Here is a freely available ebook on Microsoft Project containing 960 pages. Book Description:

• A comprehensive, soup-to-nuts resource showing how to master Microsoft Project functions and features
• Demonstrates how to create a new project, track a project’s progress, and work in groups
• More advanced topics explained are: customizing Project, using macros, and importing and exporting data
• Also explains the following: building tasks, using views, modifying the appearance of a project, and resolving scheduling and resource problems
• A new chapter on using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and VBScript with Project
• Provides expanded coverage of Project Server-installation, hardware and software requirements, and software configurations-all needed to ensure that Project Server is administered and used effectively

To access the download link on rapidshare.de, click on the Free button near the bottom of the rapidshare page, wait about 30 seconds, then enter the 3 character code and click on the download button. To uncompress .rar files you can use 7-Zip.

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Here are four well written and illustrated Desktop Publishing Workshops from the Univeristy of Washington’s Walk-In Workshops. This Adobe Design workshop tutorial collection provides two Photoshop turoials, and one tutorial each for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. These tutorial workshops offer professional quality publishing results via dynamic, yet simple tools. You will learn to produce attention-grabbing vector graphics, vividly enhanced photographs, top notch text documents and how to incorporate the three together.

Desktop Publishing Workshops Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign


Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing. This robust program will help you enhance your photographs and images and give your work that professional edge. Here you will learn how to modify digital photographs, move, duplicate, and resize images, use painting tools to manipulate images, and perform adjustments to contrast and color balance. You will also learn how to correct red-eye, take advantage of layer transparency, and create simple-but-cool text graphics using filters.

  Intro to Photoshop
   What is Photoshop?
   The Workspace
   Preferences

  The Basics
   Creating New Images
   Type
   Drawing
   Painting

  Image Editing
   Working With Layers
   Selections
   Image Sizing
   Image Adjust
   Filters

Advanced Adobe Photoshop

In this advanced Photoshop class, you will learn some advanced features including saving for the Web, proper use of filters, how to use actions and automate processes, layer properties, and what Image Ready is. You are encouraged to bring your own digital images to work with in this class.

  Altering Images
   Crop Tool
   Clone Tool
   Heal Tool
   Patch Tool
   Extract Filter

  Advanced Layers
   Layer Masks
   Layer Styles
   Adjustment Layers

  Automation
   Actions
   Batches
   Droplets

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is a graphic design and drawing program. This powerful program will help you create images that will give your work an artistic touch. This class will cover some new features of Adobe Illustrator 10 as well as some advanced functions including navigating the toolbar, creating vector-based graphics, and using drawing tools. Other topics include: specific stroking effects, color features, and layering techniques. Use these skills to create graphic artwork for posters, t-shirts, or even card designs.

  Introduction
   Vector Graphics
   Tools

  The Basics
   Creating Objects
   Altering Objects
   The Pathfinder
   Gradients

  The Pen Tool
   Introduction
   Editing Lines

  Type Tools
   Simple Text
   Path/Area Text

  Tutorials
   Creating a Bat Logo
   Creating a Key
   Biohazard

Adobe InDesign

InDesign, Adobe’s replacement for Pagemaker, is a new and comprehensive desktop publisher. This program enables you to design and develop your own publications. In this introductory workshop you will learn to use dynamic tools such as text wrap, precise image manipulation and placement, story editor, paragraph styles, and color handling. Other topics include: guidelines for templates and simple image creation to compliment your texts. This knowledge will allow you to make posters for class projects that look store bought.

  Intro to InDesign
   What is InDesign?
   The Workspace
   The Toolbox
   The Palettes

  The Basics
   Creating New Documents
   Guides
   Margins and Columns

  Type Tools
   Introduction
   Type Basics
   Paragraph Formatting
   Threading
   Story Editor

  Graphic Tools
   Introduction
   Grouping & Stacking
   Placing Graphics
   Rotating & Skewing

  Printing
   Exporting to PDF
   Exporting Postscript

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Here are nine well written and illustrated workshop tutorials on Web Development and Publishing from the Univeristy of Washington’s Walk-In Workshops. By studying these web development workshop tutorials, you will learn Web site design from beginning to end; including planning the web site’s look and layout with HTML and CSS, and programming Web applications using Javascript to make the site interactive and dynamic. Also offered are workshops for learning PHP, MySQL, Video Streaming, Podcasting, and Adobe GoLive.

