Website represents the easiest media and quickly in publicizing organization, personal and company. This media become very favourite now because swiftly will become good for and or oppositely. Website help to company image building but on developing phase must careful in determining design and web contents.

In development phase required some knowledge and standard skill so that website boost up the company image. This article base for beginner to start to develop and build the website and start to enter the new dimension which can improve skilled and your earnings.

To start, you have to know and master some knowledge/software hereunder:

1.Web site Planning

First step to planning web pages, started by collecting information, and the result is a “sitemap”. Then design the page layout on first page and second page. In this step you must learn about some component like navigation, content, image plan, copyright (footer), and etc. Software which commonly use: Microsoft Visio and I always use the Conceptdraw Webwave ( http://www.conceptdraw.com).

2.Web Page Design

The second step we continue to design the planning with special software, you must learn about typografi (chosen the best font), arrange the page layout ( mastering divide the page), color ( mastering color concept and color mixing theory). We always use Adobe Photoshop, a lot of free tutorial which you can find in internet by keyword ” photoshop tutorial for web”. To your exercise we have provided a web namely “http://www.dokumenkerja.com”, you can download download and have modification the website which you wish.

3.Authoring Web Software

Then we need authoring web software like Adobe Dreamweaver to make a html page. Besides Dreamweaver, some designer used Microsoft Frontpage. Like also Photoshop to learn the Dreamweaver, we can search free tutorial on internet. Or you can buy some books for Dreamweaver or Frontpage on bookstore.

4.Make Interactivity

Without interactivity, a Website is purely a book online. Interactive sites capture user details online and monitor what users do inside the system. The more visitors can interact and ‘do things’ on the site, the more likely they are to revisit. To make this you can learn about web programming like php and asp.

5.Make Video, Flash, Shockwave and Audio

We always develop video, flash, shocwave and audio with a Adobe Flash. This is make the website looked more nice and powerful.

These are the basic skill must know to be great web designer and to become the expert needed by a practice and get the real project in develop a website. Have a nice experiment in website design.

Hollywood – home of the stars. And what a history it has. Back in 1853 the only man made structure in the area was an adobe hut. Then, in 1886, while on their honeymoon, H.J. Whitley and his wife Gigi coined the name Hollywood. The next year it was used officially for the first time by H.H. Wilcox on a deed as the name of his 160 acre farm.

The community started to grow when, around the turn of the century, filmmaking began to take off. The first Los Angeles studio was established in 1909 and then, in 1910, director D.W. Griffith made the first film ever to be shot in Hollywood. It was a one- reel melodrama about Mexican colonial era California and was called “In Old California”. By 1920 Hollywood became world famous as the center for movie making in the United States.

And soon fashion, romance, intrigue and adventure became synonymous with movie making. Then, like today, people were intrigued with the stars. Everybody wanted to know what they did, where they went, what they ate, and how they decorated their homes. And many folks started incorporating the romantic themes of Hollywood movies into their own decor.

One of the most timeless furniture statements of style that came from that era, the chaise lounge chair, is enjoying a resurgence in the twenty-first century. Chaise lounges were first associated with Hollywood casting couches in the 1920’s. And some people, in their mind’s eye, still see images of Jean Harlow and Greta Garbo reclining on them.

Traditionally made of wood and fabric, the chaise lounge has evolved. Now not only are there bedroom chaise lounges, there are outdoor chaise lounge chairs and chaise lounge sofas. And on top of it, many are no longer made of wood. They are also constructed out of polywood, a product made of recycled plastic containers.

It seems that almost everybody is going green these days, so it’s not surprising that these recycled milk jugs are taking Hollywood by storm. Polywood is rather amazing. Though it looks like lumber it’s actually a nonporous material that never needs to be painted, stained, waterproofed, striped, or resurfaced. It won’t crack, rot, splinter, warp, or absorb moisture. To keep it clean all you need to do is take a little soap and water to it and it will sparkle like new.

You would be astonished if you knew how many actors, singers, dancers, directors and producers have polywood furniture in their homes and on their lawns. There was one rather risque party recently – you might have read about it in the tabloids – where the whole garden was decorated with polywood Adirondack chairs and Adirondack furniture. And, if you snuck into the bedroom you would have seen a polywood chaise lounge opposite the king size bed.

