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Creative Effects Solutions
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1. Quandary: Want to add razzle dazzle creative effects to Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Fireworks, but do not have the time to create from scratch.
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  Solution: Eye Candy 4000 by Alien Skin is a collection of 23 time-saving filters that will fortify any user's creativity. Eye Candy is the only filter set on the market that combines practical effects like shadows, bevels and glows with stunning effects like Chrome, Fire, Smoke and Wood. This easy-to-use set is consistently ranked one of the top-selling graphics plug-ins in the world.
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2. Question: I use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and find it difficult to be very creative in my drawings or exact in imagine touchups with my mouse. Is there something I can use that would allow me to increase the level of my work?
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Solution: Drawing with a mouse is very unnatural. Drawing is an expression of freedom and creativity. When we use a pencil or pen we have more control over our creation. That is why Wacom’s Intuos and Graphire2 pressure sensitive tablets with a cordless pen are so popular. The Intuos graphics tablet system is the ultimate set of master tools for the creative professional. It's 1,024 levels of pressure sensitive control and 2450 lpi (or dpi) of resolution gives you the control you need in your graphics applications. It's this pressure sensitivity and resolution that gives Photoshop users the power to create accurate layer masks, dodge and burn with finesse, and get expressive with Photoshop's History brushes. Available with drawing surfaces of 4x5; 6x8; 9x12; 12x12; 12x18.

The Graphire2 4x5 Tablet is designed for everyday people interested in digital photography and creating digital art. Graphire2 Pen has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity-- half that of Intuos, yet 511 levels more than your mouse.

Beside the numerous graphic applications that Wacom’s Intuos and Graphire2 tablets work with, consider using Wacom with Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office XP for signature recognition.

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Electronic Document Solutions
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1. Situation: Our campus has numerous forms available that the faculty, staff and students use. These forms come from various departments and it seems that an individual can spend a lot of time tracking down forms across campus. Either walking over to get a form or calling till they reach someone consumes an enormous amount of non-productive time. How can we streamline this process?
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  Solution: With Adobe Acrobat 5.0 you can gather more accurate information and reduce costs with Adobe PDF forms. Create interactive forms that look like their paper versions. Link the forms to a Web server, so that users can fill them in and digitally sign them from within their Web browser. Anyone can open your document across a broad range of hardware and software, and it will look exactly as you intended — with layout, fonts, links, and images intact.
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Office Solutions
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1. Interested In: Just installed my Microsoft Office XP program and would like to learn more about the applications. Any tips and time-savings ideas would be helpful. Could you please provide a suggestion of any reference material available?
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Solution: There are a few books that you may find very helpful.
The first is Microsoft® Office XP Inside Out by Microsoft Press. This 1,632 page book with CD is for the Intermediate to Advanced user. Covering Microsoft® Access, Excel, FrontPage®, Outlook®, PowerPoint®, Publisher, and Word, this supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format. Build on what you already know about Office and quickly dive into what’s new--Develop custom solutions using macros and Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications--Import real-time data into spreadsheets and Web pages--Create professional-quality print and online publications--Build your own databases, and use powerful data-analysis techniques. The CD features: Macros and code samples--Intuitive HTML interface--Web links to Microsoft Office Tools on the Web, online troubleshooters, and product support--Additional files and templates—and more.

Another choice is the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit by Microsoft Press. This is a 640 page book with 1- CD for the Advanced User. Roll out, support, and optimize the next-generation Microsoft® Office suite with expertise from those who know the technology best—the Office XP product development team. This powerhouse RESOURCE KIT is the all-in-one reference that computer-support professionals and administrators rely on to install, customize, and support Office XP.

Lastly, for the beginner, experience learning made easy with Microsoft Office XP Step-by-Step by Microsoft Press. This book of 784 pages and 1-CD allows you quickly teach yourself how to use the complete suite of Microsoft® Office XP applications. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

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2. Inquiry: How can we take advantage of the new handwriting recognition and digital inking features found in Microsoft's Office XP?
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Solution: To use these new features, you need the ability to transfer your signature and handwriting to your application. Wacom Technology’s Graphire2 and Intuos line of graphic tablets with the Wacom cordless pen helps you do this. Office XP's new handwriting recognition allows you to use your Wacom pen to enter text by writing instead of typing. Your handwriting is automatically converted to typewritten text and inserted right where you want it.

