Office O7 http://blog.richmond.edu/office07 All Your Microsoft Office 2007 Questions Answered Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:44:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 en Office 2007: To Cheat or not to Cheat? http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/10/14/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/10/14/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:37:23 +0000 Allison http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/10/14/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/ I have a moral conundrum. When teaching someone how to use the new features in Office 2007, is it OK to show them how to install a “classic” user interface to regain the old menu structure? A product such as Ribbon Customizer allows a user to do just that with a free version of their Office 2007 plug-in (advanced features can be had for an additional $29).

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There are numerous new tools now available in Office 2007, and the new Ribbon structure to the menus makes this functionality more accessible. The company marketing RibbonCustomizer admits that “If one defers learning the Ribbon, one will eventually be simply behind.” I choose to look at it much the same way I view nicotine patches… not great in their own right, but a useful tool for someone looking to change their habits.

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/10/14/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat/feed/ Google Maps/Earth Workshop Resources http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/30/google-mapsearth-workshop-resources/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/30/google-mapsearth-workshop-resources/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:27:35 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=144 jake kulstad
jkulstad@richmond.edu - x8258

Goals
Learn key features of Google Maps and Google Earth
Create Custom Maps and Tours
Explore online tools  to find data and tools
Share custom Maps and Tours with others
Understanding the basic features of KML

Google Maps
“My Maps” (log-in or create an account)
save/send/organize
GPS Visualizer tool http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
-create KML overlay using coordinates from Google
USA Photomaps http://www.jdmcox.com/
free
more data / pictures/options
a little hard to use
KML factbook  http://www.kmlfactbook.org/
-Good for displaying country-level data
-Adjust “Full Chart Value” to “data max”
example data query
save KML
display in Maps or Earth
Lighthouse Geospatial Data Gateway  http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Landcover dataset

Google Earth
Controls
Layers
Speed considerations
“Zoom in to materialize”
-Geographic Web
-Roads
-Street Views
-Panoramio
-YouTube
-3D Buildings
-Terrain
Placemarks and lines
Tours
Taking a tour
Grand Canyon Example:  http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/GrandCanyonTour.kmz
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
http://citytours.googlelabs.com/
http://www.googletouring.com/
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/google-tour/google-tour.html
http://googlesightseeing.com/

Recording a tour

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Links:
http://sites.google.com/a/kimbridges.net/google-earth-workshop/
http://geoday.nl.googlepages.com/index
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/how.html
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
100 tools:  http://mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools/
NOAA Maps:  http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Wifi hotspots near UR:  http://hotspotr.com

Original post by Jake

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/30/google-mapsearth-workshop-resources/feed/ Handling Information Overload Workshop http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/21/handling-information-overload-workshop/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/21/handling-information-overload-workshop/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:23:38 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=142 Read the Harvard Business Review’s Death by Information Overload

Less is More!

Avoid the Wikipedia Effect.

Original post by Allison

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/21/handling-information-overload-workshop/feed/ Handling Information Overload http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/21/handling-information-overload/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/21/handling-information-overload/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:23:38 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=142 Read the Harvard Business Review’s Death by Information Overload

Less is More!

Avoid the Wikipedia Effect.

Original post by Allison

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/09/21/handling-information-overload/feed/ Excel Tips and Tricks: http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/07/20/excel-tips-and-tricks/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/07/20/excel-tips-and-tricks/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:49:12 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=119 Here are the links provided in the “Introduction to Excel 2007″ workshop:

VTC – www.VTC.com — Email me if you would like an account
Safari Books – Access via library Research Databases
Ribbon Customizer
Do you have the Compatibility Pack installed on your non-Office 2007 Computers?




Original post by jkulstad

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/07/20/excel-tips-and-tricks/feed/ Blogs at UR and beyond http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/20/blogs-at-ur-and-beyond/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/20/blogs-at-ur-and-beyond/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:13:37 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=73 This post is a supplement to Tuesday’s workshop on creating a web presence. Happy reading!

Blogs shown during the workshop:

Where to get a blog:

Original post by Allison

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/20/blogs-at-ur-and-beyond/feed/ The Mighty Mac: Resources http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/03/the-mighty-mac-resources/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/03/the-mighty-mac-resources/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:55:22 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=70 Mac blogs:

Workshop Resources

Original post by Allison

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/03/the-mighty-mac-resources/feed/ Office 2007: To Cheat, or not to Cheat? http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/03/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat-2/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/03/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat-2/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:19:25 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=68 I have a moral conundrum. When teaching someone how to use the new features in Office 2007, is it OK to show them how to install a “classic” user interface to regain the old menu structure? A product such as Ribbon Customizer allows a user to do just that with a free version of their Office 2007 plug-in (advanced features can be had for an additional $29).

There are numerous new tools now available in Office 2007, and the new Ribbon structure to the menus makes this functionality more accessible. The company marketing RibbonCustomizer admits that “If one defers learning the Ribbon, one will eventually be simply behind.” I choose to look at it much the same way I view nicotine patches… not great in their own right, but a useful tool for someone looking to change their habits.

Original post by Jake

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/03/03/office-2007-to-cheat-or-not-to-cheat-2/feed/ The Culture of Microblogging, and Twitter Too http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/02/25/the-culture-of-microblogging-and-twitter-too/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/02/25/the-culture-of-microblogging-and-twitter-too/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:22:13 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=67

Twitter Lingo, Basics:

Making Twitter useful to you

Twapplications:

Find Tweeple

Broader questions:

Now that you’ve seen what Twitter can do…

What are the benefits of being so connected?

What are the drawbacks?

Can Twitter benefit higher education? Can it possibly improve pedagogy?

Publicity:

Original post by Allison

]]> http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/02/25/the-culture-of-microblogging-and-twitter-too/feed/ Cloud Computing; Feb 18th http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/02/17/cloud-computing-feb-18th/ http://blog.richmond.edu/office07/2009/02/17/cloud-computing-feb-18th/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:42:55 +0000 http://learning.richmond.edu/atc/?p=64 Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing

Tim says:

  • Any web application is a cloud application in the sense that it resides in the cloud. Google, Amazon, Facebook, twitter, flickr, and virtually every other Web 2.0 application is a cloud application.
  • People use the term “cloud” more specifically in describing web applications that were formerly delivered locally on a PC, like spreadsheets, word processing, databases, and even email.

Examples:

Online Office software:

Resources:

Original post by Allison

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