Technical Help

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• ChemDraw
• DeltaGraph
  • Symbols & font substitution
• Displays & Exhibits
• Graphs
  • Font selection
  • Software recommendations
  • Supported software
  • Symbols & font substitution
• Onscreen Shows
  • Font selection
  • Page setup
  • Master pages
  • Symbols & font substitution
  • Tips for an effective presentation
    • Brevity
    • Colors
    • Selecting fonts for onscreen use
    • Selecting fonts for printed materials
    • Type justification & readability
• Photography
  • EHS requirements for laboratory photos
  • Gels & x-rays (faint bands, camera vs. human eye, scanning & enhancement)
• PDF (Portable Document Files)
  • What is a PDF, anyway?
  • Can I use the images from a PDF?
• Posters
  • Colors
  • Selecting fonts for printed materials
  • Type justification & readability
• PowerPoint
  • Posters
  • Onscreen Shows
  • Slides
• Presentation Tips
  • Brevity
  • Colors
  • Selecting fonts for onscreen use
  • Selecting fonts for printed materials
  • Type justification & readability
• Printed Materials
  • What to bring to get started
• Scanning & File Size Tips
  • Colorspace (RGB, CMYK, grayscale)
  • File Formats (JPG, GIF, TIF, EPS, PDF)
  • Managing your image files (high and low res versions of an image)
  • Resolution chart for different types of output
  • Scanning – simple mathematical formula for scanning resolution
  • File size chart
  • File formats – purposes and drawbacks of each
• Slides
  • Hardcopy & specimens
  • Photo quality prints from your slides
  • PowerPoint
  • Supported software
  • Symbols & font substitution
• Software Supported
  • Levels of support
  • Recommended software for different purposes
• Troubleshooting Your Images
  • Screen resolution vs. print resolution
  • Reusing graphic files