Application Window Resizing Frustrations

I realized today that there are several things that although they may require just a simple fix, can become quite a headache when you're not sure what's wrong.  I think from now on when I run into these silly, but irritating computer annoyances, that I should share my solutions, no matter how trite.

**This tidbit of information applies to Mac OS X** 

*Currently running 10.7.3*

HOW COME MY DOCUMENT IS LARGER THAN MY MONITOR/SCREEN SIZE?

You may have experienced this issue when receiving a document (word, excel, image, etc.) from an email or from downloading it off of the internet.  Sometimes when you receive a document either from email or the internet it may open up larger than your monitor size.

Why does this happen?

Different people use different computers, as well as different monitor and resolution sizes.  If you happen to open up a document that was originally saved on a monitor with a larger screen size than your own, then chances are that when you open that document it will open up larger than your screen.

The corner normally used for resizing a window is inaccessible, because the document is larger than the monitor size

So how do we fix this?

This may seem like a simple fix, but sometimes the simplest of answers are the hardest to arrive at. In order to resize your document you will have to put it into full screen mode.  You do this by clicking the little green plus sign in the upper left hand corner of your document.

After clicking the green button, the bottom of your document will now become visible.

Now that your corner is visible, you can now resize your window just like you normally would, by clicking and dragging the bottom right corner.

Wasn't that easy? Again, even though this seems like such an easy fix, if you didn't know how to do it right away or this never happened to you before, you may find yourself scratching your head in bewilderment.

If you have any specific computer (Mac or Windows) issues that you are having an issue with and you think I may be able to help you, leave me a comment.  I would be glad to take a stab at it for you.  Thanks for reading friends :)

New Scarves

It's been a while since I have posted anything about my recent knitting endeavors.  Here are two scarves that I recently finished.  Both scarves were made with a loom.  The first is blue and cream striped and the second is a chestnut brown, cream, and hunter green striped scarf.

Full view of blue and cream scarf

Detailed view of stripes

Full view of chestnut brown, cream, and hunter green striped scarf

Detailed view of stripes

Art Recap

Bill

As I mentioned earlier this week, I entered the deviantART Cute Monsters T-Shirt Contest.  The contest is open until February 28th, so there are only 4 more days to vote.  If you like my design, please consider voting for me!!! :)

This week I unveiled a few of my cartoon graphics as well as a few of my photographs that I have taken over the years.  Here's a recap of the images I posted this past week:

Click here to view all my images

Pig Ship	The Radio is Calling Me
Car Yard	Walnuts
The Elephant Tree	A Lonely Orange Armchair
Boxed	Thoughts

Thanks for checking out my art, I hope you enjoyed it. :)

T-Shirt Design for deviantART's Cute Monsters Contest

Hello Friends!

I know, I know, I know it's been a while AGAIN. Such a surprise for me right? Anyway, I'm really going to try this time to keep updating all of you on my artistic endeavors.

So, today I finished my T-Shirt design for the deviantART Cute Monsters Design Challenge.  I'm really happy with the outcome.  If you like my design, please consider voting for it.  Every vote counts :)

I really liked my design with the stripes on the sleeves better, but the contest rules state: Limit your design to only two print areas.  The front, back, sides, and sleeve are each considered separate print areas.  So since that would technically be three print areas, I had to submit the design without the stripes, but here is what it looks like with the stripes:

It's not a huge difference, but I think it's a really nice detail that makes the design pop!

Please Please Please if you like the design vote for me and share with your friends.  Thank you all so much for your continuous support :)