Technology Tips

The following tips are answers to questions asked by UW-Extension staff in Southeast Wisconsin. Some are specific to Cooperative Extension programs while others may be of general interest. You will need Acrobat Reader to view and print the tips. For information about installing and configuring Acrobat Reader to view and print UW-Extension publications, see our Technology Tip on Acrobat Reader.

Access

• Mailing Lists: Creating a small database with selected records from a large database
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Acrobat Reader

Installing, Configuring & Using Acrobat Reader:

• HTML version (can be viewed and printed in your web browser)
• PDF version ( requires Acrobat Reader to view and print, 2 pages, 71 KB)

Other

• CD-R vs. CD-RW Disks: When and how to use them ( 2 pages, 52 KB)
• Malicious Software: How to keep your computer and data safe ( 2 pages, 71 KB)

Outlook 2003

• Desktop Alerts: Turning Off Desktop Alerts ( 2 pages, 220 KB)
• Distribution Lists: Creating a Distribution List ( 5 pages, 476 KB)
• Exchange Mail: 15 Things You Need to Know ( 2 pages, 22 KB)
• Find: Finding an Email Message ( 4 pages, 651 KB)
• Mail Format: Changing Mail Format Settings ( 4 pages, 462 KB)
• Rules: Creating a Rule to Send Spam to the Junk E-Mail Folder ( 6 pages, 411 KB)
• Signatures: Creating and Using Signatures ( 4 pages, 365 KB)

PhotoDraw

• Re-sizing: Reducing the size of photos for presentations ( 2 pages, 58 KB)

Planning & Results System

• Background: Where to find more information ( 1 page, 42 KB)
• Printing: How to print a team plan ( 1 pages, 47 KB)
• Templates: Using the Word templates for the Planning & Results System ( 1 page, 43 KB)

PowerPoint

• Graphics: Capturing screen shots to insert in presentations ( 2 pages, 52 KB)
• Graphics: Using PhotoDraw to reduce the size of photos for presentations ( 2 pages, 58 KB)
• Graphics: Compressing all of the photos in a presentation ( 2 pages, 162 KB)

Windows

• Fonts: Installing and deleting fonts ( 1 page, 49 KB)
• File List: Using Outlook to print a file list ( 2 pages, 54 KB)

Word

• Borders: Adding page borders ( 2 pages, 64 KB)
• Labels: Creating a page of different labels ( 2 pages, 51 KB)
• Letterhead: Personalizing our office letterhead template ( 5 pages,414 KB)
• Page Headers: Using many different page headers in a document ( 2 pages, 53 KB)
• Shortcuts: Commonly used keyboard shortcuts ( 1 page, 53 KB)
• Special Characters: Inserting em and en dashes ( 2 pages, 63 KB)
• Tables: Centering a table ( 2 pages, 56 KB)
• Templates: Using customized templates ( 1 page, 48 KB)
• Watermarks: Creating a watermark using a text box ( 2 pages, 60 KB)
• Watermarks: Creating a watermark using Word Art ( 1 page, 50 KB)

Links to Other Resources

UW-Extension

• CE Technology Services
• CES Publishing Services
• UWEX Distance Education
• UWEX Instructional Communication Services
• UWEX Multimedia Services (CD & DVD duplication)
• UW-Madison DoIT
• Wisline AudioConferences

Other Sites

• Eudora Tutorials
• Microsoft FAQs
• Microsoft Knowledgebase
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word MVPs

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