Training CDs
Information Technology has a number of interactive training CD-ROMs that may be borrowed for up to one month. CDs include multimedia tutorials such as instructional movies, video clips and interactive exercises.
To borrow CDs (limit 3 at a time), users will need to go to the Marcus Library Circulation Desk. Training CDs will play on both Mac and PC computers unless otherwise noted.
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Graphic Design & Layout
(click links to view contents of CD-ROM volume sets)
- Learning Acrobat 5 Professional (1 CD)
- Learning Acrobat 8 Professional (2 CDs)
- Acrobat 9 Pro - Creating Forms (1 CD)
- Acrobat 9 Pro - Essential Training (1 CD)
- Illustrator CS4 - Essentional Training (1 CD)
- Illustrator CS3 - Essential Training (1 CD)
- Learning Illustrator CS (6 CDs)
- Learning Illustrator 10 (2 CDs)
- Learning Illustrator 9 (1 CD)
- Keynote (2 CDS)
- Photoshop CS4 - Essentional Training (1 CD)
- Photoshop CS3 - One on One (1 CD)
- Photoshop CS (8 CDs)
- What's New in Photoshop 7 (1 CD)
- Learning Photoshop 6 (2 CDs)
- Advanced Photoshop 6 (1 CD)
- Learning QuarkXPress 5.0 (6 CDs)
- New Features in QuarkXPress 6.0 (1 CD)
Learning Illustrator CS (6 CDs)
Volume 1: Intro To Illustrator CS, Illustrator Interface, Basic Object Creation, Modify Basic Objects, Pencil & Brush Tools, Assign Color & Stroke, Stacking Order, Direct Select Tool, Type Tool, Selection Techniques, General Preferences, Save As AI & EPS
Volume 2: Repeat Transform, Rotate Tool, Ruler Guides, Rotation Design, Scale Tool, Compound Paths, Grouping, Text On Path, Layer Basics, Pen Tool Basics, Advanced Pen Tool
Volume 3: Spot Colors, Blending Objects, Shape Morphing, Gradients, Clipping Masks, Patterns, Pattern Brushes, Modifying Paths, PDF Format, Units & Display Preferences
Volume 4: Guide Objects, Advanced Path Patterns, Help Files, Reflect Tool, Gradient Mesh Tool, Drop Shadows, Scratch Disks, Scissors Tool, Pathfinder, Document Setup, Page Tiling, Stylize Scribble Effect
Volume 5: Appearance Palette, Line Styles, Align & Distribute, Transform Each, Envelope Distort, Outlining Text, Character Controls, Paragraph Controls, Text Wrap, Threaded Text, Working With Transparency
Volume 6: Working with Symbols, Actions, Graphing Tool, Auto Trace, Smart Guides, Web Export, Web Slicing, 3D Rotate, 3D Extrude & Bevel, 3D Revolve & Mapping
Learning Illustrator 10 (2 CDs)
Volume 1: Tools, Anchor Points, Layers and Grouping, Collect and Flatten, Creating Templates, Placing Paths, Stroke Basics, Rows and Columns, Working with Text, Spell Checking, Palettes, Shape Objects, Transformations, Aligning and Distributing, Compound Path and Clipping Mask, Applying Color, Gradients, Transparency and Masking, Knockout Group, Enveloping and Meshes, Smart Guides and Rulers, Scissor and Knife, Pathfinder
Volume 2: Liquify Tools, Appearance and Styles, Multiple Strokes and Fills, Converting Effect to Shape, Group Appearance, Distort and Transform, Rasterizing, Effects, Moving and Linking Styles, Filters, Blending, Charts and Graphs, Styling Type, Column Designs, RGB and Screen Graphics, Saving for the Web, Image Maps, Symbol Introduction, Image and Photoshop Integration, Placing Images, Variables Palette, Linked Images, Deleting a Data Set, Overprinting, Creating a Template, Auto Trace Feature
