Friday, November 14, 2008

Email Templates In Outlook.

After using Dreamweaver to make some email templates. I spent the better part of an afternoon trying to figure out how to get them to work in Outlook 2007. Fun!

I was just about to give up and use Thunderbird for sending HTML emails but I rely heavily on Outlook when it comes to PIM (personal information management). With the plethora of devices and apps out there that sync with outlook, it wasn’t really a choice to dump it. Which is a shame as Outlook 2007 can be awful at times.
So here it is a guide on how to make and create an email template to use with Outlook 2007.
The first step is to create the templates. There are a lot to choose from if you search online. It is possible to create it in Word and save it as an .oft file (an outlook template). Just by clicking on this newly created file will then launch a new email all ready to edit! This is the easiest way but can be problematic. Word isn’t too good at producing HTML and it may not work well if the email recipient doesn’t use outlook. Another method is to create a new mail message in Outlook and then save it as a template once your editing is done. Before you do this check If you are using word as your email editor as you will have to turn this off for now, go to Tools | Options | Mail Format | Remove check mark next to “Use Microsoft Office Word …” You can turn it back on once you are finished making you template.
Of course you can buy the templates for me or have me design them for you. These templates are specially designed to have the most compatibility with different mail apps, are easy to use and easy to edit. More details here.
After you have obtained/created a template you can navigate to the where the files is saved and execute it. Or you can create a menu in Outlook which is what I am going show you how to do.
Step One: locate and name your template.
If you saved your template using Outlook, it will be located in:
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\example.oft

You should remember the location and full file name. You will need this.

Name the file to something easy to remember. For example a file name like ‘eml1.oft’ means ‘email one’. You will see why this will come in handy later.

Step Two: customise the Outlook toolbar.

• Open Outlook 2007.
• Choose View | Toolbars | Customize
• Choose the Commands tab, scroll to the bottom of the Categories list, drag the “New Menu” item to the menu line — or to the toolbar.
• Right-click the new button, and give it a new Name, e.g. “&4. Jan’s Templates” (the ampersand makes Alt-4 a hotkey to the menu)
• Choose View | Toolbars | Customize

• Drag any button from the Commands tab of the Customize dialog to a new item under the new menu item

• Right-click the new button, and enter a new Name (use ampersand (&) to create a hotkey)

• Choose Assign Hyperlink | Open | Navigate to the .oft file you created remember that location I told you to remember?

• If the button’s name or icon isn’t showing and you want it to, right-click the button again and select the “Image and text” style

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Get commercial games for free!

I like games (duh). But to be honest the amount of gaming is no where near the amount of what I would like it to be (duh again). Most of my gaming has been reduced to my DS, iPod, phone, or my little 12 inch laptop.

It is not like I don't have an Xbox 360 or a 1337 PC box either (I do). But in order to to actually PLAY on these havens of escapism I have to make an effort . I have to get up and switch it on! It is not like my computer desk can follow me around either while phone and laptop are just there....

So much of my gaming time is committed to to my laptop. It is easy to play games when something is always with you. Getting in that quick 15 minutes before a meeting, waiting in the car while your girlfriend mucks around... If you commit in this way you can get a good gaming fix without your adult-life being adversely affected.


But what games to put onto my machine? I only have 64mb of video memory....


There are a plethora of commercial games out there that are now free. I am not thinking about a certain technology that namesake rhymes with and it similar metaphorically to 'current' either. But games that have been released by their respected copyright owners for free. Most of these games are a few years old but relatively 'modern' so the PC overhead is low while remaining polished. Below is a list of games currently installed on my laptop, for free!


 


Ground Control:



An RTS released in 2000, Ground Control featured a free fowling 3D camera to allow for a birds eye view or to zoom in and get low and dirty with the units. Ground Control completely does away with resource and economic management. One must therefore focus all of his or her attention on controlling one's limited set of units to achieve victory. The game features friendly fire, flanking maneuvers, suppressive fire, stealth tactics (hide in shadows) and heaps of others that were advanced for the time. Set in the 25th century after World War 3 a new conflict between the Crayven Corporation and the Order of the New Dawn for the possession of the distant world of Krig 7-B. You get to play the roles of both sides.

The game is fun and easy to get into. get it here.


 


Command & Conquer


No introduction needed for this one. An RTS that started the whole series, you can grab it here.


 


Clonk


A mix of the action, real-time strategy and platform game genres.The player controls people (clonks) in a 2D environment. Clonks can interact with each other, animals, the weather and objects. You can play alone, split screen, LAN or the internet.


There are a constant supply of updates and fan extortions, all available from the official site.


 


Hidden and Dangerous


This and Rainbow 6 are often considered for setting the bar of realistic tactical shooters.The player takes the role of a four-man British Special Air Service (SAS) team executing a number of important sabotage and/or rescue campaigns during World War II. The game takes a realistic approach, where the player must use stealth for the most part to complete the objectives. grab it


 


Battle Cruiser 3000AD


I took over 7 years to make and it wasn't complete when released. But BC3K won allot of critics hearts. The total Battle Cruiser series is now available for free.


 


Well there you have it, Part One of getting it for free. Next time I will post a more including websites that give games away for free!








 






Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Safe list of crack/keygen sites.

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