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Graphics can be added to your output through a variety of methods. Many of today’s word pro- cessing packages offer several levels of graphics capabilities. Fonts (type styles) generally have up to 255 characters in a set. In the extended set there are often symbols such as Copyright, trademarks, simple graphic symbols, and foreign character sets that can be used to make your documents more interesting. There are even complete font sets that are only symbols. Some word processors. even mimic desk-top publish- ing packages by allowing graphic compatibility with paint and drawing programs and provide some limited drawing features. Computer graphics fall into three basic groups, bitmaps, vector or structured drawings and EPS (Encapsulated Postscript). Bitmaps, as the term implies, are composed of tiny squares or pixels. If my picture on this col- umn was processed by a com- Affiliate Teacher of Royal of Music with yerience: GIVE YOUR WORK THAT PROFESSIONAL TOUC! 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Then, when you import the graphic into your output program if you scale the graphic to, say, 30 per cent of its original size, the pixels will be crammed together and the printed line will appear much smoother. While bitmapped graphics cai provide an easy solution to your graphic needs, there are a couple of problems to ~ consider, Tf you plan to use bitmaps extensively, you will proba- bly need: more RAM memory and hard storage. A simple single color bitmap may be just a few kilobytes in size but- a full color picture can occu- Py many hundred megabytes of RAM and disk space. The larger the bitmap, the greater the detail available to your printer. To print a highly detailed bitmap effectively, you will need a high resolu- tion printer and the printer must also have enough mem- ory to accept the large file size. In the next article I will dis- cuss vector and EPS graphics. Please feel free to call me at 873-1056. this d A Second Property Revelation »*’ By Andrew Mackenzie, B.B.A. T= teal estate boom in the 1980s has caused many people to make investments in real estate, ‘The topic of this week's article is not to evaluate As usual, the government has changed the rules regarding the tion of second properties. These rules should be clearly understood by any- that effect ownership of second properties. od of time may or may not be effect Ifa gain is over $100,000 there Period before the rule changes will . Lastly, if you have owned a Property for a period of time and your gain is under $100,000 your tax bill is ‘The $100,000 capital gains exemp- tion no lon, i id prop- erties, including cottages and rental properties. The problem for some is the way this change has been imple- nted. ‘This is how it works, To determine property al a re 1992 by t i after 1971, and multiply this by the capital gain. This has different rej ‘ussions on different people. Those who bought during the boom in the growing every to the property. ‘The way capital gains are taxed is ‘simple be comparison. For every dollar of gain not eligible for the exempt 75. ‘There are other considerations that you own any second properties, you should consult a financial planner in order to fully und how changes will effect you, If you have any questions a properties will probably be worth less than they paid for the property. Those ity i peri= ny other financial planning concerns, rew can be reached at 877-5495