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The Apple Email Scam That Amost Got Me!

Jan Carter September 17, 2022Scams Leave a Comment

Don’t Tap the Download Button!I received the following email today that appears to be a receipt for something I just bought from the Apple App Store. However, there were two things gave me a clue that this was a scam: First: I haven’t been on the App Store in weeks. Second: There was a button to download something. I’ve never …

Pranks Destroy Scam Callers-Glitter Bomb Payback

Jan Carter September 9, 2022Scams, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

This is Priceless! Just a quick note: This all started because this guy, Mark, had a package stolen off his front porch.

Have you seen this Congratulations email from T-Mobile?

Jan Carter September 9, 2022Scams, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

carterscorner400, YOU WON! Yeah, I was pretty excited. Since I’m a T-Mobile customer and I recognized the logo, I thought it was legit. But yeah…then I looked at the sender’s email address at the top: admin@tobaga.anslant.com Say what? Yeah, nothing about T-Mobile in there!So then I did an internet search on T-Mobile scams. Yep, you guessed it. This is the …

How to know when an email is a scam.

Jan Carter September 7, 2022Scams, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you but I get a ton of emails every day most of which are from senders I’ve never heard of. Occassionally I see a familiar name in their, like a friend. And occasionally I see one from a company with whom I do business, like Amazon. Or Journey’s, or even my bank. Don’t you just love …

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MS Word 365 106: Sharing Info, Cross Referencing, & Advanced Editing Tools

These are the features you’ll find most useful when you’re having to write a long document such as a term paper, a thesis, or a novel.

Prerequisites:

You should be proficient with the features discussed in Word 356 101 (Getting Started).
In order to maximize the learning benefits of this class, basic proficiency in PowerPoint® and Excel is a “plus,” although attending the related 101 sessions is not required.

Here’s what you can expect to learn:

How to set Tabs
How and why you’d work with bookmarks
How to create cross referencing links
How to create a Table of Contents (TOC) with tabs and bookmarks
How to troubleshoot said TOCs

From there we’ll switch gears and move onto sharing data between the MSOffice applications with these three methods:

OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange)
Copy and Paste: No links

Lastly, we’ll look at MS Word’s advanced editing tools:

Find and Replace
Auto Correct and Auto Text
Track Changes

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MS Word 365 107: Mail Merge

If you ever need to print out a ton of address labels, or even print addresses on a stack of envelopes, this feature will be your lifesaver!

Prerequisites:

You should be proficient with the features discussed in Word 356 101 (Getting Started).

This is probably the shortest outline ever. But don’t let that fool you; there’re a lot of steps involved.

You will learn how to:

Set up a mail merge for labels and envelopes
Use mail merge if you’re using MS Outlook for your email

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MS Word 365 105: Outlining Features

These are the features you’ll find most useful when you’re having to write a long document such as a term paper, a thesis, or a novel.

Prerequisites:

You should be proficient with the features discussed in Word 356 101 (Getting Started) and Word 365 102 (Styles and Templates) before you participate in this session.
Basic proficiency in PowerPoint® 365 is a “plus” for this session although it is not required.

Here’s what you can expect to learn:

How and when to work with bullets and numbers
Customizing your bullets and numbers
How and why to work with Word’s built in Outlining feature

Then use those features to move on to:

Learning two methods for creating a table of contents
Importing a Word outline into PPT to create a presentation

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MS Word 365 104: Document Formatting & Graphics

The features in this class will really help you to add some flare to your flyer or newsletter.

We’ll begin with theme options on the Design tab.

Explore the Theme group button
Talk about how to remove a Theme or document format
Override theme settings such as watermarks, page colors and borders

Then we’ll explore:

Quick Parts and Building Blocks
Working with pictures and shapes
Smart Art
A bit more on Word Art
Symbols
Formatting graphics with text

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MS Word 365 103: Tables and Columns

Many of the features you’ll learn in this lesson are helpful for creating documents that require special layouts such as financial reports, advertising flyers, or newsletters.

In order to add some flare to your flyer or newsletter, I suggest you continue with Word 365 104: Document Formatting and Graphics.

You will learn about:

Three type of “breaks” and when to use which type
How columns work and when to use them
How to work with tables
How to format tables
Table layout options
How and why to repeat table “header” rows

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MS PPT 365 102: Word Art, Clip Art & Drawing Tools

This lesson will allow you to unleash your creativity!

