This Week's Word(s): Print Options
Someone recently asked me how to only print one page of a document which is several pages long. While this is something which is very intuitive to me and the rest of the Best Macs staff, if you have not been using a computer very long and very frequently, it might not be so simple. This is just another example of why I write the weekly word. If you already have knowledge about how to change your...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: PDF
Several weeks back, I gave you some general information on file formats. This week, I’ll be discussing one specific file format, PDF. PDF stands for Portable Document Format. PDFs are a very common type of file format because they are compatible with both Macs and PCs. This file format was originally produced by Adobe. Because of this, one of the most popular applications for viewing PDFs...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: iSight
The weekly word is back. I hope everyone had a great holiday season. This week’s word is iSight. iSight is the camera which comes built in to most of Apple’s computer models as well as Apple’s Cinema displays. The iSight camera is built in to the MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air and iMac. The only model which does not include it is the Mac Mini, which is obviously lacking a...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: Find
This week’s word is “find”. Let’s say that you have a HUGE document, a 25 page PDF, and you remember that there was a great quote from Steve Jobs that you really want to use in your article, but you just finished reading the article and you have no idea where in those 25 pages that the quote was. This sounds problematic, huh? Do you really want to re-read that whole...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: File Format
File format tells you the way that the information is being store in that file. Different programs store information in different ways and knowing the way that the information is being stored can be critical to opening, accessing and editing that file. Applications save files in all different formats; it can even vary from version to version of that application. The easiest way to determine the...
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