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July 21, 2009

4 Word 2007 Tutorials

Here are 4 Word 2007 Tutorials, located at The University of South Dakota. This series of Word 2007 tutorials will help you get up to speed with Microsoft Word’s many features, which are powerful aids for creating professional looking documents. These Word tutorials are designed to assist both beginners and advanced users. These tutorials are in pdf format.


Microsoft Word 2007 Tutorial Part 1  (993kb, 25 pages)
This first Word tutorial gives you a quick introduction of the word processing tool. The topics covered here are as follows: the ribbon, the quick access toolbar, temporarily hiding the ribbon, working with styles, the format painter, inserting pictures, shapes, and headers and footers.

 - Opening Word 2007
 - The Ribbon
 - The Mini toolbar
 - The Quick Access Toolbar
 - Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
 - Temporarily Hide the Ribbon
 - Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Word 2007
 - Find Everyday Commands
 - Bullets, Numbers, and More like
 - Working with Styles
 - The Format Painter
 - Zoom
 - Insert Pictures, Shapes, Headers, and Footers
 - Horizontal and Vertical Rulers
 - Reviewing for and Correcting Errors
 - Selecting and Moving Text within the Document
 - The New File Format


Microsoft Word Tutorial Part 2  (1024kb, 11 pages)
This Word tutorial teaches topics such as using building blocks, working with clip art, previewing and printing a document, working with hyperlinks, and text animation. The Word documents used in this tutorial can be downloaded from these links: Guide_to_Recycling and Recycle.

 - Using Building Blocks and Quick Parts in Office 2007
 - Working with Clip Art
 - Tables
 - Preview and print a document
 - Working with Hyperlinks
 - Word’s Desktop-Publishing Features
 - Formatting Text in Newspaper-Style Columns.
 - Drawing a Border around the Page.
 - Text Animation


Microsoft Word Tutorial Part 3  (729kb, 19 pages)
This Word tutorial explains how to: use the mail merge task pane, create telephone directory, embed an Excel workbook, create templates, and add protection to a template. The word documents used in this tutorial can be downloaded here: Form Letter, InvoicePhone List.

 - The Mail Merge Task Pane
 - Inserting Merge Fields
 - Previewing the Merged Document
 - Complete the Mail Merge
 - Creating Mailing Labels
 - Creating a Telephone Directory
 - Integrating Objects from Other Programs
 - Embedding an Excel Workbook
 - About Templates
 - Create a template
 - Create Your Own Templates
 - Add content controls to a template
 - Save and distribute building blocks with a template
 - Add protection to a template


Microsoft Word 2007 Tutorial Part 4  (139kb, 7 pages)
This Word tutorial elucidates on topics that include adding content controls to the form, adding instructional text to the form, protecting parts of a form, finding and using a building block, renaming a building block, and deleting a building block. The word documents used in this tutorial can be downloaded from these links: Invoice, PivotTable_III, Margie.

 - Create forms that users complete in Word
 - Add content controls to the form
 - Insert a text control where users can enter text
 - Insert a drop-down list that restricts available choices to those you specify
 - Set or change properties for content controls
 - Add instructional text to the form
 - Add protection to the form
 - Protect parts of a form
 - Protect all of the contents of a form
 - Create and distribute boilerplate text
 - Create a reusable content building block
 - Find and use a building block
 - Change the content in a building block
 - Rename a building block
 - Save and distribute building blocks with a template
 - Delete a building block

Popularity: 10% [?]


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    After Effects Tutorials and Videos

    Here are many After Effects Tutorials, at tv.adobe.com, that provide great free training videos on this application. Linked below are 12 After Effects CS4 tutorials at this site. After Effects is the latest version of the digital motion and compositing software from Adobe and is used primarily for film and video post production. These tutorials demonstrate how to use After Effects CS4, its features, and how to use it to work with and edit videos. All tutorials are comprehensively explained with examples within screen videos.


    12 After Effects CS4 Tutorials:

    Introducing After Effects CS4
    This tutorial introduces After Effects to first time users giving a brief description of how it is widely used in the industry.

    01 Overview of After Effects CS4
    This tutorial provides an overview of After Effects and how it works in compositing in films.

