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iBooks Author – The Future of Learning

13 March 2012: iBooks Author is a brand new FREE application from Apple. iBooks Author enables you to explore your world in ways you never thought possible – it’s all at your fingertips.

Inbox Zero: Become An Email Ninja

1 March 2012: So how do you become an email Ninja? In this presentation, the demonstration will focus on several simple strategies for dealing with and responding to emails in as little time as possible.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac 101

9 February 2012: Using Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac it’s easy to create powerful, compelling and most importantly compatible files from the comfort of your Mac.

Photoshop Elements 10

26 January 2012: Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 is an amazingly powerful image editing application with some fantastic easy to use features. All the Fun of Photoshop at a Fraction of the Price!

Balance Your Budget the Easy Way

12 January 2012: Whether it’s a wedding, a home or office refurb, the monthly shopping or the purchase of a new item such as a car or computer, keeping within your budget is essential to the success of “the project”. Spreadsheet expert Mike Thomas will show you how to balance your budget and keep everything on track.

Personalizing Christmas

8 December 2011: Stuck for a gift for a friend, colleague or loved one? Why not send them something special that they’ll treasure forever that doesn’t have to cost the earth. In this timely webinar, Elaine Giles will be showing you how to create personalised cards, calendars and other customised gifts for Christmas.

Painless Plastic Surgery in Pixelmator

1 December 2011: There are times when everyone feels they could benefit from a little enhancement and if it’s pain free all the better. Tonight we’re taking at a look at digital plastic surgery in Pixelmator.

WordPress First Steps

24 November 2011: This is a follow-up to our previous webinar, Setting Up WordPress The Right Way. In this part you’ll learn all you need to know to get going with WordPress for blogging and beyond.

Setting Up WordPress the Right Way

17 November 2011: Not only is WordPress the most popular blogging platform, but set up in the right way, it’s also an effective content management system for building a website, enabling anyone with a web browser and an Internet connection quickly and easily create and update content.

Creating Your Personal Cloud

10 November 2011: The future of digital storage is in “The Cloud”. In this webinar you’ll learn where to find over 60GB of FREE Cloud-based storage that you can use forever and how to best deploy and utilize that storage.

Pixelmator 2: A First Look

3 November 2011: Pixelmator 2 is an amazing creative tool, whether it is photographic manipulation or asset creation, Pixelmator is the perfect tool for the job. Join me to explore the new features.

Presenting on an iPad

27 October 2011: In only 18 short months since its release, the iPad has become a must-have business tool and is the perfect partner for a presenter.

Let’s Talk iPhone

4 October 2011: Join us live as Apple host their media event in Cupertino. iPhone 5? iOS5? Whatever the news be there to share it with the MacBites Crew and a chat room full of MacBiters!

Showcase Your Images

30 June 2011: It seems that everyone has a digital camera these days and whether you’re using a camera phone or a digital SLR, taking the photograph is only the beginning of your imaging adventure

WWDC 2011 Keynote

6 June 2011: Steve Jobs and his team will be delivering the WWDC keynote on Monday 6 June 2011 and MacBites will be covering it live. Come and join the MacBites Crew as we discuss what goodies Cupertino has in store for us.

iPad 2 Event

2 March 2011: The iPad 2 is finally making it’s long awaited appearance and we’ll covering it live. Come and join the MacBites Podcast Crew as they discuss what goodies Cupertino has in store for us.

Creating Effective Screencasts

13 December 2010: From inception to delivery, through storyboarding, recording, voicing, editing, adding motion graphics and compression you’ll be taken on a guided tour of all that’s necessary to take your screencasting skills to the next level.

A Trainer's Guide to ePublishing

29 November 2010: ePublishing is a mine field of file formats, competing standards and incompatible devices. This event will demystify the current ePublishing landscape so whether it’s a manual, a quick reference guide or a workbook that you want to appear on a Kindle, an iPad, an iPhone or a smartphone we’ve got you covered

Creating a Training Manual – Part 2

30 September 2010: You’ve created a training manual and you thought the hard work was over. Following on from Creating a Training Manual Part 1, tonight’s demonstration looks at how to re-purpose your training materials

Creating a Training Manual – Part 1

16 September 2010: Producing training manuals. The very thought conjures up images of spending days (and nights) slaving over a word processor. Join us tonight and we’ll show you how you can produce a training manual in just one hour.

