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June 29, 2009

7 Photoshop Tutorials from the University of Florida

Here are 7 Photoshop Tutorials, at the University of Florida's website, that describe and demonstrate graphic design using Photoshop. These Photoshop tutorials will help you to increase your skills in many areas of Photoshop. They guide you through the world of Photoshop by giving you a tour of the application's features, tools, and shortcuts.


7 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials:


Adobe Photoshop 7.0  (1342.7 kb, pdf)
This section of the tutorial gives you an introduction to the graphics editor, Photoshop. It explains basic features like the interface, the color modes, creating customized graphics and saving files.

 - What is Adobe Photoshop 7.0?
 - The Interface
 - Color Modes
 - Working with Photos
 - Creating Customized Graphics
 - Saving Files


Introduction to Adobe Photoshop  (259 kb, pdf)
This tutorial demonstrates on the interface of Photoshop, on how to open an existing image, the different menu bars, the toolbox, the navigator palette, the color palette and a host of other palettes that could make your image editing more efficient.

 - Interface
 - Open an existing image
 - Open a new file
 - Menu Bar
 - File menu
 - Edit menu
 - View menu
 - Select menu
 - Layer menu
 - Image menu
 - Toolbox
 - Option Bar
 - Palettes
 - Navigator palette
 - Color palette
 - Swatches palette
 - Styles palette
 - Character palette
 - Paragraph palette
 - Layer palette
 - History palette
 - Saving Files
 - Save for Web
 - Resolution
 - Glossary


Photoshop Extras  (180.5 kb, pdf)
This tutorial teaches you some more Photoshop features like the shortcuts, healing photos, working with selections and layers and how to work on vignette photographs.

 - Photoshop Shortcuts
 - Healing Photos
 - Working with Selections and Layers
 - Opening and Saving files and file sizes
 - Vignette


Photoshop CS2 Basics  (3013.5 kb, doc)
This tutorial increases your skills in Photoshop CS2 by demonstrating various features like the menu bars, various palettes that are available at your dispense, opening new and existing images, saving the files etc.

 - Interface
 - Open an existing image
 - Open a new file
 - Menu Bar
 - File menu
 - Edit menu
 - View menu
 - Select menu
 - Layer menu
 - Image menu
 - Toolbox
 - Option Bar
 - Palettes
 - Navigator palette
 - Color palette
 - Swatches palette
 - Styles palette
 - Character palette
 - Paragraph palette
 - Layer palette
 - History palette
 - Saving Files
 - Save for Web
 - Resolution
 - Glossary


Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS3 (4877 kb,doc)  PDF 2036
Here is a introduction to Photoshop CS3 which gives you the knowledge of the Photoshop interface and the various mechanics related to it.

 - The Photoshop Interface
 - The Mechanics of Photoshop


Photoshop Shortcuts  (23.5 kb, doc)
This lists out various keyboard shortcuts that could make your Photoshop editing much faster and efficient.


Adobe Photoshop Outline  (27.5 kb, doc)
This tutorial describes briefly the main points related to learning Photoshop.

Popularity: 6% [?]

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    2 CSS Tutorials and Guides

    Here is a Comprehensive CSS Guide and Tutorial, located at wsabstract.com, that will teach and show you, from the ground up, how to code and use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in your web pages and sites. The introduction page of this CSS tutorial says this about what CSS is and how it can benefit your web site: "Style is what gives an item its distinctive look or feel. For text it could be what font is used, what color, size, or spacing. It also applies to other HTML objects such as links, images, backgrounds, margins and borders. Some of the benefits to using CSS are more consistency, better layout and visual design, plus easier HTML coding. Also you can do things with style sheets that could never be done before."


     - Introduction
     - 4 ways to defining style
     - The basics, ids, classes, and spans
     - Margins
     - Font and text
     - Backgrounds
     - Advanced CSS concepts



    Here is another CSS Tutorial, at htmlhelp.com, that will also help you learn and improve your CSS coding skills.

