Here are 25 nicely written and easy to follow Flash Tutorials from Spoono, the web designers’ playground. These free Flash training pages cover all Flash skill levels: beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
 

8 Beginning Flash Tutorials:

Alpha/Onion Skin
This Flash tutorial instructs you how to get a cool alpha fading, onion skin type of effect used by many websites. Can be used for buttons, movie clips, anything.

Animated Button
Discover how to create animated buttons with Flash and make OnMouse animated buttons.

Custom Cursor
This Flash tutorial teaches you how to make a custom cursor for your Flash movies.

Invisible Button
Find out how to use the  invisible button trick to improve your Flash applications by having only one button instead of multiple buttons in your library.

Object Follow Mouse
This shows you how to have a Flash object follow the mouse and increase and decrease in speed depending on how far away the mouse is from the object.

Simple Text Bevel
This is an easy tutorial for Flash beginners teaching you how to get a simple text bevel effect.

Sound Loops
Discover how to fix the issue of a sound loop repeating itself many times over and over again in Flash.

Typewriter Effect
Learn how to create a typewriter effect in Flash without using Actionscripts.


11 Intermediate Flash Tutorials:

Collapsing Text Button
This Flash tutorial will show you how to create a collapsing menu effect.

Collision Detection
This Flash tutorial demonstrates how to use hitTarget to detect collisions and use this technique in your movies.

Double Click
How to use Flash’s getTimer() to force users double click on an object.

Draggable Masks
Find out how to use Flash to dynamically create a mask and drag it across your movie.

Flash and JavaScript
Discover how to have Flash work and communicate with JavaScript.

Gravity in Flash
Learn how to make a ball bounce using Flash.

Movie Functions
This Flash tutorial shows you how to use several  action scripts to change a movie clip, such as move, stretch, fade, rotate and more.

Opposeable Mouse Effect
Use Flash ActionScript to create boxes that oppose the mouse pointer.

Revolving Text Button
Find out how to create a revolving text button effect using Flash.

Scrolling
This Flash tutorial demonstrates how to import a text file into Flash and then display it while scrolling.

Springy Text Button
Create a springy text button effect in Flash.


6 Adanced Flash Tutorials:

Advanced Preloader
Learn how to create a Flash preloader that specifies the percent, bytes loaded, bytes remaining, and more.

Digital Timer
Learn how to create a digital timer using Flash’s getTimer() function.

Flash and XML
Learn how to use Flash and XML to create a simple phonebook application.

Keyboard Movement – Part 1
Learn the details of how to control a Flash movie clip using the keyboard  - part 1 of a 3-part tutorial.

Keyboard Movement – Part 2
Learn the details of how to control a Flash movie clip using the keyboard  - part 2 of a 3-part tutorial.

Keyboard Movement – Part 3
Learn the details of how to control a Flash movie clip using the keyboard  - part 3 of a 3-part tutorial.

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Microsoft has made huge changes to the user interface for all of the applications in Office 2007, including Word 2007. It has replaced all menus and toolbars with a new “Ribbon” interface, along with Tabs. The Ribbon and Tabs are positioned across the screen and graphically depict groups of features and functionality.

Here are Four Free Training Resources for Learning How to Use Word 2007. The first one is an online course that will help you learn how to use the Ribbon, find familiar features, and understand and use the new XML file format. The second one is a reference for the locations of Word 2003 commands in Word 2007. The third learning resource is a 3 page Word 2007 tutorial article that reviews Word’s new features and user interface. The fourth document is a spreadsheet that maps all of Word 2003 menu and toobar items to the Word 2007 ribbon or interface.


1) Free Word 2007 Online Course: Up to Speed with Word 2007

Course length: 30–40 minutes

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Work with the Ribbon — the new feature that makes Word easier than ever before.
• Find everyday, common commands you need to do your job.
• Use the new file format for Word in the way that’s best for you.

This course includes:

• Three self-paced lessons and two practice sessions for hands-on experience. Practices require Word 2007.
• A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
• A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course. 

Course Contents:

Overview

Get to Know the Ribbon

• The Ribbon in action
• What’s on the Ribbon?
• Dialog box launchers in groups
• Additional tabs appear
• The Mini toolbar
• The Quick Access Toolbar
• Temporarily hide the Ribbon
• Use the keyboard
• Practice
• Test yourself

Find Everyday Commands

• Start with the Microsoft Office Button
• Bullets, numbers, and more
• What about styles?
• The Format Painter
• Insert pictures, hyperlinks, headers and footers
• Zoom
• Check your spelling and grammar
• Ready to print?
• Yes, ready to print
• Behind the scenes
• Practice
• Test yourself

A New File Format

• Why the change? XML
• Why the change? New features
• How do I know I’m using the new format?
• There’s more than one file format?
• What about the documents I already have?
• Compatibility mode
• Converting your old files
• Share documents between versions by using a converter
• Sharing documents between versions by saving with an older format
• Test yourself

Feedback

Quick Reference Card

2) Reference: Locations of Word 2003 Commands in Word 2007

This tutorial article explains and demonstrates elements of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface in Microsoft Word 2007. It also provides lists of commands that you may already be familiar with in Word 2003, showing you how to perform the same feature or function in Word 2007.

