Justified type sets up both flush left and flush right. Image Credit: Image courtesy Adobe Systems Justified type presents a mass of text with unified, crisp edges formed by characters that fill the width of each line. Adobe Photoshop treats text alignment as a paragraph attribute and separates justification from other alignment options, including flush […]
How to Get Into BIOS on an Acer Laptop
Image Credit: g-stockstudio/iStock/GettyImages A computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is used to initialize the computer’s hardware and move the system through its power-on and initial start-up processes before handing things off to your computer’s operating system (OS). You can enter the BIOS setup menu during start-up to manage your computer’s boot sequence, confirm whether the […]
How to Convert NRG to ISO in Nero
Nero is a multimedia disk mastering suite. Nero can be used to create and edit disk image files, in addition to burning data onto optical media. Disk image files are large archive files that represent the exact structure of an optical disk. Nero uses a default proprietary format for storing disk images which ends in […]
How to Join Facebook for the First Time
Image Credit: Christine Mariner / Design Pics/Valueline/Getty Images Facebook is a social network that helps you connect with family, friends, work colleagues and other acquaintances. You can share status updates, photos, videos and content you find on the Web with those you’ve befriended on the Facebook service. If you’ve never signed up with Facebook before […]
List of Televisions That Are Made in America
Buying televisions made in America can support the local American economy. Some major TV manufacturers make or assemble a few of their TV sets in the United States. A few smaller manufacturers have their entire company operations based in the U.S., where they design and assemble new TV sets. Olevia As of the date of […]
What Is a Persistence Module?
A businesswoman laying on a hotel room bed, working on her laptop computer Image Credit: XiXinXing/XiXinXing/Getty Images The term “persistence module,” when associated with your computer, can refer to different things, depending on the software and hardware options installed on your system. The different persistence modules are unrelated to each other and may coexist independently […]
How to Find the Password for an Encrypted RAR File
There are a handful of tricks you can use to get the password for an encrypted file. It’s possible to force the user to supply a password to encrypt RAR archives so a file can be extracted. If you have an encrypted archive for which you don’t know the password, or if you’ve simply forgotten […]
How to Make Eyeroll Emoticons
Emoticons are nonverbal symbols used to express your feelings in an email, text message or instant message. With the advent of email and messaging as ways of communicating, emoticons increasingly are used to indicate how a person is feeling due to the inability to adequately convey emotions through plain text. One feeling that is not […]
How to Set Up a Wireless IP Camera
Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images Almost everything that would normally connect to the computer, such as keyboards and mice, have become wireless for a good reason: fewer cables and more mobility. If you want cameras that integrate into your local network and do not involve a mess of cables, wireless IP cameras are the best solution. […]
How to Stop Ping in the Terminal
How to Stop Ping in the Terminal Image Credit: Zoran Zeremski/iStock/Getty Images Ping is a Terminal command that tests your connection to a host machine. Ping reports back the distance between your computer and a destination host in millisecond response times. When you use the Mac or Linux Terminal to ping a host computer, it […]