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Here is a great 44-page Word Tutorial, titled 'Your Guide To Microsoft Word XP' (44 pages, 1.2mb, pdf format), provided by the San Antonio Independent School District. Features taught and demonstrated by this Word tutorial include: Views, Text, Fonts, Tables, Borders, Clip Art, Word Art, and Pictures. It includes a quiz at the end you can take to test your Word knowledge. This website's Technology Literacy Institute offers several excellent web-based Office tutorials and software learning resources. This Word tutorial is located on their MS Office XP Tutroials page.
Word Tutorial Contents:
Topics Page
What is Word XP?
What should you consider before beginning?
Plan Ahead!
MS Word XP Basics
Window Overview
How to get help in Word
Help options found on the Menu Bar/Toolbar area
Screen Tips
The Office Assistant
Ask a Questions Wizard
The What’s This arrow
Different Views in Word XP
Different Views
Working with Text
Working with Font types, size and color
Working with the Alignment
Working with Borders and Tables
Creating Page Borders
How to add a border to a page
How to add color to your border
How to add standard text to your certificate
Creating a table to add non-standard text
Inserting a table
To Center a Field
To change the Size of a Cell in aTable
to Eliminate Unnecessary Borders around the Cell
Working with Clipart
How to Insert Clip Art
Working with Wort Art
How to Insert Word Art
Working with Pictures
How to Insert a Picture
Helpful Information
Use the Help Options to find out more
Test for Knowledge
Create the following in MS Word XP
Mini MS Word XP Quiz
Evaluation Form
Geometric Reflecitons and Evaulation
Software Integration—Content Area
MS Word XP Integration
Resources, Links & Citations
This is an excellent, feature rich, 56-page Excel Tutorial, titled 'Your Guide To Microsoft Excel XP' (56 pages, 1.8mb, pdf format), hosted by the San Antonio Independent School District. Many Excel features are presented and taught this Excel tutorial including the following: Menu Bar, Toolbar area, entering and formatting data, working with columns and rows, formatting cells, navigating and managing worksheets, using formulas, and creating charts and graphs. You can take a quiz at the end to test your Excel knowledge. This Excel tutorial is located on this site's MS Office XP Tutorials page.
Excel Tutorial Contents:
What is Excel XP
What Should you consider before beginning?
Beginning Basics
Opening Excel XP
Parts of the Excel window
How to get help in Excel SP
Help options found on the Menu Bar/Toolbar Area
Screen Tips
The Office Assistant
Ask a Question Wizard
The What’s This arrow
Working with Worksheets
Entering data into a worksheet
Formatting problems with data entry
Changing the appearance of Columns and Rows
Resizing column widths
Resizing row widths
Inserting and Deleting Columns and Rows
Inserting new Columns
Inserting new Rows
Deleting Columns
Deleting Rows
Changing the appearance of Cells
Selecting Cells
Adding color to cells
Adding borders to cells
Navigating a worksheet and/or workbook
Scrolling up and down
Scrolling left and right
Switching between worksheets
Inserting, deleting, naming, and moving a worksheet
Inserting a worksheet
Deleting a worksheet
Naming a worksheet
Moving a worksheet
Using Formulas
Simple Formulas
Errors found in formulas
Relative cell references
Using fill option
Absolute cell references
Functions
Types of functions
Example of AVERAGE function
Using the AutoSum icon
Linking Formulas
Creating Charts or Graphs
Using the Chart Wizard
Copying a worksheet into MS Word
A simple copy and paste
Inserting a worksheet
Helpful Information
Test for Knowledge
Create the following in MS Excel XP
Mini MS Excel XP Quiz
Evaluation Form
Geometric Reflection and Evaluation
Resources, Links & Citations
The C·R·E·A·T·E for Mississippi project was designed to better prepare students and teachers for life in the 21st century. This project hosts 64 Microsoft Office Tutorials and How-to Training Documents. Here are their 10 Excel Tutorials and How-Tos that will help you become a better Excel user. These Excel tutorials and how-tos are in pdf format. More Excel tutorials from Mississsippi State University are available on this blog post.