Yes, there is polywood in Hollywood. You can easily find a wide range of polywood pieces to enjoy in your home on the Internet.

PDF primarily is a portable reading and display format. It looks the same as the original on whatever operation systems you view them. When surfing on the internet, we may find that most of files are in PDF format, such as government reports and academic papers. However, the non-editable feature attaches great security to PDF. In another word, copy or paste are not intended or even initially implemented. Thus more and more people wonder how to copy PDF to Word, as we often need to quote the useful content in it and familiar with editing in Ms Word.

Here I want to talk about some methods to copy PDF to Word.

Previously, if you wanted to copy PDF file to Word, you would have to use the print screen function and crop the image in another program. This involves much manually manipulate when you have a large chunk PDF to be done. However, it is possible to simplify it with the snapshot tool in Adobe Acrobat.

Open the PDF you want in the Adobe Acrobat window and then find the Snapshot tool icon in the menu bar at the top of the window (it looks like a camera). Notice the latest adobe acrobat 9 version has it you can directly copy from PDF to Word at the location you would like to place by clicking “ctrl+ v” within the Word document. The PDF will be inserted into Word as image file.

But this method has disadvantages that it’s useful to PDF without restriction and you can’t further edit it in Word document for it is image file.

Hence, actually the first and the best way you should think about are to copy PDF to Word with the PDF to Word Converter.

The converter can remove the password automatically in the process of conversion. And convert the files to editable Word files for your further reuse.

Following is the tutorial you will copy from PDF to Word successfully in a short time:

Step one: Download and install the PDF to Word Converter, then launch it. An intuitive interface will appear. Click “Add files” to import the PDF files you want into the panel.

Step two: Choose the output type to Word format and select the page range option or type in page range if needed. Don’t ignore to define the output folder path.

Step three: Click the “Convert” to start conversion. The PDF files will unlock and converted to Word files rapidly!

After conversion you can copy PDF text to Word or any other content like image, hyperlinks graphics and so on easily. Or you can insert the whole page by the add-in function of Ms Word-“Insert” with the converted Word files. To copy PDF to Word will be a piece of cake with the PDF to Word Converter.

Hi there! Are you new to video editing? If you are, you’re probably confused by the vast array of video editing software programs out there in the market.

When I started out in video editing, nobody gave me a proper comparison of video editing software programs. So I experimented on my own.

I tried using Microsoft Movie Maker and other free software. Over time, as I gained confidence in the editing process, I moved on to commercial software like Adobe Premiere and Corel VideoStudio.

In this article, I’d like to give you a comparison of the better video editing software programs out there so you can get more creative with your productions.

1. Beginner Level

Let’s start from the basics. If you’re a beginner and have not done much video editing, I recommend you that you start with a free video editing package like Microsoft Movie Maker. This allows you to understand the video timeline, splitting, cutting and how to add basic effects into your production.

Once you’ve some basic knowledge, get a good beginner video editor like MovAVI. I use MovAVI a lot these days to quickly edit and burn / upload my videos to YouTube.

MovAVI automates most of the post-production process for me. I simply import my video, select a default theme and the software does the rest. This saves me a lot of time, especially if I have a ton of say, vacation videos where I’m too lazy to do in-depth editing.

2. Intermediate Level

OK, moving on to the intermediate level software. These programs have basic video editing features for beginners but also contain advanced functionalities for those who want to be more creative.

In this category, my personal preference is Corel VideoStudio. I’ve used its competitor products like Adobe Premiere Elements and Pinnacle Studio before, but I still come back to VideoStudio because of the rich set of templates it has and the intuitive application interface.

Corel VideoStudio lets me do stuff like chroma key (removing green screens from a video so I can overlay another background), add titles, transactions and manipulate audio. I also like that I can export my video in a huge variety of formats, including uploading them online to YouTube seamlessly. This is the software I use most often for editing selected video projects where I need a fast basic workflow but have some room for creative work.

Advanced Level

There are more advanced level video editing software packages like Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas and Final Cut Pro. While I do like their features (and these are industrial-grade features used by movie makers) – I find them overly expensive. Something like the full Adobe Premiere suite will easily set you back by almost $1000. I’m not paying that much money for a video application unless I’m doing this full-time.

