EIT Tech OPs http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/ The Real Story en Copyright 2009 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:31:09 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Want to be Cool too? Add new sounds to your PowerPoint Ever wonder where those cool EIT folks get those great sound effects for their PowerPoints? Well today is your lucky day. I am going to show you a little know secret about how you to can become a cool PowerPoint user. And it is all FREE!

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2007/06/what-to-be-cool-too-add-new-so.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2007/06/what-to-be-cool-too-add-new-so.html PowerPoint 2003 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:31:09 -0600 Bored with PowerPoint? Try a New Template Are you bored with the same old design templates in PowerPoint? If so, I have the simple fix for you. What if I told you there are hundreds of new and exciting PowerPoint Designs available for you to use with just a simple trip to the net. Need proof? Ok, here it is and all of these can be used for free.

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2007/05/bored-with-powerpoint-try-a-ne.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2007/05/bored-with-powerpoint-try-a-ne.html PowerPoint 2003 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:03:23 -0600 Flash media Pop-Up blocker The latest on-line pop-up ads are using flash media to get around traditional ad blockers and they are good at it. This was marginally tolerable so long as they stayed off to the side and danced in the moonlight but now some of these ads are covering the information until we click "close" enough times and they finally go away.

Here's "NoFlash", a freeware that allows you to turn flash on (there are times when we need it) and turn flash off. It's a small program that creates a tray icon which you right click to bring up a toggle menu. It shows a little red cross bar when flash is off.

Until Mozilla et al come up with a built in blocker, this will do the job. You can find more info about NoFlash here:
http://www.jcitssystems.d2g.com/

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/10/flash-media-popup-blocker.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/10/flash-media-popup-blocker.html Web Browsers Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:51:42 -0600 EIT Network Team Meeting Oct 13 2006 Network Core Team Meeting Notes

13 October 2006

Attending: Luke, Mike, Carol, Jim, Robert, Philip

Upcoming events:

Pending move of Eastmark into AG-Program tree

For meeting details please continue click continue:

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/10/eit-network-team-meeting-oct-1.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/10/eit-network-team-meeting-oct-1.html EIT Network Team Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:39:49 -0600 Save some time, organize your GW messages by day Like most users, I pretty much use GroupWise 7.x in default mode. Meaning, I don't normally customize the look and feel very much. However, I was looking at Dr. Lippke's mailbox on Wednesday, and he had these cool Group Labels separating his email out by day. I thought to myself, now that is cool.

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So, this Tech OPS entry will show you how to transform your email from a plain old list of email sorted by date, from, or subject to a list that is broken up by days of the week using Group Labels.

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/10/save-some-time-organize-your-g.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/10/save-some-time-organize-your-g.html GroupWise Tips Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:36:04 -0600 Photo Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2003 on the Fly Like most entries found on this blog, I post IT things that I find and think might help you get more out of your
computer and applications. I was attending and presenting at the District 10 Moving Face to Face Programs
to Online workshop this week, and Jim Segers showed off this cool feature in PowerPoint 2003.
The feature is built-in and works very well for creating Power Point Photo Album slide shows on the fly.
This method allows you to quickly create a slide show of photos which is a presentation that consists of a
title slide and a collection of graphic images. And, you can have more than one photo per slide.
You can also add captions to each photo and some special effects.

I encourage you to try it out and pass this info to your colleagues and agents.
If you would like more info about Photo Album in Power Point 2003 from Microsoft, click here.

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/09/photo-slide-shows-in-powerpoin.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/09/photo-slide-shows-in-powerpoin.html PowerPoint 2003 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:19:22 -0600 EIT Network Team Meeting - 1 Sept 2006 Network Core Team Meeting Notes

1 September 2006

Attending: Bob Cohen, Mike, Carol, Jim, Robert, Philip

Upcoming events:

Move of Eastmark into AG-Program tree

For meeting details please continue click continue:

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/09/eit-network-team-meeting-1-sep.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/09/eit-network-team-meeting-1-sep.html EIT Network Team Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:13:22 -0600 E.R. for your Computer - Simple Computer Triage The late Paul Sittler wrote an article for TnT back June of 2004 entitled, "Five Simple Things that Computer Users Should do to Prevent Problems." The article was and is a big hit with users because it gives clear guidelines on how to prevent computer problems. I encourage you to go back and read, "Five Simple Things that Computer Users Should do to Prevent Problems" by clicking here.

Following in Paul's footsteps, I thought it might be helpful to give you some do it yourself solutions for those times when your machine just seems to be getting cranky - like maybe it has a virus. These steps will show how to perform basic computer triage using Symantec AntiVirus, Spybot 1.4, Windows Defender, and ATF-Cleaner on a troubled machine.

