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Sign a PDF with Preview.app

The Signatures section of the Preferences for Preview.

Need to add your actual signature to a PDF? You need Apple’s Preview.app. Here’s how to make it work.

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How to include Alt Text with images in Word 2011

Write your alt-text in the Title field.

What say you can’t see the images in a document? Wouldn’t it be great if the images were replaced by text instead! Here’s how to add alternate text to images if you’re writing with Word 2011 for Mac, as explained by guest author Rachel McAlpine.

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Book Review: Take Control of BBEdit

Take Control of BBEdit.

If you use BBEdit at all then buy Take Control of BBEdit, either for a head start or as a tune-up for your existing work habits. And if you write or work with web sites then BBEdit itself is also a must-have app.

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Tap and Hold in iOS and Lion reveals unexpected choices

Tap and hold a virtual key on iOS5 to see more options.

Tap and hold on a letter or symbol on an iOS virtual keyboard to see and select alternate characters while typing. Also tap and hold on the Delete key to quickly delete chunks of text. Here’s how. And as a bonus: find out what Lion does with Tap and Hold!

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