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Open Office will recognize Microsoft documents and open them, but the reverse is not true. It is, in many ways, a fairly versatile suite of programs. Although OpenOffice.org requests donations of time or cash, the program can be downloaded for free. This is a definite advantage in a week when the world seems to be full of unexpected expenses!

While it is a little clunky when compared to Microsoft, the Open Office suite offers a viable alternative for the budgetarily challenged user. I found very little difference when using the text editor; the spreadsheet was quite reasonable-except for a couple of sort features. The database program seemed to me about as comprehensible as any database program. (Not my personal area of expertise-maybe someday...) The presentation software proved easy t o use, quite versatile. Open Office Math is completely beyond my personal comprehension. I squeaked through my college math classes, and breathed a sigh of relief when I put them behind me. It looks really interesting though-lots of equation-type stuff. Very nice.

I was delighted with the drawing tool. For years, I have put up with Paint (better than nothing), and various budget photo editors. Of those, JASC was probably the best; but when my trial down-load (and the class I was taking) ended, the funds weren't available for the full edition.
Open Office also offers the ability to export files as pdf.

In short, Open Office is a fairly versatile suite of editing and presentation tools. It is a viable alternative to more expensive programs suitable for keeping home office records, writing essays and a variety of other tasks.

Locally, Human Resource Management alone does the job of monitoring overtime, leave and change shift. This setting is indeed a false one. Most of the companies in the Philippines are owned by the Japanese and the American. Certainly, Filipinos encompass ¾'s of the population. Unfortunately, it is proven that most of the Filipinos relate themselves to common local connotation that is “Mamaya Na!”

Likewise, Ibiden Philippines, Inc. monitors overtime, leave and change shift through HR Department. Other departments just like QA monitors overtime, leave and change shift but not as serious as HR's monitoring. Some departments even rely with HR's update by the end of the month. Sadly, there was a delay in HR updates.

Hence, Automated OT, Leave & Change Shift Monitoring® was developed to alleviate the scenario.

Productivity

In the first place, IPI employees are unconscious of their productivity since there was no monitoring at all. This allows them to work without direction in the sense that they will just work in manner of just working.

Quality

Some departments have monitoring of overtime, leave and change shift. However, their monitoring is manual. Manual monitoring is susceptible to human errors. Thus, the quality and accuracy of computation is being sacrificed.

Cost

Since there was no monitoring of overtime, employees can render overtime on the basis of their “wants” not on the “needs of the company” for their service. This fact incurs cost.

Morale

No recognition is given to employees who were not able to file leave and change shifts per month. This hampers appreciation and employee satisfaction.

First Things First

The first step is to pledge allegiance to the Republican Party. This type of technology in the hands of a Democrat could significantly alter mankind as we now know it. You must also acknowledge that if your relationships suffer due to continued use of this program as karaoke - defined as uttering sounds that may or may not sound like the words of the songs - I am not liable. And last, but not least, you must promise that occasionally you will leave a nickel or a dime in the coin return chute of any vending machine so that it will create a small sense of joy to some random person who will find it at some point in the future! Who doesn't smile when they find extra change in the return? And the world could use more smiles.

Let's Get To Work

The following steps will show you how to manually add lyrics to your songs. Before we head off to the internet, open your Windows Media Player (WMP). Right click next to the "Now Playing" tab at the top of the player and enable the "show classic menu" option. You can uncheck it later if you prefer not seeing it but we are going to use the menus often enough to keep it visible for now. These instructions I am giving you assumes that you have the latest version of WMP installed. (Version 11) If you are not sure, click the help button and click on "About Windows Media Player". This will tell you what version you have installed. If it is an earlier version, I suggest that you upgrade to WMP 11. It is so much better than the earlier versions.
Now click the "Play" option at the top and go down to the "Lyrics, Captions, and Subtitles" option and click "On if Available".

