Versatility and Productivity by Guy Marlow
Microsoft Excel is still a powerful tool on the market because of its versatility. Almost any type of project can be built whether you are a beginner or an Excel wizard. Whether it is a simple calendar or a call forecasting model for a customer service company, Excel provides every time. ... Some of you may feel uncomfortable about taking up the challenge of learning something new. ... Within a short time you should start to gain confidence and realize how such a simple program can make some of your more difficult, time-consuming processes very easy.

Introduction to Thomson NETg by Natalie Aranda
Thomson NETg is one of a kind global learning Enterprise offering live online classrooms and a wide range of Integrated Learning solutions. Their learning offer includes high-quality instructional content, cutting-edge enabling technologies with multiple delivery options, and a full range of... Productivity Skills including Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP (2002), Microsoft Office 2000, Client Operating Systems, Introduction to Technology, Lotus Notes, Siebel and Web Browsers. ... Project Management with the following areas: Project Management Skills, Project Management Institute.

E-learning - Make It Happen Five Tried And Tested Ways of Making e-Learning Work by Sarvadarshi Rajgrihar
According to extensive research carried out by the Sapio Institute, an organisation dedicated to conducting ongoing studies in the field of e-learning, there are five prerequisites for ensuring the success of e-learning initiatives. Organisational Buy-in The company must ‘buy in’ to the... Companies like GE, Pfizer and Microsoft are excellent examples of learning organisations that actively support and drive their e-learning programmes. ... To ensure the success of its e-learning initiatives, organisations need to create a culture of independent learning, by providing the requisite...

Why I Can Not Use QuickBooks by Matthew Penn
I really want to like QuickBooks. It has a wonderful user interface and processes things quickly. It allows me to create invoices, track payments, record expenses, etc, etc. But the best part of QuickBooks is its add-on module, Customer Manager. At first glance, it seemed to be perfect for my... However, I do not own Microsoft Outlook, and have no desire to purchase the entire Microsoft Office Suite, just so I can sync with QuickBooks. ... The only solution for me is to purchase Microsoft Outlook and sync the data there first — and THEN sync to Customer Manager.Forcing PDA users to go...

Becoming a Microsoft Office Specialist by Claire Blinman
There are a number of qualifications to choose from when considering becoming accredited as a user of Microsoft Office software. I would like to explain the advantages of choosing to become a MOS – Microsoft Office Specialist (formerly known as MOUS – Microsoft Office User Specialist). ... For a full list of topics you will be expected to have an indepth knowledge of, check out Microsoft’s website at www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/officespecialist/requirements.mspx#office2003 . ... You could try working through a self-study textbook, you can search for appropriate titles at Microsoft’s...

An Introduction To Microsoft Vista Business by Chris Bryant
As I'm sure you already know, Microsoft Vista is on the way! Microsoft projects that all five versions of Vista will be available by mid-2006, and if that holds this will be the longest time period ever between versions of Windows. Yes, that's right - I said "all five versions". ... To start learning more about Vista, visit www.microsoft.com/windowsvista. ... In this article, we’ll take a quick overview of Microsoft Vista Business features. ... Microsoft says that past versions of their OS, such as Windows XP, were based more on hardware type than how people actually used their PCs.

How To Guarantee Employee Adoption Of Cost Cutting Measures by Gregg Hall
A software program for Timesheet management and productivity management purchased by a company for cost cutting measures is only effective if the employees actually use it. A program's adoptability rests on how easy it is to implement into the existing system with the least amount of resistance... It should be as simple as the importation of your existing data to save on initial data entry or bringing over your existing data from Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server and/or Intuit QuickBooks (Jobs, Tasks, Resources etc.).

Visual C# Express: What's it all About? (1rst in a series) by Samuel Mela
If you want to learn a modern programming language and write programs that run on Microsoft Windows, then you should take a serious look a Microsoft C#, Express Edition. C#, Express Edition won't break your budget. In fact it's completely free, and if you have high speed Internet you can... To write a Windows Program, all you need to is click on the "File" menu item, click on "New Project", and click on the "New Project" icon when the "New Project" dialog box pops up. ... If you have never used Microsoft Visual Studio or a Microsoft Integrated Development Environment (IDE), there are a few...

Game Programming - Where Do I Begin? by Steven Bradley
Since you are reading this I will assume that you have an interest in game programming or are at least curious about it. What is game programming and how does that differ from other types of programming? This is one of the most common questions I see when it comes to game development and rightly... If you are going to be programming for UNIX, Linux, or MacOS the Microsoft compiler will not be available to use. ... At the top of the list is the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Express package. ... One of the biggest mistakes made by novice programmers and one that leads to frustration and...

Microsoft CRM Data Migration - Overview for Consultant Developer by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 is now parading and triggering Microsoft CRM installation, implementation, customization, data conversion, upgrade and migration interest. We often see the questions on data import and massage options to Microsoft CRM from such systems as ACT!, custom Oracle, DB2, MS... Scribe is catching up with migration tool, you may see natural delays with such features as duplication recognition (when you already have the lead, account, contact with similar phone number, email, contact name, etc.) • Microsoft CRM SDK Programming.