MS POWERPOINT 2010: Create artistic image

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MS POWERPOINT 2010 – Create Artistic Image

STEPS

1) Run MS PowerPoint 2010.

2) Set the slide as a blank slide.

2.1) Right-click the slide icon in the slide navigator panel, select Layout/Blank.

3) Insert a background image.

3.1) Copy the following image and paste to the slide.

3.2) Outcome:

4) Apply Artistic Effects to the image.

4.1) Click Format Tab. Click Artistic Effects. Select Glow Diffused.

Besides the above effect, you can also apply a simple color effects such as Tan, Background color 2 light.

MS POWERPOINT 2010: Create Business Logo

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MS POWERPOINT 2010 – Create Business Logo

STEPS

1) Run MS PowerPoint 2010.

2) Set the slide as a blank slide.

2.1) Right-click the slide icon in the slide navigator panel, select Layout/Blank.

3) Insert logo image.

3.1) Copy the following image and paste to the slide.

3.2) Outcome:

3.3) Suppose we just want to have the logo outlines without the purple background,

-1) Click the image.

-2) Click the Format tab.

-3) Click Remove Background button.

3.4) Enlarge the selection box to cover the entire logo outline.

3.5) Click remove background button once again.

3.6) The background color is gone.

4) Add shape.

4.1) Click Insert Tab. Click Shapes drop-down button, select Oval shape.

4.2) Put the oval shape behind the book logo.

4.3) Select both objects and resize them to fit the entire slide space.

5) Add Text Box.

5.1) Click Insert Tab. Click Text Box button.

5.2) Set as follows…

-1) Font Name: Arial Rounded

-2) Font Size: 130

-3) Alignment : Center

-4) Color: White (for Book) and Orange (for Shop).

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You can also choose a darker fill color for the oval to improve the look of the design.

6) Group objects.

6.1) Press CTRL+A (Select All).

6.2) Press CTL+G (Group Objects).

MS PUBLISHER 2010: Greeting Cards

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MS PUBLISHER 2010 TUTORIAL – Greeting Cards

STEPS

1) Run MS Publisher 2010.

2) Select a Template (Greeting Cards)

2.1) Click the Greeting Cards button

2.2) Create a new document from template.

-1) Select Installed Template

-2) Select Birthday1

-3) Click Create button.

2.3) A new document is created.

3) Save the document.

3.1) Click File Tab. Click Save As.

3.2) Type the name “HappyBirthday”

3.4) The file is saved as “HappyBirthday.pub”

4) Print the document.

4.1) Click File tab. Click Print menu item.

4.2) The document is ready for printing.

5) Saving as PDF.

5.1) Click File Tab. Click Save As.

5.2) Change the File Type to PDF, let the name remains “HappyBirthday” and click Save.

5.3) The file is saved as a PDF document.

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AUDACITY TUTORIAL 101

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AUDACITY TUTORIAL 101

Introduction

AUDACITY is a software used to edit audio files. It allows the user to mix audio in multiple tracks and export them into various audio formats. AUDACITY comes with a number of effects that help to enhance the recorded audio track. User can record directly to AUDACITY or import a recorded audio file into AUDACITY to start working with it.

Steps

1. Setting Up AUDACITY.
   Go to URL, http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable and download the installer file.
   
2. Locate the file that you have downloaded. It is in a form of PAF file format. Double-click the PAF file to run.
   2.1) Double-click
   
   2.2) Click Run.
   
   2.3) Click OK.
   
   2.4) Click Next.
   
   2.5) Specify your target installation folder, eg C:\Z\Apps\AudacityPortable.
   You can specify any target folder as long as you have access permission.
   Make sure you remember the path because you need to go to this path in order to run AUDACITY.
   2.6) Select “Run Audacity Portable” to start immediately after installation is done. Click Finish. 
   Proceed to Step 3.
   If the program ask your permission to install VST Effects, click OK.
   
3. 
   
   Running AUDACITY.
   During the first time running, the program displays Welcome Window. If you don’t like it, select “Dont show this again at start up”. Click OK.
   
4. Importing Audio file into AUDACITY.
   For this exercise, you need to download the MP3 file (a short Covey speech sample), https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B86b-ALn-1MGUGUwQzVEYUkzQ2c/edit?usp=sharing
   
   4.1) Go to MENU/File/Import/Audio.
   
   4.2) Select the file and click Open. 
   
   4.3) The file is loaded to the track.
   
   There are two tracks because the file is a stereo audio file (top track for Left channel, bottom track for Right channel.

1. Playing Audio Track.
2. 
   5.1) Click on the Play button.
   You should be able to hear the sound.
   5.2) Click Stop to stop playing.
   
   5.3) Click Fast Forward to move to the end of the track.
   
   5.4) Your track cursor will go to the end of the track.
   
   5.5) Click Fast Rewind button.
   5.6) Your track cursor will go back to the beginning of the track.
   5.7) You can also choose any point along the track, eg click an area above.
   
   5.8) The track cursor moves to the clicked location.
   
3. 
   
4. Saving audio track as an MP3 file.
   To save the opened file as an MP3 file format, you require lame.dll which needs to be downloaded and installed separately.
   
   6.1) Download lame.dll from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B86b-ALn-1MGbG5zWUxrZGVmNk0/edit?usp=sharing
   
   6.2) Save the file to C:/Z/Apps/AudacityPortable File/App/LAME/...
   
   6.3) Go to MENU/File/Export...
   
   6.4) Select the destination, file name and file type (MP3 Files), click Save.
   
   6.5) If the program ask you to enter meta data, just accept the dfault and click OK.
   
   6.6) If the program asks you the Lame location, click Browse and go to the location that you have set in Step 6.2.
   
   6.7) Select the file lame_enc.dll and click Open.
   
   6.8) Click OK.
   
   6.9) If you see this, it means that you are doing it correctly.
   
5. End here for now.