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Using Multiple Windows In Excel 2007
15th December 2008
The controls in each Tab are organised into groups. For example in the home Tab we have Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles and Editing. As always in Microsoft applications, hovering over a control displays a tool-tip. In the case of Office 2007, these tool-tips are quite extensive: they contain a description of how the control works, what it does and the keyboard shortcut which is equivalent to that control...
Microsoft Word 2007 Ribbon Controls
18th November 2008
The controls in each Tab are organised into groups. For example in the home Tab we have Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles and Editing. As always in Microsoft applications, hovering over a control displays a tool-tip. In the case of Office 2007, these tool-tips are quite extensive: they contain a description of how the control works, what it does and the keyboard shortcut which is equivalent to that control...
Top Three New Features in Adobe InDesign CS4
5th November 2008
The Photoshop integration which was begun in Dreamweaver CS3 has been enhanced in CS4 to offer via the use of Adobe's Smart Objects technology. A Photoshop file can be imported directly into Dreamweaver and will automatically come in as a smart object...
Top Three New Features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
3rd November 2008
The Photoshop integration which was begun in Dreamweaver CS3 has been enhanced in CS4 to offer via the use of Adobe's Smart Objects technology. A Photoshop file can be imported directly into Dreamweaver and will automatically come in as a smart object...
Selecting Text In Microsoft Word
21st October 2008
Before you can edit or format your text, you need to highlight it. Highlighting your text is a way of telling Microsoft Word that you want to work with a certain piece of text...
Excel 2007: Entering Data And Editing Cells
5th September 2008
Information is entered into an Excel worksheet by modifying the cells within that sheet. The process is pretty much the same regardless of whether you are entering information into empty cells or cells that already contain data...
Excel 2007: Ribbons and Tabs
18th August 2008
The Microsoft Excel Ribbon is the most important part of the Microsoft Excel interface and contains the majority of the program's commands. The Ribbon is arranged into a series of Tabs, each of which contains groups of related commands...
Customised In-house Training Courses
7th August 2008
One of the main benefits of booking in-house (on-site) training, as against sending your people off to a training centre to attend a pubic course, is that your training can be customised to match the specific needs of your organisation...
Lightning Fast PowerPoint Presentations Based On Your Images
5th June 2008
PowerPoint presentations are a superb tool for getting a message across to an audience, to potential clients and to your own company and images are great for adding impact to a PowerPoint presentation. So much so that PowerPoint includes a feature that lets you automatically create a complete presentation from a group of images...
Microsoft Underdog As Expression Web Takes On Dreamweaver
4th March 2008
When Microsoft released Office 2007, Microsoft FrontPage was conspicuous by its absence. Its place has been taken by Microsoft Expression Web, a product which clearly aims to take some of Adobe Dreamweaver's huge share of the web design market. For once Microsoft finds itself playing the role of underdog and is sensibly adopting some of the tactics used by Adobe in gaining their dominant position in web design software...
Adobe Illustrator: Fiddly And Frustrating?
25th February 2008
New users to Adobe Illustrator often complain that they find the program "fiddly" and frustrating. When we run Adobe training courses, we recognise that part of our job is rid people of this perception of Illustrator as a difficult program to use. ...
Adding Dreamweaver Behaviors To Your Web Pages
23rd February 2008
JavaScript is a simple, client-side scripting language which enables you to add exciting and interesting functionality to your HTML pages. It is built in to most web browsers and, although it can be deactivated, most people will have it enabled within their browser...
Adobe Illustrator Blank Canvas Syndrome
12th February 2008
We often find that delegates attending our Adobe Illustrator training courses have difficulty in getting to grips with the program, finding applications for it and incorporating it into their workflows. One of the main reasons for this is what we sometimes refer to as "Blank Canvas Syndrome"...
The unstoppable rise of Adobe Dreamweaver
11th January 2008
When we run Dreamweaver training courses, we are always amazed at the number of different types of Dreamweaver user who attend our courses. There is simply no longer a typical Dreamweaver user...
QuarkXpress Versus Adobe’s Gang Of Four
19th December 2007
QuarkXPress, for so long the dominant force in the page layout arena, now finds itself fighting for survival and under attach by four products all created by Adobe, who look like achieving the same kind of dominance in the creative market that Microsoft have achieved in the general computing market...
Microsoft Excel 2007 Training Options
30th October 2007
When you've taken the plunge and upgraded to Excel 2007, you will almost certainly benefit from some training. Which type of training you choose depends on your existing experience in using the program. However, in general, the ideal course will first of all rid you of the disorientation most Excel users feel when faced with the Excel 2007 interface. In addition, your Excel 2007 training course should show you how to make the most of the new features version 2007 has to offer...
Creating Rapid Interactive Forms in Adobe Acrobat
10th October 2007
Everybody knows Microsoft Word. It's on almost every PC in the world and fair few Macs as well. However, a lot of users have picked up bad habits, things that detract from the usefulness of the document being created. Let's look at some of the most common basic errors among Microsoft Word users...
Basic Errors Among Microsoft Word Users
8th October 2007
Everybody knows Microsoft Word. It's on almost every PC in the world and fair few Macs as well. However, a lot of users have picked up bad habits, things that detract from the usefulness of the document being created. Let's look at some of the most common basic errors among Microsoft Word users...
Using Bookmarks To Make Your PDF Documents More Interactive
6th October 2007
When you distribute PDFs that contain important information about your products or services, you want to make sure that your audience can get to key facts as quickly as possible. Adding bookmarks to your PDF files can make them more useful and attractive to potential clients. This article shows you how to create bookmarks and how bookmarks can be automatically generated for you...
Top 10 Basic Errors Among QuarkXPresss Users
4th October 2007
If you have recently started using QuarkXPress, you may find yourself making some of the errors outlined in this article. Take a minute to read through our top ten basic pitfalls and spare yourself a little frustration in getting to grips with your new software...
New Features in Dreamweaver CS3
22nd July 2007
Some upgrades are rip-offs, some are bug-ridden, some are too minor to worrry about, but some are usually must-haves. Dreamweaver upgrades tend to fall into this last category...
Adobe Creative Suite 3: Which Version is Right for You?
15th June 2006
Adobe's acquisition of the Macromedia brand now means that Creative Suite 3 also includes the Macromedia software titles and to accommodate them, Adobe have tried to offer different flavours of Creative Suite 3 to suit all palettes. There are six versions of the CS3, so which one is best for your organisation?...