Volume 1: Getting Started, Keynote Basics, Build a Keynote Presentation, Working with Media, Working with Images, Voice Over, iTunes Importing,
QuickTime Movie, Animations, Object Properties, Working with TablesVolume 2: Charts, Builds and Transitions, Print Slides, Master Slides and Themes, Using Photoshop Elements To Create Graphics, Styles for Text and Background, Photo Correction, Using iPhoto to Work with Photos, Export for Webpage, Using Flash MX with Keynote, Working with Gradients and Canvas, Working with the Drawing Tools, Working with Frames, Tweening, iMovie, Importing DV, Splitting Clips and Importing PSDs, Importing Audio and Resizing, Titles and Splitscreen, Effects and Movie Maestro, Exporting for Keynote CD Style, Utilities
Volume 1: Intro to Photoshop, Basic Monitor Set up, Preferences, Open and Save Files, Cropping, Rotate Canvas, New Document, Viewing Images, Brushes, Basic Selections, Magic Wand Tool, Selection Techniques
Volume 2: Pencil Tool, Clone Stamp Tool, Color Replace & Patch, Healing Brush Tool, Paint Bucket and Fill Command, Dodge, Burn and Sponge Tools, History & Art Brush, Gradients & Color, Patterns, Preset Manager, Type Tool, Working with Layers
Volume 3: Advanced Selections, Filter Gallery, Shaped Tools, Layer Styles, Align and Distribute, Layer Groups and Comps, Hue and Saturation, Color Variations, Scanning, Resolution, Match Color, Automatic Photomerge
Volume 4: Pen Tool, Paths, Rendered Effects, Lighting Effects, Basic Compositing, Advanced Compositing, Photo Filters, Selection Fills, Blending Modes, File Browser, Using Photoshop Help
Volume 5: Extract Filter, Replace Color, Layer Masks, Quick Masks, Levels, Adjustment Layers, Warp Text, Liquefy, Create Layer, Save for Web, Sharpening, Web Photo Gallery
Volume 6: Working with Grayscale, Curves, Creating Duotones, Magic Tools, Keyboard Shortcuts, Layer Nesting, 3-D Effects, Display Options, Grids and Rulers, Photoshop for Video, Contact Sheets, Using Special Filters
Volume 7: Colorizing, Special Blur Filters, Displacement Maps, Picture Package, Magnifying Glass Project, 3-D Transform, Puzzle Pieces, Acrobat Files, Actions, Batch Processing, Droplet, Slicing for the Web
Volume 8: ImageReady Overview, ImageReady tools, Image Correction, Saving and Output Settings, Styles and Color, Image Maps, Text Effects, Rollover Buttons, Basic Animation, Ttweening, Transparency, Web File Formats
Layer Sets, Changing Layer Types, Grouping Layers, Llevels, Selective Color, Channel Mixer, Threshold, Posterize, Invert, Corrections, Blending Modes, Brush Controls, Pressure Sensitive Tablet, Masking, Effects, Combining Effects, Creating Styles, Paths, Layer Clipping Paths, Shape Tool, Illustrator to Shape, Perspective Crop Tool, Color and ICC Profiles, Embedding Profiles, Output Formats
Learning Quarkxpress 5 .0/6.0 (7 CDs)
Volume 1: Quark Interface, Working With Guides, Navigating Through Quark, Modifying Items & Contents, Working With Documents, Tool Palette, Text Fundamentals, Using Character Attributes, Other Text Tidbits, Picture Fundamentals, Picture Effects, Picture Contrast Options
