Computer Ease

Here are a few links I found. Enjoy…

CompTIA  http://certification.comptia.org/network/

Wiki Books   http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Network_Plus_Certification

Practice Exams   http://www.simulationexams.com/exam-details/network-plus.htm

e-learning  http://www.e-learningcenter.com/networkplus.htm

online video training  http://www.computer-training-software.com/netplus-t.htm

Study guides  http://www.mcmcse.com/comptia/network/networkplus.shtml

Study guide Wiki Books  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Network_Plus_Certification/Study_Guide

ProProfs Study Guide   http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/network-plus/index.shtml

ExamCram  http://www.examguides.com/network-plus.htm

Diagrammar Study Guide  http://network-plus.qarchive.org/

Techiwarehouse  http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cms/articles.php?cat=5

3D2F study guide  http://3d2f.com/programs/47-924-comptia-network-2005-collection-pactice-download.shtml

Globalspec  http://www.globalspec.com/Industrial-Directory/network_plus_certification

Softforall training guide  http://www.softforall.com/HomeEducation/TeachingTools/Network_plus_Practice_Tests05160193.htm

example of IPCONFIG/ALL

There are only 10 types of people in the world —
Those who understand binary and those who don’t.
So why binary?

When I touch the small letter “a” on my keyboard, this is the code that I send to the processor: 01100001

Which means nothing to you and me, but to the little machine that I am typing this explanation on, it means a great deal. The electrical impulse that is sent down your keyboard wire flows onto something that is loosely refereed to as The Data Bus and travels to the processor, 
The Brain: The processor processes the info and puts it back out on The Data Bus heading toward the Video Card.

The Video Card: is where my monitor is plugged in and the small letter “a” is displayed on my screen as fast as I can type.

Every keyboard stroke has a different binary code. (abcdefg both upper and lower case >,<.*&%$#@ ) they are all different commands to the processor.

When I hit the Delete key on my keyboard, this is the code: 01111111
And the item goes bye bye.

Binary code is simply electrical impulses on wires. A 0 means that the wire doesn’t have electricity on it and a 1 means that it does.

So when, in the first example of the letter “a”, 01100001, reading from left to right - the first 0 means the first wire has no electricity, the second wire has electricity, the third wire has electricity, the fourth does not; and so on a so forth. When those 3 wires are lit with electricity in that exact sequence, then the computer knows to display the letter “a” on your screen.

As you begin to understand that these wonderful entities that we call “computers” are just machines with electrical impulses on wires then we can cut them a little slack. They have no cognitive thought, no abstract thinking; they can’t decide if they want bacon or sausage with their eggs. They can’t recognize you when you enter the room. They are machines.
So the next time you surf the web or open a Word document or push the Auto Sum button on an Excel spreadsheet, think of all the processes that this machine has to accomplish so you can move that Jack on top of the Queen in Solitaire.
And remember, if you get frustrated and just start pecking keys, you’re sending more commands to that little electrical brain…
And you might just have to re-boot.
So the premise at the first of this article about the 10 types of people in the world? That is best left for the next article…

more on IP’s later…

Tim Berners-Lee 

The inventor of the Internet. 

Here is an interesting video that my youngest daughter sent to me…

Something to think about…

http://foureyedmonsters.com/neutrality/

Here are a few practice testing links that I came across for my students.

Thought I would share…
 http://certification.about.com/od/apracticeexams/l/bl_apluscore1.htm

http://certification.about.com/od/apracticeexams/l/bl_apluscore1.htm

http://certification.about.com/od/apracticeexams/A_Certification_Practice_Exams.htm

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Search/practice_exam.html

http://www.4tests.com/exams/exams.asp?cid=1

http://www.brothersoft.com/free-comptia-a+-practice-exams–proprofs-41289.html

http://www.freecomptia.com/core.html

http://www.mcmcse.com/forums/exams/

http://www.dirfile.com/free_comptia_a_practice_exams_proprofs.htm

http://www.techexams.net/coexams.shtml

http://www.bluechillies.com/query.php?text=a%plus%certification&page=1

http://www.certification-crazy.net/A%2B_practice_exams.htm

 http://www.softplatz.com/software/practice/

enjoy…

A few links concerning queries…

Writing beginning queries:

http://www.drewslair.com/desk/access_series/queries.htm

 MS Access for beginners:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA102473131033.aspx