• Introducing the new interface
• Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
• New locations of familiar commands

3) New Features in Word 2007

Word New Features – Pages 2 and 3:

1. New Features in Word 2007
2. Radically New Look for Word 2007

4) Word 2007 Ribbon Mapping from Word 2003

This is an spreadsheet (.xls) that will help you become familiar with the menu and toolbar options in Word 2007. It maps all of the menu and toolbar features and options in Word 2003 to the equivalent in Word 2007 for each of the following:

• File menu
• Edit menu
• View menu
• Insert menu
• Format menu
• Tools menu
• Table menu
• Window menu
• Help menu
• Standard toolbar
• Formatting toolbar
• AutoText toolbar
• Control Toolbox toolbar
• Database toolbar
• Drawing toolbar
• E-mail toolbar
• Extended Formatting toolbar
• Forms toolbar
• Frames toolbar
• Function Key Display toolbar
• Ink Annotations
• Ink Drawing and Writing toolbar
• Mail Merge toolbar
• Outlining toolbar
• Picture toolbar
• Reviewing toolbar
• Tables and Borders toolbar
• Visual Basic toolbar
• Web toolbar
• Web Tools toolbar
• Word Count toolbar
• WordArt toolbar
• 3-D Settings toolbar
• Shadow Settings toolbar
• Drawing Canvas toolbar
• Organization Chart toolbar
• Diagram toolbar
• Header and Footer toolbar
• Full Screen toolbar
• Stop Recording toolbar
• Microsoft toolbar
• Print Preview toolbar
• AutoSummarize toolbar
• Exit Design Mode toolbar
• Text Box toolbar
• Refresh toolbar
• Reading Layout toolbar
• Compare Side by Side toolbar
• System toolbar
• Online Meeting toolbar

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Microsoft has made many modifications to the user interface for all Office 2007 applications, and that means relearning how to use most Excel features in Excel 2007. All menus and toolbars have been replaced with a new “Ribbon” interface and Tabs. These Ribbon and Tabs are located horizontally across the screen and graphically depict groups of features and functionality.

Here are Four Free Training Resources for Learning How to Use Excel 2007. The first one is an online course that will help you learn how to use the Ribbon, find familiar features, and understand and use the new XML file format. The second one is a reference for the locations of Excel 2003 commands in Excel 2007. The third learning resource is a 3 page Excel 2007 Charting tutorial. The fourth document is a spreadsheet that maps all Excel 2003 menu and toobar items to Excel 2007′s ribbon interface.


1) Free Excel 2007 Online Course: Up to Speed with Excel 2007

Learn how to use the new user interface of Microsoft Excel 2007, and find out how to do the everyday tasks that you normally do in Excel.

Length: 30–40 minutes

Course Goals:

• Get a handle on the new look of Excel.
• Find everyday commands on the Ribbon: Cut, Copy, Paste, Insert Sheet Rows, Insert Sheet Columns, and Sum.
• Save workbooks in the new Excel file formats.

This course includes:

• Three self-paced lessons and two practice sessions for hands-on experience. Practices require Excel 2007.
• A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
• A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course.

Excel 2007 Course Contents:

Overview

What’s changed, and why

• What’s on the Ribbon?
• More commands, but only when you need them
• More options, if you need them
• Put commands on your own toolbar
• What about my favorite keyboard shortcuts?
• A new view
• Different screen resolutions can change what you see
• Practice
• Test yourself

Get to work in Excel

• Open your file
• Insert a column
• Format and edit data
• Enter a formula
• Add headers and footers
• Print
• The New Workbook window
• Practice
• Test yourself

A new file format

• How do I work with people who don’t have Excel 2007 yet?
• Benefits of the new format
• New file formats, new options when you save
• Test yourself

Feedback

Quick Reference Card


2) Reference: Locations of Excel 2003 commands in Excel 2007

This tutorial describes the items of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface that are in Microsoft Excel 2007. It also shows you commands which you may already know how to use in Microsoft Excel 2003, and explains how to do the same tasks or features in Excel 2007.

• Introducing the new interface
• Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
• New locations of familiar commands

3) Excel 2007 Tips for Creating Functional and Attractive Charts

This article explains the Top Ten Tips and Tricks for Excel 2007 Charts. Excel charts have been given a makeover in Excel 2007 and the Chart Wizard of earlier versions is now gone. Find out how to create functional and attractive charts using Excel 2007.