Screen Capture

26 August 2010: As a trainer the ability to effectively create, manage and work with screen capture is an essential skill. Thankfully, things have moved well beyond the Print Screen key in recent years and tonight we’ll be demonstrating some of the best of breed screen capture applications together with software to manage and techniques to automate the processing of your captures.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

19 August 2010: Dreamweaver CS5 is the latest iteration of Adobe’s flagship web design tool. Our demonstration is focusing on the new features added to this version aimed at making web site development faster.

Google Wave

29 July 2010: Wave promises to revolutionize the way people work together, offering real time content sharing, communication and collaboration. If you’re anything like us once you’ve tried it you’ll never want to work without it.

Evernote

24 June 2010: Evernote is the world’s most popular notebook with millions of registered users worldwide. It is the ever expanding repository for all your notes, files, images and audio clips, available all the time, from multiple platforms and mobile devices.

Adobe Bridge CS5

17 June 2010: Managing images is hard enough but what of other file formats – web pages, documents, letterheads, flyers, videos, audio files and many others? Well that’s where Bridge has you covered.

Dropbox

27 May 2010: Dropbox is fast becoming a must have online service. Join us to learn how to synchronize, share & secure your data, your files, your digital life from any platform, any device and all for free.

The Essential Toolkit For Trainers

6 May 2010: Whether you are a professional trainer, a facilitator, a teacher or you just assist your friends with their computer related troubles this event is for you! We’ll be demonstrating some vital practical software, services and techniques for keeping you ahead of the game.

Adobe Creative Suite 5

15 April 2010: To celebrate the launch of Adobe Creative Suite CS5 we’ll be running a special CS5 Event. Come along and see us demonstrate many of the new features across the applications.

Microsoft Office 2010 Revealed

25 March 2010: It’s the NWIITT Microsoft Office 2010 launch presentation and we’ve got all the inside news on the new Office suite together with free resources for all attendees. As well as having demonstrations of many of the new features within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and more, we’ll also be taking a close look at the most obvious change across all the applications – the new user interface and Backstage view.

Data Visualization

12 March 2010: A picture’s worth a thousand words they say and this session will demonstrate the drawing and diagramming techniques that make it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information.

Windows 7

25 February 2010: 7 tips for Windows 7. As we enter the next decade, virtualization is fast becoming a key skill. Although The Mac is fast gaining market share, Windows still rules the corporate market. In this presentation, you’ll get the best of both worlds as we show you how to install and run some productivity-busting features of Windows 7. Although we’re using Mac OSX as the host platform, it could just as easily be Linux or Windows itself.

Lightroom 3 Beta

21 January 2010: Tonight we’ll be taking a look at Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta, Adobe’s latest incarnation of it’s premiere digital workflow application which provides tools to assist with every stage of the photographic process from downloading the image to final delivery.

Christmas Party 2009

3 December 2009: Come and celebrate Christmas with NWIITT. If previous years are anything to go by, there’ll be great food, great company and plenty of geek and techno chat. All are welcome (including friends and partners) and we look forward to seeing you there

NWIITT Networking Night

17 September 2009: Networking is an essential way to market yourself and your business. Tonight we provide the opportunity to meet up with other trainers in a cosy, informal atmosphere.

Practical Pivot Tables for Business Analysis

27 August 2009: Creating neat, informative summaries in Excel from huge lists of raw data is a common challenge. Pivot Tables, one of Excel’s hidden gems, can solve this problem.

Holiday Photo Workshop

13 August 2009: It’s that time of the year again … you’ve just returned from holiday. All your wonderful memories captured with your digital camera. What better time to pick up some new photographic skills.

Inbox Zero – Become an E-mail Ninja

30 July 2009: Are you drowning in a sea of email? Do you regularly get the dreaded “Inbox Full” message from your SysAdmin? If the answer to either of these question is “Yes” then this presentation is for you!

Flash – Streaming Media Magic

16 July 2009: In this presentation you will learn how to create a Flash project from start to publish. Learn the fundamentals of working with Flash including working with symbols, creating and controlling animations, adding audio, creating buttons, and video.