    Style Sheets Now!
    Change the appearance of hundreds of Web pages by changing just one file... Influence presentation without losing visitors... All with the power and flexibility of Web style sheets.
    Quick Tutorial
    A basic introduction to Cascading Style Sheets.
    CSS Structure and Rules
    An introduction to the various kinds of selectors, pseudo-classes, pseudo-elements, and cascading order.
    CSS Properties
    Descriptions of the various properties available in Cascading Style Sheets, level 1.
    Linking Style Sheets to HTML
    Various methods of incorporating style sheets into an HTML document.
    Style Sheet Dependence
    How to misuse style sheets and make your pages inaccessible.
    CSSCheck
    Check the syntax and style of your Cascading Style Sheets with this CSS lint.
    CSS References
    Links to CSS specifications and other documentation.


    Popularity: 5% [?]

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    June 27, 2009

    17 Word 2007 Tutorials

    These 17 Word 2007 Tutorials at Microsoft Office Online are in the form of Webcasts, Podcasts and video tips. Word is the word processing software developed by Microsoft and is bundled with the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications and sold as a standalone application. These Word tutorials demonstrate how to quickly create Word documents with graphics, tips and tricks, simple solutions for complex documents and sharing Word 2007 documents.


    8 Word Webcasts:
    These webcasts are recorded as live events by Microsoft Office experts and they discuss tips and tricks to create impressive Word documents, how to effectively use the Ribbon in Word 2007 and interfacing Visual Basic Applications with Microsoft Word.

    - Advanced Tips & Tricks for Word 2007 Documents
    - Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (level 100)
    - Tips & Tricks for Impressive Word 2007 Documents in Less Time (Level 200)
    - Advanced Tips and Tricks: Customizing the Ribbon Using Office Open XML (Level 300)
    - Advanced Tips and Tricks: Breaking Into Your Office Open XML Format Documents (Level 300)
    - Advanced Tips and Tricks: Using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Every Day Is Easier Than You Think (Level 300)
    - Advanced Tips and Tricks: What You Can Really Do with Your Documents Across the 2007 Office Release (Level 300)
    - Advanced Tips & Tricks for Word 2007: Simple Solutions for Complex Documents


    Word Video tips:
    These video tips explain Word 2007’s fluent user interface and how it benefits users to work and share Word documents among themselves.
    Microsoft Office Fluent User Interface: What You Can Do 256k | 750k
    Sharing Documents Using Word 2007 256k | 750k
    Utilizing the Insert Tab and Creating Building Blocks 256k | 750k


    Podcasts:
    These podcasts provided below show users quick tips and tricks, some of the top tips by Word users and an advanced section of tips that make working with Word a very good experience indeed.

    - Advanced Tips & Tricks for Word 2007 Documents
    - Top Tips for Word 2007 (Level 100)
    - Microsoft Office System Webcast: Advanced Tips and Tricks for Word 2007: Simple Solutions for Complex Documents (Level 300)


    Mini-webcasts:
    These five minute webcasts focus on getting the most of out of Word 2007 and can be downloaded to your computer for later reference.

    - 5-Minute Word Webcast
    - Word Side By Side: What's New & Different
    - Quick Tips for Getting the Most Out of Microsoft Office Word 2007

    Popularity: 10% [?]

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    June 25, 2009

    Web Development Tutorials using Microsoft Technologies

    Here are several Tutorials and Articles on Web Development using Microsoft Technologies, at Microsoft Developer Network, covering various web development topics and techniques using Microsoft. ASP .NET is a web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft Corporation to allow programmers to build dynamic web sites, web applications and web services. These Web Development Tutorials cover web development using ASP .NET, HTML and CSS, Internet Explorer Development, Internet Information Services, Scripting, Server Technologies and Silverlight.


    ASP .NET Web Applications
    ASP .NET is a unified web platform that provides all the services necessary for the user to build enterprise-class applications. This tutorial explains about web development using ASP.NET, the Visual Web Developer and Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern which is an architectural design principle that separates the components of a Web application.

     - Web Development with ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer
     - ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC)  


    HTML and CSS
    HTML, an acronym for HyperText Markup Language, is the one of the most popular markup languages that is used for web pages. This tutorial explains the topics of new features of Internet Explorer, HTML, DHTML Behaviors and Data Binding and CSS in detail.

     - What's New in Internet Explorer?
     - HTML and DHTML Overviews and Tutorials
     - HTML and DHTML Reference
     - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
     - DHTML Behaviors
     - DHTML Data Binding
     - Scriptable Editing
     - Web Multimedia
     - HTML Applications (HTA)
     - Accessibility
     - Technical Articles and Columns


    Internet Explorer Development
    This tutorial explains various methods for developers to add functionality to Microsoft Internet Explorer and thus allowing to enhance the user interface. As Internet Explorer's component architecture is based on Component Object Model (COM), there are many different ways to extend its capabilities.

