol
ALT+CTRL+C

The registered trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+R

The trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+T

An ellipsis
ALT+CTRL+PERIOD

A single opening quotation mark
CTRL+`, `

A single closing quotation mark
CTRL+', '

Double opening quotation marks
CTRL+`, SHIFT+'

Double closing quotation marks
CTRL+', SHIFT+'


Insert characters by using character codes

To do this Press
The Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol (), type 20AC, and then hold down the ALT key and press X.
The character code, ALT+X

The ANSI (ANSI character set: An 8-bit character set used by Microsoft Windows that allows you to represent up to 256 characters (0 through 255) by using your keyboard. The ASCII character set is a subset of the ANSI set.) character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.
ALT+the character code (on the numeric keypad)


Select text and graphics

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point.

Select multiple areas that aren't next to each other

After making your first selection, hold down CTRL, and then select any other items you want.

Extend a selection

To do this Press
Turn extend mode on.
F8

Select the nearest character.
F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Increase the size of a selection.
F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so on)

Reduce the size of a selection.
SHIFT+F8

Turn extend mode off.
ESC

One character to the right
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

One character to the left
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the end of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

To the beginning of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the end of a line
SHIFT+END

To the beginning of a line
SHIFT+HOME

One line down
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

One line up
SHIFT+UP ARROW

To the end of a paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

To the beginning of a paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW

One screen down
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

One screen up
SHIFT+PAGE UP

To the beginning of a document
CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

To the end of a document
CTRL+SHIFT+END

To the end of a window
ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

To include the entire document
CTRL+A

A vertical block of text
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To a specific location in a document
F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode


Tip

If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select the text by using the same key combination while holding down SHIFT. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

Select text and graphics in a table

To do this Press
Select the next cell's contents.
TAB

Select the preceding cell's contents.
SHIFT+TAB

Extend a selection to adjacent cells.
Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly

Select a column.
Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly

Extend a selection (or block).
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

Remove the selection.
SHIFT+F8

Select an entire table.
ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off)


Move the insertion point

To do this Press
One character to the left
LEFT ARROW

One character to the right
RIGHT ARROW

One word to the left
CTRL+LEFT ARROW

One word to the right
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

One paragraph up
CTRL+UP ARROW

One paragraph down
CTRL+DOWN ARROW

One cell to the left (in a table)
SHIFT+TAB

One cell to the right (in a table)
TAB

Up one line
UP ARROW

Down one line
DOWN ARROW

To the end of a line
END

To the beginning of a line
HOME

To the top of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Up one screen (scrolling)
PAGE UP

Down one screen (scrolling)
PAGE DOWN

To the top of the next page
CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the top of the previous page
CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of a document
CTRL+END

To the beginning of a document
CTRL+HOME

To a previous revision
SHIFT+F5

After opening a document, to the location it was in when the document was last closed
SHIFT+F5


Move around in a table

To do this Press
Next cell in a row
TAB

Previous cell in a row
SHIFT+TAB

First cell in a row
ALT+HOME

Last cell in a row
ALT+END

First cell in a column
ALT+PAGE UP

Last cell in a column
ALT+PAGE DOWN

Previous row
UP ARROW

Next row
DOWN ARROW


Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table

To do this Press
New paragraphs in a cell
ENTER

Tab characters in a cell
CTRL+TAB


Character and paragraph formatting
Copy formatting

To do this Press
Copy formatting from text.
CTRL+SHIFT+C

Apply copied formatting to text.
CTRL+SHIFT+V


Change or resize the font

To do this Press
Change the font.
CTRL+SHIFT+F

Change the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+P

Increase the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+>

Decrease the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+<>

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Windows Vista Advantage and Disadvantage


Got to know, what are the advantages for windows vista?
After a long wait, new service pack has finally arrived, as a new year’s gift to Microsoft’s windows customers cum lovers. Windows Vista is perhaps the major update to the Windows family of operating systems, after a long gap of around five years. The operating system comes up with rich set of features. There are some distinct advantages and disadvantages of vista over XP. The operating system also has some advantages and some sort of disadvantages. Let us see all of them one by one, now.

