iPhoto
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Used to store and sort images, especially from digital cameras.
iPhoto comes on all Macintosh computers
Importing from digital camera.
Using and editing events
Zooming, rotating.
iPhoto library - creating albums.
Improving the quality of images.
Deleting and restoring images.
Adding titles and rating (out of five stars).
Slideshow - setting duration, transition and music.
Printing options.
Burning to CD.
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iTunes
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Used to store and sort songs, voice recordings, and other sound files.
iTunes comes on all Macintosh computers
Importing music from CDs.
Playing, pausing and renaming tracks.
Creating customised playlists.
Finding and deleting songs.
Rating songs (out of five stars).
Connecting an iPod.
iTunes store, internet radio, subscribing to podcasts.
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iMovie
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Movie editing software, especially from digital video cameras.
iMovie comes on all Macintosh computers
Importing from a video camera.
Using the built in camera.
Arranging and editing video clips.
Importing music, building and editing a soundtrack.
Adding transitions and titles to movies.
Creating a slideshow (from iPhoto) with Ken Burns effect.
File sizes and disk space.
Preparing for DVD.
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iDVD
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Used to create interactive DVDs, of movies and slideshows, which can be played on a DVD player. iDVD comes on all Macintosh computers
Importing videos.
Magic iDVD.
Adding music and still images.
Preview.
Changing themes.
Autoplay.
Creating menus and submenus.
Adding images and movies to dropzones and background.
Burning to DVD.
Backing up.
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Macintosh to PC
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Many people are familiar with IBM-compatible PCs and need to switch - we can show you how
the Macintosh is different.
1. Keyboard differences
2. Macintosh windows
Closing, moving, and other options
3. Dock
Aliases.
4. File management
Moving, copying and renaming files and folders, creating a new folder, trash.
6. Opening and closing applications
Saving to specific folders, using Microsoft Word.
7. Burning a CD
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Keynote
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Keynote is Apple's presentation program (used for slide shows, transparencies and screen presentations, etc.)
1. Starting a Presentation
2. Outline View
3. Text Formatting
4. Slide Sorter
5. Graphics & Clipart
6. Graphs
7. Organisational Charts
8. Printing
9. Slide Master
10. Colour Scheme
11. Template
12. Transitions & Builds
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Excel Introduction
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Excel,
commonly used for budgets, financial planning and accounting systems, is
the most popular spreadsheet on the Macintosh.
1. Basics
Cells,
columns and rows, Moving around the spreadsheet, Data entry of text and
numbers, Simple formula, Sum function, Fill right and fill down, Cut, copy
and paste
2. Layout
Changing
column width and row height, Deleting and inserting columns and rows,
3. Presentation
of the spreadsheet
Borders
and shading, Formatting text and numbers, Cell protection
4. Graphs
How to
set up basic graphs and make changes, Graph types, Editing, Showing legend
5. Printing
Preview,
Define print area, Headers and footers, fitting information on a single
page.
6. Use
of a master spreadsheet as a template
7. Headers and footers
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Excel Intermediate/Advanced
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Users
should have a good knowledge of different types of spreadsheets, and have
created graphs. We can review any current Excel spreadsheets or look at
proposed spreadsheets that you may wish to create.
1. Revision of basics
Autofill,
Shortcuts, Presentation and use of Colour, Print Options. Toolbar and menu
options.
2. Linking
Worksheets to keep worksheet sizes small.
3. Macros
Use of
Macros to automate the spreadsheet, Creation of Macro buttons, editing the
macro and combining macros with a database for rapid extraction of information..
4. Advanced
formulas and functions.
5. Use of 'if' statements to improve analysis.
6. Use of the Drawing Tools.
How to
draw flow charts using the drawing functions.
7. Cell/Spreadsheet
Protection.
8. Use of Precedents.
9. Excel Database
Sorting
and finding records, setting criteria and extracting records.
10. Using
linked documents to reduce the size.
11. Advanced Graph and presentation options.
Preparing
reports - Review of good presentation.