Documents Extreme Makeover

25 June 2009: “It’s all in the presentation”. How many times have you heard that said? Whether it’s your CV or a Sales Proposal, what you type in a document is just the beginning – words alone won’t always get your message across.

Stylish CSS in Dreamweaver

11 June 2009: Originally providing a way to control the appearance of elements on a web page, CSS has come a long way. Come along and discover some cool techniques of CSS which will add some pizzazz to your websites.

Presentations Extreme Makeover

28 May 2009: Most people know HOW to build a presentation … but that’s only half the story. If you want your presentations to be clear and effective, the best thing you can do is forget about the default settings and templates, along with any of your own preconceptions about what makes a good presentation.

RAW Alchemy

14 May 2009: Most of us have access to a digital camera but are you getting the best out of it? No idea what RAW is? Heard of it but confused? Using it but want to get more out of it? We’ve got you covered

Network Your Way Out of the Recession

30 April 2009: In the current economic climate, networking is an essential yet cost-effective way to market yourself and your business. Tonight we provide the opportunity to meet up with others in the IT industry in a cosy, informal atmosphere. So come along and expand your circle of contacts and acquaintances.

Photo Delivery – How to Wow – Part 2

23 April 2009: No matter how good your images are, whether you show your photos via the web, slide show or print, the delivery is the key in how to wow your audience.

Spreadsheets Extreme Makeover

26 March 2009: Spreadsheets – boring lists of boring numerical data! Well that’s often the perception anyway. After a while every table and every chart begins to look the same. In this presentation we will demonstrate a number of ways that you can bring your spreadsheets to life.

Spry – Ajax in Dreamweaver CS4

12 January 2009: Spry provides the ability to retrieve, manage, and integrate data into your web page content without requiring a page refresh. This creates a much more seamless and interactive experience for your users.

Flash – Streaming Media Magic

16 December 2008: Flash is an advanced authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content for digital, web, and mobile platforms. Use it to create interactive websites, rich media advertisements, instructional media, engaging presentations, games, and more.

Christmas Party 2008

4 December 2008: Come and celebrate Christmas with NWIITT. If previous years are anything to go by, there’ll be great food, great company and plenty of geek and techno chat.

Acrobat 9 – Going Beyond Reader

24 November 2008: Everybody’s heard of Acrobat Reader but to stand out from the crowd you really need to know all the new features available in Acrobat 9.

Cloud Computing – 18 November 2008

18 November 2008: Imagine a world where you don’t have to purchase and install software. Imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about data loss. Imagine a world where you don’t need the latest and greatest hardware to run your applications…Imagine a world where you can access you data any time, from any place, from anywhere…

Cloud Computing – 10 November 2008

10 November 2008: Imagine a world where you don’t have to purchase and install software. Imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about data loss. Imagine a world where you don’t need the latest and greatest hardware to run your applications…Imagine a world where you can access you data any time, from any place, from anywhere…

Acrobat.com

4 November 2008: Acrobat.com is an exciting collection of online services providing document creation, collaboration, conversion, sharing and storage. And best of all – It’s completely FREE.

The Holy Grail – A Paperless Office

27 October 2008: Promises of a paperless office have abounded for many years but somehow the reality has never lived up to the expectation….until now !

GMail Powertips

16 October 2008: Gmail is more than just another web-based email client – and it’s FREE! Attend this online meeting, part of our series of Google-related events, learn how to get the most out of Gmail and become a Gmail power user!

Photo Delivery – How to Wow

7 October 2008: No matter how good your images are, whether you show your photos via the web, slide show or print, the delivery is the key in how to wow your audience. Tonight we’ll show you how to make your images stand out from the rest and keep your audience engaged with your story.

Image Management with Google Picasa

18 September 2008: With digital cameras and camera cell phones getting cheaper every month, the volume of digital media on our hard-drives will continue to grow leaps and bounds. Photo sharing websites such as Picasa Web Albums (owned by Google) not only make it easy for others to view our content, they also act as reliable backup services in the event of a system crash.

