LET'S COMMUNICATE
Agriculture Communication Newsletter
May 2006, No. 125

Contents

Recommended Font for Ag Web Pages
Write the Right Word
Rolie Retires from Print Shop, Anderson Joins Staff
New in the Staff Resource Library

 

Recommended Font for Ag Web Pages

Agriculture Communication staff have chosen the Arial font as the recommended font for our Web pages. Arial is a sans serif font that research has shown to be easier to read on a computer screen than serif fonts. See the February 2005 issue of Lets Communicate for an explanation of serif and sans serif fonts: http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/agcomm/letscomm/0502.shtml

FrontPage users can set Arial as the default font by following these
steps in the MS FrontPage Help feature:

Set the default display font for a language or character set
Then, when no font is applied to text, FrontPage uses this default font to display the text. This setting only affects how pages are displayed in Microsoft FrontPage, not how the page is displayed in a Web browser.

On the Tools menu, click Page Options, and then click the Default Font tab. In the Language (character set) box, select the language or character set for which you want to set a default display font. In the Default proportional font box, select a proportional font for the selected language or character set. The list includes all of the proportional fonts installed on your computer that can display the selected language. In the Default fixed-width font box, select a fixed- width font for the selected language or character set. (The fixed- width font is also used to display text on the HTML tab in Page view.) The list includes all of the fixed-width fonts installed on your computer that can display the selected language. If the selected language or character set does not support fixed-width fonts, this option is not available.

Dave Rice, (701) 231-7381, drice@ndsuext.nodak.edu
 

Write the Right Word

Here are a few more words that sound somewhat alike, but how they are spelled makes a huge difference in their meaning.

Lose/loose Lose can be defined as to come to be without, to give up or forfeit, or to slip from sight. Did you lose your hat? I will lose my chance to get a good seat at the play if I am late. She walked slowly so her sister would not lose sight of her. Loose is being free from something that binds or confines. He let the cattle loose in the pasture.

Accept/except Accept is to take or receive, or agree or consent to something. We will accept nominations until Wednesday. She accepted her friends apology. He accepted her theory. Except means otherwise or other than, or to exclude or leave out. They were all at the party except me. The trees created a solid windbreak except in one area.

Affect/effect Affect means to influence. The weather will affect my decision. Effect, as a verb, means to cause. The new dean will effect many changes. As a noun, it means result. The effect of the new policy will be widespread.

Flier/flyer A flier is an aviator or handbill. The flier soloed when he was 15. The educational material included a poster and flier. Flyer is the name of some buses and trains. The Western Flyer was on schedule all week.

Ellen Crawford, (701) 231-5391, ecrawfor@ndsuext.nodak.edu

Rolie Retires from Print Shop, Anderson Joins Staff

Jon Rolie is retiring from the Ag Communication print shop June 1. Jon started as a press operator in October 1984, and we thank him for his dedicated, quality work for 22 years.

Though customers often didn't see Jon, they saw his work. For years, he has printed most of the letterhead, business cards and other green jobs that have gone through the print shop in addition to other printing projects.

Jon plans to spend plenty of time golfing this summer, and we wish him the best in retirement.

Chris Anderson will be joining the print shop staff to take Jon's place, so let's give him a warm NDSU welcome.

New in the Staff Resource Library

Maximizing Paraprofessional Potential by Joye Norris and Susan Baker, 130 pages
Human service paraprofessionals typically work for public or nonprofit agencies. Adminstrators who work directly with these agencies will benefit from this book. This book covers the Sequential Development Model and fills the gap between the decision to employ human service paraprofessionals and the skills and knowledge professionals need to train and supervise them.

Focus Groups by Richard Krueger and Mary Anne Casey, 215 Pages
This book is considered the standard for learning how to conduct a focus group. It includes many illustrations and more how-tos than ever before.

Innovation Revolution by Tom Peters, 6 Tapes
In todays world, things are changing faster than ever. The skills and abilities that helped you get where you are today wont get you much further in the years to come -- unless you learn to break the rules and act with daredevil speed. These tapes will provide you with bold tactics for being better and brighter at what you do.

The Silent Language by Edward Hall, 217 Pages
In the everyday but unspoken give and take of human relationships, the silent language plays a vitally important role. Here, a leading American anthropologist has analyzed the many ways in which people talk to one another without the use of words.

How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein, 160 Pages
This book talks to you about how to build your willpower, how to waste time for pleasure and profit, and how to work smarter as well as harder.

See http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/staffres/library/contents.htm  to check out these and many other books, audio tapes and CDs, and videos, or browse the shelves in the Distribution Center in Morrill 10.

Let's Communicate

Past issues and topics from Lets Communicate are at www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/letscomm/letscomm.htm. If you have questions or comments, or would like to submit information or make a suggestion for Lets Communicate, please contact me.