Pearson’s InformIT Debuts Two New Video Podcast Channels: OnHomeandOffice and Que on Demand

INDIANAPOLIS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--InformIT, the website of Pearson’s technology imprints, has launched two new video podcast channels, OnHomeandOffice and Que on Demand, as part of its OnPodcast Network.

“These podcasts will help professionals and home users alike master each task in the same easy to understand step-by-step style.”

OnHomeandOffice features expert video tips and tutorials covering home and office computing topics such as Microsoft Office applications, Windows Vista, and gadgets. Episodes include See All Formulas in Excel, Setting Up Data for Quick Sorting, and Pivot Tables – Replicating a Report for Every Customer. Que on Demand contains tips based on the Que on Demand series, home of Que’s visual, color, step-by-step reference guides for CS4, Windows, Office, and other desktop and office productivity technologies. Episodes within the Que on Demand channel include Photoshop CS4: Using the Rotate View, Flash CS4: Using the Spray Brush Tool, and Dreamweaver CS4: Editing CSS in Properties Panel.

News Facts

There are 40 episodes of OnHomeandOffice, and 23 episodes of Que on Demand
All channels of The OnPodcast Network can be found at http://www.informit.com/podcasts
Podcasts are available both via InformIT and iTunes
Subscribe to OnHomeandOffice at iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=307161017
Subscribe to Que on Demand at iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=307162372
MrExcel bundle offers are located on http://www.informit.com/mrexcel
Download a free On Demand eBook through Que’s On Demand page at http://www.informit.com/imprint/series_detail.aspx?ser=2133502
Que Publishing’s URL is http://www.informit.com/que

Useable Quotes

“The Excel tips in the podcast are the audience favorites from my live Power Excel Seminars,” said Bill Jelen, Microsoft Excel author and OnHomeandOffice contributor. “When something can make a room full of accountants gasp, I know it is a good tip for the OnHomeandOffice podcast. Depending on how you use Excel, the right tip could easily save you 50 hours a year.”

“I’ve taken the same valuable expertise offered in the On Demand books and created podcasts that highlight the latest and most relevant features in the software today,” said Steve Johnson, Que’s On Demand Series author and managing editor. “These podcasts will help professionals and home users alike master each task in the same easy to understand step-by-step style.”

“The Que on Demand and OnHomeandOffice podcast channels deliver tutorials from the world’s best-selling author experts in the form of free on-demand video,” said Eric Garulay, Digital Marketing Manager and OnPodcast Network Executive Producer.

About the Authors

Bill Jelen is an accomplished Excel author and the principal behind the leading Excel website, MrExcel.com. As an Excel consultant, he has written Excel VBA solutions for over 300 clients around the English-speaking world. His website hosts over 10 million page views annually. Prior to founding MrExcel.com, Jelen spent twelve years in the trenches - working as a financial analyst for the finance, marketing, accounting and operations departments of a $500 million public company.

Steve Johnson has written more than 20 books on a variety of computer software, including Microsoft Office XP, Windows XP, and Macromedia Director MX and Fireworks. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Johnson founded Perspection, Inc., a software training company committed to providing performance-based training to help people effectively and efficiently use computer technology. Perspection writes and produces software training books, and develops Web-based training for Windows and Macintosh personal computers. Since 1991 they have written more than 60 computer books and sold over 4.5 million copies.

About the OnPodcast Network

The OnPodcast Network is a free, on-demand learning network featuring interviews, tips, and tutorials on a wide array of technology topics. Founded in 2007, the network is comprised of 15 channels which contain more than 650 podcast episodes. The OnPodcast Network is distributed at InformIT and iTunes.

On Security
On Open Source
On Microsoft
On Software
On Networking
On Home & Office
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On SOA
On BizTech
On Certification

About Pearson

The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm, InformIT (http://www.informit.com) -The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (http://www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals. Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand digital library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, business and management resources in video and text formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

Keywords:

OnHomeandOffice keywords: Office, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Windows XP, Mr. Excel, Bill Jelen, Video, Gadgets, iPod, iPhone, Que, Windows Vista, Social Media, home business, small office

Que on Demand keywords: CS4, Graphic Design, Web Design, Adobe, Video, Steve Johnson, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, Windows Vista, Office 2007