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| CREA
Consultants (CREA) provide training in many aspects of the use and programming
of computers, computer systems and application software. Training can be provided as
formal classroom style courses, or as ono to one tutorial style. The type of training
required will depend upon the major objective and will be discussed with the client at the
quotation stage. Training can if
necessary, be biased towards the Engineering environment. |
| Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows NT |
| Microsoft Windows is now arguably the
most commonly used computer operating system, the latest version being Windows 95. Whilst
the system is designed to be intuitive, and to a large extent this objective has been met,
the system contains many tools which aid productivity and help to maintain the system. It
is also important to teach users how and when to backup data, since today’s storage
devices are very large. If your system disc crashes, (is damaged), how do you recover all
of your hard work? Learning the system in more depth to allow configuration and
adaptation, leading to more productive usage. Microsoft are now in the process of manoeuvring Windows NT into a position to
replace Windows 95. NT is a much more powerful and complex operating system, but it will
release the full power of today’s PC systems and will interface comfortably with
UNIX.
Both Windows products are network and Internet
aware, that is they can be networked and they will transmit and receive Internet data.
Training in configuring and using these features which are increasingly important in
today’s business world are available.
See also Windows
Applications |
| UNIX |
| UNIX has a reputation for being an
extremely complex operating system to use. The complexity is derived from it’s origin
as a tool for programmers and is, therefore, extremely flexible. This flexibility makes
the system complicated to use. There are less than ten commands which have to be
understood to be able to use UNIX with ease, however, further learning reveals a powerful
tool for data management. UNIX consists of three different operating environments, the so
called "shells", each acts in a different manner. Each shell has a scripting
language which allows complex commands to be written, indeed, many UNIX commands are
implemented in the scripting languages. The complexity in UNIX tends to revolve around it’s configuration files,
these vary from system to system, but a rudimentary understanding of these will allow the
system to be more useful.
If your UNIX box is under-utilised, this is the
course for you. |
| Microsoft
Windows Applications |
| Applications written for the
Microsoft Windows environment have common factors, in many cases, programs are designed to
interact. Training can be provided in the use of the basic applications, Word, Excel,
Access and Project. With the design of the Microsoft products now being standardised,
learning one in detail will give an insight into the operation of the others. The mainstream Microsoft products interact at several levels, at the
lowest, documents from say Word can be embedded in Excel spreadsheets, spreadsheet data
can be linked into a Word document, or Excel can be used to process data in an Access data
base. The interactions can be elevated using the internal macro languages, an Excel macro
can for instance open and examine an Access data base. At the highest level, high level
programs written in Visual Basic, "C", C++ or FORTRAN can access and integrate
documents, spreadsheets and data bases. Add this to a networked environment, and you have
the basis for the paperless office!
Programs written by other software houses now tend
to adhere to the Microsoft Interface Programming Standards, so integration tricks learnt
for Microsoft products may well apply equally for Lotus products and others.
Integrating applications leads to high quality
reports containing engineering analysis plots, AutoCAD drawings, Excel calculations …
If object linking is used, then the updating chain can become largely automatic. For
example, if you create a report which contains an Excel calculation, then you update the
calculation, the next printing of the report will automatically include the updated
calculation. The same mechanism can be implemented for plots, drawings, graphics, analysis
results … |
| Computer
System Administration |
| One of the key factors with computers
is that they can generate data extremely quickly. A well administered computer system is
one where this data is kept under control and the data is secure. Security of data refers
to both ensuring that the data is always available, online or off-line as well as the data
being safe from unauthorised access. The
secret of computer administration is to know how each machine is configured, to know what
data is kept where, and to prevent users from misusing the machines, without creating an
oppressive working atmosphere. CREA provide training in the development of computer administration
procedures, including machine configuration, backup procedures, network administration,
disaster recovery, user administration and basic user training. |
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