Making Sweet Music Together (Online)

16 September 2008: So far we’ve been looking at the Adobe Creative Suite applications in isolation from each other. Tonight all that changes and we harness the power of using two or more of the applications together to maximize the benefits of each.

Making Sweet Music Together

20 August 2008: This is the final part of our summer look at Adobe’s Creative Suite and we’ve saved the best for last!

Painless Plastic Surgery (Online)

12 August 2008: There are times when everyone feels they could benefit from a little enhancement and if it’s pain free all the better. Tonight we’re taking at a look at digital plastic surgery in Photoshop, digital Technology can hide every fault from bumps to lumps, wrinkles to crinkles, complexion, hair, cellulite and teeth which are all digitally enhanced and every imperfection is fixed.

Painless Plastic Surgery

29 July 2008: There are times when everyone feels they could benefit from a little enhancement and if it’s pain free all the better. Tonight we’re taking at a look at digital plastic surgery in Photoshop, digital Technology can hide every fault from bumps to lumps, wrinkles to crinkles, complexion, hair, cellulite and teeth which are all digitally enhanced and every imperfection is fixed.

Adobe Creative Suite – Mission Control

30 June 2008: The explosion in digital photography has only exacerbated the problem but tonight help is at hand in the form of Lightroom the digital Swiss army knife for photographers and photograph management. From managing a few snapshots to delivering a full digital album Lightroom has all the features you need to put the fun back into photography.

Adobe Lightroom

10 June 2008: Tonight we’ll be taking a look at Adobe Lightroom, Adobe’s new digital workflow application which provides tools to assist with every stage of the photographic process from downloading the image to final delivery

Microsoft Office Real World Case Studies

20 May 2008: In the training room we like to work with tried and tested examples – demonstrations and exercises that we know will work. However, it’s only when you come to use a program in anger that you really find out about it’s capabilities, it’s limitations and it’s annoyances. In this presentation Mike will provide an insight into the development of a number of real-world applications that he has built in Microsoft Office.

Google's Free Office Suite – Part 2

28 April 2008: After last month’s introduction we take the opportunity to examine the more powerful features of Google Docs.

Acrobat Connect and Photoshop Express

16 April 2008: Ever wondered what the Start Meeting button in Adobe Reader does? Well wonder no more ! Tonight you are invited to join an online event using Adobe Acrobat Connect.

Google's Free Office Suite – Part 1

15 April 2008: OK. You’ve probably already got Microsoft Office, so why do you need Google Docs? Simple … for all the things Microsoft Office was never intended to do and for FREE!

Creating Video Based Training Materials

31 March 2008: Following on from February’s highly entertaining and practical demonstration of software and methodologies for creating training materials tonight we move on to the creation of video training content.

Google's Magic Notebook

11 March 2008: The presentation will cover all you need to know to get the best out of Google Notebook. You’ll be up and running in minutes. In fact, since the meeting is online, why not follow along with our live and interactive demonstrations.

Creating Training Materials

25 February 2008: Do you want to understand how training materials are created? Do you need to construct training of some sort? Do you need to create more effective training resources? And most of all do you need to work faster?

Google Calendar

12 February 2008: In this presentation Mike will give you a guided tour of Google Calendar – a FREE online calendar application.

Windows Vista – A Whistle Stop Tour

28 January 2008: Although it’s been out for 12 months, it’s only now that businesses are beginning to seriously roll-out Windows Vista. So tonight’s presentation could not be more timely and relevant. Join us for a whistle-stop tour of Vista where we’ll be covering some of the new and improved productivity-enhancing features.

Christmas Party 2007

6 December 2007: Get into the Festive Spirit at the NWIITT Christmas Meal. We’ve gone for early December before the work parties and Nativity plays start – so you’ve no excuses

Getting Things Done

26 November 2007: Getting Things Done is the title of one of the most popular self-management books of the information age. David Allen outlines an intuitive approach for managing the ever increasing intensity and volume of communication, workflow and responsibility ever present in today’s working environment.

Creating Bullet Proof Solutions with Access

15 November 2007: You’ve sweated blood, you’ve designed the database, built the tables, queries, forms and more – it’s ready to go …or is it? Have you underestimated the ability of your users to ‘break’ your application?

