Creating forms in MSWord

One of the best things that happened to me this month was getting a free copy of Microsoft Office! Wooohoo! Although I had already mastered Open Office Impress and Writer.

For my business, I have been wondering how to best create interactive fillable forms for use with my clients. I haven't as yet figured out how to convert the forms into fillable PDF. But that is my next task.

I successfully created a form that has been working well so far with clients. I'm so proud of myself.

A chance to explore microsoft programs!

I'm working on becoming skilled in MS Access and perfecting my Excel Skills...

I'm having to dig deep inside me for motivation coz those programs aren't as fun as Adobe Creative Suite, but they sure do look good on a resume:)

Projects I am presently working on

FOCUS: FollowOneCourseUntilSuccessful!

I am working on the following projects over the next three weeks:

1. Renewing & redoing my business website

2. Completing my wellness video

3. Finishing my audio recordings


Good timez. Stay tuned - lots of Flash, html, soundbooth, premiere elements lessons to be learned...

I am now an Adobe SoundBooth Master!!!

I just completed the lynda.com tutorial on SoundBooth!!! I will be sharing my projects using my newfound knowledge. Keep checking back on this space!

Soundbooth Tutorials

I was able to answer some questions I had. I learned how to cut of part of a sound clip in the middle - it's simple highlighting with the cursor and pressing the delete key.

I also learned about frequency & how the human ear can only hear between 20Hz & 20KHz of sound. Oh sound theory...you remind me of my high school physics days!

One of the best things about Soundbooth is the task history menu that allows you to visualize the steps you've taken and delete them one by one in any order you need to.

Another super cool thing is how you can add and edit custom scores to your work. Example - if you want some jazz melody to be part of your sound projects, Soundbooth comes with various sounds which you can manipulate & use!! hooray:)

I have another question about merging sound files. I hope I can do this in sound booth because my o my do I have some awesome ideas for fun projects that involve sound combinations!

More to come!

I love Adobe SoundBooth!

This morning I discovered Adobe SoundBooth in all its glory.

I've had this program on my computer for a while but until this morning I'd never bothered to open it. Wow. I've been missing out. I'm in the process of creating a personal audio CD and I started out the process by using the lame SoundRecorder that is listed under accessories on my computer. That sound recorder is so basic and only lets me record 60 minutes of audio at a time. I mustn't put it down entirely though because I have made some really cool voiceovers in the past using that basic program. Time to move on!

Wow- you can do SO MANY AMAZING THINGS USING ADOBE SOUNDBOOTH. I swear nobody is paying me to say this. Today I created some gorgeous audio files. The possibilities are endless. I could do this all day. I am having a hard time dragging myself from the program so I go to my appointments.

I love this feeling. Of passion. That's the feeling I get when I explore a new computer program and dabble in it's possibilities. That's the feeling I get when I dare to be creative.

Meanwhile, please take a moment to listen to one of the audio files I created this morning. The file is below as a mov. since blogger only lets you upload movies.

There are some things I figured out how to do in soundbooth:

-how to cut beginning or end of a sound clip

-how to add effects to a sound clip

-how to reduce the pops & clicks in a sound clip.

-how to convert my wav files to .mov so I can upload them to blogger!!!

I need to figure out the following:

If I want to cut out a sound that is in the middle of my clip, how do I do that? If you can help, please let me know.

"I dwell in possibility" Emily Dickinson

How to set up a professional blog

I want to begin working on a professional blog and I have questions regarding this process:

-what is the cost of buying a word press hosted blog without the wordpress extension in my url name?
-how do I gain traffic for the blog?
-how can I make money from the blog?
-how do I market e-books on the blog?
-how do you choose a professional looking theme and font?

The blog is about health & wellness and encourages people to take their health into their own hands while debunking myths. The trick will be how to get the message across without stirring online arguments between the allopathic folks and the natural healers.

On this space, I am seeking answers to these technical questions. I will re post answers to these questions once I am ready to launch.