The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Praxis

Volume 6   Issue 3  November  2002

 
Center

FAQ

Workshops

Online Tutorials


Praxis is a publication of the Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

Editor: Pat Morrison
Designer: Nozomi Yokoo

619-644-7747

catl@gcccd.net

http://www.grossmont.net/catl


Technology at Your Fingertips

Would you like to be able to create brochures, flyers, stationery, calendars, gift certificates – and more – with ease?  Well, you can, and all you need is Microsoft Word.

Here’s what you do:

  1. Go to Microsoft’s template gallery, at:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/
templategallery/
 

  1. Choose the kind of template you want (flyer, brochure, etc.)
  2. Click on “Edit in Microsoft Word”.
  3. Begin filling in the template.
  4. Save it.
  5. You can build a beautiful flyer (or whatever) in minutes  – using only Word and Microsoft’s Template Gallery.

 


 

 

MS FrontPage Tutorials Online Offer Great Tips!

If you’re building your webpage using MS FrontPage, try these sites for helpful tips:  

http://www.actden.com/fp2000/java/index.htm  

http://www.trainingtools.com/online/
FrontPage2000/index.htm
 

http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/
Authoring/FrontPage2000/ss02.html
 

http://www.solution-shelf.com/map.htm


Hints, Tips, Tricks, etc.

MS PowerPoint has tons of neat applications – you can insert sound, images, tables, charts, graphs, fade-ins, borders, and so on.  To learn some good PowerPoint tips, try these links:

http://www.lgta.org/ppt2000/l1.start.htm  

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/teams/ust/software/pdf/pwrpoint2.pdf  

http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office/PPT97/PowerPoint97.htm  

http://www.actden.com/pp/

 

Pat Morrison