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Highlights from SchoolCounselor.com
Top 5 Training Topics for School Counselors
Must See Videos
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TIPS AND TRICKS RescueTime
RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily
understand how you spend your time. One of the coolest things about
RescueTime is that there is NO DATA ENTRY. You install a doohicky on
your computer and we magically track all of your time usage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tired of Chasing your Mouse? Use keyboard shortcuts
The mouse, one of the greatest advances in computing history, provides
you with an intuitive point-and-click method for using your computer.
Depending on the type of work you're doing, however, sometimes using a
mouse actually slows you down. If you are a good typist, taking your
hands away from the keyboard to move the mouse can use up a few seconds.
Over the course of a full day, you could save several minutes by using
keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse.
You can use your keyboard instead of your mouse to do these three tasks:
• Start a program
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft Word: The Best Shortcut Keys Source: http://www.logicaltips.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=686#shortcut Most of us can't remember the laundry list of shortcut keys in Word (or any other program). Here's the short list of the best shortcut keys to know. If you learn only these key combinations, you're guaranteed to save time. • Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V = Cut, Copy and Paste respectively. These work in virtually every Windows program. Learn them, use them, save LOTS of time and mousing around in the Edit menu. • Ctrl+B = Apply Bold. Highlight text then click Ctrl+B...voila insto-bold. • Ctrl+I = Apply Italic. Same idea as adding bold, except it adds italic instead. • Ctrl+Y = Repeat the last action. Say you just added a row to a table. Click Ctrl+Y and add another one. Keep doing it and add a whole bunch of them. • Ctrl+spacebar = remove all local formatting. If text looks weird, it could be because you accidently added something. It's also good consistency. You can make sure that the only formatting you're applying is the stuff you've set up in your styles. • Shft+F3 = Toggles case. If you know people who type in all upper case, you have my permission to rip the Caps Lock key off their keyboard. In the meantime, use Shift+F3 to switch case from UPPER, lower, and Initial Caps. • Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End = Move to the top and bottom of a document, respectively.
• F8 + arrow keys = Select text. Sometimes selecting large
bodies of text with the mouse is a big pain. Use F8 in conjunction with
the arrow keys or Page Up and Page Down keys to select it more easily.
Also ...
Microsoft Word: How do I change the default font? To change the default character formatting: 1. Choose Format, Font. 2. Choose a font name in the Font box, change the size, or change formats. 3. When you finish changing the default formatting, click the Default button.
4. When Word displays a dialog box asking you to confirm that you
want to change the default font for the current template, click Yes.
Word immediately makes changes the current document. If Word later asks you to confirm changes when you close the document, choose the Yes button again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Video: Podcasting in Plain English
Despite being around for years, podcasting is often misunderstood. This
video is our way of building awareness and hopefully adoption of a
technology that any computer user can use.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zooming
If you zoom in and out of your documents quite a bit, you may get tired
of using the pull-down zoom control on the toolbar. If you have a mouse
that has the wheel between the two buttons, you can do a neat trick. All
you need to do is hold down the Ctrl key as you turn the small wheel.
Each click of the wheel, up or down, increases or decreases the zoom
factor by 10%.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Creating School Newsletters The Creating School Newsletters short course provides instructions and resource information that you can use for creating school newsletters. It presents information about planning newsletters, writing for newsletters, designing newsletter layouts, using graphics in newsletters, and newsletter production for schools. The short course consists of six units and a search/index section.
http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/shortc/newsltrs/home.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft PowerPoint™: Add Slide Numbers to Your Presentation
When creating a PowerPoint presentation, you may want to add numbers to
your slides. This makes it easier for viewers to reference a slide
during or after a presentation if they have questions about a particular
point in the show. 1. Select "Insert" - "Slide Number". 2. The "Header and Footer" dialog box will appear. 3. Check "Slide number". 4. Check or uncheck "Don't show on title slide" depending on whether or not you want the page number shown on the first slide. 5. From here, you can also check or uncheck a box to display the date and time on each slide as well as a custom footer. 6. When done, click "OK" to close the dialog box.
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WORTHY WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE authorSTREAM
authorSTREAM is a place to share and discover great PowerPoint
presentations worldwide on just any topic. With authorSTREAM you can * Upload your PowerPoint file as it is, with rehearsed timings or with audio narrations. * Embed the presentation in your blog or e-mail the link to your friends. * Browse and discover interesting presentations uploaded by authorSTREAM members. * Rate presentations or post comments.
* It’s all FREE!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calimanjaro is a Windows calendar software with special focus on visualizing time. By combining the power of a year view, a friendly and clean user interface, and iCalendar sharing - staying organized has never been easier. All this for only US $19.95.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAT Test Date Calendar 1.0 Automatically download and put into your Microsoft Outlook (or other compatible calendar) these dates.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/sattestdatecalendar.html
Also, for other public calendars, check out
http://icalshare.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call Graph is an application which records your Skype calls in a mp3 file and indexes them for search. You can record Skype to Skype, SkypeIn, SkypeOut, Skype Conference Calls and Skype Casts with Call Graph.
If you have Skype, you can call me at Russell_Sabella or visit
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/contact.htm
and click on the Skype Call button.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DefineItFast Most excellent dictionary and very fast too! This one comes with a toolbar and a bookmarklet you can download. Just highlight a word on the page and click a button.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Timer (PowerPoint) There are a few of these on the Web here and there although I like this one because it allows you to choose various countdown durations. After downloading, view the show, click on your chosen duration, and you’re good to go ...
http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/middleschool/timer.ppt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Incredimail Have you ever found that the common task of sending and receiving e-mails is dull, redundant and tedious? Ever wanted to send e-mails that look livelier than standard e-mails? Would you like to add some thrill and experience to your e-mail, a message that goes beyond text? Well, look no further, IncrediMail will easily give you all that and much more and it's 100% FREE! Welcome to IncrediMail. E-mail has finally evolved!
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Microsoft MailMerge Online Tutorial: Learn how to use mail merge in Microsoft Office Word to produce envelopes and labels for mass mailings. Then explore how to go beyond the basics to create personalized form letters or e-mail messages, numbered coupons, and more. Length: 40–50 minutes
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011205671033
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JUST FOR FUN JungleCrazy JungleCrazy shows only items at Amazon that are at least 70 percent discounted (from original retail price), making it a great place to browse (and search) if you just know you can get a certain item cheaper than you're finding it. The site's RSS feed dishes up the popular hits, so you can quickly scan to see if that 2 GB USB key drive can be had for a lot less. Oh, and check this out too:
http://www.freeshippingon.com/amazon-free-shipping/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take Better Photos by Following These 10 Tips Digital cameras are great tools, but it’s still challenging to get that “just right picture." Remember, it’s not the camera that makes beautiful photos; it’s the photographer. If you want to take the best pictures with your digital camera, follow these ten tips to help you improve your photo shooting techniques. http://citcomputing.unl.edu/monthlytip.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HP: Black-and-White Scrapbook Embellishments
Personalize scrapbook pages, cards, or other crafty projects with these
black-and-white words, phrases, and art that work with any design or
color scheme.
Also check out: Event-Based Good News Announcements
Share your exciting news with these announcement cards. Celebrate a new
baby, a new home, graduations, and other special occasions. Choose
backgrounds, colors, and add a photo.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft Office Templates: Graduation
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT102566641033.aspx
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