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May 10, 2007

3-page Access Tutorial

Here is a 3-page Access Tutorial that discusses and explains the basics of using a database application like Access, and what you can do with it. It shows you, using screen shots and descriptions, how to add and manage Tables and how to perfrom Queries so you can access the data in your database. By using Access, you can analyze and organize your information into tables and then query and report on it so you can understand and use it. Microsoft Access has four main features that you need to learn so you can use it effectively: Tables, Queries, Forms, and Reports. 

Access Terminology:

Table:

  • A table consists of rows and columns and where the actual data is stored.
  • A table has fields. The field is the name of a column and identifies the type of data to be stored in that column such as age, last name, date of birth, etc.
  • A record is the row of data and contains one of each field.
Query:
  • A query requests the tables in the database to provide specific information. You can also store the information from a query in it’s own table.
Form:
  • Forms are optionally used to input, or enter data, into tables. Access allows you to create forms to do this. Data can be input straight into the table but forms give you more control over what kind of data is input.
Report:
  • A report retrieves data from the tables using a query and presents it in a easy to read format.

Popularity: 2% [?]


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    May 12, 2007

    Photoshop Basics Tutorial Workshop

    Here is the Photoshop Basics Tutorial Workshop from the University of Arizona. This Photoshop tutorial introduces several important features of Photoshop, and teaches its user interface and some of its tools. It will show you how to create a new Photoshop document, use several selection tools, and perform fundamental editing techniques.

    The Student Guide and Instructor Manual for this tutorial workshop are located here.

    Basics Photoshop Tutorial Objectives:
    • Learn and use Raster images
    • Understanding the resolution (dpi) of your computer screen
    • Layers and the layer palette
    • The history palette and a saved snapshot
    • The brush tool and paint bucket
    • Text and shapes

    Popularity: 2% [?]


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    Intermediate Photoshop Tutorial Workshop

    Here is the Intermediate Photoshop Tutorial Workshop from the University of Arizona. This Photoshop tutorial teaches advanced functionality and shows you how to perform these important Photoshop features: using the transformation tools, methods to enhance individual layers, and preparing images ready for the web. Review of the basics Photoshop tutorial is recommended before applying the concepts taught in this intermediate Photoshop tutorial..

    The Student Guide and Instructor Manual for this tutorial workshop are located here.
    Student Guide  (pdf)
    Instructor Manual (pdf)

    Intermediate Photoshop Tutorial Objectives:

    • The Layers system and blending techniques
    • Advanced techniques used by the paintbrush and other “brush” tools.
    • Transformation tools. (warp, skew, etc)
    • Clone stamp, healing brush and patch tool
    • Using the “save for web” command

    Popularity: 2% [?]


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    JavaScript Tutorials

    Here is a post I wrote on my other blog at Intelligentedu.com covering a good set of JavaScript Tutorials. These Tutorials show and demonstrate many JavaScript features and coding techniques that you can use on your web pages. JavaScript topics presented by these tutorials include: Objects, Events, and Functions, DOM, DHTML, Animation, Multimedia, Cookies, Menus, Forms, Strings, Debugging, Regular Expressions, and User-defined Objects.

    Popularity: 4% [?]


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    May 21, 2007

    20 Free Visio 2003 Diagrams

    Here is a free download from Microsoft for 20 Free Visio 2003 Diagrams that will help you use this diagramming program more effectively. These Visio diagrams can be used in several areas. Here are some of the available diagrams: Flowcharting, Floor Plans, Computer Networks, Database, Calendar, Electrical Engineering, Organization Chart, Timelines, UML, and Web Design.

