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Here at Projectwoman.com you'll find tips, tricks, tutorials and how-tos on a range of applications including Photoshop, Microsoft Office applications: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

There are also three blogs featuring tips and tricks for Photoshop, Photography and Office applications...enjoy!

Visual Basic Express articles
Microsoft Word articles

Microsoft Publisher articles
Microsoft Access articles
Excel articles
PowerPoint articles
Photoshop & photo-editing

Illustrator
General

Top iPad Apps for work
Some great apps for your iPad 2 for working with Office documents

 

Excel tutorials
Data Entry tips & tricks

Simple tricks for quicker data entry in Excel.
 


Charts that change
Create this custom solution where one click changes the charts you are viewing.

Databases - Access
Access 101 - your first database
Learn how to design and implement a simple database solution

Relational Databases - Access 201
Understand what a relational database is and follow our tutorial for creating and working with one.

Querying a Database - More on Access
When you need to get data out of your database, this tutorial will show you how.

Creating charts and pivot tables from Access data (in Access)
Learn how to create charts on Access forms and analyse Access data inside Access using Pivot Tables.

Catalog your DVDs in Access New!
Create a database to store, retrieve and print DVD catalog information.

Microsoft Word
Make a WordArt button
Create a handy WordArt button in Word 2003 or 2007.

Create an E-book Template in Word
How to create an ebook template complete with headers and chapters.


Tables 101-organizing with tables
Learn how to arrange data in a Word document in tables.

Table math
Tables are smart - they can add and multiply - learn how in this tutorial

Drawing in Word
Learn how to use Word's inbuilt drawing tools to make drawings in your documents.

Arranging text in columns
Learn how to create and manage data in newspaper style columns in Word

Word spell checking
Helen Bradley answers all the questions you'd ever want to ask about Word spell checking including how to change the wavy underline color.

Move a Word or Excel macro
How to move a macro from a Word or an Excel file into your Normal.dotm or Personal.xlsb file

Visual Basic
Make a music player Pt1
Helen Bradley explains how to create a music player in Visual Basic Express 2005


Make a music player Pt2
Extend your VB audio player to play ripped WMA tracks.


VB Express rollovers
See how to make text and image rollovers for your VB forms.

 

VB Make an image viewer Learn how to make your own custom image viewer in the free Visual Basic Express Edition.

 

Photoshop & Photo-editing
Free Shapes for Photoshop New!
A growing list of free shapes for use with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements with links and licence information.

Photoshop, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements training, CA.
Click to learn  more about my classes on these programs taught at Shutterbug Camera Store, Santa Rosa, CA.

Free Photoshop Brushes Updated!
A growing list of my favourite Photoshop brushes with links and licence information.

Free Photoshop Collage and Montage Templates
These storybook style montage and collage templates are free for downloading and work with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Gimp.

Cool effects using Curves in Photoshop
Create a posterize effect, drag curves into the curves dialog and draw curves with the pencil tool.

Make a Planet in Photoshop
Whether you call them planets, 360 degree panoramas or amazing circles, here's how to create one.

DIY Photoshop Brushes
Learn how to create your own Photoshop Brushes
 

Blend modes in Photoshop
Applications for Photoshop's blend modes and how to use Blend If to replace a sky
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How to use Adjustment Layers
Make photo-editing a simple and undoable process using Adjustment layers

Photoshop Gradients
Fix images and create colorful effects using Photoshop Gradients

Straighten an image in Photoshop, Elements and Paintshop Pro
Straighten your images with this simple to follow tutorial that covers the popular photo-editing programs

Photoshop Shapes
Helen Bradley explains how to use Photoshop Shapes to edit your photos and create fun shape overlays.

Create and use Photoshop Masks
Masks aren't as hard as you think they are and this tutorial makes them simple to use.

Create seamless patterns in Photoshop
Learn how to create great seamless patterns and I've included a mini tutorial on TV scan lines.

Color match photos in Photoshop
Even if your photos were taken in totally different lighting

Color Swatches in Photoshop
Create your own custom color swatches and use them in your photo-editing work.

Top iPad Apps for photo-editing
Some great apps for your iPad 2 for editing your photos

Illustrator
Quick find MadPattern templates
A visual guide to the MadPattern templates for creating repeating templates.

Top iPad Apps for making art
From painting to vector drawing, here are some great apps for your iPad 2.

Publisher 2003/2007
Using Master pages in Publisher 2003
Save time when working in Publisher using master pages

Creating publications using flourishes
Flourishes and swashes are all the rage, here's how to use them in your publications

General
VistaPrint Banners
Create great looking custom banners for home or business.

Web hosting comparison
Our web hosting comparison displays features, prices, and reviews.

web hosting services
Make sure your organization's website has great hosting.

PowerPoint
Web style navigation for a presentation
Learn how to apply web navigation principles to PowerPoint presentations that will be run standalone.

Custom Animations
Create custom animations in PowerPoint including one run by clicking a shape.
 

 

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