For hobbyists, I strongly suggest using intermediate level software. The advanced features in pro-level packages like Adobe Premiere tend to be rarely used. Once you have done many video projects and want to go pro, then these packages make sense.

4. Online Applications

OK, so far we’ve done comparison of desktop video editing software. But you should know there are also other online video editing applications popping up all over the shop.

One that particularly caught my attention is Animoto, which is a great online application.

This is a solid, intuitive online video editor which allows you to just upload your work and apply a series of automatic edits and effects. Again, very useful stuff for those requiring a quick workflow without a lot of fuss.

5. Mobile Applications

Finally, if you’re on a mobile device like the iPhone or have an Android device, you’ll be aware of a slew of video editing applications appearing in your app store.

I particularly like Game Your Video for the iOS. This little app allows you to import videos from your phone library, then spice them up with effects like slow motion, Charlie Chaplin comic effects, as well as a variety of other cool stuff. Do try it out.

If you do a comparison of mobile video editing software with their desktop competitors, you’ll find them lacking in features. But they make up for that in terms of portability. Just whip out your phone, shoot the video and edit. It’s very quick and simple compared to a desktop approach.

Also, there are, of course, other video editing apps out there. You can try browsing under the “Featured” or “Top Charts” categories on your iPhone or iPad to see which are the best apps at the moment.

Wrapping Up…

I hope the above has given you a good comparison of video editing software packages in the market. Remember, try to select a package that meets your needs. If you’re just beginner, don’t buy something expensive like Adobe Premiere. Get your feet wet first with simple video editors like VideoStudio, then move on to more advanced stuff when you’re ready.

The other point is to just practice. I remember I went through at least 20 projects on Corel VideoStudio before I decided I’d try Adobe Premiere. Once you practice, you’ll start to understand the basic elements of the video editing workflow – and those skills can be applied to any video editing application you own in the future.

Until next time, have fun editing your videos!

Choosing your File Format

I would recommend you use just two different file formats – one for mobile devices and one for PCs. Remember that most people will only read really large eBooks (i.e. 80-100k words) on their desktop PC. For PCs, I would chose the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) as (a) Adobe reader is already installed on millions of PCs worldwide, (b) all the major eBook distributors support it and (c) Micosoft are planning to incorporate export-to-pdf functionality in all their next generation MS-Office products.

For mobile, my personal recommendation is the Mobipocket .prc format as (a) it supports more complex e-books that require oversized images and horizontally scrolling tables, (b) the Mobipocket Reader can be used on the widest range of PDAs & Smart Phones and (c) Amazon have recently purchased Mobipocket and are sure to give it greater prominence in the future.

Converting your master to PDF Format

To begin with, optimize the meta-data in your MS-Word document. Access File – Properties from the menu and begin with the “Summary” tab. Enter your title in the “Title” box, exactly as it would appear on Nielsen BookData and Amazon. Put your sub-title in the “Subject” field. Enter your author name as second name, first name (e.g. Viney, David) in the “Author” field. In the “Category” field, I would use Amazon’s taxonomy, so for my eBook Guide, I would enter: Books > E-Books & E-Docs > Non-fiction > General. Use the “Keywords” field to add individual words which summarise the content of your book. Separate them with a comma and a single space. For my eBook I would enter: eBook, self, publishing, Amazon, Mobipocket, PDF, Lightning, Source, eBooks.com, writing.

Once you have optimised the Word master, it is time to begin conversion to the PDF format. With OEM or second-hand software available so cheaply these days from eBay (see panel right) I would recommend you purchase and use Adobe Professional software to do the conversion. Once you have installed the software, you will find that you can simply click on a “Convert to Adobe PDF” icon, which should be the left-most one of the three Adobe icons in your Word toolbar. The macro that follows will first prompt you to chose a filename to save your PDF document under. Use the ISBN (so for my ebook, I used 0955077427.pdf).

