Several readers wrote to saythere is a Repeat button and a Random button on the bottom of theplayer. I recently mentioned not finding a “play music continuously”option in Windows Media Player 12. For more specific details on using Irfanview to edit images,readers are welcome to call or e-mail me. Gary said the adjusted photo looked justfine. Then Ire-saved the GIF as a JPG, using a 75 percent quality ratio to getthe final size down to 6k. ![]() However, I took ashortcut and first re-saved the photo as a GIF file, which reducedthe file size significantly because GIF images contain a maximum of256 colors, while JPGs can contain millions of colors. I use the free image-editor for this sort ofthing, where re-saving a JPG offers options for choosing a “lowerimage quality ratio” to make a smaller file size. Gary Bacon sent me a mug shot JPG photo he wanted to use as anavatar on a social site, and asked if I could reduce the file sizefrom 12k to 6k (the maximum allowed on the site). I’ve already switched to LibreOffice.Īnother free Microsoft-compatible office suite is Lotus Symphonyfrom IBM.com, which IBM seems determined to promote and upgrade.The suite currently has a word processor, spreadsheet, andpresentation program. This doesn’t mean the productivitysuite doesn’t work well, but that future upgrades are unlikely tobe forthcoming. I recently mentioned that the engineers who createdOpenOffice,org, the free MSOffice-compatible suite, left Oracle tocreate, since evidence continues to emerge thatOracle is indeed abandoning OO. ![]() Both items areavailable from and I use both services. Further advicepoints out that the scanning service is not a substitute for afull-time anti-virus program on one’s computer, and that MicrosoftSecurity Essentials continues to be a free download. In addition to the free scan, advice is offered onwhat to do about any malware that might be found. The downloadedscan tool will expire after 10 days, and can be downloaded againwhenever needed. The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a new free service that willscan one’s computer for viruses and other malware.
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