    02 Creating projects
    This section explains how to create new projects, introduce elements in it and save the newly created projects.

    03 Creating compositions
    This video describes the creation on of compositing in films and how they are used for the full production of a film.

    04 Working with the Timeline
    Timelines are important in creating the workflow for the compositing elements in After Effects and this video explains this concept in depth.

    05 Animation essentials
    This video explains the essentials of creating and using animations effectively in After Effects.

    06 Previewing Animations
    This video explains how to preview newly created animations just before they are put into films.

    08 Animating characters
    This video provides an in depth explanation of animating characters in After Effects and how they can be effectively used to create animations.

    10 Applying effects
    Various effects are available in After Effects and this video describes how to use them effectively in film.

    11 Correcting color with effects
    Colors and other video elements may not exactly turn out to be what they look like. They can be corrected by adding effects and this is explained in this video.

    Popularity: 8% [?]


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    HTML Tutorials and References

    Here are HTML Tutorials and References at reference.sitepoint.com that provide understanding on how to create and manage websites using HTML. Most of these HTML tutorials are focused on various aspects of HTML, its tags, the structures, the attributes and the most commonly used concepts in HTML such as Doctypes, HTML and XHTML and accessibility features. These HTML tutorials are easy to follow and understand and have code samples provided for each topic. Each topic is followed by a short description of its related tags as well.


    HTML Elements
    This section describes the various elements available in HTML. These elements include structural, head, list, text formatting, table frame and window elements. Each of these elements is followed by a small description. Clicking on the element will display an in-depth explanation and its supportability.

     - Structural Elements
     - Head Elements
     - List Elements
     - Text Formatting Elements
     - Form Elements
     - Image and Media Elements
     - Table Elements
     - Frame and Window Elements
     - Deprecated Elements (to avoid using)
     - Proprietary & Nonstandard Elements
     - Alphabetic Element Index
     - Elements and Valid DTDs They May Appear In


    Common Attributes of HTML
    This section teaches all attributes that are common to all HTML elements, such as styling, scripting, title and class attributes. The attributes taught here include core attributes and event attributes such as key press, mouse click and mouse move.

     - Core Attributes
     - Event Attributes
     - Extended Event Attributes


    HTML Concepts
    This tutorial section explains when to use HTML and XHTML, their differences and covers high level concepts related to HTML and XHTML. Also discussed are DocTypes and the syntaxes of HTML and XHTML.

     - Basic Structure of a Web Page
     - Doctypes
     - HTML and XHTML Syntax
     - HTML Versus XHTML
     - HTML/XHTML Accessibility Features


    HTML Extras
    This tutorial covers additional information about HTML other than attributes and elements such as MIME types, ISO Language Codes and Color names and their related Hex values.

     - Color Names and Related Hex Values
     - ISO 2 Letter Language Codes
     - MIME Types – Complete List


    HTML Microformats
    This HTML tutorial covers the concept of HTML Microformats which were introduced as a defined set of attributed based on a preexisting standard. Microformats are meant to provide additional formatting in the HTML tags that use them. This tutorial explains Microformats in detail and provides examples for them.

     - hCard
     - hCalendar
     - XFN
     - hReview
     - VoteLinks
     - rel-license
     - rel-nofollow
     - rel-tag

    Popularity: 12% [?]


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    July 23, 2009

    131 Illustrator Tutorials from around the Web

    Here are 131 Illustrator Tutorials, located at InstantShift, providing a very comprehensive set of tutorials from around the web for this vector graphics editor. These Adobe Illustrator tutorials help you in a big way whether you are an Illustrator beginners you are seeking to learn more advanced features of this graphics tool. The tutorials are divided into sections so that you can directly go and look for the areas in which you want more expertise and to increase your skills. After finishing with these Illustrator tutorials, you will be able to expertly draw and edit your illustrations, design your own logos. and create special effects.


    Illustrator Tutorials for the basics
    This section of tutorials will be learning guide for you if you are comparatively new to Adobe Illustrator. The following tutorials give you excellent lessons on mastering Illustrator within thirty days, guiding you to use paintbrush and brush tools, selection tools, rotate tools, mesh tools and many other useful tools that you can use.

