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Got Clipart?

Hey! You can never have enough clipart!

What an incredible deal! We have a special on ClickArt 250,000 Premier Image Pack! This includes:

- 210,000 images / graphics

- 50,000 photos / fine art

- 1000 fonts

- And tons more.

These images all come in standard formats that work with just about any graphics, print, or word processing program out there.

Not only does it include graphics, but also has a fantastic search engine that makes finding the perfect piece of clipart a snap. Just choose the type of clipart you're looking for (graphic, photo, etc), enter your keywords, and click "find" to see your results! It even remembers your searches!

In addition, it has a super-handy little image editor / creator. Just import a graphic and modify it so it's exactly what you want. Even create your own graphics! I use stuff like this all the time for quick touch ups.

If you don't have a graphics program don't worry! This comes with PrintMaster Express. It's not the full version of PrintMaster, but it's still powerful enough for you to make just about anything you can think up!

If you’re like me, you know you can never have enough clipart. I have been personally been using ClickArt software for years and have always been very pleased with it. Frankly, I don't know how I'd do print projects without it. It's on my list of must have software, that's for sure.

As for the price, it has a retail of $39.95, but your cost for this title is only $18.97! Of course, US Shipping is FREE and you can return it if you don't love it! We checked Amazon.com and they have the exact same title "discounted" at $28.99. Then we checked at CDW and they wanted $31.17 plus shipping! Our price is a heck of a deal, so be sure to get to the site today.

http://www.worldstart.com/store/clickart-250.htm

PS - We purchased these due to an overstock situation. Once they're are gone, the price will have to increase, so be sure to get to the site today! Besides, $18.97 is a heck of a deal for a quarter million images!

Computers 101

Q:
Is there a way to NOT print in color?

A:
Printing is expensive, especially when you're printing out web pages and such because there is so much color ink involved.

Well, if you don't mind black & white, you should be able to set your printer to print in either a grayscale or B&W mode by default. You can later turn this option off if you decide you need a document printed in color.

How do you do it? Well, it varies from printer to printer since they tend to come with different software, but here's a typical scenario:

1. Click the Start button, Settings, Printer.

2. Next, find your printer and right-click it, selecting Properties from the resulting menu.

3. OK, here's where it may get a bit messy. You'll need to play around in the settings screen that comes up, looking for a setting to print in B&W or grayscale. This setting may be either on a tab or you may have to press a button to get at it.

For example, with my HP I hit the General tab, then a "Printing preferences" button. A new screen pops up and I hit the "Paper/Quality" tab and can set it to print B&W from there. Here's a couple of screen shots form my printer:

Again, I want to stress that this is how it works for my printer, your mileage may vary (in fact, it probably will). If you get really stuck, try your printer's help file. You know, when all else fails read the instructions.

Once you set it to B&W or grayscale, everything you print will be in B&W unless you set it back manually.

If that's too much of a commitment to the monochrome world for you, you can always print in grayscale / B&W on a case by case basis. When you go to print from whatever program, use the File menu, Print...

From there, hit the Properties button. If you play around in the resulting settings screen long enough, you should find a setting for grayscale. It's probably under a "Print quality" or similar category.

Again, if you go this route it's only going to be a temporary deal. If you want it permanently printing in grayscale unless you specify otherwise, you'll have to go to the printers folder as described above.

~Steve

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Tip of the Day

Have you ever been on a website using AOL and the browser crashes? (Or better yet, have you ever been on a site and not had it crash?)

What happens? That's right.. The whole AOL program crashes. As for whatever you were doing, kiss it good-bye.

Another bad thing about the AOL browser is the way it limits the amount of space you have to view a website in its entirety and intended design.

I know while viewing Worldstart.com in AOL, the browser only uses the middle portion of your screen when you’re running an 800x600 resolution. At lower resolutions everything will get scrunched up and scroll bars start to appear where scroll bars weren’t designed to be. There are two things you can do.

1) Maximize the browser window within AOL to its full extent. That helps websites look more like they were designed to. You still run a high risk of AOL crashing and loosing whatever you were viewing or working on with this option but, hey, at least you’ll crash in style!

2) This is the best option. Use Internet Explorer (or Netscape in if you like).

You can open Internet Explorer through your "Quick Launch" toolbar (the icon looks like a little blue "e").

You can also find it by clicking the Start Menu and choosing "Programs."

This option is great because if you're on a website and the browser crashes, AOL won’t feel the need to crash along with it. Websites also seem to look much better with a non-AOL browser.

Hot Hot TIP! Another way to open up Internet Explorer is to click your Start button, then go to Run, then type in “iexplore” or “iexplore.exe”. Then hit OK.

~Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements

That title is definitely a mouthful. For those of you who like comic books you should like this interesting way of cataloguing them.

Click on an element of the periodic table and you'll get a list of the comic book pages involving that element, or for technical information you can follow the link to Mark Winter’s Web Elements.

It’s interesting to see what the elements were used for in the comic books and which characters fell into the different categories for each element.

Check it out!

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/index.html

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