My Useful Web

Have you got some photos saved in your computer? Sometimes they can be duplicated and if there are fifty of them then it’s a waste of memory. But we could be unaware of this. Well, www.visipics.info is the right tool for you.

Visipics is a free program that will search your computer for duplicate images and it supports all formats. So if you have an image that is saved as JPEG and bitmap, Visipics will show them both and will let you choose which ones to delete. Also if there are edited photos, Visipics will detect them and will also allow you to autoselect to save the one with a higher resolution.

I have found two websites where you can create your own banner for free. One is www.bannerbreak.com and www.mybannermaker.com. Bannerbreak hosts plenty of ready-made banners where you can put your own text but they are the small ones 475×70. But if you want a banner header mybannermaker is the the one. It allows you to use your own image for originality.

Nowadays everybody has got a webpage of his/her own. From the newborn baby to the mighty men of old, a website is created for them whether to announce their birth or to acknowledge their works.

Unlike before, now websites comes with free layouts that we can choose from. But wouldn’t it be nicer if we can have our personalized banner? One that we can call our original creation? Then try these two amazing free banner makers.

Do you want to save ink and help mother Earth preserve nature?

Follow these simple steps:

Firstly, if you are printing a document for yourself use the font Courier. All other fonts use more ink. But if you are saving paper use Arial Narrow or use both sides of the paper.

Secondly, you print a document don’t click on the print icon. Instead click Ctrl+P and it will give you a print dialog box like this:

Click on Properties and it will give another print dialog box

Go to Quality Settings and click on the circle next to Draft.

Click OK

This is just a simple way of saving energy, ink, and most of all reducing waste.

Please share this to others and let’s work hand in hand in saving our Mother Earth. Every little thing will accumulate to something big. You can make a difference.

I was submitting my applications online and one of the database accepts only a pdf file. So I searched for a free PDF converter and it brought me to www.freepdfconvert.com. It’s an excellent site that converts your file to pdf in a breeze. There’s an option where you can enter your email address so they can send the pdf file to your inbox. The email contains link to download your converted pdf file and another link to delete the file from their site. If you use the same email address you have to allow 30 minutes before uploading another file for conversion.

Nowadays, there are countless resources online where we can do anything for free. We just have to know where to get them.

So if you have any file that needs to be converted to pdf try www.freepdfconvert.com.

Earlier this went to my first blog and I’m reposting it here.

Antivirus is a very important component of a computer. Everyday we get emails containing malicious links that installs virus to our computers.

Now there are a handful free antivirus softwares we can download online and they are equally efficient as the non-free ones.

For example is AVG 8. This is what I use right now and my computer is safe from malicious emails and websites that infiltrate the net.

AVG 8 scans the computer system every hour and it works silently in the background so you don’t get interrupted if you’re in the middle of something online.

Another free software is Avast Home Edition. Although I can’t say much about this one because I  haven’t use it but I judge that it’s highly efficient as well.

Do you like multitasking like me? Do you find annoying sometimes to switch between windows or tabs. Or do you open 2 or more internet windows and resize them smaller so you can view two windows at the same time? Or do you just open tabs and switch between them?
With two open windows is just like dividing a room in two from floor to ceiling and installing separate lights for each when you can leave a space in the ceiling where you can put a long fluorescent bulb to illuminate both rooms. Did you get what I mean?

With split tab you can view multiple internet windows simultaneously. You don’t have to switch between windows hiding the others while viewing the one in front. This is because the main browser is split between tabs. You can choose to tile your tabs vertically, horizontally, or both ways.

I find split tabbing very useful especially with my PTC sites. When I’m viewing paid ads I can open up to 4 windows and it makes navigation so much easier as all the windows are visible and I can see which one is already finished.

So, if you want to use Split Tab just click on the image below.

As I  mentioned in my previous post, linky is a firefox add-on that lets you open multiple links in a new tab simultaneously. This is going to be useful especially if you are doing searches and you want to view several pages one after the other.

It was created by a person nicknamed Gemal and I give him all the credit for his ingenuity.

Where do I use linky?

I heard about linky from a social networking blog. It was supposed to help me rake multiple page views in with just a few clicks. But I’ve discovered more ways to benefit from linky.

When I’m searching for images on Google or an item on eBay it usually returns more than 10 pages. I open all ten pages simultaneously rather than opening them one by one which means clicking the mouse several times.

If you haven’t downloaded linky yet, you better do it now and see what difference it makes.

Get linky here.

Here’s how to use linky

After you have downloaded linky it will appear when you right-click on your mouse. I am assuming that you are using right-hand mouse, otherwise do the opposite.

Here’s a detailed instruction how to use linky

You see the highlighted page numbers? Right-click within the selected numbers and point your mouse to Linky then click on Open Selected Links in tabs. It will take you to another dialog box like this

ClickOpen-selected-links button and all those pages will open in new tabs. It saves you time and energy.

With the coming of the mouse, the keyboard has lost its other uses aside from typing and entering data. But did you know that before the mouse came to exist all commands are done using the keyboard?

Similarly, I have noticed that many people use the backspace, space bar, and the arrows all the time.

Here are some techniques simple techniques I want to share with you today.

If a word is highlighted you can overtype it.  You don’t need to press delete or backspace to clear it. Just type the word you want to replace it.

  The Insert Key

If you press this key you can type over a word or a character without deleting it. Or if you type are typing in the middle of a sentence and it is replacing the characters that you have already type it’s because this key is on. Make sure this is off if you don’t want to use it.

The Home and  End Keys

PressHome and your cursur will go to the beginning of a line on the left. Press End and your cursor will go to the end of the line on the right.

The arrow keys

Press Ctrl and the right arrow and your cursor will skip from one word to the next on the right. Similarly, if you press Ctrl and left arrow your cursor will jump from one word to the next going to the left.

Ctrl and up arrow your cursor will go up one line. Press Ctrl and down arrow your cursor will go down one line.

If you press your cursor will go to the top of the document. If you are in a website it will take you to the home page.

If you press your cursor will go the end of a document.

If you press you will delete the one word to the right.

If you press it will delete a word to the left.

 Instead of scrolling the bar up and down use these key combinations

It will take you one page up.

It will take you one page down.

Don’t you get annoyed sometimes to type www dot blahblahblah dot com? I have a recent discovery that I want to share with you. I’m sure computer and internet savants are already familiar with this thing but I also know that a lot of people out there don’t know it yet and it will benefit a lot of us.

I’m going to tell you about Ctrl + Enter and Shift + Enter keys and how they can be of help to us.

The Ctrl + Enter 

Normally, when people type a web address they have to start with www. and the rest of it.  But did you know you can just type the main website name and press Ctrl and Enter keys to go to the domain you want to visit?

Example, when I login to may gmail account I just type gmail on the address bar and press Ctrl and Enter keys and it will automatically go to www.gmail.com. I use less effort and it saves me time. This will be a big help especially for people who type slow and have to look at the keyboard and the screen to check if they are typing the right thing.

Please take note that  Ctrl/Enter is only for .com domains. Since most websites have got this domain this tip is going to be very useful.

The Shift + Enter

These two keys are for the .net domains. Well, not very many domains end with it but still we could use it.

My next favorite site to visit is www.inquirer.net and so I find this shortcut key useful.

I do hope you find this information useful as I do.