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Elevate 

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New Horizons goal is for our students to become more productive and successful in their daily activities. With this in mind, we have created Elevate, a newsletter specifically created for New Horizons students. In this free, monthly publication you will read articles on how to put what you have learned at New Horizons into action.  With articles topics such as Microsoft Office Productivity; Business Skills; Design, Media and Graphics; and Information Systems, you’ll find new ways to continue learning each month.

Contact your local center to receive Elevate as it is published each month.  To view the archived Elevate newsletters, click on any of the months below.

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 2009

 | January | February | March | April | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

January 

  • Define a new default font and text size for your presentations
  • With penetration testing, you can discover vulnerabilities before hackers do
  • Turn a problem redesign into a successful new site

February 

  • Three ways to perfect your columns in every document
  • Overcome Vista user control hassles and prove the critics wrong
  • Color your model's hair many different shades - without the chemicals

March 

  • Three ways to protect your Excel data with confidence
  • Twelve ways to harden your domain controllers and prevent security breaches
  • Employ interactive elements to keep users on your site

April 

  • Organize your presentation with section markers
  • Easily size your network to meet new business requirements
  • Help your readers navigate PDFs more easily by adding hyperlinks in InDesign

June 

  • Word 2007 enhances the Compare And Merge Documents feature
  • Foil Windows registry hacks with four simple best practices
  • Identify the security ID of a user
  • Captivate your website visitors with a visually appealing color palette

July 

  • Count your filtered data using just the right function for the job
  • Best practices for effectively combating malicious code threats
  • Protect your ports from Trojan horse software
  • Harness Photoshop CS4’s accessibility features for your design projects
  • Create a strong focal point with selective color

August 

  • Give your audience the action they crave with a Flash-y animation
  • Troubleshoot startup problems and program errors with an all-in-one configuration tool
  • Don’t let common typography mistakes render your website virtually unreadable

September 

  • Publish to your blog straight from a Word 2007 document
  • Secure communications by automating user and computer certificates
  • Scale an image — not its contents — with Photoshop CS4’s new Content-Aware Scale command

October 

  • Working with changing data? Spot and track trends with moving averages
  • Beat the bots: Defend your network against malicious robotic programs
  • Simplify your web design with cross-browser, multicolumn CSS layouts

November 

  • Custom fit your presentation to any audience without recreating the wheel
  • Manage print clients more efficiently with automated driver installations
  • Crafty moves that wield InDesign as a graphics program

December 

  • Give your Word tables some breathing room and increase their readability
  • Protect your network from spam with Microsoft’s Intelligent Message Filter
  • Enhance site capabilities with servier-side scripting

   2008 

| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

January

  • 5 steps to create the perfect customized form and save big bucks in the process
  • Non-destructive image filtering is now possible with CS3’s Smart Filters
  • Master Vista’s new search tools for guaranteed results

February 

  • Add a new dimension to your slides in PowerPoint with easy-to-create 3-D shapes
  • Liven up text-laden InDesign pages with eye-catching vertical side heads
  • Take charge of PC security with custom cookie-management and privacy policies

March 

  • Pave a concrete pathway to your financial goal with help from Goal Seek (Excel)
  • Take control of security and offer user-friendly interfaces with Vista
  • Plan and conduct a successful project presentation

April 

  • Put your most frequently used Word documents right at your fingertips
  • Implement full volume encryption to protect the information on stolen Vista hard drives
  • Export high-resolution web images with Photoshop CS3

May 

  • Insert a browser to connect your slide show to the web
  • Easily manage security on mobile computers with Vista’s network location profiles
  • From project manager to team member: Managing a graceful transition

June 

  • Buy yourself some time: Switch rows of data into columns without retyping
  • Fine-tune security on your workstations with Vista's advanced firewall features
  • Speed up your design time and place multiple files quickly with InDesign

July 

  • Pinpoint the text you need with help from line numbering
  • Get a grip on Vista changes to this essential IT pro tool
  • Tackle unfamiliar projects with confidence and ease

August 

  • Leverage your contact information to instantly send email from Excel
  • Four ways to get the best of the old and the new with Vista Explorer
  • Add variety to your layouts using Photoshop layer comps in InDesign

September

  • Refer to documents on the spot by embedding them in you spreadsheet
  • Supercharge your browser security plan with Vista's protection enhancements
  • Open career doors when you transform systems administration into a service

October 

  • Convey hard data without weighing down your PowerPoint presentation design
  • Take the guesswork out of choosing your Vista path
  • Nail down new tools and terms for Windows Vista deployments
  • Three image resolution myths debunked