The macro will then scan for bookmarks, create pages and process tags before firing up the pre-final PDF file. Check the Bookmarks panel to make sure the macro has converted your Word table of contents properly. Then tweak some of the PDF settings for best results. Firstly, set the “Initial View” document options to “Show Bookmark Panel and Pages”. Under “Page Layout” select “Continuous Facing” and in the “Security” tab decide whether you want to apply any DRM-style restrictions (I leave at “No Security”). Secondly, check the metadata has been translated properly from the Word master and add any “Additional Metadata” (e.g. copyright status). Finally, optimize the file size of your PDF file, using both the the Advanced | PDF Optimizer menu option and the File | Reduce File Size option (which limits the reverse-compatibility of the file).

Converting your master to PRC Format

I recommend you purchase Mobipocket Creator Professional to handle the conversion. Whilst relatively expensive, it is by far the better functioned of all options. Open the installed software, select the import from MS Word document option and browse for your Word master. From the “publication files” screen, the first step is to add your cover art. Ensure your cover art has a file width of less than 200 pixels, a file height of less than 300 pixels and an overall file size of less than 50kb. This should generally be the case when you have set a medium (6/10) file quality to your .jpg file.

Whilst I would avoid the Mobipocket Table of Contents option (too complex) you should certainly focus on the metadata section (as the Mobipocket site has a Google Page Rank of 7/10 and your finished page will rank high up on Google). I advise preparing metadata entries first in a (backed-up) text file (using Notepad). If you iterate the file conversion and build process a number of times, you will find yourself re-entering data over and over again; being able to copy-and-paste from a text file will save you lots of time!

Once you have finished this section, it is time to build your eBook file and test it on various readers / emulators. Select the default build options, run the the build process, then “preview results in Mobipocket reader” on your PC. After you are happy, do a final test on the Mobipocket PDA Emulator. Having tested what you file will look like on a sample of PDAs and Smartphones, do one final iteration of the build process, this time with the “content encryption with DRM” checkbox selected. Your eBook is now ready to be uploaded.

Uploading your PDF to Lightning Source

To distribute your PDF via Amazon, I recommend signing up for Lightning Source International (LSI) as a minimum. In my full eBook (purchase from panel right) I also cover how to distribute via other sites, including Lulu and Content Reserve). To sign up with LSI, click on the “new customer?” link on their homepage, then the “new account” link.

Choose a log-in name and password (both between 6 and 16 characters in length), then enter your contact information. In the “form of business” drop-down, select sole proprietor. Choose your “primary book category” from the drop-down within the “miscellaneous information” section (e.g. professional/technical). Under “total number of titles in print” and “number of new titles published annually” I would suggest entering 2-5 titles. For “number of years company in business” put Uploading your PRC to Mobipocket

Firstly, visit http://www.ebookbase.com to register with Mobipocket. Now review the eBookBase Agreement. Either sign it and fax the form or (for speed) copy-and-paste the content into a Word file, add your signature as a scanned picture and email the signed electronic contract to nting@mobipocket.com

You will note from the contract that the wholesaler price is 50% of the suggested retail Price. As such, you may wish to set the retail price of the .prc version of your eBook slightly higher than you did for the .pdf version (so as to recoup a similar return).

Mobipocket will come back pretty quickly to confirm your application and will point you to a URL from where you can logon to your account online. You should find that you are given the same user-id and password that you originally registered with on the main site.

First select the “Add an eBook” option from the eBook catalogue. Browse to find your .prc file and click on the “upload new eBook” link. Note the default directory for the Mobipocket .prc file you created s is the “My Publications” folder within “My Documents”. The file you are looking for should have been saved there (using “build” within the Mobipocket software) with a DRM security level of 4.

In the Meta-Data input screen, you should address (a) Affiliation URL (leave alone), (b) Title (enter title, than a colon, then a space, then the sub-title), (c) Activate for Retailers (leave checked), (d) Author (put the LastName, then a comma, then FirstName), (e) ISBN (leave pre-populated), (f) Print Book ISBN (put parent ISBN), (g) Language (select English), (h) Main Subject (select most appropriate from the drop-down), (i) Abstract (Max 4000 chars; copy-and-paste from your Amazon “short description” meta-data), (j) Review (Max 4000 chars; this will appear on the site as if it is from Mobipocket themselves), (k) Keywords (Max 100 chars; enter same as you did for the MS-Word metadata, only with each word separated by a semi-colon rather than a comma), (l) Adult only (leave unchecked) and (m) Publishing Date (leave autofilled)

In the file information section, click on browse to find your cover art image in the “CoverPage” section. Note that you are restricted to a maximum size of 50KB and dimensions of 200 pixels width x 300 pixels height. Ignore the “Demo PRC File” dialogue and leave the “Force No Demo file” checkbox unchecked. This will cause Mobipocket to default to an automatically generated PRC demo file containing the first 5% of the text of the ebook.

