New eBay Seller Resources

New eBay Shipping Guide- eBay's new guide, Shipping Made Easy, will show you how to get boxes and supplies, figure your shipping charges, select shipping options when you list your item, print labels, and more.

A new demo on how to research items before you list yours to see what similar things are selling for.

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Intermediate Word Classes in Springfield

The Intermediate Word 2010 1 & 2 classes in Springfield went well. Students were amazed at all the Word program can do. We covered:

Intermediate Word 2010 - 1

• Illustrating documents with graphics- inserting a graphic, sizing and scaling a graphic, creating a text box, creating WordArt, drawing shapes, creating a chart.


• Working with themes and building blocks- applying Quick Styles to text, applying a theme, customizing a theme, inserting a sidebar, inserting Quick Parts, adding a Cover Page, creating Building Blocks inserting Building Blocks


• Merging Word Documents- understanding Mail Merge, creating a Main Document, designing a Data Source, entering and editing records, adding Merge Fields, merging Data, creating Labels, sorting and filtering records

Intermediate Word 2010 - 2

• Developing Multipage Documents- building a document in Outline view, working in Outline View, navigating a document, generating a Table of Contents, marking entries for an Index, generating an Index, inserting footers in multiple sections, inserting headers in multiple sections


• Working with Styles and Templates- modifying predefined styles, creating paragraph, character, linked, custom list and table styles, creating a Quick Style set, managing styles, creating a template


• Working with References- working with AutoCorrect, customizing footnotes, working with Citations, modifying citations and managing sources, generating a Bibliography

Fun classes!

Classes in Springfield

Quite a few folks have taken classes we've offered at the Greene County Extension Office in Springfield, MO. While it's worked out quite well having everyone bring their own laptop, we have run into some issues and are updating our instructions as we go.

If you have taken any of our classes in Springfield, have you thought of any other suggestions for improvement?

If you haven't had a chance to take any, do you have any questions?

Windows 7 and Office 2010

We upgraded our staff and lab computers to Windows 7 and Office 2010 in December and are now teaching classes on these programs.

It's fun! There are some new features that I really like- the way the Taskbar works now- you see small windows showing all items - documents, emails, etc. you have open in that program- when you slide onto the program icon on the Taskbar- you slide over them to see them bigger and then click on the one you want to switch to it. This is much easier than seeing a list and trying to figure out which is the one you want.

The button to show the desktop (and, in effect, minimize all open windows) is at the very far right on the Taskbar- after the time. You don't even think it's a button unless you put your pointer on it and see the desktop- again- if you click it, you switch to the desktop.

It's interesting that we now have "File" again in the Office programs- this time in the form of a tab- the first tab on the Ribbon. It works a little differently than they old File menu (Office 2003 and previous) or the Office Button (Office 2007), in that when you click it you no longer see your document. You still use it to get to the same choices, New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, etc.. To return to your document you just click a differnt tab.

Have you upgraded? What do you think of Window 7 and Office 2010?

Groupon

Always new ways to use technology- have you tried these out:

Groupon negotiates with businesses for deals that are usually 50 - 90% off- here's all you do:

1. Go to the site and choose your city.
2. Get daily deals on local business through your email, Facebook or Twitter.
3. Share it by letting others in your networks know.
4. Print a voucher or show it on your mobile device to get your deal.

LivingSocial works basically the same way- not as many cities to choose from here- Springfield, MO is not a choice- too bad!

University of Missouri Extension- Lawn and Garden Programs

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· Flowers and houseplants
· Fruits
· Grasses and ground covers
· Landscaping
· Trees and shrubs
· Vegetables
· Pests and diseases

Looking for Information you can Trust?

For information and "how to" articles on so many topics- visit the University of Missouri Extension website. You'll find many things on line as well as classes and events scheduled around the state that you can attend.

You can be confident in what you're getting because the information is research based. Be sure to check it out! What kind of information will you find?

• Lawn and Garden
• Nutrition and Health
• Emergency Managementment
• Business and Careers
• Families and Relationships
• Agriculture
• Natural Resources
• Home and Consumer Life
• Community and Leadership