1. Find a Web site that catalogues song lyrics. Most will let you copy their lyrics without jumping through any hoops. Highlight the text of the lyrics and then either right click and select "copy", or use Control+C. Make sure that no other parts of the page get highlighted accidentally. You only want the text. Here are four Web sites where you should be able to find your songs and they are user friendly.
   
   
   • http://www.elyrics.net/
   • http://www.lyricsmode.com/
   • http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/
   • http://www.oldielyrics.com/
   
   Here is a cool little known secret: If you take the main word of a ".com" website such as "oldielyrics" in the fourth website I listed above, and type it into your address search bar and then hit Cntrl+Enter, your computer will add the http://www. before your word and .com after your word.}
   
2. Open your WMP and click on the Library tab. Find the song you just copied the lyrics for and right click on it. (Fig. 1) Highlight the "Advanced Tag Editor" and hit enter. This will open the "Advanced Tag Editor". (Fig. 2)
   
3. Select the "lyrics" tab, choose a language, select the "add" tab, click in the blank text box and paste your lyrics by either right click and select "paste" or Control+V. (Fig. 3) If you stop at this point, you will have "static" text that does not scroll as the song plays. If you want the scrolling text, click on the "Synchronized Lyrics" button just below the text box. You will see that the lyrics are now loaded with each line having a time value next to it. This value represents exactly when each line of lyrics will be visible on the WMP.
   
4. Below this, you will see the same information graphically. Sometimes the WMP errs on the exact time to display each line. If this is the case click the value in the time column, select "edit" and then type the new time value. (Fig. 4) You can check how accurate it is by hitting play and watching when the red lyric bar crosses over the time bar. You can also edit the lyrics to add or change words in each line. If you need to add a whole line, hit add, type in the new line of lyrics and then assign it a time value. When you hit enter, it will insert itself in the correct place.

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A computer contains not one, but eight toxic chemicals, all of which can do serious harm to the environment and to human beings.

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Arsenic

This is often used to make printed circuit boards because it is a very good conductor. Levels are very low but in a recycling centre, or a dump they may accumulate and become a very serious health hazard.

Mercury

This element is used in flat screen displays and can escape when a monitor is dismantled. It can easily get into water supplies where it transforms into methyl mercury which builds up in the body of fish and enters the food chain.

Beryllium

This is a very lightweight metal which is used in computer motherboards. Beryllium dust is toxic to humans and can cause lung problems. This metal and its compounds have been classed as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Cadmium

This is used inside your computer to make contacts and switches and rechargeable batteries. It has been banned in the European Union since 2006 but there are many computers around that are much older than that. Cadmium oxides are toxic to plants, fish, humans and animals and inhaling them can cause cancer.

Lead

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Lead was originally used to solder on printed circuit boards and that too was banned in EU in July 2006. It is toxic to humans and it is thought that low level exposure to this chemical may impact on the development of the brain in children.

Flame Retardants

Some of the materials used as flame retardants inside computers are toxic if released into the atmosphere. If cases are crushed or broken these materials get into the air and can hamper brain and skeletal development in animals (including humans.)

Phthalates

These are used in the making of plastics and the most widely used one is DEHP which is classified in EU as toxic to reproductive health. There are no controls on the use of these chemicals in plastic production, although regulations do exist to limit their use in the production of children's chewable toys.

Selenium

Selenium is often used in printed circuit boards and prolonged, high level exposure to this chemical is know to cause neurological problems in humans.

So, when your PC dies don't dismantle it yourself for your own safety and think carefully before you dump it. You may be leaving a box of lethal chemicals out there somewhere for some unsuspecting person to release.

Speech Recognition

Basic navigation on MS can be done by voice command instead of your mouse.  You can also dictate text by using your own voice.  Speech Recognition will have to be installed if you haven't already done so.

How to install Speech Recognition

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Click Speech and following instructions for installation. 

