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2 Outlook Tutorials

computer_teacher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:49:04 +0000

Here are 2 Microsoft Outlook Tutorials, at University of the Incarnate Word. These Outlook tutorials cover Outlook tips and techniques. They also demonstrate how to use important features of Outlook Web Access (OWA). These tutorials will guide you through Outlook’s and OWA’s various features so you can effectively manage this email and personal messaging tool.

Outlook Tips and Tricks (2.56 Mb, 70 pages)
By going through this tutorial on Outlook you will be able to handle Outlook much more effectively. Some of the tips and techniques covered here include mail options, contacts, calendar options, and tasks.

- Difference Between OWA and Outlook Client
- Mail Options
- Contacts
- Managing Outlook
- Calendar Options
- Tasks

Outlook Web Access (OWA) Tutorial (1000 Kb, 41 pages)
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use and work with Outlook Web Access, or simply OWA. You will learn more about managing OWA efficiently and how to use the calendar tool effectively.

- How to get your Username & change your password
- OWA (Outlook Web Access)
- Options
- E-mail
- Managing Outlook
- Calendar

3 Excel 2003 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:03:24 +0000

Here are 3 Excel 2003 Tutorials, at the University of the Incarnate Word, which outline and teach important features of Microsoft Excel 2003. These Excel tutorials are divided into three sections for better understanding of this popular spreadsheet tool. The documents are in pdf format.

Excel 2003 Basics Tutorial (802 Kb, 22 pages)
You will be learning some of the basic features of Excel 2003 in this section. The topics that are covered here are managing and formatting spreadsheets, formulas and charts, and Excel options.

- Toolbars and Taskbars
- Managing Spreadsheets
- Formatting Spreadsheets
- Formulas
- Charts
- Excel Options

Excel 2003 Advanced Tutorial (4.58 Mb, 90 pages)
Some of the advanced features in Excel 2003 that are demonstrated in this section include: formatting spreadsheets, creating more advanced formulas, working with charts, sharing and protecting workbooks, and linking spreadsheets.

- Toolbars and Taskbars
- Managing Spreadsheets
- Formatting Spreadsheets
- Formulas
- Page Setup, Headers & Footers
- Charts
- Database
- Sharing and Protecting Workbooks
- Tracking Changes
- Linking Spreadsheets
- Excel Options

Excel Database Tutorial (963 Kb, 15 pages)
The Excel concepts of creating, filtering, and sorting a database using Excel 2003 is illustrated in this section of the tutorial.

- Database
- Adding Data
- Sort Using Single Field
- Sort Using Multiple Fields
- Sort by Auto Filter Sorting with more than one filter

Photoshop Elements Tutorial

computer_teacher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:55:23 +0000

Here is a nice Photoshop Elements Tutorial, at the University of the Incarnate Word. This Photoshop Elements tutorial includes instructions on how to scan images, and will give you insight into techniques for editing graphics using Photoshop Elements. The various scanning processes for different scanners are explained with screenshots. This tutorial teaches various features of Photoshop elements, as listed below, and also provides some tips for editing images in Office. The document is 4.10 Mb in size, is in pdf format, and contains 57 pages.

Photoshop Elements Tutorial
- Photoshop and Scanners
- Epson Scanning Basics
- The HP Scanner
- Scanning Images
- Adobe Photoshop Elements
- The Organizer, Photo Browser View
- Editing images and graphics
- Edit Window
- Quick Fix Window
- The Photo Organizer Find Menu
- The Photo Editor
- Editing Tools and Toolbars
- The File, Image, and Enhance Editor Menus
- Editor Layer, Select, and Filter Menus
- Editor View and Window Menus
- Templates
- Image Editing in Office
- Screen Captures
- Pasting Images
- Resizing
- Cropping

7 PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:33:35 +0000

Here are 7 PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials, at the University of the Incarnate Word’s tutorials page. These Powerpoint tutorials are excellent and well written and include the latest features of PowerPoint 2007. They can be used to enhance your presentation making skills by using features like images, audio and video. A comparison between PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 is also illustrated in these tutorials. The documents essential to complete the exercises for the tutorials can be downloaded (zip, 14mb).

