What To Do with All Those Holiday Photos? 

Now that the holidays are over you may be looking for ways to take all those lovely pictures and do something nice for a presentation.  You may have forgotten about the older package I have recommended in the past called PhotoStory3.  Yep, it still works on Windows 7.

You just need to download the free copy from Microsoft’s web site and drop in your pictures on the timeline!  From there you can add or create background music, setup photo transitions, and compile a movie.  Then save, email ,or send it to the DVD writer.  All done.

Or, if you are playing with video, I found that the old download for Movie Maker 2.6 from Microsoft installs just fine on Windows 7 and does the job of cropping and adding transition to movie files.

Here are the links if interested:

PhotoStory3:  http://downloads.abc-computers.com/public/WindowsTools-Free/Movie%20Making%20Software/PhotoStory3/PhotoStory3.zip

Movie Maker 2.6:  http://downloads.abc-computers.com/public/WindowsTools-Free/Movie%20Making%20Software/Microsoft%20Movie%20Maker/WindowsMovieMakerv2.6-Win7-Ready-%20MM26_ENU.msi

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Here’s how… On the Tools menu, click Options.  Then click the Mail Format tab.  Then click the Signatures button.  Click the New… button and give your signature a name when prompted and click Next.  Type the text you would like to have appear at the end of each email in the box and click Finished.  That’s all there is to it.  Be sure the name of the signature you just created appears in the box titled Signature For New Messages: and Signature For Replies and Forwards: and click the OK button. 

You can test the signature by creating a new email message.  The signature you created should automatically appear at the end of your email message.Once you have successfully created this basic e-mail signature, you can experiment with adding company logos, color and custom fonts to the signature.

For more MS Office features, go to http://office.microsoft.com.  For more on email disclaimers, go to http://www.emaildisclaimers.com.  

Here is a template for a disclaimer message.   Be sure to have your lawyer approve your disclaimer prior to use. 

DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is proprietary, privileged, confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.  If you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it.  If you have received this message in error, please notify Your Name at Your Company immediately (by replying to this message or by sending an email to Your Email or by calling Your Phone Number) and permanently delete this message and any attachments.  Thank you.

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