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7 Photoshop Tutorials from the University of Florida

computer_teacher — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:29:17 +0000

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.

2 CSS Tutorials and Guides

computer_teacher — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:14:51 +0000

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.

17 Word 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:43:48 +0000

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

Web Development Tutorials using Microsoft Technologies

computer_teacher — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:14:36 +0000

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

23 Excel 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:22:43 +0000

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

14 PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:19:16 +0000

Here are 14 excellent PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials at Microsoft Office Online that are in the form of Webcasts, Podcasts and video tips. PowerPoint is presentation program developed by Microsoft and is bundled with the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications. These PowerPoint tutorials show users how to quickly create presentations with graphics, tips and trick in PowerPoint 2007, accessing Office XML documents and the new and improved features of PowerPoint 2007.

PowerPoint Webcasts:
The webcasts provided below are recorded as live events by Microsoft Office experts and explain how to create presentations in PowerPoint and its tips and tricks. These tips and trick, while many in number, are explained in a manner that is simple and easy to understand.

- How to create a 15-minute presentation (with graphics) in one hour
- Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Tips & Tricks to Start Strong in Every PowerPoint Presentation
- 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)

Video tips:
These PowerPoint video tips discuss the new and improved features in PowerPoint 2007 and how to apply them in your own presentations.

- Experts show off step-by-step instructions covering the spectrum of the 2007 Office system. Often, you see Applying New and Improved Features to a 256k | 750k
- Quick Tips for PowerPoint 2007 256k | 750k

Podcasts:
These podcasts are the audio-only version of the recorded webcasts and show users how to create a presentation in 15 minutes along with sharing a PowerPoint presentation's contents with other users.

- How to Create a 15-Minute Presentation (with Graphics!) in One Hour
- Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Sharing PowerPoint 2007 Slide Content

Mini-webcasts:
These five minute webcasts focuses on quick tips and tricks in PowerPoint and how to get the most of out of PowerPoint 2007. These Mini-webcasts can be downloaded to your computer for offline viewing.

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

10 Outlook 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:16:06 +0000

Here are 10 excellent Microsoft Outlook 2007 Tutorials at Microsoft Office Online in the form of Webcasts, Podcasts and video tips. Outlook is a personal information manager that contains an email application, a calendar, a contact manager, a task manager, a note taking application and a journal and is bundled with the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications. These Outlook tutorials demonstrate the new and improved features in Outlook 2007, connecting to people at a workplace, quick tips and tricks and maximizing Outlook’s performance.

Webcasts:
These webcasts which are recorded as live events by Microsoft Office experts and include tips for managing email in Outlook and maximizing Outlook’s performance. These Webcasts are designed to give you a more hands-on approach.

- Top Tips for Managing Email in Outlook 2007
- Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office 2007 E-mail
- Tips & Tricks for Maximizing Outlook 2007

Video tips:
These video tips are recorded directly off the presenter’s desktop as they demonstrate how to connect with people at the workplace and how to get more out of your personal information. These videos are precise and are used as a quick workflow.

- Connecting with People at Work 256k | 750k
- Getting More out of Your Personal Info 256k | 750k

Podcasts:
These podcasts are the audio-only version of previously recorded webcasts and are focused on a specific function or a task in Outlook. These podcasts are usually taken from the webcasts.

- Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office 2007 E-mail
- Process-Driven Collaboration with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Outlook 2007

Mini-webcasts:
These five minute webcasts focus on quick tips and tricks in Outlook and can be downloaded to your computer for offline viewing.

