Choose the Microsoft Surface or iPad 4?

At the end of last month, Microsoft brought out its first self-branded tablet - Microsoft Surface. Actually, Surface's launch was not a surprise, as the Windows giant is keen to compete with Apple's flagship iPad. And according to IHS iSuppli, Microsoft's Surface may be a more lucrative tablet than Apple's iPad. Then we can see that how fierce the rivalry between Microsoft and Apple. And on the other hand, we can also infer that Microsoft Surface is definitely a great competitive device.

So, which one would you like to choose, the Microsoft Surface or iPad 4?

To help you make a good buying decision, we present a detailed comparison of specifications, features and key differences that might help you make up your mind.

iPad 4 vs Microsoft Surface: Display

Surface offers a 10.6-inch display claiming to manage a display resolution at a 1,366 x 768 pixels. However, iPad 4 comes with a 9.7-inch Retina Display which supports a superior display resolution at 2,048 x 1,536 pixels.

We can see even the display of iPad 4 is a little smaller than that of Surface, it cannot make great influence on the glamour of the iPad 4. As we all already know, Apple's latest iPad comes with its visually enhanced Retina Display, which makes it ideal for use as an entertainment device. Of course, iPad 4 is not an exception. So from this point, iPad 4 is more favorable than Microsoft Surface.

iPad 4 vs Microsoft Surface: Operating System

The iPad 4 runs Apple's latest mobile operating system - iOS 6, which adds more than 200 new features to the previous iteration of the software, including a new Maps app with turn-by-turn navigation and a new flyover view. Maybe there is also a long way for Apple to go to develop a perfect a new Maps app. But we are sure Apple’s iOS operating system has the potential to become increasingly perfect.

The Microsoft Surface runs the new Windows 8 operating system. And maybe the strongest point of Microsoft Surface is the addition of Microsoft's Office 2013 suite which means if you invest in a Microsoft Surface, you can take advantage of Microsoft's Office 2013 suite for free. It really an exciting gift for those who always make good use of Microsoft Office.

iPad 4 vs Microsoft Surface: Processor

The Surface tablet is powered by an Nvidia T30 quad-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz, while the iPad ships with the revamped A6X processor.and both of the two devices are equipped with an additional USB port for supporting game controllers. But apparently, a stronger quad-core processor coupled with Nvidia graphics in the Surface tablet is more attractive for power-hungry mobile gamers. No needless to say with the Xbox 360, Microsoft is already such a strong player in the games market.

iPad 4 vs Microsoft Surface: Battery

Battery is always an important consideration when we choose a tablet. Microsoft claims that the Surface tablet can provide 8 hours of battery backup on a single charge, while Apple promises an impressive ten hours on Wi-Fi or nine on the mobile data network with a 11560mAh battery which boasts offer twice of the standby time as that of the Windows tablet. It sounds compelling.

In my opinion, after taking all the factors into consideration, of course including the price, those looking for a budget tablet for office work should opt for the Surface, while the iPad 4 is perfect for entertainment freaks.

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Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5

Recently, shortly after Apple’s dropping its latest version of smartphone – iPhone 5, Sumsung also hurried to took the wraps off its all-new Galaxy Note 2. Immediately, a big battle between the two popular smartphones began. Then, when faced with the two hottest smartphones, which one will you prefer to choose? I think only after a detailed comparison can you pick out the most suitable one per your need.

Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5 Appearance

For starters, to a large extent, what the first impression a smartphone give us depend on its appearance. Sometimes it can even decisively influence the transaction. Yes, it is not so difficult to understand. You know, at most times, many other than a few people will buy something which they actually do not need just because it looks so nice or attractive. So in this case appearance of a smartphone is of great significance.

As we already know, compared with iPhone 5 or even other smartphones, Galaxy Note 2 has a relatively larger size. Just because of this fact, a vast majority of Galaxy Note 2 users are required to hold the device with their two hands. So, if you are fond of a mini device, then you can choose iPhone 5, otherwise, you just pick Galaxy Note 2.

Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5 Display

Display is very important for a smartphone because we need it to do everything, for example, brow a webpage, watch movies and play games. Without it we can do nothing and the phone becomes just of no use at all.

Compared with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 comes with a little larger 4-inch retina display with a 1136 x 640 resolution, but it is not a full HD resolution. However, Galaxy Note 2 offers a larger 5.55-inch HD Super AMOLED display with a 1280 x 720 resolution. It seems that users who plan to watch lots of TV, movies and HD content may appreciate the added 1.55-inch screen size. If you are one of them, without thinking you know which one is the best fit for your needs.

Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5 Map

At present, to make people’s travel outside more convenient, most smartphones equipped with 3D maps. It really does great help for those who travel frequently.

We know, with the arrival of IOS 6, Apple just give up google map and use its new maps as an alternative. However, according to the reviews from the numerous iPhone 5 users, it seems that Apple’s new map can perform much better. As a popular android device, undoubtedly, Galaxy Note 2 use google map which performs better. So, in this sense, if you need to travel frequently and you are accustomed to rely on the map, you’d better choose Galaxy Note 2, but if you make little use of the map, maybe you can consider to try iPhone 5.

Of course, there are many other differences between Galaxy Note 2 and iPhone 5 and I can’t list all of them here. Click Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5 and you can learn more.

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How to Play Flash Videos in PowerPoint

Nowadays, for various kinds of reasons, for example, making the PowerPoint slideshow more interesting or attractive, people are required to add some effects to PowerPoint files, especially animations and videos when they are preparing a PowerPoint slideshow. Of course, Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows people to add videos to PowerPoint slideshow, so it would be very easy to make it. But in fact, in this process People always encountering such a headache of failing to play a flash video inserted in their PowerPoint files.

Why could this happen? Actually it is very easy. As we already know, People always finding out videos they need mainly on the Internet. And a vast majority of these videos are flash videos which are not supported by Microsoft Office PowerPoint. In this case, they surely will fail to play the videos inserted in their PowerPoint files.

As a matter of fact, to solve this problem is as easy as a piece of cake. We just need to convert the flash videos to another format that supported by Microsoft Office PowerPoint. Then, what formats are supported by Microsoft Office PowerPoint? To the best of my knowledge, such video formats as AVI，MPG，WMV，ASF are ok. Among them AVI is strongly recommended.

Next I will introduce how to convert the flash videos to AVI so as to play them in PowerPoint. Undoubtedly, you are required to turn to a third-party app which is known as Leawo FLV Converter. It is a much-loved video converter which allows you to easily convert FLV to common video and 3D video in popular formats like AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MKV, etc easily.

Step 1 Import Flash Video

Click "Add"icon to import one or more flash videos you want to convert into the powerful FLV to AVI converter.

Step 2 Set Output Format

Choose “Common Videos” > “AVI-Audio-Video Interleaved (*.avi)” in the drop down list of “Profile” .

Step 3 Start Converting

Finally, click "Start" icon to start converting the flash videos to AVI format.

After all the steps, you are free from the problem of failing to play a “flash video” inserted in their PowerPoint files. If you think it is useful, please share it with more people around you!

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3 Methods to Encrypt Your PowerPoint File

Recently, I find many netizens are concerned with a problem which is how to encrypt PowerPoint file. For various kinds of reasons, these netizens expect that others can just view the PowerPoint files but cannot edit them, so they naturally hope to find a method to protect their PowerPoint files by encrypting PowerPoint files.

Actually, it is incredibly easy. On one hand, Microsoft Office PowerPoint itself has provided us with a method to encrypt our PowerPoint files. On the other hand, many PPT masters also concluded good ways to encrypt PowerPoint files. Today, I would like to introduce 3 methods to encrypt your PowerPoint file, and I will take Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 as an example, hope it is useful to you！

Method 1 Encrypt PowerPoint File by Password

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 allows its users to encrypt their PowerPoint File by setting Passwords. Clicking “File” > “Save AS” to open a new dialog box. Click the “Tools” button in the lower left corner of the dialog box and choose “General Options” in the drop down menu. Immediately you can see another dialog box in which you are enabled to set Passwords for the PowerPoint file. “Password for open” is used to view the PowerPoint file and “Password for modify” is used to edit the PowerPoint file.

Method 2 Save the PowerPoint Files as PPS format

Another easy way is to save the PowerPoint files as PPS format. Click “File” > “Save AS” and set “Save as type” as PPS format.

Method 3 Save the PowerPoint Files as PDF format

This method is similar to the above one, you just Substitute PPS format with PDF format.

The 3 methods are free and also very easy to handle, if you think it is useful to you, please try it by yourself. And you can also share these methods with your friends. Then there will not be so many people disturbed by this problem.

