tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29514771992927412352024-03-13T15:27:44.601+00:00Technogran's Tittle TattleFrom a users point of view.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-71518202902117565842013-04-14T09:02:00.001+01:002013-04-14T09:02:57.272+01:00My take on Windows 8.<p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Seeing as others have stated their views about Windows 8 and why it isn’t selling, or why PC’s are on the decline, or why they think Windows 8 is the best thing since sliced bread, I thought it might be about time that this humble Granma gave her opinions on the subject. There will be many who won’t agree with me, probably the business users and those who work in Information Technology, whilst those who tend to use IT for pleasure or to simply socialise will probably know where I’m coming from.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">I can remember a time when Information Technology as we call it today (or computers) first appeared. The only users in those days were businesses. colleges and training centres. They were all PC’s (usually Amstrad’s) and you had to be Einstein to get any sense out of them. I don’t remember them having an Operating System as we know it today, only programs such as Lotus 123 etc. The other type of computer, a Mackintosh, tended to be used by those who wanted to produce graphics etc. Ordinary people just didn’t have a computer, either because they couldn’t afford one or didn’t have any use for one. The desktop PC was a useful tool and as time has passed, is now virtually indispensable amongst our biggest corporations such as the NHS, the Police, etc. All are still running Windows XP, and most tend to use a tailor made program that suits their particular needs and usage. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">As time has passed, the rest of us have begun to use IT in a far different way to the way that corporate users make use of it. For the consumer user (for that is the description most used these days to describe the user who is not using IT for work purposes) IT allows us to socialise with one another, keep in touch, pass the time, entertain etc. One could argue that its exactly the opposite type of use to that of the corporate user, because we aren’t using it to ‘produce’ anything or in a serious manner, but rather in a frivolous way. Of course, we can also use it to keep tabs on our appointments, remind us of things we need to do, give us directions, and generally be an ‘aide memoir’ and assistant in our busy lives. In fact now that I own a smart phone, I don’t know how I ever managed without it. My point here is that now that the non-corporate user has begun to make use of Information Technology in their daily lives, the demographic of usage has changed dramatically and beyond recognition.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Of course the corporate user still uses their static PC’s and Mac’s in exactly the same way as they have always done, their needs have not changed, nor their need to change PC’s or even change their operating system. For any corporate user, changing and updating their core operating system would entail training their entire staff to use the new system, a costly and time consuming nightmare that any corporate user will obviously dread, and whilst the current set up in use is working fine, then many will consider it not worth the cost or the hassle, hence the reason why most large institutions and businesses are still using Windows XP, and as Microsoft plan to withdraw support next year, its going mean a massive upheaval. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">In the meantime, as the corporate usage has in a way stood still, the none corporate usage has ballooned. From those years when no one but the corporate user found any use for IT, now the majority of us own some type of smart phone that we make use of daily, or we own tablets, e-readers, etc., and our needs seem to be that we need to use IT as we move around, during travel, walking along, in coffee shops etc., we don’t seem to want a static PC that remains in one place. Texting, taking pictures, keeping in touch with each other, these are our needs</font> wherever we happen to be.</p> <p>So, can one Operating system cover both uses? I say not. I believe that it’s one of the main reason’s why Apple has never attempted it. One usage is so far removed from the other, that its an impossible task and one that in my opinion, Microsoft shouldn’t have attempted with Windows 8. The corporate user needs to be able to multitask, have several programs open and visible on their desktop at once, be able to maintain security of the highest level as their usage may entail accessing personal details of others, or information that they wouldn’t want others to have access to, whilst to the consumer user none of that is really important, as demonstrated by the way we are all happy to inform the world where we are at at any given time, and broadcast our latest pictures via sharing. </p> <p>I love my Windows phone, and in my opinion, the operating system on the phone is perfect and Microsoft would be stupid to think otherwise or to change it. The way that you can tailor the tiles to suit your usage, personalise the phone to such a high degree that no Windows phone will look exactly like someone else’s, the way the tiles are ‘live’, the People tile, it all works brilliantly and is a ‘user focused concept’ that Microsoft should be proud of. On the phone it works well, as does the phone’s mail app, calendar etc., and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Belfiore" target="_blank">Joe Belfiore</a> and his team are to be fully congratulated on making an operating system that is fully tailor made to the user. </p> <p>But in Windows 8 its a disaster. It simply doesn’t work! No corporate user is going to make use of it, the Mail app, the People app, the Calendar app, they are a practically unusable and a thousand steps back from Windows Live Mail in the case of the Mail app. No integrated Calendar? In fact, whilst I was testing Windows 8, I simply downloaded the whole of Windows Live Essentials to the desktop in Windows 8 because I couldn’t function without their features and I’m a simple consumer user! Nothing works in Windows 8 that would suit the usage of the corporate user OR the consumer user in my opinion, and the integrated apps are rubbish. Windows phone puts it all to shame, both in usage and in application. What Microsoft will do I have no notion, but they should leave Windows phone alone, its perfect. </p> <p>They should have taken the Windows phone OS and added it to tablets aimed at consumer usage, but updated Windows 8 desktop for PC’s and corporate usage. Its a step too far, and by trying to fulfil two separate usages, they have ended up fulfilling none. </p> <p>TG (<em>This post is entirely my own thoughts on the subject of Windows 8, and I know that many of you will not agree with my sentiments, only time will tell who is right and who is wrong, and my thoughts are entirely as an ordinary user</em>.)</p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Calibri"><em>This blog post has been written, edited and published from the greatest blog editor ever, Windows Live Writer, for which their is no equal and which has not been made into a Windows phone app unfortunately. Sigh.</em></font></strong></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:8f212b64-8a4b-4e1f-a529-0886d0a1afbf" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+8" rel="tag">Windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+phone" rel="tag">Windows phone</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corporate" rel="tag">corporate</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/consumer" rel="tag">consumer</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-10208960692257988682012-08-05T12:46:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:49:57.686+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer 2011. 1.Let’s begin!<p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">There are many users who blog who have never heard of Windows Live Writer, so I have decided to spread the word about the best blogging editor out there bar none. I can guarantee that once you have tried out Writer, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it and as its free, what have you got to loose? Firstly you’ll need to download it to your computer as its a desktop program, but the upside of that is you can write your blog posts offline if you have no internet connection, and publish to your blog later at a time to suit you.</font> </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Go to </font><a title="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><strong>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"> where you can download the 2011 Essentials Suite. Once the installer has downloaded, you will see a Window where you can choose which programs to install, just Live Writer or any of the other programs. As an aside, Photo Gallery works quite well with Writer and is a free photo editing program that you may find useful.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1bSZAe1cB3A/UA4aw8_0HPI/AAAAAAAAKgc/6-BHne7-ZbM/s1600-h/Choose%252520your%252520programs%252520to%252520install.png"><img title="Choose your programs to install" style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="Choose your programs to install" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-M3L1lWjHQtY/UA4ayZQyZ7I/AAAAAAAAKgk/0ZAjI9tzttk/Choose%252520your%252520programs%252520to%252520install_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="500" height="395"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. <strong>NOTE!</strong> This edition of Live Writer does not work with XP, if you are using XP you will have to download the previous version of Writer. In Vista and Windows 7, its a good idea to pin Writer to your taskbar so that it is just one click away to use. Once downloaded and installed, Writer will invite you to Configure it for your blog so click on <strong>Next.</strong></font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LYFB26pGH2k/UA4azkt1mdI/AAAAAAAAKgs/uqYIyDXRToE/s1600-h/Configure-Live-Writer6.jpg"><img title="Configure Live Writer" style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="Configure Live Writer" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KFPU-daKwOk/UA4a0_aA_OI/AAAAAAAAKgw/ss4OISZ6xAQ/Configure-Live-Writer_thumb11.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="382"></a> </p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Choose the blogging platform that you use, Wordpress, Sharepoint, Blogger or Typepad. Writer will also work with LiveJournal and most other blog platforms. For my demo I am going to set up two of my blogs, one on Wordpress and one on Blogger. In the topmost area you need to put the URL (website address) of your blog. If you don’t know this, go to your blog online and note or copy the address from the address bar in your browser.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B-5aOlXa-yU/UA4a10n6NUI/AAAAAAAAKg4/_Q-B8R8q0rs/s1600-h/Filling-in-the-details-of-your-blog5.jpg"><img title="Filling in the details of your blog" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Filling in the details of your blog" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eQmdAL2ZEJ0/UA4a2wPOWyI/AAAAAAAAKhE/c74sTKYqmyI/Filling-in-the-details-of-your-blog_.jpg?imgmax=800" width="456" height="391"></a> </p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Tick the remember my password if you don’t want Writer to be constantly asking for it and then select <strong>Next</strong>. Writer will then begin to fully sync with your blog settings, the background, the fonts you use, in fact every detail of your blogs theme or template will be synced with. This is so that you can see exactly how your posts will look as you compose them and before publication. It’s what makes Writer so unique and to my knowledge, it is the only blogging editor that is capable of true WYSIWYG syncing.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8sS5B1c7G4s/UA4a4QEzhWI/AAAAAAAAKhM/ZxR-tLSOkYo/s1600-h/Writer-does-its-stuff4.jpg"><img title="Writer does its stuff" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Writer does its stuff" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nmYYNLtLB90/UA4a5mvGmCI/AAAAAAAAKhU/q4_FKz_HhH8/Writer-does-its-stuff_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="354" height="307"></a> </p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. As soon as Writer has completed its sync with your blog, you will see the post area of your blog in its entirety presented in the Writer editing window as shown below.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qS0bvwZK4Xc/UA4a7o6P94I/AAAAAAAAKhc/r961Wfr8y08/s1600-h/WYSIWYG-edit-screen5.jpg"><img title="WYSIWYG edit screen" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WYSIWYG edit screen" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CkwATfMOeiA/UA4a8m45y0I/AAAAAAAAKhk/FybDsb4SZQA/WYSIWYG-edit-screen_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. If you have other blogs either on a different blogging platform or even the same one, then simply repeat the procedure as described for each one by clicking on the title of your currently configured blog (to the right of the <strong>Publish</strong> icon, and select <strong>Add Blog Account</strong> from the drop down list. You can add as many blog accounts as you wish from different blogging platforms. I have quite a few on the go including photo blogs and Writer successfully syncs with them all.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fS_pi6qMYVA/UA4a-TAqRjI/AAAAAAAAKhs/ysjhkQVC2uE/s1600-h/Showing-list-of-my-blogs5.jpg"><img title="Showing list of my blogs" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Showing list of my blogs" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NKLBmTDN8x8/UA4a_zQn-gI/AAAAAAAAKh0/pJ8PntMYYl4/Showing-list-of-my-blogs_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="355"></a> </p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">The full sync is best illustrated with another of my blogs which uses a fairly complicated looking theme on Wordpress. In the next two screens I am showing you the blog itself online in Wordpress and then the editing screen inside Writer to illustrate how Writer really does show your posts exactly as they will look when published. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Firstly, here’s my blog as it appears online.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jemGBWnaQE8/UA4bBy6DeBI/AAAAAAAAKh8/qAj-EX2xKvI/s1600-h/Screenshot-535.png"><img title="Screenshot (53)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Screenshot (53)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-flO6348rNXo/UA4bENwhyOI/AAAAAAAAKiE/I3PpbQChAPw/Screenshot-53_thumb3.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333"> And here is that very same post in the Writer editing window where you write and compose your blog post.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IDUb6s9yhwM/UA4bGCNak2I/AAAAAAAAKiM/mFPfDxczPTk/s1600-h/Screenshot-544.png"><img title="Screenshot (54)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (54)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZcU2g9oFmDk/UA4bILoIFlI/AAAAAAAAKiU/3n-WPEMqvjQ/Screenshot-54_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">Of course the sidebar is missing, we don’t need it for composing the actual blog post of course, and the blog title is also not necessary, but all fonts used, size of fonts etc are present and correct, as is the theme used itself. In a later post, we’ll cover writing one post and then posting the same post to more than one blog which I tend to use fairly often. To see the whole of your blog including the Title and the sidebar, simply click on <strong>Preview</strong> at the bottom left hand side of the editing screen.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ep7T0ID9qh8/UB5d1fRpEpI/AAAAAAAALBg/IEIZYNS4pUI/s1600-h/Preview-your-post5.jpg"><img title="Preview your post" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Preview your post" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zgUD9WTH848/UB5d5A8135I/AAAAAAAALBo/WiDu5FrzFJY/Preview-your-post_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="602" height="377"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post we’ll cover beginning to write your post, choosing your fonts and size of fonts, choosing a header and taking a look at general formatting of your post.</font> </p> <p><strong><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">Technogran</font></strong></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e8968ed2-4948-48e7-86ae-3a26dc0be37d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Technorati+Tags%3a+writer" rel="tag">Technorati Tags: writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/2011" rel="tag">2011</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/download" rel="tag">download</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/install" rel="tag">install</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/configure" rel="tag">configure</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/sync" rel="tag">sync</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/theme" rel="tag">theme</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-10871138060481188732012-08-05T12:42:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:45:42.438+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer. 2. Writing your post.<h3><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <h3><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <h3><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <h3><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Segoe UI">The Home Ribbon.</font></h3> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now we’ll take a look at setting out your posts as you want them to look. Above the Editing screen, you’ll no doubt have noticed the Ribbon interface used in Writer. When you open Writer, the <strong>HOME</strong> ribbon is the one visible to you by default. This ribbon consists of the following areas,<strong> Clipboard</strong> (which I never really use personally, so for now we’ll ignore it) <strong>Publish</strong> (where you are given the choice of publishing your blog once completed, either as a viewable post or as a draft post) <strong>Font </strong>where you can choose which font you would like to use for this post and its size etc, <strong>Paragraph</strong> which includes bulleted, numbered lists and quotes. This is followed by <strong>HTML Styles</strong>, and once you set your cursor into the main writing area, the <strong>Paragraph</strong> choice will be highlighted by default, followed by various headings to choose from,<strong> Insert</strong>, where are given the choice of inserting either a <strong>Hyperlink</strong>, <strong>Picture</strong> or <strong>Video</strong>, and finally <strong>Editing </strong>where you can check your spelling, find a word and select all of your post. Let’s work our way through them shall we?</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-apwpxgpoa88/UB5c2FvxAsI/AAAAAAAALAw/N0sk8h4ceIo/s1600-h/Filling-in-your-title1.jpg"><img title="Filling in your title" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Filling in your title" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Malwt-Fi0Bo/UB5c2tiif1I/AAAAAAAALA4/K6HT_OogBIk/Filling-in-your-title_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="602" height="377"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Place your cursor in the post <strong>Title</strong> area and fill in your Post Title. You can’t choose different fonts or sizes for the post title in Writer, this is dictated by whichever theme you are using. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Once you have completed your post title, click return to move down to the writing area. Now the <strong>Paragraph</strong> icon in the <strong>HTML styles</strong> will be highlighted. If you don’t wish to add a header to your paragraph, you now need to choose your font and size that you wish to use, and also its colour if you wish to change it from the default one’s used in your blogs theme. To change the font, click on the small arrow next to the font box. A drop down list will appear that you can scroll down. Choose your font from the list.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8byHU1nxZ-0/UB5c3dp9gkI/AAAAAAAALBA/6CcLbk-BKrk/s1600-h/Choose-your-font1.jpg"><img title="Choose your font" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Choose your font" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FOhMwX8mtoI/UB5c4HRSALI/AAAAAAAALBI/M9C08UdHrHI/Choose-your-font_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="622" height="390"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">For this how-to, I’ll choose Segoe UI. Note that all fonts that are available on your computer, including any that you have downloaded, will also be available to use in Writer including those used in Word. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. When you have chosen your font, click on the size box on the right of the font box to select the size of your font. In my case I could go right up to 36 size </font></p> <p><font size="7" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">which is quite large!</font><font size="2"><font color="#333333"> The</font> small icon on the right of the </font></font></p> <p><font size="7" face="Segoe UI"><font size="2">size box will clear all formatting, returning you to clear text, so use with caution!</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Below the font box are other choices for your text. You can make it <strong>bold </strong></font><em>italic<u> </u></em><u>underline it if you wish to make it stand out </u>place a <strike>strike through it as if you had crossed it out </strike>do a<sub> subscript </sub>or <sup>superscript </sup>and also highlight some of your <font style="background-color: #ff0000">text including choosing the colour.</font> In order to do that, you will need to highlight that particular text by selecting it all via your left mouse button and holding it down until all of your chosen text is highlighted.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cH0DzD6grZ8/UB5c42MIKkI/AAAAAAAALBQ/7MB4npeumsM/s1600-h/Choosing-your-own-colour6.jpg"><img title="Choosing your own colour" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Choosing your own colour" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FEcNlzYIoCw/UB5c5cUV7vI/AAAAAAAALBY/vV46ofd1pIE/Choosing-your-own-colour_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="285"></a></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2">5. Finally you can choose the overall colour of your written text, and this is best chosen right at the beginning at the same time as you choose your font and size. If you click on the underlined A, a drop down box will appear with the colours for you to choose from. If you are not happy with the default choice of colours available, click on <strong>More Colours</strong> <font color="#555555">followed by <strong>Define Custom Colours</strong> to choose your own. See screen grab above. </font></font></font></p> <ul> <li><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">In the <strong>Paragraph </strong>area of the ribbon, you can add a bulleted or numbered list. by simply clicking on each. </font> <li><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now whenever you begin a new line, a bullet or a number will automatically be added to your text.</font> <li><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">To stop the bulleting or numbering, simply deselect it. </font></li></ul> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. </font></p> <blockquote> <p><font style="background-color: #ffffff" size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can also make selected text into a block quote like so by selecting the ‘quote’ icon to the right of the bullet and numbering icons. Once you have completed your block quote, just deselect it.</font></p></blockquote> <p><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Normally when writing you want your paragraph to always be left aligned or placed against the left side. However, you might want to include a paragraph or part of your writing that is centred on the page or even placed up to the right hand side</font>. </font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">To centre your text simply select the centre icon by clicking on it. It will be highlighted and any text place in your post from then on will begin in the centre of your post and move outwards, but will remain central until you deselect the Centre icon. Try it out to see exactly how this works and how it looks. </font></p> <p align="right"><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can also do the same with the Align Text to the right.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Finally you can Justify all of your text, or just a paragraph. Justify makes the words in a paragraph ‘spread out’ so that they all line up at both the right hand side of your post and also the left hand side as well. This is done by spacing each word and some people like it better because it looks neater as it doesn’t end with different length lines. As you can see by this paragraph. Of course, if you have never done any word processing, you won’t be familiar with any of this! </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Next let’s choose a header. Normally I never have the need to place any headers in my blog posts, but if you are writing a more ‘professional’ looking post, you might want to use headers in order to talk about separate subjects or areas of your subject. To include a header, place your cursor at the beginning of a new line, and select one of the headers in the HTML styles area.</font></p> <h1>This is my Header.</h1> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">As you can see, depending on the style of your blog theme, some of the headers include a dotted line underneath. If you don’t want this, then choose one of the other headers that do not include the line.</font> </p> <h3></h3> <h3></h3> <h3></h3> <h3>This is Header 3. </h3> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">As soon as you begin a new line after you have placed your header, Writer automatically selects the Paragraph formatting for you.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post, we’ll tackle inserting a Hyperlink, a Picture and also a Video into your post. </font></p> <p><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">Technogran</font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:720af59a-c40a-4868-8d2e-3c0ce183c49b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/fonts" rel="tag">fonts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/formatting" rel="tag">formatting</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/headers" rel="tag">headers</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/paragraphs" rel="tag">paragraphs</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/size" rel="tag">size</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-61910126118359020892012-08-05T12:40:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:42:27.663+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer 2011. 3. Let’s insert something!<p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">One of the best features of Live Writer is how you easily it allows you to insert <strong>Hyperlinks</strong>,<strong> Pictures</strong>, <strong>Videos</strong> and even maps into your blog posts and have complete control over whereabouts they are positioned and how they look. We’ll tackle each one in turn.</font> </font></p> <h3>Hyperlinks</h3> <h3><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Firstly adding a <strong>Hyperlink</strong>. What is a Hyperlink? Well, this is best illustrated by demonstrating one. Let’s say you are doing a blog post about a recent holiday and you mention the place visited. This could be a town, or even a restaurant. For this post I’m going to use the example of The White Hart Hotel in Hayle, where we enjoyed a very nice lunch during our last holiday. Firstly I need to find out if The </font><a href="http://www.whiteharthotel-hayle.co.uk/" target="_blank"><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">White Hart Hotel</font></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333"> has a website. It has. Now I need to copy the URL of the website by highlighting the URL in the address bar in my browser and then returning to Writer.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KnZaax6wbMc/UBCyBumK9MI/AAAAAAAAKms/-eJsHTCwc0c/s1600-h/Screenshot-655.png"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><img title="Screenshot (65)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Screenshot (65)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2-6W-O6Fei0/UBCyDP2Ft-I/AAAAAAAAKm0/nkU5pc50T2Y/Screenshot-65_thumb4.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Next I need to click on the <strong>Hyperlink </strong>Icon in the ribbon. The web address that you just copied in your browser will automatically be inserted in the Web Address box. All that you need to do is fill in the words that will be associated with that address inside the <strong>Text to be displayed</strong> box. (Linking.) For this demo, I’ll use White Hart Hotel in my text, and I’m also going to tick the box ‘<strong>Automatically Link to this Text</strong>.’ Click on<strong> INSERT</strong>. </font><a href="http://www.whiteharthotel-hayle.co.uk/" target="_blank"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><strong>White Hart Hotel</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"> will appear in your post, and whenever any reader clicks on those words, they will automatically be taken to the relevant website. You can do this with any word/words used in your post that has a relevant site. So when I talk about Windows Live Writer, I can direct my readers with a Hyperlink to the webpage describing </font><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs" target="_blank"><strong><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Windows Live Writer</font></strong></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"> and its features. The colour of the Hyperlink will be dictated by the link colour set in your blogs theme, but you can make it stand out even more by highlighting it and then making it bold. (See above.) Try clicking on both of my Hyperlinks and see where you are taken. </font></p> <h3><font size="4" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: bold">Pictures</font></font></h3> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Next, we’ll insert a picture. Clicking on the Picture icon from the<strong> INSERT</strong> area of the ribbon produces a drop down list of choices consisting of </font></p> <ul> <li><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">From your computer</font> </font> <li><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">From the web</font> </font> <li><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Create an online Album</font> (This album will be stored in your SkyDrive.)</font> <li><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Add an online album</font> (Already available from your SkyDrive)</font> </li></ul> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">4. Clicking on <strong>From your computer</strong> will take you to your pictures folders, usually the last one you had open, so that you can choose a picture to insert. All you need to do is simply click on a picture from your library and it will be inserted into your post. <strong>NOTE!</strong> The picture will be inserted wherever your cursor happens to be in your text so its best to use return to begin a new line before inserting a picture.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yxDbtyUZYts/UBCyEyB67xI/AAAAAAAAKm8/vhVS8HbmHRA/s1600-h/e24b069a-bcbf-4f84-8960-b93db2120782%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><img title="Butterfly in Christchurch, New Zealand" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Butterfly in Christchurch, New Zealand" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sQ_RoOnDt0U/UBCyF2OsczI/AAAAAAAAKnE/6yJ-VjU84e8/e24b069a-bcbf-4f84-8960-b93db2120782%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="154"></font></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Your chosen picture will be aligned to the left hand side of your post by default and will be the smallest size. We’ll run through changing its size and position in a future post. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Alternatively you can insert a picture from the web by clicking on the second choice from the drop down list. However, first you need to know the URL or web address of your chosen picture. Open your browser, choose your picture and then copy the URL from the address bar just as you did with the Hyperlink. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3YiRAp2Cg2Y/UBCyIk51-mI/AAAAAAAAKnM/Z2hxDG0AiL8/s1600-h/Screenshot-6810.png"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font><img title="Screenshot (68)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 9px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (68)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7AK4iy8HNu0/UBCyKo0HqzI/AAAAAAAAKnU/c7KShSIg4tQ/Screenshot-68_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="502" height="304"></a></p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Insert the Web Address by right clicking with your mouse and choosing <strong>Paste.</strong> Your chosen picture will appear in the small window. You can Preview it first if you wish. If your happy with it, click on <strong>Insert</strong>, and your chosen picture from the web will be inserted into the post where your cursor is currently positioned.</font> <ul><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"> <img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" src="http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-3548324231-hd.jpg" width="600" height="373">. </font></ul> <h3 align="left"><font size="4" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: bold">Photo Album.</font></font></h3> <h3 align="left"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: normal">7. The next choice is <font style="font-weight: bold">Create Online Album </font>so let’s choose that next from the drop down list. </font></font></h3> <ul><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JbHKC1unyh4/UBCyM5FITOI/AAAAAAAAKso/8_mgklH42BM/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252869%252529.png"><img title="Screenshot (69)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (69)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tJ8bsks_SuM/UBCyO3p09PI/AAAAAAAAKqg/APxwhq0Zf8U/Screenshot%252520%25252869%252529_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="602" height="372"></a></a></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></ul> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. A window will open for you to choose <strong>From Files</strong> or alternatively <strong>From Online Albums</strong>. (Albums that if you already have a SkyDrive account, you already own.) You firstly need to sign in, and clicking on <strong>Sign In</strong> opens a sign in window where you can fill in your credentials in the relevant boxes, choose whether or not you wish Writer to remember your password or keep asking for it, and click on <strong>OK</strong>. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. If you don’t own a Microsoft Account (you can use your Hotmail/ Live account) then click on <strong>Don’t have a Windows Live ID?</strong> to be taken to the relevant webpage where you can create a Microsoft Account. You will then have access to SkyDrive which you can use to store all of your photos/documents etc for free. When you have done that, fill in your credentials in the window and click on <strong>OK.</strong> </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. Now you can create your first online album and display it in your post. Your visitors will be able to access the album by clicking on it and also view all of its contents as a slideshow. So let’s add some photos to our album!</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">11. You add photos by either opening your pictures folder in a separate window and simply dragging them over to the <strong>Add Photos </strong>window one by one, or alternatively click on the green <strong>+ Add Photos</strong> choice, highlight the photos that you wish to include in your pictures folder and they will be added to the album. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qaasl3iFt8M/UBCyQjDHM_I/AAAAAAAAKns/TPT1tYounsk/s1600-h/Adding-photos-to-your-albums6.jpg"><img title="Adding photos to your albums" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Adding photos to your albums" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uTE-4GPg_gg/UBCyRrW1RTI/AAAAAAAAKn0/Kdj2uwl_fkk/Adding-photos-to-your-albums_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="276"></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">12. When you have added all of your chosen pictures, click on <strong>Insert</strong>. As you can see below, your photos will now be displayed in a very attractive manner inside your post. By default they will be aligned to the left hand side of your post, but you can change this by clicking on top of the whole album, (a striped square will now appear at the edges of your photo album) and a new Tab will be highlighted above the ribbon in Writer called <strong>Photo Album Tools</strong>. Underneath you will see the tab <strong>Format</strong>. Click on it and the ribbon will change to show completely new choices and icons to use.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">13. This ribbon will appear every time you click on top of a Photo Album or a single picture, although the choices offered are slightly different for a single picture. We’ll tackle these in a later post, but for now you’ll see that the <strong>Alignment </strong>area is highlighted. To centre your new Photo Album, simply click on the <strong>Centre </strong>icon. 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title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZLNiH5waAtA/UB5cD07CWeI/AAAAAAAAK-g/wkfGxW5NwWk/-70557912469E3C41E.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td></tr></table></div></ol> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">We’ll cover all the things that you can change about how your <strong>Photo Album</strong> is displayed and work our way through all of the different choices open to you in a later blog post, but for now we’ll leave this demo Album as it is. Writer will automatically save the whole album to your SkyDrive when you publish your post. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">14. The other choice we need to set up before publishing our blog post containing the photo album is to set up our album privacy. Seeing as our album is part of a blog post and you probably want all of your readers to be able to look at it and access it fully, it might be best to set this as Public, unless of course you only wish certain readers to see it, in which case you will have to set their permissions individually. Its much easier therefore to make a photo album public when you insert one in a blog post. To do this, click on top of the album again in order to invoke the <strong>Photo Album Tools</strong> and then click on <strong>Album Privacy</strong> icon. This will be set at ‘Don’t share this photo album on my Windows Live profile’ by default, so untick that choice. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WCYhSIKEB8E/UBCybZ_xe2I/AAAAAAAAKo0/52JAaKuk8rA/s1600-h/Screenshot-726.png"><img title="Screenshot (72)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Screenshot (72)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1jrdjpfRqXg/UBCydda9WAI/AAAAAAAAKo8/FN7YGXI72po/Screenshot-72_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" width="452" height="340"></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">15. You are also offered the choice to include additional file information like the location where you took each photo, camera description and time taken. You can disable this if you don’t want it included by unticking it. Click on<strong> OK</strong>. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">16. The last choice from the drop down list under the Picture icon is to include an album in your post that you already have on SkyDrive. Of course this will only apply if you have had a SkyDrive account previously and saved photos to it. If you are new to SkyDrive then this choice is not applicable until you have some albums saved. Here’s my choice of albums. To insert one of your current albums into a post, simply click on it to select it, and then click on <strong>Insert</strong>.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8txS4avS8TI/UBCyfL0PM4I/AAAAAAAAKpE/k5spazwPvao/s1600-h/Adding-an-online-album-from-SkyDrive%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><img title="Adding an online album from SkyDrive" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Adding an online album from SkyDrive" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-w5w3z66KXu8/UBCygRscUmI/AAAAAAAAKpM/PuSKSkTvPPY/Adding-an-online-album-from-SkyDrive%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="502" height="332"></font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">17. Writer will download your chosen Album where your cursor is currently placed inside your post and display it as before aligned to the left hand side and as the default display. 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height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dWSk8w351NE/UB5cGDuu4cI/AAAAAAAAK_A/kpAqtwipdrA/5388425702072E7A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RVdpny40XYA/UB5cGsoDABI/AAAAAAAAK_I/hz_1D-vimhc/-734082220FD97475.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, 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src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-i3Iz_97sM7I/UB5cHmArv9I/AAAAAAAAK_Y/OKKFbNtj3Fw/-4984108527D90ADB2.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_fljzsSAJFo/UB5cIGUrOdI/AAAAAAAAK_g/sD9MLg0mDs0/3886560547671713A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-w49pIFVywow/UB5cIuH8x3I/AAAAAAAAK_o/7CdCYgUkUNE/8429190524164E20A.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' > </td></tr></table></div> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post we’ll cover adding a video to our blog post from the different choices offered, and also take a look at inserting a map as well. </font></p> <p><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC"><strong>Technogran.</strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:db3ccc6d-e3da-4cf1-a3dc-aaf5d51419f9" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/hyperlinks" rel="tag">hyperlinks</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/insert" rel="tag">insert</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/pictures" rel="tag">pictures</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/videos" rel="tag">videos</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/writer" rel="tag">writer</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-68660389574315166602012-08-05T12:34:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:36:40.735+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer 2011. 4. Inserting Everything bar the kitchen sink.<h3><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <h3><font size="4" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: bold">Insert Ribbon.</font></font></h3> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Up until now during this tutorial, we haven’t moved from the<strong> HOME</strong> ribbon, which has contained most of the choices that we needed to make. We’re now going to take a closer look at the <strong>INSERT</strong> ribbon, where there are lot’s of other things we can insert into our blog posts.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Click on the<strong> INSERT</strong> tab above the ribbon. Immediately the ribbon changes to a much more detailed one featuring everything that you can insert into your blog posts. Let’s take a look at all the other things we can insert into our posts shall we? </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VG2sDLK5rnE/UB5atE1mr2I/AAAAAAAAK8w/1QqOj87LlR8/s1600-h/Insert-ribbon23.jpg"><img title="Insert ribbon" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Insert ribbon" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ys_EhyhwzFg/UB5atxXcYVI/AAAAAAAAK84/a8_EigqzlCk/Insert-ribbon_thumb26.jpg?imgmax=800" width="552" height="167"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">As you can see from this screen shot, we can insert (under the<strong> Break</strong> area) a <strong>Horizontal line</strong>, a <strong>Clear Break</strong> and a <strong>Split post</strong>. (The latter being where you can post a short summary to be shown on your Home page, and then continue to read the full post by clicking on ‘more’ etc. You can also add a<strong> Table</strong> into your post, and under the<strong> Media</strong> area of the ribbon, we have the previous <strong>Hyperlink</strong>, <strong>Picture</strong> and <strong>Photo Album</strong> (which work in exactly the same way as before) <strong>Video</strong>, <strong>Map</strong>, <strong>Post Tags</strong> and <strong>Emoticons</strong> to show your readers how you are feeling at that time in your post.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Lastly you can add some Plug-ins to Writer which add enhancements such as the Facebook plug-in or Twitter plug in, which automatically send an update to either as you publish a post. Let’s try working our way through the <strong>BREAKS</strong> area first. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">2. Click on Horizontal Line.</font> </font></p> <hr> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">A line is then placed inside your post. Next, try the <strong>Clear break</strong> choice. <br clear="all">Your cursor will do a return and move to a new line. Next let’s try out the <strong>Split Post</strong>.</font> </p> <a name='more'></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"> <p>Now a dotted line will be placed in your blog post and once published, all text above the dotted line will be shown but to read the rest of the post, readers will have to click on <strong>More</strong>. </p> <p>3. Next we’ll insert a Table so place your cursor on a new line and click on <strong>Table</strong>. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><font color="#333333">This is a cell and you can write</font></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><font color="#333333">Very useful for recipe’s</font></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><font color="#333333">or anything you want</font></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><font color="#333333">where you require things in columns</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><font color="#333333">The default table of two rows and two columns will be inserted into your post. Of course you can change how many rows, how many columns, the total width of your table, whether or not to show a border around your table, and the Pad cell contents and also the space between each cell.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GB8M9wzQSTQ/UB5audDNkcI/AAAAAAAAK9A/QCmFLbXkM5E/s1600-h/Inserting-a-table4.jpg"><img title="Inserting a table" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Inserting a table" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cGGiVH9zSRY/UB5avAnbMxI/AAAAAAAAK9I/Fcv5vvAbY8s/Inserting-a-table_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="364"></a></p></font> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">Here I’ll show one use of a table so that you can see just one application. A recipe.</font> </font></p> <table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="599" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="291"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>10 Digestive Biscuits</strong></font></td> <td valign="top" width="297"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>75g/3oz butter</strong></font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="291"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>1 tbsp clear honey</strong></font></td> <td valign="top" width="298"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>700g/1½ lb </strong></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/mascarpone_cheese"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>mascarpone</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong> cheese</strong></font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="291"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>2 </strong></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/lemon"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>lemon</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>, juice and zest</strong></font></td> <td width="298"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>200g/7oz </strong></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/caster_sugar"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>caster sugar</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>, plus more to taste</strong></font></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="291"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>4 tbsp </strong></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/icing_sugar"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>icing sugar</strong></font></a></td> <td valign="top" width="298"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/mint"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>mint</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>, to garnish</strong></font></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="291"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>450g frozen </strong></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/summer_fruit"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>summer fruits</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>, defrosted</strong></font></td> <td valign="top" width="298"> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/icing_sugar"><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>icing sugar</strong></font></a><font size="2" face="Kristen ITC"><strong>, to taste</strong></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">As you can see, by using a table for our list of ingredients they are all kept neatly lined up and easy to read for our readers. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">3. Next we’ll move on to inserting a <strong>Video</strong> into our post. Clicking on the Video icon from the <strong>INSERT</strong> ribbon will present a drop down list with choices. From the web, From your computer or From a Video Service. You will need to use the old Embed from YouTube if you are embedding a video from there. It’s more than likely that you wish to Insert a video from your computer, probably one that you have made yourself. To do that, choose the ‘<strong>From your Computer’</strong> option. A new window will then open with relevant boxes for you to fill in.</font> </font></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:aa13b416-51c0-403a-bc1a-13b9353a8467" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; width: 448px"><div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:aa13b416-51c0-403a-bc1a-13b9353a8467" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; width: 448px"> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333"><strong>NOTE!</strong> If you click on top of the video, you will see the Video ribbon where you can centre your video inside your post, adjust its size, choose widescreen or 4.3 format adjust its placement to top or bottom of your text, and place a margin around it (for text wrap) </font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Next in the <strong>INSERT</strong> ribbon we have Map. Click on the Map icon and type into the search box at the top, your chosen location. Inserting a map can be useful to your readers if you were blogging about a recent destination that you visited. You can choose between a Road view or an Aerial view, zoom into the map to show a closer view of your destination, and also place a pin with even more information for your visitors. Here’s a map showing where we stayed on our recent holiday in Cornwall. Again, if you click on top of the map a sidebar will open on the right and you can centre it, or place it left or right of your text, adjust the size in the size boxes etc.</font> </p> <div id="scid:84E294D0-71C9-4bd0-A0FE-95764E0368D9:e63ab02f-7c48-4cff-ba68-92beb3cca6c2" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; width: 404px"><a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=50.19794~-5.424392&lvl=16&style=a&sp=aN.50.19872_-5.424221_this%2520was%2520our%2520caravan_We%2520stayed%2520here%2520on%2520our%2520last%2520holiday&mkt=en-us&FORM=LLWR" id="map-2ba780ca-cd8d-492d-96cb-4aa7dc7be612" alt="View map" title="View map"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4Mvl9cF3QDY/UB5av5JmcmI/AAAAAAAAK9Q/oGoTNY_HOWA/map-c61429108625.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="303" alt="Our Holiday Home"></a><br><label for="map-2ba780ca-cd8d-492d-96cb-4aa7dc7be612" style="font-size:.8em;">Our Holiday Home</label></div> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Next we arrive at <strong>Post Tags</strong>. What are post tags? They are tags that you add to your blog which allow your readers to search for all of your posts about a certain subject. For example, these blog posts and going to be about Live Writer, but each one will be about a specific area of using Writer. This one is about inserting various things into your posts. So my tags for this post could be as follows: Writer,insert,hyperlinks,pictures,videos,maps,tags,emoticons, </font></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#333333">Once added, readers can then search for a specific word such as <strong>Videos </strong>on my blog and be taken to this post. To add some <strong>Post Tags</strong>, click on the Post Tags icon from the<strong> INSERT</strong> ribbon, type in your tags, separating each one with a comma. There are other tag providers listed under the Tag Provider box, or you can add your own.</font><font color="#666666"></font> </font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3a88d545-f4b8-4b7f-ad60-e7df127cfce2" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/writer" rel="tag">writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/insert" rel="tag">insert</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/breaks" rel="tag">breaks</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tables" rel="tag">tables</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/hyperlink" rel="tag">hyperlink</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/picture" rel="tag">picture</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/album" rel="tag">album</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video" rel="tag">video</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/map" rel="tag">map</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/post+tags" rel="tag">post tags</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/emoticon" rel="tag">emoticon</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/plug-ins" rel="tag">plug-ins</a></div> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Here is my list of tags.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><strong>NOTE!</strong> If using Wordpress, you don’t add your tags directly to your post, you add them at the top of the editing window in the <strong>Set tags</strong> box. It is also usual to place your Post tags right at the bottom of your post.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Next we have <strong>Emoticons</strong>.These are very small icons that you can Insert into your text to either show your emotion at that time or some other illustration about your writing. Try some of them out, they are just for fun. <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nCMFJAPLQjg/UB5awWnd1tI/AAAAAAAAK9Y/ZBWmvP_MXCQ/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile2.png?imgmax=800"></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Finally on the <strong>INSERT</strong> ribbon, we have the <strong>Plug-ins</strong> area. What are Plug ins? These are additional add on’s for Writer to enhance its usefulness. For example we can add a Twitter and Facebook plug in which when set, will update both Twitter and Facebook to notify that our blog post has been published. Click on the Add Plug-in icon in order to add a Plug in. You will be taken to the Writer plug-ins website. For our particular plug-ins, we need to choose the Post Publishing category from the left, so click on that. Our two chosen plug-ins are right at the top of the list.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HcF24ZjtHeU/UB5axU8w9VI/AAAAAAAAK9g/S-Dqc0w0pVw/s1600-h/Twitter-Notify-and-Facebook-Live-Wri.jpg"><img title="Twitter Notify and Facebook Live Writer" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Twitter Notify and Facebook Live Writer" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-195xrWZjBYE/UB5axyQN2HI/AAAAAAAAK9o/pSSMjVUdqWo/Twitter-Notify-and-Facebook-Live-Wri%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="281"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Click on them to download and install them. You may receive a warning during installation, but I have used both of these plug-ins for a long time without any problems so the warning can safely be ignored. Once both plug-ins have installed, you can click on <strong>Plug-in options</strong> where you can turn either Plug-in on or off for each individual blog post or blog. There are many more plug-ins that you can add to Writer to enhance its already featureful capabilities. Its entirely up to you whether you use any of them or not, they are all free to use, so take a look!