Archive for January, 2009

January 29th, 2009

How to use PDF Templates for Labels & Business Cards in Adobe InDesign (CS1-4)

The following article will help you use our PDF Label Templates in Adobe InDesign (CS1-4). The author, Anne-Marie Concepción, is Chicago’s top source for cross-media publication design and authorized Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Quark training.

January 27th, 2009

Labels help the Elderly

You may have people in your life who have reached their golden years. As loved ones age, they may experience more difficulty in processing certain information. Impairments in information processing run the gamut from difficulty associating names with faces to moving new facts from short-term to long-term memory.

January 22nd, 2009

Ten + Open Source Graphic and Text Viewer/Editor Software Programs

We know you love OpenOffice.org, as this software provides everything you need to create professional documents, spreadsheets, images and more – all for free, because it’s open source. But, other programs exist that can live peacefully beside your OpenOffice.org environment. The graphic and text viewers and editors listed below also are open source or licensed under a GNU General Public License.

January 20th, 2009

Five Label-Smart Wedding Ideas

We wondered how many of our readers got engaged over the holidays? We know of at least two engagements (congrats to Jill and David and to Marilyn and Steve!), so we thought we’d provide them – and you – with a few pre-wedding tips on how to use labels to save money and headaches as you plan for the big day.

January 14th, 2009

Mail Merges in OpenOffice.org In-depth

Mail merge provides business owners, organizational leaders and even families a way to communicate easily and effectively with clients, members and friends. Mail merge allows users to personalize letters so that mass communication becomes more personal and yet efficient. Mail merge also is an efficient way to organize mailing lists for mailing labels. But, how [...]

January 10th, 2009

Free Obama Poster Labels to Personalize

Make your own Obama Poster labels. Download a Openoffice.org or Word template below and personalize the word. Read about Shepard Fairey the artist of this poster.

January 8th, 2009

Resize Your Graphic Images Online

Use Resizeimage.org for the simplest and most user friendly tool online for quickly resizing and cropping your graphic images.
If you need a online image editor with a little more functionality, please try Pixenate.com.

January 1st, 2009

Ten Great Organizing Sites

We’re far from perfect when it comes to organization, so we often scout the Web for new and interesting ideas on how to keep our plates clean. This list is one way to organize, as we can reference it when we need new ideas. So, we thought we’d share the list with you, along with some of the greatest organizing ideas we’ve learned along the way.