ITConnect SPEAR-PHISHING. Advanced Video Editing with Filmora Our advanced tips for editing your own videos

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1 ITConnect Technology made practical for home OCTOBER 06 Advanced Video Editing with Filmora Our advanced tips for editing your own videos Smart Searches in Outlook Learn how to narrow down your search results to easily find a specific useful websites websites you will certainly start using if you are not already SPEAR-PHISHING Hillary Clintons team got caught out - don t you be the next victim. Read our definition of spear-phishing and our tips on keeping safe from such attacks.

2 0 6 Fundamental Excel Tips Excel comes with hundreds of shortcuts, formulas and tools, which can be used on their own or combined to achieve a huge amount of tasks in Excel. Learning to use all of them is hardly possible or practical, but there are some fundamental things you need to know. In this article we give you a selection of features you can use in Excel to make your spreadsheets more functional and professional as well as save some time. Hide Columns & Rows. If you create a spreadsheet that contains columns or rows of information you want to hide when printing your sheet you can hide them by right clicking the column or row and selecting Hide. To unhide, select the columns or rows immediately before and after the hidden ones and right click then select Unhide. Quick Calculations. If you wish to quickly sum up a list of numbers, use the pointer to select the cells that contain the numbers you want to add up and the total sum for your selection will appear in the bottom right hand corner of Excel. Other calculations also show, and you can manage what calculations show by right clicking the area. Quickly Resize all Columns. If the data you have entered into a column is wider than the column itself, it may not display correctly. To quickly adjust the width of the column to fit the contents, double click the right hand edge of the column in the heading area, and it will automatically snap to fit the contents. You can also select more than one column and use this tecnique to resize all selected columns at once. Quickly Fill a column. Once you have entered a formula or value in a cell, select the cell and then double click the little knob called the Fill handle that appears on the bottom right hand corner of the selected cell. This will automatically copy the contents of this cell down as far as the rest of the information in the sheet. CONT D ON NEXT PAGE...

3 0 5 6 Add shortcuts to Quick Access Bar. The Quick Access Bar is located in the top left hand corner of Excel and contains some useful shortcuts you can access without having to click on any tabs. Click the small dropdown list to add more. To get ready for the next tip, add the option now. Send an from Excel. Once you have added the option to the Quick Access bar (see previous step) you can click this icon (an envelope and paperclip) to immediately attach the spreadsheet you are working on to an . A new message will be created with the file attached ready for you to address and send. Advanced Video Editing with Filmora Last month we looked at using Filmora in an easy automatic mode to add some style to your videos and although this by itself can produce some satisfactory results, you are limited to the themes offered by Filmora in this mode. Filmora also has an advanced mode which gives you full control over the editing of your video. The process of using Filmora to manually edit your videos is still one of the easiest to master, even in Advanced mode, so below is how to get started and some editing techniques you may want to experiment with. This article builds on the information provided in our September 06 article, so make sure you have read that article and installed Filmora before starting out. The first step in this guide is to open Filmora. Once Filmora is open, select the dimension you want to use for your video and then click the Full Feature Mode button. Click the Import dropdown list and select Import Media Files. Browse to the folder where your videos are stored and import any video you want to use in this video. Once the videos are imported, they are displayed in what is a holding area, they aren t yet part of your video. To add a video, hover over it and click the plus icon. CONT D ON NEXT PAGE...

4 0 As you insert videos they get added to the time line at the bottom of Filmora and you can see a preview of them in the top right hand corner of Filmora. If the video you have inserted doesn t fill the screen properly, click the Crop icon which is just above the time line (or press the ALT and C keys together) and crop your video down to size until you get the desired result. Once you have inserted some videos, you can change the order in which they play by clicking on the video (in the timeline) and dragging it into its new position. You can also add Transition effects which help merge the videos together click the video you want to apply the effect to, click the Transitions menu and select one from there. 5 6 Filters change the colours of your videos or add elements such as sparkles or snow and also effects, such as a blur effect. Locate the filter you want to use in the Filters menu and click and drag it into the position you want on the time line. Once in the timeline you can change its position by dragging it backwards or forwards. In the Text menu, you can select from many different text elements ranging from sophisticated titles through to plain sub titles. Drag the text element you want to use into the timeline and then click and drag the edge of the text element to extend or shorten the time it plays for. To edit the text, double click the text element in timeline. 7 8 There are other elements you can add as well such as icons and shapes. These are available in the Elements menu and can be simply dragged into the timeline at the position you want it to appear. Like all other elements, the position can be changed by dragging it back and forward, and the length of time it plays for can be changed by stretching it longer or shorter on the timeline. Once the video is complete, click the Export button and follow the instructions in last month s issue to save the video in a format you can share. We also suggest you press the CTRL and S keys together on a regular basis to save your video as you edit it. The first time you do this you will be asked to save it in a folder on your computer. Once saved, you can close Filmora and open this file later to continue working on your video.

