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Ingredients

1 – Computer (PC or Mac)

1 – Apple’s iTunes program (current version as of this post 8.0.2)  – download here

1 – An Internet website that has a podcast feed

Directions

1. Navigate to the website that has a podcast feed. This type of site would not be the norm, so this is likely a site that makes it very obvious that there is a podcast associated with it, or a site that was recommended by someone you know.
2. Look for an icon somewhere on the webpage (not the one in the web address field) that looks like this:
3. If you don’t see that icon, look for some text that mentions “subscribe to feed” or “RSS“. Linked text that reads “Entries (RSS)” is a common way the feed for a WordPress blog is encountered, usually near the bottom of the screen.
4. You can right-click on the icon or text link and choose either Copy Link Location (Firefox), or Copy Shortcut (Internet Explorer).
5. Alternatively, you can click on the icon or the text and it should lead you to a page with a few options to subscribe to the RSS feed. What’s important is that the feed URL is now in the web browser’s address bar. Copy the URL so that you can paste it into iTunes.
6. Start the iTunes program.
7. Click on the Advanced menu and choose Subscribe to Podcast…
8. Paste the link shortcut into the box labeled URL:
9. Click the OK button. This will add the podcast to the iTunes Podcast library and will start to download the latest podcast from the site. If you wish to download other, earlier podcasts, you can click the Get button next to the podcast that you want.
10. Clicking the Refresh button while viewing the Podcast library will check the site for the most recent podcast.

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Ingredients

1 – Computer (PC or Mac)

1 – Apple’s iTunes program (current version as of this post 8.0.2) – download here

1 – Any Audio CD that is playable in a standard CD player

Directions

1. Start the iTunes program.
2. Before you insert the audio CD, you want to make sure that files will be converted into MP3 audio files. Choose the Edit menu and select Preferences.
3. On the General tab, the area in the middle of the page that states “When you insert a CD”, make sure ”Ask to Import CD” is showing.
4. Click the Import Settings button.
5. For the ”Import Using” setting, select MP3 Encoder. You can also choose between Good, High, Higher, or Custom for the quality setting. Click OK, and then OK again to close the Preferences window.
6. Insert the audio CD into your CD-ROM drive.
7. After scanning the CD, iTunes will display the track or tracks found on the CD.
8. You will be asked if you would like to import the CD into your iTunes library. Click Yes to do so.
9. iTunes will now import each song on the audio CD. Importing the CD means converting each song to an MP3 audio file.
10. When the tracks have all been imported, a small green checkmark appears next to each file.
11. When you click on your Music Library, you should see that the tracks have been added.
12. If you wish to locate the MP3 file on your hard drive, right-click the file in the library and choose Show in Windows Explorer, or Show in Finder on the Mac.
13. Enjoy your music!

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Ingredients

1 – Computer

1 – PowerPoint program ( for this example, PowerPoint 2007)

Directions

1. Open PowerPoint 2007.
2. From the Insert ribbon, click the Photo Album button.
3. In the resulting Photo Album window choose the File/Disk button under “Insert picture from…“
4. Navigate to the folder where your photos are and select all of the photos you wish to include.
5. When your photos have been selected click the Insert button.
6. Change the order of the photos or the Album Layout if desired.
7. Click the Create button to create the photo slideshow.
8. You can edit the photo album by clicking on the down arrow under the Photo Album button and choosing Edit Photo Album.