Technology Training Community


This online resource is intended to foster further discussions among participants of the technology training offered through Information Technology Services and other training providers at Penn State. Join in these online conversations to learn more about the many technology topics that affect our jobs and roles at Penn State. Enter the Discussion Forums to review and contribute to these conversations, or browse through the posts below to explore additional technology learning opportunities.

Microsoft Word: Creating a Custom Dictionary in Word 2007

Penn State has acronyms and custom names for many things that often appear as misspelling in your Word documents.

Videoconferencing: On-Demand Video Bridge

Videoconferencing: On-Demand Video Bridge

The information for the ON-Demand Video Bridge from the TNS website is at the following URL:

Microsoft Word & Excel: Retaining Commas in Large Numbers with Mail Merge

You might find that you have difficulty formatting numbers properly when using Mail Merge in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Excel: Keep track of your data using the Watch Window

When you are working with a large spreadsheet, do you find yourself frequently scrolling up and down to other sections within the worksheet verifying your formulas are working properly?

Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

Do you have Windows 7 yet? If you do here are some of the popular Keyboard shortcuts along with a video demonstrating their use.

Win+Home: Clear all but the active window.

Five Reasons Film Cameras Are Still Better Than Digital

I can't argue with the facts. I agree with every one of them.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/11/five-reasons-fi/

Photoshop: Spa Treatment with Russell Brown

This tutorial is more on the advanced side of Photoshop but I think it will help everyone in some way at all levels of experience.

http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/SpaTreatment_SM.mov

Web 2.0: Twitter in the Classroom

Mark Greenfield, a guru of social networking from the University of Buffalo, tweeted about a post at insidehighered.com, and I found

Oracle Calendar: Using the Web Interface

Oracle Calendar: Using the Web Interface

If you want to use the Oracle Calendar web interface here at Penn State the link is now:

https://www.cal.psu.edu

Microsoft Excel: Paste Special Option

Do you know about all of the different things you can do using the Paste Special options when you copy data? Here are a few of the options you will find on the Paste Special Dialogue box.