Below is a list of our upcoming free training workshops. Scroll down to get this week?s software tip!
Thursday, September 15
iPad: Uses for Teaching and Learning, 9 ? 11 a.m., Cook 404A
Outlook 2010: Level I, 9 ? 11 a.m., Cook 3
Emerging Technology: eBooks – Buy, Borrow, Create, Distribute, and Use Them, 1 ? 2:30 p.m., Cook 404B
Monday, September 19
SharePoint Designer (Level1): Creating a Web Site, 1:30 ? 3:30 p.m., Cook 3
Tuesday, September 20
Mac: What’s New in Lion?, 10 ? 11 a.m., Cook 404A
CLA Classroom Technology Orientation, 1 ? 2:30 p.m., LA 3101
Thursday, September 22
Blackboard Grade Center, 10 ? 11 a.m., Cook 3
Bits & Bytes – Conducting a Meeting Using WebEx (for TU staff), Noon ? 12:30 p.m., Admin 424
Teaching @ Towson: Developing an Effective Lesson or Module – The Blueprint for Success. 1 -2:30 p.m., Cook 404B
Tuesday, September 27
Word 2010: Shapes, Pictures and Charts, 9 -11 a.m., Cook 3
SOFTWARE TIP OF THE WEEK
Word 2010 Using Word Count
The Word Count feature counts all the words in your document. This is useful if you have a writing assignment that is limited to a number of words, such as a 1000-word paper.
1) Click the Review tab on the Ribbon and click the Word Count button in the Proofing group.
2) The Word Count dialog box appears, displaying document information. This includes the number of words, pages, characters, paragraphs and lines.
3) Click Close to return to your document.
Notes: By default, the number of words in a document appears in the status bar.
4) To specify word count to certain areas of the document, select the text you want to include in the count. The number of selected words appears in the status bar. Press the
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