Archive for September 17th, 2006

Microsoft Photo Editor - Reduce the size of the JPEG Image

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

All Webmasters and bloggers would like to insert pictures or images in their website or blogs. When doing this they have to make sure that the inserted images are optimized so that users when loading a blog or a web page do not wait for a longer period.

One of the best way to compress or reduce the size of a JPEG image is by using Microsoft Photo Editor. While saving a image or picture you can click on the More option which provides settings to adjust the quality factor, the lesser the quality factor lesser the size of the image. So you can choose the optimal value for your image and thus reduce the size of the image.

Windows XP Tips - Customize the Send To menu option

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

In Windows XP on right click of any files the system will display a context menu with Send To menu option. On clicking Send To menu option, the system will display Compressed (Zipped)Folder, Desktop (Create Shortcut) e.t.c. And if you want to include your working or project folder in this option then all you have to do is

  • Navigate to Send To folder under Document Settings => Logged on User => Send To folder.
  • Create a new shortcut for the folder where you want to send your files. This can be done by right clicking inside the Send To folder and select New Shortcut option and create a shortcut for My Working folder and complete the wizard.

Now when you right click on files, you will notice the My Working folder  appearing on the Send To menu list.