Excel 2000/XP: Creating an Assessment Tool in Excel 2000/XP: view
Protect Your Spreadsheets in Excel XP: view
Basic Excel Worksheet Terminology: view
Creating Spreadsheets and Charts Using Microsoft Excel: view
Graphing in Microsoft Excel 2000/XP: view
How to Create a Dropdown List in Excel: view
Excel Spreadsheet Vocabulary Review: view
Using Microsoft Excel to Design Forms: view
Using Excel's PMT Function: view
Editing Excel Dropdown Lists: view
This is a great, informative PowerPoint XP Tutorial, titled 'Your Guide To Microsoft PowerPoint XP' (43 pages, 2.3mb, pdf format), from San Antonio Independent School District. PowerPoint features and functions taught by this PowerPoint tutorial include: Create New Presentation, Slide Views, Slide Layouts and Colors, Fonts, Headers and Footers, Word Art, Clip Art and Graphics, Charts, Tables, Sounds, Slide Shows, and Packaging Presentations.
PowerPoint Tutorial Contents:
What is Power Point XP?
What should you consider before beginning?
Beginning Basics
Opening Power Point
Power Point Window Overview
Creating a new presentation
Slide Views
Basic Slide Editing
Slide Layouts
Slide Color Scheme
Font Settings
Headers and Footers
Adding Content
Adding Text
A New Slide
Word Art
Graphics from Clip Art
Graphics from a File
An Organizational Chart
A Chart
Tables
Sound
Hyperlinks
Slide Show Secrets
Slide Show Animations
Slide Show Transitions
Slide Show Timing
Speaker Notes
Playing the Slide Show
Navigation Through a Slide Show
Additional Slide Show Features
Packaging a Presentation
Saving a presentation for preview
Saving a presentation for preview on the web
Saving a presentation for preview on any platform
Printing a presentation
Helpful Hints For Power Point
Replace Fonts Globally
Show slides out of order
Create a Photo Album
Protect your Presentation
Test for Knowledge
Create a presentation based on your life
Mini-Power Point Quiz
Evaluation Form
Geometric Reflections and Evaluation
Resources, Links, and Citations
This is an excellent Access XP Tutorial and Guide that will help you become more familiar and skilled with creating and using Access tables, forms, queries, and reports. Access features that are taught by this Access tutorial include the following: Creating a Database Table, Creating a Lookup Field, Creating and Modifying a Query, Using Filters, Creating and Modifying Forms, Creating and Modifying Reports, Backing up an Access Database, and Performing a Mail Merge. This training tutorial is hosted by the San Antonio Independent School District's Technology Literacy Institute. (55 pages, 1.6mb, pdf format)
Access Tutorial Contents:
What is Access XP?
What should you consider before beginning?
Plan Ahead!
Opening a new database
Opening a database
Tables
Creating a table
What is a field name?
What is a data type?
Creating a lookup field
Query
Creating a query
What’s the LNC naming convention?
How to modify a query
Querying a date
Creating a parameter query
Counting using a query
Using filters
Forms
Creating a form
Modifying a form
How to navigate through your database
Reports
Creating a report
Modifying a report
Backing up a database
Why should you back up your data?
Creating a Mail Merge
What is a Mail Merge
Helpful Information
What types of objects can be created in Access
Some other terms to remember
Data Types in Access
Reasons for making a database
Test for Knowledge
Create databases based on the following topic
Mini Access Quiz
Resources, Links & Citations
Here is an excellent Web Outlook Tutorial Guide, complete with well produced screen illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and explanations of everything you need to know to use this web email tool to its fullest extent. This is a free training document and published by the San Antonio Independent School District. Document format is pdf.
