Change the Appearance of Your Calendar: Change the Background Color

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Calendar Options.
2. Under Calendar options, in the Background color list, click the color that you want.

Notes:
* The color that you choose is applied to the Day and Work Week views. The Week and Month views use system background colors, which are gray and white, by default.
* The color that you choose is applied to weekday hours. A darker shade of the background color is applied to night and weekend hours.

Date(s): September 8-10, 2010
Duration: 3 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS2778: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL.
This 3-day instructor led course provides students with the technical skills required to write basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Getting Started with Databases and Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2008
Module 2: Querying and Filtering Data
Module 3: Grouping and Summarizing Data
Module 4: Joining Data from Multiple Tables
Module 5: Working with Subqueries
Module 6: Modifying Data in Tables
Module 7: Querying Metadata, XML, and Full-Text Indexes
Module 8: Using Programming Objects for Data Retrieval
Module 9: Using Advanced Querying Techniques

Print Blank Calendars
You can use Microsoft Outlook to print a blank calendar. Blank calendars may be useful to take notes on or to consult when you meet to discuss a project with your team.

1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.
2. In the Create New Folder dialog box, in the Name text box, type a name for the folder.
3. In the Folder contains list, click Calendar Items.
4. In the Select where to place the folder list, click Calendar, and then click OK.
5. In Calendar, in the Navigation Pane under the My Calendars section, select the check box for the calendar you created.
6. On the File menu, click Print.
7. In the Print dialog box, under Print this calendar, click the calendar you created.
8. Select the print style options you want, and then click OK.

Make Your Presentations POP! Using Transitions and Animations in Microsoft PowerPoint (2007)

Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Once you’ve created your presentation, it’s time to make it move. In this session we show users how to bring life to their PowerPoint presentations with eye-catching transitions that take you from slide to slide and a variety of animations which can be applied to text and graphic elements within slides. PowerPoint has helpful, simple ways of adding animations and transitions and we cover these as well as more advanced techniques to add custom animations and vary the order of animations for each slide.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Make an Appointment or Meeting Private
1.  Create or open the appointment or meeting that you want to make private.
2. On the Appointment tab, in the Options group, click Private.

Important: You should not rely on the Private feature to prevent other people from accessing the details of your appointments, contacts, or tasks. To ensure that other people cannot read the items that you mark as private, do not grant them Read permission to your Calendar, Contacts, or Tasks folders. A person with Read permission to access your folders could use programmatic methods or other e-mail applications to view the details of your private items. Use Private only when you share folders with people whom you trust.

Embracing Change, New Features of Office 2010 Word & Excel

Product(s): Microsoft Office 2010
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Change is a way of life, and with Microsoft’s new Office 2010, life is good. Microsoft Office 2010 has expanded upon Microsoft’s new interface and is loaded with new features. This Webinar explores the interface and the dynamic features of the Office Suite. We will also go into Word, Excel and PowerPoint to highlight some of the big changes. If you have Office 2010, this webinar is a must to get you on the path to embracing the change. From new improved text effects in Word, to Sparklines in Excel, to new photo manipulation tools and animations in PowerPoint, Office 2010 is loaded with features to help you be more productive.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Date(s): August 16-20, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS10135: Configuring, Managing and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This five-day, instructor-led course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage an Exchange Server 2010 messaging environment. This course does not require previous Exchange Server experience, but does require that students have significant experience in managing Windows Server and Active Directory directory services or Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). This course will teach you how to configure Exchange Server 2010, as well as provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your Exchange Server deployment. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2008 product features and tools related to maintaining a database. Seating is limited so call us today for more information!

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Module 2: Configuring Mailbox Servers
Module 3: Managing Recipient Objects
Module 4: Managing Client Access
Module 5: Managing Message Transport
Module 6: Implementing Messaging Security
Module 7: Implementing High Availability
Module 8: Implementing Backup and Recovery
Module 9: Configuring Messaging Policy and Compliance
Module 10: Securing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Module 11: Maintaining Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Module 12: Upgrading from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010
Module 13: Implementing Unified Messaging
Module 14: Advanced Topics in Exchange Server 2010

Propose a New Time for a Meeting

1. In the open meeting request, on the Message tab, in the Respond group, click “Propose New Time”.
*Note: If you open the meeting from your calendar, on the Appointment tab, in the Respond group, click Propose New Time.
2. Click either Tentative and Propose New Time or Decline and Propose New Time.
3. Click a time when all invitees are available.
4. Click Propose Time.
5. Click Send.
Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 sends a default message saying that you want to propose a new time but you have tentatively accepted the meeting. You can change this default message to say that you want to propose a new time, and that you are declining the meeting:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Calendar Options.
2. In the Use this response when you propose new meeting times list, click the setting that you want.

*Note: You can also change this setting for individual meetings. In the open meeting request, on the Message tab, in the Respond group, click either Tentative and Propose New Time or Decline and Propose New Time. If you open the meeting on your calendar, on the Appointment tab, in the Respond group, click either Tentative and Propose New Time or Decline and Propose New Time.

Date(s): July 19-23, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS6231: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database. This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2008 product features and tools related to maintaining a database. Seating is limited so call us today for more information!

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server
Module 2: Managing Databases and Files
Module 3: Disaster Recovery
Module 4: Managing Security
Module 5: Transferring Data
Module 6: Automating Administrative Tasks
Module 7: Implementing Replication
Module 8: Maintaining High Availability
Module 9: Monitoring SQL Server
Module 10: Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning

Change all of the Slide Transitions in your Presentation

1. In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab.
2. On the Home tab, click a slide thumbnail.
3. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click a different slide transition effect.
To see more transition effects on the Quick Styles list, click the More button.
4. To re-set the slide transition speed, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Speed, and then select the speed that you want.
5. In the Transition To This Slide group, click Apply to All.