</font></p> <p><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC"><strong>Technogran</strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:5c76e516-46b4-411a-a568-4b7493b90c9c" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/writer" rel="tag">writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/insert" rel="tag">insert</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/breaks" rel="tag">breaks</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/table" rel="tag">table</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/videos" rel="tag">videos</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/maps" rel="tag">maps</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tags" rel="tag">tags</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/emoticons" rel="tag">emoticons</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/plug-ins" rel="tag">plug-ins</a></div></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-81825525551361906142012-08-05T12:31:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:34:29.498+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer 2011. 5. A closer look at photos.<h3><font size="4" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: bold">Picture Tools</font></font></h3> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Once you have inserted a photo into your blog post, there are a plethora of choices open to you. You can precisely place your photo in your text, resize it, crop it, add effects and an assortment of other features and additions. So this post, I’m going to concentrate on these photo features. </font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">1. Once your photo is inserted into your post, click on top of it in order to open the <strong>PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon. As you can see, this contains a vast array of choices and we’ll work our way through them one by one. Reading from the left of the <strong>PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon is Crop.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7Aj7ReEg8KY/UB5aInkHioI/AAAAAAAAK7c/v8yOAKwfSgk/s1600-h/Picture%252520Tools%252520ribbon%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="Picture Tools ribbon" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Picture Tools ribbon" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pwpGdZC6MCg/UB5aJEbbd_I/AAAAAAAAK7k/1rjgzj_ebOY/Picture%252520Tools%252520ribbon_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="69"></a></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">2. Clicking on the <strong>Crop</strong> icon will open a window containing your photo with a white square inside the photo that can be resized or reshaped by left clicking on one of the small squares and holding down the left hand mouse button, then dragging the lined square until you have cropped out the area of the photo that you don’t want to show. There are also some custom sizes for you to choose from via the drop down list, and you can also show a grid over your chosen area. Click on <strong>OK</strong> once you are happy with your Crop or click on <strong>Remove Crop</strong>.</font> </font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xYyNz8G1zDg/UB5aKZftemI/AAAAAAAAK7w/MZmc3oQvuig/s1600-h/Doing-a-crop-in-Writer16.jpg"><img title="Doing a crop in Writer" style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="Doing a crop in Writer" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nRW3PcAGBEs/UB5aLQtOWXI/AAAAAAAAK74/TfkyH8-1rm4/Doing-a-crop-in-Writer_thumb14.jpg?imgmax=800" width="597" height="480"></a> </font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">3. Next to Crop on the <strong>PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon is the<strong> Resize</strong> area. Here you can customise your sizes for future use so that once set, when you click on Small, Medium or Large your photos are set to a size that you prefer to use inside your posts. To change the Custom size, click on the size box, a drop down list will be available, and you can select the last choice of <strong>Set Default Sizes</strong>.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZeyR5-AXWNE/UB5aMMOuIsI/AAAAAAAAK8A/TuM9ZnrsRPQ/s1600-h/Setting-your-default-sizes-of-photos%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="Setting your default sizes of photos" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Setting your default sizes of photos" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qSS31ZSyXHI/UB5aMpPOxdI/AAAAAAAAK8I/TJ1W6XloGgA/Setting-your-default-sizes-of-photos.jpg?imgmax=800" width="215" height="242"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Another window will open and you can then select the width and height for your default sizes of your inserted photos. Once set, in the future all you need to do is select Small, Medium or Large and your photos will be at your own custom size. </font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">5. Next we come to <strong>Rotate</strong>. This feature allows you to rotate your inserted photo from Landscape to Portrait or visa versa, or you can <strong>Tilt</strong> the photo inside your text which gives a very attractive result. Try it out to see how it looks. You adjust the angle of tilt by sliding the slider either further to the right or left and once you are happy with your tilted photo, click on<strong> OK</strong>.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LPp5LzvKQuU/UB5aN7HA3AI/AAAAAAAAK8Q/tcec_rGLXcA/s1600-h/The-Last-Rose36.jpg" target="_blank"><img title="The Last Rose" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="The Last Rose" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WmerEKTTJ3c/UB5aOzS912I/AAAAAAAAK8Y/82Bpj_SwylQ/The-Last-Rose_thumb32.jpg?imgmax=800" width="528" height="437"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Next area along the<strong> PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon is <strong>Picture Styles</strong>. This allows you to add different surroundings, effects and shapes to your inserted photo. Choices are as follows: Inherent from Blog, None, Drop shadow, Instant Photo, Photopaper, Reflection, Rounded corners, solid 1pxl and solid 3 pixels. Try them all out by clicking on each one to see how it effects your inserted photo.</font> </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. <strong>Picture Effects</strong> are next in the Ribbon, so click on the <strong>Picture Effects</strong> icon in order to access the choices available. These are Recolour, Sharpen, Blur and Emboss. If you click on Recolour another windows opens containing other icons for you to select and you simply click onto each one to choose. Try them out on your photo to see which one looks best.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Clicking on Sharpen gives you the choice of a sharpen icon, Blur gives you no Blur or Gaussian Blur and Emboss allows you to Emboss your photo. Again, try them all out to see the effect. You can always change the effect back if you don’t like it. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. Under the <strong>Picture Effects</strong> area is Contrast and this choice is adjusted by altering the two sliders for Brightness and Contrast either left or right. Click on <strong>OK</strong> once your happy with your photo. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. Lastly under <strong>Picture Styles</strong> we have <strong>Watermark</strong>. This allows you to watermark any inserted photos so that your name is placed on it for the purposes of copyright. Click on the Watermark icon and a window will open where you can choose your text such as your name, which font you would like to use for your watermark, the size and finally its position on your photo. Click on<strong> OK</strong> once you have set up your watermark and it will be added to the photo. (See above.)</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">11. In the <strong>Properties</strong> area of the <strong>PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon, you can choose where to link to when your readers click on top of the photo, either the source picture or a web address, the options for the size of the source picture, and any alternate text you would like to display when the photo is clicked on. </font></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#333333">12. Under the Settings area of the <strong>PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon, you can set to revert to the original version of the picture before any effects etc were added, or set the current picture style, alignment, properties etc as the default for all other pictures.</font><font color="#666666"> </font></font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cq5hASXeSyU/UB5aQKgpgBI/AAAAAAAAK8g/8WlN9Ijevdw/s1600-h/f042dc0d-faec-4fbb-8fef-d2c2c440d346.jpg"><img title="f042dc0d-faec-4fbb-8fef-d2c2c440d346" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="f042dc0d-faec-4fbb-8fef-d2c2c440d346" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LIInfP4bH6o/UB5aQ6vqR5I/AAAAAAAAK8o/m2tDQ5esaZA/f042dc0d-faec-4fbb-8fef-d2c2c440d346%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="220" height="165"></a><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">13. Next in line on the <strong>PICTURE TOOLS</strong> ribbon is the Alignment area, and this basically allows you to place your photo to the left hand side of your text, to the centre, to the right hand side. Just choose the placement by clicking on one of the icons. You can then resize your picture if you wish to accommodate any text that you wish to have at the side. Its also a good idea to set up a margin around your picture so that your text does not butt right up to the edge of your photo and look unsightly. </font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">14. To alter the margin next to your picture and separate your photo from your text, simply click inside the box next to the relevant margin and increase the pixels. In my case, I have increased the pixels to 12 to the right hand margin, so that now my text is separate from the photo. You can adjust the spacing around your photo at the top, bottom, left and right, so that it all looks neat and is easy to read.</font> </font></p> <p><font color="#333333">Next post, we’ll cover the Blog Account ribbon, and also adding Categories to our posts, setting our post date, updating the theme, and posting the same post to different blog platforms.</font></p> <p><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC"><strong>Technogran</strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:4d9c4ab1-5911-4640-ba10-19a0ddb5ba5c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/writer" rel="tag">writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/picture" rel="tag">picture</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tools" rel="tag">tools</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/crop" rel="tag">crop</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/resize" rel="tag">resize</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/rotate" rel="tag">rotate</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/effects" rel="tag">effects</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/watermark" rel="tag">watermark</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/alignment" rel="tag">alignment</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-50865878803564570152012-08-05T12:28:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:31:04.832+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer 6. Handling your blog account.<h3><font style="font-weight: bold" size="4" face="Segoe UI">Blog Account.</font></h3> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI">The last ribbon tab is <strong>BLOG ACCOUNT</strong>. The features available to you on the Blog Account ribbon will actually depend on which blogging platform you are using. For example, there are more features available to you when using a Wordpress blog inside Writer than a Blogger blog. Let’s work our way through the Wordpress blog ribbon choices available to you first.</font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Click on the Blog Account tab at the top of the ribbon. Firstly in the ribbon, you have <strong>Blog Options</strong>. This is followed by <strong>Shortcuts</strong> and then finally <strong>Theme</strong>. We’ll work our way through them all. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aT7MPRK_0wQ/UB5ZXySZs_I/AAAAAAAAK6M/9MB2hUU9AxI/s1600-h/Blog-Options7.jpg"><img title="Blog Options" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Blog Options" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FE7icsHLPgo/UB5ZYopVBPI/AAAAAAAAK6U/T-0okPlGRqg/Blog-Options_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="520" height="484"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Click on the <strong>Blog Options</strong> icon. A window will then open. This window contains a list on the left hand side which begins with <strong>Account</strong>. This states all the details of your Wordpress account such as Blog name, and its configuration. If you need to change any details, click on Update account information at the bottom. You can also view all of your blog capabilities by clicking on that choice. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">3. The next choice is <strong>Pictures</strong>. Here you can specify where you wish your included Pictures/Photo to be stored, either the blog platform itself (in this case Wordpress) or some other FTP site. For more details on setting up a different FTP site for your photos/pictures, go to </font><a title="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/writer-ftp-server-images-photos-ui" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/writer-ftp-server-images-photos-ui"><font color="#333333">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/writer-ftp-server-images-photos-ui</font></a></font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">4. Next we have <strong>Editing.</strong> This choice simply allows you to update your theme so that you can see your posts as they will look on your blog, and also allows you to change your blogs text to read from left to right.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AT9OgiUG1DU/UB5ZZYlMgLI/AAAAAAAAK6c/6nF6Zsiab5w/s1600-h/Enabling-Plug-ins5.jpg"><img title="Enabling Plug ins" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Enabling Plug ins" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-k6780M_kk6I/UB5ZaE9qgdI/AAAAAAAAK6k/w63KvIfLR8w/Enabling-Plug-ins_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="518" height="482"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Next we have<strong> Plug-ins</strong> and this choice allows you to set up any Plug-ins you have downloaded to Writer to work with this specific blog, so that they will be enabled every time you publish a post instead of you always being prompted to use them. For this step by step, we have our Twitter and Facebook Plug-ins, and by ticking one or both of them and then clicking on <strong>OK</strong>, we enable auto updates every time we publish a new blog. You can also choose in which order each Plug-in is invoked.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Finally in the list under <strong>Blog Options</strong> we arrive at <strong>Advanced</strong>. This is fine left at the defaults. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Moving along the ribbon to the <strong>Shortcuts</strong> area of the <strong>BLOG ACCOUNT</strong> ribbon is a list of shortcuts to your blog as follows, <strong>View Site,</strong> <strong>Dashboard</strong> and <strong>Manage Comments</strong>. All are pretty self explanatory in that they allow you to go immediately from Writer to those areas of your blog account. Let’s try out the <strong>Dashboard</strong> Shortcut. As long as you are signed into your blog account online, you will be taken to your Dashboard. Try out the <strong>Manage Comments</strong> shortcut as well. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Lastly we arrive at the <strong>Theme</strong> area of the <strong>BLOG ACCOUNT</strong> ribbon. Clicking on the <strong>Blog Theme</strong> icon will show you your current theme as it is synced with Writer. If it doesn’t look right or you have recently been updating your theme or changed it in Wordpress online, you will need to click on the <strong>Update Theme</strong> icon. Writer will then attempt to fully sync with the new theme changes. <strong>NOTE!</strong> It may be necessary for Writer to create a temporary post (which should automatically be deleted) if it encounters problems syncing correctly with your theme. Click on<strong> Yes</strong> to allow this.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jNfaFfubEOE/UB5ZahiAa4I/AAAAAAAAK6s/uTXFKv1ALww/s1600-h/Temporary-post-in-Writer3.jpg"><img title="Temporary post in Writer" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Temporary post in Writer" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qjnT0xzmYpE/UB5ZbfeKfUI/AAAAAAAAK60/V1LqkBSEFOE/Temporary-post-in-Writer_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="192"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. If you wish to see how your whole current blog post will look once published including your blogs Title and sidebar intact, then click on <strong>Preview </strong>at the bottom left hand side of the blog editing screen.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vjVb1yPFXgI/UB5ZcDZq5mI/AAAAAAAAK68/JAic9yNhPME/s1600-h/Fully-preview-your-blog4.jpg"><img title="Fully preview your blog" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Fully preview your blog" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-y-PK43uPd94/UB5Zc9NEAdI/AAAAAAAAK7E/xmrI4Eb-Hz0/Fully-preview-your-blog_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">10. Just for comparison, let’s take a look at the different choices offered for one of the other blogging platforms such as Blogger. The blog options will be the same, but under the <strong>Shortcuts</strong> area, we are only offered <strong>View Blog. </strong>Dashboard and Comments shortcuts are sadly not available at this time. You can still check your theme has synced correctly of course by clicking on <strong>Blog Theme</strong> and also you can Update your theme in exactly the same way as before. If you wish to check that your blog has been fully synced with by Writer, click on the<strong> Preview</strong> tab at the bottom left hand side of the editing screen.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RSxyw6Segjs/UB5ZdbtIbHI/AAAAAAAAK7M/YUJS3ZVlCpU/s1600-h/Blogger-Blog-Account-ribbon4.jpg"><img title="Blogger Blog Account ribbon" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Blogger Blog Account ribbon" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VP8uGHI6aB8/UB5Zd-HPdMI/AAAAAAAAK7U/ad6MKYJG2is/Blogger-Blog-Account-ribbon_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="139"></a></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">In my next post, we’ll work our way through the file tab which doesn’t have its own ribbon interface, instead having a drop down list, where you can edit any post that you published in the past as long as it was created in Writer, and is in my view one of Writer’s greatest strengths.</font></font></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"> <font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC"><strong>Technogran</strong></font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e501fed2-7488-4326-aeca-44aed56d6eaa" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/account" rel="tag">account</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/blog" rel="tag">blog</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/options" rel="tag">options</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/shortcuts" rel="tag">shortcuts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/theme" rel="tag">theme</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-38342047105327194522012-08-05T12:23:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:25:14.062+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer. 7. Handling those files!<p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">Now we’ll take a close look at the <strong>FILE</strong> tab. This is the only tab that doesn’t currently have its own ribbon interface, but instead shows when clicked as a drop down list of choices.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VzpDUjPTaT4/UB5X72jRV0I/AAAAAAAAK48/1U5KyvwXZrs/s1600-h/File-drop-down-list5.jpg"><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><img title="File drop down list" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="File drop down list" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1V3AWRGPWXE/UB5X9EgSAWI/AAAAAAAAK5E/Nq1PQfudbiI/File-drop-down-list_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="426"></font></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">We’ll now work our way through the choices from this list, some of which have already been covered in other ribbon choices. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Clicking on the top choice of <strong>New Post</strong> will, in the case of Wordpress, give you two choices, <strong>New Post</strong> or <strong>New Page</strong>. (which if you use pages on your blog, allows you to compose one of those with Writer as well. This choice is sadly not available for Blogger at this time.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Open local draft. This choice opens a draft post that you have previously saved to your computer. Click on any of your saved posts in the right hand list to open it. To scroll down the list click on the small arrow at the bottom.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UfzbQpsYCV8/UB5X-DJzF4I/AAAAAAAAK5M/t0BGwElcPkI/s1600-h/Screenshot-785.png"><img title="Screenshot (78)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Screenshot (78)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Xr0u3mHGzXY/UB5X_NSV-JI/AAAAAAAAK5U/uRE7m9kklrk/Screenshot-78_thumb7.png?imgmax=800" width="402" height="377"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Open recent post will open any post that you have published to your blog. However, it also opens any post published to your blog over a set time as long as that post was originally constructed in Live Writer. To access any older posts, in order to edit one for example, simply click on the <strong>Open Recent post</strong> icon on the left. A new window will open up. On the left hand side will be a list of all of your blogs and on the right a list of the recent posts published.</font> </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. In a small box at the top next to show, you will see a default number of 25 posts. On the right is a <strong>Delete</strong> box. By clicking on the Show box, you can adjust how many past posts Writer should bring down to edit. This can be adjusted depending on how long you have used Writer to compose and publish your blog posts on that particular blog account, because only posts constructed with Writer previously can be accessed. To access a particular old post, scroll down the list of posts and then select the one you require and Writer will then download it for editing.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FdV_HnLSGx0/UB5YAlWnSGI/AAAAAAAAK5c/ZUULamX3vw4/s1600-h/Going-back-500-posts1.jpg"><img title="Going back 500 posts" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Going back 500 posts" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4zIE1rRJ80c/UB5YBmqEigI/AAAAAAAAK5k/bE1HKXgFJ5Y/Going-back-500-posts_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="502" height="381"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333"><strong>NOTE!</strong> There is a current problem with Writer fetching down any posts older than 20 on Wordpress at the moment, and you may receive an error message if trying to access older posts. All other blogging platforms such as Blogger are working fine. </font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">5. The next choice is <strong>Save,</strong> and you are offered three choices for your current post. You can save a local draft to your computer, you can post a draft to your blog that is not viewable by the public and which you can then bring back down into Writer to edit at a later date, or alternatively you can post the draft to continue editing online.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2IFYEj_PsIE/UB5YDkTWJcI/AAAAAAAAK5s/CqdPpfx0EA4/s1600-h/Save-choices5.jpg"><img title="Save choices" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Save choices" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qqJgNXa6doE/UB5YEWJKgnI/AAAAAAAAK50/Bh_fpLD0dec/Save-choices_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="195"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Next choice is <strong>Delete Draft</strong>, which when selected presents you with a list of your currently stored drafts on your computer. To delete one, just scroll down the list and select it. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7.<strong> Publish</strong> is self explanatory and is also available in the <strong>HOME</strong> Ribbon. Clicking on it will immediately publish the current post to your blog.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8.<strong> Print</strong> will print out the current post via a connected printer and you are also offered the choice to Preview the post before printing. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">9. Next we arrive at <strong>Options</strong>. Selecting this choice will open up exactly the same window as is available from the <strong>HOME</strong> ribbon under the list of your blogs when selecting <strong>Manage your Accounts</strong>. If you wish to change any of the Options available from the list, click on the icon to change it, then click on<strong> Apply</strong> and<strong> OK</strong> to<strong> Save</strong>.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sgP0UxUfB4c/UB5YFb1LgqI/AAAAAAAAK58/g2H0a5JdHGg/s1600-h/Remind-me-in-Preferences4.jpg"><img title="Remind me in Preferences" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Remind me in Preferences" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MDxuEp0STGI/UB5YGBHUV9I/AAAAAAAAK6E/dkg3plXeWcE/Remind-me-in-Preferences_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="464"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. <strong>About Windows Writer</strong> gives you more information about Writer the version you are currently using and the build number. You can also access any log files from here by clicking on<strong> Show Log File</strong>.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">11. Clicking on <strong>Exit </strong>will close Live Writer but if you have not done a recent save of your current draft, you will receive a warning notice to that effect and prompted to Save it first. </font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post we’ll cover setting up some Categories and setting our post dates including setting up a future date for publishing a post. . We’ll also take a look at posting the same post to two (or more) different blogging platforms, a feature which I tend to use a lot.</font> </p> <p><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC"><strong>Technogran.</strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bd2cb2b7-42a2-4ae6-bd06-ed64dc773de2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/writer" rel="tag">writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/files" rel="tag">files</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/draft" rel="tag">draft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/save" rel="tag">save</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/delete" rel="tag">delete</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/publish" rel="tag">publish</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/print" rel="tag">print</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/options" rel="tag">options</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/about" rel="tag">about</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-60338803520669564252012-08-05T12:20:00.000+01:002012-08-05T12:22:26.204+01:00Blogging with Windows Live Writer 8. Categories, tags and dates.<h3><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <h3><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></h3> <h3><font color="#333333" size="4" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: bold">Categories</font>.</font></h3> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now we arrive at setting up <strong>Categories</strong> for our blog post, so that our readers can more easily find specific posts about the subject that they are interested in. Most blogging platforms will allow you to include a Category gadget in your sidebar that can easily be accessed by clicking on one of the Categories so that only those posts associated with that Category will then be shown. Here’s my current Category cloud shown in my sidebar on my Wordpress blog, clicking on any of the Categories allows my readers to home in on all those posts related to that particular Category so that they can see only the posts they are interested in.