Volume 2: Runarounds In Depth, File Formats, Update Missing Items, Print Dialog Box Options, Setting Preferences, Formatting Master Pages, Insert & Rearrange, Color Models, Colors Palette, Changing Default Colors, Editing Colors, Trapping Overview
Volume 3: Tabs, Tables, Step, Repeat & Duplicate, Linking Text Boxes, Align, Style Sheets, Spell Check, Find & Change, Leading, Hyphenation & Justification, Tracking & Kerning, Paragraph Management
Volume 4: Anchored Text, Rules, Text Paths, Picture Contrast, Clipping Paths, Text Runaround, Stacking Order, Libraries, Attribute Find & Change, Color Separations, Composite Print, Collect For Output
Volume 5: Auto-Trapping, Manual Trapping, Sections, Books, Chapters, Managing Color Documents, Calibration Overview, Color Mgmt Preferences, List Style Sheets, Creating Lists, Append & Duplicate Lists, Displaying Lists
Volume 6: Bezier Shapes, Type To Outlines, Type To Picture, Transparent EPS, Scripts Menu, Indexing, Layers, Create Web Document, Rollovers, Hyperlinks, Image Maps, Working With Meta Tags
Volume 7: (This volume is intended for users familiar with QuarkXPress 5.0 and includes 2-hours of expert instruction on all New Features of QuarkXPress 6.0) New Projects & Layouts, Paste In Place, Undo & Redo, Layers, Export Layout To PDF, Synchronized Text, Full Resolution, Table Creation, Web Publishing, Multi-Page & Print Features, Collect For Output, XML Document Feature
- Dreamweaver CS4 - Essentional Training (1 CD)
- Internet Explorer 5 (CD)
- Learning Entourage 2001 (1 CD)
- iLife 05 (1 CD)
Volume 1: iTunes-Aquire Music, iTunes-Play Options, iTunes-Share Music, iPhoto-Acquire Images, iPhoto-Organize & Edit, iPhoto-Share Images, iMovie-Acquire Assets, iMovie-Editing Movies, iMovie-Work WIth Sound, iMovie-Share Movies, iDVD-Movies, iDVD-Make Disc
Office 2000
- Microsoft Access 2000 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Outlook 2000 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Project 2000 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Word 2000 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Excel 2000 (1 CD)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (1 CD)
Office XP - Microsoft Word XP (1 CD)
- Microsoft Excel XP (1 CD)
- Microsoft PowerPoint XP (1 CD)
- Microsoft Access XP (1 CD)
- Microsoft Outlook XP (1CD)
- Office 2003
- Microsoft Word 2003 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Excel 2003 (1 CD)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Access 2003 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Outlook 2003 (1CD)
- Microsoft Publisher 2003 (1CD)
- Microsoft FrontPage 2003 (1CD)
- Integrationg Office Applications (1CD)
- Office 2007
- Microsoft Word 2007 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Excel 2007 (1 CD)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Access 2007 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Outlook 2007 (1CD)
- Office X (Mac) - Requires OS 9.x to run
- Learning Entourage 2001 (1 CD) - Requires OS 9.x to run
- Learning Excel X (6 CDs) - Requires OS 9.x to run
- Learning Word X (6 CDs) - Requires OS 9.x to run
- Learning Powerpoint X (3 CDs) - Requires OS 9.x to run
- Office 2004 (Mac)
- Learning Office 2004 (1 CD)
- Office 2008 (Mac)
