Use MS Visio for your easy drafting needs. Microsoft Visio comes with hundreds of shapes and stencils already installed, so regardless of what kind of project you’re working on, there’s probably something that will work for you. In addition to these, there are stencils available online that you can download to your computer for specific […]
Month: February 2025
How to Use Gimp to Make a Mirror Image
A mirror image is useful when creating a symmetrical graphic design project. When creating a digital art project, the ability to control the elements that make up the piece is essential for the overall layout. You may find that an image needs to be mirrored to fit into a project, or a duplicate image needs […]
How to Make Thumbs and Other Symbols in a Facebook Comment
If you’re looking to spice things up in Facebook, try adding an interesting symbol to your comments, posts or messages. There are a variety of ways to add these symbols, usually called emojis or emoticons, and there are well over a thousand to choose from. Using Unicode Emojis Unicode emojis are simple icons that appear […]
How to Update All Figure Numbers in Word
Image Credit: Katie_Martynova/iStock/Getty Images Microsoft Word quickly adds an editable figure number through its Insert Caption function to make referencing images and graphs intuitive. You can change this number by highlighting the figure and choosing to insert another caption. However, doing so could make your figure discontinuous. Likewise, deleting or moving captions confuses the order […]
How to Convert a PDF to a PSD in Photoshop
Convert a PDF file into a Photoshop PSD file with a few clicks. Photoshop is an application made by Adobe for creating, manipulating and editing image files. When you work on a document in Photoshop, it is saved as a PSD file, which lets you edit various components of the image before exporting it to […]
How to Convert a MP4 File to PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a visual medium, best used with images and little text. Moving pictures may have been invented over a century ago, but video is now becoming a primary form of communication. The ability to include video clips in your PowerPoint presentation dramatically increases your palette of communication tools. One common type of video file […]
How to Add a COM3 Port on a Computer
Image Credit: Ablestock.com/AbleStock.com/Getty Images A COM3 (or Communications 3) port is a communications channel on the computer that is used to transmit data from hardware devices connected to the PC to the processor. While most computers will only utilize the COM1 and COM2 ports, adding the COM3 port to your computer can be necessary where […]
How to Format a Compact Flash Card
Compact flash cards have a severe tendency of becoming corrupted. So, it is very important to be able to format them on occasion. This will ultimately erase all the data on them, but will make them usable once again. Things You’ll Need Windows 2000+ Compact flash card reader Compact flash card Step 1 Insert the […]
How to Use Javascript With Excel
Create Excel spreadsheets with Javascript. The Javascript language provides developers with the tools to set dynamic content after a web page has loaded into the user’s web browser. You can use Excel with Javascript and generate a spreadsheet for your web readers. This opens an Excel spreadsheet with the content you specify, and the user […]
How to Uninstall the Weather Channel App
Delete the Weather Channel app from your device from the Control Panel’s Add/Remove Programs feature under Windows 7 or from your Start Screen under Windows 8. In addition, you can also remove the app from a mobile device by using your phone or tablet’s built-in uninstall feature. Windows 7 Quit the program and open the […]