Category Archives: FORT 120

Access or Excel

Yesterday in FORT 120 we started looking at Microsoft Access, a relational database management system. It has similarities with Excel, the spreadsheet solution. This raises the question, why learn both programs and when should one be used over another.At first… Continue reading

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Forestry Blog Specifications

This is what your blog should have:Make sure that your blog uses one of the professional templates. If it has a menu under the title bar you know it is a professional template. Use a redirect file to make the… Continue reading

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Recent Forestry Articles

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The Amazing Néré Tree

One of my favorite trees in Africa is the N�r� (Parkia biglobosa). This species is so useful that it has been preserved and cultivated around the villages and throughout the landscapes of west African countries. Below is a superb specimen… Continue reading

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Blogs, GPS, and Maps

Here is a presentation I gave recently on using GPS. online maps, and blogs for forestry work. This same presentation is also available in html format here…. Continue reading

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Mira Lloydd Dock Slides Review

The Mira Lloydd Dock slide collection is a fascinating view of trees, other plants, and scenery from the late nineteenth century. Dock used these slides in numerous lectures promoting conservation around Pennsylvania. She also used them in guest lectures to… Continue reading

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To Tab or Not to Tab?

While discussing Microsoft Word with my computer class this afternoon, I asked how you should indent the first line of a paragraph. This was a trick question of course. Virtually all the students said that you should press the Tab… Continue reading

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Free Source of Forestry Photos

Forest technology students often need images for reports, presentations, and web pages. Sometimes it’s hard to find a picture that you can legally use due to copyright issues. One great source of images is Forestry Images. It seems to be… Continue reading

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Another Office Solution

From Desktop Today we looked at Google Docs. Another solution is Open Office, which just came out with version 3.0 recently. It is a full featured office suite and best of all it is free. Check it out at http://www.openoffice.org…. Continue reading

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Demo Chart from Google Docs Spreadsheet

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