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Two Methods to Insert Webpage into PowerPoint

Nowadays, PowerPoint is becoming a more and more popular tool to efficient presentation. It is common to see people work with PowerPoint. Sometimes it requires some information from certain webpage. However, it is impractical to copy the whole webpage to the PowerPoint. So it is of great significance to insert the webpage into PowerPoint. In this case, this post is focus on how to insert a webpage into PowerPoint. You have two choices.

Method 1 Insert Hyperlink

Select the object on which you want to build a link including pictures, words and buttons. Then click "Insert">"Links">"Hyperlink" and input url in the "Address" option in the dialog box appears before you. Finally click "OK" button to create a hyperlink in the PowerPoint.

The advantage of this method is that it is easy for you to handle. On the contrary, its disadvantage is that it fails to allow you to display the webpage directly in the PowerPoint. Only turn to other browsers can you show the information in the webpage.

Method 2 Insert the VB Code Absolute Path

Step 1 Insert a Micro Web Browser Control

Click "Developer" > "More Controls">"Micro Web Browser" to insert a Micro Web Browser control. And then click the "button" icon which is exclusively designed to add a button in the PPT to insert a button.

Step 2 Write the Codes

Check out the inserted button and right click to choose "View Code" and then you will see a new dialog box. In the box you can see the following codes:

Private Sub GoBtn_Click()


WebBrowser1.Navigate（"http://space.30edu.com/04670463/"）


End Sub

You just need to write down the url of the webpage in the bracket.

After all the operations, you can view the webpage directly in your PPT file when you play the PowerPoint. It is really very convenient.

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2012 Halloween Wallpapers/PowerPoint Templates

2012 Halloween is on the way, maybe all of you are ready for the special day. Have you prepared for many delicious foods for your family? Have you planned to make a beautiful pumpkin lantern with your family members? To lend a festive feel, you can switch a 2012 Hallooween wallpaper or PowerPoint templates. Here I colletcted some Hallooween wallpapers/PowerPoint Backgrounds from free online resources. I love these ones, hope you love them, too!
2012 Hallooween wallpaper - 1:

2012 Hallooween wallpaper - 2:

2012 Hallooween wallpaper - 3:

2012 Hallooween wallpaper - 4:

2012 Hallooween wallpaper - 5:

2012 Hallooween wallpaper - 6:

More Free Hallooween Wallpapers/PowerPoint Templates.

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How to Make an Efficient Presentation

In my opinion, an efficient PowerPoint presentation owes much to the speaker’s elaborate planning and careful preparation as well as consummate PowerPoint skills. Then I would like to express my view of how to make an efficient PowerPoint presentation.

Content: use more graphics rather than technical terms

If necessary please try your best to express your thoughts by graphics which can make sure your idea understood by your audience easily. And at the same time make your presentation more attractive and impressive.

If your speech content is relatively professional, please take your audience into consideration. You’d better make every effort to avoid the terms which is difficult to understand by your audience. If you have to, please make sure you explain it clearly. Remember that if your audience can not understand what you are talking about, you are just wasting of your time. No need to say make an efficient PowerPoint presentation.

Effects: avoid or reduce the use of effects on formal occasions

It is not recommended to add effects when making PowerPoint presentations on formal occasions. A simple and regular PowerPoint is always above praise but also criticism. Of course it is favored to add some effects on informal occasions but in my opinion it is better to add not more than three kinds. Then your PowerPoint can still keep concise instead of messy.

Image: wear suits and keep smiling

Please wear suit when making a PowerPoint presentation. It helps you to leave an authoritative impression to your audience. I have not ever seen anyone wearing jeans or shirt to make a speech. Do not mention about Bill Gates, he can do this and if you were Bill Gates I would say nothing. And before the presentation, keep energetic and positive while making sure you are proper dressed up. I believe your attitude will have a great influence on your audience. Besides, make sure that keep eye contact with your audience during the speech so that you can communicate with them through eye contact. You can recognize what they want and respond them in time. Thus the audience will know you care about them.

These are all my advice and hope it is useful to you.

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Samsung Will Release Galaxy S3 Mini in October 11 in German

According to the latest news reported by the foreign media, Samsung executives JK Shin announced that Samsung will release its new phone - Galaxy S3 mini in October in German.

When it comes to Mini, many people will definitely think of the top electronic products - Apple iPad Mini. Even thought Galaxy S3 mini is smartphone while iPad mini is tablet, we can also see the great competition between Samsung and Apple. Then, compared with Apple's new generation iPhone - iPhone5, what is the shinning point of Galaxy S3 mini?