Your Guide To Microsoft Web Outlook (85 pages, 3.7mb, pdf)
Individual Chapters of Web Outlook Guide:
- Chapter 2 - Your Inbox (14 pages)
- Chapter 3 - Options in Web Outlook (8 pages)
- Chapter 4 - Working with Others (24 pages)
- Appendix - MS Web Outlook (17 pages)
- Outlook Training Materials for creating Personal Outlook Folders (8 pages
3) The Best New Free Training Sites for Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and other Adobe and Macromedia Applications
Flash MX Intro Tutorial
Here is a Flash Tutorial that demonstrates some of the fundamentals of using Flash MX. Flash features and functionality taught by this Flash tutorial include the following: Timeline, the Toolbar, Drawing, Animation, Shadow effect, Mask layer, and Exporting the moview. This tutorial is hosted by the San Antonio Independent School District on their Macromedia MX tutorial page.
Intro to Macromedia Flash MX
(28 pages, 3.1mb, pdf format)
Flash Tutorial Contents:
The Flash MX Workspace
The Timeline
Tools on the Toolbar
Drawing Exercises
Bunny Rabbit
Crazy Clown
Animation Exercises
Bouncing Bunny
School Header
Copying the Photos
Removing the photos from the Flash stage
Creating the School’s Name
Creating a shadow effect
Creating the tweens
Creating a Mask Layer
Exporting the movie
This Photoshop 7 Tutorial, titled 'Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop', the fundamentals of using many Photoshop's features when working with your digital images. Using this tutorial gives you a great way to increase your working knowledge of Photoshop and its functionality. This tutorial demonstrates and teaches you the following Photoshop functionality: Photoshop Interface, File management, Toolbar, Image menu, Layer management, working with Text, amd creating Graphics. This Photoshop tutorial is located on the Graphics and Multimedia Tutorials page at the University of Texas.
Photoshop Tutorial Contents:
- Familiarizing Yourself with the Photoshop Interface
- Opening/Creating files
- Using the Toolbar
- Using the Image Menu
- Layer Management
- Working with Text
- Creating Graphics
- Tips & Fun Stuff
- Evaluate this tutorial
- PDF Handout
- Tools PDF Handout
Here is an excellent Photoshop 7 Tutorial and Guide, hosted by the San Antonio Independent School District. Some of the Photohop features and functionality taught by this Photoshop tutorial include the following: Toobar basics, Palette Overview, Selection Tools, Drawing Tools, Color Tools, Eraser Tools, Text Tools, Resizing Images, Adjusting and Replacing Color, Adding Text to Images, Applying Filters to Images, New Canvas, Drawing an Image, Working with Layers, and Using History. This school district's Technology Literacy Institute website provides easy access to web-based tutorials and resources. (62 pages, 12.9mb. pdf format)
Photoshop Tutorial Contents:
What is Adobe Photoshop
What should I consider before beginning?
Beginning Basics
Opening Photoshop
Photoshop Window Overview
Tool Bar Overview
Palette Overview
Creating a new Document
Tool Bar Uses
Selection Tools
Paint / Drawing Tools
Color Tools
Eraser Tools
Text Tools
Photo Retouching
Resizing Images
Adjusting Color
Replacing Color
Removing Unwanted Images
Replacing Part of an Image
Adding Text to Images
Adding Effects to Text on Images
Applying Filters to Images
Adding Color to B&W Images
Saving Images for Publication
Printing from Photoshop
Starting from Scratch
New Canvas
Drawing an Image
Working with Layers
Adding an Image from another source
Using History
Completing a Collage
Helpful Hints for Photoshop
Layers
Saving
Test for Knowledge
Application of Skills
Mini-Quiz
Resources, Links and Citations
Here are two Dreamweaver MX Tutorials from the University of Texas, located on their Web Devleopment Tutorials page. The first one helps you get started creating your web site, and the second tutorial teaches you more Dreamweaver features, such as inserting Flash objects, applying CCS to your pages, creating and using Dreamweaver Templates, and creating a web photo album.
Dreamweaver can simplify many of the complexities involved with creating a web page or site. However, in order to utilize all of the functionality of Dreamweaver, a site must be created. This first Dreamweaver tutorial will help you do just that: Creating Your Site with Dreamweaver MX.
