Category: Workshops and Training

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Office 2007 Line spacing tip

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Members of the Swarthmore community have shared valuable feedback about ITS’ Microsoft Office 2007 implementation as noted in this blog from our colleague, Cathy. During a recent overview session, we discussed line spacing options and modifications. By default, Microsoft Word 2007 applies a line space of 1.5, however, our colleague, Cathy found that we can reduce the space by using the following steps: Click the Page layout tab Go to the Paragraph Group Click the Launcher icon Adjust line spacing to “0” Click Save as default Continue reading Office 2007 Line spacing tip

Email, Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Software, Tips, Workshops and Training

Thunderbird Features

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As Thunderbird is being introduced to the community, ITS would like to point out some features available in the program. Thunderbird is capable of the following: Creating and using mailing lists Applying filters and rules for message handling Tagging, color coding messages Dragging/dropping messages to/from folders Creating subfolders Customizing the interface (move fields) Sorting by fields Creating and using signatures To find out more, please attend one of ITS’ Thunderbird Overview sessions. Continue reading Thunderbird Features

Email, Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Faculty/Staff, Software, Tips, Workshops and Training

Thunderbird Overview Sessions

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Join us on Thursdays to learn about Swarthmore’s new email system, Thunderbird. ITS will offer Thunderbird Overview sessions for our PC and Mac users. We will alternate each week, for example, the first session on June 19th will focus on Thunderbird on PCs, the following session will focus on Thunderbird on Macs. We look forward to seeing you, click here to attend! Continue reading Thunderbird Overview Sessions

Faculty/Staff, People, Software, Workshops and Training

Microsoft Office Overview

Robin Jacobsen

ITS is offering an overview of Microsoft Office 2007 to individuals or offices ready to upgrade. The overview will be held each Wednesday at 1:30 PM in Trotter 201 through August 8th. This summer, Office 2007 will be installed on all Windows Systems being upgraded, all computer classrooms and public area systems used by students. Office 2007 for Windows features newly designed menus and toolbars and new file formats. This overview of Office 2007 provides a brief explanation of the new product. After attending the Overview session, ITS will assist with the upgrade to Office 2007. Please register through the … Continue reading Microsoft Office Overview

Workshops and Training

Technology Training

Robin Jacobsen

ITS has recently purchased an on-line service, Atomic Learning, which provides technology training to faculty, staff and students at Swarthmore. Atomic Learning provides an extensive library of short, easy-to-understand tutorials. You can learn how to use the features of a number of software programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Just type your question into the search field and Atomic Learning will guide you through the application. To see what’s available, go to the recently launched ITS training web page http://www.swarthmore.edu/itstraining.xml section on video tutorials. This service is available from on campus and in the future ITS will support off campus … Continue reading Technology Training

Academic Technology, Software, Workshops and Training

Spring Technology Workshops – Digital Images, Video, Web Mapping

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We are happy to announce a series of Technology Workshops over Spring Break on several interesting digital media and web mapping topics. Click the links below for full descriptions of each workshop, and registration through the Campus Calendar. I. Digital Video Production with iMovie (shooting and editing) March 12, 2008 – all day iMovie Workshop Details and Registration II. Digital Image Editing with Photoshop March 13, 2008 – all day Photoshop Workshop Details and Registration III. Web Mapping March 14, 2008 – all day Mapping Workshop Details and Registration For more information, contact Academic Computing Continue reading Spring Technology Workshops – Digital Images, Video, Web Mapping