Web Development and Publishing Workshop Tutorials


Web Site Planning

In this introductory and organizational workshop you will learn the techniques that will help you plan the best Web site possible. Other topics include: Web site layout and design, file and space management, multi-browser compatibility, streaming media and Web server specifics. Apply your knowledge and get yourself a spot on the Web.

  Defining the Project
   Gather Information
   Mapping
   Standards
   Technical Requirements

  Planning Design
   Wireframes & Mockups
   Does It Make Sense
   User Testing

  Production
   Planning Teams & Roles
   Planning Time

  Post-Production
   User Testing
   Redesign
   Maintenance

Introduction to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

HTML is the underlying language of Web site programming. This hands-on workshop is designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts behind HTML. You will learn how to create, present and maintain your own Web site. Other topics include: creating and posting Web pages, changing fonts, inserting images, using hyperlinks, and creating tables. Apply these skills to make a Web page or site for almost anything you want.

  HTML Fundamentals
   The Internet
   Your UW Account
   HTML

  HTML Overview
   Document Structure
   Block-Level Elements
   Inline Elements
   Lists
   Images & Hyperlinks
   Fonts & Colors
   Tables

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for HTML

Cascading Style Sheets are the most effective way to create clean, attractive and fast-loading Web pages. In contrast to HTML, they offer greater control over site layout for organization and extra features to design and create consistency throughout multiple pages. In this overview, you will learn how to harness this helpful tool and save yourself a lot of time.

  CSS Fundamentals
   What Is CSS?
   Basic Syntax
   Classes and IDs

  Examples
   Font
   Text
   Background
   Boxes
   Other


Introduction to JavaScript

JavaScript is an easy way to bring interactivity to your Web site. In this introductory workshop you will begin by learning the basics of Object Oriented Programming, then we’ll delve into the creative instances of this growing language. Learn how to create such events as single and double mouse rollovers, and live scripts such as alert, pop-up, and pop-under boxes. Other topics for interactivity include linking and using external Java Scripts, resizing windows, and implementing scrolling scripts.

  JavaScript Fundamentals
   Introduction
   What is JavaScript?
   History

  Vocabulary 1
   Objects
   Properties
   Methods

  Vocabulary 2
   Handling Events
   Variables
   Assignments

  Tutorials
   Simple Beginning
   The Time
   Rollovers

Introduction to PHP

HTML is the language of the web, but PHP can enable your Web pages to have changing content that allows users to interact with your Web site beyond just clicking links. Learn how to build website templates, organize and display information easily and handle user input such as web forms all while practicing basic PHP syntax. Other topics include: basic MySQL and handling databases, advanced variables and advanced web forms.

• Introduction to PHP
• PHP Basics
• PHP Forms

Introduction to MySQL / Advanced PHP

Advanced PHP & MySQL takes your PHP skills to the next level. In this combined introductory and advanced workshop you will learn how to build Website templates, organize and display information easily and handle user input such as Web forms while practicing basic PHP syntax. Other topics include: basic MySQL and handling databases, advanced variables and advanced Web forms. Implementing these skills will take you to a new professional height in Web design.

mySQL

• Introduction to mySQL
• Installation
• SQL Syntax
• mySQL Manipulation

Streaming Video for Web

Streaming video on the Web is great way to get high quality video on your Web site. It just so happens that as a student here you are given a UW Streaming Media account which will allow you store larger video files, up to a gigabyte, and stream them online from there. In this walk-thru workshop you will learn the steps that take you from a finished video composition to having it publicly accessible and still looking quite nice. Other topics include: extension of principles to audio and necessary compression types for audio and film.

