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May 1, 2009

65 Photoshop Tutorials from celoxdesign

Here are 65 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials at celoxdesign.net that are for all graphic editors and web designers, from the novice to the professional. These Photoshop Tutorials discuss elements, vector art and photo enhancing. They also teach magazine design and 3D effects in Photoshop. Many of these Photoshop Tutorials explain how cool effects and enhancements are created, and also demonstrate photo editing, smoothing out sharp edges, and using Photoshop’s toolbox. All tutorials are explained in step-by-step detail, along with illustrations and examples.


65 Photoshop Tutorials:

 - Adding Shadows to Objects
 - Awesome 3D Text
 - Extreme Makeover
 - Shining Element
 - Chrome Text Effect
 - Basic Vector Art
 - Image Color Enhancing
 - Photo Restoration
 - Photoshop Masking Tools
 - Clipping Path
 - Object Motion
 - Apple Mac Text Effect
 - Corkboard Myspace Layout
 - Snowman with falling snow
 - Website Splash Page
 - Famous Mosaic Effect
 - Magazine or Website Text Effect with Background
 - Photoshop Face Makeover
 - 3D Bulge Text Effect
 - 3D Dissolve Text Effect
 - Rough Metal Photoshop Text Effect
 - Face painting on cracked wall
 - Metal Plate
 - Text Following Path
 - Sleek Menu Bar
 - Make a Cat-eye lens
 - Trippy Colors Photo effect
 - Make a Page-curl
 - 3D Photoshop text
 - Make a Plasma TV
 - Get more detail out of a Photo
 - Scuffed metal plate
 - Digital Painting a Dead Tree
 - Blending images
 - Adding sunglasses to people
 - How to Digital Paint a Fantasy scene
 - Indent shadow orb
 - PNG transparent images
 - Paint an eye sketch
 - Paint a wooden plank
 - Melodie of a bright day painting
 - Full gaming template
 - Modding faces with textures
 - Enhance photos with different techniques
 - Cutting out wavy hair and body
 - Vista styled menu
 - Advanced shine star in photoshop
 - Resizing loads of photos
 - Celoxdesign V2 menu headings
 - Shiny Star
 - Make a Shine layer
 - Pen-tool cutting out objects
 - 3D Text in photoshop
 - The famous smooth edges technique
 - Make the original simpsons TV
 - Smooth edges glass content box
 - Glass text effect
 - Use layer masks to create reflections
 - Make a plastic peel off effect
 - Make from a real photo a nice looking drawing
 - Make groups to organize layers
 - Make a tattoo on evangeline lilly
 - Transparent Picture Border
 - 3D Text with Glow Animation
 - Glossy Header Photoshop

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    11 CSS Tutorials at lsu.edu

    These 11 short CSS Tutorials at Louisiana State University give a quick overview with code on how CSS works in tandem with HTML in web pages that are easy to create and load. These primarily cover Borders, Lists, Margins, Fonts and Tables and their respective syntax. Each of these CSS Tutorials is accompanied with the applicable CSS code and how that code looks when integrated in HTML.


    CSS: Borders
    This tutorial explains how to create a border for an element on an HTML page using CSS.

    CSS: Lists
    This study material explains how to create a list of items and use visual indicators in them.

    CSS: Margins
    This tutorial discusses how margins can introduced via CSS to differentiate between elements on a web page.

    CSS: Margins
    This tutorial discusses how margins can introduced via CSS to differentiate between elements on a web page.

    CSS: Media Types
    CSS can be used in different types of media such as print, handheld and screens. This article introduces media types in CSS using the @media rule.

    CSS: Padding
    Cell padding, which is used to manipulate text positions in a web page, is discussed in this tutorial.

    CSS: Psuedo-elements
    Pseudo-elements allow users to make changes to certain part of the text in a web page. This tutorial discusses Pseudo-elements and how it is used in CSS.

    CSS: Setting Font
    Setting and using appropriate fonts on a web page using CSS is discussed in this article.

    CSS: Tables
    Tables are usually used to separate different areas of a web page to emphasize them. This study material discusses Tables in details.

    CSS: Text Color
    This article explains how the text color and its other characteristics can be changed and used in HTML.

    CSS: The Syntax
    This tutorial section discusses the syntax used in CSS for setting the properties and attributes for different web elements.