Supercharge your Spreadsheets with Functions

29 October 2007: Do you spend hours each month turning raw data into useful information? You can fight this type of Spreadsheet Hell with help from Excel’s key functions.

FREE Training Resources

18 October 2007: Did you know just how many training resources there are available online for free? Not just limited samples of expensive enterprise-level solutions, but a complete range of tutorials, how-to’s and general advice. Don’t waste your time looking – we’ve done it for you and we’ve got a plethora of FREE resources to demonstrate tonight.

Adobe InDesign CS3

16 October 2007: Tonight we take a look at the impressive new features of InDesign CS3. We’ll be demonstrating how you can create slick InDesign materials faster and easier than ever, from catalogues created with the Data Merge feature to export documents in XML for immediate use on your website.

Effective Presentations

24 September 2007: The next regional event is on Monday 24th September when Elaine Giles will be delivering a presentation entitled “Effective Presentations”.

Integrating Dreamweaver and Fireworks

18 September 2007: At this meeting we will show you how Fireworks and Dreamweaver can work together to facilitate rapid website development, from concept to delivery

Summer Social 2007

20 August 2007: The summer months mean that many people are on holiday. We’re still meeting up at The Old Pelican but just to make sure nobody misses out on our informative presentations, we’ve decided to make the August meeting a social event.

Crystal Reports

25 June 2007: Crystal Reports is fast becoming the ‘must have’ tool for presenting data quickly and professionally in a business. Data sources such as Relational databases, Business Objects Universes, SAP, Peoplesoft, XML and many others can be used.

Creating Bulletproof Solutions with Excel

12 June 2007: The last thing you need is to hand an application off to a user, leave for vacation, then have your boss call you back because of an unhandled error that’s brought the company to a halt. Mike’s presentation will show you some techniques for creating bulletproof applications in Excel

Adobe CS3 Launch

21 May 2007: To celebrate the recent launch of Adobe Creative Suite CS3 we’ll be running a special CS3 Event. Come along and see us demonstrate many of the new features across the applications.

Outlook 2007 New Features

15 May 2007: This presentation will cover some of the exciting new features of Microsoft Outlook 2007.

Photoshop Magic

30 April 2007: Following our highly successful 2006 Photoshop workshop we’ve managed to persuade our resident imaging expert, Elaine Giles, to dazzle us with techniques we can all use to improve our photos.

Acrobat 8

17 April 2007: PDF is the standard for distributing and exchanging electronic documents. This event covers the more advanced features that will help you get the most out of your time with Acrobat.

Video Editing

26 March 2007: This event will cover how you can capture, edit, package and deliver a range of video based materials using a variety of applications from free video converters through to professional level editing suites.

Business Solutions with Spreadsheets

13 March 2007: This presentation will provide some practical examples of how spreadsheets can be used to solve real-world business problems.

Computer Security

26 February 2007: This presentation will be addressing a variety of security issues, and how they might affect you as business owners, advisers or end users

iTunes for Learning and Beyond

13 February 2007: Tonight we’ll be showing how you can use the free iTunes software to access free high quality learning materials available from the iTunes Music Store and other online sources.

An Apple a Day

29 January 2007: We are starting the New Year with a visit to The Apple Store in The Trafford Centre instead of our usual meeting. This is a fantastic opportunity to see and experience what Apple can do for you and your business.

PowerPoint and Excel 2007: By Request

16 January 2007: This online event follows on from our well received Office 2007 launch event in November 2006. So it was put to the vote at that meeting and by popular request Excel and PowerPoint were singled out for a more detail demonstration.

Christmas Party 2006

5 December 2006: Come and join us for some festive fun and chat at the NWIITT Christmas meal. Partners/Guests are most welcome

Microsoft Office 2007: Launch Event

27 November 2006: It’s the NWIITT Microsoft Office 2007 launch presentation and we’ve got all the inside news on the new Office suite together with free resources for all attendees.

What is OpenOffice?

14 November 2006: OpenOffice is a fully-featured office suite compatible with leading office products. It was the first product to deliver the benefits of open-source software to mass-market users, delivering essential everyday software tools. Tonight we will present an overview of each component of the Suite.

