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Help Documents

Help Documents

Applications:

Microsoft Outlook
This is a basic tutorial of Microsoft Outlook which outlines many of its basic features, including archiving messages. Microsoft Outlook is designed to make your email and scheduling more organized and efficient.

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is designed for holding, manipulating, and displaying data in a spreadsheet. Common uses include budgeting and other financial tasks, analyzing scientific data, and keeping track of information such as names, addresses, and so on. You need only learn a few basic features of the program to unleash its potential for making many of the things you do easier and more efficient.

Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation authoring application. You can use PowerPoint to create and display on-screen presentations that include text, pictures, transitions, sounds, animations, and movies.

Submitting Papers
This pdf file, written for Seminary students, explains the proper way to submit a paper to a professor via email. It also explains how to view, when the file is returned after grading, the changes and comments made by the professor.

Web Programming:

HTML
Explore the nuts and bolts of web pages. These resources will help you understand the basic concepts and construction of the Hypertext Markup Language.

Electronic Forms
In order to gather information from your webpage viewers, you need to create a form that will capture that information and process it. This tutorial focuses on creating a form that your web viewers can use to input their data. It then explains how to configure that form so that the data will be packaged in an e-mail and delivered to the e-mail address(es) of your choice.

Miscellaneous:

Campus Calendar
This introduces Campus Calendar and explains how to request a room.

Introduction of BruinBoards
This introduces BruinBoards and discusses how to register on BruinBoards community forum.

File Management
Good news - your computer is not a great big black hole into which things just disappear! With just a little training you can learn how to manage your files, find "lost" items, create and use folders, and finally know where things are on your computer.

Translating Files
Electronic documents can easily be sent to others for use, often much faster than sending a printed version. Unlike the printed version, however, the receiver must be able to open the electronic document before they have any chance of reading it. If you send or receive files you will quickly be faced with the task of translating files. This document covers strategies for making documents readable (i.e. translating files) for either Macintosh or Windows users.

Computer Tips
Things you can do for your computer to avoid minor issues that could possibly turn into major issues.

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