     - Learn Illustrator CS in Days
     - A Comprehensive Guide: Illustrator’s Paintbrush Tool and Brush Panel
     - Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
     - Utilizing the Magic Wand’s Tolerance Levels
     - Illustrator Live Trace
     - Adobe Illustrator CS Tutorial: Selection Tools
     - Spraying Symbols in Adobe Illustrator
     - Duplicate with rotate tool
     - An Intro to the Mesh Tool
     - Illustrator Make with Mesh
     - Tips for Working with the Gradient Mesh Tool In Illustrator
     - Spiral Tool Mysteries – Solved!
     - Using the Pathfinder and Align tool in Illustrator
     - How to Make a Custom Illustrator Brush
     - Get More-Natural Adjustments with Illustrator “Reshape” Tool
     - Fun with Illustrator’s Blend Tool
     - Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts
     - Create a Disco Environment with Twirl Tool, Crystalize , and Envelope Tool


    Character Illustrator Tutorials
    These tutorials focuses on topics related to characters. After going through this section you will be able to create different characters according to your creativity.

     - How to Create a Killer Chainsaw Bunny Character
     - Character Illustration
     - Create Your Own Vector Cartoon Character
     - Creating vector characters in Illustrator
     - Symmetrical Illustration: Thug Bunny
     - Wolf Drawing Tutorial
     - Twitterlove Bird, from sketch to vector in Photoshop and Illustrator
     - Create a Cute Vector Monster from a Pencil Sketch
     - Face, Hair, Clothing Illustrator Tutorial
     - Drawing a Character’s Face in Illustrator
     - Drawing Homer Simpson
     - Creating convincing characters
     - Create a Gang of Vector Ninjas


    Page Layout Illustrator Tutorial
    These tutorials explains features on page layout such as creating website layout, creating a sample of fairy tale story book and designing a business report cover.

     - Use Adobe Illustrator to Create a Clean Website Layout
     - Create the First Page of a Fairy Tale Story Book, with a Hint of Kitsch
     - Design a Business Report Cover


    Illustreator Tutorials forLines, Shapes, Charts, and Graphs
    This section of tutorials covers the topics on lines, shapes, charts and graphs. These tutorials illustrate these features with good amount of ample examples by giving screenshots wherever necessary.

     - Turn a Boring Bar Graph into a D Masterpiece
     - Trendy Geometric Lines Tutorial
     - Command Shape in Illustrator
     - A Time to Shine
     - Creating Road Maps in Adobe Illustrator
     - Use the power of Illustrator to create cool D infographics
     - Creating Omspace D cylinder graphic in Illustrator
     - D Charts in Adobe Illustrator CS  
     - D Graphs  
     - How to make retro/futuristic curves in   Steps
     - Create a Four-Leaf Clover
     - Spice up Pie Charts


    Objects Related Illustrator Tutorials
    These tutorials explains some of the advanced features of Illustrator like crafting a vector collegiate notebook design, creating rotatable globe, creating animated D poker chips, and creating vector home cinema design.

     - Craft a Vector Collegiate Notebook Design
     - How to Create an Open Book with Illustrator’s D Extrude & Bevel Tool
     - Create a Rotatable Globe in Adobe Illustrator
     - Create a D Push Pin and a Paper Note in Illustrator
     - Draw A Realistic Vector Guitar in Inkscape
     - Create an Animated D Poker Chip – PART I
     - Create an Animated D Poker Chip – PART II
     - Create a Sidekick LX Styled Vector Illustration
     - Illustrator Tutorial: Disco Ball
     - Create a Vector Home Cinema Design
     - D Objects and Transparencies to Make a Vector Cola Bottle Design
     - How to Make Realistic Skate Wheels in Illustrator
     - How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings
     - Chinese Bamboo


    Sketch and Painting Illustrator Tutorials
    These tutorials demonstrate sketch and painting related topics. Some of the topics covered here are creating a stunning undersea painting using vector packs, and master painting in Illustrator.

