Whether you are a beginner or experienced user, learn about new features in this version or discover and use some of Word's functions for the first time. Joan Lambert, author of multiple books on the Microsoft Office Suite, creator of many Lynda.com videos and an experienced corporate trainer used her experience and knowledge to cover the most relevant functions for users at different levels. Suggested uses: Workplace -- flat for easy storage and access at a moments notice to find a function you need to use, or to jog your memory for a function you do not use often; Company Training -- reduce help-desk calls and keep productivity flowing for a team or for your entire company; Students/Teachers/Parents -- help with the learning curve in a classroom or for your child and any projects requiring Word; College Students -- make sure you are using features that can make your life easier.

ICT Sustainability is about how to assess, and reduce, the carbon footprint and materials used with computers and telecommunications. These are the notes for an award winning on-line graduate course on strategies for reducing the environmental impact of computers and how to use the Internet to make business more energy efficient. These notes have been used for courses by the Australian Computer Society, Australian National University and Athabasca University (Canada). The book includes an extensive bibliography. Free open access course-ware is available on-line to accompany this text.

As technology continues to develop, the healthcare industry must adapt and implement new technologies and services. Recent advancements, opportunities, and challenges for bio-medical image processing and authentication in telemedicine must be considered to ensure patients receive the best possible care. Advancements in Bio-Medical Image Processing and Authentication in Telemedicine introduces recent advancements, opportunities, and challenges for bio-medical image processing and authentication in telemedicine and discusses the design of high-accuracy decision support systems. Covering key topics such as artificial intelligence, medical imaging, telemedicine, and technology, this premier reference source is ideal for medical professionals, nurses, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Advances in Computers, Volume 126 presents innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design and applications, with this updated volume including new chapters on VLSI for Super-Computing: Creativity in R+D from Applications and Algorithms to Masks and Chips, Bulk Bitwise Execution Model in Memory: Mechanisms, Implementation, and Evaluation, Embracing the Laws of Physics: Three Reversible Models of Computation, WSNs in Environmental Monitoring: Data Acquisition and Dissemination Aspects, Energy efficient implementation of tensor operations using dataflow paradigm for machine learning, and A Run-Time Job Scheduling Algorithm for Cluster Architectures with DataFlow Accelerators.

Information retrieval (IR) is a fundamental task in many real-world applications such as Web search, question answering systems, and digital libraries. The core of IR is to identify information resources relevant to user's information need. Since there might be more than one relevant resource, the returned result is often organized as a ranked list of documents according to their relevance degree against the information need. The ranking property of IR makes it different from other tasks, and researchers have devoted substantial efforts to develop a variety of ranking models in IR. In recent years, the resurgence of deep learning has greatly advanced this field and led to a hot topic named NeuIR (neural information retrieval), especially the paradigm of pre-training methods (PTMs). Owing to sophisticated pre-training objectives and huge model size, pre-trained models can learn universal language representations from massive textual data that are beneficial to the ranking task of IR. Considering the rapid progress of this direction, this survey provides a systematic review of PTMs in IR. The authors present an overview of PTMs applied in different components of an IR system, including the retrieval component and the re-ranking component. In addition, they introduce PTMs specifically designed for IR, and summarize available datasets as well as benchmark leaderboards. Lastly, they discuss some open challenges and highlight several promising directions with the hope of inspiring and facilitating more works on these topics for future research.

Emerging technologies in education are dramatically reshaping the way we teach, learn, and create meaning-both formally and informally. The use of emerging technologies within educational contexts requires new methodological approaches to teaching, learning, and educational research. This leads educational technology developers, researchers, and practitioners to engage in the creation of diverse digital learning tools that can be used in a wide range of learning situations and scenarios. Ultimately, the goal of today's digital learning experiences includes situational experiences wherein learners and teachers symbiotically enroll in meaning-making processes. Discussion, critical reflection, and critique of these emerging technologies, tools, environments, processes, and practices require scholars to involve themselves in critical conversation about the challenges and promises afforded by emerging technologies and to engage in deliberate thinking about the critical aspects of these emerging technologies that are drastically reshaping education. Global Education and the Impact of Institutional Policies on Educational Technologies deepens this discussion of emerging technologies in educational contexts and is centered at the intersection of educational technology, learning sciences, and socio-cultural theories. This book engages a critical conversation that will further the discussion about the pedagogical potential of emerging technologies in contemporary classrooms. Covering topics such as communication networks, online learning environments, and preservice teacher education, this text is an essential resource for educational professionals, preservice teachers, professors, teachers, students, and academicians.

The Etch-a-Sketch and Other Fun Programs is a collection of Apple II software programmed by a student in the 1980s. BASIC and machine language programming were once taught in schools, and here you'll find a variety of useful graphics, education, utility, and game software. The author also shares stories about his programming experiences in school. Features 13 Programs Including: - The Etch-a-Sketch - fun drawing with keyboard, joystick, and sound. - The Apple - the six color logo in beautiful lo-res. - Annual Graph Matrix - graph monthly amounts for one year. - Compound Interest - calculate investment interest over time. - States & Capitals - learn about the U.S. through quizzes. - H - a powerful HELLO program for launching files in DOS 3.3. - Random Access Filer - a simple text database for contacts. - Tunnel Race - dodge obstacles through a text-based cavern. - Joystick Calibration - optimize your entertainment device.

GBBS Pro is a user-friendly, highly-modifiable Bulletin Board System (BBS) for communications and entertainment. It has advanced features that can be configured by a novice, yet challenge advanced programmers. Originally released between 1980 and 1990 for Apple II computers, this new version features Y2K compatibility and improved reliability. Experience the world of BBS's from days gone by and start your own BBS system! GBBS Pro Features: Multiple Bulletin Boards, Private Electronic Mail, Full Editor, Downloads/Uploads, Voting/Survey, Expandable Features, Modem Support, and Internet-capable. Over 240 pages of expanded documentation, tutorials, GBBS development history, as well as forwards from Kevin M. Smallwood and experienced BBS sysops.