Here is a 6-page Illustrated Dreamweaver Tutorial that will help you starting creating web pages with this application. I takes you through six fundamental web page topics showing how to get started, setting page properties, working with text, creating hyperlinks, adding images, and adding and managing tables. These 8-steps are in Adobe Photoshop tutorial, which is of six pages in pdf format and is 443kb in size.


Contents of this Dreamweaver Tutorial:

Getting Started
   File Storage/Architecture
   Page Creation
   Properties Palette
   Naming Conventions

Setting Page Properties

Enhancing Text
   Heading Sizes
   Font Size and Color
   Alignments
   Bulleted and Numbered Lists
   Text Indext / Tab
   Single / Double Space

Creating a Link
   Absolute Link
   Relative Link
   Email Link
   Document / PDF file Link
   Image Links
   
Adding Images
   Src tag
   Align tag
   link tag
   Alt tag
   Width and Height tags
   
Adding and Managing Tables
   Width
   Border
   Cell Padding
   Cell Spacing
   Merging Cells
   Splitting Cells

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This is a 28-page Microsoft Word 2003 Tips and Tricks tutorial, from the Institute of Advanced Studies, that will help you become a more efficient day-to-day Word user. It covers Word features such as templates, headers and footers, page numbering, marks, rulers, document map, watermarks, keyboard shortcuts, international characters, mail merge, printing, print preview, statistics, and recent files. This Word tutorial is 277kb in size and is in pdf format.


Contents of this Word Tips and Tricks document:
 
Introduction
Getting Help

Creating Documents from Templates
  Working with document templates
  Creating a calendar

Formatting and Viewing Tips and Tricks
  Comparing two documents side-by-side
  Embedding fonts so others can view your documents
  Inserting Headers and Footers
  Inserting Page Numbers
  Inserting Organizational Charts and Diagrams
  Inserting Wavy Underlines, Double Underlines, and More
  Preventing page breaks inside paragraphs
  Removing Hyperlink Formatting from URLs
  Showing or hiding formatting marks feature
  Showing or hiding the rulers
  Using the Document Map
  Viewing a Microsoft Word 2003 document
  Viewing and comparing document formatting
  Working on and viewing two separate document sections
  Working with Watermarks

Working with Word 2003’s Keyboard Shortcuts
  Displaying shortcut keys for any given toolbar button
  Printing a list of all Word 2003 keyboard shortcuts
  Entering international characters in Word 2003
  Using a specific language keyboard layout with Word 2003

Working with Mail Merge
  Preparing for a mail merge
  Navigating through the Mail Merge task pane
  Using a Microsoft Excel file for Mail Merge
  Tweaking the mail merge data formats

Printing Tips and Tricks
  Automatically Print Document Properties
  Printing a draft copy of your documents
  Print Previewing multiple pages at once
  Specifying pages to print from a document

Miscellaneous Word Tools and Trick
  Define a word online using Microsoft Word 2003
  Display readability statistics for a document
  Displaying the total number of words in a Microsoft Word 2003 document
  Remember more recently opened files

Popularity: 23% [?]

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Here are two free PowerPoint Training Documents hosted by the Institute of Advanced Studies, both in pdf format. The first is a training course of 32 slides and the second is quick reference guide.


This PowerPoint 2003 Training Course shows you how to use PowerPoint to create slides and presentations, per the course goals and contents listed below. The first of three lessons provides information on slides, text and notes; the second one deals with design and layout; and the third lesson advises you on how to proof print, and prep for the show. This PowerPoint tutorial is 32 pages in length and 233kb in size.

PowerPoint Course Goals:
 - Put text and pictures on slides
 - Navigate in the PowerPoint window
 - Apply a design template
 - Arrange slide content by using layouts
 - Print handouts and notes
 - Prepare to give the show

PowerPoint Course Contents:
 - Overview: Presentation basics
 - Lesson 1: Slides, text, and notes
 - Lesson 2: Design and layout
 - Lesson 3: Proof, print, prep for the show


This PowerPoint 2003 Quick Reference Guide lists the tasks and steps you need to do for working with slides, text, notes, printing, layout, design, previewing, and packaging your slide presentations in PowerPoint 2003. This reference guide will help you in accelerating your PowerPoint skills. It is 3 pages in length and 47kb in size.

Contents of PowerPoint Quick Reference:

 - Working with Slides and Text
      AutoContent Wizard
      Insert Slides from another Show
      AutoFit Text

 - Working with Notes and other Printouts
      View Notes Pages
      Preview and Print
      Send Notes to Word

 - Layout and Design
      Apply a Design Template
      Apply a Slide Layout
      Insert a Picture or other Content

 - Getting Ready to Present
      Preview a Slide Show
      Package your Presentation

Popularity: 21% [?]

