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Picture This!

Here's one that you'll really love! (I do).

It's Microsoft Picture It Publishing (4 CDs - Silver Ed). We have an incredible price on these - only $12.97 with FREE US Shipping. These have an original retail of $49.95, so this is a phenomenal deal.

If you're looking for an easy to use desktop publishing program that makes putting together projects quick and fun, you've just found it. This is one of the better print programs on the market. Wanna know why? Read on!

You can create greeting cards, e-mail cards, calendars, newsletters, web pages, invitations, announcements, labels, animated greetings, business cards, flyers, signs, stationary, T-shirts, stickers, web photo albums, party sets, recipe cards, awards, certificates, banners, and tons more. Over 5,000 different templates in all!

You can use your own photos or choose from over 100,000 different clipart images that are included with the package! You don't need to worry about finding that perfect image anymore!

This also includes powerful photo editing tools. Remove red-eye, cut people out of photos and put them somewhere else (very cool feature), adjust brightness / contrast, add frames to your photos, turn color to B&W, and choose from different special effects that turn your photos into fine art prints! Oh, you can even print multiple photos on a single page (we've had a lot of requests for that).

Putting a project together couldn't be easier. Just choose the type of project you want, then follow the prompts. You're guided through step by step. Of course, you can also go into "do it yourself mode" and create projects from scratch if you prefer.

One of the coolest features this program has is helpful little movies that show you how to do basic operations. Regular help files are good, but learning by watching is best!

Again, the price for this is an incredible $12.97 with free US shipping.  When was the last time you saw a Microsoft product for that kind of money? Besides, if you don't like it, we have our 30 day return policy and we'll take it back. Check it out:

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

P S- This was a one time deal and we can't get more. Once these are gone, they're gone. You know how we've been selling out lately? Well, this could be another one. Get to the site now, before they disappear forever!

MS Office 101

Watermarks? Where's The Leak?

Hold on—no need to call the insurance company—we're talking about watermarks on MS Word Documents.

What's a document watermark?

Glad you asked—thanks for helping out since I thought we'd cover that topic today.

I figure the best definition comes straight from the proverbial horse's mouth (or in this case the little paperclip guy who's my Office Assistant).

A watermark is, "any text or graphic that when printed appears either on top of or behind existing document text".

Examples might be the word "draft" printed lightly below the text of a document still in rough draft form, or a company logo printed behind the text of a memo / letter.

Whatever your need, a watermark is an easy addition to help make your documents both interesting and functional.

Want to learn how?

Yes?

Good—then stay tuned... the "How To" is coming right up.

Office Tip of the Day

Using Watermarks In MS Word

Now that you know what a watermark is, would you like to know how to create one?

It's a good way to turn this...

into this...

Sound like a great idea? Yeah, it did to me too, so let's get started.

The first thing we should do is to change our view to Print/Page Layout. (If we don't, we won't be able to see the watermark in our document when we've finished. It will still print but won't be visible unless we're in Print Preview or the Print/Page Layout view.) Go to the View menu, Print/Page Layout choice.

Next you need to know that you must put the watermark in the header or footer of the document—so we'll be going there now.

You need the View menu, Header and Footer choice.

At this point you may want to hide the document text. To do this you can click the Show/Hide Document Text button on the Header and Footer toolbar.

Now you're ready to insert your graphic, AutoShape, text box, WordArt, etc. Just remember that whatever you use as a watermark will appear on every page of the document. (Unless you set the options for different headers and footers through the Page Setup window. Then you'll have limited flexibility with the watermark pages.)

Once you have the item inserted you'll need to place and format it appropriately.

For placement, you can drag the item anywhere on the document you feel is appropriate. It is not confined to the space of the header or footer.

Also, you can use the grabbers to resize the object to meet your requirements.

If it's a graphic then you have the option of using watermark coloring. On the Picture toolbar that opens with the insertion of your graphic you'll find buttons for Image Control, Contrast and Brightness.

Under Image Control there is a setting for Watermark. After I set this I find I tend to adjust the brightness because the colors seem to all wash out. It's completely a matter of your own preferences.

For things other than graphics you'll want to adjust colors, rotation, etc. to suit your needs.

No matter what object you've put in as a watermark, you're going to need to set the wrapping on the object so that text will cover it.

With all the formatting and placement complete you're ready to return to your document. Click the Close button on the Header and Footer toolbar.

You should be returned to your document where you can see your watermark behind your text.

Beautiful!

~ April