May 21, 2008

Let OE Do It!

Are you unhappy with the way you have to check for new e-mail messages each day? I mean, wouldn't it be nice if you didn't ever really have to worry about it? All you would have to do is set your e-mail client to "automatic" and just let it roll. Well, if that sounds like an excellent idea to you, you're in luck, because that's exactly what I'm going to show you how to do today! Note: This tip is only for Outlook Express users.

There are a couple things you can do to get OE to do your work for you (if that's how you want to look at it!) Open Outlook Express and go to Tools, Options and then click on the General tab. Under the Send/Receive Messages section, you'll see three different options. For this tip, go ahead and checkmark the ones that say "Send and receive messages at startup" and viagra pills "Check for new messages every (blank) minute(s)."

The first one will actually check for your new e-mail messages every time you start up your computer. So, if you shut your PC down every night, as soon as you boot it back up in the morning, OE will automatically check for any new e-mails you may have gotten throughout the night. The second feature gives you the option of choosing how often you'd like your e-mail to be checked. If you usually get new e-mails all day long, you may want to check it every 15 minutes or so. Or, maybe you want to check it more often or less. If so, just choose your preferred amount of time and OE will take care of the rest. Click OK when you're done. With those two options selected, you'll never have to worry about manually checking your e-mail again. It's all automatic!

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PhotographyBB Online Magazine

Today’s Web site is for all you photographers out there. If you love taking pictures or have a passion for photography, you’re going to love this!

Here you can download the latest edition of PhotographyBB! And best of all, it’s free and so easy to do. Just choose the version you want to download (.PDF or zip). The zip option downloaded a little faster for me, but either way, you’re getting a .PDF file, so just choose whichever one works the best for you. (If you don’t have a .PDF reader, you can download one here).

Once you have it downloaded, open the file and you'll see the magazine right before your eyes! It's a fabulous magazine as well. Not only do you get to read about new cameras and the experiences of other photographers, but you also get tips and tricks about how to make your photography better. You also get great tips on how to use Photoshop to your advantage!

I downloaded April's edition to do my research for this article and the magazine just blew me away! It was 53 pages of really well put together photography information. I learned about composition and how to get the most out of my digital workflow. There was also a photographer spotlight and the tips and tricks I mentioned earlier. I liked it so much, I went back and downloaded the other available editions as well. I hope you enjoy it too!

http://www.photographybb.com/magazine/

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Motion Blur Photography

When you see a picture that showcases a motion blur in action photography, you may think only professionals can achieve something like that. But you can too! All it takes is some astute shutter speed, aperture value setting and a lot of trial and error. However, there are some simple ways to make your pictures look like a pro’s. Let's check them out, shall we?!

Stretch Your Shutter Speed

First things first: speed determines motion blur. The faster your viagra pill shutter speed, the less blur you'll get and vice versa. Therefore, it’s best to go for an extended shutter speed. In fact, you could even capture motion blur of a snail if you have a really long shutter speed. Of course, you need to set the shutter speed depending on how fast your subject is moving. If it's moving slow, your shutter speed shouldn’t be too high and the reverse is true if your subject is moving quickly.

Lighting

Letting more light inside your camera using a longer shutter speed has its demerits. You could end up with an over-exposed picture. Therefore, it’s important to let just enough light in to get a decent picture. The amount of blur you want in your photograph depends on two factors: the speed of your subject and the amount of light falling on your subject. The best way to judge that is to try out different shutter speeds, compare the results and stick to what works the best. Since you have a digital camera, you are able to do that kind of trial and error.

Movement

To capture movement, you can do one of two things: either the subject should move or your camera should move. If the subject is moving, you have to keep your camera rock steady. You can do that by keeping it on a stable platform, using a self-timer or placing it on a tripod.

Shutter Priority

Professionals would much rather use a full manual mode to set the shutter speed and aperture value, but if you're not that high tech, you can work with the Shutter Priority mode on your camera. With that, you only have to choose the shutter speed and the camera will automatically set the aperture value to go with that setting. Not only will you get the blur you're looking for, but also a balanced shot.

