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Excel Intermediate* |
Wed. Feb. 5 | 3:10 p.m. |
US Lab |
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PowerPoint XP |
Wed., Feb. 19 | 3:10 p.m. | US Lab |
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Accessing Your Web Outlook Account Over the Christmas break, one of our servers went down due to a power supply failure on the server. Because school was closed, some people couldn't access their email account for a couple of days. If you were one of these people or if you want to try to avoid having this happen to you, please bookmark (or make Favorite) this URL: http://mail.smes.org/exchange/ If a server other than the one that handles the mail is down, you'll be able to bypass the main SMES web page and logon directly to your web outlook account. By the way, you can use this method to access your mailbox anytime. |
Changing Font Sizes In Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Selective Printing Do you ever need to print just part of a web page or e-mail? Here's how you do it! [This does not work with every system out there. This tip only works if both your printer driver and the software application you're using supports this little trick. So, take this for what it's worth.] Here's how it usually works: 1. First, select the area you would like to print.
2. Next, from the file menu, select Print... 3. When the printer dialog box comes up, look for an option for "Selection", in a "Print Range" frame. Again, not all printers/software support this.
Please note that this little trick didn't work with Netscape (4.x or 6). www.worldstart.com |
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Question: What is the difference between a Taskbar and a Toolbar? Answer: Your taskbar is the long gray bar that sits at the bottom of your screen (you can move it to the top or either side of your screen though). It has the Start button, system tray, and possibly more on it. In addition, it's where your programs buttons sit. Here's a snapshot (reduced size):
On the other hand, Toolbars are the little strips at the top of a program that holds icons. Normally, they're under all the menus. Note that most programs let you customize these to your liking. You can turn certain ones on or off. In fact, many programs let you decide which buttons to display. Try double-clicking or right-clicking a toolbar and see if it supports any customization. Question: Is there a way to bail out when you've clicked the wrong link on a web page? Answer: If you've clicked the wrong link and still have that left mouse button pressed down, just drag your pointer off the link to a blank spot and release. No harm done. But what if you've already clicked the link and you're off to the wrong page? Is there any hope? Yup, just hit your Escape key. That will stop your browser in it's tracks - it's also a good way to stop an onslaught of pop up windows, should you accidentally wander onto one of those kind of sites. |
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Visual Thesaurus An experiment in language and interface, Plumb Design's Visual Thesaurus is both an artistic exploration and a tool to explore, study, and analyze the structure of language. By displaying the interrelationships between words and meanings as spatial maps, the Visual Thesaurus translates language into a visible architecture. But rather than try to describe the beauty of this website, please take the time to visit it. |
Useful Tips for Internet Searches So, you're getting those 1,670,000+ responses to your search queries on the Web, and you're still too busy to do anything about it? Look no further. Real help is here in the University of South Carolina's Beaufort Library BARE BONES Tutorial. You can zip through these lessons in no time, any time. They are very short and succinct; each can be read in a few minutes. Feel free to jump in wherever you like, skip what you don't want to read, and come back whenever you need to. www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html And when your students ask for help. won't you impress them (and yourself) when you're able to zero in on the results!
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According to Gerri Gribi at CreativeFolk.Com, the official theme for Black History Month in 2003 is "The Souls of Black Folk (100th Anniversary)". The origins of Black History month is attributed to Carter G. Woodson, (1875 - 1950), scholar and historian. If you'd like to learn more about African Americans and their traditions, foods, celebrations, national anthem (Lift Every Voice and Sing), organizations and history, please take a look at one or more of these fascinating websites: http://creativefolk.com/blackhistory.html: Created by a graduate student of history, Gerri Gribi who also created an online curriculum guide which does the legwork for classroom teachers, organizing and providing recommendations for some of the best resources available both on and offline, but also providing ideas for ways to infuse African American Studies into the curriculum. She calls it Beyond Black History Month: The African American Studies Toolkit (http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/home.html). http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html: Contains a wealth of information including timelines, African American quotations, African American literature, and fun activities. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/bhm: A lot of interesting information and fun activities created and written specifically for kids. http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6602.html: A wonderful resource created by teachers for teachers that includes lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and links to all subject areas including math, literature, science, music and language arts. |
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