Tutorial Contents:
- Saving Your Page
- Insert a Table
- Insert an Image
- Links & Anchors
- Font & Color
- Preview & Post
- Evaluate this tutorial
Print a Handout:
This second Dreamweaver MX tutorial, named Even More Dreamweaver MX Tutorial, teaches and demonstrates more design functionality using Dreamweaver MX. At the completion of this tutorial, you will know:
- How to create your Web page in layout view
- How to insert Flash Text and Flash Button objects
- How to apply Cascading Style Sheets to your Web pages
- How to create and use Dreamweaver Templates
- How to create a Web Photo Album
- Page Layout
- Flash Button and Flash Text
- Cascading Style Sheet
- Templates
- Web Photo Album
- Evaluate this tutorial
- PDF Handout
Here is a good Dreamweaver MX 2004 Tutorial, from the University of Texas, that describes how to do many important tasks using this web development application. When finished reading and using it, you will have the understanding to easily create new web pages.
Tutorial Objectives:
- Explore interface, menus & properties manager
- Create a basic web page
- Add text, links, tables and images
- Change fonts and alignment
- Review transferring files and images to the server and learn techniques for effective management of your server space
Contents of Dreamweaver MX 2004 Tutorial:
- Getting Started
- Connecting to Your Server Space
- Creating Your Page
- Inserting Images
- Inserting Tables
- Links
- Anchors
- Page Properties
- Resources
- Evaluate this tutorial
- PDF Handout
This is a well written, illustrated Dreamweaver MX Tutorial, titled 'Intro to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX', from the San Antonio Independent School District. Dreamweaver features and funcationality demonstrated and shown in this Dreamweaver tutorial include: Panel Groups, Tool Bars, Create a New Site, Site Panel, Page Properties, Saving a Page, Images, Horizontal Rules, Navigation Bar, Create a Template, Bullets, Hyperlinks, Templates, and Rollovers. This tutorial is found on this site's Macromedia MX tutorial page. (51 pages, 1.6mb, pdf format)
Dreamweaver MX Tutorial Contents:
What is Macromedia Dreamweaver?
What should I consider before beginning?
Beginning Basics
Opening Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver Window Overview
Panel Groups Overview
Dreamweaver Tool Bars
Setting Up a Site
Creating a New Site
Setting up Server Access
Using Site Panel
Creating a Web Site
Setting Page Properties
Preparing your Page
Adding Title to Document
Saving the Page
Creating an Email Link
Inserting an Image into the title
Horizontal Rule
Navigation Bar
Creating a template
Creating Web Site Pages
Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists
Adding Hyperlinks
Applying Template
Dreamweaver Extras
Adding Fireworks or Flash objects
Creating Rollovers
Adding Time and Date Stamp
Adding Copyright information
Helpful Hints for Dreamweaver
Using Dreamweaver Help
Standard View vs Layout View
Test for Knowledge
Create a Classroom Web Page
Mini-Power Point Quiz
Evaluation Form
Geometric Reflections and Evaluation
Resources, Links, and Citations
4) The Best New Free Web Development Training Sites
Web Page Design Tutorials
Here are nine illustrated Web Page Design Tutorials, courtesy of the San Antonio Independent School District. Web design and development topics taught and covered by these tutorials include the following: web design theory, images, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver, CSS, and templates. This educational website's Technology Literacy Institute provides access to free web-based tutorials and resources. These training documents are in pdf format.
Web Design Academy - Part One
Day One - Theory, MS Word and PowerPoint (28 pages)
Day Two - MS PowerPoint, Digital Images and Fireworks MX (42 pages)
Day Three - Macromedia Flash MX (32 pages)
Day Four - Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks MX (16 pages)
Day Five -Website Prep and Final Product (16 pages)
Web Design Academy - Part Two
Day One - Theory, MS PowerPoint and Digital Images (44 pages)
Day Two - Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver MX (28 pages)
Day Three - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Templates (20 pages)
Day Four - Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver MX, and Website Prep (9 pages)
WebDevelopmentTutorials.com hosts these Cascading Style Sheet Tutorials (CSS Tutorials) that show you, by example, how to use and code CSS for your web pages. These CSS tutorials demonstrate many areas and functionality that you will need to know when using Cascading Style Sheets.
