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As an intermediate computer user, you are in an enviable position. You've gotten past the initial fear and apprehension of a beginner and now you are ready to tackle new challenges. VISION COMPUTING provides the services you need to continue your advancement in computer knowledge and experience. With your computer you can explore anything of interest. Got a stamp collection? Why not create a simple database to keep track of it all? And why not go on-line to discuss your hobby with others worldwide. Even better, post your own web site dedicated to your hobby or special interest. Are you the keeper of the family photo album? Why not scan your family pictures into the computer and share the images with the rest of the relatives on a family web site? Any topic or subject you can imagine, and even those you can't, may be explored using the power of your computer and VISION COMPUTING is ready to provide you with the service and support you need to get the most out of your explorations. If you are involved with office automation tasks such as word processing, spreadsheets, or data bases, VISION COMPUTING can help you maximize the use of your computer systems. These links will take you to detailed descriptions of our service categories for intermediate level computer users.
• Upgrade and Repair Services for Intermediate Level Users • Graphics and Image Creation Services for Intermediate Level Users • Web Site Design and Development Services for Intermediate Level Users • Group Training Programs for Intermediate Level Users • Individual Tutoring - Intermediate Level • Other Services for Intermediate Level Users In addition to services for intermediate level users, we also offer
specialty consulting for other user levels. These links will take you to
pages describing our services for advanced and beginner/novice users.
• System Design, Set-up and Support Services for Intermediate Level Users The task of upgrading your existing computer or replacing it with a state-of-the-art PC can be difficult even for the experienced computer user. Reviewing and analyzing the computer market to get a system that meets your needs can be painstaking and incredibly time consuming. VISION COMPUTING, with years of design experience, can review available products and recommend ones that best suit your objectives. After your system has been built and in use, we stay with you by providing the support you need, when you need it. For the user that wishes to do some of the nuts and bolts work themselves, we offer group training and individual tutoring services specifically designed for the intermediate level user. We will help you design a system and give you the training necessary to advance into the ranks of the "power user." VISION COMPUTING is not affiliated with any computer manufacturers or software companies. The recommendations and suggestions we provide our clients are based on our experience with the products or careful analysis of product evaluations in the trade journals, magazines, and on the Internet. Our goal is to find you the best hardware and software products that meet your needs and budget. Choosing the software that best meets your needs is a formidable task. Today's computer programs are extremely varied and complex. VISION COMPUTING provides you the knowledge and expertise to select the right software. As with hardware, we do not represent nor directly sell, any software company's products. We believe each user should select the computer products they need based on which products best fit their needs. To this end, VISION COMPUTING will help you choose your software from the full spectrum of available packages. In addition to commercial software VISION COMPUTING has extensive experience with "freeware" and "shareware" products. We analyze your needs and will recommend appropriate programs from small freeware programs for those on a tight budget to high-end commercial products for your business requirements. The goal is to get you the best tool to do the work you need to do. Contact us to get details on how VISION COMPUTING can design and set-up a personal computer system for you. • Upgrade and Repair Services for Intermediate Level Users As you use your computer for more specific chores you may find the need to increase your system's capabilities. VISION COMPUTING will take you in the direction you want to go by assisting in the choice, purchase, and installation of accessories and peripherals. We provide a full range of on-site upgrade and repair services for both hardware and software. Our staff will help you determine the best alternatives between CPU upgrades, memory expansion, disk drive options, modems, network adapters, scanners, printers, monitors, mice, MIDI sound devices, and other options. If you are planning to upgrade from DOS/Windows 3.x to Windows 95/98 or NT, we can provide the technical know-how to make your migration go as smoothly as possible. Our goal is to minimize your down-time and get your computers up and running quickly. We also offer a range of preventive maintenance services designed to catch and correct problems before catastrophic failure occurs. These measures include disk tuning, virus checking, file clean-up, software upgrades and "patches", and other maintenance items. We understand how important your data are so we provide various backup and archiving services. We can save your data to floppy diskettes, Zip disk, or a variety of tape formats. For users wishing to perform their own backup, we can automate the process by writing batch files and system scripts that free you from some of the drudgery of backups. Contact us for details on our system backup and data archiving services. • Graphics and Image Creation Services for Intermediate Level Users The ability to produce graphical images can benefit any user. Once you understand how to create and manipulate images on a computer, the artistic possibilities are endless. Even for people who say "I can't draw," the computer can be a powerful tool for producing a variety of graphics. VISION COMPUTING offers many graphical services. We can create the illustrations you need or we can show you how to create your own sophisticated imagery. We have expertise in designing logos, letterheads, stationary, mailers, product lists, cards, signs, posters, announcements, newsletters, maps, and presentation slides. From a simple logo to a complex diagram, we can create the graphics you need for your desktop publishing project or your web pages. As with most of our services, if you prefer to do some or all of the work yourself, we can provide personalized training and tutoring services. We also provide scanning and digital image enhancement services. Do you have an old damaged photograph? VISION COMPUTING can digitally restore the image for you. If your graphics project requires photography, such as pictures of your products for a brochure or on-line catalog, we will work with our sister company VISION IMAGES to provide your photographic needs. Contact us for details on