Here are the main features you’ll be learning:

Word Art and Word Art Styles
Smart Art and all the animation options
How to work with Text boxes
How to use all the drawing tools
Clip Art
How to work with pictures
The Basics of PowerPoint tables

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MS PPT 365 104: Charting & Tables

Knowing how to create or insert existing tables or charts can be a real time saver when creating your presentation. In order for you to get the most out of this lesson, it is strongly suggested you fulfill the prerequsites listed here. If I feel you are struggling with this material, it may be necessary to go through the prerequisites with you instead.

Prerequisites:

You must have a good grasp of the basic concepts of creating a presentation, inserting slides, and running a show, which are outlined in PowerPoint® 101.
You should know how to use the basic drawing tools as well as the “grouping” concept discussed in PowerPoint® 102.
PowerPoint® 103 covers animation effects that will be expanded upon in this session: Please know those concepts before attending this session.
Knowledge of Excel Charting will be a “plus” in order to maximize the possible learning benefits of this session; however, attending the Excel 102 Charting class is not required.

In this lesson I’ll teach you how to:

Insert a basic PPT chart
Activate the chart
Format charts
Work with the chart’s data sheet

Then we get into Excel charts:

Three methods for importing Excel charts
Animation options for all

Lastly, we get in to more details of PPT Tables vs. Excel Tables

Creating PPT tables
Editing and formatting PPT tables
Importing Excel tables
Editing and formatting Excel tables

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MS PPT 365 103: Templates and Master Slide View

This may seem like one of the more complex areas of PowerPoint, but after learning how it all works, you’ll be solving a TON of mysteries!

You’ll learn:

What Themes (aka, Templates) are
More about page setup
Options for changing background colors using themes, fonts, and effects
Slide Master view options
More about sound effects
Creating and using Action Buttons & Screen Tips

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MS PPT 365 101: Getting Started

PowerPoint is one of the easiest Microsoft Office Applications. This lesson will get you through all the basics well enough to where you can create an effective PowerPoint Presentation when done.

We’ll begin by getting you familiar with the screen:

The start up screen
Viewing options
Navigating the screen
Moving and deleting slides

Then we get into creating your presentation:

All three methods to creating presentations
Creating, inserting new slides
Slide layouts
Creating and working with bullet slides
Formatting text and bullets on your slide

Then the really fun stuff:

Adding transitions
Adding sounds
Setting transition speed
Setting up timings & rehearsing those
Defining your print options: It’s really handy to know how to print those speaker notes!

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MS Excel 365 103: Advanced Formulas

Once you’re comfortable with the basics of how formulas are put together, these will actually be a piece of cake for you to master!

BTW – If you’re not that comfortable with the three types of formulas, I strongly suggest you review the Excel 101 Course: Formatting and Formulas.

We’ll begin with some settings and tips that will help you to really “see” and troubleshoot formulas:

Viewing formulas in your spreadsheet.
Setting up and working with the R1C1 reference option.
Using the SUM function button.
Learning the importance of how rows and cols behave in formula shortcuts.
Working with non-contiguous numbers in formulas.

From there we’ll explore some of the more usefull funtion formulas:

COUNTA
COUNTIF
PMT (Pretty handy when you’re buying a car and want to know what the payments will be!)
IF (Aka, conditional formulas.)
NESTED IF (Use when you need to set multiple conditions in one formula.)
SUMIF (Adding numbers in a range of cells based on a condition.)
Then we move onto my favorite time saving tool: Named Ranges

We’ll wrap up this lession with one of the more interesting (some say confusing) concepts when it comes to formulas:

Abosulute vs. Relative

At the very end there’s an appendix with some of the more common function type formulas. Once you feel comfortable with the previous funtions, you’ll find that having these in your hip pocket will be very handy.

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MS Excel 365 105: Database Functions

Excel is what is known as a “flat file” database. That means that you can sort and extract data out of a single spreadsheet (vs. multiple spreadsheets), all based on criteria that you specify.

BTW – If you’re not that comfortable with the three basic types of formulas, I strongly suggest you review the Excel 101 Course: Formatting and Formulas.

We’ll begin by getting you familiar with some standard database terminology.

Then we’ll introduce you to some easy database functions with which you might already be familiar:

Sorting data on a single field
Sorting data on multiple fields

From there you’ll learn about some that may not be so familiar:

Applying basic auto-filters
Applying multiple auto-filters
Customizing auto-filters
Removing auto-filters
Setting up and applying subtotals

Pivot Tables are next:

Pivot Tables: What are they and how can they work for you?
Set up: Specifying fields, rows and formulas
Editing and modifying your pivot table
Pivot table charting

And we’ll wrap up this lesson with a couple more interesting Excel features:

Parcing data, aka, switching text to columns
Concantenate, aka, combining data from two fields into one

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MS Excel 365 104: Working with Mulitiple Sheets

The true power of Excel is really magnified when you start working with Multiple Sheets within a single spreadsheet file.

