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Cutting Out Images Using The Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop

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Cutting out images using the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop can be a very detailed process. It is a fantastic tool if you want to cut out images from a background and be left with a transparent background. In the tutorial below, I had to cut out the background image from a coffee cup so [...]

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Remove Saved Email Addresses From Auto Complete History List – Microsoft Outlook

November 21, 2010

Why would you want to remove saved email addresses from auto complete? How annoying is it when you start typing an email address in the TO field and auto complete adds the wrong email address in for you? It’s a nice gesture when Outlook uses it’s history correctly and actually fills in the right email [...]

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How to Remove an Added Word to the Dictionary in Microsoft Word

August 22, 2010

My friends family had some pretty intense Scrabble games when we were growing up. In fact I remember when her dad left them for good in the Christmas of 1989 because her brother won the holiday championship on the word “grushie.” Ironically, this is an adjective that means thriving and healthy which unfortunately her family [...]

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Remove The Blogger Top Navigation Bar

June 7, 2010

I tried numerous ways to get rid of the ugly and annoying top navigation bar on a Blog I was developing. Having the top navigation bar seen just shouted BLOGGER to the world. I really wanted to make my blog unique and therefore the top navigation bar had to go!!! Here’s the easiest way found [...]

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Customize the Windows Vista Notification Area

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If you are wondering where the Windows Vista notification area is, don’t worry, because it is right in front of your eyes. We all would know where it is, but probably don’t know it is called the notification area. It is the area on the taskbar where the computer clock is located. It may also [...]

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Add shortcut icons to your Quick Access toolbar in Microsoft Word 2007

May 31, 2010

 In Microsoft word 2007 there is a quick access toolbar at the top of the screen next to this symbol. See in the screenshot below. I have circled the quick access toolbar. By default the quick access toolbar has a save shortcut icon, an undo, and a redo icon. However you can add or remove [...]

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How to remove text formatting in word 2007 document

May 31, 2010

When you are creating a document, if you want it to look professional, you need to have the text formatted in a uniform manner. Having different text formatting throughout a document just looks terrible. See the screenshot below. There are a few different formats of test here and it just looks messy. This happened because [...]

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How to replace a hard drive

May 26, 2010

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to replace a hard drive. Replacing computer components is usually a job for a qualified technician, however you do it yourself. When your computer hardware components, such as your hard drive, dies or you just need to upgrade, don’t pay big dollars for a computer [...]

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What files are safe to delete or remove from my Computer?

May 26, 2010

What files can I delete from my computer? Many computer users would like to clean files from their computers but do not know what files to delete. Therefore to avoid deleting the wrong files, the computer is simply left alone to store more and more files. This can cause major problems with your computer. It [...]

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See what Windows Update history you have installed on your computer

May 26, 2010

Sometimes when you install a Windows update a problem occurs and you might need to see the Windows update history. The Windows update history will show you what updates have been installed on your computer. It will also allow you to remove un-wanted updates. How to open Windows Update in Windows XP and Windows Vista? [...]

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Delete the previous owner registration details from your laptop or desktop computer

May 26, 2010

When you buy a second-hand laptop or desktop computer it is really annoying when you see the previous owners name on your computer. Because of the Windows registration details, their name pops up in places where it shouldn’t be. You might be trying to fill a form out, signing into a popular sight like Ebay, or registering [...]

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