       - Active Directory diagram – ActvDir.vsd
       - Basic Flowchart – Bflowcht.vsd
       - Block Diagram – BlkDiagm.vsd
       - Building Floor Plan – BldgPlan.vsd
       - Basic Network diagram – Bnetwork.vsd
       - Brainstorming/Mind map – Brainstm.vsd
       - Calendar – Calendar.vsd
       - Database diagram – Database.vsd
       - Detailed Network diagram – Dnetwork.vsd
       - Electrical Engineering Control diagram – EECtrl.vsd
       - Fluid Power diagram – FluidPwr.vsd
       - Meeting Room layout – MeetRoom.vsd
       - Organization Chart – OrgChart.vsd
       - Process Engineering diagram – ProcEng.vsd
       - IT Rack diagram – Rack.vsd
       - Timeline diagram – Timeline.vsd
       - UML diagram – UML.vsd
       - Web Design diagram – WebDsgn.vsd
       - Web Site diagram – WebSite.vsd
       - Window UI diagram – WinUI.vsd

    Popularity: 9% [?]


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    2 Beginning Flash Tutorials

    Macromedia Flash is an application you can use to create 2 dimension (2D) animations and multimedia presentations, mainly for websites and web applications. Flash has tools that you use to draw basic objects which are then used to make scenes, and these, in turn, can be used to make a movie.

    Here are two Flash Tutorials to get you started using Flash to create animations and presentations: Introduction to Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Introduction to Macromedia Flash MX.

    These Flash tutorials show you how to do the following tasks in Flash:

        * Drawing Artwork
        * Using Keyframes
        * Animating an object using motion tweening



    The image below depicts aspects of the Flash environment that you will need to become familiar with.
     
    The Flash Environment

    flash environment


    Stage - This is where the animation occurs and what the user sees. You create objects and then animate them so that they enter, exit or remain on the stage.

    Work area – This is the behind the scenes area, where you can create objects and get them ready to present and animate on the stage.

    Toolbox – The toolbox provides you with the tools with which you can draw and update objects and change text.

    Layers - Layers operate like transparencies, permitting you to have many objects doing things simultaneously. You see objects on different layers only when they do not take up the same space.

    Timeline – This is how you control the order of events and the timing of events in your Flash animation. The timeline is made up of frames and one frame shows the objects on the stage at that one point in time.

    Panels – the panels are used to update the elements of your movie. For example, you can change the color or transparency of an object.

    Popularity: 3% [?]


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    May 23, 2007

    Beginning Dreamweaver Tutorial

    This Dreamweaver Tutorial will get you started using Dreamweaver, which uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow the user to edit web pages and sites. This will show you how to use Dreamweaver and change existing HTML pages on a web site, including the following web page editing tasks: Modify page properties and text, Create Links (email, absolute, and relative), Insert Tables, Insert Images, and Create a simple HTML web page.. You can download the HTML and graphics files for this tutorial in a zip file here.


    Dreamweaver Tutorial Contents:

    Home
    Site Preparation
    Dreamweaver
    Basics
    Webpage
    Modification
    Email Links
    Tables
    Inserting Images
    Relative & Absolute
    Links

    Organizing Sites
    Tutorial-Printable Version
    Resources

    Popularity: 2% [?]


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    9 Excel Training Tutorials

    Here are 9 Free Excel Training Tutorials from NC State Univeristy that will help you Visualize and Present Data in Excel. The first two tutorials show you the basics of getting the data into the cells and then creating graphs from the data. The remaining Excel tutorials demonstrate and teach Advanced Excel Techniques for formatting, displaying and graphing your data in Excel.


    Data Input Into Excel Cells
    Teaches you how to enter your data into Excel’s cells, select and specify cell ranges, create formulas to manipulate your data, and format data values for display.

    Creating a Scatter Plot and Line Graph in Excel
    Shows you how to create a scatterplot and a simple line graph from your data

    Excel Bar Graphs and Histograms
    How to create both single and multiple bar graphs. Learn how and what a histogram is used for. Also find out how to use the Frequency function so you can transform set of data into into a histogram.

    Importing Text Files into Excel
    This tutorial describes and shows you how to import data into Excel from a text file written by another program.

    Final Formatting in Excel
    Learn how to format Excel graphing components: hide or display them, modify their size, color, and orientation. How to add new components, such as reference lines, using Excel’s drawing tools.

