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Tips and Training from the Office of Technology Services

Below is a list of our upcoming free training workshops. Scroll down to get this week?s software tip!

Wednesday, September 12
Outlook 2010: Level III, 1:30 ? 3:30 p.m., Cook 3

Tuesday, September 18
SharePoint Designer (Level 3): Templates and CSS, 2 ? 4 p.m., Cook 3

Wednesday, September 19
Word 2010: Working with Outlines, Long Documents and References, 2 ? 3:30 p.m., Cook 3

Thursday, September 20
Excel 2010: Working with Pivot Tables, 10 ? 11 a.m., Cook 3
Blackboard Fundamentals, 1 ? 2:30 p.m., Cook 3, Faculty Only

Monday, September 24
SharePoint Designer (Level 1): Creating a Web Site, 2 ? 4 p.m., Cook 3

Tuesday, September 25
Bits & Bytes: iPad Apps You Can’t Live Without Note: iPads will not be provided, Noon ? 12:30, Paws (University Union)

Wednesday, September 26
PowerPoint 2010: Working with Transitions, Animation and Multimedia, 9:30 -11:30 a.m., Cook 3


SOFTWARE TIP OF THE WEEK

Outlook Changing the Message Format
Outlook allows users to send emails in different formats. These formats are:
? Plain Text: Uses text characters with no formatting, which makes it compatible with all email clients.
? HTML: Applies HTML formatting.
? Rich Text: Allows simple text formatting that is specific to Outlook.
Plain text and HTML are often the preferred formats, but you can change your default by following these steps:
1. Click the File tab and choose Options.
2. Choose Mail in the left pane.
3. In the Compose Messages section, use the drop-down menu to select the format for the Compose messages in this format: option.
4. Click OK.

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