This episode originally aired October 14 2024 on ACB Media 5. Office Space episode 11: Excel begins! It's a dark and stormy night. The wind howls outside, and somewhere in the distance, a wolf bays at the moon. You sit alone in your office, trembling before the eerie glow of your computer screen. The cursor blinks menacingly on a blank Excel worksheet, and the rows and columns stretch out before you like an endless labyrinth of terror. There’s no need to fear, Tyson is sitting down to help unravel this vast field of blank cells starting with navigation of the workbook. We’ll show you how to banish the curse of inaccessibility and create a welcoming worksheet using tools such as the define names and how to rename your sheets. Some of the music in this episode was provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix, and can be found at www.audionautix.com, Swing by his sight to check out his works and buy the guy a coffee!

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This episode originally aired October 7 on ACB Media 5 In this episode, Tyson covers the last of Microsoft Word (at least for now!) skills covered include adjusting headings, creating a page break, making bulleted and numbered lists from pre-existing text, and an unsuccessful attempt at inserting page numbers at the last minute. And of course, the prerequisite demo fail. Some of the music for this episode was provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix. You can listen to Jason’s free music at www.audionautix.com, and if you like what you here, buy the guy a coffee!

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The Inaugural episode of Office Space!

This is my podcast showing you, through example, how to use your Windows PC with the JAWS screen reader. Presented in a class style with each episode building on basics designed for the listener to help you in feeling comfortable and confident in using your computer.

My name is Tyson Ernst and I have been an educator since 1985 when I began teaching drum students out of my garage. After losing most of my sight in 2005, I began a transformative journey leading to teaching access technology to those who are seeking skills to assist in their daily lives both personally and professionally. Teaching is my passion and passing along the knowledge I have accumulated is the reward.

You can reach me at vipertechtraining@gmail.com

You can listen live to each episode as I record it every Monday evening at 8 PM Eastern, and 5 PM Pacific. Go to: acbmedia.org, click on live streams, and then on ACB Media 5 and use the built in player, or ask your echo device to “play acb media 5” You may need to enable to acb media skill.

Some of the music in this episode was provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix. You can browse Jason’s extensive library of royalty free music at Audionautix.com, and buy him a coffee if you like what you hear!

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This episode was originally aired as part of the ACB Media network on September 30 2024. In this weeks podcast, Tyson covers more about headings, including a quick tip on changing all styles in a single keystroke! Then he shows how to auto create and format bullets and numbers And bonus… You get a recipe for his signature hummus… Free of charge! Some of the music for this podcast is provided by Jason Shaw. You can see Jason’s works at www.audionautix.com where you can download his music, and buy him a coffee to say thanks!

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This show originally aired on the ACB Media network on September 23 2024 In this weeks Office Space. Tyson covers formatting text using the font dialogue box. He then goes on to show you a way to check the font and even hear it line by line. He finishes with demonstrating how to format a document and design it to be accessible to screen readers using styles. Some of the music provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix. You can find his work at www.audionautix.com. and I’m certain he would appreciate you buying him a coffee! Until next time

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This episode originally aired September 16 2024 on the ACB media network In this episode, Tyson gives a listener tip on quickly changing calendar views, and then covers a large variety of quick navigation commands inspired by another contributor. He then demonstrates the use of CoPilot in MS Word and how to use it to quickly draft text. He finishes out with showing how to select text both by character, word, then by large chunks! I got to use the word chunks in a show note! Some of the music provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix. You can find Jason’s music at www.audionautix.com, and I’m certain he would appreciate you buying him a coffee! Until next time.

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This episode originally aired September 9 2024 on the ACB media network In this episode, Tyson continues with his overview of Outlook. He demonstrates how to create a create a signature file for both new and reply/forward email messages. He reviews the out of office and how it doesn’t work with the non-exchange email accounts, but talks about a rule for generating out of office replies instead. He then begins work with the calendar by demonstrating how to create an appointment and how to make it recurring. Some of the music in this episode is provided by Jason Shaw from Audionautix. You can visit and find Jason’s music at www.audionautix.com. And he would appreciate buying him a coffee! Until next week.

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