Conclusions

Choose only the PDF and PRC file formats for your eBook and distribute them using LSI and Mobipocket respectively. Pay close attention to the use of high quality metadata, as it will help with the subsequent marketing of your book, which (together with taking payment) if the theme of my final chapter: selling your eBook.

Runtime Error 482 is caused by a system’s inability to connect to the “Printform” Windows library from applications which are still using the VBA (Visual Basic) integration engine.

Though the error shows in Windows 10, it’s typically when using Adobe Acrobat or another “Print to PDF” application.

The solution to Runtime Error 482 to is to first ensure you have the appropriate printer installed (most don’t) and then – if the error persists – change / remove any references to the printer setup from any VBA applications.

If you’re seeing the error when you’re trying to “Print to PDF”, you’ll want to make sure you have the correct PDF drivers installed, and that the application you’re using is compatible with Windows 10.

The steps outlined in this tutorial should explain how to fix it…

Cause

The underlying problem with the Runtime Error 428 comes from the way in which Windows works with its underlying hardware.

When you use Windows, there are a number of “sub systems” which allow the system to connect with a number peripherals and other devices. These sub systems are called “drivers” and need other software to connect to them.

It’s the case with this error that the hardware you’re trying to connect to your system is not responding, the likes of the 428 error will appear. Now, whilst the error used to be quite common (and still is for Windows 10) – most people are unaware of the cause of the issue, and that it’s actually caused by the Visual Basic runtime environment – a series of different files / applications designed to interface applications with deeper Windows processes.

Visual Basic is ancient technology now – but it’s still used by the likes of Excel and a number of third party applications (including Citrix and Adobe Acrobat) to provide embedded functionality for a system. It’s this integration which is damaged and corrupted on your PC (leading the error to show). When you try and use the “printer” on your system, the problem is that the application you’re using will basically be either using an outdated, or damaged, version of the VBA Printform engine, leading the error to show.

The fix is to ensure your printer is installed – and working – properly, and then that there are no underlying issues with your system.

Solution

Whilst Microsoft recommend using the SFC (System File Checker) and DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) tools to resolve any underlying issues with the system itself – the problem may be somewhat more acute / simple to deal with than that.

We’ve found it’s often the case that VBA is the issue, and by updating either the application in question – or the underlying application or the various VC++ redistributable applications – to resolve the issue.

Here’s how…

1. Re-Install Printer

The first step is to re-install the printer on your system.

This might sound drastic, but is actually a very good way to resolve the majority of “printer” errors – typically because of how the drivers of the printer can sometimes become damaged or corrupted.

To do this, you should use the following steps:

• Right-click on the “Start” button (bottom left screen)
• Select “Device Manager”
• Scroll down to “Printers”
• Right-click any of the printers causing the issue
• Select “Uninstall”
• Follow the steps on screen
• Restart your PC

After restart, Windows 10 should begin to automatically add the printer again.

To check this – you can use the following steps:

• Left-click the “Start” button (bottom left screen)
• From the left “charms” menu, select the “cog” (this is for the “settings” applet)
• Click on “Devices” (top row)
• From the left menu, select “Printers & Scanners”
• If the printer doesn’t appear, select “Add a printer or scanner”
• Follow the steps on screen

Let this process happen and then attempt to print again with it. If the error is not resolved, or your printer is not listed, move onto the next step.

2. Clear Printer Spooler

The next issue might be that the “print spooler” has been causing problems.

The print spooler is basically a queue through which Windows is able to manage the various print jobs. Anyone familiar with Windows 95 / 98 will likely remember the joys of dealing with a constantly corrupting print spooler.