    Popularity: 23% [?]

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    May 4, 2009

    Tutorials for Excel 2003 and 2007

    Here are several Excel Tutorials at spreadsheets.about.com covers and teaches various features of Excel, versions 2003 and 2007. Some of the topics covered by these Excel tutorials are: getting started with Excel, steps to create a basic spreadsheet, formulas, charting, and converting an Excel spreadsheet to an Access database. Also at this site are How to Use Excel Tutorials and Excel Formula Tutorials.


     - Basic Excel 2003 Spreadsheet Tutorial
     - Adding data to a spreadsheet
     - Widening Columns in Excel
     - Adding the Date and a Range Name
     - Adding formulas
     - Applying styles
     - Changing data alignment in cells
     - Number formatting – percent and currency
     - Changing font color


    Getting Started with Excel:
    These tutorials are a beginner’s tour on Excel 2003 and Excel 2007. It deals with simple stuff like entering data in Excel.

     - Beginner’s Guide to Excel 2003
     - Beginners Guide to Excel 2007
     - Entering Data in Excel


    Excel 2007 Chart Tutorials:
    These tutorials walk you through creating and formatting pie charts, column charts and line graphs using many of the common features available in Excel 2007.

     - Excel 2007 Pie Chart Tutorial
     - Excel 2007 Column Chart Tutorial
     - Excel 2007 Line Graph Tutorial


    How to Use Excel:
    These tutorials covers how to create and use a basic formula in Excel 2007 by step by step examples. It also details out creating spreadsheets in MS Excel 2003 and MS Excel 2007.

     - Excel 2007 Formulas Step by Step Tutorial
     - Basic Excel 2003 Spreadsheet Tutorial
     - Basic Excel 2007 Spreadsheet Tutorial


    Related Articles:
    This section deals with several related articles on MS Excel. The topics include converting an Excel spreadsheet to an MS Access 2007 database, Excel SUM and auto SUM functions

     - Converting an Excel Spreadsheet to an Access 2007 Database
     - Excel Tutorials – Free Excel Tutorials
     - Excel SUM – Excel Auto SUM Function – Free Excel Tutorials
     - Converting an Excel Spreadsheet to an Access Database
     - Converting an Excel Spreadsheet to an Access Database

    Popularity: 29% [?]

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    May 6, 2009

    117 Photoshop CS2 Tutorials

    These 117 Photoshop CS2 Tutorials at adobenerds.com discuss graphics design, creating effects, animation and text effects, along with many other features of Photoshop. Photoshop’s tools and effects are taught in detail by these tutorials, explaining various designs and objects that can be created in Photoshop CS2, such as 3D logos, applying halftone filters, shape creation and flowing matter. Most of these effects are the combination of many individual effects that create the final shape or effect. Also explained by these Photoshop tutorials are banner creation, logo creation, creating backgrounds for websites, blending photos, creating motion and glossy effects, and various other text effects.


    117 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials:

