Software Articles

How To Speed Up Windows XP Boot Time Using System BIOS

Friday, June 6th, 2008

There are a number of ways to speed up Windows XP boot time. One way is to make small changes to the system BIOS. However, you want to be extremely careful with this. One mistake on your part can totally screw up your system. If you're not 100% sure of what you're doing, get someone to help you who does. Below is a step by step process to speed Windows XP boot time via the system BIOS. First of all, your computer must be completely powered down and turned off before starting this process. You won't be able ... [more]

How To Set Up PDF Creator Security

Friday, June 6th, 2008

If you are using PDF Creator to create your PDFs, for your paperless office or other endeavors, you will want to know how to set up the security features. I think you will understand why I like this part so much after you see what you can do! Here is how you set up security when using PDF Creator. 1. Click Start 2. Go to Programs 3. Select "PDF Creator" 4. Then select Security A window with an extensive list of options will pop up. Your first option will be to "Add security to generated PDF documents." If you wish to apply any of the security settings, ... [more]

Going Paperless With PDF Creator

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

I have been an Administrative Assistant in many offices throughout my life. One of the banes of my existence has been filing. Between the paper cuts (and file folder cuts!) on my fingers, organizing the files, storing the files, and the keeping up with the files, it's a pain in the you know what. The world is moving forward with technology and you hear the term paper-less office quite often. What does this mean, really? It means no dang file folders, that's what it means! The last office I worked in was a really small organization; a mom ... [more]

Using PDFs For Your E-book

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

If you have recently joined the world of online marketing, like I have, you know that there are a million and one ways to make a buck. I decided I would enter the world of publishing e-books. If you have any experience publishing e-books, you know that the number one thing you need is the ability to reach anyone who has an interest in your book. This means your e-book needs to be in a format that anyone can easily access. The obvious format choice is PDF. You can view and print PDF's from any system: Mac, Linux, Windows, ... [more]

Tips on Finding Free Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

You may have been amazed at how your friends or family have manipulated photographs from way back when or truly impressed by the visually stimulating personalized electronic greeting cards you received from your colleagues. No matter what your ulterior motive is for buying that graphic editor software, such as Adobe Photoshop, the question now is how you are going to learn how to use them and impress yourself or other people on how creative you can be with such tool. Unless you want to be a professional graphic designer, it is advisable that you first learn the basics of the software ... [more]