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So You Want To Place Text On an Image?

Try a command like this:
<.img src="http://willowpondlane.com/blackbox/images/carl-wave.jpg" width=462 height=224/>

<.DIV STYLE='position:absolute; top:420px; left:160px; width:200px; height:25px; font:bold 12pt sans-serif;color:yellow;text-align:center;'>
NOTE: Blogger can't handle this, so now it's gone.
<./DIV>
note: remove the periods from "<." It's only there to help in this example.

To produce this result:

Why Would You Want To Copy Your CD To The Hard Drive?

Sometimes you want to make changes to Windows. Doing so might require using your Windows CD - which in turn, requires you to FIND your Windows CD.

Make life easy: copy the Windows CD to your hard drive.
- Create a directory on your hard drive
- Copy the entire contents of your Windows CD to that folder.
If you are prompted for the Windows CD, use the prompt box to direct the prompt to that Windows CD folder on your hard drive.

Make life twice as easy: Do the same for your Microsoft Office CD.

Eligibility for In-Place Upgrade to Windows XP

You're using an old version of Windows and you would like to upgrade to Windows XP. Are you eligible to do so? Here's what the folks at Redmond say:

Aligning Bulleted Text in PowerPoint

What's that? You say your lower-level bulleted text doesn't line up with the text in the bulleted text above it? Assuming you want the bullets in your lower-level text to line up with the left edge of higher-level text, here's how to fix it:

• Choose View
• Select the Ruler option. This turns on PowerPoint's horizontal ruler.
• Click to select the text box which which you'll work. Note that there are two markers on the ruler for each indent level.
  • The lower (triangle-plus-square) markers set the indent for the beginning of each text level
  • the upper (triangle-only) markers set the indent for the bullet characters themselves.This is the option with which you'll work.
• Hold down Ctrl while you drag the upper marker for the text you want to work with. As you drag, you'll see a vertical dotted line that helps you align the marker position precisely to the text you want it to align with.
• Once it's lined up the way you want it, release the mouse button, then release the Ctrl key.