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Hello everyone, and welcome to our new subscribers!
This is our 9th monthly Newsletter for our new site, EducationOnlineForComputers.com, giving you the most current Free online Software Training and Tutorial Resources that we have recently discovered and researched. This newsletter is free to anyone subscribing (instructions at bottom, no username/password is needed). To access our member site, however, you do need a user name and password - registering as a member of EducationOnlineForComputers.com costs only $14 for two months, for more information please see below 'Become a Member of EducationOnlineForComputers.com'.
My desire is that these free resources will help you with your computer education and training and are tools to advance your career. Our main mission is the training of those less fortunate who are seeking to become computer literate, from a user's perspective.
By means of this email newsletter, you have knowledge of and access to these sites before our web site visitors do. The best of these resources will be added to our Member Training pages and the remainder to our Free Training pages.
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This issue describes a total of 40 Software and Computer training, learning and tutorial web sites, with a total of 110 tutorial courses linked. It features many free Microsoft Office training tutorials for your learning profit and enjoyment.For your convenience, this newsletter is also available to subscribers in HTML format at this special url: http://www.educationonlineforcomputers.com/current_news.html
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2) The Best New Free Microsoft Office Training & Tutorial Sites:
This section of our newsletter contains the best new Free Microsoft Office training and tutorial sites that we have found and researched in the last few weeks.
Microsoft Office 2000 is a software suite that consists of different applications that perform various activities. MS Office 2000 is by far the most widely recognized software suite in the world.
Free Training from Macalester College:Beginning PowerPoint XP for Windows:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/powerpointbegxp.pdfBeginning PowerPoint 2000 for Windows:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/powerpoint00beg.pdfIntermediate PowerPoint XP for Windows:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/powerpointintermxp.pdfIntermediate PowerPoint 2000 for Windows:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/powerpoint00interm.pdf
Tutorials from OfficeTutorials.com:
Access (database) Tutorials:
http://www.officetutorials.com/accesstutorials.htmExcel (spreadsheet) Tutorials:
http://www.officetutorials.com/exceltutorials.htmFrontPage (web) Tutorials:
http://www.officetutorials.com/frontpagetutorials.htmOutlook (email) Tutorials:
http://www.officetutorials.com/outlooktutorials.htmPowerPoint (presentation) Tutorials:
http://www.officetutorials.com/powerpointtutorials.htmPublisher (desktop publishing) Tutorials:
http://www.officetutorials.com/publishertutorials.htm
Training Handouts from Berkeley University:
Beginning Excel 97:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/PCBeg_Excel5.pdfIntermediate Excel 97:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/PCInter_Excel5.pdfAdvanced Excel 2000:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/pc_excel_3.pdfBeginning Word 97:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/PCBeg_Word97.pdfIntermediate Word 97:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/PCInter_Word97.pdfBeginning Excel for Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/MacBeg_Excel.pdfIntermediate Excel for Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/MacInter_Excel.pdfBeginning Word for Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/MacBeg_Word6.pdfIntermediate Word for Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/MacInter_Word6.pdfIntroduction to Pagemaker for Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/mac_pm_1.pdfIntermediate Pagemaker for Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/mac_pm_2.pdf
Training Manual from Seattle University:
Introduction to Microsoft Excel:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/exl001a.pdfWorksheets, Database Management and Printing:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/exl002a.pdfMicrosoft Excel Charts:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/exl003a.pdfMicrosoft Excel Formulas, Functions, Linking & Protecting:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/exl004.pdfImporting and Exporting for Microsoft Office:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/ofc001a.pdfIntroduction to Microsoft PowerPoint:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/ppt002a.pdfPowerPoint Graphics:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/ppt002b.pdfPowerPoint Presentation Options:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/ppt002c.pdfIntroduction to Microsoft Word:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/wrd001a.pdfMail Merge with Microsoft Word:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/wrd002a.pdfMicrosoft Word Forms:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/wrd003a.pdfOrganization and Layout of Microsoft Word Documents:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/wrd004.pdf
Word 2002 Beginning:
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/paul/software/Word/begwordxp.pdfAn excellent 15 page intro to Word 2002. In pdf format.
