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Performing with Computer Applications: Personal Information Manager, Word P

Author: Iris Blanc

Using the developmental approach to learning, Performing with Computer Applications, 3rd Edition offers a means of learning about computers, thinking critically, solving problems, communicating effectively, applying technology to task and working in teams. The book introduces word processing, Internet, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation concepts through sequential practice material. It is non-software specific so its exercises can be used with any software or operating system.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Computers Unit I: Orientation 1. Get Started 2. Use Settings, Displays, Help, and File Management Unit II: Work with a Personal Information Manager 1. Exploring Outlook 2. Work with Contacts 3. Work with the Calendar, Tasks, and Notes Unit III: Word Processing 1. Create and Save Documents 2. Open and Edit Documents 3. Work with Text Alignments, Fonts, and Font Formatting 4. Basic Document Formatting and Editing 5. Additional Document Formatting and Editing 6. Work with the Internet 7. Work with Multiple-Page Documents and Multiple Documents 8. Work with Columns, Tables, and Forms 9. Work with AutoText and Macros; Merge Unit IV: Desktop Publishing 1. Work with Objects, Lines, and Text Boxes 2. Work with Drawing Tools 3. Add Special Effects Unit V: Spreadsheets 1. Create, Save, and Print a Worksheet 2. Use Formulas; Copy a Formula; Format and Enhance Worksheet Data 3. Use Functions, Additional Formatting, and Editing 4. Create and Edit Charts 5. Integrate Worksheets with Other Applications Unit VI: Database 1. Plan, Create, and Save a Database 2. Open, Edit, and Print a Database 3. Modify and Format a Database; Search and Sort a Database 4. Use Queries and Create Reports; Integrate Databases with Other Applications Unit VII: Presentations 1. Create, Save, and Print a Presentation 2. Enhance Slides; Work with Text and Objects 3. Work with Slide Shows; Integrate Presentations with Other Applications Unit VIII: Web Sites 1. Work with Web Pages 2. Create and Enhance Web Sites Capstone Projects 1. Planning a Conference 2. Organizing a Community Activity 3. Planning a Group Travel Expedition AppendicesGlossary

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Active Directory Best Practices 24sevensmall /Small: Migrating, Designing, and Troubleshooting

Author: Brad Pric

Advanced Coverage for Experienced Network Administrators

Active Directory Best Practices 24seven is written specifically to build on the practical and conceptual knowledge you've already earned. Taking a "just the facts, ma'am" approach this book provides targeted instruction and insider tips to help you quickly implement the best practices established by successful network administrators across a wide range of industries. This is also an excellent way to make a pain-free transition to the latest release of Active Directory. Coverage includes:

• Building a complete Active Directory-based infrastructure

• Understanding migration options, including the role of Organizational Units

• Configuring domain controllers to support Flexible Single Master Operations

• Understanding how Exchange affects Active Directory design

• Using the new backup and restore options

• Troubleshooting and optimizing the Active Directory database, File Replication Service, and Group Policy

• Setting up and maintaining interoperation between Active Directory and DNS

• Migrating and consolidating Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000-based domains

• Managing patches

• Securing the base operating system before promoting a domain controller

• Securing DNS to protect associated domain controllers

• Working with Active Directory security options

ALEKS with Users Guide and One Semester Access Code Stand Alone Version or Computers as Theatre

ALEKS with User's Guide and One Semester Access Code Stand Alone Version

Author: ALEKS Corporation

ALEKS is an artificial intelligence-based system for individualized math learning, available for Higher Education from McGraw-Hill over the World Wide Web.

ALEKS delivers precise assessments of your math knowledge, guides you in the selection of appropriate new study material, and records your progress toward mastery of goals.

ALEKS interacts with you much as a skilled human tutor would, moving between explanation and practice as needed, correcting and analyzing errors, defining terms and changing topics on request. By accurately assessing your knowledge, ALEKS focus clearly on what you are ready to learn next, helping you master the course content more quickly and easily.

Note:

Included Internet access code is one time use only.

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Computers as Theatre

Author: Brenda Laurel

features a new chapter that takes the reader through virtual reality and beyond to a new level of human computer interaction that is genuinely transforming. Like its predecessor, this book presents a new theory of human-computer activity.

