Posted on February 28th, 2012 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
It seems like desktop publishing has been around since the Ten Commandments went viral. But we didn’t realize how sophisticated it has become until we tried the new “PagePlus x6” from Serif.com.
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Posted on July 1st, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Mindflash.com is a web-based service that makes it easy to create online courses. It’s free if you have ten trainees or less.
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Posted on June 8th, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Just two weeks before Joy was scheduled to give a PowerPoint presentation at a statewide convention for P.E.O. women’s clubs, she was sent a copy of the book, “Beyond Bullet Points” to review. Death by PowerPoint was narrowly averted! Most PowerPoint presentations are deadly. We have been the recipients of more than our fair share as public relations people stop by to present formal pitches. They take so long to get to the point that we’ve nodded off before they get there. Joy says this new book has changed her life. “It is terrific” she says. “It gets you to stop putting in the usual baloney that most people do when they create PowerPoint presentations, which are usually a series [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2011 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
This movie projector can stand at the end of a conference table.
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Posted on June 28th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
If you get this gizmo, you don’t need an “interactive” whiteboard.
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Put your PowerPoint presentation on the web for free.
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Posted on May 4th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
You can share Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations on Facebook.
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Posted on April 5th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
New version of Corel WordPerfect includes PDF editor and file organizer.
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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Microsoft Office Online (office.microsoft.com) has really improved its site. Here’s some new free stuff we thought useful: – Get templates for creating a newsletter for the whole family, popular at holiday times. Search on “family newsletters.” – Get clip art for New Year’s cards. Search on “New Year.” They also have new clip art for other holidays. – Add or delete holidays from a customized calendar. Search on “add or delete holidays” – Get podcasts or training videos by searching on those words. – Resume templates for different job categories. Search on “Monster Resume.” We’re giving you just some highlights here. They have a search bar for key words, so use it. The actual web addresses to take you directly [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Draw on special paper and immediately see the results on screen.
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