PowerPoint 2007
You will be learning the basics of PowerPoint 2007 in this Powerpoint tutorial, which is as a PowerPoint presentation.

Everything PowerPoint 2007
In this tutorial, you will learn about all the fundamental features and functionality that you need to know about PowerPoint 2007.

PowerPoint Not PowerPointless 2007
Here you will learn about the 12 points that you need to know for making effective PowerPoint presentations.

Video Sound Animation Game
An illustration on playing with video and sound animation is given in this tutorial.

Add Images, Audio, and Video
You will learn more on how to add images, audio and video in a PowerPoint presentation.

Creating Posters
The concept of creating posters in a PowerPoint presentation is explained here.

PowerPoint 2003 & 2007
This tutorial describes the differences between PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 by comparing the menus and toolbars in PowerPoint 2003 with the MS Office button and ribbon in 2007.

2 PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:07:28 +0000

Here are 2 PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials, at University of the Incarnate Word, that explain various tips and techniques for creating and delivering effective PowerPoint presentations. The first Powerpoint tutorials demonstrates some basics tasks that will provide useful to a beginner and the next tutorial discusses various games and animation features of PowerPoint 2003. These are in pdf format.

PowerPoint 2003 Tutorial 3.20 Mb, 80 Pages
Basic features like toolbars and task panes, importing and exporting fonts, image editing, inserting video and audio clips, linking presentations are explained in this section on Microsoft PowerPoint 2003.

- Toolbars and Task Panes
- Importing and Exporting Fonts
- More Image Editing
- Importing WebTemplates
- Inserting Video & Audio Clips
- Linking Presentations
- Animation (A PowerPointoon! )
- Options for Saving PowerPoint

PowerPoint 2003 Games & Animation 1.22 Mb, 23 Pages
PowerPoint games are a great opportunity to prepare students for upcoming tests, or review difficult concepts. The purpose of this lesson is to show you how the process works.

- PowerPoint Games
- Linking Slides for Games
- Animation
- Options for Saving and Playback

Publisher Tutorial

computer_teacher — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:16:18 +0000

This is a Publisher Tutorial, at the University of Florida, which will show you how to use and work with several important Publisher features, including the toolbars, layering, and rulers. Publisher is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. This Publisher tutorial is in pdf format and can be downloaded and saved for later reference.

Microsoft Publisher Tutorial (1.58 Mb, 10 pages)
This tutorial explains how to create a mew Publisher document, working with toolbars, layering objects, rulers and an addendum.

- What is Publisher?
- Creating a New Publisher Document
- Toolbars
- Layering Objects
- Rulers
- Addendum

Sample - UF Staff Picnic (326 Kb, 11 pages)
This Publisher document provides a sample view of how a Brochure Wizard, Calendar Wizard and a Newsletter Wizard looks like.

- Brochure Wizard
- Calendar Wizard
- Newsletter Wizard

eBooks for Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, and Dreamweaver

computer_teacher — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:44:08 +0000

Here are 6 freely available ebooks covering 5 Adobe applications as linked here. These are Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, and Dreamweaver.

Adobe Application eBooks:

- Photoshop Quick Reference ebook

- Adobe Illustrator ebook

- Fireworks ebook

- Flash MX ebook

- Flash ebook 2

- Dreamweaver ebook

8 Excel 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:39:31 +0000

Here 8 Excel 2007 Tutorials, hosted by the University of the Incarnate Word. These Excel tutorials introduce and demonstrate many of the most important Excel features, including how to create charts, using vertical lookups, page setup, creating formulas, and using database functions. These Excel tutorials are well illustrated with screen shots, and include exercises that will help you remember what you are learning. The necessary documents for the exercises can be downloaded from here.

Excel 2007 3.37 MB, 69 pages
This presentation introduces Excel 2007’s new features, such as Quick Access Toolbar, MS Office Button, Mini Toolbar & Ribbon.

Excel 2003 & 2007 Comparison
This document explains the differences between Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 by comparing the Menus and toolbars in Excel 2003 with the Excel 2007 Button and Ribbon.

