Insights From an Excel Expert

Microsoft Excel is arguably the Swiss Army Knife of personal computing applications, with uses as far flung as databases, floor planning, and gaming. Come hear the insights of an undisputed Excel expert.

Shane Devenshire holds the prestigious title of being one of only 40 Microsoft-designated MVPs in Excel in the world. He has authored and co-authored dozens of books and articles on Excel. Shane has been consulting and teaching in Excel for over 20 years, and consistently delights customers and classes with his extensive knowledge. If it can be done in Excel, Shane will know how to do it. If you are a frequent Excel user, don’t miss this presentation!

What's New From Apple

Come hear Stanford's Apple rep Wyn Davies talk about the exciting new Apple products announced at MacWorld recently. Wyn will also talk about special iTunes-based work going on here at Stanford.

Creating Online Tutorials: Which tool do I use to do what?

Join Mark Branom and other campus trainers to learn more about creating online tutorials:

• Where do I start?
• What tools are available (e.g., Breeze, Presenter, Captivate, Camtasia, Dreamweaver)?
• What can each tool do?
• What's the learning curve for each tool?
• What's the cost of each tool?
• Which does Stanford have a site license for?
• Which tools are known to "talk to" STARS?

Production Overview of 2005 ITSS Holiday Video

John Klemm will show ITSSN'T, a video produced for the December 2005 ITSS Holiday Party. If you've never seen one of John Klemm's video productions, you're in for a real treat! (If you have, well, it's the same old, same old.) Following the video, John will demonstrate some of the video software and services he used, including Adobe After Effects, Wondertouch's particleIllusion and perhaps the Redwood City Fire Department. Anyone can enjoy this Tech Briefing, plus you'll get a sense of what might be involved in putting together digital videos (and special effects) for your department or for your own use.