Windows Vista Advantages:
1. Improved Graphical User Interface, the Aero:
There is an entire new GUI for Windows Vista. The appearance of window, desktop, start button, start menu, taskbar, everything got a new look. Now, the window in Windows Vista looks similar to that of in Mac OSX. Minimize, maximize and the close buttons wore an entire new strange look. The windows can be made to appear in translucent, 3D modes, if the new Aero is applied. The start button has been modified to give a new look. The word “start” has been removed. Only the new Windows logo gets appear in start button. Start menu also got a new look. The desktop wallpapers got a new look too. The desktop contains a side bar, which shows a clock, and some of the widgets. Widgets are small programs, which is equivalent to standard short cuts.

2. Surf the net, without much worry about security
Browsing the net, without any security measures invites a major danger. Windows Vista enable one provide high level of security measures. Windows Vista has come with a latest version of Internet Explorer which is version 7.0. This provides a higher degree of security to the system, as well as, the operating system environment. It also warns strictly against visiting some fake sites. It includes phishing filter to provide higher security while surfing the net. Protection against spamming is also provided. The other security measures include tools such as Windows defender, advanced firewall, Encryption/Decryption of data, support for NTFS partitions, auto backup. The Windows Defender is a program which blocks suspicious programs which tries to do some illegal activity in the computer system. Advanced firewall provides security to both incoming and outgoing data.

3. Manage your knotty kids, using parental controls:
One can control kids by using parental controls in Windows Vista. Parents can now deny access to certain programs especially, the games. Through separate child account, parents can now keep track of what all activities done by the child. It also enables parents to control the activities by blocking certain activities such as running a game program, blocking some sites that, the child might have visited etc. For this to work, parent must setup separate account for the child with different password.

4. Play multimedia contents using latest media player:
The latest version of Windows Media Player bundled with Windows Vista. The Windows Media Player 11 enhances video, audio quality when playing sound, music, videos. It has got new look and has got a series of rich features. These features include URGE services from MTV digital music services, Simplified Library, Library layouts. The newest URGE services provide access to the huge collection of online music, song collections. The simplified library improves customization options. Whenever, one plugs some of the latest media player compatible devices, the media player detects the device and installs the drivers associated with the device automatically.

5. Improved search, Windows Explorer:
In Windows Vista, you will get the search result as and when you type some letters of a particular word. The explorer shows a list of all files in the folder by default. When one types in, the few letters of words in the search box, the files will get filtered out according to the letters. Suppose, if one searches for filenames of “govt. services”, the search will filter out and displays only files with filenames with the name “gov”, if you type “gov” in the search text box. It will further filter the filenames, when you type full form. Also, the look of Windows Explorer got changed rapidly. More sorting options are also provided. Different kinds of listing is also got introduced.

6. Date and time, know the difference in time across the world:
In earlier Windows operating systems, it was indeed difficult to know the time difference across the two countries. It proved difficult for online chat users. In Windows Vista, one can add additional clocks, to show the time of some other country. For example, if you want to know the time of London, then you can add clock of London to the additional clocks tray. The tray comes up for display, when one moves mouse over the time shown in the task bar.

7. Manage your photos using photo gallery:
Windows Vista has got an inbuilt tool called as Photo Gallery to manage digital photos. Using it, one can modify the photos. It has got ability to show previews of movie files, a feature, which was not there with Windows XP. Using this tool, one can transfer or share the photos from computer to devices such as mobile phones, PDA’s, etc. The photo gallery also has the ability to work high precision, high quality images, which are produced by latest high quality cameras.

8. Total different world, new experience:
Windows Vista brings you the new world of new experience. It starts from amazingly changed desktop, which goes beyond imagination. All icons look better this time around. The 256x256 resolution icons made Vista world to feel like you have got a computer from heaven. Networking aspect has improved further in Windows Vista, with the introduction of further security enhancements. Performance wise, vista makes life better, when compared with its predecessors.

