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Study the topics in this section further by visiting the following related websites.

Organizing Your Files and Folders - from the AARP website

Organizing Your Documents in Folders So You Can Find Them - from about.com

10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained

A Brief Introduction to Copyright

Copyright Law in the United States, Bitlaw: A Resource on Technology Law

General Information about Copyrights, Oppedahl & Larson Patent Law

United States Copyright Office

Family Fun: Digital Photos - gives a list of different uses for your digital photos and explains how to use them for a variety of activities.

Internet Brothers: Digital Photography Tips - offers some helpful tips on how to use digital cameras, what to do with the images when you get them, and shows samples of what can be done. 

Desktop Publishing

Desktop publishing books from Peachpit Press

Adobe PageMaker

MS Publisher

DesktopPublishing.com: Template Paradise - includes hundreds of Microsoft Publisher templates for business cards, certificates and newsletters

Microsoft Publisher Tutorial - provides step-by-step instructions for a variety of basic publication types.

Microsoft Publisher Training & Tutorials - from About.com contains links to reviews, tutorials, and training resources.

Clip Art

Tudogs:
A large directory of free software, including clip art. One caveat, though, is that a lot of the free clip art on the Web is appropriate for Web use only.

ClipArt.com

Graphics Galore

Open Clip Art Library

Clip Art from the Association for Volunteer Administration

FreeImages.com - Free for personal for commercial use, from Britain

FreeFoto.com - Free for personal use, a fee for commercial use, from Britain

Morgue File - Vague terms of use, appears to be free for personal or commercial use

National Service Photo Gallery - from the The National Service website's "10 Years Serving America" section. The Anniversary Toolkit has some excellent photos of RSVP Volunteers in action.

Presentations

Microsoft Support Knowledgebase - Search Microsoft's on-line help for your PowerPoint questions (Select the version of PowerPoint you are using from the first dropdown)

Developing PowerPoint Slides for Use in Videoconferencing

Creating Streaming Media Presentations with Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Building a Presentation

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial

Microsoft PowerPoint Tips & Tricks

Word Processing

Word Processing Basics - discusses basic word processing techniques.

Jan's Computer Basics: Word Processing - covers word processing terminology in less detail, but does provide a handy practice page. 

Word Processor Help and Tips - contains tips and tricks for Microsoft Word versions 2000, 2003 and XP.

Microsoft.com Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts from Rutgers Writing Program

Seoconsultants.com - Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Mozilla Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

I4C Keyboard shortcuts to use on a Windows/PC computer

Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts 

Instructions for using a Word Template - discusses how to use Word templates in Windows.

Software Solutions - quick reference that explains how to "save as" RTF in word or wordperfect to e-mail it.

The LangaList - offers an interesting discussion on how saving as RTF is a good way of avoiding potentially embarassing situations with Word files. 

PDFs

Adobe PDF

Planet PDF - A web community devoted to all things PDF. Has a forum specifically for beginners.

Learning Centers - Introduction to Acrobat & PDF - This webpage from Planet PDF provides a thorough and easy to read introduction to basic concepts.

PDFzone - Website for Acrobat, PDF and document management professionals. Includes helpful tips and techniques, mostly for advanced users but also for beginners. 

Adobe's download support

Marketing

Marketing and 4 Ps of Marketing (Focus: Business for Engineers)

Social Marketing Institute - A paper on the "Nonprofit Marketing Summit Conference" in Tampa, Florida in March of 2000.

Idealist.org's - The Nonprofit FAQ - Marketing Link

Marketing and Communications Resources for Non-Profits

Community Marketing Kit (from FullCircle Assoc.)

Communications Worksheet (from Full Circle Assoc.)

Creating a marketing image for your non-profit organizations - From Blackbaud - Nonprofit Resources Overview. The importance of "branding" and creating a positive, identifiable image for your organization. 

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