Is there any free software out there can be used to create professional looking diagram?
Recently, I need to draw block diagrams for some presentations and reports. I began to explore using the free vector-based diagramming program OpenOffice.org Draw to create such diagrams.
I have used other expensive vector-based diagramming program before. Comparing to these programs, OpenOffice.org Draw produces professional looking diagrams to be pasted in the documents or presentations without the money cost involved.
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Sometime we need to put a document file on the web for circulation. And the most common file format to be used to do so is pdf file.
Most of us write our documents using Microsoft Office Word. Unfortunately, Microsoft Office does not provide export to pdf file facility in the package. We may need to purchase other software to do so.
Alternatively, we can also convert the file online. This will be a time consuming process if we want to convert a very big file.
There are free software packages available on the net which allow us to convert the document files to pdf format.
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Sometime back, a friend shared with me that he received a bill of $3,000 for accidentally used a copyrighted image from an image agency site. And recently, I read on the paper that there was a case where an image agency sent a legal document to a owner of a commercial site for using a copyrighted image without permission.
As internet marketeers, we are on a risk of using a copyright image on our sites and having to face a legal bill for this. This is especially so because these images are readily available. We just need to use a search engine and thousands will appear. I am not a professional in the legal aspect, but the followings are some knowledge I have to avoid potential issue with copyrighted images.
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As affiliate marketers, we’re fortunate in that we don’t have as many ‘Achilles heels’ as the merchants who own and deliver the products we promote for them. Both our investments and our risks tend to be lower.
However, we do have one significant ‘weak’ spot, and that’s in how far we can go in improving ‘the offer’. There are certain things we simply can’t do. For example, we don’t have the authority to offer discounts or deliver upgrades.
But, this ‘weakness’ doesn’t mean we’re stuck with ‘weak offers’! In fact, I can think of at least 5 ways to improve any offer, and really send our sales soaring:
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Filed Under (How-to Guide) by kimloon on 03-03-2009
It was time to upgrade my Hard Drive or Harddisk. I had outgrown my hard drive capability. My hard drive was running out of space. I have too much photos files in my laptop, document, working files etc in my hard drive. As much as possible, I had copied most of the unused files to an external drive. But it was not working for me. I still needed working space.
Upgrading or replacing the hard drive was the only option left.
In the past, replacing or upgrading hard drive required preparing for the data backup, hardware replacement, re-install the programs and finally, data restore. The process would take hours.
So, most people, like myself, would prefer simply add another hard drive to the PC.
But mine is a laptop. A laptop usually has only one internal hard drive slot. Furthermore two hard drives meant more power and shorter battery life.
The following was the stress free method I used to upgrade and replace my current hard drive in my laptop.
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Filed Under (How-to Guide, blog) by kimloon on 24-02-2009
We can easily generate recycled traffic to our website by simply providing an E-mail Newsletter Subscription.
Feedburner, on top of providing free RSS subscription, it is also providing a free e-mail newsletter subscription service. It will automatically send out e-mail to subscribers whenever there is new content on the site for that day. If there is no new content, it would not send out.
Using this service, we can easily generate recycled traffic by informing the subscribers any new updates on the website without any additional manual work to send out the e-mail.
New Content Update Email Subscription
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Wordpress Blog has a RSS subscription build in. The issues with the build-in subscription are, by default, it is located at a small corner, hardly noticeable by most. And secondly, it does not provide any tracking means.
Wordpress Default RSS Subscription
I strongly recommend Feedburner, a free service available. It provides more than a RSS subscription. It provides E-mail subscription for updates and tracking of subscribers.
The following is the guide to get started using Feedburner.
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Visit Feedburner Website – www.feedburner.com
Create an account or login using Google Account.
Feedburner Page. Sign in or Register
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When we plug in our external drive (e.g. thumbdrive, external hard drive, SD Card etc) in to the PC/laptop, there is seen to be some activities that Windows is accessing the drive. But this is nothing happening on the screen. When we open the Windows Explorer, we can’t find the external drive or media.
We are wondering, what actually happened. Is the external drive damaged or worse, the USB port is damaged.
There is a possibility that the Windows could not automatically assign the drive letter to the removable media. The followings are the steps to manually assign the drive letter to the external media. Read the rest of this entry »
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Filed Under (How-to Guide, blog) by kimloon on 31-01-2009
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What you see above are the number of Spam messages I get so far on my blog! It’s HUGE! Arent they ignoring? To avoid and prevent all this spam you must use Akismet – A Free Plugin to avoid spam for your blog.
Before I start, Akismet is a free open source spam program online to help fight spam for wordpress owners.
Just follow the following steps to get started to prevent Spam on your blog.
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There are cases when we want to take a snap shot of a Adobe Reader (pdf) file. Or we see some content in a pdf file and wish to convert a portion as an image file.
If you have running Windows with at least Office 2003, this is a very simple process.
1. open Microsoft Office Pictures Manager. Select Thumbnails view. Make sure that you are in the directory/folder where you want to store the file.
2. In the Adobe Reader, at the top pull down menu, go to “Tools”, “Select & Zoom” and then “Snapshot Tool”.
3. Use this tool to select and copy the image.
4. Over at the Microsoft Office Pictures Manager, Paste the image. It will automatically create a new bmp file.
5. If the created file is too small, repeat 3 and 4 with larger zoom at Adobe Reader.
Please note that, some Adobe Reader file can be password protected to prevent copying.
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