Monday, January 31, 2011

Tip of the Week: Speech

Web 2.0 Tools Fotobabble and iSpeech

Using speech as a special sound effect can enhance presentations, blogs, and photographs. Several Web 2.0 tools are available to add speech to photographs and to covert text to speech.

What are the differences?
Fotobabble allows speech to be added to any photograph. Upload a photograph to the website and use a standard microphone to add audio to the photograph. This can be shared on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter, among others, or emailed. Also, a URL is automatically generated for each photograph and can be used on a website or blog.
iSpeech gives the option to cut and paste text or upload pdf, ppt, htm, xls, doc, blog, rss, txt, or rtf files and have the information converted to speech. Other options include to download it, podcast it or even embed it as an object on any webpage that supports html including: MySpace, Blogger, EBay, etc.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Tip of the Week: Document Location Command

Application: Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Microsoft Office 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint

When working with Office files, it is important to know the location of the saved document. Files can be saved on a local computer, a storage device, a shared drive, or SharePoint. Microsoft Office has a Document Location command that can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar so that the save location is always visible.

How to add the Document Location command in Office 2007
1. In Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, go to the Office button.
2. Click on Word Options, Excel Options or PowerPoint Options.
3. Select Customize.
4. In the drop down box Choose Commands from, select All Commands.
5. Scroll down to find Document Location, then click Add.
6. Click OK.

How to add the Document Location command in Office 2010
1. In Word, Excel, or PowerPoint go to the File tab.
2. Go to Options.
3. Select Quick Access Toolbar.
4. In the drop down box Choose Commands from, select All Commands.
5. Scroll down to find Document Location, then click Add.
6. Click OK.