5 05 Fonts that look like handwriting When typing text on a document, you don t have to limit yourself to the normal square fonts most people use there are many fonts available that actually look like handwriting, and you can even convert your own handwriting into a font to use on your computer. In the December 0 issue we provided information on finding and installing free fonts for your computer, and the website we introduced does have several handwriting fonts to choose from, however vletter.com takes handwriting fonts to a new level, including fonts you can use to create your own practise writing sheets with any sentences you want for example, passages from the Bible. has many different styles of handwriting fonts available for download but a good place to start is their free daily font. On the home page, click the Font Downloads and Demos menu and select Handwriting Font of the day. Each day a different font is available for download, free of charge. Click on the Handwriting Font Products menu and select Schoolhouse Educational Handwriting Fonts. Here you can purchase a font that allows you to create your own handwriting practise sheet for children. Once installed, you can use this font to create your own handwriting practise sheet using any phrases you wish. For some (expensive) fun, you can even get your own handwriting converted into a font. Go to com/custom-handwriting-fonts.html for details. The process involves filling out a special order form with samples of your handwriting, which they then convert to a font. For a free option, you can use to create your own font. Download and print the PDF template from the home page and fill out the form using the style of hand writing you wish to convert. Once complete, scan the printed page and upload it to the website. Click the Start button and follow the instructions on the screen. For instructions on installing the font, please read our December 0 issue.

6 06 Very Useful Websites There are over billion websites on the internet today and needless to say many of them are of no use what-so-ever, however we do come across some very useful ones every now and then. Below are four sites that we think you will start using if you aren t already. - XE is the place to go for anything related to foreign exchange. Not only can you look up current rates of all main currencies of the world, but you can also access charts that show historical information on the performance of each currency. XE also has a useful currency converter and provides an service with daily currency updates. FlightStats allows you to look up any flight in the world and see up to date information on the status of the flight. This is a great website to tracking the progress of a family member in transit or follow progress of a flight with someone you need to pick up from the airport. FlightStats also offers an service to update you on the status of a flight. - BoxOh allows you to track packages sent by the main couriers, such as UPS, DHL and FedEx. The packages whereabouts are plotted on Google maps giving you a visual clue as to where your package currently is. Although it doesn t track the exact position if your package is in route, it does show its last known stop. - NoTimeForFLashCards is an excellent resource for ideas for children. This site has lists of games and resources and is educationally orientated making it useful and safe. The Get Outside & Play section has a variety of themes games for the outdoors including math games, nature activities and much more.

7 07 Understanding Broadband Broadband is what gives your computer access to the internet which enables you to view websites, send and receive s and do other tasks that require connection between other computers or servers. Broadband is used as a general term that covers several different ways of connecting to the internet. This includes services provided through your phone line, fibre optic services as well as satellite connections. There are also other ways of connecting to internet that are not strictly broadband these include dial-up and mobile connections and are usually slower than a broadband connection. Not all internet services are available in every area, so we ve listed the options in order of preference, but what you can contract will depend on where you live. Fibre Optic is a new type of broadband which is can be up to 00 times faster than the basic DSL connection speeds, but is not widely available yet. This service may be offered by your phone provider although since this is fairly new technology, you may only have one provider in your area, if any at all. DSL is short for Digital Subscriber Line and it provides internet through the telephone lines into your house. Although the same telephone cable is used, it doesn t interfere with your phone line. DSL is most likely the most affordable broadband service and is easily contracted through any provider offering phone lines or DSL internet in your area. Cable Internet is provided by television providers. The same cable network that delivers television to homes can also deliver internet, and you often have the option to contract just the internet service, without having to pay for television as well. For some, this may be the only option although should be avoided if possible due to performance fluctuations. If you are in a rural area, you may not have access to any of the services mentioned, which leaves Satellite internet as the only option. A small satellite dish is installed on your property which receives internet signals from a satellite. Speed and performance is usually very good but it is usually more expensive than the other options mentioned.