Once Speech Recognition has been installed you must train it to recognize your voice and your commands.  You can do this by: 

1. Click Control Panel.
2. With windows in Classic view, double click Speech.
3. In Category view click Sounds, Speech, and audio devices.
4. Click Speech.
5. Follow directions to train Speech Recognition.

* On some computers, double click Speech then Train Profile button. Then follow directions.

In order to use Speech Recognition, you will need to use the Language bar.  If your Microsoft Word does not show the Language bar you will need to display it.

To display language tool bar

1. Click start.
2. Click Control Panel.
   With control panel in classic view, double click Regional and language Options.
3. In category view, click Date, Time, Language and regional Options.
4. Click Regional and Language Options.
5. Click Languages tab.
6. Click Details.
7. Click the Language Bar in the Text Services And Input Languages box.
8. Click Show The Language Bar On The Desktop.
9. Click OK on all open dialog boxes.

The language bar will now be displayed on your desktop. 

Hide language tool bar

You can hide the tool bar when it is not in use by clicking the minimize button at the far right on the language tool bar. 

Restore language tool bar

To restore the language tool bar, click the language indicator button in the status area.  (The letters EN inside a small box.)

Listening to your written work

Once you have finished your article, you will want to proof read it.  The speech option is a handy tool once you have checked your spelling.  Hearing your text read aloud helps to find errors, errant words, and punctuation mistakes.

To use speech

1. Display the language tool bar.
2. Click Speak and Microsoft Word will begin to reading aloud your article.

 

bacre is a new weapon to fight against the informatic plague that the viruses are. It protects your pc against viruses, trojans and bugs.

Active Virus Shield 6.0.0.308

Active Virus Shield is a free system, supported by AOL and based in the powerful antivirus engine of Kaspersky Labs. It is so simple that you can install, config and start using it in minutes.

AntiPharming 1.30

This application was created in order to prevent "Pharming". You can install it in your PC and it will check the websites that you visit and protect your PC against this recent-created activity.

Avast Home 4.8

Avast Home is a powerful, functional and well-known antivirus. It can detect a large list of viruses, trojans, bugs, rootkits and spywares. It also checks your PC with great efficiency, cleaning it in real time.

AVG Free Edition 8.0

Grisoft has recently created the new 8.0 AVG. This corporation says that this version has a lot of facilities and is much better than previous editions. Some of the innovations are a LinkScanner and a WebShield module.

Comodo AntiVirus 2.0 Beta

Altough this antivirus is free, it has a lot of advantages and good options. You can make 3 kinds of analysis: Fasts, Generals or periodics. It has automatic actualizations and support for e-mail analysis.

NOD32 Anti-Virus System

This is, perhaps, the best antivirus in the market, and you can get it for free here. It is one of the fastest and powerful antivirus. It also has automatic actualizations and it works in all versions of MS Windows.

Norton Antivirus 2008

Norton Internet Security is a complete set of security tools for your computer. You will have a full FireWall, internet privacity, e-mail scan, and many other useful applications. It is also one of the most known antivirus.

TrojanHunter 4.7

As its name says, it will defend your computer from Trojans. TrojanHunter checks the Registry files, memory and disk drives, to detect any trace of Trojan, including new Trojans.

Windows Defender 1593

Windows Defender is an utility with which you can easily remove spyware that have infiltrated your PC, while you are protected so that they do not 'enter' more, as do the antivirus software with viruses.

Mouse pads have come a long ways in the last several years and a long ways from the plain old foam, plain Jane jobs that we see sitting on top the majority of desks in stuffy offices everywhere. Our mouse pads started out to solve a problem that helped our computer mouse to more easily glide, which gave us more error-free control over our cursor on our computer desktop. The smooth, flat surface of the mouse pad made a perfect location to silkscreen company logos, trademarks and photography that would create another cottage industry of collectible mouse pads.