     - Create a Stunning Undersea Painting Using Vector Packs
     - A Pseudo-Sugar Skull: From Start to Finish
     - Master painting in Illustrator
     - How to Create a Classic Vector Painting with Watercolor Washes and Line Art
     - Woman and Cats How-To Advanced


    Illustrator Tutorials covering Logos, Symbols, and Icons
    This section of tutorials introduces you to the topics related to logo, symbol and icon. Some of the topics covered here are making a vector military cap icon, creating a vector light bulb icon, creating an envelope icon with a satin feel, pirate cartoon tutorial, and creating a vector RSS icon with illustrator.

     - How to Make a Vector Military Cap Icon
     - How to Create a Vector Light Bulb Icon with Inkscape  
     - Create a Spiral Ornament Symbol in Illustrator  
     - How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator
     - Adobe Bridge Icon
     - iTune Icon
     - Create an envelope icon with a satin feel
     - How to Turn Glasses into a Great Geek Icon
     - Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough
     - Creating a Crazy Cool Logo
     - Test Your Creativity  
     - Pirate cartoon tutorial
     - Create a Vector RSS Icon with Illustrator  
     - How to Design a Classic Heraldic Figure
     - BMX Illustration


    Text Illustrator Tutorials
    These tutorials teach you text related topics of Illustrator.

     - Let’s Make a Playful Yet Robust D Letter Design
     - Blueprint Style Text in Adobe Illustrator
     - D Text Tutorial
     - Creating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment
     - Tug and Twirl Text in Illustrator
     - Type on a Path Options
     - Make a Torn Vector Desktop Wallpaper with Angled Text
     - How to Create a Magnified Text Illustration  
     - ways to apply a line pattern effect on text in Illustrator


    Patterns Texture Illustrator Tutorials
    These tutorials cover patterns and texture related features of Illustrator.

     - Geometric Patterns in Illustrator
     - Create A Wood Grain Texture
     - Creating-Pattern
     - Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator
     - Design your own pattern swatches


    Effects related Illustator Tutorials
    These tutorials describe and explain effects related features of Illustrator. Some of the special effects that are covered here are creating cool water effect, vectoring hair etc.

     - Creating a Cool Water Effect  
     - Vectoring Hair
     - Easily Make Shiny Realistic Vector Hair
     - Experimental text effects


    Illustrator Tutorials forBackgrounds, Abstract Art, Poster or Label
    These tutorials cover topics related to backgrounds, abstract art, poster and label.

     - How to Create Colorful Abstract Artwork in Illustrator
     - Create a Blissful Vector Scene
     - Super cool abstract vectors illustrator and photoshop
     - Create Abstract Backgrounds  
     - Swirl Mania in Illustrator and Photoshop  
     - Poster Illustration: Go Forth and Create  
     - Create an Milk Bottle with a Funny Cow Label
     - Design a Print-ready Ad in Adobe InDesign
     - Swingin ’ Retro Look in Adobe Illustrator
     - Crazy cool vectors illustrator and photoshop
     - Recolor Artwork Using Illustrator’s LiveColor


    Advanced Illustrator Tutorials
    Here are some advanced tutorials showing how to create and manage vector graphics in Illustrator such as an abstract phoenix, pattern maniac, and an abstract peacock.

     - Illustrator Vector Line Art of Cruise Ship
     - See-Through Car Illustration Tutorial
     - How to find Inspiration for illustration design   Finding Inspiration
     - Some Lovely Results of illustration   Abstract Peacock
     - Abstract Phoenix
     - Pattern Maniac
     - POGO Illustration


    Illustrator Video Tutorials
    These video tutorials explain topics like creating D pyramid, creating an iPod, drawing face, creating comic book style text, feynamn diagrams, creating background effects, and creating D shapes.

     - How I Do Stuff Tutorial
     - Create D Pyramid
     - Creating an iPod  
     - Drawing Face  
     - Create Swirling Rainbows with Ease
     - Vector Drawing – The Dog
     - Creating Seamless Pattern
     - Creating Comic Book Style Text
     - Roundtrip Logo from Illustrator to Photoshop  
     - Feynman Diagrams
     - Drawing a Nice Vector Golden Badge Award
     - Creating Vectorized Shining and Sparkling Heart Artwork and Icons  
     - Adding Texture
     - Creative Background Effects  
     - D Brochure
     - Creating D Shapes in Illustrator

    Popularity: 12% [?]


