The Adobe Creative Suite links all of its products together, making it easy to convert files. To convert a Photoshop PSD file to InDesign’s INDD format, you import the image into a new InDesign file. Once you’ve imported the file into InDesign, the Creative Suite lets you edit the original PSD file in Photoshop and it will automatically update the file in InDesign. Use Photoshop’s many image editing features to make dazzling graphics and then import them into InDesign to prepare them for print....

You can quickly convert music from your iTunes library into an iPhone ring tone by transcoding a selected portion of the song from the standard audio format to the iPhone ring tone format. Once the song has been converted, simply change the file extension and transfer the ring tong file to your iPhone. You can then access the ring tone and set it as the default tone or enable it for specific contacts....

Unlike webcams that you must turn on and initialize to stream video, standard surveillance cameras stream images constantly, as long as they have a power source and a device into which to feed video. While you can use a webcam to monitor an area in your home or office, a surveillance camera usually provides a much faster frame rate, albeit with lower color definition. If you have a standard surveillance camera you want to connect to and monitor with your PC, you must use a USB video capture device before you can record or stream video to the computer....

The file extension TPL stands for “template.” It’s a text file used in many different applications and programs. It essentially saves certain settings used in the program and serves as a base template for the program to start with when it needs to make more text-type files. You can convert TPL to TXT, which is one of the most basic kinds of text formats and the easiest one to start with if you want to then convert it to a different format....

The video data on a DVD is referred to as VTS, or the Video Title Set. You can convert this information to .avi format, playable on a PC, by using various video conversion applications. Luckily, many freeware options are available, and it’s not difficult to learn how to use one of the more common and easily accessible pieces of software. When finished, you will be able to view your files saved in DVD format as regular PC ....

Microsoft Outlook lets you compose, receive and edit emails. Like all other email programs, you can attach files or receive attached files in your email messages. At times, you may have more than one attachment in an email. You do not need to open or select and move each of them individually. Outlook enables you to select multiple messages and either copy and paste them to a new location, or you can save all the attachments in a message to a new location....

If you have a hard copy document you want to save on your computer, you must copy the document via scanner and save the file as a digital copy. This is only accomplished through the aid of a scanner. Although most printers now have scanners built right in it is possible to purchase a stand-alone scanner for less than $100 (as of June 2010).

The Google Chrome Web browser is a great utility that runs well on many systems and does not seem to have the large memory requirements other browsers have. It is also easily customized to your personal preferences and you can add plug-in apps and utilities. As with anything that you have spent time customizing and evolving as you use it, changes to your system or a new computer can be painful if you try to recreate this from a fresh start....

Open Office is a free office suite of applications that can be used for all sorts of office situations. One part of the Open Office suite is the Open Office Writer. That application can be used to draw flowcharts for any of your flowchart needs. The toolbar and tools that are used to draw each piece of the flowchart is automatically included with the software, so if you have installed Open Office, you have the flowchart software....

Restaurant order forms may serve as perpetual inventory tracking sheets and ordering request forms if designed correctly. These forms are at the heart of good restaurant management. Order forms control the different aspects of the business and allow the managerial staff to quickly review and control the day to day tasks of running the business. Restaurant order forms are usually created in spreadsheet programs and then printed out for the person responsible for ordering to fill out as necessary....

A video mash-up is when several different videos are combined into one. Often, the videos don’t originally have a similar theme that links them to each other – they’re simply “stuck” together to create an interesting or funny video. Mash-up videos are easy to create. You don’t need to be a professional or own expensive, advanced editing software. Plus, with video mash-up service websites, it’s sometimes as easy as choosing videos, editing them and putting them in order....

To be able to chat on Yahoo Messenger, you first need to create a Yahoo ID, or username. Do so by clicking on the “Get a New Yahoo ID” link in Yahoo Messenger and filling out a registration form. Tips Warnings Writer Bio

When writing research papers, an annotated bibliography is often required to provide a summary of your sources. You can create an annotated bibliography in Microsoft Word using free templates from the Microsoft Office Templates page. You can select a pre-formatted template in the proper style, such as Modern Language Association (MLA). Writer Bio

Microsoft’s Visio program allows you to create complex drawings and diagrams. The elevation view is a special Visio feature that lets you organize items in a drawing according to their actual physical size. This allows you, for example, to visualize how many items a cabinet or a rack can contain. Create an elevation drawing in Visio by following a specific procedure. Writer Bio

When you add charts to Excel you may notice that the program automatically chooses value intervals on the axes. Fortunately, Excel also offers you control in changing these values. Using the Chart Tools you are able to change the interval values based on different criteria, including the maximum and minimum values as well as the major and minor units in between. The Chart Tools are accessible by clicking on the desired chart....

Over time, you may notice that your computer’s hard drive, as well as your desktop, become cluttered and messy. Clutter can make it difficult to find what you’re looking for, and cause the computer to run slowly. Cutting down your computer’s clutter can help the PC run faster and may extend the computer’s life. Tips Writer Bio

Many cell phones today have dedicated sensors that can determine your location using GPS satellites. These sensors provide support for some very useful applications, such as turn-by-turn navigation. There are some reasons why you may wish to disable this support, and it is easy to do so. Disabling the GPS when you are not using it can improve the battery life of your phone. Your phone’s camera also uses the GPS to encode the location of each photo that you take with it, and you may wish to disable this to protect your privacy....

Adobe Illustrator is not a word-processor or desktop publishing program and it’s not designed to create tables as you would in Microsoft Word or Adobe InDesign. Therefore, you cannot create a table that manipulates data or automatically adjusts to the text. With a little extra effort, though, you can use certain of Illustrator’s text features or the grid tool to simulate a table. You can also import a table from other programs such as Microsoft Word or InDesign....

In 2007, a 75-year-old grandmother in Karlstad, Sweden, had an experimental 40 gigabit per second (Gbps) fiber optic line run to her home, giving her the world’s fastest broadband connection. Although downloading a DVD in a mere two seconds as she can do is beyond the reach of most users, there are other ways to access the Internet which can increase your speed when downloading large files. The choices available to you will depend on where you live and how much money you are willing to invest....

A PDF(Portable Document Format) file refers to a file format created by Adobe Systems. The PDF file was created to allow users to transfer two-dimensional documents files more efficiently. PDF files can include text, graphics, images, and interactive links and buttons. Graphics designers appreciate the fact that PDF files can display on almost any application and any computer system. Users can download PDF files from the Internet or from an email....