8 08 Smart Searches in Outlook Even if you have used a special folder structure in Outlook to file your , knowing how to use the search tool correctly in Outlook could still be a quicker way to locate a specific . Just like Google, whilst you can enter a simple search term in the search bar, using special keywords or entering the search in a specific format will narrow the results of your search right down, meaning there are less s to look through, making it easier to find the you need. Click in the search box located at the top of the list of s and type in a word or two that is likely to be unique to the you are searching for. If you used more than one word, adding OR in capitals between two words will search for s that contain one or both of those words. If you know the person who sent the , you can add from: followed by the person s name and any other s will be removed from the results. The same can be done for s sent to a certain person add to: followed by the name of the recipient to narrow down just on s sent to that particular person. If the you are searching for has an attachment, you can add hasattachments:yes to the search term to narrow the results down to just s with attachments. This also works for s with no attachments, just change yes to no. There is a shortcut button for this on the Search tab that appears when you click in the search bar. You can also specify words in the subject by using subject:. Finally all of these search keywords can be used in conjunction with each other for example training hasattachments:yes from:matthew to:philip will search for s about training that were sent to Philip by Matthew and have an attachment.

9 09 Merge Multiple Word Files into one If you have several different Word documents that you need to merge into a single new file, Word does have an easy way of achieving this in a few steps. If you only have a few documents to merge, the best option may be to simply copy and paste the text into a new file, or to the end of one of the files you want to merge, but if you have several files, such as chapters for a research paper or even recipes, another approach may be quicker. The first step to merging your Word documents is to make sure that the file names for each file can be sorted into the order you want them to appear in the new file. An each way to do this is to start each file name off with a number indicating the order in which they should be merged. Open a new blank document in Word or open an existing document if you wish to add this information to something you have already started creating. Go to the Insert tab and click the Object dropdown list which is located in the Text group of this tab. Select the Text from file option. From the Insert window that opens, navigate to the folder that contains the files you want to merge and select the files you want to merge. Keep in mind that the files are inserted in the same order they appear in this folder, which is why step of this process is important. Once they are selected, click the Insert button. Now the text from each document will be inserted into your document. Keep in mind that there is no visual clue as to when each document starts and stops, so you may need to manually enter titles or some sort of divider between each block of text, depending of course on what it is you have merged.

10 0 What is Spear-phishing and how to protect yourself Running up to the elections in the USA there has been a lot of discussions around leaked information, mostly obtained by hacking accounts. In fact we now know that the Chairman of Hillary Clintons campaign actually fell for a trick often used (and covered in this newsletter) called Phishing, except in her case it was spear-phishing. As covered in previous issues, phishing is a technique used by hackers to trick people into giving them the information they want by using very official looking s and websites. These s are often made to look like they are from reputable organizations, in fact the that caught out Mr Podesta, Hillarys campaign chairman, was one made to look like it was from Google, warning him that his had been accessed and that he must immediately change his password. The link provided in the didn t go to the Google website but instead to a special website set up by the criminals where, according to reports, Mr Podesta entered his password information, thinking he was protecting himself when in actual fact, he was falling victim to a phishing scam. The difference between phishing and spear-phishing, is that spear-phishing is a targeted attack. Phishing s are generally sent out to a large audience by hackers or spammers in the hope that a small percentage of the recipients will fall for the scam, however spear-phishing scams are targeted to specific individuals. The hacker will often study the individual and learn as much information as they can about the individual, their family and work place. Once they have concluded their research they can use the information they discovered about their target to come up with a strategy to attack at their weakest point which in some cases may be somebody else their spouse or partner or an IT worker at the workplace. With spear-phishing, hackers are after something specific, for Mr Podesta it was the content of his s, which were later leaked to try and influence the election results, but for common citizens the reason is usually financial. Once they have hacked your s they can learn more about the people you interact with and ultimately instruct someone (using your address) to transfer money to a bank account. Spear-phishing s can be identical to real genuine s: To protect yourself from spearphishing s: - Read our article in the December 0 newsletter - If you receive an asking you to update your personal details of password, DO NOT CLICK any links provided in the , open your browser and go to the website in question by either typing the websites address directly into your browser (use Google if you can t remember the address). IGNORE s from websites or services you haven t signed up for. - If you do believe you have been hacked, change your password immediately using a strong password (read our password articles in the June 0 and June 06 issues) - If a supplier (or anyone, even a close family member) asks you to transfer money to a new or different bank account, take the time to ask the person by phone or in person if they actually sent you the . - Be careful how much information you post about yourself on the internet in social networks such as LinkedIn or Facebook any information you make available can be used against you. - Treat all s that ask you to login to a website, change your password or update your records as suspicious.