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Building on Aristotle's analysis of the form and structure of drama, presents a new theory of human-computer activity. Suggests that the next generation of interactive computers will employ dramatic as well as psychological and graphic techniques. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1. The Nature of the Best.
2. Dramatic Foundations, Part I: Elements of Qualitative Structure.
3. Dramatic Foundations, Part II: Orchestrating Action.
4. Dramatic Techniques for Orchestrating Human Response.
5. Design Principles for Human-Computer Activity.
6. New Directions in Human-Computer Activity.
7. Post-Virtual Reality: After the Hype is Over. 0201550601T04062001

Windows 2000 Scripting Bible or Problem Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel

Windows 2000 Scripting Bible

Author: William R Stanek

This authoritative, comprehensive guide is your bible to Windows® 2000 scripting. Written for people at all levels of technological know-how, it may be used as a reference book or a tutorial. You'll appreciate the step-by-step instructions and clear explanations enhanced by icons, charts, and hundreds of screenshots. The tips, insights, and shortcuts that appear in each chapter will help you to

• Automate most network routines.
• Master VBScript and JScript essentials.
• Learn the ins and outs of scripting engines and the Windows Scripting Host architecture.
• Read or write to files, manage drives and printers, configure menus, and work with the Registry.
• Save time with scripts for network tasks, logon/logoff operations, and other routines.
• Use Active Directory Services scripting to manage accounts, systems, and services.
• Build spreadsheets, animate charts, and access databases with COM scripting.
• Work with library utilities to automate scripts for file management, network administration, and more.

If you're an administrator or developer using Windows or scripting technologies, you'll find techniques not published anywhere else. You'll see why the entire Bible series has such an outstanding reputation when the Windows 2000 Scripting Bible goes the distance for you.

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: Getting Started with Windows Scripting.

Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Scripting.

Chapter 2: VBScript Essentials.

Chapter 3: JScript Essentials.

PART II: Windows Scripting Essentials.

Chapter 4: Creating Scripts and Scripting Files.

Chapter 5: Scripting Basics.

Chapter 6: Input, Output, and Error Handling.

Chapter 7: Working with Files and Folders.

Chapter 8: Reading and Writing Files.

Chapter 9: Managing Drives and Printers.

Chapter 10: Configuring Menus, Shortcuts, and Startup Applications.

Chapter 11: Working with the Windows Registry and Event Logs.

PART III: Network and Directory Service Scripting.

Chapter 12: Scheduling One-time and Recurring Tasks.

Chapter 13: Managing Computer and User Scripts.

Chapter 14: Introducing Active Directory Service Interfaces.

Chapter 15: Using Schema to Master ADSI.

Chapter 16: Managing Local and Domain Resources with ADSI.

Chapter 17: Service and Resource Administration with ADSI.

Chapter 18: Maintaining Shared Directories, Printer Queues, and Print Jobs.

Chapter 19: Managing Active Directory Domain Extensions.

Chapter 20: Where to Go from Here?

PART IV: Windows Scripting Libraries.

Chapter 21: Library: File-System Utilities.

Chapter 22: Library: I/O Utilities.

Chapter 23: Library: Network Resource Utilities.

Chapter 24: Library: Account Management Utilities.

Appendix A: Windows Script Host Quick Reference.

Appendix B: Core ADSI Reference.

Appendix C: Essential Command-Line Utilities for Use with WindowsScripts.

Index.

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Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel

Author: Joseph Brady

Now in its Second Annual Edition, Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel helps build spreadsheet and database skills using realistic business cases and is the perfect complement to a computer literacy or MIS course. Each case introduces a compelling business problem and, with the help of tutorials on Microsoft Access and Excel, trains users in critical thinking and problem solving. Readers will use Microsoft Access and Excel throughout the book to work through the case material. The scenarios found in the text reflect real business situations, ranging from small, privately-owned companies to large corporations.

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express Lab Portfolio or Pro Perl Parsing

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express-Lab Portfolio

Author: Cheryl Schmidt

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express

Lab Portfolio

 

Cheryl A. Schmidt

Ernie Friend

 

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express Lab Portfolio provides a hands-on approach to learning the basic principles of voice over IP (VoIP) to build a voice-enabled network for the small to medium-sized business.

 

As you work through the 51 labs in the book, you learn how to deploy a basic phone system using a CallManager Express-capable router. You install, configure, and customize Cisco® IP Phones to work in an IP Telephony environment as well as with traditional analog telephony devices.

 

Each chapter begins with an explanation of the converging technology used within that chapter’s labs and, where necessary, includes a refresher on routing and switching topics so that you can properly set up the labs. The collection of labs features clear objectives, equipment needs, alternative methods, and probing questions. Additionally, the book includes a command reference as one of the six supplemental appendixes.

 

All the material has been written and tested with students in a live classroom environment:

• Labs enable you to deploy a progressively more layered VoIP environment as you complete the labs in each chapter.
• Paper exercises help you work through and reinforce your understanding of fundamental topics such as dial plans, IP addressing, and dial peers.
• Case Study labs present the material in scenarios that combine the methods learned in the previous chapters so that you apply your knowledge to a specific scenario or task. Pulling together various concepts simulates the real-world environment where things are rarely assigned one step at a time.

 

The Lab Portfolio can be used as a supplement to any textbook used to teach CVoice or CallManager Express. It can also be used as a standalone resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of IP Telephony.