12. Common
solutions to problems encountered when constructing spreadsheets
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Filemaker
Pro Introduction
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FileMaker
Pro is the most popular database program on the Macintosh. All businesses
will benefit from understanding more about databases, and how to create
and modify them.
1. What is a database?
Explanation
of fields, field names, records. Examples of common databases. Comparison
of elational with flat or manual databases.
2. Opening
a new Filemaker Pro file
Entering field names, explanation of conventions in database structure.
3. Data
entry
Moving around the layout, creating new records, moving back or forward through
records.
4. Adding/deleting fields & changing field names.
Creating drop down lists and check boxes
5. Creating a new layout
Types of layout, adding and deleting fields, moving & resizing fields,
adding graphics and colour to a layout, adjusting dimensions to print on
labels.
6. Find, sort & preview
Explanation of finding records by different criteria. Sorting on one field
or many.
7. Export & import
data and mailmerge
Tab delimited and comma delimited, opening exported data in word processor.
Form letters.
8. Introduction
to summary parts
9. Introduction
to scripts
10. Introduction to relationality
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FileMaker
Pro Intermediate/Advanced
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Most people
who require intermediate training in FileMaker already have a database.
The training can include assistance to extend or modify an existing FileMaker
database.
1. Revision
of main features and shortcuts
Field
format options, checkboxes, radio buttons, layout options
Shortcuts include copying found sets of records, copying data from the
previous record.
2. Advanced
Find and Sort
Search
criteria, New Request, Omit
3. Export
and Import of data
Manipulation
of tab-delimited data in word processing programs. Moving data to and
from spreadsheets.
4. Scripts
and Buttons
Customise
your interface, joining scripts together. creatinga menu.
5. Calculations
eg. If...
then... statements.
6. Effective
layouts and layout design
Using
colour and creating fields.
7. Summary
fields and Summary Parts
Creating
Reports divided into sections with headings, subtotals and grand total.
8. Graphics,
Sound and Quicktime
Importing
logos and incorporating them into layouts.
9. Lookups
and relationality
When
and how to get one file to link to another, such as address details.
10. Case
studies/work projects
Discussion
and examination of participant's database needs or designs, individually
or as a group.
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Illustrator
Introduction
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Illustrator
is the most popular computer drawing program. Although used primarily for creating
posters, flowcharts and technical illustrations, it can be used for creative
text effects, and web graphics design.
1. Basic
Shapes
Using
shift and option keys to constrain.
2. Selection
Techniques
Grouping
and ungrouping, Multiple Selection, Move and Duplicate.
3. Zoom & Scroll
4. Rulers, Guides, Grid & Zero Point
5. Creating Colours
Fill
and Line, Gradients.
6. Text
Text
on a path, on a circle, in a shape, create outlines.
7. Transformation
Rotate,
shear, reflect and skew.
8. Special
effects
Filters,
and combining transformation & gradients
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InDesign
Introduction
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InDesign
is a desktop publishing program, growing in popularity. It allows you to combine
text and graphics into layouts for books, magazines and posters
1. Saving page
format and set up.
2. Creating, moving & resizing text blocks.
3. Changing font, point size & style. Keyboard shortcuts.
4. Creating and changing basic shapes. Fill & stroke, rotate, change
object order, opaque & transparent. Text in a box
5. White text on black background. Text on a path.
6. Zoom & scroll. Pasteboard; move object from one page to another
7. Multiple selection & dragging. Rulers & guides.
8. Importing, resizing and cropping images
9. Leading tracking & type width
10. Text wrap. Paragraphs.
11. Master Pages and templates
12. Styles: creating & editing
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Photoshop
Introduction
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Photoshop
is the most popular image editing program, especially useful for improving
or altering photographs.
1. Adjusting
Colour & Brightness
2. Tools
Selections, Dodge & Burn, Blur & Sharpen, Smear, Brush, Airbrush, Text,
Gradient.
3. Paintbrush options
Colours
4. Palettes & Filters
5. Layers & Combining Images
6. Retouching
Images
Levels, Unsharp Mask and colour balance.
7. Hand
Colouring Black & White Images
8. File Formats
9. Scanning & digital images
Resolution.
