Tip of the Week: 5 Simple Google Spreadsheet Formulas You Should Know

If you hate Excel and are looking for something different/more robust, check out Google Spreadsheet. It's free and has capabilities that Excel does not. Here's a link to an interesting article to show you some interesting aspects of the program.

Office 10 Default Font

I got an e-mail from Marge Sawtelle this morning commenting on the default font change from Times New Roman to Calibri. Marge wondered how I felt about it and wanted to share an interesting article about the change.

I got used to the change with Office 07 and found that I really liked the change. Of course, I should admit I am not a big fan of Serif fonts in general.and Times New Roman in particular. With all the fonts out there, the assumption that only a Serif font works for large areas of text is no longer relevant online or in print. That's what I think anyway.

What do you think?

Faye

8 Amazing Blogging Lessons from Albert Einstein

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/8-amazing-blogging-lessons-from-albert-einstein/

Tip of the Week

Toggle Between Text and Cell in a Table

To toggle between selecting a cell and the text within that cell, click with the Type tool anywhere in the cell. Then hit the Escape key: Now the cell itself is selected. Hit the Escape key again, and the text is selected. You can keep hitting Escape, but you'll never escape...

- Claudia McCue (InDesign Magazine)

Tip of the Week - Photoshop is NOT a Bad Word

I found the following guest blog by Matt Kloskowski on Photoshop Insider very interesting, and I think you will to. Here's an excerpt with a link to the full article:

Hey everybody, Matt Kloskowski here. First off, a big thanks to Scott for letting me write about this, as I’ve been wanting to for a while now. So here’s the question: “Is Photoshop a bad word?”

Personally, for photographers, I think it’s 100% necessary if you want to compete today. Technology has changed everything. The world knows that Photoshop exists. The standards by which photography was judged, even just 10 years ago, don’t hold up against today’s standards. We expect more from a photo. more...

Free InDesign CS5 Videos from lynda.com

Lynda.com is offering some free video tutorials for InDesign CS5. Of course they'd like you to buy, but these are free and helpful. Check them out.