Vista Disadvantages:
1. Requirements high, too hot deal:
Windows Vista, the next generation operating system requires superb computer to install. It consumes a lot more resources than its predecessor windows XP. For vista Aero to work, you need to invest something more than what you would have expected to invest before. The graphics card requirement is quite high. The graphics card must be of DirectX 10 supported. The required minimum graphics memory on the graphics card is 128 MB. For better performance, graphics memory must be of 256 MB. The minimum hard disk space required is 20 GB for installation of Windows Vista. Processor speed is also expected to be high for Aero to work smoothly without causing any hiccups. The memory requirement for Windows Vista system is high. The system will work smoothly when one has got RAM of about 2 GB installed. Totally, I would like to say that, Windows vista eats up lot of resources, than its predecessor, the Windows XP.

2. Regarding price, sucking your hard earned money:
The price of Windows Vista Ultimate edition seems to be too high. Ordinary user cannot thus, have a look into all the features of Vista, which is only available in the Ultimate Edition. Microsoft seems to be not so interested in country wise markets. The prices are set according to the US market. However these prices are on higher side for developing asian countries. Microsoft should set the price of Vista as per the market. It is the time for Microsoft to think over this aspect, having introduced stricter validation process.

3. Replace the oldies, another way of extracting:
This is a usual problem, which always exists whenever new operating system gets released, and you have an old system or have some old components in the system. If one decides to install windows vista in the old system, then they should check the compatibility of system components, checking whether Vista supports them or not. Some manufacturers will still provide Vista support for the oldies by providing the latest drivers for the same. If manufacturers are not providing the latest drivers, you need to purchase a new device as a replacement for the existing device. Before, you purchase a new device you need to check out for Vista compatible or Vista ready logo, which is put up on the device.

4.Window appearance. Did you like the different look?
In Windows Vista, the window appearance underwent lot of unwanted changes. The windows in Windows Vista, the window appears similar to that of MAC OSX. The Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons, wore a different look. The three buttons got reduced in their sizes, making them unclear to aged people, people with eye sight problems. The minimize, maximize, and close buttons have reduced in sizes. The icon in the other end has disappeared, which makes the window slightly dull in appearance.

In overall, the new operating system, Windows Vista is said to be an ideal replacement to its predecessor, the Windows XP.

Which is easier to used XP or Vista?

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Tips How to find out if someone is lying to you



The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police, and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions.

Warning: Sometimes Ignorance is bliss; after gaining this knowledge, you may be hurt when it is obvious that someone is lying to you.

Signs of Deception:
Body Language of Lies:
• Physical expression will be limited and stiff, with few arm and hand movements. Hand, arm and leg movement are toward their own body the liar takes up less space.

• A person who is lying to you will avoid making eye contact.

• Hands touching their face, throat & mouth. Touching or scratching the nose or behind their ear. Not likely to touch his chest/heart with an open hand.

Emotional Gestures & Contradiction
• Timing and duration of emotional gestures and emotions are off a normal pace. The display of emotion is delayed, stays longer it would naturally, then stops suddenly.

• Timing is off between emotions gestures/expressions and words. Example: Someone says "I love it!" when receiving a gift, and then smile after making that statement, rather then at the same time the statement is made.

• Gestures/expressions don’t match the verbal statement, such as frowning when saying “I love you.”

• Expressions are limited to mouth movements when someone is faking emotions (like happy, surprised, sad, awe, )instead of the whole face. For example; when someone smiles naturally their whole face is involved: jaw/cheek movement, eyes and forehead push down, etc.




Interactions and Reactions
• A guilty person gets defensive. An innocent person will often go on the offensive.

• A liar is uncomfortable facing his questioner/accuser and may turn his head or body away.

• A liar might unconsciously place objects (book, coffee cup, etc.) between themselves and you.

Verbal Context and Content
• A liar will use your words to make answer a question. When asked, “Did you eat the last cookie?” The liar answers, “No, I did not eat the last cookie.”

