From: Donna Rae To: Access User Group Subject: Access Day - 4/19/00 Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 5:13 PM Hello Everyone, Next Wednesday, April 19, 2000 is "MS OFFICE DAY" at Microsoft in Waltham, MA.. Here are the session details and topics that will be discussed. All events are free and do not require pre-registration. Seating is based on a first come basis… so it pays to be early! Please note our new USER TIP feature at the end of this announcement. If you have a USER TIP you would like added to the monthly announcement please send it to me at the following address: DonnaR@lunasystems.com and who knows it may just show up on a future announcement! The agenda for next Wednesday's "MS OFFICE DAY" is as follows: ************************************ MICROSOFT VISIO 2000 User Group 9:30 am to 11:00 am ************************************ "An Overview of Visio 2000 Standard Edition" We will give an overview of the Visio interface and give a sampling of some of the intelligence of "smart shapes" by building an org chart and a floor plan. Presented by: Arnold Bilansky: 71533.1031@compuserve.com ************************************ MICROSOFT WORD User Group 11:00 am to12:30 pm ************************************ "Free Word Clinic" Attendees, bring a sample of your Word documents to this session. Find out about Word features you could be using to produce more elegant documents with ease. Presented by: Arnold Bilansky: 71533.1031@compuserve.com ************************************ MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE User Group 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm ************************************ The Global Air Traffic Operations (GATO) at Hanscom Air Force Base has created a web-based work environment using FrontPage for much of the authoring. Their ideas can be both technical and administrative and have real business-world counterparts. Presented by: Robert Wilson of the Boston FrontPage Uesr Group and a WebMaster at Hanscom Air Force Base. ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS User Group 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm ************************************ "Introduction to VBA Programming" Presented by: Pat Tormey, P.E., Foursquare Solutions, Inc., (tormey@foursquare.com) ***************************************** THE ACCESS TRAUMA CENTER 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm ***************************************** Presented by: John Giuliano, Stone-Crowne Associates, (Stone-Crowne@msn.com) Does Access depress you at times? Do you bang your head against the wall trying to get Access to do things that are common functions in other applications? Does your blood pressure rise trying to format reports to look just like the boss’s old favorites? Does the mere thought of opening the code window give you anxiety attacks? We have just what the doctor ordered. -- "The Access Trauma Center" Each month from 4:30 to 5:30 we will solve (or try to solve) problems posed by the audience. The hour will be broken up into different segments: ‘Triage’ (5 minutes) -- Here we poll the audience for pressing and perplexing problems to solve. (Please no "nice to know" questions. Our goal will be to help the suffering victims of Access.) ‘Emergency Surgery’ (45 minutes) — Here we diagnose the problems and find working solutions. We will build forms, reports, and code modules that demonstrate methods discussed. No cosmetic surgery will be performed here. Emergency surgery is not pretty. Expect ugly forms and reports. If you have a weak stomach, it may be best to retire to the waiting room. Copies of the working solutions and code will be available for any who request such. ‘Is The Patient Still Breathing?’ (5 minutes) – Q&A dealing with quick verbal solutions to problems that did not require on-screen demonstrations of solutions. ‘Doctor, It Hurts When I Do This…’ (5 minutes) – A short session on things to watch out for as you develop applications. Each month we will discuss different topics. Did we mention we are also a research facility? In the event of too few questions, a topic vital to the health and well-being of all intermediate level Access Users will be covered. ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS User Group 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm ************************************ "Pre-Game Show" ************************************ MICROSOFT ACCESS User Group 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm ************************************ "Proramming and Developing Using Access SQL" Presented by: Pat Tormey, P.E., Foursquare Solutions, Inc., (tormey@foursquare.com) and Rick Lunetta of Luna Systems Corporation, Andover, MA (RickL@lunasystems.com) The above sessions are subject to change. ********************************************************** * * * * * * APRIL USER TIP * * * * * * ********************************************************** "Word/Publisher User Tip" Sent us by: Arnold Bilansky: 71533.1031@compuserve.com To create insert non-breaking hyphens in Word or Publisher, press Ctl-Shift-minus key. To create insert non-breaking spaces in Word or Publisher, press Ctl-Shift-spacebar key. **************************************************************************** *********************************** ***************************SPECIAL REQUEST********************** Our MS Office Day event is looking for speakers from our user groups to round out our schedule of presenters for any and all tools in the MS Office Suite. The audience is typically beginners with some intermediate level people. The speaker will need to be available during the day on the third Wednesday of each month at Microsoft in Waltham for a 1 1/2 hour presentation. This is your chance to help our user group and get a little personal speaking experience at the same time. . . If you are interested please contact Donna Rae at Luna Systems, DonnaR@lunasystems.com, and let her know when you are available and what subject you would like to cover. Pat, Phil, Rick and John will be available to help you prepare for the session. Please check Luna Systems website: www.lunasystems.com for up to date information on all of the sessions scheduled for "MS OFFICE DAY" and also for any cancellations due to weather conditions and/or unforeseen circumstances. See you in Waltham, Donna Rae Luna Systems Corporation 2 Dundee Park, Suite 103 Andover, MA 01810-3725 lisah@lunasystems.com www.lunasystems.com All events take place at: Microsoft 230 Third Avenue Waltham, MA For directions: www.microsoft.com/newengland/waltham.htm If you have a change of email address or wish to be removed from this mailing, please contact me: Email: donnar@lunasystems.com Phone: 978-749-9600 ***************************************************************************