Formatting Excel Worksheets 1.26 Mb, 22 pages
This Excel tutorial teaches how to Format Excel Cells, Columns, Rows, Worksheets, and Workbooks.

Vertical Lookup in Excel 223 Kb, 4 pages
This tutorial presents the vertical look up feature available in Excel 2007.

Creating Excel Charts 535 Kb, 11 pages
This Excel Chart tutorial teaches how to create an attractive and useful chart in Excel 2007.

Page Setup and Other Functions 1.04 Mb, 16 pages
Learn how to setup Excel pages using the page break, margins, headers and footers.

Excel Database Functions 339 Kb, 7 pages
This Excel tutorial explains the database functions such as sort and auto filter.

Excel Formulas 794 Kb, 17 pages
Describes the a variety of tools available in the formula tab and how to use the formulas effectively in Excel worksheets.

7 Word 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:26:09 +0000

Here are 7 Word 2007 Tutorials, hosted by the University of the Incarnate Word. These Word tutorials cover new features such as the tables, headers, formatting, mail merge, document review and how to use fields. They demonstrate the Word’s features, and incloude exercises to help you master them. The documents necessary to complete the exercises for these Word tutorials can be downloaded from here.

Word 2007 2.86 Mb, 47 Pages
This presentation explains about Word 2007’s new features, such as Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, MS Office Button, Mini Toolbar, and Key Tips. This presentation also covers different functions useful for creating a newsletter.

Word 2003 and 2007 1.13 Mb, 45 Pages
This Word tutorial compares the differences between the features in Word 2003 and Word 2007.

Using Tables and Headers 342 Kb, 6 pages
This presentation shows how to add and edit Tables, Headers and Footers by creating a letterhead.

Document Review 581 Kb, 8 Pages
This tutorial describes the document review feature in Word 2007. It discusses the document review, track changes, and how to handle changes in the document.

Formatting Word Documents 813 Kb,
This Word tutorial teaches how to format documents using Word’s formatting features.

Mail Marge 2007 559 Kb, 9 Pages
This document explains Word’s useful mail merging feature in Word 2007 using the mailings tab.

Using Fields 396 Kb, 7 Pages
This Word tutorial shows how to insert text, graphics, page numbers, and other material into a document automatically.

APA Formatting 283 Kb, 4 Pages
This document discusses the document formatting outlined by the APA standard using the Microsoft Word 2007.

eBooks on Office, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, and Project

computer_teacher — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:41:36 +0000

Update: Here are 7 more Microsoft Office eBooks, covering Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Project. The first 3 are in Windows Help format (chm) and the last for are in pdf format.

- Excel ebook

- Word ebook

- Microsoft Access ebook

- Powerpoint 2003 ebook

- Microsoft Project 2003 ebook

- Microsoft Office 2003 ebook

- Microsoft Office 2007 ebook

Here are 10 eBooks covering Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, and Project.

- Excel 2003 ebook 1
- Excel 2003 ebook 2
- Excel 2003 Programming ebook 1
- Excel Programming ebook 2

- Microsoft Office 2003 ebook 1
- Microsoft Office 2003 ebook 2

- Microsoft Access 2003 ebook 1
- Microsoft Access 2003 ebook 2
- Microsoft Access 2003 ebook 3

- Microsoft Project 2003 ebook

3 Photoshop eBooks

computer_teacher — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:39:15 +0000

Here are 3 Photoshop eBooks, one for Photoshop CS and two covering Photoshop CS2. These will teach you many of Photoshop’s features and tools and how to use them. The CS ebook deals mainly with photographs, the CS2 ebooks cover editing graphics and photos, and using many of the editing tools available in the application. These Photoshop ebooks are in pdf format.

- Photoshop CS eBook

- Photoshop CS2 eBook 1

- Photoshop CS2 eBook 2

6 Free Visio Course Lessons

computer_teacher — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:17:58 +0000

These excellent Microsoft Visio Course Lessons, at the University of Minnesota’s website, will help you quickly learn and get up to speed using Visio. Visio is a diagramming application that uses vector graphics to create diagrams. These 7 Visio course lessons (in pdf format) contain information about creating various types of diagrams, and also include some good resources you can use.