     - Internet Explorer Architecture
     - Browser Extensions
     - Content Extensions
     - Hosting and Reuse
     - Globalization
     - URL Monikers
     - Security and Privacy
     - Technical Articles and Columns
     - Book Excerpts


    Internet Information Services (IIS)
    This tutorial details out Internet Information Services 6.0 and 7.0 which is a set of Internet-based services for servers created by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows.

     - Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Development
     - Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 SDK
     - Internet Information Services Extensions
     - Technical Articles


    Scripting
    A scripting language is a programming language that allows some control of a single or many software application. This tutorial explains about various Microsoft windows scripting technologies like JScript, VBScript and various Windows Script Components, Host and Interfaces.

     - Microsoft Windows Script Technologies
     - Technical Articles, Columns and Books


    Server Technologies
    This tutorial explains some of the server technologies that are used in the industry like ASP, Indexing Service, Sharepoint Products and Technologies and Silverlight.

     - Active Server Pages
     - Indexing Service 2.0
     - SharePoint Products and Technologies
     - Site Server


    Silverlight
    Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plugin that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audio-video playback that characterizes Rich Internet Applications. This tutorial deals with the various features of Silverlight.

     - Silverlight 3 Beta
     - Silverlight 2

    Popularity: 8% [?]

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    23 Excel 2007 Tutorials

    Here are 23 excellent Excel 2007 Tutorials at Microsoft Office Online that teach and explain important features of Excel with the help of webcasts. These detailed training webcasts presented by various MVPs demonstrate Excel Formulas, Excel Tips, Effective Data Management and creating charts and graphics. Also provided are video tips and mini-webcasts that show how to create and customize pivot tables, highlight and remove duplicate values, use data in Excel sheets effectively, and perform data analysis.


    Excel Webcasts:
    These Microsoft Excel webcasts teaches users to create attractive charts and graphics and analyzing data dynamically. Advanced tip teach users to access xml format documents in Office.

     - Summarizing Data Effectively Using New Excel 2007 Formulas and Functions
     - Top 10 Tips for Excel 2007 (Level 100)
     - Tips and Tricks to Manage Data Effectively by Using Excel Tables (Level 200)
     - Creating Attractive Charts & Graphics Using Excel 2007 (Level 200)
     - Creating Effective Conditional Formats Using Excel 2007 (Level 300)
     - Advanced Tips and Tricks: Breaking Into Your Office Open XML Format Documents (Level 300)
     - Advanced Tips and Tricks: Using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Every Day Is Easier Than You Think (Level 300)
     - Advanced Tips and Tricks: What You Can Really Do with Your Documents Across the 2007 Office Release (Level 300)
     - Analyzing Data Dynamically Using Excel 2007 PivotTables


    Excel Video tips:
    These video tips imparts knowledge on the new and improved features of Microsoft Excel, how to format and apply conditions to data in tables.

     -  Customizing Conditional Formatting in Excel 2007 256k | 750k
     -  Customizing PivotTable Reports to Create Adjustable Charts and Graphs 256k | 750k
     -  Formatting with Conditional Filtering to Organize Data 256k | 750k
     -  Getting Started with PivotTable Reports 256k | 750k
     -  Highlighting and Removing Duplicate Table Values in Excel 256k | 750k
     -  New and Improved Features 256k | 750k
     -  Organizing and Grouping with PivotTable Reports 256k | 750k


    Podcasts:
    The podcasts here demonstrate some important tips when using Excel and improving data analysis when using Excel 2007.

     - Summarizing Data Effectively Using New Excel 2007 Formulas and Functions
     - Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office Excel 2007
     - Improving Data Analysis with Excel 2007 PivotTables and PivotCharts
     - Top Tips for Excel 2007


    Mini-webcasts:
    These mini-webcasts introduce quick tips on what’s new and different and how to get the most out of Excel 2007.

     - 5-Minute Excel Webcast
     - Excel Side By Side: What's New & Different
     - Quick Tips for Getting the Most Out of Microsoft Office Excel 2007

    Popularity: 12% [?]

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