All Things Visual

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To create a simple Art History style PowerPoint 2008 theme, first open a new presentation. The Formatting Palette will appear on the right side; if it does not, click on the “Toolbox” icon from the menu bar. On the Formatting Palette, [...]

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Art History faculty can checkout a wireless SlimBlade™ Presenter Media Mouse with a Mac laptop. For instructions on how to use the mouse, please click here. A flash tutorial is also available.

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If you are sure everything is connected correctly, and you have turned on the laptop only after everything else is connected and turned on, you may need to use a keyboard command to tell the laptop something is connected to its external output port. Below is a fairly comprehensive list of keyboard commands as provided [...]

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Looking for digital images for your papers, presentations or art history tests? ARTstor contains nearly one million images gathered from museums, universities, libraries, and the U of C’s Visual Resources Collection.
 
ARTstor for Undergrads

Where: Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Room 157
When: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 2:00 – 2:30pm
Description: In this brief session, you’ll learn ARTstor essentials: how to [...]

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. . . make a PowerPoint presentation?
. . . create a high-quality digital image?
. . . find works of art in the VRC Collection?
. . . export a detail from Luna Insight?
. . . share a group of images in ARTstor?
The VRC can help you with all things related to digital imaging. Contact us to [...]

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NSIT has issued an advisory concerning Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. Salient points:

Office 2007 for Windows has a default “save” format that is incompatible with earlier versions of Office and with Office for Mac.
If you are ordering a new machine, NSIT recommends purchasing it with Windows XP, instead of Vista.
NSIT will also not be [...]

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