Getting Started

How to Create Streaming Media
An overview of the complex task of producing, digitizing, encoding, and delivering streaming media.

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Here are three well written and illustrated Microsoft Office Workshop Tutorials from the Univeristy of Washington’s Walk-In Workshops. These are from their Computing Essentials page and cover Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Both beginning and advanced features are covered by these tutorials.

Workshop Tutorials for Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint


Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is widely recognized as the standard for creating and editing documents, yet it is still more expansive than most regular users are aware. In this overview workshop, you will get acquainted with Word from basic functionality to advanced features. Other topics include: the format painter, headers and footers, tables and columns, and adding graphics and color. Apply these new techniques to create an eye-catching resume or the perfect academic paper.

  Introduction
   Getting Started
   Working With Files
   Working With Text

  Formatting
   Formatting Paragraphs
   Styles
   Lists

  Tables and Graphics
   Tables
   Graphics

  Advanced
   Spelling and Grammar
   Page Formatting
   Macros
   Table of Contents
   Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a necessity for data documentation and analysis. It is an extremely helpful software program that can improve your workflow. In this introductory workshop, you will learn to input data, apply relevant formulas, and visually represent your results with graphics and charts. Other topics include: the Chart Wizard, formatting cells and columns, and methods of sorting. 

  Spreadsheet Basics
   Window Elements
   Adding/Renaming
   The Standard Toolbar

  Customizing Excel
   Menus
   Toolbars
   Customize Toolbars

  Modifying A Worksheet
   Navigating Cells
   Adding Rows/Columns
   Moving/Copying Cells
   Freeze Panes

  Formatting Cells
   Formatting Toolbar
   Format Cells
   Format Painter
   AutoFormat

  Formulas and Functions
   Formulas
   Referencing
   Basic Functions

  Sorting and Filling
   Basic Sorting
   Complex Sorting
   Autofill Cells

  Charts
   Chart Wizard
   Resize and Move
   Chart Formatting
   Exporting Charts

  Keyboard Shortcuts
   Excel Shortcuts

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is the tool for digital slide-presentations. In this workshop, you will learn to organize and prepare slide presentations, add animation, compliment your visuals with sound clips and perhaps most importantly, learn to avoid PowerPoint abuse; no one enjoys all of the features, all of the time. Other topics include: Using transitions, master slides, and action buttons. Apply these new techniques to your next class presentation.

  Introduction
   Getting Started
   PowerPoint Screen
   Working with Slides

  Building a Presentation
   Adding Content
   Working with Text

  Making it Creative
   Color Schemes
   Graphics
   Slide Effects

  Advanced PowerPoint
   Master Slides
   Saving and Printing
   Keyboard Shortcuts
   Tips

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Here are well written and illustrated Multimedia Workshops from the Univeristy of Washington’s Walk-In Workshops. These workshop tutorials you will learn how to create Video, DVD, and other multimedia presentations. By using modern computer hardware and software you can learn how to create sophisticated material, students will learn the skills to shoot and edit video, add special effects, and publish multimedia in many formats. These tutorials include materials teaching you how to use digital video software, Adobe Premiere, and Adobe After Effects.

Multimedia Workshops Tutorials for Digital Video, Premiere, and After Effects


Introduction to Digital Video

Digital video is a widely accessible technology for creating film but can be a bit daunting compared to your dad’s VHS camcorder. In this introduction of the digital video pipeline, you will learn how to plan and execute your digital video project. Other topics include: planning your digital film, transferring video to a computer, and methods of archival once your edited film is finished. Take this knowledge and create an impressive video presentation, an entertaining home movie or the next award-winning independent film.

