What Kind of Battery Does a Pentax K1000 Use?

Drew Barrymore points a battery-powered Pentax K1000 at photographers in 2000. Pentax introduced its K1000 single-lens reflex film camera in 1976, and sold more than 3 million units before ending the model’s production in 1997. Because of its basic controls, ease of use and low price, the K1000 was a popular entry-level camera for photography […]

How to Enable 5.1 Surround on Windows Media Player 11

5.1 surround sound speakers are compatible with Windows Media Player 11 Windows Media Player version 11 is compatible with 5.1 surround sound speaker systems. Windows Media Player will play through the speaker system that is set up on the computer once it is enabled in the Windows audio properties menu. These instructions cover how to […]

How to Calculate Z-Score in Minitab

Z-scores can be used to compare your results on two different tests. Not all scores can be directly compared. Getting a score of 10 on your math test and 50 on your English test does not necessarily mean, for example, that you did better in English than in math. These numbers cannot be directly compared […]

How to Purge Print Jobs From a Zebra Zm400

Use the ZM400 printer from Zebra to print bar codes and labels. The Zebra ZM400 is part of a line of specialty printers designed to help you easily print various types of labels. Using the ZM400, you can scan bar codes with a networked RFID scanner (or other input device) and send the labels to […]

How to Apply an Initial Drop Cap in InDesign

How to Apply an Initial Drop Cap in InDesign Image Credit: Caiaimage/Robert Daly/Caiaimage/GettyImages The drop cap InDesign feature adds a stylized element to the initial sentence of a paragraph or an article introduction. The drop cap (dropped capital) is a large initial letter that leads into the text. The style is common in print but […]

How to Download Through a Proxy

Downloading through a proxy server is often done to protect the anonymity of a person’s IP address and online web presence. Web browsers have built-in settings to enable the use of proxies for anonymous web browsing and downloading files from the Internet. Proxies are easily obtained from Internet sources. Input more than one proxy into […]

How to Find Out the Color Number Code in Illustrator

Color models are used to describe the colors used in digital graphics by using numeral values. Color models are based on color mixtures. For example, RGB is the color scheme for digital graphics; CMYK is used for four-color process printing; and HSB represents the human perception of color. Color models like these describe the colors […]

How to Convert a Zip File to an ISO

Contents on data disks are determined by ISO image files. Zip files are a compressed file format designed for easily packaging and distributing large multiple files in an efficient manner. In order to achieve this, an ISO image file has to be created–which dictates the data writing process for burned CD’s and DVD’s. Converting a […]

How to Convert an M3U File to MP4

M3U is a file format that stores playlist data at a unique URL. Subsequently, you cannot play M3U files on many music or video players. You can, however, convert M3U files into MP4 files, which are much more compatible with many types of music and video players. To do this, you will need to have […]

How to Move a Mouse Out of Virtual PC

The mouse pointer can sometimes get stuck in a virtual machine window. When you use a computer virtualization such as Microsoft Virtual PC or VMware Player, the machine runs in a window over your primary Windows desktop. You can interact with a virtual machine using your mouse and keyboard, just as you would on your […]