InDesign

Convert InDesign PDF to Grayscale

January 19, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
Do you know how to save an Indesign file as a Grayscale PDF? So far all I can figure out is to build the file in grayscale from the start. Including converting all the graphics to Gray before importing into Indesign. In Quark you can just click on save as grayscale in the PDF preferences. [...]

Tutorials

Facebook Notification on your iPhone

January 19, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
How do I get Facebook to notify me on my iPhone when I get a message?
Answer

First, you’ll need to download and install the Facebook 3.1 application from the App Store if you don’t already have it. It’s free and does a really great job encompassing all the major features of the website.
The first time you [...]

Wordpress

Fix: Wordpress Error Using Twitme or WP to Twitter

January 13, 2010 Read the full article →

I was getting an error in a Wordpress blog when I posted a new post. Like many people, I enjoy a little plugin (Twitme) that will send a message to Twitter whenever a new post goes up. It’s quite a timesaver. It took me a while to figure out the problem so I thought I’d [...]

Internet

How do I create a Facebook page for my business?

January 13, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
How do I create a facebook page for my business? Also, I want friends, but don’t want all those comments showing up on my business page. What do I need to do?
Answer
You are confusing Facebook pages with Facebook’s Business Solutions pages a little bit.
Facebook pages are personal pages. You create your facebook page for yourself. [...]

Internet

How to Edit Bookmarks in Chrome

January 7, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
I am using Google’s Chrome browser. It works great, but I can’t seem to edit the bookmarks. The help tells me to the “Tools” menu, but I can’t find it.
Answer
Google was a bit tricky with their default installation, but the fix is easy.

Go to your preferences for Chrome.
Under the “Basics” tab, you will need to [...]

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator — How to Add Type to a Path

January 4, 2010 Read the full article →

Question
I am trying to do something in Illustrator and I can’t figure out how to make it happen. I want to make letters go in a semi-circle, and the help menu says to select Type -> Type on a Path -> and the option I want. My problem is that “Type on a Path” is [...]

General

Get your business listed in the Google Local Business Center

December 21, 2009 Read the full article →

Did you know you can get yourself listed in the Google Local Business Center for free? Here is how!

Visit google.com/lbc Create a Google account if you don’t have one, or sign in with your account.
Enter information about your business, including address & phone, hours & more: You can even add photos of your business and coupons.
Verify [...]

Macintosh

Exporting Mailing Lists to Make Mailing Labels

December 10, 2009 Read the full article →

Question:
Do you know of a software patch that allows the exporting of Macintosh Address Book contacts to run mailing labels?
Answer:
I can help! To learn how to export your addresses out of your Address Book app, you can read this article I wrote a while back: How to Get Your Address Book into Excel for a [...]

Beginner Basics

Parental Controls on iPhone or iPod Touch?

December 9, 2009 Read the full article →

Question:
My son’s top Christmas request is an iPod Touch. Am I able to put parental controls on Internet content if I get him one of those?
Answer:
Yes! Here is how:

With your iPod Touch (or iPhone) on, go to “Settings”.
Scroll down to “General”
Select “Restrictions”
Select “Enable Restrictions”. You will be prompted to choose and confirm a pass code. [...]

Email

Keeping Your Friend’s Emails Hidden When Sending to Groups

December 7, 2009 Read the full article →

Question
Recently a friend of mine had her email address book used without her permission by a spammer. Probably when she sent a multi-addressee email.  How may we send email messages to multiple recipients and keep the actual addresses hidden from everyone else receiving the message?
Answer
This is a good question as it often comes up for more than one reason. As [...]

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