     - Create a web 2.0 style icon or web graphics for the blog website.
     - Create a brick text effect or old brick fort or castle at night
     - Photoshop text tutorial – create a animation text effect with shiny stars
     - Photoshop animation tutorial – create a moon animation in a dark cloudy scary night
     - Design a PCB Electric Circuit Matrix
     - Create Marble Orb using photoshop
     - Cool Text Effect using channels in Photoshop
     - Create honey web comb like text effect
     - Create cool wavy text effect
     - Made of glass Letters or text effect.
     - Create Satin or brushed brass metal text effect
     - Learn Pixelate effect and create a root logo
     - Create an iterface for any gadget
     - How to create interlaced rings for website logo
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create web buttons for your website template
     - How to create backyard grey fence for garden or house
     - Create animation of a man kicking a ball
     - Learn how to draw a Pen and irregular piece of paper using photoshop software
     - How to create Barcodes lines using photoshop marquee tool
     - how to use vector mask and alter a photograph
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create digital icicle ice frozen matter or ice spikes tutorial
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create Electric spiral vortex or eddy photoshop tutorial
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create 3d pearly or plastic beads button or quantum dots
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create vortex or eddy photoshop tutorial
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique design border or pattern for digital scrapbooking or myspace
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create brown oak wooden text effect photoshop tutorial
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create a plastic shiny Orb photoshop tutorial
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Design a Flower for scrap booking project or website Template
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create a line into transparent strip belt or ribbon
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create spinning fireball
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create sparkle or add sparkle to car image
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create a green sphere planet in outerspace
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create Frozen text effect or text in liquid nitrogen tank
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create circle or any other effect on a path circle to path
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create blazing text fire burn text effect
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create blue plaster or rubber dog training ball.
     - Photoshop free tutorial technique lesson for making texture image and blend images
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create half tone color burn photoshop effect
     - Adobe cs2 photo shop studio technique Create icicle ice frozen matter idea tutorial
     - Photoshop Trick Learn how to create a shimmering light text effect
     - New Feature Learn photoshop tools Draw copper metal wire cable or pipe technique.
     - Free Photoshop tutorials Draw a embossed 3D logo
     - Photoshop Text Effects Melting blurry liquid gold Text Effects with Photoshop
     - Using Halftone filter and channels photoshop technique Halftone Text effect Tips
     - Create Sparkly plastic text Effect background in photoshop using Path feature technqiues
     - Link Chain or Tie How to join the links and create a chain in photoshop
     - Draw a hexagonal honey combweb pattern using few photoshop tricks
     - Learn to Draw cross stitches using photoshop.
     - Create basic shapes circle rectange in photoshop
     - Create a goo or flowing paint or matter in photoshop
     - Learn how to create boiling olive oil with froth
     - how to create a fire blast or explosion
     - Draw a yellow star logo icon or image for banner
     - Design hardwood flooring with wood texture bricks
     - Learn to engrave or etch a surface
     - Learn to make satin nickel brushed metal surface
     - How to make a Cup of Coffee with the wind tunnel
     - Draw clouds, thunder and lighting using cool photoshop techniques.
     - Background image using falling Ivy Leaves-use in digital scrapbooking or website
     - Draw a moving spear into a heart.
     - Design a futuristic phone
     - Draw a blue @ osign logo and give some shading.
     - Create palm trees, hut etc for travel website logo or banner
     - Create an Image that could be used as Kid Zone icon or Logo
     - How to make a Cola Lid or bottle cap with water splash
     - Learn to draw a new globe or sphere text effect
     - Designing a modern triangular media logo for a corporate website
     - Design a luxury sedan using photoshop techniques
     - Photoshop Tutorial- create a framed art
     - Tutorial for creating bathroom white tiles and seat
     - Design a folder icon for your website
     - Create fruit or gift basket website logo
     - Create custom brush and website background
     - Tutorial for creating a home logo for construction industry
     - Learn how to create a cool electric Text Effect by following this step by step tutorial
     - Fruit basket logo tutorial using photoshop techniques
     - Design a web search icon for your website
     - How to create a cool Y web logo
     - How to create a notebook and pencil
     - create christmas hanging tree ornaments
     - Make ghost images and blend snapshots
     - Make ghost images and blend snapshots
     - Create handdrawn stitch using photoshop
     - Learn to create stamp effect.
     - Photoshop: Create ornaments, jewelry.
     - Learn to create shadow effect.
     - Photoshop: Create Motion effect.
     - Create Glossy effect.
     - Photoshop: Create Sketch effect.
     - Photoshop: Create an Orb Button and add more effects.
     - Make rain: photoshop technique
     - Make Graffiti effect photoshop
     - Dripping effect in paint water
     -  Create a dark snowy night
     - Blackberry in photoshop
     - Create a Blackberry mobile phone
     - Create Motorola Pink RAZR
     - Classic Website Content box
     - Bio Hazard
     - Blue Smiley
     - Site Banner
     - Signature Creation
     - Bloody Glow
     - Neon Text
     - The Living Dead
     - Angel Glow
     - Brilliant Sketch Effect
     - Chrome Text Effect
     - Water Drop
     - Plastic Text
     - Animated Christmas Bells
     - Spiral Vortex
     - Simple Fireball
     - The Moon Corona
     - Cracked Font
     - Winter Scene
     - Digital to Oil Painting

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    May 7, 2009

    Tutorials for Word 2007 and 2003

    This series of Microsoft Word Tutorials at nicetutz.blogspot.com teaches and demontrates working with both Word 2007 and Word 2003. These Word tutorials discuss Word concepts for both novices and experts alike. Searching, printing, editing, using Microsoft Help and keyboard shortcuts are taught in detail. Also shown are more complex features such as recovering from a crash and protecting files from viruses.


