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Total Training for Microsoft Expression Web 2: Essentials
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Watch and learn how to create a dynamic website from start to finish with Total Training for Microsoft Expression Web 2: Essentials. Website design expert and published author Janine Warner shows you just how it's done with lessons on the latest Expression Web 2 features and techniques for using this hot new web design program. You'll learn about creating a site with CSS, how to work with dynamic web templates, all about using html tables and much more.
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Available as part of Total Training Online: All Access and Total Training Online: Microsoft Library.
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Total Training for Microsoft Expression Blend 2: Essentials
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Whether you are picking up Blend for the first time, or want to uncover all the new features of Expression Blend 2, this series is just what you need to get you up and running fast. With Microsoft Senior Tester Dante Gagne leading the way, you'll get an insider's look at all the features of Expression Blend 2. You'll learn about the Property Inspector feature, how to customize controls, the magic of data binding, along with an introduction to Microsoft Silverlight 1 and much more |
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Available on DVD or as part of Total Training Online: All Access and Total Training Online: Microsoft Library.
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Tips and Tricks
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Tips and Tricks for Expression Web 2 from Janine Warner, Presenter for Total Training for Microsoft Expression Web 2: Essentials.
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Here are a few quick tips for working with the new Microsoft Expression Web 2.
1. Replace FrontPage features like Themes with Dynamic Web Templates, which make it easy to create one design that you can use on multiple pages in your site.
2. Use Split View to switch easily between working in Design View and Code View.
3. Use the Behaviors task pane to create advanced features, such as image rollovers and pop-up windows.
For more tips for Microsoft Expression Web 2, see Total Training for Microsoft Expression Web 2: Essentials
Presenter's Corner
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We recently chatted with Dante Gagne, Presenter for Total Training for Microsoft Expression Blend 2: Essentials. Here's some of what Dante shared with us.
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I've worked on many different projects over the years, but none of them have really been as exciting as Blend. All the other products I've dealt with have been tools for a very specific purpose, where Blend is a playground. I love being able to just get some crazy idea, and actually be able to implement it and make it work in Blend. |
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When you're not plugged into work, what are you doing? |
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I'm a gamer, through and through. If I'm not working, I'm usually playing a board game, a card game, or something like that. I also enjoy reading, and I've recently been learning to draw. |
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What puts you into the creative mode and gets the creative juices flowing? |
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Pretty much any time that I'm not thinking about something specific, my mind loves getting creative. I can be driving in traffic, and if the radio fades to background noise, before long, I'm imagining rules for a new game, or some quirky new piece of technology that I want to try out. |
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What are some of you favorite features for of Expression Blend? |
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Since I tend to be a bit more of a developer, I really appreciate the Developer/Designer connectivity. Being able to quickly swap between Blend and Visual Studio makes the whole process much easier.
Also, since I tend to use a Tablet PC quite a bit, I'm glad for the click/drag property changing. It's nice to not have to pull out the keyboard for quick property or color changes. |
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