Today, there are thousands and maybe even millions of different mouse pad designs both high-tech and low-tech, colorful and bland, expensive and cheap that would overwhelm the average person. There is absolutely no way in the world that this article can even to begin scratch the surface of all of the awesome and cool mouse pad designs, so stay tuned for other cool mouse pad articles that I will be writing in the weeks ahead. So, please enjoy and thank you for your support.

Ouija Board

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Honestly, this board game has always given me the creeps and now using the mouse we can channel dead people at the same time as we surf the web. Just don't freakout too badly when you hear voices whispering out from the dark corners of your room.

High Tech Mouse Pad

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What do you get if you cross modern day high tech technology with a mouse pad? You will get the “USB Hub + SD/MMC Card Reader + Mouse Pad” and yes, that is the actual name that the manufacture named it. The name says it all, so I will not bore you with anymore-technical jargon.

Sexy Mouse Pads For Men

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Ewe, I want one of these - not for me, but for a friend (wink!). Not too sure if the mouse pads are ergonomically designed, but who really cares.

More Than Just Another Mouse Pad

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Redmaloo's felt laptop cases are the perfect solution to securing your expensive laptop computer when on the go and transforms into a portable workstation at the times that you want to surf the Internet. It is a laptop case, a workstation and one cool mouse pad rolled up into one.

Cool-iCam Mouse Pad with Built-in Art Pad

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The Cool-iCam Art Pad is the perfect solution to multitasking at the office, because the built-in photo editing tablet allows the user to edit digital photos with professional results. The user can operate their computer mouse, remove red-eye, change colors and edit photos however they would like and all by using this one very cool art mouse pad.

Flexiglow Mouse Pads

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Flexiglow mouse pad allows the user to illuminate the dark and gloomy corners of your office cubicle with your choice of three bright neon colors red, green and blue. Just plug in the USB connection and adjust the dimmer switch to increase or decrease the light intensity and relax with a little extra color in your life.

Mouse Pad with Card Reader / USB Hub / Speaker

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This is the ultimate mouse pad for all of you mulitaskers that need extra USB hubs to connect all of your gadgets to and a 5-in-1 card reader, so to upload your digital photos and audio. The built-in speakers will come in handy when in the mood to listen to all of the free music that you have (IL) legally downloaded off of the Internet.

Color Changing Mouse Pad

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This is an awesome James Bond 007 like mouse pad that at first glance appears to be a plain old black surfaced mouse pad, but just as soon as the heat from the user's hand touches it, then the invisible logo or message is revealed. Now, if only someone would invent a way to hide the answers to the next college exam on one of these types of mouse pads, the world would be a much better place.

Backlit Lighted Mouse Pad

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Lighted mouse pads may not serve or solve any major problem that computer user's must sometimes deal with, but if anything they do help to brighten up with style a desk or office. Really lighted mouse pads are yet another way to trick out your desktop and nothing more.

C-Pen 20 Mouse Pad

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Saved the best for last, as it would seem. The C-Pen 20 Mouse Pad is a multi-functional gadget that takes the stress out of navigation and has 10 programmable active buttons that are located at the top of the mouse pad, so that the user can save their custom commands or more complex macros. The mouse pad comes with a C-Pen, which can be used to replace your standard mouse.

The removal of the cord was the first hurdle to overcome, and next the focus seemed to shift to packing more functionally into a smaller streamline version of the computer device. After mouse functionally was improved upon, the designers and manufacturers began to focus on making the mouse trendy cool for youthful user.

This article only introduces you to a small fraction of a very large product line of computer mouse or mouse-related products currently available for sale on the market today. This is the first article in a mini-series of articles that will present new mouse and mouse-related products to you.

Please, be sure to leave any comments in the comment section provided at the bottom of this article. If you want me to investigate an unique mouse or mouse related product to consider for inclusion in the next article of this series, then please leave a complete website address where the mouse or mouse related product can be found and I will check it out.

