The Daily Plan-it / Dean of Students Blog, Columbia J-school

August 11, 2007

TIP: Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

I will occasionally post to this blog useful video clips I find across the Internet. One place to find good clips is VideoJug.com, which covers lots of useful aspects of life, including technology & gadgets, where I found this item on shortscuts for Word (the link has additional information).



VideoJug: How To Use Shortcuts For Microsoft Word

USEFUL: Keeping up with Columbia news + stats

Student Andrew Tangel asked us to share with you the following info.

To keep track of Columbia-related news, here are a couple of ideas:

Create an RSS feed of official Columbia University news:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/rsshowto.html

Create a Google Alert - http://www.google.com/alerts - using keywords such
as “Columbia Journalism School”

[ If RSS feeds are new to you, please read this tip on how to use RSS feeds by Sitara Nieves, J2007:
http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2006/09/08/blogs-rss/ ]

If you want to track crime stats near campus:

Morningside Heights: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pdf/chfdept/cs026pct.pdf

Harlem: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pdf/chfdept/cs030pct.pdf

Washington Heights: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pdf/chfdept/cs033pct.pdf

Upper Manhattan: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pdf/chfdept/cs034pct.pdf

Here’s where you can find the NYPD precinct boundaries: http://www.n2nov.net/

NYPD crime stats by precinct: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/pct/cspdf.html






















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