  Creating Digital Video
   The Process
   Plan the Project
   Shoot & Gather Material
   Capture & Import
   Edit & Composite
   Archive, Encode & Distribute

  Hardware
   The Tools
   The Digital Video Format
   Benefits of Digital Video
   Firewire

  Software
   Easier Software
   Advanced Software

  Digital Video Decks
   Apple iMovie
   Apple Final Cut Pro
   Adobe Premiere
   Dubbing VHS to miniDV


Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere is the quintessential video-editing tool for the PC user working toward a professional product. Its simplicity makes the software easy to learn but applicable in many different situations. In this full-spectrum workshop you will learn how to make professional looking videos. You will also learn to apply the features of this application in creative ways. Other topics include: key-framing video attributes and effects, creating and applying more customizable transitions and titling, and the taking advantage of a fully non-linear editing application. Use all you learn from this to edit your first impressive student film production.

  The Basics
   Concepts
   Non-Destructive Editing
   Non-Linear Editing
   3-Point Editing
   The Interface
   The Tools
   Inserting Media

  Acquiring Media
   Introduction
   Logging Clips
   Importing Other Media

  Compositing & Effects
   Concepts
   Effects & Transitions

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Exforsys.com offers these 15 free training tutorials for learning how to program using Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS. You can use CSS when developing web pages and sites to specify the layouts and style of the pages.

15  Free Training Tutorials for Cascading Style Sheets – CSS

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 1 : CSS Introduction

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 2 : CSS Syntax

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 3 : CSS Applying CSS

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 4 : CSS Background

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 5 : Text

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 6 – Working with Fonts

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 7 : CSS Borders

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 8 : CSS Margin

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 9 : CSS Padding

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 10 : Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) List

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 11 : Dimensions

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 12 Elements Display

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 13 : Pseudo Classes

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 14 : Media Styles

» CSS Tutorials : Lesson 15 : Units, Colors, References

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Ultrashock.com offers these excellently written and presented tutorials for Flash 8, Flash MX 2004, Photoshop,  Illustrator, and After Effects. Have some fun with these while learning to do some interesting things using these applications.

Macromedia Flash 8 

• New in Flash 8
• Advanced Drawing in Flash
• ALT Captions
• Comic Book Coloring in Flash
• Flash Player 8 FLVPlayback Component
• Dynamic OOP Music Player
• Pixel Art – Part I: Basics
• Pixel Art – Part II: Work Flow
• Pixel Art – Part III: Isometrics
• Pixel Art – Part IV: Interactive Isometrics
• Photo-Realistic Drawing Techniques in Flash
• Text Pagination
• XML Portfolio Viewer
  
  

Adobe Photoshop 

• Basics - The Interface
• Basics - The Menus
• Basics - Palettes
• Batch Processing
• Color Profiles And Calibration
• Comic Book Coloring
• Creating a Glass Effect
• Creating Brush Tips from a Bitmap
• Creating Depth of Field
• Creating Textures and Patterns
• Enhancing Digital Photographs
• Pixel Art – Part I: Basics
• Pixel Art – Part II: Work Flow
• Pixel Art – Part III: Isometrics
• Pixel Art – Part IV: Interactive Isometrics
  
• Photo Restoration
• Photoshop and Other Programs
• Working with Curves
• Working with Paths

Adobe Illustrator 

• Advanced Drawing with Illustrator
  
  

Adobe After Effects

• After Effects 4.1 to Flash5
• Flash in After Effects 5
• Text Animation in After Effects 5
• Parent-Child Animations

Flash MX 2004 Tutorials

		Introduction to the v2 component architecture Chafic Kazoun discusses the v2 component architecture new to Flash MX 2004 and introduces you to some hidden treasures of the framework.

		Flash MX 2004 Editorial Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Flash MX 2004* * but didn’t know who to ask!

		Flash MX 2004 UI Components Flash MX 2004 now sports 21 UI Components, some of which may be familiar to you from before and others that are new. In this massive tutorial, we will take you through each of these components and show you how to use them.

		Flash MX 2004 Actionscript 2.0 We’ll go through new language features, the new object-oriented programming model, and see examples of migrating ActionScript 1.0 (from Flash 5 and MX) to ActionScript 2.0.

		Flash MX 2004 Professional Video Flash MX 2004 adds several video enhancements. In this tutorial you’ll learn about the improvements to your production workflow as well as the technical options now available when designing your Flash video application.