    Plotting Regression Lines Using Excel
    This Excel tutorial shows you how to create a regression trend line and how to calculate and display the equation for the regression line and its correlation coefficient, R-squared.

    Superimposing Graphs in Excel
    Teaches you how to merge data from two graphs, creating one graph. This is usually done so you can show a second independent variable. Also learn how to reformat an Excel graph to correctly present the new variable.

    Creating Error Bars in Excel
    This tutorial shows you how to summarize data in Excel using averages and how to display statistical results using error bars.

    Selecting Data in Excel for Display
    Explains and describes how to only present a part of your data set in Excel. Also learn how to use graphs to discover and delete outlier data.

    Popularity: 2% [?]


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    Web Programming and Development Books

    Here is a repository of online Web Programming and Development Books hosted by Bulgaria Online Books Archive. While these books are dated, many are still a useful as references and for learning how to program web pages and web sites.

    Web Programming and Development Books
     
    Topics Covered:

     - HTML
     - WEB Publishing with HTML
     - Web Scripting
     - WebMaster
     - Shockwave Web Pages
     - Web Graphics and Web Page Design
     - Java Web Applets
     - Perl for Web Programming
     - WWW Plug-Ins
     - 3D Graphics & VRML 2.0
     - Web Programming
     - Web Publishing

    Popularity: 4% [?]


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    May 29, 2007

    Beginning Flash and ActionScript Tutorials

    ActionScript.org offers many Flash Tutorials for all skill levels. Here are their Beginning Flash and ActionScript Tutorials teaching a wide variety of Flash features and functionality for those just starting to learn how to use this important web multi-media, graphics, and animation development application.


    Beginning Flash and ActionScript Tutorials

     - Variables 101
     - Instance Names
     - Paths to Objects and Variables
     - Get Property
     - Set Property
     - Spawning External Browser Windows (Pop-ups)
     - Continuously Looping Background
     - Pop Up window within flash
     - Drop down menu
     - Bookmark to IE
     - Time with Flash 5
     - Drag ‘n Drop and Drop Targets
     - Execute Files from Local Presentations
     - Open Documents from Local Presentations
     - Navigation Circle That Stops On Mouse Over
     - Initializing Movie
     - Random parts of a movie clip
     - Controlling Different Timelines
     - Blur transition effect
     - Using duplicateMovieClip
     - Variables to hold a data
     - Using attachMovie
     - Converting Basic HTML Forms to Flash
     - Basic Animation Via ActionScript
     - LoadVariables and LoadVars Objects
     - Displaying the Date and Time With Flash MX
     - Creating Flash 5 Quizzes
     - Volume Slider (attachSound method)
     - Scripted Typewriter Effect
     - Flash Projectors and Crossplatform (Hybrid) CD burning
     - Building games in flash
     - Integrating Flash and mySQL
     - Smooth PreLoader
     - CSS in Flash MX 2004
     - Loading External XML formatted Content into Flash MX 2004
     - Creating custom mouse pointer
     - Creating a continuously scrolling newsreel
     - Using pixel fonts
     - Building a Binary Clock
     - Movement and simple hittest
     - Simple Magnetic Menu
     - Common Errors and Debugging
     - Basic Scrolling
     - 3D Input Text effect
     - Password protection 2
     - Creating a basic animation
     - Simple digital clock
     - DoubleClick event for movie clips and buttons
     - JavaScript Popup Window
     - Creating a Floor, Walls, and Platforms for Games with Flash
     - Randomly Bouncing Hyper Balls
     - Simple Magnetic Menu – A Revisit and Upgrade
     - Send Mail with PHP, ASP, or Perl
     - Realistic ball movement
     - Doubleclick Event for MovieClip
     - How to Load Data and Use it From XML
     - Write to File: Flash to Server Side interaction
     - Embedding Flash Objects/Swfs into Powerpoint
     - Getting started with Actionscript 3.

    Popularity: 6% [?]


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