    Introducing Word 2007
    This tutorial discusses starting and launching Word, interacting with the Word interface, accessing the toolbar and closing Word after use.

     - Loading MS-Word 2007 Program
     - Getting to Know the New User Interface
     - Using the Quick Access Toolbar
     - Using Ribbon
     - Customizing an Word 2007 Program
     - Exiting Word 2007


    Exploring Word 2007
    This Word tutorial explains the different views of a Word document, zooming a page, splitting windows to view multiple documents, saving a document and printing it.

     - Exploring Word 2007
     - Opening, Moving Around in, and Closing a Document
     - Displaying Different Views of Document
     - Zooming Relative to Page or Text
     - The Windows Group Doing Splits
     - Creating and Saving a Document
     - Up to Speed Understanding Word File Types
     - Previewing and Printing a Document
     - Key Points


    Editing Data in Word 2007
    This Word tutorial shows how words can be edited in a Word document by select the text, undo, redo and making appropriate use of the Office clipboard.

     - Adding Data by Pointing
     - Selecting Data
     - Editing Data with Pop-up Toolbar
     - Undo and Redo
     - Using the Office Clipboard


    Keyboard Shortcuts for Office 2007
    This tutorial discusses keyboard shortcuts that come in handy every now and then while working on Word.

     - Protecting Yourself with Undo and Redo
     - Checking Your Spelling
     - Finding Text


    Tips for Using Office 2007
    This tutorial contains quick tips that users should know while working on Word.

     - Saving Office 2007 Files
     - Password Protecting Your Files
     - Guarding Against Macro Viruses and Worms
     - Create Your Own Word Keyboard Shortcuts
     - Zooming in and out to Avoid Eyestrain
     - Freezing Row and Column Headings in Excel
     - Displaying Slides Out of Order in PowerPoint
     - Reduce Spam in Outlook
     - Using Pocket Office


    Typing Text in Word
    The primary use of an editing program is to edit text in it. This tutorial gives an overview of the various ways of input that Word accepts. It explains Find and Replace, Spell check, Grammar check and proof reading.

     - Moving the Cursor with Mouse
     - Moving the Cursor with Keyboard
     - Viewing a Document
     - Navigating through a Document
     - Finding and Replacing Text
     - Checking your Spelling
     - Checking your Grammar
     - Proofreading your Document
     - Typing Symbols


    Formatting Text
    Text can be formatted in various ways to suit many a user’s preferences. These ways include changing font, size, style, color and alignment, all of which as demonstrated in this Word Text tutorial.

     - Changing the Font
     - Changing the Font Size
     - Changing the Text Style
     - Changing Colors
     - Justifying Text Alignment
     - Adjust Line Spacing
     - Making Lists
     - Using the Ruler
     - Showing Formatting Marks
     - Using Format Painter
     - Using Styles
     - Using Templates
     - Removing Formatting from Text


    Changing the Look of a Document
    A document’s look and feel can be changed using various elements in Word. These elements include the document’s background, theme, header and footer and templates. These topics are reviewed in detail here.

     - Changing a Document’s Background
     - Changing a Document’s Theme
     - Working with Templates
     - Adding Headers and Footers
     - Controlling What Appears on Each Page
     - Tips


    Printing Word Documents
    Printing Word documents are fairly easy, unless the orientation, the printer settings, or the printing sytle are to be changed. These options are discussed in this tutorials.

     - Quick and Easy Printing
     - Print Preview
     - Choosing a Printer
     - Changing Print Setting
     - Using other Print Options
     - Printing Envelopes
     - Printing Labels
     - Setting Print Options


    Getting Help from Word
    This Word Help tutorial explains how Word’s Help feature can be used effectively.

     - Browsing the Help Window
     - Searching in the Help Window
     - Making the Help Window Easier to Read


    Protecting Against Viruses and Other Threats
    The usage of antivirus programs and how to avoid viruses that destroy your Word files are discussed.

     - Viruses and Antivirus Program - Spyware
     - Understanding and Avoiding Office Viruses
     - Taking Additional Security Precautions
     - Final Discussion


    Recovering from Problems
    This Word tutorial goes over System Restore, using Office Diagnostics, recovering lost files, and working with recovered files.