To resolve one of the more common reasons why the Runtime 482 error shows, you should clear out the print spooler:

• Press “Windows”+”S” keys on the keyboard
• In the search box, type “CMD”, right-click and select “Run As Administrator”
• Type: net stop spooler and then press Enter
• Type (pay attention to the spaces): DEL /F /S /Q %systemroot%System32spoolPRINTERS and then press Enter
• Type: net start spooler and then press Enter

This will restart the spooler, having cleared out any of the underlying queues / pools which may have existed in the system.

3. Re-Install Affected Software

A number of people have reported the error to occur when using Adobe Acrobat, as well as a number of other tools.

You should re-install any affected software because there firstly might be updates available, and secondly might have some underlying issues in terms of compatibility or similar.

To do this (if you don’t already know) is relatively simple:

• Right-click on the “Start” button (bottom left of taskbar)
• Select “Apps and Features”
• From the list, select the application causing the errors
• Select “Uninstall”
• Allow the process to proceed
• Restart your PC
• Install the software again (preferably downloading the latest version from the Internet)

If you’re a seasoned computer user, you’ll probably have tried this already. If not, it should at least ensure that the application that’s causing the error is running as up to date as possible.

4. Re-Install.NET & VC++

If the above does not work, it *could* be the case that some of Windows’ core dependencies (software libraries it uses to run) are either corrupted, damaged or out of date.

There are two systems which are most pertinent here – .NET or Visual C++ (VC++). Re-Installing both gives you the ability to ensure that your system is able to use the files/settings required to get it working properly…

• Press “Windows” + “S” keys on your keyboard
• Into the “Search” box, type “Control Panel”
• Scroll to “Programs and Features”
• Look for “Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable” listings
• From the list, note down the “year” number for any of the versions you have installed (for example “2012”), as well as the “architecture” version (x86 / x64)
• Right click each and select “Uninstall”

Once you’ve uninstalled them all (don’t worry, it won’t cause any damage to your system although it will likely stop a number of applications working until they are re-installed), browse to your search engine of choice and type “vc++ download”.

The first result should come up with a page for Microsoft showing the “Latest Supported Visual C++ Downloads” – this will give you a full list of the libraries you just removed.

From the list, you need to download each and install them again.

When this is complete, you then need to click onto “Turn Windows Features On or Off” from the left panel.

At the top should be listed several “.NET” listings. Click on the 4.7 version and make sure that it’s installed properly. If it isn’t, we’ll need to re-install it:

• Go to your search engine of choice
• Type “.NET Download”
• This should bring up a page “.NET Downloads” from Microsoft
• Click it and then download the latest version of the .NET Framework
• Save it to your hard drive and let it install on your system

This should ensure that any application tapping into VBA will be able to access the correct files etc.

5. Run SFC/DISM

Finally, you need to look at running the SFC/DISM tools.

These won’t fix the error directly, but will ensure that you have a system running as smoothly as possible…

• Press “Windows” + “S” keys on your keyboard
• Type “CMD” and then right-click + select “Run as Administrator” on the app which shows
• When CMD loads, type “SFC /scannow” and press Enter
• Let the system run (shouldn’t take too long) and it will resolve any issues it finds automatically
• After this, type the following: “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” and press “Enter”
• This should take considerably longer than SFC, but should clean out the majority of issues within the Windows system

If the error persists after doing this, it suggests a more specific problem with your PC. It could be anything from antivirus to a specific setting causing issues – the next step would either be to gain the opinion of a technician OR get insight from the manufacturers of the software causing the problem. In either case, there’s going to be a core issue leading the error to show.

Shockwave 3D technology is actually the power to present content designed within a 3D paradigm application. Originally introduced into Macromedia or Adobe Director in order to launch interactivity, it subsequently displayed through a browser by means of the Shockwave 3D hook up. A few examples of Shockwave 3D applications are Shockwave 3D games, training software for children or training replication. They even find use in company training applications, which must be circulated through the web. Business sectors, which might utilize Shockwave 3D technology, include medical, entertainment, military, construction firms and education.

Web supported Shockwave 3D games tend to be a long-standing idea, which was first popularized by means of Adobe Shockwave. It was launched for the very first time in 1995. Initially, known as Macromedia Shockwave, Abode was the major and most well-liked multimedia arrangement till the time Macromedia Flash also called as Adobe Flash was introduced on the Internet. In the beginning, Shockwave was designed for producing different online media alternatives. At the moment, it principally concentrates on Internet online games as well as their construction.