CSS Text Tutorials
- How to set the color of text with CSS
- How to set the background color of text with CSS
- How to specify the letter-spacing of characters with CSS
- How to specify the line-height of a paragraph with CSS
- How to align text to the left, center or right with CSS
- How to decorate text with CSS: underline, none, line-through and overline
- How to indent the first line of a paragraph with CSS
- How to set text to all upper-case, all lower-case or to capitalize the first letter of every word
- How to specify word-spacing with CSS
- How to set the direction of text with CSS
CSS Font Tutorials
- How to specify the font-family of text with CSS
- How to specify the font-size of text with CSS
- How to set the caption font with CSS
- How to adjust the font size
- How to specify the font-style of text with CSS
- How to set the variant of text with CSS
- How to set the boldness of a font with CSS
CSS Border Tutorials
- How to set the border of an HTML element with CSS
- How to set all of the top border properties in one declaration
- How to set all of the bottom border properties in one declaration
- How to set all of the left border properties in one declaration
- How to set all of the right border properties in one declaration
- How to set the style of the four borders
- How to set the top border of an HTML element with CSS
- How to set the bottom border of an HTML element with CSS
CSS Background Tutorials
- How to set the background color of a web page with CSS
- How to set an image as a background of a web page with CSS
- How to repeat a background image on a web page with CSS
- How to repeat a background image vertically on a web page
- How to repeat a background image horizontally on a web page with CSS
- How to display a background image only once
- How to place a background image either left, center or right with CSS
- How to position a background image using percentage points with CSS
- How to position a background image using pixel values
- How to set a fixed background image with CSS
CSS Margin Tutorials
- How to set all of the margin properties in one declaration with CSS
- How to set the top margin of a text using cm values
- How to set the top margin of a text using percentage values
- How to set the bottom margin of a text using cm values
- How to set the bottom margin of a text using percentage values
- How to set the left margin of a text using cm values
- How to set the left margin of a text using percentage values
- How to set the right margin of a text using percentage values
- How to set the right margin of a text using cm values
CSS Padding Tutorials
- How to set the top padding of a text with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the bottom padding of a text with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the left padding of a text with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the right padding of a text with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the top padding of a text with CSS using cm values
- How to set the left padding of a text with CSS using cm values
- How to set the right padding of a text with CSS using cm values
- How to set the bottom padding of a text with CSS using cm values
CSS List Tutorials
- How to make different list-item markers in un-ordered lists with CSS
- How to make different list-item markers in ordered lists with CSS
CSS Dimension Tutorials
- How to set the height of an HTML element with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the width of an HTML element with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the line-height of a line using values with CSS using pixel values
- How to set the line-height of a line with CSS using number values
CSS Classification Tutorials
- How to display an HTML element as an inline element with CSS
- How to display an HTML element as a block element using CSS
5) The Best New Free Windows, Linux, Hardware and General Computer Training Sites
- Windows XP Professional eBook (free)
- Windows XP eBook (free)
Your Guide To Understanding PCs
- 40 pages, pdf format
Your Guide To Anti-Virus Solutions
- 17 pages, pdf format
Your Guide To CD Burning and Plug-Ins for PCs
- 34 pages, pdf format
Here is an excellent 21-chapter beginner's guide for using and administering Windows XP.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Windows XP.
Chapter 2. Start Windows XP.
Chapter 3. Save a couple of documents.
Chapter 4. Adjust the taskbar.
Chapter 5. My Computer.
Chapter 6. Drives, files and Explorer.
Chapter 7. The Screen’s properties.
Chapter 8. Entertainment.
Chapter 9. My Documents folder.
Chapter 10. More exercises with files.
Chapter 11. More about files and data.
Chapter 12. Searches on the hard disk.
Chapter 13. About fonts.
Chapter 14. About images.
Chapter 15. About CD and DVD.
Chapter 16. New hardware.
Chapter 17. Images, sound and video.
Chapter 18. Disk cleanup.
Chapter 19. Harddisk maintenance.
Chapter 20. Backup copies.
Chapter 21. System restoration.