BTW – If you’re not that comfortable with the three types of formulas, I strongly suggest you review the Excel 101 Course: Formatting and Formulas.

We’ll begin with the basics of finding the sheet tabs and then talk about:

Inserting and Deleting Sheets
Renaming Sheet Tabs
Changing Sheet Tab Colors
Moving Sheets

From there we’ll have you start working with the grouping feature:

The Why and How to Group and Ungroup Multiple Sheets
Entering Data on Grouped Sheets
Formatting Cells and Data on Grouped Sheets

Then onto the really cool way you can…

Link Multiple Sheets with Formulas
Link Multiple Files with Formulas

Lastly, we’ll bring it all together with the very useful lookup function. That begins with:

Copy and Paste Values (Rather than Formulas)
Viewing Formulas
The R1C1 Reference Style
The VLookup Function

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MS Excel 365 102: Basic Charting Outline

Charting in any application might be one of the most challenging tasks.

In this lesson you’ll learn the one simple tip that takes all that confusion away. The light bulb will go off immediately and you’ll be volunteering to put everything in a chart.

Here’s a run down on what’s gonna get you started on your way to becoming a charting expert:

The two basic chart types and why you would use one over the other.
The difference between the X and Y axis and why they are key to a good chart.
The importance of the “row” and “column” settings (Pay attention to this; it’s a key tip!).
How to actually read and be able to explain any chart to your audience. (This is a great skill to master!)
All kinds of formatting options so you can make the most professional-looking chart.
The difference between “embedding” a chart vs. a “page” chart and why you might use one over the other.
Some basic chart printing options.

As I upload more MS Excel lessons (There will be 6 all together), you’ll learn about all the other really cool things you can do in this application, thus, making this one of the most powerful applications you can ever learn. Don’t get discouraged by having just one or two lessons under your belt at this point: Just knowing the stuff in these two lessons alone will put you miles ahead of any applicant that’s never dared to even try to learn Excel. And that will look very impressive on your resume!

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PC Basics101: Getting Started Outline

The goal is to make you a lot more comfortable when you walk into a computer store and they start talking in a whole ‘nother language. After you go through this course, you’ll be a lot more familiar with these topics.

Technical computer terms such as:

Operating Systems, Such as DOS and Windows
Memory vs. Storage
Megabytes, Gigabytes and Terabytes
Hard Drives vs Thumb Drives and All the Other Drives

Plus, you’ll learn helpful information about,

File Naming Rules
Folders and Managing Your Files
Keyboard Shortcuts
All the Various Types of Software Application Terms

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PC Basics 102: Windows Outline

When you’re new to computers, it can be very confusing when it comes to trying to figure out what the mouse is doing when you cick in different parts of the screen. This course will help you to understand that, as well as what those different parts of the screen actually do. We’d like you to know that there’s not much you can do to break your computer short of beating it with a hammer out of frustration.

Here are some of the things you’ll be amazed at learning about:

The three most common mouse shapes and what they do.
The difference between the left mouse button and the right mouse button.
Single clicking and double clicking: Why???
Well, and then there’s the right-click vs. the left click!

After you get your mouse under control, then there’s the screen:

What’s all that stuff on the Task Bar?
Or better yet, what is the Task Bar and where is it?
Are any of those buttons on the screen important?
How do you know if you have internet access?
How to find stuff?

And then we get you into the really cool stuff: Working with Multiple Windows:

How & why to open them
How to get around.

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PC Basics 103: Managing Your Files Outline

There’s nothing more frustrating then spending hours on a document only to not be able to find it after you close it. UGH!

This is the best course you’ll ever take when it comes to learning how files are store on your computer and having some control over it.

Even though these things may sound boring at first, you’re going to be thrilled when the light bulb goes off in your head:

What is the File Explorer and why’re you gonna care!
Navigating that incredible window: The more you understand what it’s showing you, the more you’ll love it!
The Importance of Folders and Subfolders and,
Yes, all those drives (C: and otherwise) you learned about in the first lesson.

You’ll then be getting into how to use all this stuff when you’re working in MS Word or any other application. They all share the same file folder, aka, File Explorer tool.

Here’s what else will prove to be invaluable:

How to move a file if you accidently put it in the wrong folder.
How to make copies just in case you don’t want to lose your orginal thoughts.
And again, how to find your work.