•A statement with a contraction is more likely to be truthful: “ I didn't do it” instead of “I did not do it”



• Liars sometimes avoid "lying" by not making direct statements. They imply answers instead of denying something directly.

• The guilty person may speak more than natural, adding unnecessary details to convince you... they are not comfortable with silence or pauses in the conversation.

• A liar may leave out pronouns and speak in a monotonous tone. When a truthful statement is made the pronoun is emphasized as much or more than the rest of the words in a statement.

• Words may be garbled and spoken softly, and syntax and grammar may be off. In other
words, his sentences will likely be muddled rather than emphasized
Other signs of a lie:
• If you believe someone is lying, then change subject of a conversation quickly, a liar follows along willingly and becomes more relaxed. The guilty wants the subject changed; an innocent person may be confused by the sudden change in topics and will want to back to the previous subject.

• Using humor or sarcasm to avoid a subject.

Final Notes:
Obviously, just because someone exhibits one or more of these signs does not make them a liar. The above behaviors should be compared to a persons base (normal) behavior whenever possible.


Eye Movement and Lying
How to tell if someone is lying based
on the movements of their eyes.

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Tips on How to Use a Windows Movie Maker


Choose your topic and decide what pictures, movie clips, or other media you are going to use. A tip is to put all of the stuff you will use into one folder on the desk top of your computer.

Choose a song because the program let you put your pictures to music. I had to download this song onto my computer into a file so it was easy for me to find.

Opened Windows Movie Maker (start, all programs, WMM) to begin the project.

Copy all photos by clicking on "Import pictures" under the "#1 Capture Video" movie tasks bar. (Import pictures, browse for file, open file, choose all pictures, and use the enter key).

Copy the music over by clicking on "Import audio or music" under "Capture Video". (Import audio or music, browse for file, open file, choose song, and use the enter key).

Then, under "#2 Edit Movie", I chose to "Make an Auto movie." When you click on this, you can choose from a five different kinds of movies. I chose "Music Video" because the program quick edits for fast beats, and longer edits for slow beats to the music. Auto Movie takes the pictures and the music and puts it together for you. You don't have to use Auto Movie, but it takes a lot of time if you do it yourself.

Then, under "#2 Edit Movie", click on "Make titles or credits". That is where you can add a title at the beginning of the movie and to put it at the end or add credits, too. Click on the link and then type what you want it to say. You can change the font style, color, size, and change how the words showed up.

Then, under "#2 Edit Movie", click on "View video transitions". That is where you can pick how to change between pictures. On the show timeline, there are boxes between each picture and you can drag and drop each transition.

When you finally got everything done, play the movie to see what it looks like. If it is what you like, save it. You have choices as to where to save it and into what kind of file. I saved it to a CD so that I could submit it to an outside source to view it, so under "Finish Movie", I picked "save to CD" and placed a CD into the drive so that the computer could save the file onto it. I also made one to save to the computer for later. You can best decide what works for your project.Windows movie maker is nice free software, but I have seen things done with iMovie and they are very nice as well...some may say better than the PC software versions. It is up to you, but if you have this software, it is a nice way to develop a neat project.

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Tips on Creating Video Photo Montage Using Windows Movie Maker


A video photo montage can make sharing your pictures a fun event for any occasion. Today more and more photo montages are being seen at wedding receptions and birthday parties. Video services can charge a good sum of money to create a photo montage, so why not try it yourself for free!

Windows Movie Maker comes free with Windows XP and provides an easy interface for setting you pictures to music to create a video photo montage. All that is needed are the pictures and music you want to used and stored in youre computer.

Open Movie Maker through the Start menu: Start->Programs->Accessories->Windows Movie Maker. In the Movie Maker window take note of the Collections, Preview and Timeline panes. The Collections pane will be where your imported pictures and music will be displayed for use in the video. The Preview pane will show a preview for how the finished video will look. And the Timeline pane at the bottom is where you will add your pictures and music to create your photo montage.

First, you will need to import your pictures and music. To do this, go to the File menu and click on “Import into Collections.” In the import box, navigate to where your pictures and music files are stored on your computer and double click on those that you wish to import. The imported files will be displayed and ready for use in the Collections pane. Once you have all the pictures and music you want in your photo montage it is time to add them to the timeline.

