Bill Bullock
Bill Bullock (Network +) is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science. Bill writes how-to articles on a variety of topics and has written about his experiences with obtaining his CompTIA Network+ certification for which he used Train Signal’s Network+ course to study for the exam.
Bill Bullock has written 19 posts for TrainSignal Training
Excel 2007: Visualize Your Data with Ease
By Bill Bullock ⋅ December 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
Excel has always been an excellent tool for listing numerical and textual data, and Excel 2007 is no different in that regard. Of course, simply storing data is rarely all that we use Excel for. Most of the time, we use Excel to analyze our data or to visualize it by creating charts. Charts are [...]
13 Best Keyboard Shortcuts for Excel 2007
By Bill Bullock ⋅ November 28, 2007 ⋅ 8 comments
Microsoft Excel 2007 is a great tool for getting things done, and if you’re looking for a way to be even more productive use these 13 proven Excel 2007 keyboard shortcuts to get more done in less time.
How to Change Document Library Permissions in SharePoint
By Bill Bullock ⋅ November 20, 2007 ⋅ 9 comments
Are there times when you need to create a document for others in your organization to access, but you will also need to update that document fairly frequently? Emailing updated versions of the document just doesn’t seem feasible in these situations. Luckily, you are running a SharePoint server, and know how to use document libraries. [...]
Outlook Views: Minimize, Maximize, Customize!
By Bill Bullock ⋅ November 14, 2007 ⋅ One comment
Outlook 2007 provides some amazing improvements over previous versions of the program that make it one thing that is almost always running on my computer. Being able to check my calendar items, tasks, email, and RSS feeds all in one place has added immensely to my productivity. Sometimes though, I find that I need access [...]
Logo Branding: Give Your SharePoint Some Character!
By Bill Bullock ⋅ November 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
SharePoint offers a great solution to getting your entire organization to collaborate easily and efficiently. This is made even better by the possibility of using your SharePoint server to host sites that face out toward the Internet, for everyone to see. Of course, with that said, everyone knows that having a professional-looking webpage can be [...]
SharePoint Tips: Manage Documents the Easy Way with Workflows
By Bill Bullock ⋅ November 6, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments
You probably remember hearing about SharePoint’s potential to simplify your communication and collaboration efforts. Today I’m going to tell you about one of the great features that not only makes things easier, but also saves you time: SharePoint Workflows! One of the things that can take up a lot of our time is waiting for [...]
Power Up Your Outlook: 5 Things You Must Know How To Do
By Bill Bullock ⋅ October 31, 2007 ⋅ One comment
Outlook 2007 is an incredibly powerful tool. More than just your email client, you can use the new Outlook to organize your entire day. You can set up your calendar, get feeds from the internet, manage your contacts and meetings, and much more. But before you can call yourself a serious Outlook user, there are [...]
11 Best Keyboard Shortcuts for Outlook 2007
By Bill Bullock ⋅ October 25, 2007 ⋅ One comment
See how you can increase productivity and get more done with these top 11 Outlook 2007 Keyboard Shortcuts.
3 Easy Steps to Get Email Alerts and RSS Feeds in SharePoint!
By Bill Bullock ⋅ October 22, 2007 ⋅ 7 comments
If you work for a company that manages multiple large projects at a time, you know that the key to a successful project is most often efficient and effective communication and collaboration. Microsoft Office SharePoint is perfect for this! It allows you to create a server which houses many different sites for discussion, collaboration, and [...]
CompTIA Network+: Certification Exam Results!
By Bill Bullock ⋅ October 3, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments
It’s been a while since I have had the time to write another post for you here at TST, and I apologize for that. After I finished watching the Network+ Videos and reviewing them, I had to switch my priorities a bit here on the job (you mean I can’t just watch IT training videos [...]
Network+ Videos 14 and 15: Course Completion
By Bill Bullock ⋅ September 17, 2007 ⋅ One comment
Today I reviewed the last two videos in the CompTIA Network+ course. It seems almost strange that the course is finished already, as there was so much information that was covered. However, like our instructor Chris Bryant has stated multiple times throughout the course, it will be my job to go back through the videos [...]
Network+ Videos 12 and 13: Cables, Cables, Cables …
By Bill Bullock ⋅ September 11, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments
As you may have been able to guess from the title of this post, today’s videos in the CompTIA Network+ course have a little something to do with the different kinds of network cables that are out there today. When I say “a little something” –know that this is a serious understatement. Video 12 is [...]
Network+ Videos 10 and 11: Gloom and Doom
By Bill Bullock ⋅ September 4, 2007 ⋅ One comment
The videos I watched today in my ongoing review of the CompTIA Network+ course were all about security. And of course, part of security is talking about that dreaded killer of servers and workstations alike, the computer virus (cue the “duh duh DUH” music). Our instructor for the Network+ course, Chris Bryant takes a general [...]
Network+ Videos 8 and 9: Who Knew?
By Bill Bullock ⋅ August 27, 2007 ⋅ 6 comments
Nearly everyone who has had experience with networking and the Internet knows PING. The command is available on just about every platform in some form or another, and is fairly easy to use. It also is considered one of the most simplistic commands out there, or so I thought. As far as I was used [...]
Network+ Videos 5 and 6: Network Nightmares
By Bill Bullock ⋅ August 22, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
So as I said in my last post, today we are going to return to the CompTIA Network+ course with Chris Bryant as our instructor. I think it’s good that we had that short break where I talked about Train Signal Training (TST) and the FREE TCP/IP training videos here, and that’s because video 6 [...]
IP Intermission …
By Bill Bullock ⋅ August 20, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
Hey out there. Today I want to take a break from my series of posts about the CompTIA Network+ Course to talk a little bit about this site, Train Signal Training. If you’re here, you probably already know this, but Train Signal Training is kind of like our community presence here on “ye olde inter-webs.” [...]
Network+ Videos 3 and 4: Ping the Router on a Stick
By Bill Bullock ⋅ August 17, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments
Hello out there in the blogosphere. Bill here again at Train Signal. I have to warn you, today I’ve had more than my fair share of caffeine, so I’m just a little hyper. Let’s hope that makes for an interesting blog post, and not an incoherent one. ha-ha. So today I went through videos 3 [...]
Network+ Videos 1 and 2
By Bill Bullock ⋅ August 15, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments
Today I am reviewing the first two videos in our CompTIA Network+ course. Feel free to click the link to get more information about this course. The Instructor for the Network+ course is Chris Bryant. He is very experienced, and really does an excellent job with it. He takes a very detailed approach to explaining [...]
Hello out there in the blogosphere. This is Bill at Train Signal!
By Bill Bullock ⋅ August 13, 2007 ⋅ 13 comments
This is my first blog on my first day here in the office. It’s already been a very interesting day, and I just want to sit down and get this entry started before things start to get too busy. So the first thing I want to talk about is myself. That makes me sound kind [...]