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    CSS Tutorials and References

    These CSS Tutorials at sitepoint  are an excellent starting point for those who want to learn and use CSS in web development. CSS is a presentation language used to describe the presentation and layout of elements in HTML and XHTML pages. CSS can also be applied to any kind of XML document. These CSS tutorials and references provide users with information on CSS properties, CSS selectors, CSS At-rules, CSS concepts and live examples of using CSS elements.


    CSS Properties
    These tutorials discusses properties of CSS elements such as boxes, list, table, layout, typographical, user interface and color and backgrounds. Each of these properties is explained in detail, though most of them are self explanatory.

     - Box Properties
     - Layout Properties
     - List Properties
     - Table Properties
     - Color and Backgrounds
     - Typographical Properties
     - Generated Content
     - User Interface Properties
     - Paged Media Properties
     - Vendor-specific Properties
     - Alphabetic Property Index


    CSS Selectors
    Strictly speaking, a selector is a pattern and is used to match a set of elements in an HTML or XHTML document. This section explains how selectors are used in CSS to create simple patterns

     - Universal Selector
     - Element Type Selector
     - Class Selector
     - ID Selector
     - Attribute Selector
     - Selector Grouping
     - Combinators
     - Pseudo-classes
     - Pseudo-elements


    CSS At-rules
    This CSSf tutorial provides information on At-rules that provide instructions and directives to the CSS parser. The At-rules elements are explained with their respective examples.

     - @charset
     - @import
     - @media
     - @page
     - @font-face
     - @namespace


    CSS Concepts
    These tutorials explains some key concepts in CSS such as syntax and nomenclature, inheritance, layout and formatting, filters and hacks and the basic differences between HTML and XHTML.

     - What Is CSS?
     - General Syntax and Nomenclature
     - The Cascade, Specificity, and Inheritance
     - CSS Layout and Formatting
     - Workarounds, Filters, and Hacks
     - Differences Between HTML and XHTML


    CSS Live Examples
    This section is a quick reference point for CSS properties and live examples are provided for most of them.

      CSS Properties
        Box Properties
          Dimensions
           - height
           - min-height
           - max-height
           - width
           - min-width
           - max-width
          Margins
           - margin-top
           - margin-right
           - margin-bottom
           - margin-left
           - margin
          Padding
           - padding-top
           - padding-right
           - padding-bottom
           - padding-left
           - padding
          Borders and Outlines
           - border-top-color
           - border-top-style
           - border-top-width
           - border-top
           - border-right-color
           - border-right-style
           - border-right-width
           - border-right
           - border-bottom-color
           - border-bottom-style
           - border-bottom-width
           - border-bottom
           - border-left-color
           - border-left-style
           - border-left-width
           - border-left
           - border-color
           - border-style
           - border-width
           - border
           - outline-color
           - outline-style
           - outline-width
           - outline
        Layout Properties
         - display
         - position
         - float
         - clear
         - visibility
         - top
         - right
         - bottom
         - left
         - z-index
         - overflow
         - clip
        List Properties
         - list-style-type
         - list-style-position
         - list-style-image
         - list-style
        Table Properties
         - table-layout
         - border-collapse
         - border-spacing
         - empty-cells
         - caption-side
        Color and Backgrounds
         - background-color
         - background-image
         - background-repeat
         - background-position
         - background-attachment
         - background
         - color
        Typographical Properties
         - font-family
         - font-size
         - font-weight
         - font-style
         - font-variant
         - font
         - letter-spacing
         - word-spacing
         - line-height
         - text-align
         - text-decoration
         - text-indent
         - text-transform
         - text-shadow
         - vertical-align
         - white-space
         - direction
         - unicode-bidi
        Generated Content
         - content
         - counter-increment
         - counter-reset
         - quotes
        User Interface Properties
         - cursor
        Vendor-specific Properties
          Mozilla Extensions
           - -moz-border-radius
           - -moz-box-sizing
           - The display Property Value: -moz-inline-box
          Internet Explorer Extensions
           - zoom
           - filter
           - behavior