November 

  • Create documents that break in all the right places
  • Draw on Vista’s enhanced backup features to safeguard your PC from disaster
  • Best practices for handling evidence when a computer crime occurs
 

December 

  • Automate your project planning with a few simple functions
  • Don’t land in hot water with new Vista users: Simplify the transition by migrating profiles
  • Five table tricks to increase your InDesign productivity

  2007

| January | Feburary | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

January

  • 5 best practices for creating elegant font styles
  • Take control of security and offer user-friendly interfaces with Vista
  • Reel in your users with a text explosion

February

  • PowerPoint 2007 sneak peek: Master the new layout
  • Set goals when dealing with difficult customers
  • Stop data thieves (or office snoops) in their tracks with NTFS permissions

March

  • Break the vicious circle: Correct formulas trapped in circular references
  • Safeguard your data! Manage preferred wireless networks before it’s too late
  • Put your image in motion using these quick blur effects

April

  • Word 2007 sneak peek: your documents play nice with earlier versions
  • Make sure your next meeting is a success for all who attend
  • Secure your remote connections with SSH

May

  • Not ready to upgrade? Don't worry, you can still collaborate with PowerPoint 2007 users
  • Best practices for securing Windows administrative accounts
  • Smooth out blemished skin fast with the History palette

June

  • Don’t stress out over every cell: Let Excel’s IF function be your eyes and ears
  • 7 things you must do to turn your email messages into must-reads
  • Keep rogue wireless clients off your wired network with the right topology

July

  • Take out insurance against accidental changes to your Word setup
  • Short on Flare? Use these tricks to get more from an underused tool
  • Implement biometric authentication to keep unauthorized users at bay

August

  • Spice up you slide variety with 2007's new online content
  • Take control of your WLAN connections for a more secure Vista environment
  • Keep important items at the forefront of you mind with Notes

September

  • Dictate the way Excel displays your fractions
  • Reinvent your graphics content as custom shapes for Photoshop
  • Identify yourself: Secure your outgoing email with a digital ID and a digital signature
  • Protect yourself by specifying your Security Zones

October

  • Build Word 2007 documents that seamlessly match your other Office files
  • 15 ways to keep your SQL Server host safe and sound
  • A practical method for defining team roles and responsibilities

November 

  • Hijack your company website design and create a matching slide background
  • Tighten security by minimizing your servers’ attack surface
  • Turn a flawed photo into a million-dollar shot

December 

  • Find and access elusive addins in Excel 2007
  • Proven techniques for securing corporate email on Exchange servers
  • Going beyond the hyperbole: Defining project success

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   2006 

| January | Feburary | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

January

  • Avoid printing disasters: Add logical breaks to your printed Excel pages
  • Prevent tardiness at your next meeting
  • Configure a USB flash drive as a bootable rescue disk

February

  • Block spam before it gets to you with a visual challenge-response test
  • Create appealing text by peeling your shapes
  • Sweeten your table designs with images and picture fills

March 

  • Put people you email every day on the fast track with their own toolbar buttons
  • Improve skin tones in your images by removing colorcasts
  • Boost productivity for multiple-PC end users

April

  • Stay where you are! There's no need to leave Word to create formulas and charts
  • Keep your company's computers safe with hardware security devices
  • Address your corporate communication needs with workplace instant messaging

May

  • Make it look like you spent hours on a report that took only minutes with a multicolumn layout
  • Prevent packet sniffers from compromising your network’s security
  • Remove extraneous detail from your images with the Crop tool

June 

  • Have it your way: Categorize and store templates according to your preferences
  • Boost storage capacity without breaking the bank
  • Make exam prep easier and less costly by building a virtual network

July

  • Three eye-catching title techniques that make way for other design elements
  • Protect your network from spoofers to prevent forgery and phishing
  • Light up your designs by breaking down your images

August 

  • 3 handy techniques to make your important tasks really stand out
  • Don’t cage your legacy users! Support Wi-Fi on any OS
  • Writing a business letter? Choose the appropriate style for maximum impact

September 

  • Stop cheating with the spacebar: Use tabs wisely for perfect results
  • Lock down users’ desktops to prevent security breaches
  • Get rid of red eye in a flash

October

  • Always display a well-rounded version of your results
  • Accelerate disaster recovery times with efficient backup and restore procedures
  • Avoid policy disputes: Display your company rules in a publicly accessible folder

November

  • Take the pain out of the New Document task pane
  • Power up the "pop" to create eye-catching art
  • Arrange your seating area to help, not harm your presentation

December

  • Take a sneak peek at the dazzling, easy-to-use features of Excel 2007
  • Secure internet browsing and perform enterprise upgrades on your terms
  • Keep tabs on your team’s time with a Group Schedule

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