http://visiscience.com/blog learn and teach yourself Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:54:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Tutorials website is currently under construction. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. http://visiscience.com/blog/1 Continuing on our tradition of two updates a year, ScienceSlides opened its 5th year with the release of 9th edition! We have been able to build on the popularity of this program and further enhance the content and functionality of ScienceSlides. This new version incorporates further important improvements that we ... http://visiscience.com/blog/21 ScienceSlides opened its 4th year with the release of 7th edition! We have been able to build on the popularity of this program and further enhance the content and functionality of ScienceSlides. This new version incorporates several important improvements that we hope will be appreciated by our users. First ... http://visiscience.com/blog/20 Another example where Curve Tool is especially useful is drawing of microRNA. Refer to Using Curve Tool to draw complex arrows, an apple and DNA, Essential Drawing Tools I and Setting up Your Personal Workspace and other previous articles for more information on how to use it and how to ... http://visiscience.com/blog/19 I. Significance of Scientific Presentation. Modern science is communicated in three basic ways: (1) written scientific articles (mostly pre-peer reviewed), (2) oral presentations (on-site peer review) and (3) postings on boards (posters) - in a sense a combination of written and oral communications. Oral scientific presentation is critical ... http://visiscience.com/blog/18 Attention: for scientists interested in improving their scientific presentations we invite to a ScienceSlides course, including ScienceSlides 2006 Fall Edition preview and tips on PowerPoint for scientists, on the NIH campus! Course: 915 -06S, September 18, time: 10:30 - 11:30 Location: Building 12A, Room B51 Speaker: Jozef Spychala, Ph.D. Course details: ... http://visiscience.com/blog/17 Curve Tool is also useful for drawing more complex objects. Here we describe how to draw complex arrow, objects like an apple and DNA segment that could be used to create the impression of twisted DNA. Refer to Essential Drawing Tools I, Setting up Your Personal Workspace and Using Curve ... http://visiscience.com/blog/16 Among simple drawing tools that are available in PowerPoint, Curve Tool is especially useful for drawing curved lines, arrows and irregular closed objects. Because of its general utility, it should be always available for immediate action in bottom toolbar in PowerPoint as a separate button. Refer to Essential Drawing Tools ... http://visiscience.com/blog/15 Most students, technicians or scientists usually have some experience in PowerPoint that can be easily utilized to produce poster presentation. No need for using more expensive graphical software packages. All steps are just like making a slide; in this case - a very big slide for printing. If you have ... http://visiscience.com/blog/14 Knowing how to work with colors, gradients, shading and reflections in PowerPoint may greatly help create more sophisticated effects for any general or scientific slide presentation. In this article we will show how to match colors, employ color gradients, shading and reflections. It may be helpful if you familiarize ... http://visiscience.com/blog/13