    CSS Selectors:
     - Universal Selector
     - Element Type Selector
     - Class Selector
     - ID Selector
     - Attribute Selector
       - CSS3 Attribute Selectors
     - Selector Grouping
      Combinators
       - Descendant Selector
       - Child Selector
       - Adjacent Sibling Selector
       - General Sibling Selector
      Pseudo-classes
       - :link
       - :visited
       - :active
       - :hover
       - :focus
       - :first-child
       - :lang(C)
        CSS3 Pseudo-classes
         - :nth-child(N)
         - :nth-last-child(N)
         - :nth-of-type(N)
         - :nth-last-of-type(N)
         - :last-child
         - :first-of-type
         - :last-of-type
         -  :o nly-child
         -  :o nly-of-type
         - :root
         - :empty
         - :target
         - :enabled
         - :disabled
         - :checked Pseudo-class
         - :not(S)
      Pseudo-elements
       - :first-letter
       - :first-line
       - :before
       - :after
       - ::selection


    CSS Concepts:
      The Cascade, Specificity, and Inheritance
       - The Cascade
       - !important Declarations
       - Specificity
       - Inheritance
         - The CSS Property Value inherit

    Popularity: 14% [?]


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    Outlook 2007 Tutorial

    Here is an Outlook 2007 Tutorial, at the University of South Dakota . This tutorial on Outlook 2007 takes you through the new features that are being introduced in Outlook 2007 over the previous version, Outlook 2003. The step-by-step guide to Outlook 2007 can really lead you from the basic to the advanced features of Outlook. This Outlook 2007 tutorial cover some of the topics like how to use flags and reminders, recalling an Email, creating a task or contact, rules, working out with calendar, processing meeting requests, using the Outlook journals, creating tasks etc. The tutorial is 32 pages in length and 882kb in size (pdf format).


    Contents of Outlook 2007 Tutorial:
    Some things haven’t changed
     - Using other tabs Getting Started with Outlook Options
     - Options for writing e-mail
     - Options for sending e-mail
    Flags and Reminders
    Recalling an Email
    Use your Email to Take Action
     - Create a Task
     - Create a Contact
    When the Action is Extraction
    The To-Do Bar
    Outlook Rules
    Create a Logical Folder Structure in Outlook
     - Creating a Folder
     - Naming Folders
     - Popular Folder Structures
     - Make It a Habit!
    The Outlook Calendar
    Create an Appointment
    Have a Meeting
     - Create a meeting request
     - Process meeting requests
    Tracking Multiple Calendars
    Using the Outlook Journal
     - Automatically record items and files
    Tasks
     - Create a task from scratch
     - Create a task from an existing task
     - Schedule time in Calendar to Complete a Task
    Using Notes in Outlook

    Popularity: 14% [?]


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    July 25, 2009

    Digital Camera Tutorial

    This excellent tutorial on Digital Cameras at The University of South Dakota is a downloadable pdf file that explains everything about digital cameras in 9 pages, keeping the size of the file to 153kb. This Digital Camera tutorial discusses the basics of a digital camera and how an image is captured. It also show users how to select a good digital camera by providing information on what to look for such as resolution, image formats, lens, shutters and shooting modes. This Digital Camera tutorial also demonstrates how exposure and color balance combine to produce a lasting image. Other resources such as image sizes, file formats and file formats are provided. A comparison between lossy and lossless compression is also carried out.


    Digital Camera Tutorial:

    Cameras and Capturing an Image

    What to Look for in a Digital Camera
     - Resolution
     - Compression and image formats
     - Lens
     - Shutter speed range and noise reduction
     - Shooting modes
     - Other important features

    Exposure

    Setting Color Balance

    Image Size, File Size, and File Format
     - Selecting Image Size
     - Lossy vs. lossless compression
     - File formats
     - When to use each format

    Useful Resources

    Popularity: 10% [?]