1. Wow Pen Traveler

   
   
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   Wow Technology has developed an ergonomic wireless mouse that contains built-in laser pointer and flash memory functionality. This advancement in design and style makes today's “WOW PEN” PC mouse a cut above the rest, because it allows the user to control their computing activities without stressing the wrist or forearm, in which can help prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from setting up in the user's hands and fingers joints. Hands up, this is one cool wireless computer mouse.

2. BMW Mouse

   
   
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   This is the perfect mouse for car collectors, because not only does it look like a BMW automobile, but it has working headlights, too. Want more can we ask for?

3. Mouse Skeleton

   
   
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   The Skeleton Mouse gives a whole new meaning to working yourself to the bone, now doesn't it? Your friends and family will freak out after they see this PC mouse sitting on your desk.

4. Aircraft Mouse

   
   
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   Up, up and away. The aircraft mouse flies in the face of criticism and gives you a highflying mouse experience. It remarkably resembles a stealth fighter jet and lights up adding that extra little bit of flare when working in the dark.

5. GamePad Mouse

   
   
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   Gamers prepare yourselves for the ultimate gaming gadgets with this all-in-one PC mouse and gamepad. It works just like any other PC mouse, but the built-in game pad makes playing World of Warcraft (WoW) or any other computer game a snap to play like a pro.

6. Stone Mouse

   
   
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   This is touted to be the first fully-functional computer mouse made entirely out of stone. It is truly an elegant custom computer mouse that gives being stoned a whole new meaning.

7. Bamboo Mouse

   
   
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   The Green Movement should really be impressed with the bamboo computer mouse, because it is entirely produced from a renewable crop product. Bamboo grows rapidly about a foot or more in a single day.

8. Mouse Mouse

   
   
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   Some people just will not be satisfied unless the computer mouse actually looks like a real mouse, so now they have the opportunity to really own a mouse computer mouse of their very own. It is not recommend for anyone who gets squeamish at the mere sight of a real mouse, so in otherwords, this would not be a desirable gadget to give to your mother or sister as a gift or anything.

9. Fishing Lure Mouse

   
   
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   The fishing lure computer mouse would make a great gadget gift for any diehard fisherman that you know. It looks just like a deep-diving crankbait fishing lure without the sharp hooks. This fishing lure mouse is perfect for fishing for information on the Internet.

10. Candy-Filled Mouse

    
    
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    Thank goodness this candy is enclosed in a hard acrylic case, because it wouldn't last long around my house. This is surely a sweet looking mouse that really works, just like any other mouse that we commonly use.

11. USB Mouse with Built-in Skype Telephone

    
    
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    You know that not too many of us can live too long without having our cell phones nearby and this USB computer mouse comes complete with a fully-functional Skype telephone built right into this nifty mouse.

12. The World's Thinnest Mouse

    
    
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    Have you been looking for a computer mouse that is thin enough to tuck into your shirt pocket to take with you when you are on the go? If you have, then look no further than this mouse. It is about the size of a credit card and is a fully functional device that works like any other mouse does. Just don't carry it in your wallet, because it could quiet possibly destroy it before you even have the chance to break it in.

13. Inflatable Mouse

    
    
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    This computer mouse offers something completely unique as it needs to be inflated before being used to interact with your desktop computer. I suppose that this PC mouse would make a nice addition to anyone who already has inflatable beds, couches, and other inflatable furniture scattered throughout their home. Honestly, I would be very disappointed if it should spring a leak and deflate, just when I'm honing in to the high score in Missile Command.

14. Alien Fossil Mouse

    
    
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    Now, I don't really know if aliens or UFOs are really, but I do know that the Alien Fossil computer mouse is. Actually, it looks very strange and probably feels just as strange as it looks, too.

15. Shoei Helmet Mouse

    
    
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    This computer mouse will surely satisfy the most curious motorcycle fetish, because it is after all a miniaturized reproduction of a Shoei Helmet. The only thing that would make this a better mouse design would be if it could actually be worn while working, because accidents do happen at work (like your co-workers walking by and smacking you across your head).