The digital inking capability in Office XP gives you the freedom to annotate and draw right in your Office documents. Initial document changes and sign your name naturally-- you can even sketch illustrations using your Wacom pen that really help you make your point.

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Painting Solutions
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1. Concern: Find that Paint programs limit ones own creativity or does not take advantage of the Macs creativity.
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  Solution: The award-winning Studio Artist by Synthetik Software is The World’s First Graphics Synthesizer. Studio Artist is the first graphics software that can automatically paint and draw on built-in intelligent visual perception modules. You can use Studio Artist as your interactive partner or let Studio Artist do all the work. Whether you can draw or not, Studio Artist can creatively assist you in achieving new levels of expression. Unlike other paint programs with a small number of editable parameters, Studio Artist’s Paint Synthesizer module literally has hundreds of editable controls.
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Palm Computing Solutions
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1. Question: I use my Palm Organizer a lot and am always on the go. I would like to take pictures that I can save on my Palm to either later upload to my desktop or send wireless to a friend. What I can use to capture pictures into my Palm?
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  Solution: You can create a mobile photo album in a flash. The KODAK PALMPIX Camera connects to your handheld organizer to create a new kind of digital camera. The KODAK PALMPIX makes it easy to take and transfer pictures to your handheld organizer. PALMPIX adds visual capture capability to your Palm. Compact, lightweight and easy-to-use, PALMPIX lets you frame, take, view and transfer pictures to your Palm™ through its serial connector. HOTSYNC technology lets you upload the images to a computer where you can view and use them as color 24-bit VGA (640 x 480 or 320 x 240 pixel) images.
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2. Question: What makes the Kodak PALMPIX camera so different?
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  Answer: The PALMPIX camera is unlike any other KODAK digital camera. It has no moving parts; it does not have a flash, a Ready light, a memory card, or a zoom lens, but it turns your PALM handheld into a digital camera with 2X digital zoom. HOTSYNC connectivity allows you to upload your image to a desktop or laptop computer so you can save, manipulate, and e-mail standard JPEG, BMP or PICT files.
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3. Question: How are the PALMPIX images stored?
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  Answer: The images that you capture are stored in the PALM handheld and are then transferred to a computer for use. The number of pictures that you can store varies with the available memory on the handheld. In general, a picture uses 100K of available memory on the handheld.
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4. Predicament: Our campus uses the Palm handhelds and I find that I need to respond to e-mails and add notes to my Palm during the day at various locations. Is there an accessory that would help me?
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  Solution: Yes, the Palm™ Portable Keyboard is a full-size keyboard in a pocket-size package. This small, lightweight, portable keyboard is perfect for sending and responding to e-mail, composing memos or taking notes. Weighing in at just 8 ounces, this compact keyboard folds into its own case that’s just slightly bigger than your handheld.
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Visual Solutions - Diagramming Concepts
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1. Requirement: Our IT department is responsible for configuring and maintaining the campus networking and system layouts. We can use a diagramming tool to help with layout configurations and sharing ideas.
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Solution: Microsoft’s Visio 2002 Professional gives you a complete set of network diagramming tools to clearly plan and document existing networks, proposals for new infrastructure, and directory services. Easily Diagram IT Infrastructures

Assemble physical and logical network diagrams by dragging task-specific SmartShapes® symbols onto your page. Data stored in Visio diagrams is easily exported to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Word, and other reporting and data-analysis tools.

Available separately, the Visio Enterprise Network Tools add-in gives you a library of exact-replica hardware shapes and advanced diagramming solutions, such as AutoDiscovery and Layout.

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Visual Solutions - Learning Concepts
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1. Inquiry: Our school is looking for a software application that will allow our students to develop their ideas and organize their thinking skills as it relates to whatever subject they are studying.
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Solution: Inspiration Software Inc. is dedicated in developing and providing visual thinking tools that help build a solid learning foundation for all students and has developed two titles: Kidspiration, for Grades K-3 and Inspiration, for Grades 4-12
Research has shown that visual learning is one of the best methods for teaching thinking skills. Visual learning techniques — graphical ways of working with ideas and presenting information — teach students to clarify their thinking, and to process, organize and prioritize new information. Visual diagrams reveal patterns, interrelationships and interdependencies. They also stimulate creative thinking.
Kidspiration™ helps students K-3 see, organize and develop their great ideas. Using the proven principles of visual learning, young readers and writers build confidence in organizing information, understanding concepts and expressing their thoughts.