     - Using System Restore
     - Using Office Diagnostics
     - Locating Lost Files
     - Working With Recovered Files
     - Surfing the Web for Answers
     - Final Discussion

    Popularity: 33% [?]

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    Web Interface Design Tutorials and Articles

    These learning materials, tutorials, and articles on Web Interface Design at lukew.com and other web development sites explain various concepts of Web and User Interface Design. Each of the user interface topics below are explained in detail, offering with informative descriptions and easy-to-understand examples.


    Web Interface Design Tutorials and Articles
    The tutorials and articles, from various authors, provide knowledge on a range of topics that include design strategies, setting up a mockup for a site, AJAX, and providing customer-specific site layouts.

     - Strategy with Design
     - Developing the Invisible
     - Live by the Mockup, Die by the Mockup
     - Small Multiples Within a User Interface
     - Blog Interface Design 2.0
     - So the Necessary May Speak
     - AJAX & Interface Design
     - Web Application Solutions: A Designer’s Guide
     - Web Application Form Design
     - Natural Selections: Colors Found in Nature and Interface Design
     - Lessons of Three Dimensions for the Web
     - Interface Design Discussions at 37Signals
     - Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization
     - Understanding Your Web Audience
     - The Pursuit of Interface Design Simplicity


    Research Papers
    Here are two papers that discuss research methods for web application design and information management in open portals.

     - Design Considerations for Web-based Applications
     - Web-Based Information Management: An Open Portal Interface Solution


    Interface Guidelines
    These materials provide guidelines and principles of human and user interface design. Also provided is a comparison of guidelines and testing used during interface design.

     - Human Interface Principles
     - User Interface Guidelines
     - First Principles
     - 14 Principles of Polite Apps
     - Common Principles: A Usable Interface Design Primer
     - Principles of Good GUI Design
     - UI Guidelines vs. Usability Testing
     - Evolution Trumps Usability Guidelines


    Terminology
    Quite a lot of terminology is used in interface design. Most interface designers are aware of this terminology and can quickly relate to it. These materials provide an overview of the terminology used in interface design.

     - The Elements of User Experience
     - Information Interaction Design
     - Designers’ Roles in Communicating with Users
     - Keyword Map of LukeW Interface Designs

    Popularity: 29% [?]

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    May 9, 2009

    Visual And Web Application Design Tutorials

    These tutorials and learning materials covering Visual And Web Application Design (at lukew.com and other web development sites) delve into the intricacies of Web Applications and their design by explaining the guidelines and design rules on how these applications should be developed. Each of these web design tutorials start with the basics and move to more complex subjects, as they have been designed for both novices and experts alike.


    Visual Organization
    These two tutorials explain how visual communication is important to the layout of a design concept and how it is implemented.

     - Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization
     - Visually Critiquing Web Pages


    Look, Feel, and Personality
    It is important to have a distinct identity that will differentiate it from others. These tutorials and study materials introduces the concepts of Look and Feel and explains them in detail.

     - Who Are You? Get a Personality (pdf)
     - Setting the Mood with Color
     - Pricing Beauty: Reflects on Aesthetics & Value
     - Branding and the User Interface, Part 2: Behavior and Color
     - Color My World
     - Trends in Web Design


    Process
    This tutorial explains the processes in implementing an important design layout and effectively communicating it to the user.

     - How to (and not to) Work with a Designer


    Simplicity
    Creating a simple and eloquent design to effectively address user’s needs is explained in this tutorials.

     - The Pursuit of Interface Design Simplicity
     - Top 10* Design Problems


    Web Application Design Guidelines & Process
    These web design and process tutorials discuss with the guidelines, processes and task flows involved in designing web applications.

     - Design Considerations for Web-based Applications
     - Web-Application Interface
     - Designing Web Applications
     - Designing Successful Help for Web Applications
     - Views and Forms: Principles of Task Flow for Web Applications


    Web Application Definitions
    These materials define what a web application is and details out how Flash can be an effective tool for web design.