To add picture to your timeline, simply drag the pictures (holding the left mouse button down) to the “Video” line of the timeline. By default each picture should take up five second of the timeline. You can change the duration by selecting the picture on the timeline and increasing or decreasing its length. The mouse cursor will change to a double red arrow while changing the duration
Once you have your pictures inserted on the timeline you can add some music. Simply drag the music file displayed in the Collections pane to the “audio/music” line of the timeline. Make sure that the insert point (represented by the vertical blue line) coincides with the beginning of the first picture so that the music will begin to play at the beginning of the video photo montage. Depending on the number of pictures, you may need to add more music clips or shorten the duration of you music clip. Should you need to shorten the clip you can select the clip and with your cursor at the end of the clip it should change to the double red arrow. While the cursor is the double red arrow hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to the left. Use the vertical blue bar to help align the end of the music clip with the end of the last picture in the video line.

Now that your pictures and music are in sync it is time to preview your video photo montage. Click on the “rewind timeline” button just above the timeline. This will start the preview at the beginning. Next, click on the “play” button next to the “rewind timeline” button. In the preview pane you can watch the photo montage play.

To save your video photo montage as a project file so you can edit it later go to the File menu and click “Save Project”. To save the finished photo montage click on “Save Movie File” in the File menu and follow the steps in the wizard to save it as an avi file. You can choose to watch the video in Windows Media Player after it is saved.

If you would like to make your photo montage more interesting you might want to play around with the video transition effects in Windows Movie Maker. To access the transitions go to the Tools menu and click on “Video Transitions”. To add any of the transitions to your photo montage you need only drag the desired transition to the “transition” line of the timeline and insert it between the desired pictures. One thing that is important to note while doing this is that it will decrease the time of the video and you will need to adjust your music clip accordingly

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Tips in Creating Ringtones Using Windows Movie Maker


Aren't you tired of buying ring tones for about, lets say $2.00 for 30 seconds? Well, I am going to tell you how to create them using windows movie maker, yes windows movie make.

To create a ring tones by yourself is a simple task. All you will need are the current programs and items

ü Windows movie maker( Should come with XP)

ü A Phone

ü Transfer device (USB Cable, Memory card, Memory stick, etc.)

ü Jodix Free WMA to MP3 Converter (Will give link)

So that is all you need, just those four things. So let's get started.

• Ok first you going to want to download the Jodix converter. Just simply go to www.Jodix.com, and scroll down until you see WMA to MP3 converter, once spotted download.
• Once that is done you have all you need. Find the current song that you will like to turn into an mp3 ring tone to put on your cell phone. Once found add to your desktop for easy access.

• When you have done that open windows movie maker, and look on the left hand side where it says, Movie task, and capture video under it, then click on Import Audio or music. Then import the song that is located on your desktop.

• After you have imported the song keep playing it, and clipping it until you get the ring tone you want. The Clip symbol is to the right of the forward symbol on the preview monitor (WARNING: Most phones request a certain size for an audio to be set to a ring tone, so the ring tone should be 40 seconds or less.)

• The ring tone has now basically been completed, all you have to do is drag the audio that you clipped and is now a ring tone to the timeline. Repeat Drag to the timeline. Once there you can judge if you want it to fade out or fade in.

• That has been finished, so now you go back to movie task and scroll down to finish movie, then click save to computer. When it asks where to save, save to desktop.

• Now the last step is to take the ring tone, which should be a. WMA file on your desktop and open Jodix and convert it into a MP3. Tell jodix to save the new, fresh ring tone to the desk top, and it should have song name .MP3. Now all you have to do is get it to your phone. This can be done by email too..

This is how to create youre ringtone..
if you think this is usefull leave a comments guys.. thanks

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Tricks and Tips to Keep Your Computer Running Fast and Smooth


It is really easy to keep your computer running like new if you just do a little regular maintenance. If you have already let it go, don’t worry, you can bring back the performance the computer had when it was new and then keep it that way. There are only a few simple problems that slow down most computers. Read on and you will learn how to correct those problems and then make sure they never bother you again.

