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Power Excel 2003 with MrExcel LiveLessons Mastering the Smartest, Fastest Ways to Use Excel Bill Jelen DVD includes: 6+ hours of video instruction More than 80 tips and techniques Features that can be learned in less than Five minutes Bill Jelen ( MrExcel ) presents focused, practical videos that teach you powerful new ways to chart, calculate, build PivotTables, automate workbooks, wrangle your data, and more Click play to follow along as Jelen walks you through using Excel's most sophisticated features... all you need to do is watch You've got Microsoft Excel...now get the most out of it, faster and more easily than ever before In 85 quick video lessons, Bill Jelen ( MrExcel ) shows you all you need to maximize your productivity with Excel 2003, 2002 (XP), or 2000 Building on the live course he's taught to thousands of financial professionals, Jelen walks you through Excel's most powerful features and techniques. Just watch: You'll master these powerful techniques at your own pace--and get speci

The comprehensive, hands-on guide to all Cisco IOS Software OSPF commands * Stands as the complete OSPF command reference -- invaluable for network designers, engineers, and architects * Provides configuration, troubleshooting, and verification scenarios for every possible OSPF command supported by Cisco IOS Software that can be implemented on a minimum number of routers * Groups OSPF commands by area of implementation -- area configuration, redistribution, neighbor relationships, and route filtering, just to name a few * Provides clear and concise commentary on the initial release, purpose, syntax, and usage of each OSPF command * Offers excellent CCIE certification preparation from one of the CCIE Program Managers * Constructed as a portable field guide with easily navigable content so you can quickly find the information you need when you need it As one of the most predominantly deployed Interior Gateway Protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) demands a wealth of knowledge on the pa

Design creative characters inspired by real people. Let Mike Mattesi show you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and then build, develop and 'PUSH' your drawings to new heights of dramatic and visual impact for believable characters audiences can relate to. Packed with color illustrations and photographs of the models who inspired them. With step-by-step explanation of how the characters were developed and exercises for you to sharpen your skills this is everything you need to bring your characters to life. CONTENTS: Key Concepts - Fear - Risk - Opinion - Hierarchy - Contrast and Affinity Force with Character - Amazing angles - Developing ideas Space with Character - Spatial Bounding Box - Playing with depth - Forced perspective - Ratio/ Size - Overlap - Creating flat design Shape with Character - Straight to Curve Design - Forceful Triangle - The Brilliant Bounding Box - Seeing ratios through Hierarchy - Facial Ratios - The l

Build Applications, Websites, and Software Solutions that Feel Faster, More Efficient, and More Considerate of Users' Time! One hidden factor powerfully influences the way users react to your software, hardware, User Interfaces (UI), or web applications: how those systems utilize users' time. Now, drawing on the nearly 40 years of human computer interaction research--including his own pioneering work--Dr. Steven Seow presents state-of-the-art best practices for reflecting users' subjective perceptions of time in your applications and hardware. Seow begins by introducing a simple model that explains how users perceive and expend time as they interact with technology. He offers specific guidance and recommendations related to several key aspects of time and timing--including user tolerance, system responsiveness, progress indicators, completion time estimates, and more. Finally, he brings together proven techniques for impacting users' perception of time drawn from multiple disciplines and industries, ranging

Just months after the introduction of the new generation of 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, a Microchip insider and acclaimed author takes you by hand at the exploration of the PIC32. The free CD-ROM includes source code in C and the Microchip MPLAB C32 compiler. This work includes handy checklists to help readers perform the most common programming and debugging tasks. The new 32-bit microcontrollers bring the promise of more speed and more performance while offering an unprecedented level of compatibility with existing 8 and 16-bit PIC microcontrollers. In sixteen engaging chapters, using a parallel track to his previous title dedicated to 16-bit programming, the author puts all these claims to test while offering a gradual introduction to the development and debugging of embedded control applications in C. Author Lucio Di Jasio, a PIC and embedded control expert, offers unique insight into the new 32-bit architecture while developing a number of projects of growing complexity.Experienced PIC users and newcom

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This book will introduce both aspiring and professional designers to the exciting and fast-paced world of gameplay system design. Designing successful next-generation console games has become an increasingly complicated business as gamers are demanding more features and more complexity in the games that they play. More than ever, game designers are faced with the challenge of balancing consumer expectations with strict marketing requirements, schedule deadlines and budget limitations. With a hands-on, practical approach, Game Development Essentials: Gameplay Mechanics will teach readers how to approach game design in an efficient way that will meet the objectives of the target audience, as well as the businesses that fund their development, by approaching game design as an interaction of various systems, instead of individual, unique but unrelated features. With an end goal of creating exciting, dynamic, and engaging games, this book will help readers navigate the options and make intelligent choices in thei

Apply Excel and Access effectively and efficiently to solve real-world business problems in this fifth edition of Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel. With six individual tutorials that build a practical knowledge of Microsoft Office 2007 Excel and Access capabilities, this book sets the groundwork for applying these spreadsheet and database skills to actual scenarios. These scenarios take the form of eleven all-new case studies, which introduce problems that are likely to face today's business professionals and allow readers to apply the information gleaned from the tutorials to solve them. With updates that include an all new sixth tutorial that covers data analysis techniques and a 30-day trial of Microsoft Office 2007 software, this book affords readers the most up-to-date, practical education in the most commonly used software programs. Part 1: Database Cases Using Access Tutorial A: Database Design Tutorial B: Microsoft Access Tutorial Case 1: Preliminary Case: The C

A must-have for all of today's Information Technology students, Virtual Machines Companion is the only book on the market to provide a comparative overview of several of the most popular virtual machine software products, giving readers a solid understanding of virtualization concepts, as well as the tools to help them select the best product for their needs. Virtualization software is one of the most rapidly growing applications for the IT environment, allowing a single computer system to concurrently run multiple operating systems. In order to stay current with this and other industry trends, IT students and professionals must possess a solid understanding of how virtual machines are being used in industry, the benefits of virtualization software, and the current software products and their features. This companion book introduces readers to virtualization concepts as a whole, and explores the specific skills needed to create, configure, and manage their own virtual machines, using various software product

Learn virtualization with the latest Microsoft software products! This innovative new text takes virtualization to the next level by showing how it is used to build demonstration networks. The use of current technology, such as Windows Vista, Virtual PC 2007, Windows Server 2008, and Virtual Server 2005, guarantees that readers will be prepared for today's workplace. They will also learn to use VMRCplus, the alternate user interface for Virtual Server 2005. Extensive activities and exercises in each chapter provide ample opportunity for hands-on practice.