This is a great 27-chapter guide of tips and tricks for taking total control of Windows XP. Learn how to run and administer this operating system so it works for you and not against you.
Chapter 1. Lots of Windows.
Chapter 2. The program's decline.
Chapter 3. Windows Update.
Chapter 4. Preparation for Windows XP.
Chapter 5. The actual installation.
Chapter 6. After the installation
Chapter 7. Performance and adaptability.
Chapter 8. The page file.
Chapter 9. Fragmented files.
Chapter 10. Fixed user data.
Chapter 11. File management.
Chapter 12. Folder Cache - a nice utility.
Chapter 13. The temporary files.
Chapter 14. Starting up a computer.
Chapter 15. Windows Registry.
Chapter 16. Security.
Chapter 17. Spyware.
Chapter 18. Antivirus.
Chapter 19. Firewall.
Chapter 20. IE or Mozilla.
Chapter 21. Backup - an introduction.
Chapter 22. The daily backup.
Chapter 23. External backup.
Chapter 24. File synchronizing.
Chapter 25. More about scripts.
Chapter 26. Hard disks in Windows.
Chapter 27. When catastrophe has struck
6) Software, Office and Computer Sites and Downloads Worth Mentioning
Spellbook - IT mage's best friend
This site provides links for downloading some of the best open source and free software on the web. Here are some of the programs you can download and install to improve your computing experience.
Email Clients
Notepad Replacement
Anti-Virus
- AVG Free
- AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
- Avast! 4 Home Edition
- BitDefender 8 Free Edition
- ClamWin
- a-squared
Adware / Spyware / Rootkit Remover Firewall
Multimedia Players
CD/DVD Burning
Digital Image Editor
- GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
- GIMPShop
- Paint.NET
- PhotoPlus - Image and Photo Editing Software
Registry Cleaner
Backup - Synchronization Utility
File Cleaner
System Information Utility
7) Question of the Month about Software Training:
Each month Scott Turton will answer a current or important question that we have received about computer and software training.
November 2007 Question of the Month:
Where can I download a good Rootkit Removal tool that I can trust?
A Rootkit is an especially bad program that is designed to hide trojans, viruses and other malware from your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. Fortunately, there are now available several free software tools on the web that can detect rootkits in your system. I have researched these rootkit removal tools and here are the best ones I have found.
Panda Anti-Rootkit 1.08.00
This one is one of the best, it is not only good at detecting rootkits it also quite effective at removing them.
Icesword 1.22
IceSword is an effective tool against rootkits
RootkitRevealer v1.71
This tool from Microsoft lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode rootkit.
GMER
Detects and removes rootkits, and also monitors several system functions.
DarkSpy Anti-Rookit
A multiway-based detection tool for rootkit detection.
I hope this helps you.
Scott Turton
Site Editor
EducationOnlineForComputers.com
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Our Members' Site contains the web's best computer software training resources and tutorials. This content is individually linked and presented in a way to expedite and facilitate your software and computer learning experience. We have done all the web research and presentation work for you so you can concentrate solely on your computer training.
EducationOnlineForComputers.com Member Site FAQ Answers:
- All of the web sites and pages in our members site are not in the free section of our web site. The member site training is more detailed and the best available. The online training resources in our members' site are linked and laid out in a much more detailed fashion than those in the free section. This will save you time in finding all the best free training on the web.
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- You have a choice to select the non-recurring or recurring method of payment. If you select non-recurring, when your membership period expires, you will not be automatically charged another fee on your credit card or check.
- The total price to join our member's site is only $14 total for 2 months, $24 for 4 months, $32 for 6 months, or $56 for a whole year. The funds generated will assist us to help all those seeking software application education training. Here's the link to see what's available on our member's site and to sign up: http://tinyurl.com/7ien You can email Scott Turton with questions at scott_turton@educationonlineforcomputers.com
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- 28 Modules of Soft Skills Training, covering topics such as Coaching, Delegating, Finance Essentials, Hiring, Leading and Motivating Team, Making a Presentation, Managing Your Time, and Setting Goals.
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