Things you need:
1. Your Own Computer
2. Windox XP = OS

Keep Your Desktop and Hard Disk Tidy

Is your computer desktop your virtual dumping group? Storing files and/or lots of shortcuts on your computer’s desktop will demand more memory from the computer. It is ok to keep some commonly used items here (or better yet shortcuts) but don’t make a habit of sprawling out all of your work on the Desktop. If you deal with a lot of documents or files on a regular basis, create a temporary work folder instead of littering the desktop.

If you are big on downloading software, videos or music, be sure to clean up after yourself. Don’t leave setup programs or media files on your hard disk that you are never going to use again; this just wastes your computer’s valuable disk space. Likewise, do not let your recycle bin or various temporary file folders fill up and fill your hard disk. If your disk space gets too low for any of these reasons, performance problems are sure to follow.

To easily empty your recycle bin and various temporary file folders, such as your temporary Internet folder, use Window’s build in “Disk Cleanup” utility. Access the “Disk Cleanup” utility by clicking:

Start - > All Programs - > Accessories - > System Tools - > Disk Cleanup

The tool is very easy to use; simply check the boxes next to the categories of files you would like to remove from your computer. There is one option to avoid however: “Compress Old Files”. This is meant to save disk space if a drive is running very low, but for this option, saved space is traded for performance.

De-fragment Your Hard Disk Regularly

The way your computer stores files to the hard disk is a lot less pretty than what you see in your Windows Explorer file browser. The Windows operating system translates the digital mess of what is actually recorded on your hard disk so you can understand it. It also translates your clicks, drags and keystrokes into instructions the hard disk understands. The hard disk is read and written to in a sequence and through references rather than through the directory tree structure you may be familiar with. There are also many hidden files and some abstract data recorded to your hard disk that Windows constantly accesses.

Over time, with perpetual reads and writes to the hard disk, the way that the data is organized there becomes less and less efficient. For example, a digital photo you have saved may be split up into a dozen or more segments and an instruction set for associating and locating those pieces. YES! WHAT A MESS! Also, files that your computer needs to access very frequently may be stored on a part of the hard disk that is the slowest to read, while your report on Dinosaurs from the 3rd grade (or some other equally obscure file you'll never look at again) is stored on the fastest part of the disk. When your hard disk gets in this gross state of disorder it is said to be fragmented, and your computer begins to crawl.

Fortunately, Windows has a built in tool, "Disk Defragmenter", which can correct the data fragmentation on your hard disk fairly quickly. The tool can be accessed by clicking:

Start - > Programs - > Accessories - > System Tools - > Disk Defragmenter

The program is very easy to use. Once you have started "Disk Defragmenter", all you have to do is click the "Defragment" button and let it do its magic. The time the process takes to complete depends on how bad the fragmentation of your hard disk is. If you have not "defragged" your hard disk before, you will probably see an improvement in your computers performance as soon as the process is complete.

Note: Complete Step 1 before defragmenting your hard disk since there is no sense in rearranging data you are going to delete anyway. Failing to do so will also unnecessarily slow down the defragmentation process.

Note: You can defragment your hard disk as often as you like. The more often you do so, the less time it will take.

Keep Your Computer Free from Viruses (and other unwanted software)

If you are connected to the Internet, it is just too easy to come into contact with malicious computer viruses. Some viruses will slow down your computer and maybe corrupting your favorite files, while others will complete destroy your computer’s software and render the machine useless. Therefore, it is essential that your computer be equipped with modern anti-virus software. There are many anti-virus packages to choose from, so consult with friends and hit the web to see which packages people have had the most success with.

Whether you pick a brand name or opt for a freebee, make sure you keep the anti-virus software’s “definitions” up to date. Virus definitions let the anti-virus software distinguish known viruses from other software. New virus threats are constantly emerging, so it is essential for your anti-virus software to have a feature that regularly updates these definitions.