our graphics and image creation services. Examples of our graphics work and computer generated images can be seen on our Portfolio page. • Web Site Design and Development Services for Intermediate Level Users Whether you are just getting online for the first time or are ready to add some sophistication to your existing web site, VISION COMPUTING can provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to successfully surf or be surfed on the World Wide Web. Do you have a hobby, interest, or passion you want to share with the world? Let VISION COMPUTING create and set-up your personal web pages. If you are having a special event such as a reunion or wedding we can create a web site for you to share your event with family and friends. Considering a web site for your business? VISION COMPUTING can create your pages and work with your Internet Service Provider ("ISP") to get your site on-line. If you need Internet services we can handle all the arrangements for you. Contact us for details on our web site design, implementation, and maintenance packages. We offer three types of web site products. First, for those wanting a web presence on a budget, we start with a simple web advertisement page. Moving up the scale, for individuals or small organizations (scout troops, clubs, associations, events, reunions, etc.), we design mid-priced personal web sites. Finally, for businesses and larger organizations that require on-line forms and data base interfacing, we create commercial web sites. All web sites implemented by VISION COMPUTING include registering the site with many of the major World Wide Web "search engines". These search facilities allow web surfers to find your site when they are searching on appropriate categories and keywords. As part of our web design and construction services, we handle all the details of getting your site "enrolled". For details on the cost of web site design and development services from VISION COMPUTING, see our Rates and Prices page or send us an e-mail with your site requirements and we'll give you a price estimate. If you want to learn web site design or have a group that needs training, VISION COMPUTING can help you by providing group training and individual tutoring in all facets of web site design and construction. For those needing to host their own web sites, we can help you design and engineer Unix and Windows NT servers. Our Portfolio page has links to some of the web sites designed and implemented by VISION COMPUTING. • Group Training Programs for Intermediate Level Users Does your office team need PC training? Did your department get new systems or software packages and things are not running like they used to? Do you know a group of friends who own computers and they just don't seem to be able to make them work properly? We can help. VISION COMPUTING specializes in training and we will design courses and materials customized specifically for your group's needs. For intermediate level users we offer training programs that move you and your people past the basics and on to mastery of personal computing. Our staff of experienced instructors has taught classes to many ages from children to senior citizens. We do our training at your site and on your systems so you gain real-world experience with your own computing tools. We design training programs covering a wide range of topics and applications. These include general computing with Windows and DOS (Windows 95/98, NT, 3.x), office automation (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, etc.), networking, e-mail, Internet and World Wide Web, computer graphics, animation, web page design and construction, programming, Unix systems, and educational software for adults and children. Our training programs include user manuals and other learning materials which we tailor to your requirements and skill level. We also provide support services for problems that arise after your training. Contact us with your training goals and we will design a curriculum that educates you and your people quickly and efficiently. You can review some of our training materials by browsing our Seminars and Presentations page. If you are interested in quantitative measures of our teaching effectiveness, the results of an audience survey given at one of our recent seminars can be found on our What's New page. • Individual Tutoring - Intermediate Level Through our tutoring services, we provide one-on-one, hands-on training for the intermediate user. We travel to your home or office so you get individual training on your system, with your software, and at your pace. Our tutoring programs are designed to help you learn effectively. We analyze your goals and strive to provide you with the knowledge necessary to meet your goals. As an intermediate level user you have mastered the basics and are ready to take on new challenges. Interested in creating a web site or do you want to produce a newsletter for your business clients? Are you a student wanting to learn how to use the computer to improve your studies? We can expand your computer knowledge and help you meet your goals. VISION COMPUTING's tutoring services are available for young teens through adults. Topics and related products of instruction include Windows (95/98, 3.x, NT), DOS, word processing (WordPerfect, Word), spreadsheets (QuattroPro, Excel), presentations (Presentations, PowerPoint), data bases (Paradox, Access), web browsing and Internet applications (Navigator, Internet Explorer), e-mail, computer graphics, desktop publishing, web page design and construction (Composer, FrontPage, NetObjects Fusion, ColdFusion, HTML), Unix systems, and programming (C, Basic, FORTRAN, Perl, JavaScript and others). We also offer tutoring in related topics such as computer math, geometry, natural sciences, electronics, software engineering, fractals, and graphical design. If you are getting on-line for the first time, VISION COMPUTING can take you step-by-step through the process of selecting your Internet provider, setting up your user account, handling your electronic mail, joining discussion groups and mailing lists, and designing and constructing your own web site. See our Rates and Prices page or contact us for more information on our individual tutoring services for intermediate level users. • Other Services for Intermediate Level Users VISION COMPUTING has other services available in a diverse range of computer related subjects. These include Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.); Global Positioning Systems (G.P.S.); computerized mapping; scientific and engineering applications, data visualization, Unix support, data base design, networking, educational software, geology, and computer engineering. Give us a call or send
an e-mail message with your requirements and we will contact you personally and
demonstrate how VISION COMPUTING can provide solutions to your computing needs. See
our Contacting Us and Rates
and Prices pages for more details.
We look forward to hearing from
you soon!
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