     - What We’ve Learned About Web Application Design
     - What is a Web Application?
     - Demonstrating the Potential of Flash for Web App Design


    Functioning Form: Interface Design Blog
    These blog-based tutorials introduce new concepts in Interface Design in the form of natural interfaces, behavior and visualizations.  Here are some of the recent posts:

     - Defining User Experience
     - SxSW 2009: Designing Our Way Through Web Forms
     - Video: Web Form Design at MIX09
     - Best Practices for Content Page Design
     - VizThink 09: Visual Communication for the Web
     - Design Team Operating Principles
     - VizThink 09: Why Visualizations Work
     - Designing Web Interfaces Foreword
     - Interaction 09: Parti & The Design Sandwich
     - Interaction 09: Designing the Viral App
     - Interaction 09: Mobile UX Patterns
     - Interaction 09: How to Change Complicated Stuff
     - Interaction 09: Carpe Diem
     - Interaction 09: Designing Natural Interfaces
     - Interaction 09: Irrational Behavior
     - Interaction 09: Fiona Raby
     - Interaction 09: Coming Into Your Own
     - Interaction 09: Experiencing Sustainability
     - UIEtips: Previous and Next Actions in Web Forms
     - 12 Standard Screen Patterns
     - Design Skills for Strategy: the short version
     - Modern Web Form Design recording available

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    Microsoft Access Tutorials

    These Microsoft Access Tutorials at nicetutz.blogspot.com teach you database concepts and how to use Access. The Access tutorials cover the six types of Access objects and show you the advantages of using a database, how to design and modify the database, and how to feed the data in the database.


    Introducing MS-Access 2007
    These introductory tutorials on MS-Access 2007 covers the types of access objects and essential database concepts.

     - Six Types of Access Objects
     - Essential Database Concepts


    Using an Access Database
    These Access database tutorials cover the advantages of a computer database, database basics, designing an Access database, editing and modifying an Access database, and closing and saving a database.

     - Three Main Advantages of Computer Database
     - Understanding the Basics of Database
     - Designing a Database
     - Editing and Modifying Database
     - Typing Data into Database
     - Closing and Saving Database

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    May 11, 2009

    28 Flash Tutorials

    Here are 28 Flash Tutorials at SmartWebby that show you how to do animations and code Actionscript in Flash, both of which go hand in hand. Animation is an important aspect of working in Flash as it is used to make rich interactive content for websites. ActionScript is usually intertwined with almost all animation in Flash as the control lies in ActionScript code. It is important to note that some basic animation can be carried out without using ActionScript, and that ActionScript allows greater control and flexibility to the animations. These Flash tutorials also cover advanced topics like outline effects, shape hints, text effects, and advanced buttons, and using Flash with ASP and VBScript.


    Flash Animation Tutorials:
    These Flash tutorials teach the basics of animation, the symbols allowed and the effects that Flash allows on a symbol.

     - Flash Symbols
     - Basics of Flash Animations
     - Creating Attractive Graphics in Flash
     - Advanced Flash Buttons
     - Using Sound in Flash Buttons
     - Cool & Simple Flash Effects
     - Basics of Using Text in Flash


    Flash Actionscript Tutorials:
    These Actionscript tutorials demonstrate how to use ActionScript to carry out simple animation such as controlling a movie clip, creating a preloader and adding sounds to the animation.

     - Creating a Custom Cursor in Flash.
     - Starting & Stopping Movieclips in Flash
     - Displaying HTML Text in Flash
     - Displaying Time in Flash
     - Sound On/Off Buttons in Flash
     - Creating Text Scrollbars in Flash
     - Simple Flash Preloader
     - Bringing External Data into Flash


    Advanced Flash Tutorials:
    These Flash tutorials teach advanced aspects of animation and how to optimize them, along with creating advanced text and background effects.

     - Advanced Buttons
     - How to optimize animations
     - Outline Effect
     - Shape Hints
     - Sinewave Background Effect
     - Text Effects


    SmartWebby’s Guide to Flash ‘n’ ASP:
    This is a quick must read section of Flash that cover a host of topics such as integrating Flash with ASP, preparing the stage for animation, database interaction and field validation.

     -  Introduction
     -  Basics of Flash and ASP
     -  Preparing the Stage
     -  Sending Data from your Flash form to the database
     -  Getting Data from the database into your Flash form
     -  Flash preloader that waits for the data to load
     -  Validation of fields in Flash forms using JScript and VBScript

    Popularity: 26% [?]