K-3 students use Kidspiration to:

  • Brainstorm ideas with pictures and words
  • Organize and categorize information visually
  • Create stories and descriptions using engaging visual tools
  • Explore new ideas with thought webs and visual mapping

Inspiration is a powerful visual learning tool that inspires students, grades 4-12, to develop ideas and organize thinking. Inspiration’s integrated diagramming and outlining environments work together to help students comprehend concepts and information. Inspiration is ideal for use in language arts, science, social studies and anytime your students need to structure research or other thought processes.

Inspiration assists you and your students in:

  • Brainstorming
  • Planning
  • Organizing
  • Outlining
  • Prewriting
  • Diagramming
  • Concept Mapping
  • Webbing
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2. Question: What is visual learning?
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Reply from Inspiration: Visual learning is a powerful method of teaching and learning utilizing graphical ways of working with ideas and presenting information that help:

  • Make abstract ideas visible and concrete
  • Connect prior knowledge and new concepts
  • Provide structure for thinking, writing, discussing, planning and reporting
  • Focus thoughts and ideas that lead to understanding and interpretation
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3. Question: How do visual learning techniques help students?
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  Reply from Inspiration: Visual diagrams reveal patterns, interrelationships and interdependencies. They also stimulate creative thinking. From planning a research paper or web site to analyzing an event in history or a novel, visual learning will help students:
Clarify their thinking
Reinforce understanding
Integrate new knowledge
Identify misconceptions
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Web DevelopmentSolution - Flash Enhancing
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1. Inquiry: Macromedia Flash has helped us develop some great animation and web graphics. But now we would like to enhance the impact of our Flash creations with music. Any suggestions?
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Solution: Macromedia® Flash™ is the application that brought the Internet to life. The ability of Macromedia Flash to integrate motion and sound changed the online experience forever. ACID Music and ACID Pro by Sonic Foundry has revolutionized music making. Click, paint, and play. If music is the universal language, ACID has made it easier for everyone to communicate. It was inevitable that two tools that provide such creative power to the masses would eventually interact. More and more, ACID is becoming the scoring tool of choice for Macromedia Flash presentations. It's fast, effective, and powerful for Windows-based users.

So... combine a powerful graphics package with an equally powerful music creation application, and what do you get? Sensory overload.

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Web DevelopmentSolution - Streaming Media
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1. Want to: I want to take the video that I captured from my DV camera and in corporate it into my web site. But how do I create and publish streaming media?
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  Solution: Cleaner 5 by Media100 is the best way to put streaming video and audio on your website. Recognized as the world-standard, Cleaner 5 is a complete camera-to-web streaming solution. Cleaner 5 is all you need to capture, author, encode and publish the highest-quality streaming media in all formats -- QuickTime, RealSystem, Windows Media, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and more -- at all connection speeds. Cleaner's revolutionary EventSteam authoring allows you to add stream navigation, synchronize HTML to streaming media, embed "Buy Me!" links and interactive hot spots, insert advertising, and more. Built-in StreamPublisher technology lets you publish your finished projects directly to a streaming server. Cleaner 5 is a complete camera-to-web streaming solution, and a critical tool in every web designer's toolbox.
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Wireless Solution
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1. Predicament: In our lab we have a phone line and want multiple PC’s to have access to the Internet. Is there a cost-effective solution without having to invest in wiring and that also allows us the flexibility to move and/or add PC’s within our lab?
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Solution: Wireless LAN is simpler than Ethernet, power-line or phone-line LANs to install and they offer the ultimate in flexibility. The AirStation modem model, WLAR-L11-M, by Buffalo Technology provides a routing function for users who just want to share Internet connections with multiple PCs from a phone line. Therefore, the WLAR-L11-M offers the dynamic IP masquerade function. Because of IP Masquerading function, multiple PCs can share one high speed line. The AirStation will allow the users to connect wirelessly as well as wired.

The AirStation, WLAR-L11-M, has the following functions. Wireless communication, Bridge, Routing, Address change, DHCP client, DHCP server, Packet Filtering, Timing, Logging, Reset to the factory setting, Utility communication, Firmware update, WEB setting, Wi-Fi compatibility, Self Diagnostic.
Language, PC, or instruction class setting.

The simultaneous Internet sharing or data sharing among 20~25 PC in a typical class room is shown below. The wiring cost can be saved significantly and layout change is easy using wireless system.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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