Turning Point: Interactive Group Response

30 October 2006: Tonight Derek Peters will be demonstrating TuringPoint – a response system designed to integrate with PowerPoint.

Managing and Analysing Data Using Excel Pivot Tables

10 October 2006: Most people tend to shy away from Pivot Tables, as they see them as too complex – and to be honest, when you first use a Pivot Table the whole thing can seem a bit daunting. Don’t be put off by this as persistence will almost certainly pay off.

Publishing with Adobe InDesign

25 September 2006: InDesign is able to produce a broad range of documents including newsletters, product leaflets, adverts, posters and sales material if not effortlessly then at least easily. We’ll be taking a look at a range of features applicable to many of these documents.

Become More Productive with Microsoft Outlook

12 September 2006: Everyone is looking to increase their productivity and there’s no better way to achieve that than by making the software you already have work better for you. Tonight we’ll be demonstrating how Outlook can be configured for optimal returns on your time.

Microsoft Project

21 August 2006: Taking the fear and guesswork out of working with Microsoft Project

Advanced Excel Forms – Part 2

8 August 2006: As Mike said when he delivered a presentation on Excel forms at the March Regional Meeting – “to do the subject justice, you have to spend more than an hour on Excel forms.” With that in mind, this presentation continues where the last one ended – with a look at the more advanced elements of Excel forms – including combo boxes, list boxes, spinners, custom controls and multi-page forms.

Advanced Reporting with Microsoft Access

31 July 2006: Microsoft Access Reports provide an easy way to output your data in a professional format. Although the built-in Wizards will get you started, most applications require additional functionality that can only be done ‘by hand’. This presentation will cover some of these areas: Multiple-column reports, Criteria-based reports, Printing alternate row colours, Printing the current record via a command button on a form.

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts

18 July 2006: Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts are three of the hottest topics in the world of IT and IT training in particular. This presentation will cover these exciting new areas and how they relate to training.

Summer Social 2006

11 July 2006: Chat and good food are the order of the day (well night). Good company and no doubt plenty of IT related discussions.

Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel

26 June 2006: Excel contains a number of very powerful (and often under-used) Data Analysis Tools and tonight we’ll be showing you how to get the most out of them

Advanced Forms in Microsoft Access

22 May 2006: Microsoft Access forms provide a quick and easy way to modify and insert records into your databases. Although the Wizard will get you started, most applications require additional functionality that can only be done ‘by hand’ which is what we’ll be demonstrating tonight

Mind Mapping with MindManager

18 May 2006: Mind Maps are a simple but infinitely versatile technique for improving the speed at which these tasks can be handled and the effectiveness of the time spent working on them. First described by Tony Buzan in the 1970′s Mind Maps have become a favourite methodology for numerous situations for millions of people.

Digital Imaging Workshop

24 April 2006: Now’s your chance to get your own photos restored, touched-up and digitally re-worked by our resident Digital Imaging and Photoshop Expert, Elaine Giles.

Building Forms with Microsoft Excel

27 March 2006: This is the first instalment of several Excel presentations that will be delivered throughout the year and focuses on the magic that is Excel forms

Advanced Access Queries

16 March 2006: This presentation will look at the different types of query, including update and append queries. We will also show you how to use complex selection criteria, create calculated fields and set up SQL Union queries.

Designing Accessible Web Sites

27 February 2006: Alan Holding from the Manchester Digital Development Agency is our guest speaker for this meeting and will demonstrating the creation of accessible web sites.

Microsoft Word Add-Ins

16 February 2006: Add-ins add functionality to Microsoft Word. These small, sometimes free, but always cost-effective, programs will save you time and increase your productivity.

Macromedia Studio 8

30 January 2006: The presentation will concentrate on how to integrate the elements of the Studio and the improvements made in each application with this latest release.

Creative Christmas with Publisher

28 November 2005: Learn how to create your own Christmas card, gift tags and more.

Financial Modelling Using Excel

31 October 2005: Being able to use the features of Excel is one thing but applying them in day-to-day working life can be quite another. In her presentation Emma will discuss the practical use of Excel techniques for budgeting and financial management.

Don't just tell them..show them with Camtasia

26 September 2005: Camtasia Studio 2.0 is where screen recordings meet interactive multimedia. Record, Enhance and Publish, with these 3 steps the power of Camtasia Studio is unlimited.

