Saturday, June 17, 2006
Google Notebook, What is it?
Every now and then Google has some technology in their labs that silently become very popular. Like google earth, picasa, google maps, etc. The Google Notebook is in my opinion one of those.
Have you ever come across some information on the web that you just wanted to excerpt or quote for research? May you want to track a list for prices or be able to quickly refer to a quick peice of technical/how-to instructions. Plus a million other uses.
You can have several notebooks, and divide each notebook up in to different sections. What makes this so interesting is that the images along with the text you snip appear in your notebook.
The downside? Well, if there is one, is that the information you snip and save from sites is not kept on your computer, but on googles servers. If that doesn't bother you, then come get googlefied!
Have you ever come across some information on the web that you just wanted to excerpt or quote for research? May you want to track a list for prices or be able to quickly refer to a quick peice of technical/how-to instructions. Plus a million other uses.
You can have several notebooks, and divide each notebook up in to different sections. What makes this so interesting is that the images along with the text you snip appear in your notebook.
The downside? Well, if there is one, is that the information you snip and save from sites is not kept on your computer, but on googles servers. If that doesn't bother you, then come get googlefied!
Mail Merge with Excel & Word
For anyone who has ever held a post with administrative duties, you may very well know how important this can be.
Being able to perform a mail merge is the basic IT skill that any office environment can use. By using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, we are able to use a generic form letter, and personalize it with data from our Excel spreadsheet.
For example, lets say you run your own business selling lingerie. After awhile your product line will probably change, or you want to organize an event. This video will show you that if you have your customer list in a spreadsheet, you can produce one letter, but have it print off for each client ready to mail. What a smart way to be with your time!
Being able to perform a mail merge is the basic IT skill that any office environment can use. By using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, we are able to use a generic form letter, and personalize it with data from our Excel spreadsheet.
For example, lets say you run your own business selling lingerie. After awhile your product line will probably change, or you want to organize an event. This video will show you that if you have your customer list in a spreadsheet, you can produce one letter, but have it print off for each client ready to mail. What a smart way to be with your time!