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Here is an excellent Illustrator Tutorial, Adobe Illustrator CS2 Essentials, from the Institute of Advanced Studies. This tutorial will teach you about both designing and illustrating multimedia artwork using Illustrator CS2, which is a graphics editing application used for printing, multimedia, and online graphics. This Illustrator tutorial gives you the steps and tasks needed for using Illustrator’s many tools to produce quality and professional looking graphics. Its 15 sections are listed below, 25 pages in length and 9.45mb in size (pdf format).


Contents of Illustrator Essentials Tutorial:

 - Getting Started
 - The Illustrator Workspace
 - The Toolbox
 - Tool Descriptions
 - Placing Files
 - Making Selections
 - Creating Basic Shapes
 - Inserting and Formating Text
 - Arranging
 - Grouping
 - Locking
 - Applying Styles and Effects
 - Working with Symbols
 - Saving and Exporting
 - Getting Help

Popularity: 23% [?]

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Design in Theory and Practice is a series of five chapters or tutorials that will teach you all  about visual communication design for the web. These web design tutorials discuss topics such as the fundamentals of design, typography and motion, and then also address more advanced theoretical web design and communication concepts. The author presents and explains examples from a variety of sources including classical art and architecture, business, media and movies, the environment and, of course, the web. These web designing tutorials give you a solid web designing foundation, along with techniques and how tos for enhancing your web pages and sites.


Contents of Design in Theory and Practice:

 - The Principles of Design

 - The Elements of Design

 - Designing for the Web

 - Principles and Elements of Design

 - Color: An Investigation

Popularity: 22% [?]

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Here are four Free Online Flash Books to help you master this web development application. Adobe Flash is rapidly becoming the Web’s most widely used platform for creating rich media with animation and motion graphics, but mastering Flash isn’t easy. These books will help you increase your Flash skills in many areas and features of Flash, including color effects, drawing and masking, animation, 3D, text, audio, video, user interface, printing, XML, and Actionscript. ActionScript is Flash’s programming language that allows you to produce compelling multimedia web sites and more.


Flash Book
 - Visual Effects
 - Color Effects
 - Drawing and Masking
 - Animation
 - 3D and Physics
 - Text
 - Sound
 - User Interface Elements
 - Performance and Optimization
 - ActionScript
 - Browser Integration

Flash and XML: A Developer’s Guide
 - Flash Basics
 - Flash ActionScript
 - More ActionScript
 - XML
 - HTTP
 - Recursive
 - Database
 - SQL
 - Serving
 - Two-Way
 - Cookies
 - Flash to
 - Multiplexed
 - End Note

Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity
 - Getting Started, Right Out of the Box
 - Creating Quickly: Customizing Your Workspace
 - Your First Animation
 - Buttons and Interactivity
 - Working with Graphics
 - Movie Clips and Interactivity
 - More Animation Techniques
 - Using Sound
 - Using Video
 - Compositing and Bitmap Effects
 - Working with Text
 - Loading Assets on the Fly
 - e-Learning with Flash
 - Flash for CD-ROM and Handhelds
 - Think Outside the Box

Flash ActionScript: Training from the Source
 - Lesson1: Introduction to ActionScript 2.0
 - Lesson2: Functions
 - Lesson3: Conditional Logic
 - Lesson4: Arrays and Loops
 - Lesson5: Built-in Classes
 - Lesson6: Custom Classes
 - Lesson7: Events, Listeners, and Callbacks
 - Lesson8: Dynamically Creating Assets
 - Lesson9: Bitmap Features
 - Lesson10: UI Components
 - Lesson11: Advanced Object-Oriented Design
 - Lesson12: Data Validation
 - Lesson13: External Data Connections
 - Lesson14: XML and Flash
 - Lesson15: External Interface
 - Lesson16: Sound and Video
 - Lesson17: Printing and Context Menus
 - Lesson18: Maximum-Strength SWF Files

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Here are reference guides or cheat sheets for Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007 from tmcc.edu. These are aimed at users of Office 2003, to guide and show them the new Office 2007 interface and how it differs from the previous versions of these applications. These three learning documents are in pdf format.

 
Word 2007 Cheat Sheet 

This 10-page Word 2007 reference guide (314kb) takes you through the following topics:

• Get the Lay of the Land
• Learn the Ribbon
• The Office Button and Quick Access Toolbar
• Five Tips for Working with Word 2007
• New Features in Word 2007
• Word 2007 Quick Reference Charts

Excel 2007 Cheat Sheet 

The Excel 2007 interface represents a big change in the look and feel of this spreadsheet application. Whether you’re opening a file or cheating charts or even design - you’ll find things have changed. This 13-page reference guide (476kb) will help you learn how to use Excel’s functionality using the new interface.