Creating and Managing Fonts

22 August 2005: Elaine will delve into the techniques that allow you to manage your fonts. She will also cover how to create and edit fonts.

Access VBA – the Whys, Hows and Benefits

25 July 2005: The aim of the presentation is, through practical examples and discussion, to give you an understanding and overview of VBA in Access.

More to life than Internet Explorer

27 June 2005: Believe it or not there is life beyond Internet Explorer and the NWIITT June meeting will be taking you there!

Powerful Report Management with Excel

23 May 2005: A demonstration of the Excel Report Manager add-in, learn how to create, save and print custom-built reports from different worksheets in your workbook.

Cost Effective Ways to Defeat Spam

25 April 2005: At a rapid-pace, in less than 60 minutes, attendees will not just realise how and why they became a victim of Spam but importantly they will be told how they can personally prevent Spam, and the malicious payload it often carries, even reaching their PC.

Creating Streaming Flash Video

21 March 2005: Using Macromedia Flash and a few clever tricks learn how to take any video file from AVI’s to material from domestic video tape and stream it on your website or distribute it on a self playing CD or DVD.

Avoiding the Top 10 Acrobat Pitfalls

28 February 2005: Elaine will be covering the ten most common creation mistakes in creating PDF files which leave users frustrated and disillusioned with your document.

ASAP Utilities

31 January 2005: ASAP Utilities contains over 300 useful and powerful utilities to fill the gaps in Excel, and automate frequently used tasks.

Digital Imaging: Enhance Your Images

29 November 2004: So you’ve got your digital camera and probably taken a few (hundred!) photos or you’ve scanned some of your old photos. Tonight Elaine shows you the next step.

Macros and VBA in Access

11 November 2004: Macros are very useful for automating simple tasks, such as carrying out an action when the user clicks a command button. You don’t need to know how to program to use macros.

The Benefits of Networking Computers

25 October 2004: The business benefits of creating a computer network are immense. This event will look at both the why and how of creating a computing network.

A Night at the Opera

14 October 2004: With Opera you’ll have a much better web browsing experience – and be more productive too so join us tonight and get the low down on the world’s fastest browser.

Essential Utilities for Trainers

27 September 2004: The presentation tonight will focus on several utility applications which are particularly useful for trainers and the jobs they do.

VBA – Visual Basic for Applications

9 September 2004: VBA, the programming language created by Microsoft, can be used to perform many tasks in MS Office, including editing macros, automating processes and adding custom functionality to the software.

Search Engine Optimisation and FTP

23 August 2004: FTP is used to upload your website to a web server. But there’s more to it than that.

Digital Imaging

11 August 2004: So you’ve got your digital camera and probably taken a few (hundred!) photos. What next? Using both Photoshop and PaintShop Pro Elaine will be covering several important topics in the digital imaging arena.

Visual Basic for Applications in Access

26 July 2004: Valerie will be demonstrating several practical implementations of VBA in Access.

Broadband and ISP's

24 May 2004: Looking for an ISP and Broadband provider can be quite a chore tonight we provide some practical advice from painfully gained experience to help you in your choice of ISP.

Going Technical – Microsoft Certifications

26 April 2004: A practical guide to the many certification programmes offered by Microsoft.

Open Evening – 2004

29 March 2004: Come along and meet the Chief Executive of the Institute of IT Training.

Virtual Environments

23 February 2004: The field of virtual environments (VEs) has grown rapidly in recent years and encompasses many areas of computer graphics, geometric modelling, simulation and human-computer interaction.

I.T. Quiz Night

28 January 2004: A computer themed quiz night – with a fantastic prize!!

Microsoft Office System 2003 (Online)

4 December 2003: Elaine Giles will be repeating her excellent presentation that she gave at our October meeting. She will give an introduction to the new features of the latest version of the Microsoft Office Suite.

Use of CBT and E-Learning

25 November 2003: Tim Lane (author of ‘Learning To Succeed’ and Managing Director of AbilityCounts) will be talking about the effective implementation of E-Learning within a corporate environment and why trainers need to embrace this technology and treat it as their ally NOT their enemy.