College of Business writing queries:

http://classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/ba271/coffee/phase1/1-4.htm

Queries in 2002:

http://forums.aspfree.com/visual-basic-programming-38/how-to-write-this-query-in-ms-access-2002-vba-38521.html

MS Access Tutorial-Queries:

http://office.tizag.com/accessTutorial/accessqueries.php

Access Query Analyzer:

http://www.sharewareplaza.com/Access-Query-Analyzer-download_41535.html

A count query:

http://blogs.msdn.com/access/archive/2007/09/19/writing-a-count-distinct-query-in-access.aspx

Duplicate entries in queries:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/create-a-query-in-microsoft-access-to-find-duplicate-entries-in-a-table/

Enjoy…

Don’t miss my new page on Office 2007.

More to come…

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Word

Excel

A few things to keep in mind for your presentations:

1. The size of the room.

Turn the projector on and sit in the seat of the person farthest from the screen. Can they see? Font size? Color?

Stay away from pastel colors in larger venues. Be bold!

2. Font Size.

Ever get bored with a PowerPoint presentation? Why? Font too small? Too much information on one slide?

Things to consider. If you have a great deal of information that you are trying to get across, break it up into multiple slides. Don’t try and put 4 paragraphs on the underwater mating rituals of killer whales on one slide. You are apt to lose your audience and find yourself tap dancing with a bowl on your head to keep them awake.

3. Too much animation.

There was a preacher that pastored a small rural church and one Sunday the only one that showed up was an old farmer.

“Do you want me to preach anyway?” Was the question.

“Well, preacher, if I call the cows for dinner and only one shows up, I feed him.” Was the reply.

So the preacher began to preach. And he preached. And he sweated. And he preached. For about an hour and a half. When he was finally finished he came down off the platform and asked the old farmer how he liked the sermon.

“Well, preacher. If only one cow shows up, I don’t give him the whole semi load of hay!”

Less is more.

Don’t dump everything that you learned in your latest PowerPoint 101 class into one presentation. Save a little mystery for the next time.

It becomes too busy and cluttered and will become a joke if you put everything that you think is “cool” in one presentation.

4. Fonts

It is recommended that you use only about 3 different fonts in one presentation. KISS    Keep It Simple Sally (that’s the nice way of saying it)

Use fonts that are conducive with what your presentation is about but don’t go overboard.

Remember also that there are Fonts with “feet” and fonts without.

Arial for example have “no feet” on the bottom.

Times New Roman have “feet”.

It’s what we used to refer to as “Serif and Sans Serif”

If your font does not have feet, (Arial)then you subconsciously slow down the reading; therefore you would use font WITHOUT feet for headings and items of note. The points that you really want to make stand out.  If you use feet (Times New Roman) your eye is drawn from one foot to the other so that you can read very quickly. If you don’t believe me, pick up a copy of your local newspaper and note the font that is used for headlines and the font that is used in the body of the text.

Those pesky Bullet Points:

One of the biggest sources of frustration is Numbering and Bullets in Word. Here’s a key: Always think of Word Horizontally instead of vertically. Word IS NOT Excel! Say that over in your head three times… Word IS NOT Excel! Word IS NOT Excel! Word IS NOT Excel! There, now don’t you feel better by gum! Too many people try and make Word act like Excel and do things vertically but it is a word processor program.

Remember this: When it comes to Bullets, the Enter, Tab, Shift and Backspace key are your friends.

Begin by typing one word for your list or sentence, then apply the Bullets by pressing the Bullet Key. Then place your cursor at the end of the word or line and press the Enter Key. Automatically the next line will begin with the same bullet. You are now on the same level, to move in one level, press the Tab Key. When you hit your Enter Key again, you are still on the same level. Think Horizontally. You are not technically doing anything vertically. When you desire to go in another level, Tab.

Okay, you say, “that’s fine, but how the heck do I get back out again?”

Simple, Shift Tab. Tab got you in, Shift Tab will bring you back out.