University of Sydney: Word Help:
http://staff.library.usyd.edu.au/training/wordhelp.htmlUniversity of Sydney: Word Troubleshooting Course Handouts:
http://staff.library.usyd.edu.au/training/Word_Handouts.htm
PowerPoint 2000 Basics Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/powerpoint2000_basics.htmlPowerPoint 97 Basics Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/powerpoint97_basics.htmlWord 97 Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/word97.html
How to Track Changes in Word 97 and 2000:
http://www.woodyswatch.com/wowmm/archtemplate.asp?v3-n03 http://www.woodyswatch.com/wowmm/archtemplate.asp?v3-n04 http://www.woodyswatch.com/wowmm/archtemplate.asp?v3-n05This is a three-part tutorial on how to tell Word to Track Changes.
3) The Best New Free Training Sites for Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and other Adobe and Macromedia Applications
Training Handouts from Berkeley University:Beginning Dreamweaver:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/beg_dream.pdfIntermediate Dreamweaver:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/inter_dream.pdf
Training Manuals from Seattle University:
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/drwmx1a.pdfIntroduction to Microsoft FrontPage:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/fpg0012.pdfMicrosoft FrontPage Graphics:
http://www.seattleu.edu/it/training/Manuals/fpg002a.pdf
Download Books at ebone.at :
http://ebone.at/files.php?show=BooksCreating Shockwave Web Pages:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/creating_shockwave_web_pages.zipFlash 5 Action Script Reference:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/actionscript_reference.zipFlash 5 Keyboard shortcuts:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/flash_5_kb_shortcuts.zipMacromedia Director 8.5:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/whats_new_85.zipMacromedia Dreamweaver 4:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/using_dreamweaver4.zipMacromedia Fireworks 4:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/using_fireworks4.zipMacromedia Flash 4:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/Macromedia-Flash-4-eng.rarMacromedia Flash 5:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/using_flash_5.zip
Flash Tutorials:
http://www.flashthief.com/tutorials/index.htmBasic, Intermediate, and Advanced Flash Tutorials are available at this site, many topics are covered.
FrontPage 2000 Basics Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/frontpage_basics.htmlFrontPage XP Basics Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/frontpage_xp_basics.html
Help Sheets:
Macromedia Fireworks 3
http://www.bsu.edu/ucslabs/SoftwareHelp/Guides/Fireworks3.pdfMacromedia Dreamweaver 4
http://www.bsu.edu/ucslabs/SoftwareHelp/Guides/Dreamweaver4.pdfMacromedia Flash 4
http://www.bsu.edu/ucslabs/SoftwareHelp/Guides/flash4.pdfAdobe PhotoShop 5.0
http://www.bsu.edu/ucslabs/SoftwareHelp/Guides/photoshop5.pdf
Photoshop 7 Tutorials:
http://www.cbtcafe.com/photoshop/index.htmContains tutorials on creating 3D effects, using the trim command, creating custom actions, and batch processing.
Dreamweaver MX Tutorials:
http://www.cbtcafe.com/dreamweaver/index.htmContains tutorials for creating anchor links, creating rollovers, creating pop up windows, and closing pop up windows.
Fireworks MX Tutorials:
http://www.cbtcafe.com/fireworks/index.htmlContains tutorials for isolating and changing object colors, using masking, removing an image from a background, and selected color change.
Dreamweaver MX Tutorials:
http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/index.htmlContains tutorials for 3D Text Rotation, Flash templates, Layer Folders, and Guide Layers.
