Millions of videos are now online, but most are only searchable by user-supplied titles or text descriptions in Google Video and others.
Blinkx <http://www.blinkx.com/> the largest video search engine in the world–goes beyond text-based searches by locating audio and video content within videos. Its unique visual analysis and speech recognition capabilities make Blinkx a leader in [...]
A big part of setting up a blog is the selection of a blogging service. That decision will hinge on factors such as: ease of use, intended audience, restricted membership needs, cost, and preferred server hosting. Below is a comparison of three widely-used online blogging services.
Blogger – http://www.blogger.com/home
A free service affiliated with Google; one can [...]
http://www.letterpop.com/
It’s now easy to create free, professional-looking newsletters with attractive graphics and fancy fonts using LetterPop! online. Choose from 24 drag-and-drop template designs and add your own text and photos (free registration required). Just click in the box under Start Here to name and create a sample newsletter. You may email your completed newsletter or [...]
With text wrapping, you can quickly and easily have clip art and text occupy even amounts of space on the page for a more professional look.
1. In your Word document, insert a clip art image by going to the Insert message and selecting Insert – Picture – Clip Art.
2. Next, click on the clip art [...]
Do you often search for the perfect synonym, but don’t have a thesaurus at your desk? Word 2003 has a built-in thesaurus which makes it a snap to locate synonyms.
1. Right-click on the word in your document for which you’d like some synonyms.
2. In the menu which appears, select Synonyms. A list of suggested synonyms [...]
Why would you want to view your Power Point slides in black and white?
* It will enable you to preview how your slides will look when printed in black and white.
* It will provide clues about problems that a color blind person may have when viewing your presentation. For more about designing for color blindness, [...]
It’s not a good idea to leave your notebook computer outdoors or in a vehicle when outside temperatures approach freezing. Reason: if the computer gets cold enough, the liquid crystals in the display can expand and rupture, ruining the screen. Worse yet, the hard drive may fail and destroy your data.
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As blogs proliferate and become increasingly essential for the latest educational news, a handy new search tool from Google allows users to search for blogs on any topic. You can even narrow the search by publishing time period (last hour, last 12 hours, last day, past week, etc.) Blog Search currently lists 2,030 blog sources [...]
TIP #102 – Inserting Photos Inside Word Art (MS Word 2003)
To personalize your Word Art lettering, you can create a photo fill for Word Art letters. Here’s how:
1. Go to Insert -Picture, and choose WordArt.
2. Select a plain style from the top row.
3. Type in your text. Click OK.
4. Open the Word Art toolbar by [...]
Hyperlinks aren’t only for Web pages – they can also be used to create links within long Microsoft Word documents to quickly jump to a particular section. To create a hyperlink within a document:
1. Click on the spot in the document where you want the link to lead.
2. Go to the Insert menu and select [...]
