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When it comes to tablet computing, I'm a late adopter. While the iPad is interesting, I'm not the least bit interested in one. There have been a few Android-based tablets that have piqued my interest, but none enough to convince me to buy one. Microsoft's Surface tablets look pretty cool...
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If you are working with graphics software, you need a Wacom tablet. I've said that many times before and I'm sure I'll say it many times in the future. Of course I also feel pretty strongly that having a large, high-resolution display can be a huge boost to your productivity. Today, we're...
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I wish I could say there was a single pointing device that is perfect for all users. While working with users recently, I saw all types of devices attached to their computers. These devices may have been perfect for those users, but I found two of them darned near impossible to use. What surprised me...
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I was watching 60 Minutes last Sunday and they had a piece of Sal Khan and the Khan Academy . It was titled Khan Academy: The future of education? and I have provided a link to the transcript and the video. Admittedly I wasn't watching it very closely because I was in the middle of cooking dinner...
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Kindle Fire tablet and pondered if it would be the first tablet I owned. Because of its price, it certainly is enticing. Yet the smaller screen and some of the limitations of Amazon's interface would be compromises for my needs. For those who read ebooks or...
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CorelDRAW X4 introduced tables to CorelDRAW. If you have a larger table that you want to format in a specific graphic style, it can take a while to select each row or column and apply the desired formatting. One of Corel's programmers developed a custom Docker that makes it very easy to format a...
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I've talked about two of the major tools for interacting with your computer, graphics tablets and keyboards . Today we're going to talk about mice. Those of you who read the post on tablets will know that I rarely use a mouse. If you have joined us to CorelDRAW Unleashed Boot Camp , you've...
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When you were learning to draw as a kid, did your parents hand you a crayon or a bar of soap? I think most of you learned with a crayon and yet there are a large number of people who attempt to draw on their computer with a bar of soap otherwise known as a mouse. Today we're goint to talk about graphics...
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I'm sure many of you have seen news items about CES (Consumer Electronics Show). Maybe it was the 150 inch plasma TV or the 3mm thick OLED display from Sony. Or even the car that could drive itself. Sure, I saw those things at the show. I'm going to focus on the stuff I saw that directly affects...
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The Wacom Graphire has been an inexpensive way to get a graphics tablet to use as a more natural input device for your computer. Wacom has come out with new tablets and a new name. Graphire is out and Bamboo is in. If you simply want a tablet at the lowest...