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

Fireworks 8 Tutorial

computer_teacher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:12:34 +0000

Here is an Adobe Fireworks 8 Tutorial, hosted at the University of Florida, that explains in detail several features of this bitmap and vector graphics editor. This Fireworks tutorial describes Fireworks' features through a tour with appropriate screen shots wherever necessary. The tutorial explains various features of the Fireworks, such as the interface, creating and saving an image, difference between a bitmap and a vector, various tools, menus and panels. (17 pages, 1.9 mb, doc format)

Fireworks 8 Tutorial Topics:

- Fireworks Start Page
- Fireworks Interface
- Creating and Saving a New Image
- Open an Existing File
- Bitmap vs. Vector
- Fireworks Tools
- Menus
- Panels

5 Photoshop Tutorials

computer_teacher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:27:14 +0000

These 5 excellent Photoshop Tutorials from the University of Albany offer an in depth coverage of Photoshop and scanning. Most images are created by a professional designer or scanned and then modified to create a new image. In both cases, an image editing tool like Photoshop is used to modify or create the image. These Photoshop Tutorials start with the basics such as scanning an image into Photoshop and moves onto more complex actions such as Layer Management and Compositing.

5 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials:

Photoshop I: Scanning with a Flatbed Scanner into Photoshop
This Photoshop tutorial explains how to setup a scanning device and connect it to software for scanning. It also discusses various issues a first time user might have such as resolution, dimensions and output issues.

Photoshop II: Introduction and Basic Image Editing
This Photoshop tutorial teaches the basics of image editing such as image color, brightness and contrast and color balance. It also provides an overview of Photoshop’s features.

Photoshop III: Selecting, Drawing and Painting Tools
This tutorial explains a few of Photoshop’s tools such as the Selecting, Drawing and Painting tools and how they can be effectively used on an image.

Photoshop IV: Layer Management & Photo Compositing
In this tutorial, Photoshop’s photo compositing features and layering systems are discussed. Also covered are background and transparency issues and layer adjustments.

Photoshop V: Filters and Special Effects
This Photoshop tutorial teaches the filters and special effects that can be added to certain areas on an image. Many of these filters are already present in Photoshop while many more can be downloaded and used.

9 Access 2007 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:22:52 +0000

These 9 Access 2007 Tutorials at Microsoft Office Online demonstrate the various features of Access 2007. Access is Microsoft’s traditional database tool and is widely used to interface with and create many database applications. These tutorials are in the form of webcasts, video tips and podcasts with each of them explaining report creation and sorting and filtering features in Access. The video tips show how to carry out simple tasks in Access such as using SharePoint, quick tips and data collection.

Webcast:
Tracking Your Information Is Easier Than You Think with Access 2007
This webcast is recorded directly from Microsoft Office experts and explains how to start out from scratch in Access 2007.

Video tips:
These video tips have experts discuss a host of Access features and are shot directly from the presenter's desk.

- Easily Design Custom Reports in Access 256k | 750k
- Easily Sort and Filter Complex Tables with Access 2007 256k | 750k
- E-mail Data Collection with Outlook 2007 and Access 2007 256k | 750k
- Getting to Know Access 2007 256k | 750k
- Quick Tips for Access 2007 256k | 750k
- Save a File as a PDF or XPS in Access 2007 256k | 750k
- Using SharePoint Server 2007 with Access 2007 256k | 750k

Podcast:
Tracking Your Information Is Easier Than You Think with Access 2007
This podcast contains the audio of the earlier presented webcast and is also available for download.

6 Word 2003 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:19:35 +0000

Here are 6 Word 2003 Tutorials from the University at Albany that teach and explain several of Word’s important capabilities, including Menus, Formatting tools, Layout tools, Illustrations, Tables and the Mail merge feature. These features come in handy when working with data that needs to be segregated and formatted for presentation.

6 Word Tutorials:

Word 2003 I: Menus, Capabilities and Basic Skills
This Word tutorial explains the menu options available in Word and the dialog boxes they handle which include Open and Save.

Word 2003 II: Toolbars and Formatting Tools and Techniques
This tutorial demonstrates Word's toolbars and formatting tools such as tabs, margins, paragraphs, colors and alignment of text on a page.

Word 2003 III: More Formatting Tools & Techniques
This Word tutorial continues from where the previous one left off covering formatting tools and techniques.

Word 2003 V: Illustration & Layout Tools
This tutorial explains various Illustration and Layout tools in Word such as Clipart, Images, Word Art, Shadows and Textboxes.

