Internet School is in Session

You know what my problem is? I always assume that everyone already knows how to do the things I do.  But if that were true then none of us would learn anything new, ever. Does that make sense? So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna tell you about some things that I use all the time that, in the past, I assumed everyone knew about. I use them on a daily basis for everything from Bottle Pop paperwork to picture editing to fonts...basically all things that make life on the computer easier. If it helps one person, then the time I spent doing screenshots of this crap was worth it.  So welcome to...

That's 3 month old Gabe. Dying here.

First up is Zamzar. I use this free site ALL the time to convert files. Unfortch for me, my laptop has Vista, so I have to save all my files from bullshit Vista format to a normal one, then I can convert them to pdf's in no time. The site is super user friendly. You upload your file, pick your desired format, enter your email address and press a button. A few minutes later, you'll get an email with a link to your download. Fuuuuuh-ree! So go crazy converting your bmps to tiffs or whatever rocks your socks.

Next up is Pixlr. Pixlr is basically a free, online Photoshop. A lot of the commands are the same and you can do all your basic photoshop stuff right there. Now, I don't know my way out of a paper bag but I can do some basics in Pixlr. You know what else I'll do? I'll google, how do I do whatever in Photoshop, then try to follow the directions in Pixlr. It's not always the same, but you pretty much get the gist of it. Did I mention that this shizz is Fuuuuuuh-ree!?! It's free. And awesome.

Ok last up is something I know most of you already know the ins and outs of but I know for a fact that there are some of you out there that don't have the font-installing knowledge that I'm about to drop on you. So this one's for you guys.

Find yourself a nice free font. My personal fave is dafont.com.

After you pick one, click Download.

When the box pops up, click Open.

Click Extract All Files.

Save it to wherever you save your things...Click Extract.

Boom, there's your files. Usually some terms and conditions of using the font, maybe a different version of it. You can click on each one to figure out which one is the actual font you want to install. I circled the right one below.

Ok, here's the (slightly but not really) tricky part. Keep that window open but go to your Control Panel and find your Fonts folder.

Open your Fonts folder, then go back to your new fonts window. Click on the circled font and drag it into your Fonts folder.  My computer then gives me a pop-up, asking permission to let it happen. Obvs. I say yes. So after that, the font is now installed. See, it's right there with the rest of your fonts.

So yeah, there you go. Now go download all sorts of fancy fonts. I recommend these. If I did a terrible job explaining things, I'd rather not hear about it. Only praise please. And thank you.

Interweb Nerd OUT!