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0i9GEv1-1f0/UB4OZP_ZSCI/AAAAAAAAK3Q/60VvMLqi1mY/s1600-h/Current%252520Category%252520Cloud%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Current Category Cloud" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Current Category Cloud" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_2mpuWEpZL4/UB4OaF9XurI/AAAAAAAAK3Y/qVn5u6r9ZfM/Current%252520Category%252520Cloud_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="352" height="326"></a></p> <p><font color="#666666" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">1. To add a Category for your post in Writer, click on the Set Categories box at the top of the edit screen. If you already have quite a few Categories already set previously, you can click on the small arrow at the right hand side of the Set categories box to access a list of your current categories. If this is a new blog, then you probably won’t have any Categories set up, so to add one, type in the name of your Category into the Add Category box. Your added Category will then appear inside the Set Categories box and will also be added to your available Categories online when you publish your post. </font></font></p> <h3><font style="font-weight: bold" size="4" face="Segoe UI">Tags</font></h3> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">2. We’ve already covered tags in a previous post. Tags allow your readers to home in in greater detail when searching for a particular post. Tags must always be added to Writer with a comma separating each word. <strong><font size="3">TIP!</font></strong> You can set up Writer to always remind you to set your Categories and Tags before publishing under <strong>File</strong>, <strong>Options</strong>, <strong>Preferences</strong> and ticking the Remind Me boxes for Categories and Tags.</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5Ys16DwXsx4/UB4Oa4tfd4I/AAAAAAAAK3g/9PRx5w9TJt4/s1600-h/Remind%252520me%252521%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Remind me!" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Remind me!" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xnlzOurCgKg/UB4ObrvNSBI/AAAAAAAAK3o/Y3uKBuupaGI/Remind%252520me%252521_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="458"></a></p> <h3><font size="4" face="Segoe UI"><font style="font-weight: bold">Post Date</font></font></h3> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. On the top right hand side of the edit screen, we have the <strong>Set Post Date</strong> box. If you are intent on posting your blog post today, then all you need to do is click in the small box to set todays date and time. However, it is possible with Writer to set a post date sometime in the future for publishing that particular blog post. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FcAK-91Jp1E/UB4OcYjBZ1I/AAAAAAAAK3w/oKqQh48vXcg/s1600-h/Publish%252520in%252520the%252520future%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Publish in the future" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Publish in the future" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dz5yEOfrnvg/UB4Oc1Tio9I/AAAAAAAAK34/JRb0k9BCZJg/Publish%252520in%252520the%252520future_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="352" height="273"></a></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333">4. In order to set up a future date for this particular post, click on the small Calendar icon on the right of the <strong>Post Date</strong> box in order to access the Calendar, and then click on the date that you wish your blog post to be published. </font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><strong>WARNING!</strong> If you bring down into Writer a previous post in order to edit it, do not alter or fill in the Post Date, or when you’ve finished editing that post and republish it, it will not replace the previous version but will be entered as a completely new post out of sequence. </font></p> <h3><font style="font-weight: bold" size="4" face="Segoe UI">Publishing your Blog Post.</font></h3> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font color="#333333" size="2">5. Publishing your current post to your blog is simply a matter of clicking on the <strong>Publish </strong>Icon from the <strong>Home</strong> ribbon once you are happy with your Draft, and have set your Categories, tags etc. It may take a few moments for your post to be published , especially if it contains quite a few photos or pictures. You can set up under<strong> File, Options, Preferences</strong> and then<strong> Publishing</strong> that you always view your post online once published by ticking that choice. This allows you to check that everything looks okay in your blog. </font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. To publish the exact same post to another blogging platform ( for example, this post will be published to both Wordpress and Blogger) simply publish to one of your blogs first by choosing it from your list of blogs in the<strong> Publish</strong> area of the <strong>Home</strong> ribbon, and when that has completed, switch to the other blog platform by selecting it from your list of blogs. The same post will then change to the new format and theme of that particular blog platform. If the second blog platform does not have the same width, you may have to adjust the width of your included photos and in the case of from Wordpress to Blogger (to give an example) you will have to copy over your tags to insert them at the bottom of the post. Once you are happy that your post looks okay in the new format for your other blogging platform, then again Select Publish to publish to the other blog. </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2" face="Segoe UI">That covers my step by step tutorial for using <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs" target="_blank">Windows Live Writer</a> 2011 for editing and composing your blogs and I guarantee that once you’ve got used to using it, you’ll wonder how you ever managed to blog without this wonderful (and free!) little program. Tell all your blogging friends about it, and have lot’s of fun blogging with Writer! </font></p> <p><font color="#3da6c0" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC"><strong>Technogran</strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:8ac390c5-09f8-456b-8357-e7630909181f" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/writer" rel="tag">writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/categories" rel="tag">categories</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tags" rel="tag">tags</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/post+date" rel="tag">post date</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/publish" rel="tag">publish</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-18819689492131034652012-05-22T14:40:00.000+01:002012-05-22T14:42:37.459+01:00Windows 8. A step too far?<p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">One of the most frequent complaints against Microsoft in the past is that they have not been innovative enough and that they tend to follow meekly behind others who have been far more ready to take risks in the past such as Apple. I’ve even been guilty of that accusation myself. But as a user, here’s my take on things for what its worth. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">In the past, Microsoft has been the main company serving the corporate technological world. During the years when it was generally only companies and/or institutions who used PC’s, and when most of us ‘none corporate’ users didn’t dream of owning a home computer, Microsoft aimed their sights firmly at the business sector and their usage needs. Word processing, Spread sheets, Databases, and an operating system geared to the running of a business meant that most of Microsoft’s main focus was squarely aimed at the corporate user. And rightly so. But in the meantime and certainly since the launch of Windows XP, the user base has slowly shifted from being just the corporate sector usage to the ordinary consumer ‘in the street.’</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Microsoft seemed to be oblivious to the shift taking place from the corporate user to the consumer user. It was as if they had their eyes firmly set in only one direction. Others such as Apple and Google were never as focused on the corporate usage side of computers, and therefore they have been quicker to see the demographic shift in needs. There is a huge difference in how an ordinary consumer at home uses technology and their PC to how they are used in the workplace. Consumers tend to prefer to share, photos, short messages, music, etc, and this need has mainly been met by social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Not only that but most prefer to do this ‘on the move’ and to not be tied down to a static home PC, hence the rise of laptops, tablets and ‘smart’ mobile phones. The consumer user base has slowly grown since the launch of XP, but meantime most of the corporate sector has not kept pace and most remain still using Windows XP. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">For them, ( I should imagine) its a very big undertaking to move forward to a new operating system as it involves the training of all of your staff in its usage. I was shocked last year to realise that the entire NHS is still using Windows XP whilst I’m now running Windows 8 Consumer Preview! What I am trying to say here is that whilst corporate usage has not moved on, the consumer usage has grown and grown and has become far more advanced. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now suddenly its as if Microsoft have glanced around from the direction they have always faced and suddenly noticed that its the consumer who is rapidly becoming the de facto user and their usage of technology needs to be met. The big question is, are they too late? The tablet market is currently dominated by Apple with the iPad with even Android having difficulty making any dint in that area, and despite the fact that Windows phone is fantastic to use, they have an uphill battle all the way. Talking of Apple, one of the paths that they have not taken was to try and merge the same operating system on both their iMacs and also the iPhone and IPad. Now, Microsoft are planning the risky step of doing exactly that, serving both the static PC user (which by definition includes the corporate user) AND also the mobile phone/tablet market. Can it be done? Is it possible to meet every type of users needs with just one OS? </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Paul Thurrott sums it all up for me in one of his recent posts on the subject of Windows 8 here at </font><a title="http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-release-preview-rip-aero-20032012-143133" href="http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-release-preview-rip-aero-20032012-143133"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-release-preview-rip-aero-20032012-143133</font></a><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"> and I agree that in ‘bending over backwards’ to enter the tablet and mobile hardware market, where of course battery life is crucial, are Microsoft going too far and forgetting the static PC user who up until now have been their bread and butter? Should they instead have one operating system for mobile devices (i.e Metro) and simply keep Windows OS for those users who run a static PC or who want to remain with the Windows environment? </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Personally, I am now quite used to using Windows 8 on my static PC with a mouse and keyboard and I really like it, but I have to admit that the Metro interface does look (and work) far better on my phone working with touch input. Nor am I needing several programs open at once or to do any word-processing or work of any kind, my needs and usage is far removed from those of the corporate user. And there is the big question mark. If most of the corporate world is still using Windows XP, can I see them rushing to move to Windows 8 anytime soon? To be honest with you, no I can’t. Nor can I envisage users such as the NHS equipping all of their staff with tablets either! </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">It’s all a very big gamble and one that is sort of surprising in a way coming from Microsoft, a company that most consider to be a ‘dinosaur’ who never innovate or do anything new. Can they pull it off? It’s certainly going to be a very interesting year finding out!</font> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG </strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e090d70c-2f8a-4ea3-8b87-c37bf23a555c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/metro" rel="tag">metro</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/corporate" rel="tag">corporate</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/consumer" rel="tag">consumer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tablets" rel="tag">tablets</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/phones" rel="tag">phones</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/laptops" rel="tag">laptops</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PC's" rel="tag">PC's</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-48880856560376917752012-05-04T12:42:00.000+01:002012-05-04T12:44:14.971+01:00Windows Live Writer. What happens now?<p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">On Wednesday, <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/02/cloud-services-for-windows-8-and-windows-phone-windows-live-reimagined.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Chris Jones outlined Microsoft's plans for Windows 8</strong></a> and also the rebranding of Windows Live Essentials suite of desktop programs. Windows Live as a brand is to be dropped, and he included a table showing the old named programs and their equivalent names going forward. What was most noticeable from this table was the absence of any Live Writer app for Windows 8. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pUTdgaAv-40/T6PA_QLv-DI/AAAAAAAAJAE/jkyNE01KqaY/s1600-h/Screenshot10.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-m73gd858hAA/T6PBAcqX9pI/AAAAAAAAJAM/Spr7RfnCkR0/Screenshot_thumb12.png?imgmax=800" width="599" height="480"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">As Windows Live Writer has become a well loved blogging editor by many users over the years since its beginning, it obviously raises questions as to any long term plans for this wonderful program, which in my case I use extensively for all of my blogs and without which I would probably be lost. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Live Writer has always made use of every aspect of other programs such as Photo Gallery, SkyDrive to save your photos and photo albums, or including a Bing map to give just a few examples. Moreover, during its lifetime, its team has always been one of the most helpful to its users and also been at the ‘cutting edge’ for introducing new and innovative feature into Writer. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">They set up a <a href="http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/writergeneral/" target="_blank"><strong>Live Writer forum</strong></a> especially to help users having problems and gain feedback from them for features they would love to be included. Once when I was having some difficulties getting Writer to sync with one of my blogs, I was contacted by one of the team via email. Wherever possible, users requests for features were incorporated into Writer in the next update, and it now contains many features that other blogging editors can only dream of. For example, they were the first to incorporate Photo Album into the product, which allows you to include a full album of photos in a blog post so that your readers can then go and view every photo in that album on SkyDrive by simply clicking on it inside your blog post. The album can be attractively presented in many innovative ways and contain as many photos in it as you like, yet is kept in the size of your blog post. This brilliant idea was then subsequently ported over to online Hotmail posts and also Windows Live Mail.</font> </p> <div id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:fb87588f-985a-46f0-836e-3b83f015384c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:629px;border-collapse:collapse;'><tbody><tr><td style='margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:none;border-style:none;width:auto'><a style="outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;" target="_blank" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=2418d1cd90c52c20&page=play&resid=2418D1CD90C52C20!10950&type=5&authkey=!AANNwe_0Oyw23vY&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" alt="View album" title="View album" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-k1ex03DgTx4/T6PBBWVZRiI/AAAAAAAAJAU/Qn9NsUDr3Mw/Blossom%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" /></a><div style='width:629px;text-align:center;overflow:visible;padding:0px;margin:0px;'> <div style='width:629px;overflow:visible;'><a style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=2418d1cd90c52c20&page=browse&resid=2418D1CD90C52C20!10950&type=5&authkey=!AANNwe_0Oyw23vY&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:1.26em;padding:0px;width:629px;font-size:26pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" defaultText="Enter album name here">Blossom</span></a></div> <div style="text-align:center;padding:9px 0px 0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;"> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style="text-align:center;width:auto;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding:0px;outline:none;border-style:none;border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;"><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=2418d1cd90c52c20&page=play&resid=2418D1CD90C52C20!10950&type=5&authkey=!AANNwe_0Oyw23vY&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;">VIEW SLIDE SHOW</a></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 6px 0px;"><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=2418d1cd90c52c20&page=downloadphotos&resid=2418D1CD90C52C20!10950&type=5&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AANNwe_0Oyw23vY" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;">DOWNLOAD ALL</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tsGPQHQDm18/T6PBCmK_hoI/AAAAAAAAJAc/C6hn6dZXgu4/s1600-h/cover_2000%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="cover_2000" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 4px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="cover_2000" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WxIESmYZMTw/T6PBDXcxQUI/AAAAAAAAJAk/DB5prGWcquc/cover_2000_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="277" height="331"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Live Writer is also one step ahead of Photo Gallery by allowing you to add a watermark to any photo that you include in a blog post, and there are many more instances where the Writer team have ‘led the way’ with new features where other teams have been lacking. Not only that, you have been able to ‘tailor’ Writer to how you use it by the inclusion of <a href="http://plugins.live.com/writer/browse?orderby=featured&page=1" target="_blank"><strong>Writer ‘plug ins’</strong></a> which add many useful features that may not have been included in Live Writer at the time. These include such additions as being able to add a Polaroid picture into your post or add images from your Picasa Web Albums, Facebook or Flickr if you tend to store your pictures there. Some of the more popular plug ins were then subsequently added to Writer by the team, such as being able to add an assortment of smileys to your post or the very popular Polaroid photo feature. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">The Writer team have always been open to suggestions for new features from their users and have always been willing to help users when they have encountered problems. In fact, previous versions of Live Writer actually included a ‘help’ button to allow you to contact the team directly. It’s why I always considered the Live Writer team to be my favourite Live team simply because they were willing to listen to their users. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now we face the fact that maybe Windows Live Writer is no longer going to be supported by Microsoft in the future, and that a Windows 8 Writer app is not on the horizon. As I own a Windows phone, I was also hoping for not only a Writer app for Windows 8, but also one for both tablets and mobiles so I could compose a blog post ‘on the go’. My great friend Scott Lovegrove who has coded many plug ins for Writer has begun a petition at <a title="http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/dontkillwlw" href="http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/dontkillwlw"><strong>http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/dontkillwlw</strong></a> and if you love using Live Writer as much as I do for your blogs, then please take a few moments to sign it. It could make all the difference. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Thanks<font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong> TG </strong></font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e25c373d-68bf-433f-8069-33b286b28cce" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/live+writer" rel="tag">live writer</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/app" rel="tag">app</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tablet" rel="tag">tablet</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/blogging" rel="tag">blogging</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/editor" rel="tag">editor</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-13482150477142450102012-03-18T13:17:00.000+00:002012-03-18T13:18:26.160+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 8. Multitasking and Productivity.<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now let’s take a look at using the<strong> METRO</strong> Start screen if we tend to use our PC not for leisure but for productivity. We might need to use <strong>OFFICE</strong> apps or need to have lot’s of our apps open at the same time in order to quickly move between them. How can we utilise the new <strong>METRO </strong>start screen for those kind of different needs so that our productivity is made easier? </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">1. The answer is that any program, any app or file can be pinned to the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen and then grouped into a set of tiles so that they are organised in a way that suits how you tend to work. Group all of your <strong>OFFICE</strong> programs under an <strong>OFFICE </strong>group by clicking on the small icon in the lower right hand corner of the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen as previously described. (Semantic Zoom)</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fpPi3FYVW4c/T2Xb4SFOCRI/AAAAAAAAIlI/Bzl7S4v4Ox8/s1600-h/Screenshot-8%25255B7%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (8)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (8)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-V8DrV1DVZ-c/T2Xb6_qKVSI/AAAAAAAAIlQ/UUNvll5RCxo/Screenshot-8_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Right click on the Group to rename it. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AhF8D43GZtg/T2Xb8Z-N5NI/AAAAAAAAIlY/kUrpU4chfvA/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B11%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xmQQ1dMOQlg/T2Xb9tZpW5I/AAAAAAAAIlg/fsjqfxsxO_c/Screenshot_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Next you need to move the whole <strong>OFFICE </strong>group of tiles all the way over to the left hand side so that it will be fully available to use from the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. In order to do this, from the Semantic Zoom view, left click on top of the <strong>OFFICE</strong> group of tiles, hold the left mouse button down and drag that group over to the left hand side. Do exactly the same thing for any other group of tiles that you feel you will need access to the most. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. If you are an Administrator and need to have those programs handy on the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen, here’s how to enable those. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">6. From the normal view of the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen, hover over to the top right hand corner of the screen to invoke the <strong>CHARMS</strong> bar, click on <strong>SETTINGS</strong>, then select <strong>SETTINGS</strong> again from the top.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AU7eeTn-KO8/T2Xb_w3FNHI/AAAAAAAAIlo/0NmEofujSwg/s1600-h/Screenshot-34.png"><img title="Screenshot (3)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (3)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x3Nf87Bv93E/T2XcBiDusQI/AAAAAAAAIlw/ymy14G6KuJo/Screenshot-3_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Next under the <strong>Show Administrative Tools</strong>, slide the slider over to the right until it shows <strong>YES</strong>. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Now all of the Admin Tools will be added as tiles to the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen and you can make those into a group and move that group over to the left hand side as previously described. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0q0euairWS0/T2XcDxzZEoI/AAAAAAAAIl4/dRSBE7_NejA/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525284%252529%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (4)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (4)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x7bUAy0u7Ik/T2XcFrrvTGI/AAAAAAAAImA/0gcuctVQ91o/Screenshot%252520%2525284%252529_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Now your start screen will look entirely different but everything that you need will now be just one click away to use. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">9. Next, let’s see how we can work between programs using the new <strong>METRO</strong> start screen. Once you have several <strong>METRO</strong> apps open, such as <strong>MAIL, PEOPLE</strong> or a webpage in<strong> METRO IE10</strong>, you can flip between using or reading any one of them by taking your mouse to the top left hand corner of the screen and then hovering down.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8G91-ljcNfc/T2XcHHQnsmI/AAAAAAAAImI/1Zoqecbx0vA/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529%25255B9%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LiQLunGcmlI/T2XcJMhdb8I/AAAAAAAAImQ/furqZYyQ70g/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">10. Click on any of the small windows on the left hand side to open it to make it the main window or alternatively drag to the right in order to invoke the ‘split screen’ mode. The previously opened app or program will be pushed over to the right hand side. Note that my last opened Desktop app (Live Writer in this instance) is also available to use.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lYANWBn8MF8/T2XcOatAKJI/AAAAAAAAImY/riz69MqHOJQ/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B16%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VWZ6MQSjcks/T2XcQi0nUOI/AAAAAAAAImg/edtUq4IuP7k/Screenshot_thumb%25255B13%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Having more than one of your desktop apps open at the same time to work with is possible by clicking on one of the open desktop apps whilst viewing one of your <strong>METRO</strong> apps such as the<strong> MAIL</strong> program or <strong>METRO IE10</strong>. Click on the topmost desktop app and swipe down from the top left hand corner and towards the right with your mouse.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5VB2mlpp6Uc/T2XcSVgqiaI/AAAAAAAAImo/VRsUBCAtJkM/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252817%252529%25255B11%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (17)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (17)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DPXbHHjODQE/T2XcUHk3QYI/AAAAAAAAImw/Adq_AAoYSZc/Screenshot%252520%25252817%252529_thumb%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">The open desktop apps will all be available down the left hand side of the screen and you can then access any one of them to work inside it by clicking on the smaller window. The open <strong>METRO</strong> app will then be moved over to a narrow view on the far right hand side as shown in my screen grab.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wpkBxv8Q0eM/T2XcW0chy2I/AAAAAAAAIm4/eEB0OAyRA4I/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252818%252529%25255B9%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (18)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (18)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zWdqSLgYAYs/T2XcY6UQUEI/AAAAAAAAInA/m3nEEYZTCzo/Screenshot%252520%25252818%252529_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">So to sum up at this point in time you can work between all of your open desktop programs as long as you are have one <strong>METRO</strong> app open, and then move back and forth between them but that <strong>METRO</strong> app will have to remain open. However, you cannot have lot’s of desktop programs available in <strong>METRO</strong> start screen <strong>AND</strong> lot’s of <strong>METRO</strong> apps as well. When many <strong>METRO </strong>apps are open at the same time, only the last desktop app that you currently have open is available to you. So if you wish to work between quite a few desktop apps, it may be better at this time to open them all in the Desktop rather than in the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen. </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG </strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:673c47f8-859a-4015-bdf0-a95871a3bcd5" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/productivity" rel="tag">productivity</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/office" rel="tag">office</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/admin" rel="tag">admin</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tiles" rel="tag">tiles</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/open" rel="tag">open</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-78706271520688749172012-03-16T13:28:00.000+00:002012-03-18T13:49:55.578+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 7. Internet Explorer Metro style.