Dan St. Hilaire

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Lunch Bite Webinars Confirmed for Next Week 6/20

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  June 14, 2012  /  Webinars   —   No Comments ↓

This month's lunch bite sessions include two events for Microsoft Excel and Two Events for Microsoft Outlook. They are being held on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Simply click the register links and regiser online. All events are completly free!

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Evolution of the Online Training Classroom Model

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  May 29, 2012  /  Industry News   —   No Comments ↓

Distance learning has evolved from a small offering of correspondence courses to entire universities offering complete degree programs online. Modern online degree programs continue to evolve at a rapid pace and offer a variety of students the opportunity to receive a college education and career training. Now, students don’t have to decide between on-campus or online learning, because some schools are offering hybrid programs which include both in-class and online instruction.

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Microsoft Office Tutorial Videos

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  May 25, 2012  /  KnowledgeWave News   —   No Comments ↓

KLS ( the KnowledgeWave Learning Site) is an online learning portal that provides continuous learning on popular business software for business users. With over 1,200 video tutorials and more added on a regular basis, often times based on member requests, Log on to Learn is the most affordable and comprehensive training platform on the web for the Microsoft Office.

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6 Tips to Keep You Safe Online

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  May 3, 2012  /  Industry News   —   No Comments ↓

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Excel Topics Featured for Upcoming Lunch Bites Webinars

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  April 30, 2012  /  Webinars   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Excel is a wellspring of useful features for so many different purposes. That's why this month we're having an Excel-ent lunch with our Lunch Bites series. Two of this month's topics will focus on varying aspects of Excel. The first will look at Excel charts while the second will look at headers, footers and printing options. Let's be honest, we've all been flustered by the printing appearance of our spreadsheets in Excel.
These free sessions are just 15 minutes of your time, but will reward you with great time-saving tips and tricks that will save you hours. Come for one, sign up for both, it's up to you. Just don't miss them!

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Introducing Function Fridays!

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  April 27, 2012  /  Excel   —   No Comments ↓

Fridays just feel like a day for rewards. It’s the end of the week, we’ve put in a good effort and we’re looking ahead to the weekend. Well, we’d like to give you something else on Fridays. That’s why we’re introducing, Function Fridays. Every Friday we’re going to post a new video tip on an Excel function… for free. These short tutorials get right at the heart of how to use the functions that can make your Excel life easier. Now, that sounds perfect for a Friday.

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Tags: Excel

Create an Interactive Access Form to Filter a Query by Date Range

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  April 23, 2012  /  Access   —   46 Comments ↓

Date ranges are a very common filter that database users want to implement in their queries. For example, let’s say your company sells office supplies and your databases tracks customer orders. You want to run a monthly query that summarizes total orders.

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How to Calculate Weekdays Between Two Dates in Excel

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  April 10, 2012  /  Excel   —   1 Comments ↓

Calculating the number of workdays between two distinct dates can be a pain to do, manually. However, Excel has a great function that will help you accomplish this. It involves using the NETWORKDAYS function.

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Have a Side of Knowledge With Your Lunch

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  April 6, 2012  /  Webinars   —   No Comments ↓

For the past few years we've brought quality training to your desktop through 30 minute and 60 minute webinars. Every month we offer free sessions on topics of interest to most users. Well, we're going to keep on doing that. However, we're mixing up the format to meet the needs of our customers, wherever they are.

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Quick Tip: Delete an Unwanted Address from the Microsoft Outlook Auto-Complete List

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  March 21, 2012  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Outlook does many things that save time and streamline our communications process. In fact, it’s hard to remember how we business communications worked before the days of email. Each time you correspond with a new person, Outlook stores this address for quick recall at a later time. This is a good thing. We’ve all used this. You start typing an address and one, or several, options appear for us to select.

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Shut Down. No, Sleep. No…

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  March 15, 2012  /  Windows   —   No Comments ↓

Access the Start Menu Properties by right clicking on your Start menu.
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Outlook Categories: Newer, Better, Brighter!

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  March 8, 2012  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Categories got a complete makeover. They work throughout Outlook in many helpful ways. Any Outlook item you create can be categorized by right clicking on the item and choosing categorize. The first time you use each category you will be asked to name the category. There are six categories by default (all named for colors) but you can add many more.

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Is YouTube The Future of Online Education?

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  March 7, 2012  /  Industry News   —   1 Comments ↓

Is YouTube The Future of Online Education?

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Class Alert! Microsoft Excel and OneNote Classes

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  February 22, 2012  /  KnowledgeWave Courses   —   No Comments ↓

KnowledgeWave has added a few new classes to our schedule. We expect these to be popular courses so we are providing advance notice. Register early to secure your seat as these classes are available nationally. All of these new courses are running Live at KnowledgeWave in South Burlington, Vermont. You can attend at our South Burlington facility or remotely or from your home or office.

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Microsoft Word 2010: Shortcuts for Applying Heading Styles

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  February 14, 2012  /  Word   —   4 Comments ↓

Styles are hugely important in Microsoft Word. Styles allow for consistency in formatting, ease in changing the look and feel of your document and access to naviagation and reference tools.

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