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Digital Photo Fun

I just stumbled across a fantastic program call Photo Org. I know the name is a little funny, but don't let that fool you.

Anyhow, this software is an easy to use - yet full featured - photo creation, organization, and retouching product. Here are just a few of the features:

- Create photo albums, greeting cards, & calendars
Use your own photographs to create fantastic photo albums, greeting cards, and calendars. Add text, captions, clipart, borders, and more to enhance the project. Really easy to do. I created a calendar in a matter of minutes.

- Create your own photo screen saver
Turn your photos into a screen saver quickly and easily. I made one from pictures of my kids in a matter of minutes. Very fun, very easy, and very cool.

- Organize all your digital photos
This program uses virtual rolls of "film" to help you stay organized. Each "roll" can have as many pictures as you like for easy sorting and viewing. Excellent system.

- Remove Red-Eye
Got a photo full of red-eye? Click the red-eye removal tool and it's gone in a flash!

- Easy Photo Printing
Printing your photos is a breeze with this package. Basically, tell it what you want printed and off it goes. Automatically print multiple sizes on a single sheet. No more resizing manually!

- Enhance Images
Crop, rotate, sharpen, adjust contrast, brighten, darken, adjust color, convert to B&W, and tons more with just a few mouse strokes.

- Make & watch slide shows
Forget the slide projector! Have your friends gather around your computer screen and you can show them a slide show of your vacation. Beats passing around pictures - that's for sure!

- Special Effects
Make your images even more spectacular with the included special effect filters.

- E-mail Photos
Send your photos via e-mail with the click of a button (most e-mail clients).

And more!

This is one of the easiest to use photo programs around. I was very impressed with it and think you'll enjoy using it too. If you're looking for an easy way to work with your digital photos, you'll love this.

Oh, the price. This one retails for $39.95, we have it for just $12.95! And yes, that includes FREE shipping if you live in the US! Of course, it comes with a our 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If it doesn't work out, even after you open it, we'll take it back. You risk nothing, so why not give it a try?

Here's the info link:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/canon.htm

Computers 101

Q:
Why does my monitor go black after about 15 minutes of not using the computer?

A:
Windows has a Power Management setting that will shut your monitor off after a specified amount of time. If you don't like when it's shutting the monitor off, you can change it by doing the following:

Win 95/98/ME/2000

1. Hit the Start button, Settings, Control Panel. Then open the Power Management icon.

XP Users

1. Hit the Start button, Control Panel, Power Options.

Everyone -

2. Look for the "Turn off monitor" drop box (it's towards the bottom). Select the amount of time you want the computer to wait before shutting off the monitor, or tell it not to shut the monitor off at all.

Tip of the Day

Finding Your MS Product Codes

Web Link - http://www.worldstart.com/tips/prodkey.htm

This tip accesses the registry and MUST be used with extreme care.

Ever notice how Microsoft likes to put "product keys" on all their software? Well, what do you do if you've lost yours and you need re-install the software? I suppose you could call Microsoft and ask them to help.

Yeah right!

Here's another solution. If the program is still on your machine (or at least still has entries in your registry), there may be hope. The info you need may be tucked away in the Windows Registry!

Here's how to find it:

1. Click the Start button, Run. Type in regedit and click OK. Your registry editor program will start.

2. Next, head to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft

Make sure you open (double-click) the Microsoft folder.

Now, scroll down to the program you want to re-install. Double-click its folder and look for another folder called "Current Version".

Double-click that and look for an entry for "ProductKey" or "ProductId" in the right window pane. If you find it, you've found your code!

It can be a bit of a pain to hunt through the registry like this, but at least you don't have to buy the software again!

Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Every day see a different part of the cosmos. See an image or photograph of the universe, with an explanation given by an astronomer. Beautiful photographs with interesting explanations. Check it out.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Do you have a cool site that you want to share? Send it to Amanda! Here's her address:

amanda@worldstart.com

Oh, and we're looking for non-commercial sites. We generally don't run sites that are strictly for shopping.