Jump Lists were one of the great new additions to Windows 7. With the Jump Lists you can open application files directly from Start menu software shortcuts. The Jump Lists include a list of recent items from which you can open doc...
In a previous post, you’ve learned how to add a YouTube video to PowerPoint. This time, you’re going to learn how to embed a YouTube video in MS Word 2007. So instead of just providing a link and a screenshot, you can directly emb...
One of the ways web browsers make money is by selling their default search engine spot (aka the search engine a web browser is configured to use out-of-the-box) to the highest bidder. For the longest time, that highest bidder was ...
Did you know that with just a little tweak, you can turn MS Word 2007 into a distraction-free minimalist word processor? With it, you do not need to look for another word or text editor with a minimalist interface. It’s a very coo...
If you have a variety of media players, you can set up custom global hotkeys for their play, skip forward and skip back options with Media Keys; and also for raising and reducing the volume. With that software you can register glo...
In PowerPoint, you have the option to embed local videos and images. Other than that, you can also embed YouTube videos to your presentations. It’s a nice alternative especially if you do not have any local video files available o...
There are numerous app launchers that you can add to Windows for more direct access to programs, system options and folders. Those are largely additional taskbar or system tray app launchers. MouseExtender is a portable app launch...
Speech bubbles are an editing option with which you can add speech to your images. The freeware Paint.NET does not include any speech bubble option to select from, but you can add one to the program with a plug-in. The Dpy plug-in...
In MS Paint, you can usually create and edit images in quick and simple ways. The problem is it doesn’t fully support transparency. So if you want to crop an object from a photo and then place it on top of another image, you need ...
Copy and paste are handy options for copying file titles into documents. To copy a file title from Windows Explorer, you would usually select the Rename option and then copy the text. However, with the freeware Copy Path to Clipbo...
You can add a variety of extra editing options to Paint.NET with plug-ins. One of the plug-in packs that you can add to the software is Dpy. That includes a variety of additional text editing effects among which is Spiral Text. Wi...
For an entirely new way to launch software and open documents, add ControlPad to Windows. This is a program that maps numeric codes to applications, documents and system commands. As such, with this freeware software you can open ...
When deleting files, the first thing that you would think of is to send it to the Recycle Bin. From there, you get the option to permanently delete your files. Now, what if you want to bypass that process and just directly delete ...
This post taught you some tips on how you can add a circle text effect to images using Paint.NET. Speaking of which, you can also add a variety of other text effects to pictures with additional plug-ins. Among the effects you can ...
The windows in the Windows OS have just three buttons on their title buttons. They are Minimize, Restore Down and Close. That’s not a lot, but you can an extra buttons to their title bars with the freeware eXtra Buttons soft...
