Thing 1: Keyboard Short Cuts

Well, I'm a bit late getting started on the class, but here is the first part of lesson 1.  I had a heck of a time getting the keyboard shortcuts for MS Word to work on my Mac.  What I realized was that I had to overcome the built-in keyboard commands of the Apple operating system to let the keyboard commands of my Office 10 version of Word work. Once I changed the settings, almost all of the commands were identical.  I also had a problem creating the kind of instructional video I wanted using my existing Mac software.  I have had Snapz Pro X screen capture software for a few years, but had never really put it to the test.  When it didn't allow me full use of Word while recording,  I was not a happy camper.  I remembered that Ron had built his instructional video with Camtasia and I downloaded the trial version and it worked like gangbusters.  I made a 4 minute instructional video and uploaded it to Screencast.

Here is the link to the video:  http://www.screencast.com/t/Y9idBJSsv