Word 2003 VII: Tables in Word
This tutorial teaches Word’s capabilities in creating Tables and adding spreadsheets to the document

Word 2003 X: Mail Merge and Labels
This Word tutorial explains the Mail Merge feature that is used to generate multiple documents from a single template and using Labels to add names and other data from a database.

5 Excel 2003 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:57:09 +0000

These 5 Microsoft Excel 2003 Tutorials from the University at Albany explain the power of Excel by discussing its important features such as data manipulation, formulas and efficiency, formatting, page setup and print options. These features, along with filtering, sorting and presentation have made Excel the de-facto spread sheet application to work with. (these tutorials are in .doc format)

5 Excel Tutorials:

Excel 2003 I : Introduction, Menus, Toolbars & Selections
This tutorial teaches Excel’s menus, toolbars and selections along with rows, columns, cells, and formulas.

Excel 2003 II : Data, Formulas & Efficiency
This Excel tutorial explains spreadsheet components, their purposes and properties which include formulas, functions, problem solving and workbooks.

Excel 2003 III : Multi Sheet Workbook Creation
This Excel tutorial describes workbook creation, design, maintenance and usability. Workbooks are primarily used as an analysis tool to decide performance, growth, sales etc.

Excel 2003 IV : Design and Formatting
This tutorial teaches the design and formatting of the spreadsheet which includes colors, borders, shading, alignment and fonts.

Excel 2003 V : Page Set Up, Print Area, Options & Security, Filtering and Sorting, and Presentation Charts
This Excel tutorial demonstrates printing options, the page layout, filtering and sorting of the spreadsheet data.

5 Dreamweaver Web Design Tutorials

computer_teacher — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:11:20 +0000

These 5 excellent Dreamweaver Web Design Tutorials from the University at Albany address the procedures and tools used in creating and maintaining web pages and web sites. These Web Design tutorials also include specific topics to help staff maintain web pages under the University of Albany Web Standards. (these tutorials are in .doc format)

5 Dreamweaver Tutorials:

Introduction to Ualbany Web Design and Site Structure
This tutorial teaches how to plan and organize departmental website structure at UAlbany. We will discuss the term 'Information Architecture' and how to think about it when planning your departmental web pages. This tutorial will be taught using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. Topics covered include discussion of concepts and purpose, discussion of Information Architecture, review and explanation of the worksheet.

Creating and Maintaining your Departmental Web Page using 'New Look' UAlbany Templates
This tutorial is offered in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and strongly recommend that you use this application when updating your site. This tutorial teaches the procedures, logistics and, especially the reasons for creating and maintaining pages that are compliant with the UAlbany look, including layout, colors and styles.

Working with 'Includes' and other structures provided in Web Templates
This tutorial continues the topics started in tutorial I02, with special emphasis on the 'includes' attached to the UAlbany Web Templates. The topics covered under this tutorial are what are 'Includes', 'Includes' on the properties inspector in Dreamweaver, editing 'Includes' and other style issues.

Dreamweaver MX2004 I: Introduction to Concepts
This tutorial covers a group of recommendations and suggestions that will help you to more logically execute the new updates to your UAlbany Departmental website. The topics covered in this tutorial are best practices and things to remember.

Dreamweaver MX2004 II: Basic Page Design
This tutorial explains how to use Dreamweaver MX 2004 to build a web page. Participants will become familiar with the various Dreamweaver components, such as the Properties Inspector, Insert Bar tabs, and the Code and Design views. Participants will also learn how to use Dreamweaver to make tables for page layout and control. This tutorial is also covering on how to install and manage images on a web page.

50 Ways to Become a Better Designer

computer_teacher — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:15:08 +0000

Here are 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer at computerarts.co.uk. These tips and techniques explain aspects and practices of good design and how one can become a better designer and Photoshop user. They explain key points that a designer should be aware of while creating his design, such as colors, fonts, shading, gradients and channels. The tools used to create designs and some of its options are also discussed in detail. A few tips and tricks of good designers are also given, which discuss shortcuts and quick steps to use in design creation to simplify the work of the designer. This compilation is from 17 leading designers who work in print, video and on the web.