<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">There are two completely separate versions of Internet Explorer contained in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The Desktop version works in more or less the same way as previous versions of IE, but the <strong>METRO</strong> version is a whole new different ball game! So let’s work our way through using it shall we?</font> </p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Click onto the IE tile from the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen to open Internet Explorer.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9uotcafgNgA/T2Xnvtwf5nI/AAAAAAAAInw/28NjKjj4aUo/s1600-h/Screenshot-1710.png"><img title="Screenshot (17)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (17)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bhrrZXy0Lw0/T2XnxFLdhqI/AAAAAAAAIn4/DrfSE5dGz-s/Screenshot-17_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. At the bottom of the screen you will see the following, a back arrow, the URL bar, refresh icon, pin icon, Settings spanner icon and a forwards arrow. Type in an URL into the URL box to go to that webpage. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Clicking on the PIN icon allows you to pin that particular website you are currently on to your <strong>METRO </strong>start menu so that you can go to it via one click. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OUCwsVuF2bo/T2Xnzv5k3JI/AAAAAAAAIoA/6-Wzfb4SN6Y/s1600-h/Screenshot10.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KCJloCfdsnk/T2Xn1jpz4xI/AAAAAAAAIoI/fidpIasF2L8/Screenshot_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. At the this time, clicking on the <strong>SETTINGS </strong>(Spanner) icon currently offers you <strong>FIND ON PAGE</strong> or <strong>VIEW ON THE DESKTOP</strong>. The latter choice offered in case the website in question does not display correctly or work for any reason. Choosing <strong>FIND ON PAGE</strong> opens a box where you can type in your word or phrase.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZiWpx6B0bgs/T2Xn2nXJb0I/AAAAAAAAIoQ/RIEPY7e4Wec/s1600-h/Screenshot-218.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-II--P5ChFA4/T2Xn3_qh6yI/AAAAAAAAIoY/ar__be_0WIY/Screenshot-2_thumb12.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000" size="2">5. Typing in a word into the URL box will show you all those websites that you may have previously visited that contain that word or phrase, or if you wish to conduct a search using that word or phrase then press return. </font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GQ-Fi0yzDd4/T2Xn5vSAbSI/AAAAAAAAIog/naxb0OQ7rhA/s1600-h/Screenshot-610.png"><img title="Screenshot (6)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (6)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-COjcVZLsp9c/T2Xn6ijsDiI/AAAAAAAAIoo/MJHnBfF6sLU/Screenshot-6_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">6. If you left click inside the URL box, your most visited Websites and the one’s that you have pinned to your <strong>METRO</strong> start screen will be displayed. Clicking on any will open that website.</font> </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Right clicking whilst in <strong>METRO IE</strong> will show all of the previous websites you have visited recently visited in small windows. (tabs) Clicking on any small window will open that website. Clicking on the X icon will close it. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sZ9akEB4W5I/T2Xn9IZ5k1I/AAAAAAAAIow/3s-UTlQ3mcs/s1600-h/Screenshot-416.png"><img title="Screenshot (4)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (4)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AjOnebitgA8/T2XoAbwTTMI/AAAAAAAAIo4/i4o5iKNP5sQ/Screenshot-4_thumb12.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Clicking on the + icon opens a new tab and clicking on the … icon let’s you set up a new InPrivate tab or Clean up your tabs. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. At any time whilst on a website, you can use the left arrow to go back a page, or right arrow to the last page that you viewed if available. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. Right clicking on a link in a website allows you to <strong>Copy Link</strong>, <strong>Open link in new tab</strong> or <strong>Open the Link</strong> immediately. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG</strong> <font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post, we’ll run through using more than one program at a time and sorting out your <strong>METRO</strong> Start screen for productivity.</font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bb06c576-08c9-47cd-9590-f0ad3d0a1079" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/internet+explorer+10" rel="tag">internet explorer 10</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/links" rel="tag">links</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/pin" rel="tag">pin</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tabs" rel="tag">tabs</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/webpage" rel="tag">webpage</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-39329121453416925872012-03-15T14:59:00.001+00:002012-03-16T06:42:57.698+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 6. Music and Video.<p><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Segoe UI"><strong></strong></font> <font color="#000000" size="4" face="Segoe UI"><strong><u>Music.</u></strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><strong>1.</strong> Click on the Music app to open it, You will be required to accept the Microsoft Beta Program Agreement and once you have clicked on <strong>Accept</strong>, you will be in the Music app main screen where all of your current Music Albums will be shown. (Unfortunately at this time, I cannot sign into the app from the UK but will update this post as and when it is enabled for my country.) Probably because I am unable to sign into the app, none of my Music Albums contain a cover. Instead I simply have a generic headset icon. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VAptnnEx6JU/T2IDLOkWyEI/AAAAAAAAIg0/GmSALQZf2Zs/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cX-8QB3kFEI/T2IDNCTnZfI/AAAAAAAAIg8/VIlrkXrMJgQ/Screenshot_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Click on one of your Albums to listen to it or alternatively click on <strong>Play all music</strong> to play through all of your albums. You will also note that the currently playing song and how long it has been playing is shown on the far left of this screen. Clicking on the <strong>Show More</strong> tile will show your other albums if there are quite a few.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Right click will bring up options such as<strong> Shuffle, Repeat, Pause </strong>and <strong>Next</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Uk6Bi5ttAts/T2IDPNZLi7I/AAAAAAAAIhE/vOpCyDoHyzk/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KlB7d-3mxyY/T2IDQbjRs0I/AAAAAAAAIhM/YrNwqSRNke8/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Searching from the <strong>CHARM</strong> bar will allow you to search for a particular song from any music album in your collection. You can then either choose to <strong>Play</strong> that song straight away or add it to your <strong>Now Playing</strong>.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pWxF2Azk6z0/T2IDSqxC0mI/AAAAAAAAIhU/Owmed5x1n3A/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3dCfDRZZwME/T2IDUbw5boI/AAAAAAAAIhc/X8FEfFDbqzY/Screenshot_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1NZl7Qazemw/T2IDXd64H-I/AAAAAAAAIhk/rbM9PQDemQs/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529%25255B13%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-n8KI41Pb5G4/T2IDZj88EAI/AAAAAAAAIhs/r_U7qhzFHT4/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B13%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">So at this time, I feel that the <strong>Music</strong> app is in a very early stage of development with lot’s of features still to come. The currently playing song will be shown in the <strong>Music</strong> tile. </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Segoe UI"><strong><u>Video</u></strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next, let’s take a look at the <strong>Video</strong> app.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Click on the <strong>Video</strong> app tile to open it. Again you will be requested to Accept the Video Beta Program Agreement. As with the Music app, the Video app seems to be in the first early stages of development and again, I could not sign into it from the UK. For this how-to, I will use some of my own personal videos I created ages ago using Windows Live Movie Maker. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sYAXojo4JvA/T2IDb1IkE0I/AAAAAAAAIh0/upv6R0bGk4c/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525287%252529%25255B11%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (7)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (7)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5DvzbPgni68/T2IDfizDGGI/AAAAAAAAIh8/0jN3LWPI8Mk/Screenshot%252520%2525287%252529_thumb%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">At this stage, my own videos are not shown with a cover grab from the video but instead just show a black tile. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Clicking on <strong>Show More</strong> will show all of your videos in an A to Z format. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Clicking on top of one of them will allow you to play it and state the total length of the video selected. If you have quite a few videos, you can conduct a search of them all via the <strong>CHARMS</strong> bar</font>. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1LcpY-Mw27k/T2IDi9DdQ8I/AAAAAAAAIiE/a0YFb4FL4TA/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252810%252529%25255B11%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (10)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (10)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZtljPKS3xK4/T2IDklyhRBI/AAAAAAAAIiM/73AiHcL0k-M/Screenshot%252520%25252810%252529_thumb%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Whist a video is playing, you can toggle between watching it full screen or in a smaller version by clicking on the icon at the bottom.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1HMftJRK9bM/T2IDo5M3gqI/AAAAAAAAIiU/UcMvgXxtuHs/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252814%252529%25255B11%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (14)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (14)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Bis2-5golk4/T2IDtek6OGI/AAAAAAAAIic/IRJzK-_5xzM/Screenshot%252520%25252814%252529_thumb%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5.Clicking on top of the video as it is playing will invoke a left and right arrow and a pause/play icon. Clicking on the left/right arrows will take you through the video in 30 minute steps. The same features can also be accessed by right clicking whilst watching a video. The currently playing video will be shown in the <strong>Video</strong> tile. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">As you can see, there is obviously still a lot of work to be done with both of these apps and I look forward to seeing how they evolve.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG</strong> <font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post, we’ll work our way through using the METRO version of Internet Explorer.</font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:68a5ff83-79a0-41e4-87c5-9fab16dbb63a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/music" rel="tag">music</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video" rel="tag">video</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/albums" rel="tag">albums</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/pause" rel="tag">pause</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/play" rel="tag">play</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-15047355543439812852012-03-14T08:00:00.000+00:002012-03-14T08:10:33.103+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 5. Weather and Maps.<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">This post, we’ll take a look at any other apps that need personalising, including the Weather and the Maps apps.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Segoe UI"><strong><u>Weather.</u></strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. <font color="#000000">Click on the <strong>WEATHER</strong> app. Firstly you will be asked if you will allow the app to use your location.</font> </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Click on <strong>Allow.</strong> There will be a short pause whilst the<strong> WEATHER</strong> app loads up the info for your location. You will then be presented with a large picture depicting the current weather where you live on the left hand side of the screen and on the right hand side a hourly forecast complete with descriptive icons for the current day. At the bottom of the picture, you are shown todays temperature followed by the next few days. You can click on the right arrow icon next to the days forecasts to show up to ten days ahead. Clicking on the More icon will show alternative forecasts from other Weather forecast sites such as Foreca and AccuWeather.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pjADFuDJAvM/T2BRpapuF8I/AAAAAAAAIc0/HpIDwuCn208/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252811%252529.png"><img title="Screenshot (11)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (11)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BYpIz5s4NAQ/T2BRr7o96qI/AAAAAAAAIc8/ce0C4a8LaQg/Screenshot%252520%25252811%252529_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Scroll right with your scroll wheel to see more information such as the regional and national temperature for your country under <strong>Maps</strong>. To the right of the <strong>Maps</strong> info, you can also see a bar graph showing the recent history of the weather in your locality. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zI2TX81Lq9Y/T2BRt4-UR3I/AAAAAAAAIdE/jBA9GEuEHro/s1600-h/Screenshot-510.png"><img title="Screenshot (5)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (5)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-siShnfPq7xw/T2BRvSyQc7I/AAAAAAAAIdM/rgXFnLnx6eA/Screenshot-5_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Click on either of the icons below the bar graph will display the temperature, the rainfall and any snow days throughout the previous months for your locality. . At the far right is a breakdown of those stats for the current month. Clicking on any month will show the average for that month . </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yNpS-YCBrLQ/T2BRxCSLcFI/AAAAAAAAIdU/a9aT4oSXl6s/s1600-h/Screenshot13.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lhcCWnBbIeA/T2BRyQ_3EoI/AAAAAAAAIdc/ov3goS9KGUU/Screenshot_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">5. Right click Anywhere in the <strong>WEATHER</strong> app to bring up more choices.</font> The choices are <strong>Places</strong> and <strong>World Weather</strong>.</font></font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CW_UWPV1cD0/T2BR2_L9GQI/AAAAAAAAIdk/tBOWWtZ7Iu4/s1600-h/Screenshot-78.png"><img title="Screenshot (7)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (7)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KNWj6luaQpc/T2BR5fL8Y-I/AAAAAAAAIds/UR5ryIxavu4/Screenshot-7_thumb6.png?imgmax=800" width="644" height="404"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aKBdxJppBig/T2BR7AVuXuI/AAAAAAAAId0/gLSzRoJiUec/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525288%252529%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (8)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (8)" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_5YdgK2ujA8/T2BR8XWB4AI/AAAAAAAAId8/TQToOH_x4_Y/Screenshot%252520%2525288%252529_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" height="235"></a><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI"> </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Clicking on <strong>Places</strong> allows you to choose another location to get weather details from. This could be somewhere where you intend to visit and can be in the same country or abroad. You can then see the same details for that locality. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can add as many places as favourites as you wish by clicking on the plus sign in the black tile. Clicking on any one of them will show you the same details as you previously accessed with your own locality.</font> </p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Next, click on the <strong>World Weather</strong> in order to see an interactive world map showing the current weather in several locations. If you stay on that world map you will see the locations change. Click on any of the currently added locations in order to see detailed weather information for that particular location. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_xL64m1rTjM/T2BR9iga3hI/AAAAAAAAIeE/wT_WdpwNIUA/s1600-h/Screenshot-99.png"><img title="Screenshot (9)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (9)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9gTSw2W4bls/T2BR_A5_yvI/AAAAAAAAIeM/DuOJRs6_DeQ/Screenshot-9_thumb7.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Segoe UI"><strong><u>Maps.</u></strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Open the <strong>Maps</strong> app by clicking on it. As with the <strong>Weather</strong> app, you will be asked if the Map app can use your location. Click on <strong>Allow</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t3TTmrpuuLE/T2BSBXmKujI/AAAAAAAAIeU/tGHwufGqR8w/s1600-h/Screenshot-1613.png"><img title="Screenshot (16)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (16)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dix0DY4Z1IQ/T2BSCwn_aaI/AAAAAAAAIec/0J4o-4zH5-o/Screenshot-16_thumb11.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">The Map app will then load a local map showing your current location marked by a small orange triangle. In this app, your choices are all available by default. At the top of the map you have a Bing search box, Directions and a larger search box where you can conduct a search for another location or business.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pHUsetnuWyE/T2BSGcVXgjI/AAAAAAAAIek/Pda4OGvOjdU/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252812%252529%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (12)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (12)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0S_Udo482KA/T2BSI49vENI/AAAAAAAAIes/R4E9DBSURPY/Screenshot%252520%25252812%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">At the bottom of the app, you have <strong>My Location</strong>, <strong>Show Traffic</strong> and <strong>Map Style</strong>. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Click on the <strong>Map style</strong> icon and a pop up allows you to choose between <strong>Road View</strong> and <strong>Aerial View</strong>.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aoQZll1hq40/T2BSMssrRII/AAAAAAAAIe0/2RXjG0C8xcc/s1600-h/Screenshot-2%25255B1%25255D%25255B7%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NTSCe8HoyTY/T2BSPYoKVeI/AAAAAAAAIe8/SLJZfqFcEE8/Screenshot-2%25255B1%25255D_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Using your mouse scroll wheel will allow you to scroll into or out of the Map view. In the next screen grab, I’ve used the mouse scroll wheel to scroll right out to show most of the United Kingdom. A quick click on the <strong>My Location</strong> icon takes me right back down to a the close view of my location on the map again. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-An2piMSyRzY/T2BSSeaLz0I/AAAAAAAAIfE/TXX3CPCqu5A/s1600-h/Screenshot-3%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (3)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (3)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HeV5tiyeNLU/T2BSUd6FsII/AAAAAAAAIfM/PAroZB1WOic/Screenshot-3_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Now let’s click on <strong>Directions</strong> at the top of the map. Type into the B box the destination that you wish to travel to. The A box is of course your current location. If you wish to know the route from another destination you can input that in the A box. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WmgpeLKxjk0/T2BSWzpGCYI/AAAAAAAAIfU/BKx0Z3_Wbtc/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252815%252529%25255B11%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (15)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (15)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YnVtNl3gCt0/T2BSZ0qXieI/AAAAAAAAIfc/RoZ7kC0_xIg/Screenshot%252520%25252815%252529_thumb%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">A from<font color="#9bbb59"> </font><font color="#4bacc6"><strong>A</strong></font> to <font color="#ff0000"><strong>B</strong></font> route will then be shown on the map with detailed numbered instructions at the top. Clicking on each instruction will highlight it on the route. As your mouse scroll wheel works to scroll in and out of the Map, you will have to click on the scroll bar directly beneath the instructions in order to scroll through them from left to right.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Click on the black arrow on the right hand side of the instructions to close them. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Right click on the map and then click on <strong>Clear</strong> at the bottom left in order to clear that route from the map. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bTxWAmuuwSA/T2BScLzGXLI/AAAAAAAAIfk/TAcSPAnstH4/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B10%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kENTH-4TRpI/T2BSdyitcGI/AAAAAAAAIfs/cuzk26wvSoU/Screenshot_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Conducting a Search of Maps using the <strong>CHARMS </strong>bar search feature can also be useful to find a particular location on a Map. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2"><font face="Segoe UI"><strong><font size="3" face="Segoe Print">TG</font></strong> Next post, well take a look at the <strong>MUSIC</strong> app and the <strong>VIDEO</strong> app. </font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:59596865-364e-43f1-b14b-bd185a979d76" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/weather" rel="tag">weather</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/maps" rel="tag">maps</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/directions" rel="tag">directions</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/location" rel="tag">location</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-75019694588896588352012-03-13T07:00:00.000+00:002012-03-15T07:01:12.485+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview.4. The Photos app.<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can view all of your photos directly in the <strong>PHOTOS</strong> app from not only your computer but also from your SkyDrive, your Facebook account and also Flickr. I would imagine that other photo hosting sites will also be added in due course. The <strong>PHOTOS</strong> app is <strong>NOT</strong> an editing app like Photo Gallery in its preview incarnation, instead its an app that allows you to view your photos from all the different online photo hosting sites that you currently use. So let’s set it all up shall we?</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oSswonSr3IA/T17WtHB6F8I/AAAAAAAAIaA/uGyP-PrU3-o/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Y52aYWvUJJI/T17WwIfAyoI/AAAAAAAAIaI/qhyMNbmRpoA/Screenshot_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">1. Click on the <strong>PHOTOS </strong>app to open it. If you already have any photos on your computer, these will be shown on the left hand side in your Picture Library. Next will be any photos that you have previously uploaded to your SkyDrive, followed by any photos from Facebook if you have already connected to it in your <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app.</font> </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-c4N1OXiiXb4/T17WxXWyqpI/AAAAAAAAIaQ/7JqHyticpiY/s1600-h/Screenshot-3%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (3)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (3)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2-_31Qw61MM/T17Wy_hmD4I/AAAAAAAAIaU/SlT78ADzG5M/Screenshot-3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">2. If you also use Flickr to store your photos online, then that may need to be connected to. The method used is exactly the same as before when you connected a service to the <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app. You will be informed all the way through the connection process about the exact features that will be shared with the app and in the case of Flickr, you will also receive a warning before you authorise the app.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FNViuCxMjsA/T17W0hKSEUI/AAAAAAAAIag/ZttBXtW8qHw/s1600-h/Screenshot-5%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (5)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (5)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hx5s8dF7abM/T17W17YwRxI/AAAAAAAAIao/ZSA-l7Y2wjc/Screenshot-5_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">The<strong> PHOTOS</strong> app will choose one of your photos from each account or on your computer to display. The total photos from both your computer (<strong>Pictures Library</strong>) and any online photo sites that you have connected to will be shown beneath each one. Next we’ll take a look at an Album in our Pictures Library. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nl5hz8yHiE4/T17W672qgwI/AAAAAAAAIaw/BMLYygkG6iE/s1600-h/Screenshot13.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QaYIkdc8vTA/T17W9n476-I/AAAAAAAAIa4/T7ZFMHb30fo/Screenshot_thumb6.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">3. Click on your <strong>Pictures Library</strong>. All of your current Albums in your Pictures Library will now be shown, again displaying one of the photos from each Album. Right clicking with your mouse will give you the choice of Browsing your Pictures Library folders by Date. Once in the Date view of your Photo folders, another right click will give you the choice of Browse by Album.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ajGXiJhZw4U/T17XCl32NbI/AAAAAAAAIbA/DMXELhbyPMc/s1600-h/Screenshot9.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FmZwAD360OI/T17XFMIIuyI/AAAAAAAAIbI/AZ9MTrdpoRk/Screenshot_thumb5.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Click on one of those Albums and then once it is displayed singly, click once more in order to open it.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7cJeYPM_cL4/T17XKVE7IvI/AAAAAAAAIbQ/mNGzQ5IUk3c/s1600-h/Screenshot-24.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GZT9QHjH_fs/T17XNWuZqKI/AAAAAAAAIbY/_ldD0XTcE7c/Screenshot-2_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">For this how-to, I’m showing the Album from my Pictures Library that contains photos taken with my Windows phone. Using the mouse scroll wheel, you can scroll from left to right though all of the photos contained in that particular Album. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Right click allows you to view all of the photos in that Album as a <strong>Slideshow</strong> or alternatively to <strong>Select All</strong>.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hLt-Y5lL5LA/T17XSUPFOsI/AAAAAAAAIbg/FuLyqAmxSbE/s1600-h/Screenshot-4%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (4)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (4)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nH8vUzJqJsc/T17XVZGvDlI/AAAAAAAAIbo/x7v663FeLC8/Screenshot-4_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Once chosen, <strong>Select All</strong> allows you to <strong>Delete</strong> all of the photos selected or <strong>Clear </strong>your selection. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Click on top of a single photo. The photo will then be shown full screen with navigation arrows at either side to enable you to move from the previous photo to the next one</font>.