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Hone your Fusion Tables training skills
Get savvy with the new version of Fusion Tables and learn the newest features and share tips and tricks for smooth trainings. For those who are newer to Fusion Tables, learn what they are, see examples and what types of files can be used. Learn how to do mapping with Fusion Tables and how to style and display them. This tutorial also goes into customizing tables, how to add layers and how to combine maps. Find out more through this link: https://sites.google.com/site/fusiontablestalks/talks/car-2013
Tags: Google; Google Fusion Tables; data
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Welcome to the world of data: Now what do you do?
Herzog gives great tips on what to do with your data once you have it, including how to get to know your data, how to clean it, how to keep it simple and where to look for story ideas (IRE's Resource Center, of course!).
Tags: data; resources; cleaning data; pivot tables
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Data Tables: Step-by-step Basic Instructions
Schnaars gives instructions on how to use the jQuery plug-in "Data Tables" to quickly display searchable and sortable data through content management system.
Tags: jquery; data tables; ssi; json; htm; html; data; sorting;
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Get The Most Out Of Fusion Tables
Get the most out of fusion tables with this tipsheet by Rebecca Shapley.
Tags: Fusion Tables
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From PDF to Searchable, Sortable Data
Learn how to convert PDFs to a fixed width text file. http://www.kevinschaul.com/2012/02/08/pdf-to-searchable-sortable-table/
Tags: PDF
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Importing HTML tables using Microsoft Excel
"Getting HTML tables into Microsoft Excel used to be labor intensive and problematic." Get tips from Nixon on how to import easily.
Tags: Excel; HTML; importing data
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Importing data using the Microsoft Excel Import Wizard
Importing data into Microsoft Excel will enhance your reporting by allowing you to do original, in-depth analysis on a variety of different types of information. It's fortunate that Excel can accommodate multiple data formats so you can do basic or complex sorts, filters, pivot tables and more. In this lesson you’ll learn about different data formats, how to identify a format, which ones are Excel-friendly and how to get them into Excel.
Tags: data; excel; import; text file; comma-separated value; database format; html; access file; pdf
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Data Viz for Beginners
Bhatt discusses what data visualization is; why it is important; provides links to online data viz tools and resources; and provides several links to data visualization projects.
Tags: data visualization; data viz; many eyes; wordle; google fusion tables; batchgeo; google viz; tableau public; ArcGIS; Protovis; InfoVis; Raphael