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applied tips : february 2009

Here's what I've written for you for this month: 

  • Outlook: Learn more about the built-in Junk Email Filter and how you can customize it and make it work for you, and learn how to stay off their lists!  Read!
  • Word: A very quick, handy shortcut: how to create a variety of horizontal lines to separate your text... in seconds! Read!
  • Excel: Constantly changing your fonts and formatting over and over again? You're not taking advantage of Styles! Save time and be more consistent with this feature.  Read!
  • PowerPoint: Read these five ways you can make your next presentation be more effective.  Read!
  • Access: Here's a whole list of useful form properties that you should know the next time you design a form or customize an existing one.  Read!
  • Windows Security: A bonus article this month -- learn five ways to tighten up your computer and keep unwanted people out!  Read!

classes in stockton - March 9-13

Upgrade Your Skills

Applied Office is proud to announce the next series of classes for you and your coworkers, located at the beautiful University of the Pacific campus in a state-of-the-art hands-on computer lab.

Date Class Time Difficulty Cost  
Mar 9 (Mon) Word for Beginners 8:30am - 10:30am $65 $185 All Day
  Word - Intermediate 10:45am - 12:00 $40
  Excel for Beginners 1:15pm - 3:15pm $65
  Excel - Formulas 1 3:30pm - 5:00pm $50
Mar 11 (Wed) Word - Forms and Tables 8:30am - 10:15am $60 $185 All Day
  Word - Mail Merge 10:30am - 12:00 $50
  Excel - Creating Charts 1:15pm - 2:15pm $35
  Excel - Formulas 2 2:30pm - 5:00pm $85
Mar 12 (Thu) Outlook 8:30am - 10:45am $75 $185 All Day
  Outlook - Tips and Tricks 11:00am - 12:00 $35
  Publisher 1:15pm - 4:30pm $100
Mar 13 (Fri) Microsoft Access 8:30am - 4:30pm $215

To register for any class, or learn more about class descriptions and discounts, please use the online registration form or email me.  (If you're a Pacific employee, visit my Pacific homepage for details on upcoming classes.)

Reserve Your Seat Today!

take a break with amazon games

We all get to take breaks, right? Why not spend it with a brand new game or an old classic that you've downloaded from Amazon Game Downloads?

Amazon now has over 600 games that you can download and try for free, and buy for $9.99 or less.

Amazon Game Downloads
Build-a-Lot 2 Jewel Quest III Boggle
and over 600 more...

Warning: David does not condone installing software onto your employer's computer or wasting precious work time playing games. And they're addicting, so very addicting...

get linked in

And finally, if you happen to be Linked In please take a moment to link my profile to yours.

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-David Diskin