Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Do you sponsor or are there any on-line lessons for Microsoft Excel?
A. There are some online courses for Excel; however, I don't have a
list of them. Here are a few suggestions:
- Go to the Microsoft site for Office and choose Excel.
http://office.microsoft.com/welcome/excel.asp.
That's a great place to start for more information on Excel.
- Microsoft's official online training vendor with courses on Excel is at
http://www.headlight.com/browse_channels/0,1036,ms-544,00.html
Not only can you purchase a single lesson on Excel for less than $30, but
you can get an "all you can eat" one-year bundle on Office 2000 for under
$200.
- Based on a quick search of AltaVista, using +excel +tutorial I found
the following FREE beginning tutorials. If you want more advanced topics,
repeat the search with the specific topic you need.
Q. How can I advertise my website on newsgroups without being accused of
spam?
A. Good thinking! The last thing you want a reputation for
is spamming a newsgroup. There's no faster way to get banned.
One of the most effective ways you can advertise your site, in
newsgroups and in every contact you make, is to use a signature file on
your email. Try to keep it to 60 characters wide and 6 lines long. But
within that area you can say a lot. Include your company tagline, promote
a new book, article, or product. Include a live link to your site, using
the "http://www.yoursite.com" format. For more ideas on a signature file,
read Your Signature is You Online.
Q. Our attendees download a copy of the speakers' presentations prior to
coming to the conference. Any thoughts on a way to annotate right along with viewing the
presentation on your own laptop?
A. I think the easiest way to do this is to open the slide show
(assuming it's PowerPoint). With the slide showing at the top of the window, open the
speaker notes window below. Participants can type their own notes
below the slide, as the speaker is going through the presentation.
As an alternative, again in PowerPoint, they can click on the
slide show to start it. Throughout the slide show, with a right click they can choose
Meeting Minder. This brings up a note-taking window with both a tab for
notes and a tab for action items. They can click through the slides and
continue to take the notes as they progress through the presentation.
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