		Introducing Timeline Effects and Behaviors In this article we are going to take you through a couple of the coolest Flash MX 2004 features: Timeline Effects and Behaviors. We’ll show you some simple examples to help you get started with these features quickly.

		Skinning Flash MX 2004 Components This tutorial will run through the new Flash MX 2004 functionality allowing us to change component’s look & feel and explains the various options you have for skinning Flash MX 2004 components step by step.

		Developing Components in Flash MX 2004 Component development in Flash has come a long way. With Flash MX 2004, Macromedia further improved components. This article explains the various steps required to build a simple component for Flash MX 2004.

		Data Binding Data Binding is an easy way to tie all your data together, without any hard work. Data Binding is a key feature of RAD (Rapid Application Development) and is a great tool for prototyping, and is explained to you by Peter Hall.

		Developing a simple application using forms & MVC This tutorial will guide you through developing a simple Rich Internet Application, an address book application by using forms & screens, without a single line of code in the FLA.

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The TechTrax Library contains the following Microsoft tutorials and articles teaching useful features of Word, Excel, Project, Access, and Outlook. Also on this site are utility downloads, office utilities, and html and VBA code modules.

Tutorials for Word, Excel, Project, Access, and Outlook from TechTrax Library

• Microsoft Excel
  
  
  • If Statement Part 1: Introduction
  • If Statement Part 2: Nesting Functions
  • Time Calculations in Excel
    
  
  
• Excel VBA (No Experience Necessary)
  
  
• Lesson 1
• Lesson 2
• Lesson 3
• Lesson 4
• Lesson 5

• Microsoft Word
  
  
  • AutoShapes Part 1: Introduction
  • AutoShapes Part 2: Fill Effects
  • AutoShapes Part 3: Special Effect
  • Word’s Character Styles
  • Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents
  • Word Options Utility
  • More on Word Field Vulnerability
  
  
• Help with Letters and Envelopes in Word
  
  
• Part 1: Letter Wizard
• Part 2: Instant Envelopes Using the Macrobutton Field and VBA
• Part 3: Enhancing the MacroButton Field

• Controlling the Printer using Word VBA
  
  
• Part 1: Using VBA to Select the Paper Tray
• Part 2: Using VBA to Control Duplex, Color Mode and Print Quality
• Part 3: Dealing with Different Paper Sizes
• Part 4: Getting Printer Driver Details
  
  
• Microsoft Project
  
  
  • Part 1: Introduction
  • Part 2: Lesson Two
  • Part 3: Lesson Three
  • Part 4: Lesson Four
  • Part 5: Lesson Five—Working With Resources
  • Part 6: Lesson Six—Working With Views, Tables and Filters
  • Part 7: Lesson Seven-Task and Resource Information dialogs, Working Hours and Calendars
  • Fast Presentations In PowerPoint

• Access Database
  
  
  • Part 1: Access Terminology and Relational Database Concepts
  • Part 2: Normalizing Access Data
  • Part 3: Access Data “Clean-up” Tips
    
    
• Microsoft Outlook
  

• Looking Out Through Outlook
• “Do you want to Merge Changes?”

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Here are workshop tutorials and materials for Microsoft Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, provided by North Carolina State University. These tutorials are self-extracting zip files and have an .exe extention. They will decompress automatically when you double-click on them.

• Excel Introduction – Part 1

• Excel Introduction – Part 2

• Excel Introduction – Part 3

• Time Saving Tips in Excel (exercise file – not zipped)

• Introduction to Access Part 1

• Introduction to Access Part 2

• Introduction to Access Part 3

• Introduction to Access Part 4
  

 

• Introduction to PowerPoint

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Photoshop Tutorials Plus offers great Photoshop tutorials that are clearly written and illustrated to help you easily learn how to use this important graphics tool. These tutorials are designed for beginners and beyond. Start learning immediately without the confusion of most manuals.

Great Photoshop Tutorials

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