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tc3kvUoR9TY/T17Xaq45xdI/AAAAAAAAIbw/RuTvqWx0Y5Y/s1600-h/Screenshot-6%25255B6%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (6)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (6)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ulGMCCCxIu4/T17Xdh4hfcI/AAAAAAAAIb4/eD-qsxvbXLU/Screenshot-6_thumb%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Right clicking on a single photo view allows you more choices. You can set the photo as the<strong> App Tile</strong> (the photo to be displayed on top of the<strong> PHOTOS</strong> tile), you can set that photo as your <strong>Lock screen</strong>, you can <strong>Delete</strong> that single photo or you can view that photo and all others in a full screen <strong>Slideshow</strong> display.</font> </p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. Next let’s take a look at one of our Albums from one of our online services. The choices you are offered tend to differ from those offered in your Pictures Library. For example you cannot <strong>Delete</strong> any photos from Facebook, SkyDrive or Flickr from the <strong>PHOTO</strong> app at this time. For this how-to I’ll show the choices available for SkyDrive.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. From the initial <strong>PHOTOS</strong> app screen, click on the SkyDrive Photos. As you can see from this screen grab, only Feedback is offered when right clicking on your SkyDrive Albums. Unlike with your Pictures Library, you cannot at this time <strong>Browse by Date</strong>. If you have many Albums stored on your SkyDrive, then use the mouse scroll wheel to move through them from left to right.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-c6WPVpcOFgs/T17Xi9V0T5I/AAAAAAAAIcA/8BJvQg8m5SU/s1600-h/Screenshot-29.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KAbZN7JejDI/T17Xl1hsxCI/AAAAAAAAIcI/Zm1uvFmrdvs/Screenshot-2_thumb5.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">11. Click on one of your Photo Albums to open it. Right clicking on the page once the Album is open will allow you to view them in a<strong> Slideshow</strong> or <strong>Select</strong> them all. However, if you <strong>Select</strong> them you’ll note that there is no <strong>Delete</strong> choice offered.</font> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-r-oUx7zpEHw/T17XqSttrEI/AAAAAAAAIcQ/NuwYsHNssvI/s1600-h/Screenshot%25255B14%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-64N2wxVW_nM/T17XsytWSuI/AAAAAAAAIcY/UnLXPlih3yM/Screenshot_thumb%25255B14%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">12. Clicking on an individual photo and then right clicking will give you similar choices to the one’s offered in your <strong>Pictures Library</strong>. You can choose to set that photo to display on you<strong> PHOTOS</strong> tile, set as your <strong>LOCK </strong>screen <strong>View on SkyDrive</strong> or see the rest of your photos from that Album as a full screen <strong>Slideshow</strong>.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PZQpYl7I6DE/T17XyJVv5BI/AAAAAAAAIcg/IR5cAnibn3E/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529%25255B9%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4EmpXMSiHFo/T17YxlO-5II/AAAAAAAAIco/bYw_TkdUsVQ/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000">Both your Facebook photo albums and your Flickr Albums offer the same choices as SkyDrive. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">13. Opening the<strong> CHARMS</strong> menu whilst in an album and typing in the <strong>SEARCH</strong> box will allow you to search any tagged photos in that album.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">14. Want to <strong>SHARE</strong> a photo via Email? Bring up the <strong>CHARMS</strong> Menu by taking your mouse over to the top right hand side of your screen to invoke the <strong>CHARMS</strong> Menu and choose <strong>SHARE</strong>. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">15. Click on the <strong>MAIL</strong> and type in the persons email address that you wish to send the photo/photos to. (you can select either one or more or <strong>ALL</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_Pptoc2RSI0/T2GTWnsXWlI/AAAAAAAAIgQ/amc9WxL5hNk/s1600-h/Screenshot-526.png"><img title="Screenshot (5)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (5)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DHPltPW6K5o/T2GTYydCPlI/AAAAAAAAIgY/L-Krj69TQWs/Screenshot-5_thumb22.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">16. When you have composed your email, click on the <strong>SEND </strong>icon at the top to send the recipient your photos. Alternatively you can also send them via the SkyDrive app. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hMvhYzTC-Kg/T2GTeiKnLjI/AAAAAAAAIgg/2VT2AoqMC20/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525286%252529%25255B4%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (6)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (6)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KrSKL2WDYBI/T2GTh2mqLmI/AAAAAAAAIgo/krnhU-SeVLA/Screenshot%252520%2525286%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">17. Selecting <strong>DEVICES</strong> from the <strong>CHARMS</strong> Menu when a photo is full screen will allow you to select a printer in order to print out the photo. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000"><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG </strong></font>Next post, we’ll personalise the other apps such as the <strong>WEATHER </strong>app and also the <strong>MAPS </strong>app.</font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:9df8c907-fe88-42d9-801a-3582f804e0c2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/facebook" rel="tag">facebook</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/flickr" rel="tag">flickr</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/photos" rel="tag">photos</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/share" rel="tag">share</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SkyDrive" rel="tag">SkyDrive</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-65069276523324657812012-03-12T05:50:00.000+00:002012-03-12T07:17:04.482+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 3. Personalising the People app.<p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">Next, let’s personalise our <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app.</font> For this how to, I’m beginning as if you do not already have any of your other accounts synced with your Microsoft Account. When you open the <strong>PEOPLE </strong>app for the first time, it might look fairly sparse.</font></font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xdX3rKlPcP0/T12hvx4hDII/AAAAAAAAIWc/k1KVBayOuUE/s1600-h/Screenshot-313.png"><img title="Screenshot (3)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (3)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Fl61JyWqMw0/T12hxYQ_I8I/AAAAAAAAIWk/3_bQ18v787w/Screenshot-3_thumb11.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">1. To add </font><font color="#000000">more accounts to your <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app, click on <strong>ADD MORE ACCOUNTS</strong>. For this how-to, I’m going to add my Facebook account and also my Twitter account to the <strong>PEOPLE </strong>app. </font></font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gByIs3-rgnE/T12hzDzA_oI/AAAAAAAAIWs/qLTdqgf-ABM/s1600-h/Screenshot13.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o1L8zp2LRu8/T12h1bwcv9I/AAAAAAAAIW0/8VDoHPipoz8/Screenshot_thumb11.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Click on the account that you wish to add to the<strong> PEOPLE</strong> app. A <strong>CONNECT</strong> screen will be shown which explains at the top exactly what you will be able to do once you have connected that account to your <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app. In the case of Facebook for example, you will be able to chat with your Facebook friends and see their updates. You can also see more information by clicking on <strong><font color="#ade7db">What else happens when I connect?</font> </strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XHo06QmI8Vo/T12h2ed5vII/AAAAAAAAIW8/CAo2edghO4w/s1600-h/Screenshot-255.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x5nsTHhklr8/T12h54JdLJI/AAAAAAAAIXE/9Rkf_6Ly2nA/Screenshot-2_thumb48.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Click on <strong>CONNECT</strong> from that screen. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. Next you will be required to fill in your email address or username in the name field and your password. As you input your name/email address and password, you will also be informed what the app will be able to do and what it won’t be able to do. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RczMz8oO3ko/T12h7FYIr9I/AAAAAAAAIXM/5hA_Wt27Jwk/s1600-h/Screenshot-521.png"><img title="Screenshot (5)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (5)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c1nw88oXjeM/T12h8JQrVUI/AAAAAAAAIXU/4u0FfY6oWG0/Screenshot-5_thumb16.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. If you are happy with the information, click on <strong>AUTHORISE APP</strong> or alternatively <strong>NO THANKS</strong>. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. If you agree to the authorisation by the <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app, you will then see another screen stating that you are ready to go but it could take a few moments before you see any changes in the <strong>PEOPLE </strong>app. Click on <strong>DONE</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zX22zPwJ2gI/T12h-f0uGCI/AAAAAAAAIXc/RFnMS6d5Xqw/s1600-h/Screenshot-1312.png"><img title="Screenshot (13)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (13)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KCZTVjdE53o/T12iBu8kp9I/AAAAAAAAIXk/5q9Jo-WS7rc/Screenshot-13_thumb10.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">A few moments later, all of your contacts from those accounts that you just added will begin to be shown in the <strong>PEOPLE </strong>app. Some larger avatars will be added to the <strong>ALL</strong> screen and on the right hand side, an alphabetical list of your contacts names along with their avatars. Scrolling right using the mouse scroll wheel will take you through from A to Z of your added contacts. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jd2bF32M5uY/T12iDizJSFI/AAAAAAAAIXs/ih8oAdBFD6I/s1600-h/Screenshot-154.png"><img title="Screenshot (15)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (15)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OJZjzjJNlM8/T12iFAosdfI/AAAAAAAAIX0/TKOyMwRzTaM/Screenshot-15_thumb1.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. Click on any contact from that list to see both more details about them and also their latest updates. For this how-to, I’ll click on my friend Andre. A new page will open up which allows me to send Andre a message, see where he lives on a map and see more info about him. I can also see his latest updates he has made and also his photos he has uploaded to Facebook. If I click on a photo album I can then scroll through Andre’s photos and either like or add a comment. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zvuJ5Iq_1KU/T12iHmo5pVI/AAAAAAAAIX8/Z0ekmikDuRc/s1600-h/Screenshot-1615.png"><img title="Screenshot (16)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (16)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j_pVOoVgalw/T12iJumveGI/AAAAAAAAIYE/JbcqLUyhQRM/Screenshot-16_thumb11.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Similarly I can click on any update that Andre has made on Facebook, like that update or add a comment to it. If Andre is also on Twitter, I can add favourite one of his tweets, retweet it or reply to him from the <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app. You can access do any of this for each one of your Facebook or Twitter contacts. Next let’s take a look at What’s New in the <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. Click on <strong>WHAT’S NEW</strong>. You will now see a sideways scrolling screen with all your updates from everyone whom you either follow on Twitter or who is your friend on Facebook. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tQVJxg_5WuI/T12iK-03aqI/AAAAAAAAIYM/WcKZaE6og_k/s1600-h/Screenshot-2011.png"><img title="Screenshot (20)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (20)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-E3c5gCha-Z0/T12iMEonOyI/AAAAAAAAIYU/X5VS8WkZSGY/Screenshot-20_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. To see all of these updates from any of your accounts that you have allowed in your <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app, scroll sideways from left to right using the mouse scroll wheel. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0B73YyviO0A/T12iNUphSwI/AAAAAAAAIYc/UVt1MYfvF9A/s1600-h/Screenshot8.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yWth-4IO5qE/T12iOdVtifI/AAAAAAAAIYk/JxG_0do3x2I/Screenshot_thumb5.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. If you wish to interact with the update, either to favourite it, retweet it or reply if its from Twitter, or like it or add a comment to it if its an update from Facebook, you can either click on the red header or click on one of the small icons underneath the update. Either one will take you to the screen where you can interact with the update. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">At this point in time, it is only possible to scroll through a limited amount of updates in <strong>WHAT’S NEW</strong>. Next, lets take a look at <strong>ME</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oEZxpKSr7Es/T12iQqnbtsI/AAAAAAAAIYs/2m1rqs53aic/s1600-h/Screenshot-1410.png"><img title="Screenshot (14)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (14)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JXFdPJqz8Nw/T12iSFOidnI/AAAAAAAAIY0/Pz7p-YQ6vUw/Screenshot-14_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">11. Click on the<strong> ME</strong> choice from above the updates. As you can see from the screen grab, I can see my own <strong>ALL INFO</strong>, my latest updates from any of my added accounts, <strong>NOTIFICATIONS</strong> from Facebook and any <strong>PHOTOS</strong> that I have added to Facebook in the past. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SGdlJBt_0T4/T12iT8rSjGI/AAAAAAAAIY8/oBVvZqN9cKQ/s1600-h/Screenshot-1112.png"><img title="Screenshot (11)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (11)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Hl65mzrhocQ/T12iVXVwy1I/AAAAAAAAIZE/LTurGZ8HoE0/Screenshot-11_thumb10.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">12. To see more notifications, click on the <strong>ALL NOTIFICATIONS</strong> at the bottom of the list. Similarly you can scroll right with the mouse scroll wheel to see all the shown Photo Albums and click on <strong>ALL ALBUMS</strong> to see all your photo albums together. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ckmZQD9cXUI/T12iZ5geImI/AAAAAAAAIZM/4yI2k-kzA9U/s1600-h/Screenshot-29.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lGGsg_w3_Ek/T12icWa7I8I/AAAAAAAAIZU/Z0IMtjglWXE/Screenshot-2_thumb7.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">13. Left click on top of any album and then using the scroll wheel on your mouse you can scroll through your Facebook albums from left to right. You can also like or comment on any of your photos contained in an album. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">14. To return to the <strong>ME</strong> screen simply click on the large left arrow. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--iBCsU0KOZM/T12ihATP-6I/AAAAAAAAIZc/O9E8VpEkeCo/s1600-h/Screenshot-319.png"><img title="Screenshot (3)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (3)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iXpYguEsdNc/T12ijX_DVCI/AAAAAAAAIZk/OSzJmYH-u-o/Screenshot-3_thumb15.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Besides Facebook and Twitter, you can also add a Google account, a Hotmail account or an Exchange account to the <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MMcIluEi_30/T12iktbRuWI/AAAAAAAAIZs/zw9oVW5a9Pc/s1600-h/Screenshot20.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tBYQ-LWcylo/T12il25tGXI/AAAAAAAAIZw/WhW81YDNyfg/Screenshot_thumb17.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">15. To conduct a <strong>SEARCH</strong> of your <strong>PEOPLE</strong> tile from anywhere inside the app, move your mouse to the top right hand side of your screen to invoke the <strong>CHARMS </strong>then<strong> </strong>click on the <strong>SEARCH</strong> icon. Type in someone’s name into the search box in order to find that person. Clicking onto that persons Avatar or name will then take you to their latest updates and more information about them.</font> </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong><font color="#000000">TG</font> </strong><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><font color="#000000">Next post we’ll personalise our <strong>PHOTOS</strong> app</font>. </font></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:c6ed72d1-878c-4bcc-bb29-b94c3b0da8d8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/people" rel="tag">people</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/accounts" rel="tag">accounts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/facebook" rel="tag">facebook</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/twitter" rel="tag">twitter</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/search" rel="tag">search</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-32247785883221721452012-03-11T07:39:00.000+00:002012-03-11T07:41:55.001+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 2. Setting up Mail.<p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next we’ll begin to add our email accounts to the <strong>MAIL</strong> app. At this point in time, the app will only work with a Hotmail/Live or Gmail account. However, if you have a POP account there is a temporary work around which I’ll cover in this how to. So let’s get started setting up our email accounts and using the new <strong>MAIL</strong> app. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Click on the <strong>MAIL</strong> app from the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen. Once the app is open it will show your mail from the account that you have already used to log into Windows 8 with. For this how to, I’m going to add an Gmail account.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j8CdQstcvDg/T1xW133vzBI/AAAAAAAAIOE/6ENptS9l-c4/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529%25255B5%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QiO45MYPSr0/T1xW3dVcFWI/AAAAAAAAIOM/tzaqDYPRucI/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can also add other Live ID’s or Hotmail accounts as well as Exchange accounts. As this app is still in a Preview stage, you cannot at this time use a POP account. But you can add your POP account to your Hotmail or Live ID online in order to temporarily get around this. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Access your Hotmail account online. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. From the <strong>INBOX</strong> screen, click on <strong>OPTIONS</strong> on the top right hand side of your messages then from the drop down list click on <strong>MORE OPTIONS</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6-4LLkLl_lY/T1xW6nWPRXI/AAAAAAAAIOU/O-b7QA1PbUo/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525286%252529%25255B10%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (6)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (6)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qtb23_YFgB8/T1xW8Erd6aI/AAAAAAAAIOc/EwMBRleVqBE/Screenshot%252520%2525286%252529_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. From the <strong><font color="#82c7cc">MANAGING YOUR ACCOUNT</font></strong> list select <strong>Sending and Receiving Email from other Accounts</strong>. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Select <strong><font color="#82c7cc">ADD AN EMAIL ACCOUNT</font></strong> and the fill in the email address and your password. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h6_5kC9DZ6U/T1xW9-akkjI/AAAAAAAAIOk/94IWTg4dPF4/s1600-h/Screenshot-5%25255B7%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (5)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Screenshot (5)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KIRrL0x4nWc/T1xW_eOt4rI/AAAAAAAAIOs/JNsVFclw5ps/Screenshot-5_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="552" height="393"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Next you will be asked to choose between having your emails arrive in a separate folder or your <strong>INBOX </strong>folder. Choose<strong> INBOX</strong> then click on <strong>SAVE.</strong> Your Hotmail account will send a verification email to the account that you are trying to add, so you will have to go online to access your POP account in order to receive the verification email and therefore verify the account. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Once you have done that, all your POP account email will be downloaded to your Hotmail/Live account in the <strong>MAIL</strong> app. When POP accounts are enabled in the <strong>MAIL</strong> app in the future you can always go back to your Hotmail account online and delete any added POP accounts.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EWjJFR0YGPs/T1xXBfd5xvI/AAAAAAAAIO0/ESGK7icW7uc/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525283%252529%25255B13%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (3)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (3)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Yq3idn2kRlw/T1xXDDeMVFI/AAAAAAAAIO8/uPr0kxKqIAY/Screenshot%252520%2525283%252529_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. At the top right hand side of the reading screen, you can see three icons, + to compose a new email, <strong>REPLY </strong>to the highlighted email and <strong>DELETE</strong> to delete the highlighted email. Click on any to choose either of those choices. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H87xZ4N3JkI/T1xXFAqHgVI/AAAAAAAAIPE/TpOEJQHkEVQ/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525284%252529%25255B15%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (4)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (4)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bNh2yuJ_U3Q/T1xXGxOJL5I/AAAAAAAAIPM/ArMrn3LgClQ/Screenshot%252520%2525284%252529_thumb%25255B11%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. If the <strong>ADD EMAIL ACCOUNTS</strong> choice at the bottom left hand column disappears or is no longer visible, then you can still add accounts from the <strong>CHARM</strong> bar by hovering your mouse to the right top corner in order to bring up the <strong>CHARM</strong> bar and click on <strong>SETTINGS,</strong> then <strong>ACCOUNTS.</strong></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. You can conduct a <strong>SEARCH</strong> of your emails and their content in any account by taking your mouse to the top right hand corner to invoke the <strong>CHARMS</strong> bar and then select <strong>SEARCH. </strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FJ5DmIyQIAk/T1xXIgllWKI/AAAAAAAAIPU/Hl4O4vFaV5A/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252819%252529%25255B9%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (19)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (19)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DhU_hOJpqPE/T1xXJy5YiUI/AAAAAAAAIPc/-OIXiYzAIIQ/Screenshot%252520%25252819%252529_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">10.Type in a word or phrase into the <strong>SEARCH MAIL</strong> box. Click on <strong>SEARCH</strong>. All of your emails<strong> </strong> which contain that search word or term will then be presented to you in the <strong>INBOX</strong> column. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3J-NlzrKMPE/T1xXLyWyj1I/AAAAAAAAIPk/NKC7-JUiHIg/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252818%252529%25255B9%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (18)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (18)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3aFTikGWRhI/T1xXNQAQ5PI/AAAAAAAAIPs/0pwc6mXFrtk/Screenshot%252520%25252818%252529_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">11. When you need to compose a new email in the <strong>MAIL</strong> app by clicking on the + icon, as soon as you click in the writing area you are presented with several choices at the bottom of the write screen.</font> The choices are as follows:</p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">Attachments, Emoticons, Font, Font colour, Highlight, Bold, Italic, Underline, Bulleted list and More which when clicked on displays a list containing High Priority, Normal Priority, Show Bcc, Undo and Redo.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zmfoiiWyP8U/T1xXO9lMpyI/AAAAAAAAIP0/0F-auh57Ivk/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529%25255B17%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (2)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (2)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JXM889ohYeU/T1xXQSQX6kI/AAAAAAAAIP8/RqtPIWUmCjA/Screenshot%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B15%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="642" height="402"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">12. To use any of the choices in your email click on the icon to enable it. To disable click on the icon again. When you have finished composing your email, click on the <strong>SEND</strong> icon at the top right hand side of the compose screen. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"><strong><font size="3" face="Segoe Print">TG</font></strong> Next post we’ll work through personalising the <strong>PEOPLE</strong> app. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI"></font> </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:c41b5938-8469-4bc2-801a-ac56776002c0" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/mail" rel="tag">mail</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/accounts" rel="tag">accounts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/POP" rel="tag">POP</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/search" rel="tag">search</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/compose" rel="tag">compose</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-6998948241182764082012-03-09T14:34:00.000+00:002012-03-09T14:54:02.224+00:00Windows 8 Consumer Preview. 1. Let’s get started!<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">For those users who have downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and are finding it difficult to get to grips with the new <strong>METRO </strong>start screen or experiencing difficulty in finding their way around the new interface, the following step by step blog posts are tailor made just for you. Please take your time to work your way through how to set up the new <strong>START </strong>screen to suit just how you use your PC. It does take some initial effort, but once you have done this initial setting up and personalization, then every program or app that you use will be just one click away and your work rate will be speeded up considerably. Just follow my step by step guidelines.</font> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe UI"><strong>NOTE. </strong><font size="2"><em><font color="#000000">Throughout these how to’s, I will be using a mouse and keyboard at all times</font></em>.</font></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oIIbGwnguf8/T1oZDNRECjI/AAAAAAAAILU/Q8jgvt7EJHo/s1600-h/Screenshot10.png"><img title="Screenshot" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p_l_bgIJ_2I/T1oZESqjLuI/AAAAAAAAILc/cFQ_RXQ6vRs/Screenshot_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Here is the new<strong> METRO</strong> start screen as you will view it from your first log in. Where’s the<strong> START</strong> button? Where are my programs? I don’t need most of this! Well, you don’t have to have <strong>ANY</strong> of those apps showing on your<strong> METRO</strong> start screen if you do not want or feel that you’ll never make use of them. You can simply unpin them if you prefer. So let’s unpin some of the tiles that I feel I may not make any use of. You can do likewise for any of the tiles that you might never use. For this how-to, I’m going to remove the <strong>REMOTE DESKTOP</strong> tile, the<strong> FINANCE</strong> tile and the <strong>CAMERA</strong> tile. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SCk0QlHzRU8/T1oZF2i8GHI/AAAAAAAAILk/sgVYNVxpzEM/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%2525284%252529.png"><img title="Screenshot (4)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (4)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Sthvx1Cnleo/T1oZG-b7b2I/AAAAAAAAILs/YKPzj0XFnzI/Screenshot%252520%2525284%252529_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. To unpin a tile from your <strong>METRO</strong> start screen, right click on the tile and choose ‘<strong>Unpin from Start’</strong> the tile will then be removed. Repeat for any other tile that you feel you will not make any use of. