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Image Credit: OcusFocus/iStock/Getty Images Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader lets you download and view a variety of fiction and non-fiction books all on one device. To protect against copyright infringement, the Kindle uses a specific file format only available in the Amazon Kindle Store. When you download a file in the Kindle format, it can be […]

Image Credit: Jason Cipriani/Techwalla Adobe’s Flash Player was once a staple of interactive content on websites. Most videos and animations were designed in Flash, and required users to install Flash Player in order to get the most out of the web. These days, though, that’s largely a thing of the past. But despite the rise […]

If you have music or other audio files that you either downloaded or created on your computer yourself, you may wish to burn a DVD audio disc so that you can play the files on your DVD player. Note that this is not the same as burning them to a CD, which you will need […]

Check the webcam to see if it is working properly. The iSight camera built into your MacBook’s display allows you to take digital photos, video chat and record video right onto your hard drive. If your camera is not working properly, check the status of the camera to see if the problem is related to […]

Compress files for faster and easier sharing of data. Adobe Illustrator files compress most successfully as PDF files. As with all compression, the quality of the file will decrease slightly. Before starting, check to find the largest file size that can be used for the application of the final document. Step 1 Create a new […]

Web pages can be saved for processing in Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a powerful and widely-used word processing application. Many people use it simply for typing letters or other text-based documents on their computers, but Word is also capable of generating HTML for making websites and opening saved Web pages. Once opened in Word […]

Image Credit: Zinkevych/iStock/Getty Images You can use Ableton Live for autotuning your vocal tracks with free virtual studio technologies (VSTs). Autotuning works by correcting the pitch of a vocal track, so that imperfections in vocal performances go unnoticed by the listener when the track is completed. By downloading pitch correction VSTs and inserting them into […]

Mixing songs in any audio editing software is a matter of taking your ingredients — the individual tracks of music — and blending them in perfect proportions to end up with a tasty final project. It’s not quite as easy as pie, however, since there’s no master recipe to follow, and Audacity’s open platform isn’t […]

You can fix a blurry computer screen. Image Credit: Dean Mitchell/iStock/GettyImages No, it’s not your eyesight. If you’re staring at your computer screen and things are blurry, but nothing else around you is blurry, chances are you have a monitor problem. If your monitor display is not clear, you can try a few fixes, starting […]

It is easy to add an appendix in your word document. Image Credit: Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision/GettyImages If you’ve ever written a paper for school, you’re likely all too familiar with appendices. An appendix is a section of a document that provides supporting information, including references that you used to write the content that the reader just […]