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30 Nov 2006 - Seven secrets of power presentations, by Franklin Tessler, Macworld, 1 August 2006
28 Nov 2006 - ATN has an RSS service that will send you information about the various software packages they support. For example, you could sign up for the RSS feed for PowerPoint
21 Nov 2006 - Microsoft Office Access 2007. Just when you thought you had learned it all, Microsoft is coming out with a new version.
16 Nov 2006 - Microsoft Access Reports Tutorial, from About.com
14 Nov 2006 - Microsoft Access Query Tips and Techniques by Luke Chung, President of FMS, Inc.
09 Nov 2006 - Defining relationships between tables in a Microsoft Access database. A Googled Microsoft Knowledge Base Article.
07 Nov 2006 - 15 Seconds : Introduction to Relational Databases - Part 1: Theoretical Foundation, by Tore Bostrup. I have no idea who this is, but the theoretical info here might be interesting for anyone who is more deeply interested in database theory.
02 Nov 2006 - For anyone wanting to get a jump on relational databases, Microsoft has some advice on how Design Access databases with normal forms and Excel. This is a good introduction to database concept that will be essential to know in database classes, if not necessarily in INLS261.
31 Oct 2006 - Creating Good Charts, General Principles of Graphic Display by Gary Klass of Illinois State University. It includes a link to Jon Peltier's page of tips about Charting in Microsoft Excel.
26 Oct 2006 - Spreadsheet history - where it all started
24 Oct 2006 - Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, using spreadsheets to document what's happening. Another organization has a more visual way to look at the situation, but both approaches are needed in order to have a feel for the human costs, or at least the American human costs.
17 Oct 2006 - As we turn from documents to spreadsheets, it may be time to consider the gradual evolution of software. Some are wondering if Windows is still relevant, especially as Google is beginning to offer for "free" a lot of tools that one used to have to purchase. Can Google's docs and spreadsheets replace MSWord and MSExcel?
12 Oct 2006 - Setting Word Document Properties the Office 2007 Way, by Ken Getz, June 2006, MSDN Magazine, The Microsoft Journal for Developers. More about how to use the deep XML markup in MSWord documents to automate administrative tasks.
10 Oct 2006 - Wikipedia's Microsoft Word article; includes a discussion about the new version, Microsoft Office 2007
05 Oct 2006 - Joe Friend: Microsoft Office Word. A blog for and about new developments in MSWord
03 Oct 2006 - WebDesignHelper, some downloadable templates
28 Sep 2006 - HEARING COLOURS, EATING SOUNDS, Why do some people perceive words and numbers as colours? Something to think about when designing for a specific audience. BBC 4, 12 & 19 Nov 2002
26 Sep 2006 - The War in Iraq Costs. A good example of JavaScript, the author has made the script available to read and to perhaps use.
21 Sep 2006 - no class; optional lab
19 Sep 2006 - Free HTML Editors, Web Editors, and WYSIWYG Web Editors and Site Builders; stuff you can download and use for no charge
14 Sep 2006 - W3C CSS Validation Service; a free service that checks Cascading Style Sheets
12 Sep 2006 - Top 10 HTML books for Beginners, Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com
07 Sep 2006 - Google opens up 200 years of news, BBC, 06 Sep 2006
05 Sep 2006 - NSF announces program to create a new Internet, by Aliya Sternstein, FCW.Com, 26 Aug 2005
31 Aug 2006 - UNIX's founding fathers; The Economist, 10 Jun 2004
29 Aug 2006 - What is client/server? - a definition from Whatis.com
24 Aug 2006 - Grace Hopper, the discoverer of the computer bug [as well as a lot more]