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'The Online Netskills Interactive Course' (TONIC) is a web-based learning course on using the Internet. TONIC is an easy-to-understand, structured course, offering step-by-step, practical guidance on main Internet topics. The course is intended for beginners to networking who have some familiarity with computers. The course provides an introduction to the Internet and computer networks in general.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course provides an introduction to object oriented programming (OOP), aimed at those who have no prior experience of object oriented programming. The concepts of object oriented programming are demonstrated in Python, and Python's implementation of these concepts is discussed. By the end of the course, attendees should have a basic familiarity with these concepts and be able to assess wether the object-oriented paradigm is appropriate for their programming tasks.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, most of the examples in the presentation are of greatest relevance to scientific programming.

Please note that there are no practical exercises during this course.

The skills and knowledge covered in this publication will allow you to become quickly proficient in the changes and new features introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. Access 2007 is not included in this course.

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In this course you will learn how to use the key features of Microsoft Outlook 2007 to manage your e-mail, schedule your appointments, and keep track of your contact information. This publication is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use Microsoft Outlook 2007 to send and retrieve email, schedule appointments and events, and add contact information.

Watsonia workbook tutorials. Files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Outlook 2007 Level 2 will enable you to use some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Outlook 2007 to manage and organise your email, schedule meetings with colleagues, manage your contact information, and create task requests for others to perform. Microsoft Outlook 2007 Level 2 is designed for users who are keen to know hoe to use some of the more advanced aspects of Microsoft Outlook 2007 including organising email messages, restricting junk email, scheduling meetings, creating and managing task requests, and the like.

Watsonia workbook tutorials. Files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a simple introduction to using MPI for writing parallel programs to run on clusters and multi-CPU systems, for the purposes of "high-performance computing". It will cover the principles of MPI, and teach the use of the basic facilities of MPI (i.e. the ones that are used in most HPC applications), so that attendees will be able to write serious programs using it. It will describe other features that may be useful, but not teach their use. Any requests for particular coverage will be welcomed, but cannot be promised.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a detailed overview of using parallelism for achieving more computation in the same amount of elapsed time, covering both "shared memory" and "distributed memory" designs. It will concentrate on principles rather than details, to help attendees make the right decision and proceed in the right direction. It is aimed at users with significant programming experience who need more computation power than can be delivered by a single thread of execution on a single CPU core, including those who already program in parallel. The course is also designed for system administrators who need to support parallel codes, by describing the range of practical options, and their strengths, weaknesses, configuration issues and other important issues.

This course describes how patterns in text strings can be matched using regular expressions. A number of programming and scripting languages (such as Python, Perl, and Java) and other applications (such as Apache, PHP, Exim, and some text editors) support the use of regular expression patterns. Although there are some differences between the different implementations, there is also a lot in common.

The course has been modified and extended from the one previously given by Philip Hazel, the author of the PCRE ("Perl Compatible Regular Expressions") library, one of the standard and widely used regular expression libraries. The extensions are: Python and Java to the same level as Perl and PCRE; more warnings about problem areas, background usage and programming hints; and a short section on true (computer science) regular expressions and their uses when transferring data between programs.

Adobe Photoshop is the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry. It enables scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout.

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A Training CD-ROM on Adobe Photoshop CS2. It can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh. It is not necessary to have the application installed.

A VTC Training CD-ROM on Photoshop (version 5 and upwards) aimed especially at Photographers. It can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh. It is not necessary to have the application installed.

Following on from the "Photoshop: Basic Techniques" course, this course covers some of the more advanced feature of Adobe Photoshop, the popular image manipulation and editing tool for graphics and design professionals.

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SVI workbook tutorials on the presentation and graphics software package Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. The files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

A set of 2-hour tutorials on CD-ROMs on PowerPoint 2004 for the Macintosh. Hands-on exercises are not provided with this courseware.

This self-paced hands-on course gives a "quick start" introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 which is widely used software for preparing presentations. Participants work at their own pace using a workbook containing notes and exercises, with a demonstrator on hand to help.

This course gives a "quick start" introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint which is widely used software for preparing presentations.

This course will introduce the use of PowerPoint in the production of presentation for use with slides, foils and direct projection.

This workshop will cover some of the more advanced features of PowerPoint with plenty of opportunity to ask questions. The workshop is largely driven by audience questions. Please bring pen and paper as handouts are not provided.

The skills and knowledge covered in this publication are sufficient to create real-world presentations for sales, budgets, clubs, and more. In this course you will learn how to create a presentation, add animations, run a slide show, and print and publish presentations. This publication is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 to create computer presentations. It is ideal for people who work in areas where presenting information is important.

Watsonia workbook tutorials. Files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

The skills and knowledge covered in this publication are sufficient to build and enhance powerful, real-world presentations for sales, budgets, clubs, and more. In this course you will learn how to enhance text in a presentation, add a range of objects such as pictures and SmartArt drawings, and how to automate slide show presentations. This course is designed for people who need to enhance their current knowledge and skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. It is ideal for people who work in areas where effective presenting of information is important.

Watsonia workbook tutorials. Files for the exercises are provided on CDs.

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