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17 New f ree c lip a rt
Looking f or a n ew image t o s pruce
up a d ocument, presentation or
newsletter? I f y ou’ve a lready
exhausted y our w ord p rocessor’s built-in
supply o f c lip a rt, y ou’ll p robably b e
looking f or something new . If so, c heck
out the l atest d ownloadable files available
from the O penclipart website ( www.
snipca.com/26405, s ee screenshot
below). Y o u’ll find e verything from
abstract shapes and p atterns to cartoon-
style i mages, striking silhouettes a nd
even free photos, a ll downloadable in a
range o f f ormats.

T o ucans, Cro-Magnons, g iraffes and t ulips - t hey’re all d ownloadable f or free

more than 2 m illion illustrations and
photos, t aken from a r ange of scientific,
natural h istory, b otanical, and r esearch
sources. Download any y ou like a t www.
snipca.com/26408 (see screenshot
Openclipart has a w ide selection of free clip above).
art images
20 Free f onts
18 New W indows 10 themes Windows, Office a nd other t ools
The Windows 1 0 C reators Update come with a b uilt-in library of
(released i n A pril) revived fonts f or you t o u se in your 1001fonts.com h as a h uge selection of free
Themes – a n o ld Windows s ystem documents. But i f y ou’re l ooking for and p aid-for fonts t o d ownload
that let y ou apply t hemed w allpapers, something new t hen t ry 1001fonts.com.
colour s chemes and s ound effects to your Going to www.snipca.com/26407 will how i t w ould look in all t he fonts d isplayed
PC. N ow you c an download hundreds of take you t o t he latest fonts a vailable, b ut (see screenshot above). Most fonts a re
free themes via the W indows Store ( see you c an also browse by category. Y ou can free. C lick the p rice-tag icon in the t op
screenshot below). type a w ord i nto t he box a t t he top t o s ee toolbar t o s ee those y ou’ll h ave t o p ay for.
To give your desktop a f resh lick of
paint f or 2018, c lick Start, Settings, W A TCH M ORE B BCSHOWS – B UT BE QUICK!
Personalisation, Th emes, t hen c lick ‘Get
more themes in the S tore’. Click o ne to
preview i t, then click G et to download it. In the w ords of Director-General
Tony Hall, t he BBC i s o n a
mission to “reinvent public
service b roadcasting f or a n ew
generation”. P art of that is to make more
shows available to watch o nline t hrough
the i Player. W e a pplaud the t iming o f i ts
first big effort – a b unch of classic shows
made available just in time f or Yuletide
viewing. Y o u c an stream or download
them for f ree.
Y o u c an download hundreds o f t hemes f rom Visit the B BC’s site f or the l ist o f
the W indows Store – w hat’s y our f avourite? programmes (www.snipca.com/26406), EastEnders Christmas specials (including
which includes b oth s eries o f Planet Earth Den h anding A ngie divorce p apers i n
19 Nature p hotos & i llustrations and Blue Planet; a cclaimed dramas Peaky 1986, w atched b y a m ind-boggling 30
The Biodiversity H eritage L ibrary Blinders, Wolf Hall and Line of Duty; a nd million people!).
(www.biodiversitylibrary.org), a the c omedies Gavin a nd Stacey and The shows won’t b e a vailable for l ong
consortium of natural h istory Miranda. though – j ust u ntil mid-January. Hopefully
and b otanical l ibraries in the U S a nd Y o u c an also watch s eries 3 a nd 4 o f this w ill f ree up space f or more s hows
England, recently put the e ntire c ontents Sherlock, e very regeneration episode of throughout 2018. C lassic series f rom t he
of its open-source archive o nline f or free. Doctor W ho from 2005, a nd five 1970s a nd 1980s w ould be our t op choice.
Y o u c an browse the w hole c ollection –

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