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-J0BExokr584/T1oZIb5s5RI/AAAAAAAAIL0/10pNjLxsd0I/s1600-h/Screenshot-613.png"><img title="Screenshot (6)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (6)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wqTQQPJOkGs/T1oZK9aWfwI/AAAAAAAAIL8/BZSmg_Yxv14/Screenshot-6_thumb11.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Your now left with empty areas where each tile has been removed. It may look more scattered if you have removed lots of tiles. You can move your tiles around so let’s do that next. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Using the left mouse button click on top of a tile and keeping the button held down drag the tile to where you wish it placed, then let go the left mouse button.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T3U4pLxr4sg/T1oZMsR_RRI/AAAAAAAAIME/wEV-0nWn5Fo/s1600-h/Screenshot-79.png"><img title="Screenshot (7)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (7)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GxjsqGDPSoI/T1oZOFrA-WI/AAAAAAAAIMM/FlKOk3gtCJk/Screenshot-7_thumb7.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">I’ve also noticed that most of the default tiles are not grouped in any order or usage. Maybe the Games apps should really be together in a group and my Messages tile could be in a group with my Emails and People tile because they fit under a ‘Sharing or Communication’ group. Similarly the Maps, Weather and Music tiles could also be grouped together as Utilities. Internet Explorer, SkyDrive and the Store app could be grouped as Internet or Cloud. So let’s group our tiles so that they make more sense to us personally. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. Firstly were going to rearrange our tiles so that they more closely reflect the groupings that we wish to make. Click on each tile and drag it to a new area on the right of the screen. Place all the other tiles that you wish to be included in each group. Here’s my first change to my <strong>METRO</strong> start screen. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZaOCryP9gZ8/T1oZP-_11qI/AAAAAAAAIMU/pcvf3rspg-0/s1600-h/Screenshot-1011.png"><img title="Screenshot (10)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (10)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vzxCbIU8wYk/T1oZRH-nVzI/AAAAAAAAIMc/Z7BG_KaEnWc/Screenshot-10_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">I’ve placed my tiles as I want to view them. You’ll notice that I’ve placed the Desktop tile over with the Windows Explorer tile. This is because I want to keep those grouped under a <strong>COMPUTER</strong> group or <strong>DESKTOP</strong> grouping. Next I’m going to name my separate groups of tiles. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. To name your groups of tiles, move your mouse to the bottom right of the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen and click on the small tile in the corner that contains a magnifying glass. This invokes Semantic Zoom.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iWcwXL0AO64/T1oZSg0CEWI/AAAAAAAAIMk/Sk36vfzHIlY/s1600-h/Screenshot-817.png"><img title="Screenshot (8)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (8)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qT5PWvvAuqY/T1oZT_b3UwI/AAAAAAAAIMs/DX4JhgcSI2c/Screenshot-8_thumb15.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">5. Place your cursor over the first Group of tiles you wish to name and right click. At the bottom of the screen you will be see the choice of <strong>NAME GROUP</strong>. Click on that to name your group of tiles. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HWLIrg5ZzIA/T1oZVKsLWBI/AAAAAAAAIM0/_GbDTdg8LN8/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252811%252529%25255B15%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (11)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (11)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Rp84FYEcaUM/T1oZWAjRrxI/AAAAAAAAIM8/ugqfX7w-f-U/Screenshot%252520%25252811%252529_thumb%25255B13%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">I’m naming my groups as Social, Utilities, Internet, Games and Computer. Of course that might not be how you want to to name or group them, this is just my personal choice. Once you have completed naming your own groups of tiles, then simply left click anywhere on the screen and it will return to its usual size complete with your new Groups and their names. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-D4rC0lb0DSk/T1oZXmivYuI/AAAAAAAAINE/-x1A0IYS4Uo/s1600-h/Screenshot-131.png"><img title="Screenshot (13)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (13)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uVBK5U6xBtQ/T1oZZFIuOFI/AAAAAAAAINM/MVlCyIUNv4o/Screenshot-13_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Now, I’m going to add a few additional programs that I use the most often to the Computer group. Of course, you’ll probably have your own programs that you tend to access the most and need to have on the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen so they are easy to access. For writing and composing my blogs I use Live Writer which at this point in time is not yet a <strong>METRO </strong>app. I also use the Control Panel quite a lot as well, so I think I’ll add that to my Computer Group. But where are they? Well they are available in <strong>ALL APPS</strong> and all you need to do its right click on the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen and then click on <strong>ALL APPS</strong>. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l4-NviTJU0k/T1oZaq6uCLI/AAAAAAAAINU/AzpQfVljBDk/s1600-h/Screenshot-1410.png"><img title="Screenshot (14)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (14)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-S_l-5lIb_5Q/T1oZb1RC_ZI/AAAAAAAAINc/bYm75GT37Ls/Screenshot-14_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7. In order to add them to my Groups on my <strong>METRO</strong> screen I will need to pin them there. So right click on any of the programs that you feel you need to be able to access frequently and choose <strong>PIN TO START</strong> from the choices offered to you at the bottom of the screen. Click in the left hand bottom corner to return to the normal <strong>METRO</strong> screen and you will see that your choice of programs or apps have now been added to the <strong>METRO</strong> start screen and can now be accessed at any time with just one click. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Z1QPCz0vEE4/T1oZdkpBGhI/AAAAAAAAINk/R-tpxYpxECc/s1600-h/Screenshot-1711.png"><img title="Screenshot (17)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (17)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yJeWQVRJWXA/T1oZe7DsuZI/AAAAAAAAINs/pUk4xphzcbM/Screenshot-17_thumb9.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can pin anything that you tend to want to access frequently to your <strong>METRO</strong> start screen. Even the internet sites that you prefer to visit the most. To pin a website just visit the website using the<strong> METRO </strong>Internet Explorer, right click when in the website and from the choices offered to you at the bottom of Internet Explorer simply click on the pin icon and choose<strong> PIN TO START. </strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4l_vqObqUf0/T1oZglg0lQI/AAAAAAAAIN0/p05l4eebZxI/s1600-h/Screenshot%252520%25252819%252529%25255B7%25255D.png"><img title="Screenshot (19)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Screenshot (19)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QKTNNhMelww/T1oZiM6t-7I/AAAAAAAAIN8/sSMQyGYEYp0/Screenshot%252520%25252819%252529_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="640" height="400"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Too many programs and apps to pin to the<strong> START</strong> screen so that they disappear off to the right hand side? Then move the whole Group to the far left of your <strong>METRO</strong> start screen so that the one’s that you need to access the most are always visible. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">Next post, we’ll begin to personalise our Social and other tiles. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG </strong></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:4d7ee440-2d19-43ec-8a90-1a826ffce8a2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/metro" rel="tag">metro</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tiles" rel="tag">tiles</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/personalise" rel="tag">personalise</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/start" rel="tag">start</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/internet+explorer" rel="tag">internet explorer</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-87560789447148244202012-02-14T15:55:00.000+00:002012-02-14T15:57:49.950+00:00Windows 8: One OS to rule them all?<p><font size="2">It doesn’t seem all that long ago in time that the only people who used a PC were business users. If you worked in an office environment then you may have had to use one daily, but other people didn’t own a personal computer at home. At that time there really seemed no need to do so, unless of course you were a business owner and perhaps needed to take work home with you. Ordinary users (and in this context, I mean none corporate users) either couldn’t afford one or didn’t feel the need to own one. During the eighties I first encountered using a PC when I decided to update my skills at a training centre to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases etc. and most of my learning took place on an IBM computer. During that training we did not access the internet of course, as the </font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet" target="_blank"><font size="2"><strong>internet was not available at that time as it is today</strong>.</font></a><font size="2"> There was little incentive therefore for the ordinary man or woman in the street to own a PC. </font></p> <p><font size="2">Slowly over the years, the user base of just the corporate user has changed, and with it the needs of users. Whereas corporate usage tends to err on the productive side, the consumer usage tends to be of an entirely different nature. None corporate users aren’t all that interested in using Office programs or in productivity, for them its all about sharing. Sharing thoughts, sharing what they are doing, sharing their day to day lives, their favourite music or photos of their latest exploits or family, or simply keeping in touch and making new friends. Though most corporate users probably tend to think of this usage as ‘flippant’ in contrast to the way that they use computers, it simply can’t be ignored by those who provide the software on PC’s as the none corporate user base has continued to grow and grow over the years. Combined with this growth in the consumer user base, has also come the need for mobile devices instead of the static none movable PC usually used by businesses. The consumer user prefers their usage of technology and the internet to be always available as they travel, either on a mobile phone or alternatively a laptop or tablet. This change of user base and their needs must have created something of a dilemma for Microsoft who have now to try and provide an operating system that can work both on a static desktop PC for their corporate user and at the same time work on a tablet and/or mobile phone. </font></p> <p><font size="2">How can anyone create an operating system that meets both the needs of your corporate user and the entirely different needs of the growing band of consumers? During the growth of this much more personal usage of new technology and the internet by consumers has also come the growth of touch screens and voice control, a much more tactile user interface. This by itself then requires a huge rethink about how your operating system works, it no longer has to sync with the usual keyboard and mouse, but also work with touch screens as well. Others have managed to create their own operating systems to work with these new tactile interfaces, Google with its Android OS and Apple with its iPhone and iPad iOS. But neither Google nor Apple have attempted to ‘straddle’ both the static desktop PC user interface of keyboard and mouse AND the touch screen interface of portable tablets and phones. Can it work? Is it possible to do? Can Microsoft achieve what seems to many as a near impossible task, and cater for every user and every user interface currently available at this time? Not only that, how can the apps you offer on your different platforms meet the needs of both your corporate users and at the same time your consumer user base? </font></p> <p><font size="2">A tall order and one that I certainly wouldn’t want to face. One answer would be to simply create another separate operating system for the extremely different usage of the none corporate user on those types of devices that they prefer such as phones and tablets, and keep your desktop operating with perhaps enhanced updates, but leaving its core functionality more or less as it is at this time. After all, Windows 7 is a brilliant OS, easy to use and maintain although despite this, I was amazed to find out this last year just how many corporate users in this country are still using Windows XP! Whilst this ‘ordinary’ consumer Granny has moved on from Windows XP, to Vista and then finally to Windows 7, it seems that many of our big organisations such as the NHS have not for whatever reason. It must be a very big undertaking and cost of course to retrain all of your employees to use a new operating system, but still, this fact to me signals that if they haven’t yet moved on to Windows 7, then they are hardly likely to introduce touch screen technology into the workplace no matter how brilliant a new OS that makes full use of it might be to use. The point I am trying to get across here is that we have now arrived at a state where (in this country at least) the corporate users seem to be lagging way way behind the consumer in their usage of technology and PC’s. They may be using Windows XP on a static desktop PC at work, and then on their way home be making use of a touch screen device to contact their family and friends! Who would have thought that it would be this way twenty or so years ago? It is now the none corporate consumer user and their usage and needs that is dictating the progress of technology as we know it today.</font></p> <p><font size="2">But Microsoft’s problem is not just about creating an interface which works with both a keyboard and mouse and a touch device, its also about covering all bases for corporate usage and consumer usage. Here we come to the big dilemma of whether or not to include Office. Incorporate it in mobile devices or not? How do we make it completely usable with a touch device? Will consumer users who buy tablets and smart phones require office apps? Do we provide Office only on static desktop PC’s? Do users really want to be able to share their documents, work productivity etc. via a mobile phone or tablet whilst they are on the move? Or do they tend to do that on a laptop PC? Not easy decisions are they? Microsoft have now stated that a version of Office, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249679/surprise_windows_8_for_arm_will_come_with_office_15_apps.html" target="_blank"><strong>Office 15</strong></a> will be available on their mobile hardware such as tablets, but it isn’t clear at this time if this new version will be free to use. However, including Office on the mobile and touch ARM hardware has also meant the inclusion of the desktop, albeit in a tighter format as only Microsoft will be able to supply desktop programs for this area thereby limiting its use. In fact, I would argue that if including some form of Office on these devices was not necessary in order to keep corporate users happy, then surely it would not have been necessary to include the desktop at all and only the Metro tile interface and associated apps would have been needed. So anyone buying a mobile or touch device will not be able to download and make use of any third party program on the desktop on ARM devices. It will in essence be ‘closed’</font></p> <p><font size="2">Many journalists who follow Microsoft closely have noted how there has been little news available about the new operating system, but I feel that this can partly be explained by how difficult the whole exercise must have been for Microsoft. Apple have not attempted it. Google have not attempted it. It seems to be an exercise fraught with ifs and buts not only because you are trying to cover all bases as far as hardware and user interfaces go, but because you are also trying to keep a very wide user base happy, one who’s needs range from a corporate production environment to sending a quick message to Facebook from the consumer user. </font></p> <p><font size="2">I’ve been trying out the Windows 8 developer preview myself on my Dell desktop using a keyboard and mouse, and it has not been much of a pleasure using the Metro start screen with a mouse. However, using the Metro tile interface on my Windows phone via touch is an absolute joy, but it has prompted me to question just how the corporate user is going to be persuaded to update to Windows 8 or how any Office programs are going to be fully functional with a touch device, but I’m willing to be convinced and so on February 29th I’ll be eagerly downloading Windows 8 Consumer Preview just to find out if Microsoft have managed to do the impossible and created the one OS to rule them all.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG </strong></font></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:55105851-2dda-4eb7-9f0a-d5532e7068d2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+8" rel="tag">windows 8</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/ARM" rel="tag">ARM</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/office+15" rel="tag">office 15</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/OS" rel="tag">OS</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/mobile" rel="tag">mobile</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tablets" rel="tag">tablets</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/desktop" rel="tag">desktop</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-54815089193661564072012-01-23T18:37:00.001+00:002012-01-23T18:37:39.339+00:00What’s in a name? The G+ question.<p><font size="2">Though I hate to bring up the pseudonym argument again, this post is about my own personal reasons for wanting to use my pseudonym on Google+ and why I feel that pseudonyms should be allowed. I have thought about the whole argument for a long time, since joining Google+ as a matter of fact. I’ve been on Google+ since the very beginning and I joined as Technogran, my online name and the name that just about everyone knows me by. I have used that name since first buying a computer all those years ago and my reasons for wishing to use a pseudonym are varied and I won’t bore you by going into them in detail here. As far as I’m concerned my reasons for using my pseudonym hinge on the way that Google+ differs in its intended usage as a social network from for example Facebook, which is its closest equivalent.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Facebook began as a means of socialising in college and keeping in touch. I should imagine its first initial remit was usability by students who either knew one another personally or if not, were in fairly close proximity to one another and therefore could in theory meet up at say a coffee house etc. In other words, its aim was a user base of a fairly close nature as its users would all be students. Now of course it has a user base which is world wide, but how do the majority of us tend to use Facebook now? In my case most of those I share with on Facebook are either family or friends who know me personally and who I can meet face to face any day of the week. The same is true for them also. I know where they live and they know where I live. We might not see each other for months at a time or we might see each other every week, but we all know one another personally. Although I would have loved to also use Technogran on Facebook, I am not so bothered about using my real name on there as the public never see it because my posts on there are for my family and friends only. </font></p> <p><font size="2">Now in contrast, let’s look at how Google+ got off the ground. Google invited lot’s of technically minded and corporate users to the beta of Google+. These people were chosen by Google for a reason. They wanted feedback of course, but I also believe that they did not want or intend that Google+ be a Facebook clone. By selecting a certain type of user such as technology bloggers and journalists, corporate users, professional photographers and those who work in the technology field, they automatically set the tone for how Google + tends to still be used by everyone today, for mainly serious discussion with like minded individuals who share the same interests. For me as a self confessed geek, its has been a wonderful and enlightening experience and I have learned so much from the countless users who are so expert in their own chosen fields of expertise. But, the big question is, do I <strong>KNOW </strong>any of these people personally? </font></p> <p><font size="2">The chances of me bumping into (for example) <a href="https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts" target="_blank"><strong>Robert Scoble</strong></a> down at my local pub, or seeing <a href="https://plus.google.com/100535338638690515335/posts" target="_blank"><strong>Louis Gray</strong></a> in my local Tesco’s and having a friendly chat with either of them is about as likely as this Granny going to Mars. I knew <strong>OF </strong>them before the birth of Google+ simply because I’m such a Geek and into technology myself. I know of other technology journalists and bloggers as well by name because I read their articles about subjects that interest me. It’s one of the main reasons why I begged for an invite and once on G+ felt so at home. But I don’t know any of them personally. I could recognise them if they passed me in the street because I’ve seen photos and watched videos of them on the internet or in other social sites that they are part of. But knowing <strong>OF</strong> someone is not the same as <strong>KNOWING</strong> them. They probably also know me. I’ve maybe commented on their blog posts or joined in a discussion on other sites as Technogran in the past. </font></p> <p><font size="2">So<strong> THAT</strong> is the big difference between Facebook and Google+ and one of my main reasons for wanting to be allowed to use my pseudonym on there. There is also another reason, the way that Google+ works. If I post and make it public then anyone can read that post and if they are on Google+ they can add me to one of their circles <strong>WITHOUT MY PERMISSION</strong>. I am well aware that the simple answer to that is don’t post to Public. But is that how Google really want us to use Google+? I could also call myself by my real name (which incidentally is not the one I was born with as that changed once I married) and then only have two circles, one for family and one for personal friends and only post to those two circles. However in doing so, I would be essentially cloning my Facebook usage and so there would be no real reason that I can think of to be on Google+! Besides which I don’t think for one moment that <a href="https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts" target="_blank"><strong><u>Vic Gundotra</u></strong></a> and the Google+ team intend us to use Google+ in the same way as any of us tend to use Facebook. The posts I usually make on Google+ are of little or no interest to my family and friends. I know this because I do sometimes post on there with the odd link or some other interest on Facebook and I never get any response whatsoever whereas those in my Google+ circles are usually very interested. In other words, its a whole different audience on Google+. </font></p> <p><font size="2">So, its horses for courses as the saying goes, and on Google+ where none of my audience know me personally and never will, and where by the same token I don’t know them either, I prefer <strong>NOT </strong>to use my real name but to be able to call myself Technogran which is the name I am commonly known by on the internet. Don’t believe me? Just Google it!</font></p> <p><strong><font size="3" face="Segoe Print">TG </font></strong></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:29c0525c-d27f-44e6-a126-87b13d59bd04" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Google%2b" rel="tag">Google+</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/pseudonym" rel="tag">pseudonym</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/circles" rel="tag">circles</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/posts" rel="tag">posts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/public" rel="tag">public</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-20233338145648027262012-01-13T10:01:00.000+00:002012-01-13T10:03:36.993+00:00My new Mobile. Using the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows phone.<p>Last year I finally tried out an iPhone. It was the first time that I had used a so called ‘smart phone’ and I suppose I was late to try one compared to the rest of the world, but I couldn’t quite see how I needed to use one. Was it important for me to be able to take a picture when travelling about and then immediately share it with my social networks? Or let my online friends know where I was at any particular moment in time? All I seemed to be using a mobile for was calls and messages. I have enjoyed using the iPhone, but I didn’t feel the need to download all that many applications to it, nor did I feel that I had to have it constantly by my side all the time. I didn’t feel the need to use most of its features apart from receiving/making calls or texting my family and friends. At the end of last year, I decided to upgrade to a <a href="http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/products/phone/lumia800/" target="_blank"><strong>Nokia Lumia 800</strong></a> Windows phone and for me, its the best thing I have ever done.</p> <a name='more'></a> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nqRjpQj7-vE/TxABXBJRvAI/AAAAAAAAHSY/fvyZBAysA-8/s1600-h/nokia-lumia-800_tiles4.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 11px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="nokia-lumia-800_tiles" border="0" alt="nokia-lumia-800_tiles" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6qropQtorh0/TxABXuJrQfI/AAAAAAAAHSc/3pZkymDQgXk/nokia-lumia-800_tiles_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="107" height="240"></a></p> <p>Why? Well, I have always liked the look of the Metro tiled interface, and the Nokia Lumia certainly looks the part. Strangely enough I’ve never been a big Nokia fan, in fact this is the first Nokia phone I’ve ever owned and I love it! Its roughly exactly the same size as the iPhone 4 and it sits comfortably in my hand, feels very sturdy and well made and although I did want the cyan backed version which unfortunately Orange didn’t have available online, I plan to solve that little problem by buying some of the coloured back covers that are available on Amazon for this model. I can then swap and change the back colour to my hearts content and change the colour of the tiles on the home screen to match as I do so!</p> <p>Getting used to using the phone has been a cinch. Once you have logged into your <a href="http://explore.live.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Windows Live</strong></a> account (don’t worry if you don’t have one, its easy to set one up) you can set up any social networks that you tend to frequent such as Facebook, Twitter etc, and also set up any email accounts you may have such as Gmail or Hotmail for example. Those people that you keep in touch with on any of your social networks or via any email accounts you have, and any updates and posts they make will be available to read and interact with via ‘<strong>What’s New’</strong> under the People tile on your phone. The people tile is a so called ‘live’ tile in that it changes all the time on the Home screen showing small avatars of your contacts and friends that constantly flip and change. There is also a <strong>Me</strong> tile as well which shows your own avatar and which when pressed will allow you to send an update to Facebook, Twitter or Windows Live (or all three if you prefer) by simply entering your message that you wish to share. You can also ‘<strong>Check In’</strong> as well as long as you have ‘<strong>location</strong>’ enabled on the phone, and the resulting message sent will include where you are at that given time using Bing Maps.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-p2yYZIc7lb8/TxABYpwVAbI/AAAAAAAAHSo/JI_5duvF4Fw/s1600-h/nokia-lumia-800_maps11.