Creating Basic Visio Diagrams 1.87 Mb, 81 Pages
These Visio course lesson show you how to create diagrams such as an organization chart, a ballroom diagram, and a process diagram. A lesson on how to share Visio documents is also included.

- LESSON 1 – THE BRAINSTORMING DIAGRAM
- LESSON 2 – THE ORGANIZATION CHART
- LESSON 3 – THE PROCESS DIAGRAM
- LESSON 4 – THE SIPOC TEMPLATE
- LESSON 5 – THE BALLROOM DIAGRAM
- LESSON 6 – SHARING VISIO DOCUMENTS
- APPENDIX A – STEP-BY –STEP EXERCISE INSTRUCTIONS
- APPENDIX B – TACKLING CHALLENGES IN VISIO
- APPENDIX C – RESOURCES
- APPENDIX D – WORD 2007 RESOURCES

Class File (.zip)
This is the class file for the above Visio lessons, you can download this when reviewing the lessons above.

- Creating Basic Diagrams class file

10 PowerPoint Tutorials

computer_teacher — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:09:20 +0000

Here are 10 PowerPoint Tutorials, hosted at Switch On The Code. These are excellent tutorials covering many of PowerPoint’s features and functionality. They begin right from the basics and go on to more intermediate and advanced topics. Various features that are covered include: adding and editing content, working with design, working with graphics, working with animation, adding sound and video, and printing and presenting slides. These PowerPoint tutorials are designed to help you with PowerPoint and provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform many of its most popular features.

PowerPoint Basics
This PowerPoint tutorial explains the very basic PowerPoint operations like opening a new document, inserting slides etc. The topic is explained with plenty of screen shots.

- Opening PowerPoint
- Understanding the screen
- Inserting slides

Adding and editing content
This tutorial teaches you about the PowerPoint operations for editing content.

- Inserting text
- Inserting notes, headers and footers
- Formatting text and lists

Working with design
Topics like customizing background, applying and creating templates and design tips are demonstrated by these.

- Customizing background
- Applying and creating templates
- Design tips

Working with graphics
This PowerPoint tutorial shows how to work with graphics in PowerPoint.

- Downloading, inserting and editing images
- Image Resources for Health & Life Sciences
- Drawing and editing objects

Working with animation
Some of the animation related topics are explained here in this tutorial.

- Animating text and images
- Slide transitions

Adding sound and video
The features handled here are related to sound, music and video, all which will enhance your presentation and the experience on its users.

- Sounds, narration and music
- Video requirements

Graphs and tables
Here you will learn about working with graphs and tables in Microsoft PowerPoint.

- Working with graphs
- Importing and linking data from Excel to PowerPoint

PowerPoint online
This tutorial explains about the navigational features that can be included in your presentations.

- Hyperlinks and action buttons
- Putting up a presentation on the web

Printing and Presenting
These show how to print and present a slide presentation.

- Printing options
- Running a slide show

Links to PowerPoint References
Here are some of other excellent references that you can use to enhance your skills in PowerPoint.

- PowerPoint DO’s and DON’T’s
- Other PowerPoint websites
- Workshop evaluation (for on-site workshop participants only)

4 Video Excel Tutorials

computer_teacher — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:17:14 +0000

Here are 4 Video Excel Tutorials that demonstrate and teach some of the fundamental features of Excel, so you can get up to speed and start using this spreadsheet application quickly and effectively.

Screen display, cursors, worksheets (5:48 min.)
This video Excel tutorial deals with screen display, cursors and worksheets.

Formatting cells, inserting rows and columns (7:43 min.)
The features that are covered in this video Excel tutorial are formatting cells and inserting rows and columns.

Formatting, sorting, and auto-filling data (5:01 min.)
This video Excel tutorial shows how to do formatting, sorting, and auto-filling data.

Formulas and functions (1:34)
You will get to know about the usage of formulas and functions in this video tutorial.

54 JavaScript and Web Development Tutorials

computer_teacher — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:25:27 +0000