Last October, I
wrote about a new, free service from Google that makes it easier and faster to search for stuff on your computer. Google now has free software, called Picasa (
www.picasa.com), which helps you organize and share your photos.
Organizing and sharing photos is certainly not a new concept, but the older version of Picasa cost $30; the new version is not only better, it's a free download and has no ads, spam, program limitations or any other nonsense. How Google will make a profit from it is anyone's guess.
If you're wondering why the file size of your PowerPoint presentation is a lot bigger than you expect, it could be that the file is saving junk you thought you deleted.Here's how to find out:
Select Tools/Options, then click the Save tab. At the top, deselect Allow fast saves. This "feature" that's turned on by default makes saving faster by simply hiding stuff you delete (slides, graphics, text, 10 mb videos) rather than really removing them. You have to do a Save As (F12) to really delete the junk.
(BTW, one of our Nerdy Books partners is a company called Neuxpower. They have a great utility called NXPower Lite that does a great job of compressing PowerPoint files. You can find it here and the rest of our partners here.)
While you're in the Options dialog box (if you're using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003), click the Security tab . That will let you set passwords for opening or modifying the presentation. If you want to make sure that the people who watch your presentation know it was really you who created it, click the Digital Signatures button. You can assign an ad-hoc digital signature, or purchase a legally binding one from an authority such as Verisign.
POSTED BY Bob Flisser, co-author, www.nerdybooks.com AT 9:18 AM 0 comments