- Microsoft Word 2008 - Essential Training (1 CD)
- Microsoft Excel 2008 - Essential Training (1 CD)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 - Essential Training (1 CD)
- Microsoft Entourage 2008 - Essential Training (1 CD)
Volume 1: Window Elements, Enter Data, Saving Your Work, Edit Cells, Formulas, Functions, Moving Information, Formatting Cells, Columns & Rows, Print Preview, Print Options, Help Options
Volume 2: Navigate & Select, Go To, Auto Formatting, AutoCorrect, Fill Commands, Custom List, Sorting, Advanced Formatting, Find & Replace, Spell Checking, Drawing Tools, Worksheets
Volume 3: Headers & Footers, Insert & Delete, IF Function, Absolute References, Linking, Range Names, 3-D Functions, Advanced Functions, Text Functions, Setting Flags, Custom Views, Arranging Windows
Volume 4: Hyperlinks, Lookup, Data Validation, Outlining, Subtotals, Filtering Data, PivotTables, Consolidate, List Toolbar, Import Wizard, Add-Ins, Analysis Tools
Volume 5: Paste Special, Basic Charting, Advanced Charting, Troubleshoot, Share Workbooks, Track Changes, Cell Protection, Style Sheets, Web Documents, Wizard Tools, Toolbars, Menus
Volume 6: Change Options, Finding Documents, Inserting Comments, Set Print Area, Templates, Defaults, Calculator, Tables & Arrays, Record Module, Edit Module, Build Module, Interactive Macro
Volume 1: Create Documents, Opening Documents, Enter & Delete Text, Save Your Work, Select & Move Text, Format Words, Format Paragraphs, Viewing Options, Proofing Tools, Page Setup, Printing, Help
Volume 2: Tabs, Tab Leaders, Tables, Borders & Shading, Page Borders, Backgrounds, Calculations, Secondary Menu, Draw Table, AutoCorrect & AutoText, Change Case, AutoFormat
Volume 3: Style Sheets, Themes & Style Gallery, Headers & Footers, Bullets & Numbering, Footnotes, Endnotes, Comments, Find & Replace, Go To Command, Newspaper Columns, Page Breaks, Section Breaks
Volume 4: Insert Symbols, Bookmarks, Table Of Contents, Outlining, Index, Table Of Figures, Table Of Authorities, Fields, Charts, Organization Charts, Document Map, Hyperlinks
Volume 5: Page Setup, Drawing Tools, Inserting Graphics, Wrapping, Drop Caps, WordArt, Basic Mail Merge, Interactive Merge, Envelopes & Labels, Track Changes, AutoSummarize, Web
Volume 6: Preferences, Macros, Interactive Macro, Customize Toolbars, Customize Menus, Customize Keyboard, Forms, Templates, Master Documents, Watermarks, OLE, Doc Management
Volume 1: Window Anatomy, Create Presentations, Create Slides, Enter Text, Format Text, Help Menu, Drawn Objects, Format Drawn Objects, AutoShape Toolbar, Using Clip Art, Slide Sorter, Printing
Volume 2: Advanced Drawn Objects, Modify Pictures, Insert Graphics, Clip Art Gallery, WordArt, Headers & Footers, Masters, Speaker Notes, Handouts, Background Format, Sharing With Word, Organization Charts
Volume 3: Charts, Create Templates, Advanced Text, Tables, Combine Presentations, Basic Slide Show, Advanced Slide Show, Hyperlinks, Reminders & Options, Embedding Objects, Customize Tools & Prefs, Web, PPT Show Or Movies
- Programming in JavaScript (1 CD) - PC version only
- Windows OS
- Microsoft Windows 7: Visit Microsoft's web site for online training videos how to's. No training CD available.