JK Shin said Galaxy S3 mini is designed for the middle and lower-range market segment. According to the leak, by narrowing its screen size to 4 inches, Galaxy S3 mini has a similar appearance with the original Galaxy S3 but just with a smaller size. The screen on it is a super AMOLED display with an 800×480 resolution. The phone will run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean like the Galaxy Note II. And the Galaxy S III Mini will sport a 5MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, a front-facing camera (no additional details given), NFC, a microSD card slot, and a 1500mAh battery.

It is said that Samsung Galaxy S III mini has two colors – white and blue to be chosen from. And it is expected to be available on 29 this month. As to its price, rumors are that it is priced at about 399 euros which is much lower than the price of Galaxy S III.

More details about Galaxy S III are deserved to our further focus. Maybe it prepares for the consumers more surprises! Of course, we can know only after the conference. Let us waiting for it!

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How to Make a PowerPoint Look Like a Book

Several days ago, I found an excellent PowerPoint blog online. From that blog I have learned unintentionally a wonderful PowerPoint skill – how to make a PowerPoint look like a book. It is really amazing. So today I cannot help to sharing the skill with all of you. I am sure you will like it.

Step 1 Turn on your Microsoft Office PowerPoint, click “Insert”> “Picture” to insert a picture into the PPT. Adjust the size of the picture to the size of a book.

Step 2 Copy the picture and paste it on the same slide show, and then put the two pictures together. It looks a little like a book now, isn’t it? Add some words on it will be more vivid.

Step 3 Click “Insert”> “Text Box” to insert a text box into one picture and then write some words in it.

Step 4 Click “Design” to choose a theme, then it looks more perfect.

The following is my work, hope you will like it!

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How to Burn PowerPoint to DVD

Several days ago, a friend wrote me a letter:

Dear Abby,

I have been fallen in love with my girlfriend for almost ten years and now I am preparing to propose to her. To give her a surprise, I have made a PowerPoint by using our photos. I am going to play the slide show during proposal. But now I find this plan will not work because I have to take so much equipment such as computer, projector, projection screen etc. Do you have any good suggestions? Your early reply will be truly appreciated.

After reading his letter, I was really moved. I think, in any case, I have to help him. Actually, I really have a good idea - Convert PowerPoint to DVD, then you can play the converted PowerPoint with a DVD player. Here I would like to share the method with all of you.

Before conversion you should download a PPT to DVD Burner and install it on your computer. Then you can finish the conversion within several steps.

Step 1 Import a Local PowerPoint
Click the “Import” button to import a local PowerPoint and soon you will see the following picture. If you want to remove the PowerPoint, you just click the “Del” button.

Step 2 Set Output Options
Click “Option” to set Aspect Ratio and output path.

Step 3 Add Background Music
Click “Music” and select a Playback No. and click “add” icon to add background music to DVD.

Step 4 Add Watermark
Click “Logo” and then click “Add” to add watermark to DVD.

Step 5 Start Burning
Click “Burn” and then click “Start” to start burning.

After all the steps, the PowerPoint was burned to DVD. Then you can enjoy it on your DVD player. Please try it, maybe it will come in handy one day when you are proposing to your lover.

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How to Make Two Pictures Move at the Same Time in PowerPoint 2010

As we know, using animation program in the PowerPoint will make our PowerPoint looks more vivid and interesting. It has great significance in attracting audiences' attention. The more attention the audiences paid to our PowerPoint, the more possible we make efficient presentation.

PowerPoint 2010 provides its users with many animation effects. This was supposed to be an advantage, but, in PowerPoint 2010, animation effect of each picture can only be showed one by one. That is to say, we will have trouble in making two or more pictures move at the same time.

Is there any cool way to solve this problem? Of course there is. Actually, it is very easy. If you turn the two or more pictures into one, you can make it. Can you guess the resolution? Ok, let me introduce it to you.

Step 1: insert pictures Open Microsoft Office 2010 and click "Insert" > "Picture" to insert the pictures. Here I just insert two pictures.

Step 2: Combine pictures Select both the two pictures and right click, choose "Group" > "Group". Then the two pictures become one.

Step 3: choose animation effects Click "Animations" > "Animation Styles" to choose animation effects for the picture. Then you have made it. You can see the effects when you click "Slide Show" > "From Current Slide". Here I choose "Swivel".

It is incredibly easy to make it. Three simple steps are all it takes! Can you make it by yourself?