4) The Best New Free Web Development Training Sites
Free Training from Macalester College:
World Wide Web and Netscape:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/netscapeclass.pdfNetscape Composer:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/composer.pdfBeginning HTML:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/beghtml.pdfHTML: Beyond the Basics:
http://www.macalester.edu/cit/docs/classes/htmlbeyond.pdf
Training Handouts from the Berkeley University:
Beginning HTML Training:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/html1.pdfIntermediate HTML Training:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/html2.pdfAdvanced HTML Training:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/html3.pdf
Internet Basics Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/internet_basics.htmlWsFTP Tutorial:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/ws_ftp.html
Download Books at ebone.at:
http://ebone.at/files.php?show=BooksWeb Programming with Perl 5:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/WEB_PROGRAMMING_WITH_PERL_5.ZIPPerl 5 Quick Reference:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/PERL_QUICK_REFERENCE.ZIPMySQL Handbook:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/manual-split.tar.gzLaura Lemay's Web Workshop Activex and Vbscript:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/activex_and_vbscript.zipCGI Developers Guide:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/CGI_DEVELOPERS_GUIDE.ZIPCGI Manual of Style:
http://ebone.at/download.php?id=57&filename=CGI_MANUAL_OF_STYLE.ZIPApache Server Survival Guide :
http://ebone.at/files/Books/CGI_MANUAL_OF_STYLE.ZIPActiveX Scripting:
http://ebone.at/files/Books/activexscripting.zip
HTML Authoring Tutorial:
Part 1:
http://elearning.cant.ac.uk/resources/tutorials/HTML_Authoring/HTML1.pdfPart 2:
http://elearning.cant.ac.uk/resources/tutorials/HTML_Authoring/HTML2.pdfPart 3:
http://elearning.cant.ac.uk/resources/tutorials/HTML_Authoring/HTML3.pdfPart 4:
http://elearning.cant.ac.uk/resources/tutorials/HTML_Authoring/HTML4.pdfPart 5:
http://elearning.cant.ac.uk/resources/tutorials/HTML_Authoring/HTML5.pdf
HTML Tutorial:
http://www.pcns.net/chalksoft/webpageShows how to add text, graphics, link pages, and create lists. Has a test for you to test your skills at the end.
5) The Best New Free Windows, Linux, Hardware and General Computer Training Sites
Training Handouts from Berkeley University:
Introduction to Windows:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/PCIntro_Win.pdfIntroduction to UNIX:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/UNIX.pdfIntermediate UNIX:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/inter_unix.pdfIntroduction to the Macintosh:
http://facility.berkeley.edu/pdf_files/introMac.pdf
Introduction to Windows 2000 Training Course Manual:
http://staff.library.usyd.edu.au/training/Windows2000_Handouts.htmCovers all of the basic operations that you will use in your day-to-day work like saving documents, finding them again and backing them up. Also discusses computer security and the things you can change on your desktop environment (eg. toolbars) and the things you can't change.
Upgrading to Windows XP:
http://www.hplearningcenter.com/course/course.jsp?courseId=47Objectives include learning about Windows XP, select the appropriate version of Windows XP, XP activation and privacy issues, evaluating hardware needs, and upgrading challenges.
Articles About Screensavers:
http://www.elasticsystems.com/articles.htmlIn these articles you will find background information about screensavers and their history. You will also learn how Windows screensavers differ from other programs and how you can use it to your own advantage. Also there are some tips for users owning laptops, notebooks or CD-burning devices.
Unix Basics:
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ewebtrain/tutorials/unix_basics.html
Learning MS-DOS:
http://www.credochs.org/courses/IT/msdos/default.htm
Networking Fundamentals:
http://www.d-m.com/tutorial.htm
Introduction to Operating Systems Tutorials:
http://www.unila.ac.id/~fe/mgt/courses/pam131/bahan/win95/DEFAULT.HTM
http://crisceb.unina2.it/Mari/opsys2.html
Introduction to UNIX Tutorials:
http://crisceb.unina2.it/Mari/opsys2.html
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~greif/cse2_3391/unix13a.html
http://www.credochs.org/courses/IT/unix/default.htm
http://eserver.bell.ac.uk/mirrors/unix/ostart.htm http://www.nhh.no/geo/unix-dem/ostart.htm
6) Software, Office and Computer Sites and Downloads Worth Mentioning
Excel 97 Add-ins and Templates:
http://www.bizoffice.com/soft_msoffice_excel.html
Hotmail Popper:
http://www.boolean.ca/hotpop/Check your hotmail e-mail from any POP mail client.
Spam Inspector 4.0:
http://www.giantcompany.com/(kj5cam45kgu2t231ep1o0cuj)/default.aspxThis is a good spam blocking program it has cut the amount of spam that I receive by 99%.
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 2003 Question:
Do you have a search engine for your tutorials?Answer:
Yes, we do have a search engine. You can access the search engine by going to any page on www.educationonlineforcomputers.com and using the search form on the left-hand side. This will search our entire database of tutorials for the keywords that you specify.
Also, if you have a web site where you would like to let your visitors search for free software training, you can put our search form on your site and customize it any way you'd like. Please check out this page on our site: http://www.educationonlineforcomputers.com/free-software-training-for-your-website-visitors.php
I hope this helps you.
Scott Turton
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