Shutting Out Excess Light

Since longer shutter speeds mean more light creeping into your camera, you have to resort to one of the following ways to sort out the problem of over-exposure. For starters, you could do it while it’s darker. However, if you're intent on doing it during the day, you need to go for a smaller aperture value. To do that, switch over to the full manual mode and lower the aperture value in proportion to the increase in the shutter speed. It’s a simple calculation. When you bring down the shutter speed, the aperture value also decreases.

Another way to limit the amount of light is to lower the ISO setting. ISO has a direct correlation to the image sensitivity of your camera. A higher number will make it more sensitive to light and a lower number will make the camera sensor less sensitive. Choose a low number and you’ll be able to choose longer shutter speeds.

One more way you can cut down on light is to use a neutral filter. If you don’t have one, you could use sunglasses as well. They do exactly the same thing, which is cut down on the intensity of light falling on the camera lens.

And Finally…

You should also employ the Slow Sync Flash feature. Not only will it facilitate longer shutter speeds with the use of a flash, but it will freeze certain elements in the shot, while keeping the others blurry. Another method like that is panning. If you move the camera along with a moving subject, the subject will remain in focus, but the background will be a blur. Cool, huh?!

I hope you have fun with this one!

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Letter Case Mania

Ever find yourself constantly trying to change the capitalization of words or sentences? What do you do?

Maybe you highlight the word or phrase and retype it.

Or, perhaps you're the type who only replaces the individual viagra pictures letters that need to be changed. What a headache!

Well, do you know about the Change Case feature under the Format menu?

Or, for those of you with Word 2007, the button on the Home ribbon.

You know, where you get the options of sentence case, all lower case letters, all upper case letters, all title case letters or to toggle all the letters between upper and lower case.

What I have for you today are a few shortcuts that can replace the Change Case feature and believe it or not, but they're faster than anything you've ever tried!

Let's start with the most versatile choice.

Once you highlight the text to change, use Shift + F3. With that, you can scroll between sentence case letters, all lower case letters and all upper case letters.

That looks great, but what if you want to use all caps and you don't feel like toggling through your choices?

Is there a quicker way?

Of course there is!

If you know you want your text to be in all caps, simply hit Ctrl + Shift + A.

Plus, as if that weren't enough, there's another option you can try. Yep, you can use small caps, which are all the letters in capital letter formation, but slightly smaller than the usual capital letter.

Ctrl + Shift + K will give you small caps, which is a good "attention getter," without completely shouting at the reader.

That's it. Three keys and you're on the way to the formatting you need!

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Is there any way I can change the settings for my keyboard

Q:
Is there any way I can change the settings for my keyboard? If so, please explain!

A:
Yes, there is! If you've ever wanted to customize some of your keyboard settings, you've come to the right place, because that's exactly what I'm going to show you how to do today. Let's check it out!

To begin, go to Start, Control Panel and click on the Printers and Other Hardware link, then Keyboard (for Windows XP). If you're using an older version of Windows, go to Start, Control Panel and look for the viagra pharmacy online Hardware icon or even one that just says Keyboard.

Once you click on that, the Keyboard Properties dialogue box will open up on your screen. Under the Character Repeat section, you can choose how long or short you'd like before a character (a letter, etc.) repeats itself when you're holding down a key. Perhaps sometimes you're typing along and a double letter somehow shows up. It may be because you held on to that one key just a little too long. If that seems to happen to you a lot, you can change the repeat delay to a longer amount of time. That way, you'll have more time to move on to the next letter or word. To change that, just use the arrow slider to move in either direction.

Next, you can check on the repeat rate of your keyboard. If you sometimes hold down a key for soooooooooooo long, it may take forever for that one letter to repeat itself. You can fix that by moving the arrow slider to the Fast side. Or, if you like it slower, you can move the slider to the Slow side. Once you have it where you would like it, you can test the rate to see how fast or slow it will go.

The last thing you can do is play with the cursor blink rate. Depending on how fast you would like your cursor to blink while it's standing still, you can have it blink at a fast rate, a medium rate or even no rate at all.

Once you've made all your changes, just hit OK and they will take effect. Welcome to keyboard heaven!

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