• Get the Lay of the Land
• Learn the Ribbon
• The Office Button and Quick Access Toolbar
• Six tips for working with Excel 2007
• New features in Excel 2007
• Excel 2007 quick reference charts
• Excel 2007 image gallery

PowerPoint 2007 Cheat Sheet  

This PowerPoint 2007 reference guide (16 pages, 918kb) reviews the commands and tasks you need to perform for creating slide presentations using the new user interface. It consists of the following three sections:

• Navigation tips about getting around in PowerPoint 2007.
• New location of buttons from the old Standard, Drawing, and Formatting toolbars.
• New locations of the old menu items.

Popularity: 35% [?]

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Philosophe.com is a great resource for learning how to create a high quality web site. It teaches you quality assurance for web sites, including the important area of usability. Good web sites have four things in common: well designed, coded, filled with content, and thoroughly tested. This site shows you how to perform testing and QA on your web site, presenting it in a thoughtful and philosophic way. Though the material discussed and reviewed is aimed at larger sites, everything is also applicable to smaller sites such as individual home pages. You will learn the following about web site testing:

• the major concepts at the heart of the quality assurance process
• the critical importance of defining standards and specifications
• the general categories of tests you might want to perform on your web site
• some links to specialized QA web sites that might provide deeper information about any of the topics discussed here

Table of Contents:  


Site Design Issues Relating to Quality

• Site Design: Designing in Quality
• Requirements and Specifications
• Standards and Protocols
• Some General Comments on Style Guides
• Some Thoughts on Domain Names
• Common Sense Rules for Interaction Design
• Metaphors and Schemas in Design

Audience Issues

• Getting To Know Your Audience
• Categorizing Your Audience
• Identifying Important Operating Systems
• Identifying Important Browsers
• A Sample User-Agent Log

Testing Web Sites

• Some Basic Testing Concepts
• Building a Test Suite
• Types of Tests
• Understanding and Creating Testcases
• Testing Without a Formal Test Plan
• Outsourcing Web Site Testing

Quality Control for Web Sites

• Quality Control and Testing

Quality Assurance for Web Sites

• Basic Quality Assurance Concepts
• Understanding Quality
• Rating the Importance of Problems

Ecommerce Issues

• Introduction and Overview
• Online vs “Traditional” Commerce
• Schemas and Concept Mapping
• The Roles Within Commerce
• Branding and Merchant Identity
• Communicating With Users
• The Impression of Trustworthiness
• Other Commerce-Related Articles

Search Issues

• Considering Search: Search Topics
• Assumptions About Search
• Assumptions About User Search Behavior
• Types of Information Collections
• A Structural Look at Search
• Users and the Task of Information Retrieval
• Testing Search
• Useful Search Links and References

Email and Messaging Issues

• Email and Messaging

Additional Quality Assurance Information

• QA resources
• terms
• useful books
• links

Popularity: 23% [?]

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For many Flash Tutorials in lots of areas, check out FlashPerfection.com. These tutorials will teach you how to use Flash, from the basics on up to producing Flash websites complete with multi-media presentations and animations. The categories of these Flash tutorials are linked below, and you can also use this search form to find the Flash topics you are looking for. This site also lets you upload your Flash tutorials, tips, and tricks so you can share them with others.


Search Flash Tutorials at Flash Perfection:

Flash Tutorial Categories at Flash Perfection:

 - 3D Flash Tutorials

 - Flash Actionscripting Tutorials

 - Flash Animation Tutorials

 - Flash Audio Tutorials

 - Flash Backend Tutorials

 - Flash Dynamic Content Tutorials

 - Flash Games Tutorials

 - Flash Basics Tutorials

 - Flash Interactivity Tutorials

 - Flash Math Physics Tutorials

 - Flash Optimization Tutorials

 - Flash Projector Tutorials

 - Flash Special Effects Tutorials

 - Flash Text Effects Tutorials

 - Flash Tips & Techniques

 - Flash Utilities

 - Flash Video

 - Flash Articles

 - Flash Web Design

 - SWiSH Tutorials

 - FlashDesigner Tutorials

 - Expression Blend Tutorials

 - 3rd Party Flash Tutorials

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Here is an excellent Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial (CSS Tutorial), from the University of Texas. A style sheet provides a set of rules that how a web page should display. Style rules specify a property for an HTML tag or set of tags for items such as font styles and sizes, paragraph positioning, and line spacing. Style sheets maintain the separation between structural and presentation information. This CSS Tutorial gives you a good introduction and instructions for coding web pages and sites using cascading style sheets, along with several CSS samples.


Contents of this CSS Tutorial:

 - Introduction

 - Incorporating Style Sheets Into Your Document

 - Example Rules

 - CSS Properties

 - Inheritance

 - Style Sheets and Forms

 - Positioning

 - Backgrounds

 - Sample 1

 - Sample 2

 - Conclusion

 - References

Popularity: 31% [?]

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