Computer viruses are not the only annoyances that can plague your computer experience. Two other groups of unwanted software, adware and spyware, can slow down your system. These types of software are not technically viruses because their purpose is not purely malicious. Adware is designed to advertise products and services to you through your computer, while spyware is designed to capture information from your system and transmit it to someone else. Obviously, you do not want any of this software running on your computer, irregardless of the fact that it will contribute to a computer’s sluggish performance.

Some anti-virus software packages are bundled with anti-adware and spyware software, and there are other packages solely devoted to detecting and removing this type of software. Again, do some research because there are many choices. As with the anti-virus software, these detection and removal tools need to be kept up to date to be effective.
Make All of the Above Easy

Even if you are fairly technically savvy, but especially if you're not, you probably wondering, “how often do I have to do ALL of that?”, and “will it be worth it?” Well, you can make sure all of these things get done everyday, or even more often, with just a little up-front work. “Set it and forget it” sort-to-speak.

Everything mentioned in steps 1 through 3 can be automated using Window’s built in feature to schedule tasks, and a simple batch file. Batch files contain a set of instructions for your computer to follow, which can be called upon at a specific and recurring time by Window’s “Scheduled Tasks” manager.

How to Create a Batch Files:

To create a batch file:
Click Start - > Run
Enter “notepad”
Click “Ok”.

The notepad editor will appear.

Type out the commands you want completed, in order and each on a separate line.
(Specific commands will be mentioned below)

Next, save the file by clicking:

File - > Save

Save the file to a location and with a name you will remember. As an example, you could save the file under “C:\” and call it “maintenance.bat”.
Be sure to change the “save as type” from the default of “Text Documents” to “All Files”, and to include the “.bat” as part of the filename.

Note: To later make changes or corrections to the batch file, locate it, right click it and select “edit” at any later date.
Step
5Automatic Disk Cleanup:

So that “Disk Cleanup” can be included in your automated maintenance, you must first set the options you would like the “Disk Cleanup” utility to use when “Scheduled Tasks” executes it. To set these options:

Click Start - > Run
Type “cleanmgr /sageset:1”
Click the “ok” button

The “Disk Cleanup Settings” windows will appear.
Check off the items you want automatically cleaned up, as described in step 1 above.

Click the “ok” button

The settings are now saved.

To include “Disk Cleanup” in your automated process, save the command “cleanmgr /sagerun:1” in your batch file.

Automatic Defrag:

Including a hard disk defrag in your automated process simply requires another entry in your batch file. Include a line that reads, “defrag c:” in the batch and you are done. Remember to include this line after the “Disk Cleanup” command, as this will speed up your whole maintenance process.

Stay Virus Free:

The specifics on how to include regular definition updates and scans for viruses, adwares and spywares is entirely dependant on the programs you have chosen for these tasks, but most can usually be initiated from a batch file. Consult with your vendors’ websites or support staff. If any of these products cannot be initiated from your batch file, they probably have a built in means of scheduling the same important tasks.

Schedule It!:

Once your batch file is complete, you can easily test it. Simply double click the batch file and it should complete all of the tasks you included. Note that it may take some time for the process to complete. If you have trouble, it may help to add the command “pause” at the end of the batch file so you can see where you went wrong.

If there is no convenient and regular time for you to schedule your batch file, you can continue to manually execute just as you did to test it. Another option is to include the command, “shutdown –s -f” at the very end of the batch file, which will turn off your computer after all of the commands are complete. Each time you are done using your computer for the day, close all of your programs and double click your batch file; your computer will take care of its maintenance and then power-down.

If there is a convenient time for your maintenance to be performed, perhaps in the middle of the night if your computer is left on, you can use Window’s “Scheduled Tasks” feature to make your batch file execute automatically at that time. When scheduling, remember to allow enough time for all of the tasks to complete before you will need to use the computer again.