50 Ways to Become a Better Designer:

- 01 ROUGH COMPS
- 02 METAPHORS
- 03 FROM WORDS TOPICTURES
- 04 BRAND THINKING
- 05 KEEP YOURBRAINSTORMS REALLY SHORT
- 06 USE A SKETCHBOOK
- 07 GET AWAY FROM YOURCOMPUTER
- 08 JOIN A FORUM
- 09 TAKE A SHOWER
- 10 SPECS!
- 11 KEEP A LIBRARY
- 12 WEB STANDARDS
- 13 KEEP IT CURRENT
- 14 KEEP IT SIMPLE
- 15 RECORD YOURACTIONS
- 16 SAVE, SAVE, SAVE!
- 17 STORE YOUR ASSETS
- 18 COLLABORATE
- 19 GET IT RIGHT FIRSTTIME
- 20 PRACTICE ALWAYSMAKES PERFECT
- 21 ALPHA CHANNELS INPHOTOSHOP
- 22 BUY MORE RAM
- 23 GRADIENTS INPHOTOSHOP
- 24 MORE LAYERS
- 25 AIRBRUSH INILLUSTRATOR
- 26 EVIL FLASH
- 27 NAME CONVENTIONS
- 28 GROUP LAYERS
- 29 FORBIDDEN FRUIT
- 30 THINK ON PAPER
- 31 WALK AWAY
- 32 ACROBATICS
- 33 KERN!
- 34 BACK TO THE BRIEF
- 35 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
- 36 PRINT FINISHES
- 37 ADDING TEXTURE
- 38 BE PREPARED
- 39 A LITTLE SHADING
- 40 BULGING EYES
- 41 READ AND RE-READ!
- 42 BE SPECIFIC
- 43 DON’TRELY ON THE SPELLCHECKER!
- 44 STICK TO THEBRIEF!
- 45 WORK WITH CLIENTS
- 46 STICK TO WHAT YOUKNOW
- 47 DON’T ASSUMEANYTHING
- 48 JUSTIFY YOURACTIONS
- 49 DESIGN HISTORY
- 50 MANAGEEXPECTATIONS

6 Access 2003 Tutorials

computer_teacher — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:35:24 +0000

Here are 6 Microsoft Access 2003 Tutorials from the University at Albany. These Access tutorials teach a range of concepts and techniques that are essential for anyone working with and managing Access databases. They cover topics from the basics to the advanced level, which include table design, its capabilities, data entry forms, report design and using the select query. These Access database tutorials cover the essential workflow for any user to get started and be comfortable with Microsoft Access.

6 Access 2003 Tutorials:

Access 2003 Introduction I: Introduction & Concepts - 2 1/2 hrs
This tutorial teaches basic database concepts and how they can be used. The topics covered in this tutorial include the definition of a Relational Database and the database components.

Access 2003 Introduction II: Basic Table Design and Capabilities - 2 1/2 hrs
This tutorial explains how to build a simple database and places the focus on creation of tables, data types and primary keys for the tables.

Access 2003 Introduction III: Introduction to Data Entry Forms - 2 1/2 hrs
In this tutorial, you'll learn about designing tables with attention to usability and organization of data such that it is easier to match the form to the table and organize the fields.

Access 2003 Introduction IV: Introduction to Select Queries - 2 1/2 hrs
This tutorial shows how to retrieve data from a database, including sorting fields, single and multiple search criteria.

Access 2003 Introduction V: Introduction to Report Design - 2 1/2 hrs
This tutorial demonstrates how to generate a report from the database using the retrieval queries.

Access 2003 Intermediate I: Importing and Exporting Data and Action Queries - 2 1/2 hrs
This tutorial teaches how to import and manipulate data that is from a database other than Access. In this example, data has been imported form an Excel sheet