How to Use a Chalkboard When Teaching Something
As hi-tech a society as we are, we still use chalkboards in many in-class training and presentation situations. What’s the most productive way to use a chalkboard? Here are the U.S. Department of Transportation guidelines for using a chalkboard efficiently: Keep the chalkboard clean. Erase all irrelevant material. Keep chalk, erasers, cleaning cloths, rulers, and…
Read MoreHow to Count the Number of Selected Records in a Dataset by OpenOffice CALC's DCOUNT Function
© 2010 Ugur Akinci OpenOffice is a free office applications suite provided by Sun Microsystems. (http://www.openoffice.org/) OpenOffice CALC is a powerful spreadsheet program which corresponds to Microsoft Excel. Here is how you can filter and count the number of records (rows) in a dataset by using OpenOffice CALC: Consider the following imaginary data set for…
Read MoreHow to Create a Patient Information Form with Acrobat 9
An excellent step-by-step tutorial on how to create forms in healthcare industry by using Adobe Acrobat. (Excerpts) I’m frustrated with paper-based Patient Information Form Process. The frustration is fresh on my mind since I ran into the same problem today trying to schedule an appointment for my son today. My son is in school at…
Read MoreA Check List for Creating Technical Documents for the Global Market
Creating technical documents for an international audience requires not only writing in simple “international” English, but also removing all sources of possible mistranslation and misunderstanding. Here is a short check list to prepare your documents for a global audience: Are your dates obvious enough? HINT: write the month openly. 1/2/2010 could be Jan 2, 2010…
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