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    May 12, 2009

    9 PowerPoint Tutorials

    Here are 9 good PowerPoint Tutorials from nicetutz.blogspot.com that discuss various PowerPoint features and how you can use them to make effective presentations. PowerPoint is a presentation creation application and is part of Microsoft’s Office suite of applications. These PowerPoint tutorials teach many PowerPoint’s features, from the basics to more advanced topics such as working with text, colors, and graphics, printing, and solving PowerPoint issues. The first tutorial shows you some of the new features of PowerPoint 2007, but the remainder can also be used for the older versions.


    Introducing PowerPoint 2007
    This tutorial introduces PowerPoint with a quick tour of its interface and other features.
         
     - Introducing PowerPoint 2007
     - A Whirlwind Tour of PowerPoint


    Getting Started with PowerPoint
    This Powerpoint tutorial contains a more detailed introduction to PowerPoint and its interface, giving a detailed description of the files, the presentations and shortcut commands one should know.

     - Starting PowerPoint
     - Creating a New Presentation
     - Swapping one Template for Another
     - Saving Your Presentation Files
     - Opening and Closing Presentations
     - Entering the Document Properties
     - Understanding the New PowerPoint XML Format
     - Shortcut Commands Worth Knowing


    Additional New Features in PowerPoint
    This Powerpoint tutorial explains the new features in PowerPoint such as custom layouts, diagrams ad new text effects. It also discusses how a presentation can be packaged for CD distribution.
         
     - Creating and Saving Custom Layouts
     - Converting Lists to Diagrams in Two Clicks
     - Creating and Saving New Text Effects
     - Packaging for CD


    Creating a Basic Presentation
    This Powerpoint tutorial explains the components that make up a presentation and how various slides constitute to making a presentation. It also discusses the addition of notes and the creation of handouts.

     - Beginning a New Presentation
     - Creating a Presentation from an Existing Template, Theme, or Presentation
     - Form an Existing Built in Theme
     - Choosing a Theme for your Presentation
     - Adding Text
     - Adding More Slide
     - Moving Around Inside a Presentation
     - Adding Speaker Notes
     - Creating and Printing Handouts
     - Saving and Closing a Presentation
     - PowerPoint 2007 File Types
     - Running a Presentation


    How to Edit PowerPoint Slides
    This Powerpoint tutorial discusses the editing of various components of a slide, such as text, fonts, spelling and even the addition of special characters.

     - Editing Text
     - Reversing an Action (Undo)
     - Finding and Replacing Text Automatically
     - Replacing Fonts
     - Checking Spelling
     - Adding Special Characters


    Adding Color and Pictures to a Presentation
    The application of a theme, a graphic or a new background, sounds and video clips are discussed in detail here.

     - Applying Theme
     - Adding Graphics to a Slide
     - Changing the Background
     - Adding Sound to a Slide
     - Adding Movies to a Slide


    Working with Text
    The use of a text box, finding and replacing words, using notes on slides, headers and footers, using the spell checker and translating foreign language text are discussed in detail here.

     - Adding a Text Box to a Slide
     - Finding and Replacing Words or Phrases
     - Writing on Slides During Presentation
     - Creating and Saving Customized Theme Fonts
     - Adding Punch to Your Bulleted Lists
     - Using Headers and Footers
     - Formatting with WordArt
     - Correcting Your Spelling Errors
     - Fine Tuning the Spell Checker
     - Working with Text Written in Foreign Language
     - Translating Foreign Language Text
     - Key Points


    Entering the Text in PowerPoint Slides
    This tutorial discuss text entry, controlling how text fits in text frames, creating numbered or bulleted lists and putting footers on slides.

     - Entering Text
     - Fun with Text Boxes and Text Box Shapes
     - Controlling How Text Fits in Text Frames and Text Boxes
     - Positioning Text in Frames and Text Boxes
     - Handling Bulleted and Numbered Lists
     - Putting Footers (and Headers) or Slides


    Some Solutions to PowerPoint Problems
    This tutorial discuss some of the very common problems in PowerPoint, namely how does a newer version of PowerPoint work with an older version, printing in PowerPoint and some of the solutions to these problems.

     - Where is PowerPoint?
     - Coexisting with Older PowerPoint Versions
     - Heading Off Linking Problems
     - Prepress Printing and PowerPoint
     - Section 508 and PowerPoint
     - Common PowerPoint Problems and Solutions

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