[iBook] Graphic question

[david]

On 2/4/05 11:38 PM, "Brian Olesky" <brian4 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I'm putting together a PowerPoint presentation, and I'd like to put a small
> red dot in the middle of the letter O, sort of like a bullseye. Obviously,
> I'm not a designer, and the closest thing I have to a design program is
> Photoshop Elements. Anyone know a way to just apply this red dot exactly
> where I want it, using either PowerPoint, Word, PhotoShop Elements, Magic,
> Paint on the screen, or whatever?

In Photoshop elements open a new document with a resolution of 72 and sized
to the approximate size you want the letter ŒO¹ to appear + a little more.
Use the text tool to put the letter on the canvas. Go to the layer palette
(open if from the Window menu if it isn¹t on screen) and flatten the image.
(To flatten, click on the round button near the top right corner of the
palette. That will pop open a menu and flatten is near the bottom.) That¹s
the ŒO¹

The red dot can be done several different ways. One would be to simply
select the brush tool, size it as you want, and place it in the ŒO¹. Another
would be to keep the text tool and place a period in the center. (If you do
this you¹ll have to use the flatten command.) You could also use the ellipse
marquee tool, make a round selection in the ŒO¹ and then use fill to make it
red.

Once you have your masterpiece made look at the layer palette to make sure
there is only one layer. Now, you want to save as a JPEG.

Tah dah!

And has anyone been able to try out the new PowerBook trackpad? My local
Apple store doesn¹t have any yet and where I work order tracking shows the
last week of February for our first delivery. I hate how Apple plays unfair
with product distro.

david