Add Watermark to an Excel Document

Unfortunately, the printed watermark feature is not available on any version of Excel (including Excel 2007, 2010). However, there are some workaround methods to add text or images into an Excel document that would result something similar to a watermark.

The followings are examples of Excel Documents with text and image "watermark":

Add Watermark to an Excel Document

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Command Prompt on Right-Click

Many computer users, specially the programmers, need to launch a command prompt window every once in a while to execute some dos/shell commands. The problem is, when a command prompt window launched, the default path is normally the system path or the user profile's path. The users will then have to do all the "cd" commands to change the directories to the path he/she wants.

This trick shows you how to add an option called "Command Prompt" when you right-click on a folder in Windows. With this option, a Command Prompt Window will launch and its current directory will be the path to the folder you've selected.

Use this trick at your own risk.

Command Prompt on Right-Click

Command Prompt on Right-Click

Here's what you'll get:

The Solution

You can either edit your registry OR download the registry file and apply it on your computer.

Method I. Manually edit the registry:

1. Start > Run
2. Enter "regedit" and hit Enter
3. Expand to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell"
4. Right-click on "shell" and select New > Key
5. Make sure a new key is created under "shell". Change the name of this key to "Command Prompt"
6. Right-click on this new key "Command Prompt" and select New > Key
7. Change the name of this key to "command"
   



Command Prompt on Right-Click

8. Here's what we should have:
   
9. Double-click on the "(Default)" text on the right window to bring up the edit box
10. Enter this text into the Value Data field:
    cmd.exe "%1"
11. Click OK and close the registry.

Method II. Download and apply the registry file:

1. Download this registry file Here
2. Unzip it to a temp folder, then double-click on the .reg file to add the registry data.

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Burn ISO Image to CD or DVD

Ok, I have an ISO file, now what? I can't see the files or folders inside although I copied it to a CD/DVD... Well, an ISO file is an image of a CD or DVD, simply copy it to a CD or DVD as a data file won't be enough. You can think of an ISO image as a "compressed" file. For a CD/DVD ISO, you'll need to burn it out to a blank disc, but with the "image burning" option. Most current burning applications come with this option, and they'll all do the same thing: Extract the files to a temporary location then burn them to CD/DVD.

One big advantage of using ISO image file for CD/DVD is, the image file contains all files/folders and the structure of the CD/DVD, including the hidden sectors, for example, the boot sectors. Some CD/DVD are "bootable", which means you can use the CD/DVD to startup your pc and run some installations or utility. With this kind of CD/DVD, when you view the contents in Windows, you won't see the bootable portion. And when you make a copy of the CD/DVD using the normal method for files, the bootable sectors will NOT be included. However, the Image method will take care of that.

With that said, when you're making a copy of your CD/DVD and you are not sure if the CD/DVD has some hidden contents or bootable sectors, then you better use the ISO image method to make sure everything gets copied.

This page shows you how to burn the ISO image back to CD/DVD, assume that you already have an ISO image is an image created from a CD/DVD.
For instructions how to create an ISO image from a CD/DVD, click Here.

The steps of burning an ISO image to CD/DVD are different depending on which tool you use. However, the following key points should be the same:

1. Insert a blank CD/DVD.
2. Open the burning tool.
3. Select the burning option for ISO/image.
4. Browse to the ISO/image file.
5. Burn to CD/DVD.

Detailed Steps

The following sample instructions use Free Easy CD/DVD Burner v1.2. This is a free burning tool with advertising supported, but no spyware or adware. You can download this program from Softpedia, or v4.2 here

1. If you have not installed a burning program, download the tool above and install it. Make sure to reboot after the installation.
2. Insert a blank CD/DVD.
3. Open the Free Easy CD DVD Burner program.
4. Click on the "Copy CD/DVD" button on the top.

   

   Burn ISO Image to CD or DVD

   
   
   
5. Under the "Action" menu on the left, click the "Burn an image file" link. (Note that if this link is not selectable, then you might have no (or invalid) blank CD/DVD in your drive.)
   

   

   Burn ISO Image to CD or DVD

   
   
6. The window "Select the image file that you want to burn" opens, browse to the ISO file you wish to burn and click "Open".

   

   Burn ISO Image to CD or DVD

   
   
   
7. A dialog box will appear asking "Do you want to burn...", cilck "OK" to confirm.
8. The burning process will start to extract files and burn to your CD/DVD. This process will take a few minutes depending on the size of the ISO file and the speed of your burner.

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Any Folder as a Photo Folder

This tricks shows you how to setup any folder to display its contents as a photo folder. In many cases, you save your images/photos in a folder different than "My Pictures" (under "My Documents"). Since this folder you choose is just like any other normal folders, its contents displayed as a listing of files. You can temporary change it by just right-click and select "View" >> "Thumbnails". But if you want to change the folder so that everytime you come back, the folder itself, as well as all its subfolders, display the contents as photo thumbnails.

Here's How

Right-click on the folder you choose and select "Properties"

how to photo folder 

Select "Customize" Tab. Then under "Use this folder type as a template", select "Pictures (best for many files)"

photo folder 

Check on "Also apply this template to all subfolders" to apply the setting to subfoders as well

photo folder

Click OK to exit

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Add Watermark to a Word Document

Step-by-step to add a watermark to Word document (applied for Microsoft Word 97-2010):

Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (2002)/2003:

Open the Word document that you want to add watermark to.
Select "Format" from the top menu, then select "Background", then "Printed Watermark".
In the "Printed Watermark" dialog:

A. To insert a text watermark:

Select the "Text watermark".
Then, either select a pre-defined text from the drop-down, or type in your desire text on the "Text" field.
Customize your watermark with other options in this dialog such as text size, text color, etc, then click "OK".
Watermark is now inserted into your document.

B. To insert an image watermark:

Select the "Picture watermark".
Then click on the button "Select Picture...".
Navigate to the directory where your watermark picture is located. Select it and click "Insert".
Select a customized scale if desired, then click "OK".
The image is now inserted into your document as watermark.

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Turn ON/OFF Num Lock on Startup

This article will guide to some steps to modify your Windows Registry. Stop if you're not familiar with the Windows Registry. Making a wrong change on the Windows Registry could cause critical problems to your computer.

Proceed at your own risks

This tip modifies the Windows Registry. So be aware and careful when following the steps. Damage the Windows Registry might damage your Windows.

Open the "Registry Editor" ("Start" >> "Run", then type "regedit" and Enter).

Expand to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\

Within the keyboard folder, you should have a string value named "InitialKeyboardIndicators" with a value of

0, 1, or 2.

Double-click on this string value "InitialKeyboardIndicators" and edit the value to what you want. Below is
the explaination of the values:
0: Num Lock is turned OFF on startup
1: Disable Num Lock
2: Num Lock is turned ON on startup

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Facebook not working in mozilla firefox?

Solution 1

1. Reinstall firefox


Solution 2

Go to firefox delete/clear history, Go to firefoxtools/option/privacy/showcookies

and then remove all cookies related with the facebook

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