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="nokia-lumia-800_maps" border="0" alt="nokia-lumia-800_maps" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--DUfboVQZKE/TxABZi7-03I/AAAAAAAAHSw/BFfsks8k0d4/nokia-lumia-800_maps_thumb13.jpg?imgmax=800" width="600" height="271"></a></p> <p>I think that one of the most useful tiles if you have location turned on is the<strong> Local Scout</strong> tile. No matter where you happen to be at any given time, this tile when accessed provides the following useful info ,<strong> Eat + Drink, See + Do, Shop</strong> and<strong> Highlights</strong>. (The latter consisting in my neighbourhood of, for example the National Media Museum and the Kingsgate Shopping Centre.) I will find this tile very useful when in an area that I haven’t visited before as it will enable me to find the nearest places to eat, visit or yes, even shop! For those users who own a car there is <strong>Nokia Drive</strong>, which acts as a talking navigation aid similar to a ‘TomTom’ As I don’t own a car, I can’t really report on how good this is or how well it works, as I am not sure if it would work with a walking user such as myself! </p> <p>You can pin any tile to the front Home screen as you wish and easily remove it again, so for example, you could pin your family group or a certain group of people that you tend to contact the most often so that they are immediately available with just one press. Similarly you can unpin any tile by simply pressing on it and then pressing on the pin. It will then be removed from the Home screen and be placed in the right hand side list of tiles. You can also change the colour of the tiles to suit your style or mood in the settings tile. Moving a tile up to the top, or further down simply requires a held down press, and then a move with your finger to the desired location. It all works really smoothly, enabling you to quickly customise the entire Home screen to suit yourself. You can also easily choose your own wallpaper for the Start screen. Its all so easy to personalise the phone to suit your tastes and how you use it. Being able to choose which tiles are presented to you on the Home screen means that all of your most used features are near to hand and quickly accessed. In fact the entire phone is a joy to use. Its very fast both when scrolling back and forth or swiping left or right. You’ll also find the hard ‘back’ button very useful as well. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dT2Y0B157LY/TxABai7l6VI/AAAAAAAAHS4/SBfMBOMBnD0/s1600-h/Apps-and-more-apps40.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Apps and more apps" border="0" alt="Apps and more apps" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OjOLdywpouI/TxABb-njqWI/AAAAAAAAHTA/7sQMHCU8fys/Apps-and-more-apps_thumb45.jpg?imgmax=800" width="650" height="410"></a></p> <p>In the same way that the iPhone uses iTunes on your PC, the Nokia uses Zune and once an initial connection has been made via the USB cable to your computer, is very easily set up ready for syncing. You can choose to download music, videos or apps to Zune and then sync them to your phone using the USB connection, or alternatively you can use your own home Wi-fi network instead. The phone can also sync via Bluetooth with either other phones or other equipment which is Bluetooth enabled. Of course, you can also access apps directly on the phone via either Marketplace or Nokia’s own App Highlights tile. I have encountered no problems whatsoever using any of these methods to access any of the apps to try out on the phone. Its all worked faultlessly. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-n2NH7BckquY/TxABdIyRHUI/AAAAAAAAHTI/9EfBnpz9CL8/s1600-h/DSC031663.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03166" border="0" alt="DSC03166" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jpaR8aeJ69M/TxABd1jobgI/AAAAAAAAHTM/Xz1zfjkJLD0/DSC03166_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="165" height="300"></a></p> <p>Because the Nokia Lumia 800 is a Windows phone, it makes use of <a href="http://www.windowslive.co.uk/skydrive" target="_blank"><strong>SkyDrive</strong></a> for storage of your photos and/or documents which will become especially useful if you tend to take quite a lot of photos on your phone. For those of you who might not be familiar with SkyDrive, think of it as an extra ‘hard drive’ online ( in the cloud) for storing your photos and/or documents. As soon as you create a Windows Live ID you are given access to you own personal SkyDrive and you are allocated a massive 25GB of storage for free! If you already have used SkyDrive for storing your photo albums in the past, they will now be all available to you on your phone. When you take a photo with the phone you are given the choice of where to share your photo’s, either to Facebook, Twitter, via you email accounts, or via SkyDrive, and you can also set the phone up to upload any photo as you take it automatically to your SkyDrive for storage. So SkyDrive can be very useful because it gives you a vast amount of storage in addition to that available on the phone itself. As I have quite a few photo albums already stored over the years, its a really nice touch to be able to see and access all of them directly on the phone. </p> <p>It wasn’t all that long ago that I wondered why I would ever need to use a ‘smart phone’ at all, now thanks to the Nokia Lumia 800 I am finding myself taking it everywhere I go and I absolutely love using it. I can keep in touch now with everyone and see exactly what they are doing as I travel about and I fully recommend it, especially to those of you who haven’t yet decided to try out using a smart phone and are wondering what all the fuss is about. If your also on Facebook or use Twitter, you’ll love how those social networks are ‘inbuilt’ into the phone. So keep in touch with everyone whilst your on the move with the Nokia Lumia 800! Enjoy! </p> <p><strong><font face="Segoe Print">TG </font></strong></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2f49aaf1-40d9-4802-9bcb-46b4110f85e6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/nokia" rel="tag">nokia</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/lumia+800" rel="tag">lumia 800</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/windows+phone" rel="tag">windows phone</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tiles" rel="tag">tiles</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/sky+drive" rel="tag">sky drive</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/apps" rel="tag">apps</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-74906738331649382842011-08-05T13:27:00.000+01:002011-08-05T13:29:24.630+01:00Google Plus for Newbies 10. Personalising your Profile.<p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">One of the best features of your profile page on Google Plus is the way that you can personalise it and make it quite unique to yourself. Besides the usual profile picture on the left hand side, you can also add a ‘Scrapbook’ of pictures which can consist of photos that sum up who you are, your interests, your favourite photos or (as quite a few users have already done) a unique slant on you. You can also include more than one photo as your main profile photo which when clicked on, will cycle through them all. This opens up some interesting possibilities, especially as you can add some text to each photo in Picnik! So let’s see how you can individualise your profile and make it your own!</font></p> <a name='more'></a> <h3>Creating your Scrapbook. </h3> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DS_C7p5O-DU/Tjvh8U1eb4I/AAAAAAAAF8I/E1Z5X1Xg02g/s1600-h/Adding%252520some%252520photos%252520to%252520scrapbook%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Adding some photos to scrapbook" border="0" alt="Adding some photos to scrapbook" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rTORkQA2hBU/Tjvh8-RB6lI/AAAAAAAAF8M/C-eCJnvAYFo/Adding%252520some%252520photos%252520to%252520scrapbook_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="283"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">1. Above your posts on your profile page, you might have noticed a grey area inviting you to ‘<strong>Add some photos here’</strong> This is your ‘scrapbook’ area. It’s up to you which photos you add to your scrapbook of course, but as this is your profile page where visitors will be needing to find out all about who you are, then maybe it might be fun to make your scrapbook say something about you. You could add individual photos of things you are interested in for example, or some of your all time favourite photos. Use your imagination! For this how-to I’m using a sequence of photos that my daughter took of me walking down the cobbled road this morning so that it looks as if I’m walking across the page.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C7ybuYv-ddM/Tjvh9qZTm_I/AAAAAAAAF8Q/hXL_E08eXOI/s1600-h/Add%252520photo%252520to%252520your%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Add photo to your" border="0" alt="Add photo to your" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/---i10I66e0E/Tjvh-LnB9jI/AAAAAAAAF8U/1e5rpdnsGAM/Add%252520photo%252520to%252520your_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="212"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">2. Click on <strong>Add photo</strong> to add the first one to your scrapbook feature wall. You can add a photo from your photo files on your computer or alternatively from your current Picasa Web Albums.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MMRfoXDa5I0/Tjvh_dHEeOI/AAAAAAAAF8Y/Mn3Unrkj-Fg/s1600-h/Photos%252520from%252520Picasa%252520Web%252520albums%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Photos from Picasa Web albums" border="0" alt="Photos from Picasa Web albums" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4QKSVyKptus/TjviAoptj7I/AAAAAAAAF8c/xPNBXeNpOJI/Photos%252520from%252520Picasa%252520Web%252520albums_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="502" height="392"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">3. You can add up to five photos to your scrapbook. Once you are happy with the display of your photos, decide who you want to be able to see them in your profile page and then click on <strong>Done Editing</strong>.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NO8UHIX9k7s/TjviBvW6ZJI/AAAAAAAAF8g/uN_C76eiidE/s1600-h/My%252520scrapbook%252520photos%252520finished%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="My scrapbook photos finished" border="0" alt="My scrapbook photos finished" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uetRmS9dwPA/TjviC5I7WBI/AAAAAAAAF8k/owBblCn1_TU/My%252520scrapbook%252520photos%252520finished_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="552" height="339"></a></p> <h3><strong><font face="Segoe UI">Changing your Profile Photo.</font></strong> </h3> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">You can also have more than one profile photo AND have some creative fun by adding a message for the visitors to your profile! So let’s work our way through it shall we?</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">4. You can use as many photos for this as you want. Click on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Change Photo</font></strong> under your profile photo on the left.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N7yzhxykA84/TjviDdd3N3I/AAAAAAAAF8o/lHPMaxXMh80/s1600-h/Select%252520a%252520profile%252520photo%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Select a profile photo" border="0" alt="Select a profile photo" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yOLl1fmGh-A/TjviD_izziI/AAAAAAAAF8s/mlMLcGxCOCo/Select%252520a%252520profile%252520photo_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="180"></a></p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">5.If this is the first time that you have added a profile photo, then click on Add a photo. You can add a profile photo from a variety of places, I’m going to add some photos from my computer files. When the first one has uploaded, we’re going to add some text to it in<strong> Picnik.</strong></font></font></font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GzpppeeZ14w/TjviEqyrcHI/AAAAAAAAF8w/QTh7SsXfTYE/s1600-h/Add%252520text%252520and%252520edit%252520in%252520Picnik%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Add text and edit in Picnik" border="0" alt="Add text and edit in Picnik" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0lWc4MbvSWc/TjviFJKkP-I/AAAAAAAAF80/mTpEPC-_Kx0/Add%252520text%252520and%252520edit%252520in%252520Picnik_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="321"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">6. Click on</font><strong><font color="#3e8ac8"> Edit photo in Picnik</font></strong>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RrawWnw18nI/TjviGVmh51I/AAAAAAAAF84/URlHvv4PqTc/s1600-h/Adding%252520text%25252C%252520changing%252520fonts%25252C%252520moving%252520text%252520box%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Adding text, changing fonts, moving text box" border="0" alt="Adding text, changing fonts, moving text box" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gzdjdDYyhu4/TjviHX2_YAI/AAAAAAAAF88/Yxlyn3pHhB8/Adding%252520text%25252C%252520changing%252520fonts%25252C%252520moving%252520text%252520box_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="614" height="484"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">7.Once Picnik has loaded, click on the <strong>Create</strong> tab at the top followed by the<strong> Text</strong> tab. You can now choose which fonts to use for your text, either default one’s or you can choose from Premium fonts or some others. below. I’ve chosen Burst My Bubble for this how-to. </font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">8. In the box above the font choices, type in your text and then click on <strong>Add</strong> below. A white box will then appear in your photo which you can move around in order to place it where it can best be seen. Another window will have appeared over your photo containing <strong>Text Properties</strong>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">9. Choose the colour of your text, its position inside the box, which can be resized by clicking and dragging on the circles in each corner, the fade properties of your text, the size of it, and also Advanced Blend Modes or whether to flip your text or not to make it vertical or horizontal, Try everything out! You can’t spoil it until you click on <strong>Save this Image</strong>!</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Segoe UI">10. When you are happy with your text for your profile photo, click on <strong>Save this Image</strong> at the top right hand side.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K1ldO4igwOU/TjviIcCJX5I/AAAAAAAAF9A/YY66GGdkSsY/s1600-h/Resize%252520the%252520box%252520by%252520dragging%252520the%252520crosses%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Resize the box by dragging the crosses" border="0" alt="Resize the box by dragging the crosses" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rhaFY9KwAcE/TjviI4qiGII/AAAAAAAAF9E/sh96EDLYP-s/Resize%252520the%252520box%252520by%252520dragging%252520the%252520crosses_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="502" height="392"></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">11. You will now be asked to crop your profile photo. You can resize this crop box by clicking on the white squares at each corner and dragging them across to make the square larger or smaller.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">12. Once you are happy with your photo, click on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Set as profile photo</font></strong>. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Segoe UI">13. Now you need to add another photo by clicking again on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Change Photo</font></strong>. Work your way through the previous instructions in exactly the same way, but changing your text for each shot. You will have to instruct your visitors to click on your profile photos so ‘click on me’ or some such will need to be added to one of them.</font> Each time your visitors to your profile click on your profile photos, they will cycle through them all. </p> <p><font face="Segoe UI"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><strong>NOTE</strong>! If you need your text to read in a certain sequence, then you probably will have to reverse them all when setting them up as your profile pictures, so the last one in your sequence first etc. </font></font></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG</strong></font></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-49421906973086776122011-07-29T18:01:00.000+01:002011-07-29T18:02:23.520+01:00Google Plus for Newbies. 9. Sorting out Suggestions.<p>Whenever you access your <strong>Home</strong> page, you will notice that you have some people suggested to you under the <strong>Suggestions </strong>header over in the right hand side column. These suggestions are made based on the type of people that you have already added to your circles. So if the largest majority of those users added to your circles are (for example) those in Social Media, then most of your suggestions will also be from that category of person because the default setting for <strong>Suggestions</strong> is ‘Relevance.’ You can change this by clicking on <strong>Show All</strong> at the bottom of the three persons shown. You can also change the Suggested persons by clicking on the X to the right of their name in order to cycle through them. So let’s take a closer look at <strong>Suggestions</strong> shall we?</p> <a name='more'></a> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uvHixgN4kw4/TjLniJI5VXI/AAAAAAAAFkg/dmi3mte-0wI/s1600-h/Suggestions19.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Suggestions" border="0" alt="Suggestions" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KMfhX8333JY/TjLnjFspVKI/AAAAAAAAFkk/najtcXxP3LM/Suggestions_thumb15.jpg?imgmax=800" width="552" height="420"></a></p> <p><font size="2">1. From your <strong>Home</strong> page, click on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Show All</font></strong> at the bottom of the three current <strong>Suggestions</strong> in the right hand side column. </font></p> <p><font size="2">2. On this page, you can see <strong>ALL</strong> of those users suggested to you by the criteria <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Relevance</font></strong> who are not yet in your circles. You can change the criteria from Relevance to First Name or Last Name if you want to by clicking on the word Relevance, but for this how-to, we’ll stay with the default.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-51ZyyfeD3gw/TjLnkKzG7pI/AAAAAAAAFko/X-j8UUP68Ns/s1600-h/More-suggestions11.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="More suggestions" border="0" alt="More suggestions" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LaEMPIwYQAU/TjLnkxf0qLI/AAAAAAAAFks/B6p2Fgl04OY/More-suggestions_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="642" height="304"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2">3. In order to see more information about each person, such as their <strong>Profile </strong>or the type of posts they are making so that you can decide whether or not to add them to your circles and which circle to add them to, you firstly click on their tile. This tile will turn blue and some choices will then be made available to you on the top right hand side. These choices are as follows,<strong> <font color="#3e8ac8">Remove</font></strong>,<font color="#3e8ac8"> <strong>Clear selection</strong></font>, <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">View profile</font></strong> and<font color="#3e8ac8"> <strong>More Actions.</strong></font></font><strong><font color="#3e8ac8"> </font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AytLH8fScb4/TjLnlZwrh-I/AAAAAAAAFkw/50P93ekuVMw/s1600-h/More-actions-for-selections11.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="More actions for selections" border="0" alt="More actions for selections" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HSdrn-RjcE4/TjLnl20_cKI/AAAAAAAAFk0/Avv7y7J-W1U/More-actions-for-selections_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="323"></a></p> <p><font size="2">4. Clicking on<strong><font color="#3e8ac8"> View Profile</font></strong> will take you to that particular persons <strong>Profile</strong> where you can find out more details about them in order to help you decide whether or not to include them in one of your circles. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vSNtwL9MKSg/TjLnm24nkjI/AAAAAAAAFk4/NvfZzwwHjO4/s1600-h/finding-out-more-info-about-a-person.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="finding out more info about a person" border="0" alt="finding out more info about a person" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R79o68dGj8s/TjLnnsR2paI/AAAAAAAAFk8/9FRQKhDjDDQ/finding-out-more-info-about-a-person%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="388"></a></p> <p><font size="2">5. Choosing <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Remove</font></strong> will of course remove them from this <strong>Suggestions</strong> list, <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Clear Selection</font></strong> will simply clear your chosen person so that you can choose someone else from the Suggestions list. </font></p> <p><font size="2">6. If you click on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">More Actions</font></strong> whilst someone is highlighted, you can either <strong>Block </strong>them or<strong> Select All</strong>.</font> </p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2">7. You don’t have to add any of these <strong>Suggestions</strong> to your circles of course, the choice is entirely up to you and you can simply ignore them all if you wish.</font> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG </strong></font></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:48a6959f-07ac-4140-bbd9-ef0f2d05a0d9" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/google%2b" rel="tag">google+</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/suggestions" rel="tag">suggestions</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/relevance" rel="tag">relevance</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/block" rel="tag">block</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/clear" rel="tag">clear</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951477199292741235.post-47475472048411241582011-07-27T12:56:00.000+01:002011-07-27T12:57:18.811+01:00Google Plus for Newbies. 8. Notifications and Settings.<p><font color="#000000" size="2">Every time that someone adds you to a circle, you will receive an email notification to inform you of the fact. You do not have to add them to one of your circles of course, but one way that you can ‘vet’ those people who have added you to one of their circles, is to see what sort of posts they are making by accessing their posts that they make via<strong> Incomings</strong>. Incomings is purely a stream made up of the posts of those who have added you but who you have not yet added. Taking a look at your Incoming stream helps in deciding which people to include in a circle or not, and also which of your circles to put them in. For example, if you note that most of their posts are about photography, they can then be placed in a Photography circle.</font> </p> <a name='more'></a> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Su2Xq9yL9U8/Ti_8_6oH0NI/AAAAAAAAFQ4/jmYftseqXCo/s1600-h/Email%252520about%252520others%252520who%252520have%252520added%252520you%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Email about others who have added you" border="0" alt="Email about others who have added you" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N6DJ2qsPzys/Ti_9AdVfFLI/AAAAAAAAFQ8/CrvDhIIYy8M/Email%252520about%252520others%252520who%252520have%252520added%252520you_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="552" height="275"></a></p> <p><font size="2">1. When you receive the email notifying you who has added you to their circles on Google +, click on<strong><font color="#c0504d"> Add to circles</font></strong> inside the email in order to take you to your <strong><font color="#000000">Notifications</font></strong> page.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5OKcaOPwCqc/Ti_9BZGNHRI/AAAAAAAAFRA/5A6cy2OrMYA/s1600-h/Notifications%252520in%252520G%25252B%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Notifications in G " border="0" alt="Notifications in G " src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5ujv_smOQ1o/Ti_9CPayy1I/AAAAAAAAFRE/qc-0bHqXnsc/Notifications%252520in%252520G%25252B_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="345"></a></p> <p>2. Hovering your mouse over each persons name will tell you a little bit about that person. You can also<strong><font color="#3e8ac8"> Hide</font></strong> a person or<strong><font color="#3e8ac8"> Block</font></strong> a person from this <strong>Notifications</strong> page. </p> <p><font size="2">3. Clicking on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">More</font></strong> from the top right hand side of this<strong> Notifications</strong> page</font> allows you to access a drop down list where you have some more choices which are as follows,<strong> All,</strong> <strong>Added to Ci</strong>r<strong>cles</strong>,<strong> Posts by you</strong>, <strong>Posts by others, Mentions and Photo Tags.</strong> Clicking on each of those choices from this list allows you to see that choice in the Notifications stream. But how do you choose which Notifications actually end up arriving in your email box? </p> <p><strong><font size="3">Setting up your Notifications.</font></strong></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2">4. From any page in Google Plus, click on the small gear icon at the right hand side of the black bar.</font> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XJSnfFkhubo/Ti_9CkK3nkI/AAAAAAAAFRI/8_BPm1nNogg/s1600-h/Google--settings4.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Google settings" border="0" alt="Google settings" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uU9J06USnyo/Ti_9DI6l5HI/AAAAAAAAFRM/MajSPEg7bjs/Google--settings_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="402" height="184"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2">5. From that drop down list, click on <strong><font color="#3e8ac8">Google+ settings</font></strong>.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-o3NcBtOUuqI/Ti_9EfHlj0I/AAAAAAAAFRQ/dFuec6kaCNY/s1600-h/Setting%252520up%252520your%252520notification%252520preferences%25255B14%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Setting up your notification preferences" border="0" alt="Setting up your notification preferences" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zhou_gYV1s8/Ti_9FqBVoyI/AAAAAAAAFRU/XQrgv-r9PYg/Setting%252520up%252520your%252520notification%252520preferences_thumb%25255B14%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="602" height="806"></a></p> <p>6. From this <strong>Notification </strong>settings page you can adjust how you receive your notifications, either by email or SMS to your phone. (by adding your mobile number) </p> <p>7. Below that choice, you can tick or untick any of the choices listed under <strong>Posts and mentions of my name</strong>, <strong>Photos of Me</strong>, begins a <strong>Huddle</strong> conversation with you, adds a +1 on any non-Google site and you can also choose whether or not to include any geo-location in your newly uploaded albums and photos. You also can choose who’s tags of you in a photo can automatically link to your Profile. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-C1MIxqKgprs/Ti_9Gq1awiI/AAAAAAAAFRY/0DZy3g5DQck/s1600-h/Incoming%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Incoming" border="0" alt="Incoming" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rRCn6aSJWi8/Ti_9HSVB6gI/AAAAAAAAFRc/9MLb_A3oN40/Incoming_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="562" height="482"></a></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2">8. To check on the posts that someone who has included you in one of their circles is making, click on <strong>Incomings</strong> from your <strong>Home</strong> page. Accessing the Incomings stream can help to aid you in deciding whether or not to include them in your own circles or not.</font> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Segoe Print"><strong>TG</strong></font></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3580ee6f-8f52-4e9d-9da8-a89339bd6b7c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/google%2b" rel="tag">google+</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/notifications" rel="tag">notifications</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/email" rel="tag">email</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/mobile" rel="tag">mobile</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/sms" rel="tag">sms</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/settings" rel="tag">settings</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/incoming" rel="tag">incoming</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/circles" rel="tag">circles</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03565202952790011951noreply@blogger.com0