Sunday, February 8, 2009

Print Song Lists /CD Jewel Case Insert In ITunes

Is your CD case looking plain, clear, dull and boring? Have you just done with burning a CD in Itunes and would like to make a play list? Well, you don’t have to write down your list! ITunes allows you to print out a list or create a jewel case in a few easy steps.

Burn CD in Itunes - step by step instruction is here.

You just need:
• ITunes
• Paper
• A color printer.
• Scissors, to trim the jewel case print


Open ITunes.
Go to FILE menu. Choose PRINT.

Print 'Music' window pops open.
There are 3 options.


The options are:

1.CD Jewel case insert: This prints on colored background,the selected songs in your playlist or library.
2. Song listing: This prints name, length, artist and album from the selected playlist or library. Adjust the page setup in your printer for this option.
3.Album listing: This prints albums from your selected playlist of library, which includes album name, artist name, and song titles and lengths.

Choose an Option and press Print.

Its done!Your song list or Jewel case insert has been printed.Trim jewel case insert to fit your CD case.That's it! :) Read more Entry>>

Friday, February 6, 2009

Convert your Images and Photos to PDF files

Surely you must be having loads of Image files or Photos in your computer? Would you like to convert it to PDF files? Well.. the process is actually very simple. All that you need are two free soft wares.. one for making the PDF files and the other one is for viewing the PDF files.Moreover,
the Images or Photos should be, preferably, of same format like Jpeg , Bmp , Gif or whatever format.

The free software for converting the Images to PDF files is - FastStone Image Viewer.
The free software to view the PDF files is either the Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader.

Download FastStone Image Viewer
Instal it and open it.

Go to Create Menu and click Multi-Page File Builder.


Click Add
The Open dialog box will open.Browse for Images in whichever directory you have saved it.

Open the images and it will appear in the Multipage File Builder.



Click PDF format from the drop down menu.

Press Create.




Your file has been created successfully.


Click Ok.
Your Images or Photos have been converted to PDF files! In the same manner you can make 'Tiff' file and 'Animated Gif' file .
Done!Now you can double click on your converted PDF file and view your images in either Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader! :)

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Convert Word Document File Into PDF File

Do you want to convert your Word Doc file into PDF file? No problem! It’s a breeze!

First, convert it into 'Text' file with the help of Notepad and then convert it into PDF file with the help of a free software called 'Some Text to PDF converter 1.4'. Ofcourse , you should also have Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader installed in your computer.

Download - Some Text to PDF converter 1.4
Install it and Open it by double clicking.




Browse for your Word document which you want to convert to PDF file.
Copy and paste it to Notepad and save it as Text file.


Go to File in your Converter program and open the Text File to be converted.
Press Start button.

Your File gets converted to PDF File.

Your PDF file opens like this in the desktop!


Your file gets saved in PDF .
Done! :)

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Convert ‘PDF’ File into ‘WORD Doc’ File

We often would like to view our PDF files as Word documents, since Word documents are much more easy and convenient to view, edit and so on and so forth .It is extremely simple to convert PDF files to Word documents.

All that you need is –
• A free Software - Free PDF to Word Doc Converter 1.1 (1.08 MB)
• PDF files.

Download - Free PDF to Word Doc Converter 1.1 (1.08 MB)
Install it and Open the Converter.


Browse and select ‘PDF’ file for conversion.
You can convert All Pages or choose the Page Numbers.
You can also retain Shapes and Images, the default Font etc.

Click Convert to Word Document.
When done, a menu will pop up with Conversion Completed.




Now,the Word document will appear on your desktop.

That's it! Done!Simple and easy!:)

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Send Voicemails Using Windows XP

Want to hear your loved one’s voice? Maybe, your loved one wants to hear your voice! Why do you need to send just emails? Send a voicemail also, as an attachment in your email! It’s as simple as a pie!

Go to the Start button in windows.

Click on All Programs> Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder.

Your sound recorder pops up!

Go to the File menu .
Click New to start a new file recording.
Next click on the Record button and start talking your message into the mic.


Press Stop when you're done with the recording.
Go back up to the File menu and click on Save.
Save the file as a .wav extension

Step by step instructions for Sound Recorder with illustrations can be found here.

Finally.. go to your email account (whichever you use regularly).
Add the .wav file as an Attachment to your email document.
Send it as usual.
There..there..you're done! You have sent a Voicemail!

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Use iPod To Store And Backup Files

Did you know that your iPod can also be used to store and back up files from your computer? Well..it’s really really easy !

All that you need is your iPod and iTunes or higher.

Method:
Connect your iPod to your computer.
Open iTunes .
Select your iPod in the left-hand menu.
You have now enabled your iPod as a disk drive.



Now open "My Computer" and Double click it .
You will see an icon for your iPod
Double click on iPod icon to open it.
This is now a loadable space.


Make a folder in your computer of all the files you want to be stored in your iPod.
Right click on the folder.
This window will show up.
Click Send To iPod.
Done!


Thats it!Your folder in in your iPod! Read more Entry>>