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business (1 CD)
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (1 CD)
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional (1 CD)
- Microsoft Windows XP Home (1 CD)
- Microsoft Windows 2000 (1 CD)
- Microsoft Windows ME (1 CD)
- Microsoft Windows 95/98 (1 CD)
- Mac OSX Snow Leopard & general OSX:
Visit Apple's web site for general OSX how to's. No training CD available. - Learning Mac OS 10.5 Leopard (4 CDs)
- Learning Mac OS 10.4 Tiger (5 CDs)
- Learning Mac OS 10.3 Panther (4 CDs)
- Mac OS X version 10.2 Jaguar (4 CDs)
- Learning Mac OS 10.1 (1 CD) (Requires Mac Classic)
- Learn Unix - User Fundamentals & Advanced Topics (1 CD)
Apple Mac OSX
Unix
Learning Mac OS 10.5 Leopard (4 CDs)
Volume 1: Pre-Install Check List, Install Mac OS X Leopard, Using the Mouse, Menu Bar, Apple Menu, Main Menus, Contextual Menus, Desktop & Finder, Volumes & Directories, Windows, Sidebar, Dock
Volume 2: Directory Structure, Go Menu, Window Views & Modes, Finder Preferences, Expose & Spaces, Dashboard, Spotlight, Personal Preferences, Hardware Preference, Internet & Network Preferences, System Preferences, Third Party Preference
Volume 3: Organizing Files, Customize Toolbar, Get Info, Burn Folders, Printer & Fax, TextEdit, Preview Application, User Configuration, Parental Controls, Libraries, Resource Management, Installing Applications
Volume 4: File Sharing, Personal File Sharing, Screen Sharing, Firewall, Internet Sharing, Keychains, Safari-Browsing, Mail & Address Book, iCal, iChat AV, Disk Utility, Time Machine
Learning Mac OS 10.4 Tiger (5 CDs)
Volume 1: Pre-Install Check List, Install Mac OS X Tiger, Mouse & Cursor, Menu Bar, Apple Menu, Main Menus, Contextual Menus, Desktop & Finder, Volumes & Directories, Windows, Sidebar, The Dock
Volume 2: Directory Structure, Go Menu, Window Views & Modes, Expose, Dashboard, Spotlight, Personal Preferences, Hardware Preference, Internet & Network Preferences, System Preferences, Third Party Preference
Volume 3: Organizing Files, Customize Toolbar, Get Info, Smart & Burn Folders, Printer Setup, Faxing, Preview Application, Service Menu, User Configuration, Libraries, Installing Applications, Font & Resource Mgmt
Volume 4: Local File Sharing, Network File Access, Personal File Sharing, PC & FTP File Sharing, Remote Access, Firewall, Internet Sharing, Keychains, Automator, Disk Utility, Disk Images, Managing Backups
Volume 5: Safari Browsing, Downloading Files, Mail, Junk Mail Filtering, Address Book, Address Book Tips, View TextEdit Files, Text Edit Word Processing, Preview PDF Files, Preview Graphics, iCal, iChat AV
Learning Mac OS 10.3 Panther (4 CDs)
Volume 1: Installation, Software Update, Apple Menu, Application Menu, Help Menu, The Dock, Window Parts, Window Modes, Window Views, Go Menu, Finder Preferences, Application Services
Volume 2: Appearance, Desktop & Screen Saver, Dock & Expose, International & Security, Hardware Preferences, .Mac & QuickTime, Network, Accounts, Date & Time, Software Update, Speech, Startup Disk & Univ Access
Volume 3: Directory Structure, Organizing Files, Customize Toolbar, Finding Files, Get Info, Using Classic, Printing From Classic, Install Classic Apps, Printer Setup, Preview, Libraries, Handling Fonts In OS X
Volume 4: Local File Sharing, Accessing The Network, Personal File Sharing, PC File Sharing, FTP File Sharing, Apple Remote Desktop, Firewall, Internet Sharing, Keychain, Disk Utility, Disk Images, Managing Backups
Mac OS X version 10.2 Jaguar (4 CDs)
Volume 1: Installation, Registration and Set Up, Apple Menu, Application Menu, Help Menu, The Dock, Windows Views, Go Menu, Find a Preferences
Volume 2: Personal Preferences, Hardware Preferences, Internet Preferences, Network Preferences, System Preferences, Directory Structure, Organizing Files, Ttrash Can, Aliases, Customize Toolbar, Get Info, Find Files on Your Computer
Volume 3: Printer Set Up, System Spellcheck, Fonts Panel, Printing Documents, Preview Application, Using Classic, Printing from Classic, Library, Install OS Fax Application, Install Classic Applications, Ownership and Permissions, Backup your Files
Volume 4: Personal File Sharing, Setup File Sharing, FTP Access, Printer Sharing, Firewall, Disk Copy, Disk Utility, Sherlock, Keychain, Mail, Address Book, Send iChat Messages