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The Lightest Tablet - Medias Tab UL N08-D

Last Thursday, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo announced the news of selling Medias Tab UL N08-D from NEC. Employed carbon fiber materials used in modern aviation, it weighs only 249 grams, 63% the weight of 7 inches Kindle Fire HD on Amazon and 71% that of Nexus 7. In this case, Medias Tab UL N08-D is claimed to be the lightest tablet up to this point around the world. It deployed the Android 4.0 ICS system, LCD-display with a resolution of 1280*800, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, a rear camera with 8 million pixels and a 3100 mAh battery.

As we can see, the specification of Medias Tab UL N08-D is quite similar to many other tablets, however, the greatest advance of Medias Tab UL N08-D does not lie in its hardware but its weight. It is really amazing that a tablet with 7 inches screen just weighs 249 grams! In addition to its light weight, its thickness of 7.9mm is another attraction.

These days, most of us tend to enjoy our leisure time in the outdoors with our families, friends or lovers. We often surf the internet, listen to music, take photos or watch movies by using our laptops. We really enjoy ourselves. But, I believe all of us are tired of carrying around a heavy laptop computer. We are longing for a lighter alternative. Medias Tab UL N08-D is just the perfect one. With it, we can enjoy ourselves without worrying about taking the heavy and cumbersome laptops. For this advantage, I believe it will soon become popular among people around the world.

What a wonderful tablet! It looks so nice that I really want to buy one. I even can’t help to imagining that I am watching my favorite movie on the grass with my friends at weekends. Do you feel the same way? Oh! It occurred to me that maybe I should choose a video converter for Medias Tab UL N08-D. As best I know, usually tablets support videos of many different formats downloaded from the Internet, but HD AVI video seems to be an exception. Besides, some tablets do not support WMV. For this reason, I think a video converter is really a necessity.

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Watching The Breaking Dawn on iPhone or iPod

The Breaking Dawn is no doubt one of the 10 most anticipated Hollywood movies in 2012. It was divided into two parts. The first part is released in last year. According to the report, the second part will be released in November this year. Stephenie Meyer is its screenwriter. She was born in Connecticut in America and graduated from Brigham Young University. Her major is English literature. She was a full-time housewife as well as the mother of three children and she has no writing experience. However, one night in 2003 she had a dream. Since then her life has changed. She dreamed that a beautiful young girl and a handsome young man fell in love with each other on the grass on a sunny day. The young man was a vampire and he was telling his lover that he was trying his best to control the desire to kill her and it was so difficult for him. Finally, Stephenie Meyer wrote the novel Twilight from this dream. Then she wrote another three novels new moon, eclipse and breaking dawn. Now these books have become one of the best-sellers with millions of closet fans. Here I would like to share some beautiful pictures with you.

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How to make teaching video from PowerPoint and audio

College life is really rich and colorful! In college, you do not need to sit in the classroom and listen to the teachers as you do in the middle school, on the contrary, you can join in a bunch of different communities and take part in many different activities outside the classroom. All you should do is to make sure you succeed in the final examination. You have the right to arrange your time absolutely. In this case, it is common for college students to ditch class and study at the last moment. Have you ever been always absent in your class? Have you ever worried about the final examination? Don’t worry! Suppose you just watched the teaching video from the PowerPoint made by your teachers and audio recordings of your teachers in the class, would you be feeling so bad? I am sure you will not. Next, I will introduce you the skills in details.

Step1: insert the audio

Open your PowerPoint file, and insert click insert button to insert the audio.

Step2: install a software

To convert PowerPoint to video requires to install third-party software, here I would like to recommend Moyea PPT to Video Converter. After installing the software, you can convert the PPT. Here is the interface of the software:

Step 3: Import PPT

Click the “Add” button to import your PPT and soon you will see the following picture. If you want to clear the PPT, you just right click and choose the “Clear” option.

Step 4: Choose output format

Click “profile” combo box to choose an output format. Here you can also choose Video Quality and Audio Quality.

Step 5: Set output resolution (video size)

Click the Settings button to set video size.

Step 6: Start converting

Once all the parameters have been set, click the Start button to Start converting. After conversion you will see the following picture and you can review the lessons as soon as possible.

Come on, what are you waiting for? Read this article and learn how to make teaching video from PowerPoint and audio right now! Then you can try your best to study on your computer, smart phone or even MP4 at any time. In that case, you will free from the trouble of the final examination, good luck!

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