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Tech Tips [ Relieve The Pain At The Pump With This App + Accessing Your Favorite Programs Made Easy! + Change The Way You Read In Your Browser ] 08/14/2012

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Quick Tip

Internet Explorer Right to Left Reading Order

File this one under the "Someone out there will use it" category, but while messing around in Internet Explorer 9 the other day I right-clicked and found out that you can actually change the reading order of the address bar.

Odd, but true. Just right-click your address bar and select Right to left reading order.

Poof! Backwards address bar! If you hate it, just follow these instructions again and un-check.

~Andrew

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Announcements

WAIT! You Don't Need a Second Mortgage...

...To Afford the Best Photo Editing Software

Make Your Own Professional-Quality Photos

Perfect for Starters or Even Experienced Photo Editors

PhotoPlus

Serif PhotoPlus X4 - Unbelievable Utility

It's A Dark Room on Your Computer

With PanoramaPlus X4 As A FREE BONUS!

A picture is worth one thousand words. You've heard it before. You also probably know that SOME photo editing software thinks its worth one thousand dollars, too.

What if you could take the power and utility of the best photo editors out there, and combine it with an insanely low price? Guess what! You can.

Why pay hundreds and hundreds for a similar program?

Professional Quality - PhotoPlus X4 is everything you have ever wanted all in one. When it comes to photos, it can do everything short of snapping the pictures itself.Flawless Photos

No more blur, no more red eyes, no more little blemishes or marks. If you want it removed, just click and it's gone.

Flawless photos, every time.

With advanced and automated tools, you will be fully able to quickly and easily solve practically any photo problems.

All it takes is minutes and you can turn good photos into amazing works of art.

Robust Features - It's impossible to list everything this program does. Seriously, it's packed with ANYTHING you'd need.

A Small Sample of the Features:

PhotoFix - From healing to red eye removal to lighting changes, PhotoFix will give you TONS of options that take just one click.

Endless History - Working on a masterpiece for hours? Go back to the second edit you made with just one button. Finally, full freedom to tweak and play with your images.

Raw Studio - Take your photos straight off that digital camera and begin editing them immediately in their native format.

HDR Photo Merging - The ability to combine a spread of images with different exposures at your fingertips. The stunning look of HDR is now within your grasp!

Pens, Paints, and Effects - Want to add that extra something to your photo? With an almost countless supply of effects and paint options, if you can dream it, you can make it reality.

Tutorials and Help are only a click away. Never feel overwhelmed again. There's a lot you can do, and with the built-in help and extensive guides and tutorials, your questions WILL have answers.

The only thing its missing is making panoramas. But wait...

FREE BONUS: PanoramaPlus X4! SERIOUSLY!

With PanoramaPlus X4, you can easily create breathtaking panoramic images with the same ease as you've come to expect from Serif products. And it is 100% free with a purchase of PhotoPlus X4.

Panorama

You're getting TWO programs for the price of ONE... and it's still a fraction of the competitor's pricing. At only $12.97 with FREE US SHIPPING, it's a price you'd want to put in a frame.

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PS - Limited quantities and this amazing price combined make this an offer not to wait on! If there's any left, this package deal is rising to $24.97 on Wednesday!




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Computers 101

Manny from Detroit asks:

In Windows XP is there any ways I can add Notepad to my right-click "Send to" menu?

But of course! Some time or another you will have some kind of a file that you know is just plain text. If you do it a lot, then you know that it can be kind of a pain to keep going into the Start menu and opening Notepad (the simple text editor that comes with Windows) and browse to the file each and every time. This tip will show you how to open the file in Notepad all in one shot – by using the "Send To" function.

Okay. Where is "Send To"? You know when you right-click on a file somewhere on your computer and you right-click a folder to get it to do something quickly? Say you want to print a document, copy a document to another folder, if you read the list, "Send To" is an option. Right-click it.

Depending on how your computer is set up, there will be different areas that you can send that file to. Mine looks like this:

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If you notice, Notepad is not on the list. Here's how to get it there.

First, go to your Start button and right-click it. This will bring up a menu. At the top you will see Open, and underneath it you will see Explore.

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Left-click on it and a folder view of your computer pops up.

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You will see that Start Menu (on the left side) is highlighted. Notice that a couple of entries up (on yours it may even be directly above it) you will see "SendTo". Click on it so that it is highlighted and you will now see all of the shortcuts that are on the "Send To" menu are in the right pane.

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Now right-click on the right-side pane and highlight "New" and then select (left-click) "Shortcut".

