Archive for January, 2009

Tip: Create an Electronic Business Card for Your Signature

Friday, January 30th, 2009

In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can create and share customized electronic business cards, giving you a personalized way to communicate your information. You can customize your contact information by using electronic business cards that include logos and photos, making contacts more personally relevant and easier to locate.

Here’s How:

1.)  Click the arrow next to New, and then click Contact.

2.) Type your personal contact information, such as name, title, company, work phone, and work fax number. Note: As you type, a preview of your business card appears in the business card box in the upper-right corner.

3.) Click the Business Card button on the Ribbon to open the Edit Business Card dialog box.

4.) In the Card Design section, click the Change button next to Image to add your photograph, company logo, or other pictures. Click the Background Color button to change the background color of your business card. In the Edit section, you can change the size, justification, or color of your text. 5. To use your customized electronic business card as your signature, click the Business Card button on the Message tab of the Ribbon.

Designing Team Sites in SharePoint

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Team Sites are Microsoft SharePoint’s “out of the box” basic intranet team space. In this 60-minute webinar, I’ll show you how to design Team Sites so they work effectively for your organization. We’ll begin by learning all the “parts,” and then I’ll show you how to start customizing the content and the environment to suite the needs of your team.

This webinar is running in just a few days, but there’s still time to register. You can learn more about it on the KnowledgeWave Webinars main page.

Getting Started with Microsoft Windows Vista Webinar

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Product(s): Microsoft Vista.
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: January 19, 2008 10:00 AM EST

Event Overview:
Microsoft Windows Vista is the portal to your personal computing experience. From file management and the Windows interface, operating an application and basic maintenance, this course is a great introduction to how your Microsoft Windows Vista computer works. In addition, the course all covers basic operations of Microsoft Internet Explorer and some of the new features of this now essential application.

Click Here to Register Online. Fee: $79.00

Selecting, Organizing, and Painting in Illustrator Webinar

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Selecting, Organizing, and Painting in Illustrator

Product(s): Adobe Illustrator CS3.
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: January 9, 2009 1:00 PM EST

Event Overview:
True Illustrator mastery comes from the ability to quickly select and manipulate any detail in your artwork. This Webinar will equip you for this task with a focus on direct selection, anchor points, pasting, and grouping. You’ll learn how to use drawing aids such as the ruler, guides, and smart guides. Drawing tools including the paintbrush, pencil, smooth, and eraser tools are explored along with the handy Live Paint feature. The lesson culminates with tips on how to organize your work in layers and create templates.

Click Here to Register Online. Fee: $89.00

Adobe Photoshop Photo Correction and Retouching Webinar

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Product(s): Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: January 09, 2009 10:00 AM EST

Event Overview:
Even the finest digital photographers need to spruce up their images in Photoshop. This Webinar focuses on the different tricks and techniques Photoshop offers for correcting exposure and contrast problems as well as retouching parts of an image. We will walk through the correction and retouching of a photo for a brochure, learning adjustment layers, Levels corrections, and retouching tools along the way.

Click Here to Register Online. Fee: $89.00

Showcase your Data Visually with Charts in Microsoft Excel

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Product(s): Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: January 8, 2009 1:00 PM EST, March 17, 2009 1:00 PM EST

Event Overview:
Almost everyone has seen or worked with a chart at one time or another–charts illustrate data, relationships, or trends, graphically. Like the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words,” charts are often a better tool for presenting information than hard-to-read numbers. This course covers just about everything there is to know about charts. The dazzling charts you will be able to create after you finish this course will impress both you and your colleagues.

Click Here to Register Online. Fee: $79.00