Trainings

Please find below a list of many of the trainings that the Progressive Technology Project has conducted over the years. Each training contains links to materials used in the trainings.

This session on Basic Paint.NET will cover the following:

• saving a file from the web for editing
• opening file in Paint.net
• change background color
• add text
• crop and resize
• saving for the web/print – formats and resolution considerations
• where to get more help with Paint.NET

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This session on Intermediate Excel will cover the following:

• Filtering and sorting
• Address parsing
• Creating charts and graphs
• Understanding and using pivot tables

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This session on Intermediate PowerPoint will cover the following:
• Changing a Presentation Look (working with Master Slides)
• Slide Animation
• Rearranging Slides in a Presentation
• Adding Sounds and Movies to a Slide
• Custom Shows
• Printing Presentations, Notes, and Handouts
• Presenting a PowerPoint slideshow
• PowerPoint Best Practices

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This session on Basic PowerPoint will cover the following:

• Working in PowerPoint – what is it for, how is it useful
• Creating a New Presentation
• Adding and Modifying Slide Text
• Adding Graphics to a Slide
• Adding a Slide Number
• Adding Notes
• Inserting, Deleting and Copying Slides
• Printing slides and notes
• Running a slideshow

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The session on Intermediate Publisher will cover the following:

• Using Publisher’s personalization features
• Printing Considerations
• Create Master Pages
• Working with Guides
• Using and changing templates
• Working with text, text overflows, objects
• Making the text flow around an image

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This session on Basic Publisher will cover the following:
• Publisher vocabulary and concepts
• How to Add Text
• Inserting a picture into the text
• Resizing an image
• Using Word Art
• Working with Autoshapes

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The TechCamp Online session on Intermediate Word will cover the following:
• Templates (custom and built-in)
• Customizing menus and toolbars in MS Word
• Using keyboard shortcuts
• Creating, saving and reusing styles
• Collaborating and tracking changes
• Other / Misc
• Exporting a PDF
• Exporting HTML

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The session on Basic Word will cover:

• Understanding Menus
• Working with files (open, edit, rename, save, multiple documents)
• Formatting Text, Paragraphs and Pages
• Find and Replace text
• Lists, Tables, Graphics (images and word art)
• Spelling and Grammar

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The following is the full presentation on Voter Data Management, which included a brief look at the VAN, created for the NY State Electoral Gathering in NYC on June 13th, 2008.

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