After completing all the exercises and hands-on labs in this book, you will know how VoIP works and be well prepared to configure the technology in a small to medium-sized business.

 

Cheryl A. Schmidt is a full-time faculty member in the Network Engineering Technology department at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ).

She has a master's degree in computer and information resource management. For the past 10 years, Cheryl has been teaching courses such as computer repair, CCNA®, CCNP,® VoIP, QoS, and wireless.

 

Ernie Friend is the Director of Academic Systems at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) Florida. He manages the Network Engineering Technology department at FCCJ and had previously managed the college’s network and computer infrastructure. He has been managing computer and networking departments for more than 14 years at the college and continues to explore and teach the latest networking technologies.

 

Use this Lab Portfolio with:

 

Cisco IP Communications Express: CallManager Express with Cisco Unity Express

ISBN: 1-58705-180-X

 

Voice over IP Fundamentals, Second Edition

ISBN: 1-58705-257-1

 

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, the only authorized publisher for Cisco Systems®.

 

Category: IP Telephony

Covers: CallManager Express

 

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Pro Perl Parsing

Author: Christopher M Frenz

I thoroughly enjoyed this...I write and maintain a fair amount of Perl, and matching and parsing patterns is often the largest part of the work.

— A.P. Lawrence, Information and Resources for Unix and Linux Systems

Perl, one of the world's most diffuse programming languages, was born out of the need to resolve the creator's dissatisfaction with what were at the time standard data-parsing solutions. Indeed, since the 1.0 release in 1987, Perl has been heralded for its powerful parsing capabilities--features that are further enhanced through the thousands of Perl extensions made available through CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network).

Pro Perl Parsing begins with several chapters devoted to key parsing principles, discussing topics pertinent to regular expressions, parsing grammars, and parsing techniques. This material sets the stage for later chapters, which introduce numerous and powerful CPAN parsing modules, and provide an ample supply of example applications.

Multi Platinum Pro Tools or How to Do Everything with Windows Vista

Multi-Platinum Pro Tools: Advanced Editing, Pocketing and Autotuning Techniques

Author: Nathan Adam

Learn how a real professional uses Pro Tools to make multi-platinum records with this jam-packed, fast-paced guide. Including over 300 color illustrations, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools takes you inside the minds of one of the top Pro Tools engineers in the business, giving you the skills you need to succeed. Using the interactive DVD (featuring a real Nashville recording session) you watch, listen, learn and edit alongside Multi-Platinum and Gold record engineer Brady Barnett in a real Pro Tools editing session!

Essential reading for current and aspiring recording engineers, students, musicians and all those who have some prior knowledge of Pro Tools but wish to become expert users, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools enables you to really enhance your Pro Tools skills without having to spend thousands on special 'digidesign training.'

* Provides step-by-step techniques for using Pro Tools in a session, enabling you to edit, tune, and pocket everything from rhythmic and melodic instruments to lead and background vocals
* High-quality DVD includes an interactive editing session and close-up movie screenshots giving you an in-depth look at the editing techniques used on major record label releases
* Pre-edited and final mix versions of the session demonstrate just how these techniques will take your mixes from Demo to Promo

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Pocketing, editing, and tuning : the what, whys, and hows of major-label Pro Tools editing	1
Ch. 2	Adjusting your seat-belt : setting up Pro Tools preferences for a streamlined edit session	13
Ch. 3	Beginning the pocket : building a song from the drums up	69
Ch. 4	Using beat detective to save time, money, and headaches	131
Ch. 5	Getting the bass player on time - and not just to rehearsal	173
Ch. 6	Locking up the acoustic tracks	207
Ch. 7	Electricity in the air	233
Ch. 8	Autotuning : the not-so-dirty little secret behind a great local track	261

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How to Do Everything with Windows Vista

Author: Curt Simmons

Bring clarity to your PC experience with Windows Vista and this easy-to-use guide. How to Do Everything with Windows Vista shows you how to take full advantage of all the powerful and fun features of this revolutionary new operating system. Learn to customize your settings, connect to the Internet, set up a home network, secure your system, and connect peripheral devices. You'll also discover how to maximize all of the entertainment capabilities--games, music, photos, video, and more.

• Manage components, programs, folders, and files
• Install hardware and software
• Use printers, scanners, and digital cameras
• Connect to the Internet
• Set up and manage a home network
• Manage security with Windows Firewall and Windows Defender
• Play games on your PC or online
• Play and record music with Windows Media Player
• Create your own movies with Windows Movie Maker
• Organize and print your digital photos
• Optimize, manage, and troubleshoot Windows Vista

 

Curt Simmons is a technology author and trainer. He has written more than 50 computer and technology books, including three editions of How to Do Everything with Windows XP and two editions of How to Do Everything with Your Blackberry.