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MS Word 365 101: Getting Started

Whether you’re brand new to Word, or you’ve been at it for a while, you’ll be joining many others who are surprised at how much this application can do. And bonus, how easy it all is once you’re aware of it.

Just to get you comfortable before getting into some real work, you’ll learn about,

What the Status Bar is and how it can work for you.
Basic navigation and some keyboard shortcuts.
How to use the File menu.
How to set some of the more important features in the Word Options settings.

And, hopefully you went through the PC Basics 103 Lesson that talked you through how to use the File Explorer tool, becasue this is where you’ll really be seeing it’s value. A lot of people are tempted to skip this part of the lesson, but once you get through it, trust me, you’ll be soooo grateful to know it. It’s one of those things that you need when you least expect it.

You learn,

How to to create folders while working in Word.
How to make copies just in case you don’t want to lose your orginal thoughts.
How to rename them if you spelled them wrong….like we all do sometimes.

Once you’re through the housekeeping, you’ll get into the nitty gritty of,

Text Formatting: there are quite a few more options than just bold and underline.
Text Editing: A plus if your words don’t flow as smoothly from your brain to your keyboard like we all wish they would, LOL!
Some very handy page formatting tips like page numbering, margins, and more!

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MS Word 365 102: Styles & Templates Outline

I’ll bet you thought you learned everything in the Word 365 101: Getting Started class, right? Well, that wasn’t even the tip of the iceberg! I hope that if you were tempted to skip that course because you’ve been using Word for awhile, that you decide to go back and, at the very least, review the supporting document. Everything you learn here, is going to take off from what you learn there.

This course kicks off with Templates:

First, where they’re saved and how to get to them when you need them.
How to use them.
Then how to create and save your own.

Then you’ll learn about one of the coolest things that can go into a template: Styles

Working with the exisiting Styles.
How to create your own, and
How to modify them.

Fom there, you’ll get into the basics of working with Macros and why you might want to. (Yes, it’s a weird word, but a powerful feature of all Office Applications.)

As I upload more MS Word lessons (There will be 8 all together) , you’ll learn about all the other tools that can go into Templates, thus, making this one application that can carry a lot of weight on your resume.

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MS Excel 365 101: Formatting & Formulas Outline

I’ll bet you’re like a lot of other people who stay away from Excel because you believe you have to be really good at math to understand it. Yeah, I get it, I used to think that too. But guess what? That’s not true. Excel is set up so we all get to start at the same level no matter how far you went up in math classes in high school. From basic adding & subtracting to Calculus, everyone has to start at the same place in this application. Is that a relief or what?

So you all have to start with the basics of learning what’s going on with this screen: You know, things like,

Rows and Columns and Cells
The Formula Bar.
How to move around in all those squares (aka, cells)
How to type in this crazy looking screen.
Changing widths of the columns and why you need to do that.

Then we get into formulas.

Once you’re comfortable knowing the secret of how these are created in Excel, you’ll be on your way to making the application sing and dance. You’ll learn,

The term PEMDAS and why it matters.
The only two methods for creating formulas.
And a few shortcuts to doing calculations without even typing a formula.

After getting all excited that formulas are much easier than you might’ve thought, we’ll then have you cool down with some fun formatting techniques.

You can do it by the cell.
You can set rules.
And you can do it by the “table.” (A very cool shortcut!)

Lastly, you’ll need to learn how to print out the final product, so we’ll definitely go over that.

As I upload more MS Excel lessons (There will be 6 all together), you’ll learn about all the other really cool things you can do in this application, thus, making this one of the most powerful applications you can ever learn. Don’t get discouraged by having just one lesson under your belt at this point: Just knowing the stuff in this lesson alone will put you miles ahead of any applicant that’s never dared to even try to learn Excel. And that will look very impressive on your resume!

Click here to sign up now!

Zoom (Webinar App)

Maintaining a team dynamic has become more challenging over the last few years since more and more of you have begun working from your homes. That’s why it’s so important that you know how to use one of the most popular, easy to use, and easy to learn, remote communication tools in the world: Zoom

Being able to list this highly desired skill on your resume puts you way ahead of your competition.

You will learn…

How to create your own FREE account.
How to schedule meetings.
How to start and host meetings.
How to join a meeting as a participant.
How to record meetings and save the recordings.
How to work with all the Zoom tools as a host or participant.
How to share desktops and send files.
How to work with and save whiteboards.
How to leave or end meetings as a host or participant.

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