Information Technology

Changing from World Merge to EmailMerge Pro (Windows Only)

Coles Tower 2 West, 03/20/2012 @ 2:00 PM (1.0 hrs.)

Using World Merge to send out bulk emails? Come and learn about a new product called EmailMerge Pro that is replacing World Merge. This class will be hands on and will walk you through the easy to use steps of creating a an email with EmailMerge Pro right within Outlook!

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Editing your website with Bowdoin's Content Management Tool (CMS)

Coles Tower Lab 2 West, 02/03/2012 @ 1:00 PM (1.0 hrs.)

Have you been assigned the task of managing your department's website or just want a refresher how to do this? In this class we will cover creating a new page, creating and editing text, adding links and working with images in CMS.

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Editing your website with Bowdoin's Content Management Tool (CMS).

Coles Tower Lab - 2 South, 02/08/2012 @ 10:00 AM (1.0 hrs.)

Have you been assigned the task of managing your department's website or just want a refresher how to do this? In this class we will cover creating a new page, creating and editing text, adding links and working with images in CMS.

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Editing your website with Bowdoin's Content Management Tool (CMS).

Coles Tower Lab - 2 West, 02/10/2012 @ 10:00 AM (1.0 hrs.)

Have you been assigned the task of managing your department's website or just want a refresher how to do this? In this class we will cover creating a new page, creating and editing text, adding links and working with images in CMS.

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Editing your website with Bowdoin's Content Management Tool (CMS).

Coles Tower Lab - 2 West, 03/30/2012 @ 10:00 AM (1.0 hrs.)

Have you been assigned the task of managing your department's website or just want a refresher how to do this? In this class we will cover creating a new page, creating and editing text, adding links and working with images in CMS.

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Graphics for Scholarly Publications

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 04/13/2012 @ 10:30 AM (1.5 hrs.)

Preparing graphs, equations, images, diagrams and other figures for your finished publication can add unneeded stress to an already challenging enterprise. This class teaches you how use Photoshop and Illustrator to create high-quality graphics for your monograph.

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How To Use Your Mac Less To Do More

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 02/10/2012 @ 10:30 AM (1.0 hrs.)

In this session, you will learn how to use your Mac more efficiently to get real work done. We will cover these topics: Quicklook, Preview, Spotlight, Mission Control, Mac Mail, iCal, trackpad and mouse gestures, Automator, Safari and Firefox shortcuts, screen capture and annotation, keyboard shortcuts.

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InDesign 2

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 02/10/2012 @ 11:30 AM (1.0 hrs.)

Continues material covered in the Basics class with an in-depth look at these topics: Guides, grids, and columns; Fitting content; Controlling the appearance of text; Object, paragraph, and character styles; Cropping and clipping; Transparency and effects; Preparing for print.

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InDesign Basics

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 02/03/2012 @ 10:30 AM (1.5 hrs.)

Need more control over your publication's layout and frustrated with the limitations of Word, Pages, or Publisher? InDesign is a powerful tool for creating high-quality print publications. We will look at how to set up a new publication, how to edit and control the flow of text, how to precisely position and align page elements, how to create reusable styles and templates, and how to draw simple vector graphics.

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Introduction to Windows 7

Coles 2 West Lab, 03/20/2012 @ 10:00 AM (1.0 hrs.)

In this session, we will show you all you need to know to smoothly transition from Windows XP to Windows 7. We'll walk you through many common tasks, (e.g., logging in, opening programs, accessing files) and then look at the new features of the Windows 7 operating system. This will include new desktop features, enhanced file and folder management and new programs.

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Introduction to Windows 7

Coles 2 West Lab, 03/27/2012 @ 10:00 AM (1.0 hrs.)

In this session, we will show you all you need to know to smoothly transition from Windows XP to Windows 7. We'll walk you through many common tasks, (e.g., logging in, opening programs, accessing files) and then look at the new features of the Windows 7 operating system. This will include new desktop features, enhanced file and folder management and new programs.

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Introduction to Windows 7

Coles 2 West Lab, 03/29/2012 @ 1:30 PM (1.0 hrs.)

In this session, we will show you all you need to know to smoothly transition from Windows XP to Windows 7. We'll walk you through many common tasks, (e.g., logging in, opening programs, accessing files) and then look at the new features of the Windows 7 operating system. This will include new desktop features, enhanced file and folder management and new programs.

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Making a movie is as easy as 1-2-3 with Apple's Quicktime 10!

Coles Tower Lab - 2 South, 03/23/2012 @ 11:00 AM (0.75 hrs.)

If you ever need to put together a quick movie, grap a a short video clip or combine video clips, Quicktime 10 now has the power to do it! In this class we will put together a short movie with video and images using only Quicktime.

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Mind Mapping

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 04/06/2012 @ 10:30 AM (1.0 hrs.)

Creating a visual map of your ideas can often help you discern and refine their structure and relationships. In this class, you will learn how to use software that makes it easy to create, edit, and share these maps.

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Office 2010 Primer for Windows

Coles 2 West, 03/21/2012 @ 10:00 AM (0.5 hrs.)

This course will orient you to Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows and some of the new features of Word 2010, Excel 2010, Powerpoint 2010, and Outlook 2010. In just 30 minutes you will have the foundation to get started with Office 2010!

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Office 2010 Primer for Windows

Coles 2 West, 03/28/2012 @ 10:00 AM (0.5 hrs.)

This course will orient you to Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows and some of the new features of Word 2010, Excel 2010, Powerpoint 2010, and Outlook 2010. In just 30 minutes you will have the foundation to get started with Office 2010!

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Organizing Your Images with Portfolio

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 04/20/2012 @ 10:30 AM (1.5 hrs.)

This training serves as an introduction to basic image organization with Portfolio, as well as to more general concepts of digital asset management (DAM). You will learn how to set up a new image catalog from scratch, how to create custom a metadata structure, how to categorize images using galleries, and how to share your images with others.

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Photoshop 1

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 02/17/2012 @ 10:30 AM (1.0 hrs.)

New to Photoshop? This course will introduce you to some of Photoshop's simple yet powerful image editing techniques. These topics will be covered: Cropping & Resizing; Color; Pixels, Size, and Resolution; "What Format Should I Save In?"; Making the most of History and Undo.

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Photoshop 2

216 Maine Street, 2nd Floor Lab, 02/24/2012 @ 11:30 AM (1.0 hrs.)

This course moves beyond the basic features of Photoshop covered in the introductory course. We will look at how to make your images look their absolute best with Levels and Curves, how to get the most out of Layers, Blending, and Opacity, and how to retouch damaged or low-quality images using the History Brush and Clone Stamp.

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Working with iMages using Apple's Preview application (Macintosh only)

Coles Tower Lab - 2 South, 03/23/2012 @ 10:00 AM (0.75 hrs.)

Big things come in small packages. Preview is a handy tool that comes with every Mac computer. We will look at all of things you can do with Preview including resizing images, cropping and even annotating!

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