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  • 2 PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials

    Here are 2 PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials at the University of South Dakota. These PowerPoint tutorials will teach you how to create attractive slideshow presentations using PowerPoint 2007. With the help of PowerPoint you can create dynamic and high-impact presentations. The first tutorial helps you plan and build a presentation and the second one shows you how to add charts and record narration.


    PowerPoint Tutorial 1: Planning and Building Your Presentation 732K 15 Pages
    This section of the tutorial gives you tips on how to properly plan and build your slideshow presentation. This will let you know the general PowerPoint environment, themes, adding bells and whistles, printing presentation handouts etc.

     - Planning Your Presentation
     - Get to Know the PowerPoint Environment
     - Switching Views and Navigating a Presentation
     - Building Your Presentation
     - Themes
     - Adding Bells and Whistles
     - Printing Presentation Handouts


    PowerPoint Tutorial 2: Add Charts and Record Narration 571K 12 Pages
    This section introduces you to adding charts and record narration to a presentation. The topic explanations are well supported by ample screen shots on the topics being covered.

     - Introduction
     - Adding Charts to your Slides
     - Add Narration to a Presentation
     - Set the Slide Timings Manually

    Popularity: 12% [?]


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    July 27, 2009

    6 Photoshop Tutorials

    Here are 6 Photoshop Tutorials, at California Polytechnic State University, that explain and describe many of Photoshop’s features and tools. These Photoshop tutorials cover using Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4, but most of these can also be followed using older versions such as Photoshop.


    6 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials:

    Photoshop Tutorial 1 – Introduction  (246 Kb, 5 pages)
    This tutorial gives you an introduction to Adobe Photoshop.

    Photoshop Tutorial 2 – Creation  (97 Kb, 2 pages)
    This workshop shows you how to use various features of Photoshop like opacity, drop shadow, feather, levels, selection, filters, shapes, and styles.

    Photoshop Tutorial 3 – Output  (95 kb, 2 pages)
    In this workshop, you will learn creating aqua buttons and saving files.

    Scanning and Digital Cameras  (100 Kb, 2 pages)
    In this workshop, we will explain about scanners, how to use it, deciding on the right resolution and getting out the red eye and color correcting.

    Photoshop File Optimization Tutorial
    This tutorial explains how to optimize a file in Photoshop.

    Photoshop for Blackboard  (474 kb, 10 pages)
    With Photoshop you may create a graphic that can be saved and uploaded into Blackboard as a banner on the announcements page. In this section, this topic is explained in detail.

    Popularity: 12% [?]


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    OneNote 2007 Tutorials

    Here are some excellent OneNote 2007 Tutorials at Microsoft Office Online that are in the form of Webcasts, Podcasts and video tips. OneNote is a software package for information gathering, and multi-user collaboration from Microsoft and is primarily used for taking notes. This app is well suited for use on pen-enabled Tablet PCs, in environments where pen, audio or video notes are more appropriate than an intensive use of keyboards. These tutorials demonstrate personal usage and collaboration of notes, introduction to OneNote’s basic features, finding text in OneNote 2007 and using tags to organize notes.


    Webcasts:

    OneNote 2007 Tips and Tricks: Personal Usage and Collaboration
    These webcasts are recorded as live events by Microsoft Office experts and they discuss their tips and tricks in OneNote for personal usage and collaboration of notes. They serve as a detailed reference to the work flow of OneNote.


    Video tips:
    These video tips provide a neat and easy workflow into a specific task in OneNote such as finding text, using hyperlinks to easily link documents and organizing notes.

    - How to Easily Find Text in OneNote 2007 256k | 750k
    - Introduction to the Basic Features of OneNote 2007 256k | 750k
    - Quick Tips for OneNote 2007 256k | 750k
    - Use Hyperlinks to Easily Link Documents in OneNote 2007 256k | 750k
    - Use Tags to Organize Your Notes and Auto-Create To-Do Lists in OneNote 2007 256k | 750k
    - Using SharePoint Server 2007 with OneNote 2007 256k | 750k


    Podcasts:
    OneNote 2007 Tips and Tricks: Personal Usage and Collaboration
    This podcast is the audio-only version of previously recorded webcasts and discuss tips and tricks, in OneNote for personal usage and collaboration of notes.

    Popularity: 16% [?]


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