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How To Illustrator: Curls, swirls and swooshes for Illustrator

CPG How To Illustrator presents an Illustrator tutorial that shows Adobe Illustrator users how to make custom swirls, swooshes and curls for use as headers and practically endless other places. This Illustrator How To takes the reader step by step through an illustrated process that will serve as an instructional tutorial or a refresher lesson. [...]

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Adobe Illustrator problem: CS5 torrent installation

CPG received a question about an Adobe Illustrator CS5 download problem from a customer who tried to download Illustrator for free. This question illustrates why those who want to download CS5 free put their time and their computers at risk. . We’re here to help, so read on. Illustrator CS5 from Thingy doesn’t work No [...]

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Windows problem: Google Installer has stopped working

Problem A customer has Windows 7 problems where they get the error message “Google Installer has stopped working” every time the computer goes through Windows 7 startup. An error window appears after Windows 7 startup and displays the paths to several files that contain more information about the Windows problem which can be sent to [...]

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Resolve Adobe CS5 issues with new cleaner tool

Adobe CS5 users having trouble installing Adobe CS5.5 have a new tool at their disposal. This cleaner tool removes installation files from pre-release versions such as CS5, CS4, CS3. About the Adobe cleaner tool The files left behind from these installations are responsible for many of the Adobe CS5 and CS5.5 installation issues that have [...]

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How To Illustrator: Change Round Dots to Square Dots

When using Adobe Illustrator, you can change round dots to square dots by using a simple technique. This Adobe Illustrator tutorial gives you step-by-step instructions with illustrations that guide you through the process of changing round dots to square dots. Follow along in this how to Illustrator to see how it’s done using CS5 Illustrator [...]

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Does Microsoft PowerPoint accept files from Microsoft Access?

Users who frequently need to update the same PowerPoint with current data wish that PowerPoint accepted files from Microsoft Access. Although the compatibility between programs is not natural, you can use Visual Basic to link Access databases to PowerPoint presentations. An easier, but more convoluted way is to link tables from Access databases to Excel [...]

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