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On the "Create Shortcut" window, type in "notepad.exe" for the box "Type the location of the item", and then click "Next".

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On the next window, type in "Notepad" for the box "Type a name for this shortcut", and then click "Finish".

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That's it! Now when you right-click a file, you will see the Notepad shortcut and will be able to read those text files with just a (right) click of your mouse.

Try it. I think you'll like it. : )

~Lori

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On The Move

WS App Review: Gas Buddy

Remember when $20 worth of gas filled up your tank? Not anymore! So what can you do to reduce the pain at the pump? Download Gas Buddy, an amazing app which will save you time and money on gas!

Gas Buddy works by using your current location (or an address you type in manually if your phone doesn't have a GPS signal) to find user submitted prices for gas. These prices can be updated by any of the users of the app and the last time each price was updated is shown on the search results.

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From The Archives

Help!

Did you know that just about every program out there has a help file?

Did you also know that the ones that don't usually have online support or message boards for users?

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Today's Feature

Street Fashion Photography

CC image courtesy of Orangeadnan

Make the most of these street fashion photography tips, and you could be on your way to becoming a fashion photographer.

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Amanda's Coolsite

Yumi's Vegetable Cooking Cheat Sheet

Have you ever noticed that veggies can go from yum to bleck really quick if you over cook them? I have! In my experience it is textural change too. So not only does it taste gross, but now it is also some weird slimy texture.

Never fear! Now you don't ever have to cook a vegetable wrong again! Just use Yumi's Vegetable Cooking Cheat Sheet! To navigate the cheat sheet all you have to do is scroll down the page.

If you click on the image, it will open larger in a new window. This might be a great way to print it out too! Then you could hang it in your kitchen and reference it.

The cheat sheet provides cooking times for a variety of vegetables and cooking methods. You'll be given cooking times for boiling, steaming, or sautéing vegetables. If there is a red x through the box that means you shouldn't prepare that vegetable with that cooking method.

This is an awesome cheat sheet, if you don't print it out I would recommend at least bookmarking the page!

http://thesecretyumiverse.wonderhowto.com/blog/yumis-vegetable-cooking-cheat-sheet-0127071/

~Amanda

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One More Big Deal

STOP! Your Fingers Are Your Phone's Worst Enemy!

All Those Scratches and Smudges Add Up!!

There's a Better Way to Use Your Touchscreens!

PreciseTouch Capacitive Universal Touchscreen Stylus Pens

Cell Phones, iPads, iPod Touches, iPhones and Tablets

Works With ANY Capacitive Touchscreen Device

Everyone has touchscreens on everything nowadays. And while it may only take two seconds to cover a screen in smudges, it takes a lifetime to clean them off. Not to mention those scratches that NEVER go away!

Why not just save yourself the hassle?

If prevention is the best medicine, these stylus pens are the ultimate vaccine for dirty screens.

The precision tips ensure that you can quickly and easily use your touchscreens without the risk of turning your screen into a blurry mess.

Lightweight and comfortable, you'll forget you're even holding it!

It's like writing with a feather.

Tired of tiny buttons making it impossible to use? The PreciseTouch stylus pens make good on their name. No more missed buttons!

Each pack comes with three stylus pens of varying colors, and they'll fit wherever you want to keep them!

You'll always have one nearby!

As if this stylus pen wasn't great already, you get THREE for just $8.97 with FREE US SHIPPING!

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PS - Make sure you get this ASAP, before the price goes up to $14.97 on Wednesday!




Monthly Wallpaper


August Wallpaper!

OK, trying something different this month. Due to a crazy schedule, I'm going to do a "best of" wallpaper series this month. These images are our most popular for wallpaper, so enjoy!

As always, all the desktop wallpaper below is 100% free.

Mesa Arch Sunrise

Late August, Canyonlands National Park, 4:30 AM at the Mesa Arch parking lot. It's empty! If you've never been to Mesa Arch, you might be thinking... (more)

Dead Horse Point Lightning Strike

We had just been out scouting around for new location in nearby Arches National Park and had decided to come back to camp for a break when these thunderstorms really began to pop (late afternoon). By the time we arrived at the Dead Horse Point, I couldn't get to the overlook fast enough. We scrambled down the sandstone to a spot that I had scouted out the day before and... (more)

Split Rock Moonrise

The day this was created was the day after the full moon, with moonrise coinciding with sunset pretty closely. I knew from checking my compass that the moon would be in a good location, but you can imagine my disappointment when... (more)

It can all be found here:

http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/

Enjoy!

~Steve

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