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/09/er-for-your-computer-simple-co.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/09/er-for-your-computer-simple-co.html Security and Spyware Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:34:18 -0600 EIT Network Team Meeting August 30 2006 Network Core Team Meeting Notes

25 August 2006

Attending: Carol, Jim, Robert, Luk

Upcoming events:

Move of Eastmark into AG-Program tree

For meeting details please continue click continue:

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/eit-network-team-meeting-augus.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/eit-network-team-meeting-augus.html EIT Network Team Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:53:38 -0600 Become Offical, Adding a Agency Logo to your email Signature. I received a couple of emails this week, and I noticed each had this cool little Extension Logo down in the signature area. I have the normal email signature like most folks. You know, name, phone number, address, etc. But, I was unware that you could add a graphic image to your email signature, plus this little logo really seem to add a lot. Now, I must warn you that this signature graphic will only be displayed in GroupWise if you are running GroupWise in html mode. For info about GroupWise html mode, please click here for more info. (Note - this TnT tip was for GroupWise 6.5, but it still works for GroupWise 7.x)

So the question is, "how do I add the Extension or Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Logo to my email signature?" This OPS entry will walk you through the steps to add the official Extension or TAES logo to your GroupWise email signature. (Note - You must be using GroupWise 7.x to add a graphic image to your email signature.)

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/become-offical-adding-a-agency.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/become-offical-adding-a-agency.html GroupWise Tips Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:09:58 -0600 Printing Web Pages with FireFox Since I have started this blog, I have had several folks say, "When I print off your instructions I lose the right hand text and graphics". The next question is, "How do I fix that?"

Well if you are a user of Internet Explorer, there is hope. IE 7, which is due out some time in the near future, is going to have a Print Preview that will let you print web pages correctly without chopping off the right hand content. However, great news, there is no reason to wait on Microsoft because there is a solution already out there in the World!

Say hello to Firefox 1.5! With just a simple click on Print Preview, you can print webpages with all the content on the right hand side.

To download FireFox 1.5, please visit www.mozilla.com/firefox

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/printing-web-pages-with-firefo.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/printing-web-pages-with-firefo.html Browser Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:10:48 -0600 Spice up Your Email when Sending Photos, and put a Smile on the Receiving Party Back in January, I introduced you to PhotoStory 3 for Windows XP. If you would like to read that OPS entry, click here for more info. I suggested that you take it for a spin, and offered some ideas on using it for 4H and Interpretative events, educational programs, attachments to emails, and even adding photo albums to your TECO website.

Anyway, I heard back from many of you, and needless to say PhotoStory was a hit! If you have not used it yet, I encourage you to try it. For this OPS entry, I am going to show you how to prepare a PhotoStory to be sent by email. You can add a little spice to your email by sending those photos of 4Hers, pictures of the grandkids, or those great photos of the hunt to someone in the photostory format. Plus, you don't have to worry about resizing each photo.

This will also make the person on the receiving end of the email very happy because PhotoStory does an excellent job compressing the files down a optimal size for email.

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/spice-up-your-email-when-sendi.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/spice-up-your-email-when-sendi.html Photo Story Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:29:43 -0600 Add a Little Color To Your GroupWise Calendar I was talking to a colleague of mine, Robert Jenson, last week about adding a little color to my GroupWise Calendar. If you are not currently using the GroupWise calendar, I strongly recommend it. It does some great things. Anyway, I asked if it was possible to assign different colors to each day in the month view. For example, like holidays in red, yellow, or something. After a little research, we concluded that you could not recolor days in the month view of the calendar, but you could catagorize each event on that day. And, along with categorizing each event, you could then give that event a specific color.

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This OPS entry will demonstrate how to catagorize your events and assign each event a different color using the GroupWise Calendar.

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/add-a-little-color-to-your-gro.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/08/add-a-little-color-to-your-gro.html GroupWise Tips Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:03:17 -0600 EIT Network Team Meeting July 27 2006 Network Core Team Meeting Notes

27 July 2006

Attending: Carol, Mike, Jim, Robert, Philip

Upcoming events:

Tarrant County Office move (Jim and Aimee)

For meeting details please continue click continue:

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/07/eit-network-team-meeting-july-1.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/07/eit-network-team-meeting-july-1.html EIT Network Team Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:12:20 -0600 EIT Network Team Meeting July 21 2006 Network Core Team Meeting Notes

21 July 2006

Attending: Luke, Mike, Jim, Robert, Carol, Phillip


Upcoming events:

Install of Ft. Stockton Backup server (Robert)
Install of replacement tape drive at Uvalde (Robert)
Tarrant County Office move (Jim and Aimee)

For meeting details please continue click continue:

]]> http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/07/eit-network-team-meeting-july.html http://agrilifeblogs.tamu.edu/mt/wtexas/2006/07/eit-network-team-meeting-july.html EIT Network Team Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:50:31 -0600