Shockwave and Flash creation are quite different from each other. Flash mode is generally quicker to launch and is structured exclusively of 2D pictographic. Shockwave format files are highly complex creation setting that permits greater flexibility, more in detail animation as well as more meticulous in general user interactivity. Shockwave 3D technology is such a flexible device that it is over and over again believed to be a program need to design simply web media.

Today, Shockwave 3D games are quite popular and have become one of the methods, which are used by people of all ages to enjoy the time that they have from their regular schedule.

Introduction

The most important skills for a technical writer are writing, editing, and design. However, these skills are not enough to make you a successful technical writer. You also need to learn how to use authoring tools.

The most widely used publishing tools are:

• FrameMaker
• Microsoft Word

FrameMaker

FrameMaker is a desktop publishing and a help authoring application created by Adobe Systems. It is used by technical writers as a publication tool for creating large documents. Its latest version is 7.2.

Advantages of FrameMaker:

• Useful for writing large and complex documents.
• Creating a PDF is easy and the user can create bookmarks, links, and other PDF features.
• Easier to change the layout of a document using Master pages. A master page is created whenever the user creates a new document. It is used to decide the layout of the document.
• Text in tables can be rotated.
• Can print a rotated page with normal headers and footers, which means that the text can be in Landscape mode whereas the headers and footers are in Portrait mode.
• Has good color options. They include CMYK and Pantone.
• It can handle a lot of graphics.
• Has a number of cross-book features. One of them is to search and spell-check the whole book. This feature is useful for dealing with large books.
• Has good flexibility in numbering options. It has built-in variables for chapter and volume numbering. It can also handle long numbered lists without any errors.
• Allows you to set up numbering for steps or procedures.
• Cross-referencing can be added easily. You can also define formats for your cross-references.
• Can customize and save table formats.
• Character and paragraph formats selection lists are displayed as windows. They can be moved on the screen as convenient.
• FrameMaker supports conditional text.
• Easier to create single source documentation set in FrameMaker. Single sourcing allows you to use the same content in many documents. For example, if your user guide and admin guide have some common topics, it is easier to share them rather than maintaining separate copies.
• Has Webworks Publisher, which is a powerful tool used to produce HTML, XML, or RTF output.

Disadvantages of FrameMaker:

• Has a steep learning curve for Word users.
• FrameMaker for Windows does not have macros.
• Undo is limited to one action.
• Cannot right-click and paste selected text. You have to use the keyboard commands or use the Edit menu for it.
• Has an unpredictable spell-checker.
• Drag-and-drop feature is not present in FrameMaker.
• Does not have grammar checker.
• Inserting graphics is a very awkward. You first need to create an anchored frame, insert the graphic, and then manually resize it.
• Find command does not stop when it reaches the end of the document. It keeps on continuing.
• Have to manually format table columns.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is word processing software used to create documents. It is a powerful tool to create professional looking documents.

Advantages of Microsoft Word:

• Many help authoring tools are available such as RoboHelp. Help authoring tools (HAT) are used to create online help manuals and are used by technical writers. They get the source text from programs like HTML and Word and generate output in formats like Microsoft WinHelp or Adobe PDF.
• Has a good spell-checker features like on-the-fly spell checking, removing the spell-check dialog box out of the way when it selects text, and informing the user when it reaches the end of the document.
• Can use track changes to review documents.
• Has a good grammar checker.
• Has the ability to “undo” many times.
• Has macros, which can automate repetitive actions.
• Can open two parts of a document in one window using Word.

Disadvantages of Microsoft Word:

• Not stable for large documents. It gets slow while handling large volumes.
• Difficult to have a single-source documentation set.
• Does not run on Unix.
• Does not handle multi-document features like headers, footers, indexes, table of contents, cross-references, etc very well.

Conclusion

FrameMaker is best suited for large documents or documents with a lot of files, such as books and user manuals. Word is better for smaller documents like reports, newsletters, writing letters, and memos. However, Word is much easier to use and has many advanced features.