10. Special Effects
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PowerPoint
Introduction
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PowerPoint
is the most popular presentation program (used for slide shows, transparencies
and screen presentations, etc.)
1. Starting
a Presentation
2. Outline View
3. Text Formatting
4. Slide Sorter
5. Graphics & Clipart
6. Graphs
7. Organisational Charts
8. Printing
9. Slide Master
10. Colour Scheme
11. Template
12. Transitions & Builds
Advanced
PowerPoint
Quick revision of main features of PowerPoint
Keyboard Shortcuts
Projects or aspects of program (as specified by client) treated in detail.
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QuarkXPress Introduction
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QuarkXPress
is the preferred desktop publishing program in much of the graphic design industry.
1. Opening a new Quark file
Double sided, margin constraints, etc.
2. Simple
text handling
Font style and size changes, alignment, item vs contents tool, moving,
resizing & cutting text blocks, etc.
3. Working
on long text
Explanation
of linking text, linespacing, kerning, tracking, indents, checking spelling,
find and charge, etc.
4. Graphic
elements
Drawing
lines and boxes, changing line and fill patterns, white on black text, etc.
5. Importing
pictures
Picture boxes, resizing and cropping graphics, rotating picture & box, text wrap, scrapbook, adjusting contrast of TIFF images, etc.
6. Master
pages
Document Layout Palette, creating multiple master pages.
7. Style sheets
8. Other
features
Library,
Colour, Styles, tips and shortcuts, etc.
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Dreamweaver
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Dreamweaver is the most popular program for creating webpages. We can assist you to set up your own site while learning Dreamweaver.
1. Setting up a basic webpage
2. Formatting text
3. Bringing in images
4. Tables - formatting, combining cells
5.
Creating links - to other pages, to sites, to locations on same page
6. Defining a site
7. Uploading files to your provider
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QuarkXPress Intermediate/Advanced
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Intermediate
users of Quark are taught more shortcuts, as well as the finer points
of typography (eg. tracking, kerning, leading).
1. Revision
of main features (and shortcuts).
2. Importing
Images
(and adjusting contrast). Collect for Output.
3. Text
Runaround
4. Style sheets and options
5. Linking & Unlinking text boxes
6. Master Pages and Facing Pages
7. Templates
8. Colour (CMYK
Separations, Pantone, Trapping)
9. Other
areas as required
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Word
Introduction
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Microsoft
Word is the most popular wordprocessing program on the Macintosh.
1. Formatting Text
Font
size and family, bold, italic etc., Menu vs format character vs shortcuts
2. Windows
Open two
documents, split screen, resize windows
3. Margins
Ruler
vs document margins, indent, hanging indent
4. Tabs
Left, right,
centre, vertical line, selection of column calculation
5. Headers
and Footers
Page numbers,
formatting, text, first page special
6. Tables
Borders, margins, changing columns widths; merging, inserting and deleting
cells
7. Print Preview
8. Spelling Checker
9. Page Breaks
10. Save
Save
as, file formats
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Word
Intermediate/Advanced
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This
session is for those who are conversant with the basic operations of Microsoft
Word, or who have completed the Intro session.
1. Revision of Basics
Setting
margins and indents, tables, keyboard shortcuts, headers and footers
2. Graphics
Importing
and using graphics in Word.
3. Sections,
multiple columns
Using section
breaks to create columns within your document
4. Change/Replace
Replacing,
adding returns, tabs, spaces and formatting text to use in a database
5. Styles
Defining
applying and editing styles
6. Print merge
Using
the print merge facility to construct form letters
7. Footnotes (optional)
Other
shortcuts.
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Advanced or customised training
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We provide customised courses in: Troubleshooting, MYOB, Novell/Groupwise and Quicken
If you want advanced training in any of the programs listed above, we will cover:
1. Revision of basic features of the particular program.
2. Working through features which are commonly misunderstood and misused.
3. Working on particular case studies and practical problems bought in or raised by participants.
4. Answering or tackling problems and queries (raised by participants) in related programs or the Macintosh hardware and software. |