To schedule a task in Windows click:

Start - > All Programs - > Accessories - > System Tools - > Scheduled Tasks
Double-Click “Add Scheduled Task”
Click “Next”
Click “Browse”
Locate and select your batch file
Click “Open”
Select how often you would like your batch file executed
Click “Next”
Select the time you would like the batch file executed
Click “Next”
Enter the username and password for your computer if you have one
Click “Next”
Click “Finished”

The tasks you have defined will now run on a regular basis as you have specified. If you have included all of the tasks suggested above, you computer should run relatively trouble free for years to come.

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Tips to remove a Trojan Virus from youre Laptop


Trojan viruses are one of the most harmful computer viruses that you can contract. There are a number of different ways to remove a virus; however, you do not want to give it any time to damage your computer -- you need to remove it as fast as possible.

Step1.
Restart your computer in "Safe Mode." To do this, press "F8" from the beginning screen when your computer first starts to load.
Step2
Press the "Start" button from your computer's desktop.
Step3
Slide your mouse ove the "All Programs" tab, then the "Accessories" tab, and finally the "System Tools" tab.
Step4
Select "System Restore" from the list of options in the System Tools menu.
Step5
Make sure the "Restore my computer to a previous date" bubble is highlighted, and press "Next."
Step6
Select a date prior to contracting the trojan virus that you would like to restore your computer to, and press the "Next" button.
Step7
Restart your computer, and the virus will be gone as if it were never on your computer.


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Tips for Cleaning Virus-Infected Computer


Computer viruses are insidious, sneaky and--like their biological counterparts--constantly mutating. If you think your computer has been infected, the only safe course of action is to use a good anti-virus program.
Step1
As soon as you suspect that your computer has a virus, remove your computer from any networks it might be on, as well as from the Internet, so that you don't inadvertently spread the bug to others. Unplug your network cable if you have to.
Step2
If you have virus-scanning (anti-virus) software installed, run it.
Step3
If you don't have anti-virus software, you'll need to obtain some. If you can't get it from a network administrator or download it from an uninfected computer, you can mail-order it from a retailer.
Step4
Start your computer (still not connected to a network) and follow the instructions that came with the anti-virus software.
Step5
Keep running the virus-scanning software until your computer comes up clean.
Step6
Reconnect your computer to the Internet and check with the anti-virus software's publisher to make sure you have the latest updates. If not, download them now.
Step7
After updating the anti-virus software, run it again until your computer comes up clean.

Warning:
There's no substitute for prevention. Good anti-virus software more than pays for itself as long as you keep it up-to-date.
Common sense also goes a long way toward keeping your computer clean. Never open an attachment from someone you don't know, and be suspicious of odd attachments from people you do know (a virus may have mailed itself to you from their computer).

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Tips in Making Easy Animation gif


In this tutorial shows how to create simple gif animations using Inkscape and Gimp, two very nice and free open source programs. Nothing big, but my first instructable, so don't be harsh;) Image below is the result of this tutorial, but you can make much more difficult animations when you master these programs. Example two is another animation i made in just a few minutes. It's very easy to do;)

step 1Beggining
1. Download both Inkscape and GIMP. 2. Open Inkscape, if you are not familliar with it, go through the tutorials, this will help you. 3. Draw the first frame of your anim…

step 2Changing the rotation center of the pendulum
Zoom in. Select the pendulum clicking it twice. Rotation arrows should appear on the edges of the border and a cross in the middle. That cross is the rotation center. You h…

step 3Saving first frame
Now zoom out and select the white rectangle in the back. Press File\Export Bitmap. A window will appear. Make sure that "Selection button is pressed, set the location and s…

step 4Create second and third frames
Saved? Ok, let's continue. Select the pendulum doubleclicking and rotate it rightwhile pressing ctrl. It will rotate at a fixed angle and now the second frame is done. Sele…

step 5Creating the gif
Open the GIMP. Drag the first frame onto the program's main window. It will open, as shown in the first image. Now check if the layers dialog is open. If it isn't, open it …

step 6Saving the gif
Press File\Save as..., select the file format as *.gif and press save. A window(1) should appear. Select "Save as Animation" and "Convert to indexed..." and press Export. A…

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