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Make Someone's Day Brighter!

Have you ever had a bad day and were lucky enough to have someone brighten it up for you with a little card or note? Have you ever gotten a card from someone that really hit home? Really made you laugh? Cry?

Well, we have American Greetings CreataCard Platinum 6 and it can help you create cards that deliver a personal message the way no store card ever could!

This is one of the best card-making software packages on the market. In fact, it's the most powerful card program I've ever played with (at least so far - they just keep improving these things)!

This software makes it incredibly fun to create American Greetings cards right from your computer. You can create the cards from scratch or use one of the 6300+ card templates (which you can customize). Oh, and you'll love how easy it is to use!

It also includes 15,000+ art images, 9400+ projects, 8200+ greeting card sentiments, an address book, a reminder utility that pops up when a special date draws close (never forget another birthday!), and tons more. It even has spell checker!

As for card types, every occasion is covered - birthdays, weddings, Halloween, baby showers, Christmas, Mother's day, thank you, anniversaries, Valentines day, Easter, Father's day, and LOTS (lots) MORE! Heck, it even does e-mail cards!

All that's great, but to personalize your cards, you'll probably want to add your own pictures, right? Well, not only can you do that, but this program also includes a fantastic photo editor that can do everything from red-eye removal to sharpening focus! 

Oh, and wait till you try the "craft cards" section. From here, you can create your own pop up cards, frame cards, slider cards, cut out cards, and more! These would be great for kids! They would LOVE this!

Think about how much fun this is going to be with all the upcoming holidays and events! With this software, you'll be able to say exactly what you want, using your own words or an American Greetings sentiment.

Do you think your loved ones would appreciate a card like this? Something genuinely from you? I know they'll love it!

The price on this? It's only $24.97 and US Shipping is FREE! Since retail on this is $69.95, it's a terrific deal. Now QUICK! Get to the link below:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/amergreet-creatacard-pl6.htm

PS - Think of all the smiles this program will get from friends and family! However, no one is going to be smiling if you wait too long and we're sold out :-) Head the link above right now :-)

Computers 101

Q:
I have two computers but only one printer. Is there a way to connect the printer to both computers?

A:
If the computers are networked together, enable printer sharing on the computer with the printer. This is done under the Network icon in the Control Panel.

Then, install the networked printer you created above on the second computer. You do this from the Printers folder in My Computer (XP users, head to the Control Panel). Just click "Install Printer" and when asked, tell it you're installing a network printer. There's a handy little wizard to guide you through the process (it's actually very easy). That should get you printing.

The only potential problem I can see is if the printer is not able to be used on a network. Most can be, but there are some that will refuse to run.

OK, but what if the computers aren't networked together?

If they're not networked, you still have an option. Most computer stores sell a switch box device that can be used to connect a single printer to several computers. Although this doesn't work every time (some printers are funny about switch boxes), most of the time it does the trick. You should be able to get these switch boxes for under $30.00.

A word of caution: you may want to check your printer documentation to make sure that the switch box is safe for the printer in question. I've never really seen a problem with using a switch box, but it never hurts to check.

~ Steve

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Tip of the Day

Multiple Monitors

If one monitor is good, two is better, right?

I've been using two monitors simultaneously with my laptop for over 3 years now. Let me tell ya, it's great having all that desktop real estate to play with. Your mouse moves from screen to screen and you can move open windows from one screen to the other just as if you were using a single large monitor.

So how do you set it up?

Basically, all you need to have is two video adapters (cards). Your computer already has one, but you'll need to either install another one yourself or take your computer to someone who can.

Keep in mind that depending on your configuration, you may not have any space (or interrupts) left for adding another video card. Due to the millions of possible configurations, I don't really have any guidelines to give you in regard to this. If you're not sure, take your machine into a computer shop and have them look at it.

If you're using a laptop, you may already have multiple video adapters. One for your LCD display and one for a standard monitor. Just plug your regular monitor in and go. It's that easy. Of course, you'll want to confirm this before you go out and buy a new monitor, but most newer laptops will support this configuration.

Once you get the hardware taken care of, the rest is easy. Right-click your desktop and select Properties from the resulting menu. Hit the Settings tab.

You'll see both monitors displayed. You can set resolution and color depth for each individually as well as drag the monitor icons themselves into their real world positions (makes transitions from one monitor to the next smoother).

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Epicurious

Yeah I know, right now you’re wondering what the heck a site with the name of Epicurious is about. Well, why don’t I just tell you about it...

It’s all about food, baby! And surfing this site made me hungry.

What did I love about this site? Well other than the fantastic content, it has a fabulous and easy navigation system. Just scroll over the words on the top and then down to the topic you’d like to check out.

You can choose from Home, Eat, Drink, Learn, Shop, Recipes, Restaurants, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, TV, and Forums. Hours of exploration and fabulous food fun, get hungry and enjoy!

http://eat.epicurious.com/

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com