The technological world is continually converting to wireless technology, and most devices that we buy today have some sort of wireless functionality. Many printers that are sold today come with a built-in wireless network adapter that allows you to print documents wirelessly. Many of these wireless printers also perform other useful functions like scanning or faxing wirelessly. Tired of being held down by your old wired scanner? Follow these steps to turn your old wired scanner into a wireless scanner....

It can be useful to turn an audio file into a video file when you want to upload music to a website that only takes video files, such as Youtube. By adding a picture to a song, you can create a file in video format that you should be able to upload to your streaming video website. You can use the native software program Windows Movie Maker to get this done....

DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected WMV files are video files that have restrictive protection rights. However, there are video converters that will actually help you convert a DRM-protected file into a more accessible format such as MP4. Sites like iskysoft.com (see Resources) have converters that are compatible with Windows 7/XP/Vista. These converters can be downloaded for a free trial, and will have you converting protected video files in just a few easy steps....

PDF is the proprietary format developed by Adobe and stands for “portable document format.” PDF files are widely used because the formatting and styles of a document are embedded within the document itself. This means that the document will look the same regardless of the computer being used to view the document. Fast web view is a feature that Adobe Acrobat provides that allows for a PDF document to be downloaded one page at a time....

GIMP is a free, full-featured image editing program that can perform many of the same functions as Adobe Photoshop. For example, it is capable of editing the .PSD files that Photoshop produces. If you have a .PSD file that you need to edit in GIMP and make compatible with a Web browser, there are a number of different file types that you can select for the task. You can even convert the ....

In the Sony line, the term Handycam covers a wide range of video cameras, from basic consumer camcorders to pro 3CCD cameras. All of the video captured on Handycams is in digital format, making it compatible with digital media storage devices such as DVDs. If you want to convert the video from a Sony Handycam to a DVD, you must first transfer the video from the Handycam to a computer and then burn the video footage to disc....

A PDF is a type of computer file used to restrict a file to exactly how you want others to see it. Traditional document files are not fixed in terms of how they will display. Your browser and computer can replace the font style and other formatting criteria based on how your browser or computer preferences are set up. This means that most documents are variable. With a PDF, this variability is halted by the pdf file saving process....

The popularity of ecard greeting cards has inspired numerous websites that allow users to send ecards to family and friends. Ecards came into existence in the early 1980s and have since expanded to include PDF versions that can be downloaded and saved directly to the computer. Making and selling original PDF cards can be profitable. The Internet opens the door to a large audience, who send ecards regularly. And if you have the original material to offer, you can take advantage of this traffic to build an ecard greeting card business of your own....

A portable document format (PDF)is a digital file format created by Adobe, a software company that produces tools for document publication. PDFs are often used as the format for email distribution because the file recipient does not have the ability to manipulate the text, photos or other content of the document. With the release of its 2007 Office software, Microsoft introduced a command that allowed its programs to turn the MS documents into PDFs....

The Filemaker Pro application is a database development tool that allows you to store multiple tables of data within a single file. You can use external sources, like Extensible Markup Language (XML) and XML Schema Definition (XSD) files, to build the information in each table. XML files contain actual raw data, while XML schemas simply lay out the structure of the table. Writer Bio

Many documents have more than one index. You may want to create an index of subjects and an index of names, or an index of legal cases or titles of works. You can use the indexing features in Microsoft Word to embed tags in the document, so that as the text moves, the page numbers will still be correct. To create more than one index in Microsoft Word, you’ll need to use flags that give a name to each index and use the name of the index in each tag....

Many photographers request that you give credit for photos when posting them online. Often, this is just a matter of stating “Photos by” with the photographer’s name. The most obvious place to credit a photographer is in the description of each photo. If you have a lot of pictures in an album by the same photographer, however, like a collection of wedding photos, and you are not legally required to credit each photo, it may be easier to credit the photographer on the album itself....

When you visit web pages, download components or view images, you web browser stores the information on your computer as cache, so that you can be able to locate the same content or websites again much faster. If you have too many files stored in the browser history folder, you may also run into occasional browser errors that prevent some web pages from launching. Clear today’s browsing history quickly and easily....

Whether you are self-publishing your own book, or you would simply like to do the cover art for a book you are trying to sell to a publisher, there are several design programs designed to work on a Mac that are capable of producing cover art. The most commonly used design software for cover art is Adobe Photoshop. While there are other programs that do work, this particular application will produce cover art that can be shared with publishers and printing companies without formatting concerns....

If you have or plan to install a new graphics card onto your MSI brand motherboard, you may need to disable the integrated graphics adapter to ensure proper functionality. While many of the MSI boards will automatically disable the onboard adapter after you have installed a graphics card, others may require you to disable the onboard card for the BIOS to read your new graphics card’s firmware. In cases where you’re unable to disable integrated graphics on the MSI motherboard, you can disable the adapter in Windows Device Manager....

Updated February 10, 2017 Push the “Print Screen” – or “Prt Scr,” or similar – key on your keyboard to create a screen capture of the entire screen, everything you see on your monitor. Alternatively, press “Alt” and “Print Screen” simultaneously to capture only the currently selected window. Switch to the Word 2007 window and place the cursor at the location where you would like the screenshot to appear. Push the right mouse button, and select “Paste” on the context menu that appears....

Flash movies are produced in Adobe Flash format as .SWF files. They are easily embedded in a website and viewable only with the Adobe Flash Player plug-in on your web browser. Flash movies are animations used for advertising, training and education. Flash advertisements are also popular in Google Adsense, a popular revenue resource for website publishers. The ability to download Flash movies is made possible by Source Tec Software’s “SWF Catcher” tool, available for Internet Explorer and Firefox....

Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have restrictions on how much data you are allowed to download from the Internet. When you download large amounts of data, you ware often contacted by the ISP with a warning of your activity. To get around data restrictions from your ISP, you can use an anonymous proxy server. The proxy hides your IP address, allowing you to surf the Web freely and download large files....

If you buy e-books from Barnes and Noble, you can download and read them on your Apple iPad with the free Nook app. After you sign in to your account, all the Nook books you purchased in the past are displayed in the app library. Unfortunately, at the time of publication it isn’t possible to purchase new books from within the app, but you can buy new books from the Barnes and Noble website using any Web browser, including Safari on the iPad....

Windows Mobile is an operating system developed by Microsoft. It is specifically designed for use in smartphones, PDAs and other mobile devices. Windows Mobile 5.0, originally code-named “Magneto,” is known for efficiently storing and retrieving data from RAM and flash memory to preserve battery life as well as back up data if power is suddenly lost. It also includes a newer version of Office, called Office Mobile, which allows you access to PowerPoint Mobile as well as Graphing capability in Excel Mobile....