Excel Charting Tips – Pages 2 and 3:

• Top Ten Tips and Tricks for Excel 2007 Charts
• More Tips and Tricks for Creating Excel 2007 Charts

4) Excel 2007 Ribbon Mapping from Excel 2003

This spreadsheet (.xls) maps all of the menu and toolbar features and options in Excel 2003 to the equivalent in Excel 2007 for each of the following:

• Standard toolbar
• Formatting toolbar
• PivotTable toolbar
• Chart Toolbar toolbar
• Reviewing
• Forms
• Stop Recording
• External Data
• Formula Auditing
• Circular Reference
• Visual Basic
• Web
• Control Toolbox
• Exit Design Mode
• Watch Window
• Borders
• Protection
• Text to Speech
• List
• Compare Side by Side
• Drawing toolbar
• WordArt
• Pictures
• Organization Chart
• Diagram
• Ink Drawing and Writing
• Ink Annotations
• Shadow Settings
• 3D Settings
• File Menu
• Edit Menu
• View Menu
• Insert Menu
• Format Menu
• Tools Menu
• Data Menu
• Chart Menu
• Windows Menu
• Help Menu

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Here are Four Free Training Resources for Learning How to Use PowerPoint 2007. The first one is an online course that will help you learn how to use the new Office 2007 Ribbon, do typical tasks to create a presentation, use the interactive galleries, and use the new XML file format. The second one is a tutorial article that helps you understand how to use the new user interface and find familiar features in PowerPoint 2007. The third one is a Powerpoint 2007 tutorial that shows you how to create and use the new presentation templates. The fourth a spreadsheet that maps all PowerPoint 2003 menu and toobar items to PowerPoint 2007′s ribbon interface.


1) Free PowerPoint 2007 Online Course: Up to Speed with PowerPoint 2007

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Approach the new user interface with confidence and an understanding of how it works.
• Do the things you typically do to create and prepare a presentation.
• Use the new file format in PowerPoint in the way that’s best for you.

This course includes:

• Three self-paced lessons and two practice sessions for hands-on experience. Practices require PowerPoint 2007.
• A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
• A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course.

PowerPoint 2007 Course Contents:

Get your Bearings: What’s Changed and Why

• The Ribbon
• The tabs: Devoted to main tasks
• Display the galleries
• Use advanced options
• The Quick Access Toolbar
• Changing views
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Practice
• Test yourself

Get to Work in PowerPoint

• Start a new presentation
• Choose a theme
• Tailor the theme
• Add slides, pick layouts
• Insert a picture
• Insert a text box caption
• Insert an org chart
• Apply a simple animation
• Set up the show, check spelling, review
• Print, distribute, and set program options
• Practice
• Test yourself

A New File Format

• Benefits of the new format
• What the new file format looks like
• Opening a PowerPoint 2007 presentation in an earlier PowerPoint version
• Opening and saving existing presentations
• Saving in the old format
• Automatic upgrades in older presentations
• The Convert command for quick conversion
• Test yourself
• Feedback

Quick Reference Card


2) Reference: Locations of PowerPoint 2003 Commands in PowerPoint 2007

Learn about the elements of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. This also shows you PowerPoint 2003 commands that perform the same tasks in PowerPoint 2007.

• Introducing the new interface
• Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
• New locations of familiar commands

3) PowerPoint 2007: Get Started with New Templates

This tutorial presents some of the improvements in PowerPoint 2007, and specifically takes you through creating and using New Templates, SmartArt, New Layouts, and Charts.

Pages 2 and 3:

1. PowerPoint 2007: Get Started with New Templates
2. SmartArt, New Layouts and Charts, and More

4) PowerPoint 2007 Ribbon Mapping Workbook

This spreadsheet maps all of the menu and toolbar features and options in PowerPoint 2003 to the equivalent in PowerPoint 2007 for each of the following:

• File menu
• Edit menu
• View menu
• Insert menu
• Format menu
• Tools menu
• Slide Show menu
• Window menu
• Help menu
• Standard toolbar
• Formatting toolbar
• Picture toolbar
• Reviewing toolbar
• Web toolbar
• Organization Chart toolbar
• Slide Master View toolbar
• Diagram toolbar
• Drawing toolbar
• Tables and Borders toolbar
• 3-D Settings toolbar
• Print Preview toolbar
• WordArt toolbar
• Drawing Canvas toolbar
• Shadow Settings toolbar
• Control Toolbox toolbar
• Visual Basic toolbar
• Outlining toolbar
• Slide Sorter
• Handout Master View
• Grayscale View
• Ink Drawing and Writing
• Ink Annotations
• Rehearsal
• System
• Online Meeting

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