Most of the features of FrameMaker can be implemented in Word, but FrameMaker manages large documents better and also has good cross-referencing and multiple file support.

Both Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word are powerful, professional authoring tools. Both have strengths and weaknesses. To decide which is best for you, look closely at the type of document you need to write.

OK, accept the sad news – ImageReady was discontinued.

Hopefully most of its features have been included in Photoshop CS3. Of course it is not as convenient as before, but I already know guys who are happy with changes.

So, we have lost (it is in Adobe Fireworks CS3 now):

– Export to Macromedia Flash SWF

– Image Map tool

– Group Slices Into Table (however, you can export subgroup of slices as a table)

As you have noticed, this features are very helpful for those who are into web design.

If you hope that new and improved Fireworks-2-Photoshop integration will make you happy, you are wrong. It sucks actually. Fireworks simply doesn’t understand styles and clipping layers. Hope Adobe will fix that someday.

Now I should say that everything is not so bad and we are not doomed still…

So here are features which were included:

– Slice tool/Slice Select tool –

These tools are available on the Toolbar.

– Tab Rectangle tool/Pill Rectangle tool –

This is available through the Rounded Rectangle Shape tool.

– Slice palette –

In the Slice Options dialog box.

– Animation palette (love this one) –

Window > Animation. It has two modes: Frames and Timeline. Frames mode corresponds to the Animation palette in ImageReady.

Timeline gives you a simplified version of timeline in Adobe After Effects, which is really cool.

– Edit Animated GIF files –

Photoshop CS3 can create animated GIF files.

File > Save For Web & Devices. Unfortunately you cannot just open an existing animated GIF file as before.

BUT! you can do it if to use Import function.

File > Import > Video Frames to Layers… you won’t find GIF in the list of available formats. It doesn’t matter, in the File Name: type GIF file name with extension.

For example: animation.gif and press Load button.

That’s it, now you have your GIF animation and can edit it the way you got used to in ImageReady.

Import > Folder as Frames – do the next:

File > Scripts > Load files into Stack.

In the Load Layers dialog box, select Folder from the Use menu. Browse to the folder that contains the images you want to include and click OK.

Select Make Frames from Layers in the Animation palette menu.

Export > Layers as Files –

File > Scripts > Export Layers to Files.

Variables –

Image > Variables.

Select File > Save For Web & Devices –

This is very important menu. Here you can save your file as GIF animation.

Just select desired GIF preset and if satisfied, you are done. If not, there are a lot of settings to play with. Under color table you can choose loop options.

That’s it, hope after this article you won’t blame Adobe for what they have done 🙂

You better not to know what Autodesk have done to Maya. Guess it is a nice topic for the next article 8)

Here you would get an overview of the origins of Portable Document Format and the twin Adobe Acrobat tool. Paperless office! You must have encountered these two words and pondered if it could be a reality someday. There has been a buzz that usage of computers has been able to reduce the usage of paper by people because the tasks, which needed paper usage has been reduced and replaced by computers. PDF initiated the realization of offices which made lesser usage of paper since the project of one of the founders of Adobe, John Warnock helped in doing so.

It was at first an international project of creating a file format that would help documents in spreading all through the firm and also so that they get displayed on any given computer using any given operating system. John Warnock, in his paper that started the developmental process of this format wrote as if speaking to people ‘Imagine being capable of sending full text and graphics documents like journals, newspapers, technical manuals, etc. across various platforms without any trouble.’ It is not just sending but also making the viewing process easy that was targeted whilst the format was under developmental procedure. Selected documents could as well be printed locally. So the true change in the method of sending information would absolutely be a reality.

Before this, Adobe had two fitting technologies which are PostScript as a device and platform-independent technology that would describe various documents and another is Adobe Illustrator. This was example of an application that easily would run on various platforms but mainly on Windows and Mac, which is 99% of all computers, where opening and visualizing simplest of PostScript files could be done even if they were created using some other applications. The expert engineers working at Adobe improved the technologies and then created a novel file format and a set of other applications to visualize and develop these files. The original code name initially for Acrobat software was ‘Camelot’. Using PDF converter for document conversions is extensively done by many all through the world and the one strong reason is the level of protection that it offers in protecting the file content.