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Landscape Photography

Do you tend to take even more pictures in the summertime? Do you take a lot of landscape shots? If so, you might as well add some spice to them by choosing alternate perspectives and compositions. Don't you agree? Then let's take a look at our options!

The first example below shows a typical landscape photo:

How boring! To add some pizzazz to your landscape photos, here are five things you can do:

1.) Get Down - So many good landscape shots miss the chance of being great, simply because you lift the camera to your face and shoot. That may capture some inspiring scenery, but it's exactly the kind of shot we're all used to. By getting low to the ground, you can improve your results and make your photos stand out.

2.) Tilt Forward - You can enhance the impact of your immediate location by tilting your camera forward and focusing on what's immediately in front of you. The rest of the landscape can make up the background.

3.) Shoot Through - Shooting from just inside a treeline or through a patch of tall grass or flowers will heighten the sense of actually being in the landscape.

4.) Seek Contrast - Include strong elements of light and shadow to achieve a more stunning effect.

5.) Frame - Look for opportunities to frame your landscape photos in dramatic ways, such as breaks in the foliage or open portals like glassless windows and open doors.

Following these five rules will give you some of the best landscape photos you've ever taken. Happy shooting!

~ Ramachandran Kumaraswami

Printing The Grid-MS Office Tips

Printing the Grid

It's inevitable. When it comes to MS Excel and printing gridlines, you'll probably want the exact opposite of what your system is trying to do.

The question is: how can you control it? Well, you just have to keep in mind that cell bordering is not the most efficient solution!

In older versions of Excel, the magic of gridlines is found in the Page Setup section, so let's go there!

• Page Setup can be found under the File menu.
  
  
• Once the Page Setup window is open, you're looking for the Sheet tab.
  
  
  
  
• Now that you've found the right place, printing the gridlines is accomplished by checking the Gridlines box located in the Print section. (The reverse is also true. You can uncheck the box to prevent the gridlines from printing).
  
  
• Click OK when you're done.

If you're using Excel 2007, you need to look somewhere completely different.

• You need the Page Layout ribbon, Sheet Options section.
  
  
  
  
• There you'll find a checkbox for printing the gridlines. Again, check it to print the grid or uncheck it for a clean printout.

That's it!

To print the grid or not to print the grid. It's your choice!

~ April

Printer Installation Tips

Q:
I just got a new computer and when I went to install my printer on it, I realized I don't have the installation disk anymore. Is there anything else I can do to get my printer installed? Please help me!

A:
You've come to the right place! I have some information I think you're really going to like. So, here's the deal: you get a new computer and of course, you want to install your printer on it so that you have the same printing capabilities you had with your old computer. Or, perhaps your printer was accidentally deleted from your computer and you're simply lost without it. Either way, you need to install your printer again and to do that, you need your installation disk. But you've lost that too? Is there anything else you can do? Read on to find out!

Lucky for you, there are a couple other things you can do to get your printer installed. People lose their printer installation disks all the time and because of that, manufacturers are implementing new methods that make everything easier. These days, most printer manufacturers are including downloads on their Web sites for the software and drivers that are needed to use their products.

So, if you've lost your printer installation disk, simply go to the manufacturer's Web site and look it up. For example, let's say you have an HP printer. For that, go to www.hp.com and click on the link that says Software and Driver Downloads. You can then choose the task you want to complete and enter in the type of printer you have. It even gives you examples to follow to make the whole process easier.

Once you find your printer type, just follow the rest of the directions and you'll be on your way to downloading exactly what you need. You can then install your printer with ease and go back to business as usual. As long as you have a fairly new printer, this method will work. Luckily, manufacturers have been doing this for awhile now, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding the type of printer you have.

Now, if you don't care for that method, there is one other thing you can do. You can contact your manufacturer and request a copy of your installation disk. Chances are, they'll refer you to their Web site, but if you'd really rather have a hard copy of the disk, they should be able to send you one in the mail. Of course, you will have to wait for it to arrive, but it can be done. If you're not in a big rush to get your printer installed, this may work better for you anyway. Otherwise, I would suggest getting what you need from the manufacturer's Web site.

Either way, you'll be able to install your printer and go on your merry way. You can't beat that!

~ Erin