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Show data trends for your nonprofit or library in Microsoft’s Excel 2010 with built-in simple charts

Learn how your nonprofit can be more data-driven in your operations

This excerpt from the Demonstrating Value Workbook contains examples and diagrams to help you use your data to communicate the performance of your organization.

Customizing Microsoft Office’s Ribbon for your nonprofit or library use

Office 2010 has enhanced many of the graphics tools from prior versions of the suite and this article highlights a few. The instructions outlined here are specific to Word 2010, but the techniques tend to be similar for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and OneNote in the 2010 Office suite.

Learn how today's video editing software makes editing digital footage faster, easier, and much more affordable, and puts it within reach of anyone with a personal computer.

This guide will help you understand the questions to ask when shopping for a computer. It will also provide a quick reference checklist with definitions of some basic technology terms (not too many!), as well as the minimum standards we recommend for computers.

Whether you're looking to develop new skills, satisfy your technical curiosity, or solve day-to-day technology problems at your nonprofit or library, the offline resources discussed in this article will help. They include creating a testing or learning environment, networking, classroom-based training, conferences, and print resources like books and magazines.

When a technology question arises at your nonprofit or library, the amount of technology information available online can be overwhelming. From quick tutorials to an entire college lecture series, you can access information on any topic and in any format. This article will provide suggestions for navigating the amazing array of online resources. Sites discussed here include quick reference sources, news and product review websites, social networking and discussion forums, and more in-depth training and e-learning sources.

Once your organization has decided it's ready to upgrade to Windows 7 and has verified that it meets the technical requirements to do so, it’s time to begin planning for the upgrade itself. This article will walk you through steps to take before and during an install.