Prezi is an online software that lets you create presentations on your computer. The presentations are not necessarily sequential; the format encourages a more free-flowing and stream-of-consciousness approach to presentations. The web address is www.prezi.com If you register at the site with your W&L e-mail account, you get a free educator/student account.

A user followed the steps here and was able to convert and send document as pdf.

1. Open the Word Document.

2. Click on File in the upper Left hand corner.

3. Click on Save As

4. Choose PDF from the Save as type drop down.

5. Name the file and click save.

The PDF will be created in the same folder as the original word document.

1. Open Adobe Acrobat Professional (White Icon with a Red A)

2. Click on the "Create PDF" Button

3. Choose "Create from Multiple Files"

4. In the Add Files Section, Click on Browse and browse to the files you want to add.

5. When you are done adding files, you may arrange the files in the order you choose.

6. When you are done, Click Ok. 

7. The PDF will combine all the files, click on Save to safe your file.

Office 2010 applications
    Click the File tab, and then click Option.
    Click Add-Ins on the left side of the dialog box.
    Do one of the following:
        If PDFMOutlook or Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Add-in is not listed, choose COM Add-Ins from the Manage pop-up menu and click Go.
        If PDFMOutlook or Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Add-in is listed under Disabled Application Add-ins, select Disabled Items from the Manage pop-up menu and click Go.

    Select PDFMOutlook or Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Add-in and click OK.
    Restart the Office application.

1. Open the File in Adobe Acrobat Professional (American Paint).

2. Go to Document and then Reduce File Size.

3. When asked about compatibilty, leave it compatiable with only the most recent version.

4. Give it a file name and save.

Built-in PDF Reader for Kindle DX

Your Kindle DX can display PDF documents without losing the formatting of the original file. Send PDF documents directly to your Kindle (via your @Kindle address) or drag and drop PDF files from your computer to your Kindle (when connected via USB). You can also magnify PDFs by viewing them in landscape mode.

Some features are not currently supported, including annotations, Text-to-Speech, and zooming and panning.

Option to Convert PDF Files to Kindle Format

If you prefer to have your personal PDF documents converted to the Kindle format so you can take advantage of Kindle functionality such as variable font size, annotation, Text-to-Speech, etc., type "Convert" in the subject of the e-mail when you submit your personal document to your @kindle.com address.

Image-heavy PDF files are presented in landscape orientation and don't work with devices that have auto-rotation, so those will be delivered in the Kindle format.

• Press 1 to record and send an answer to the message sender OR
• Press 70 to call the person who sent you the message OR
• Press 9 to forward the message to another extension OR
• Press # to continue to the next message

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Here's a link to a great little 1 minute vidoe from Brainstorm Inc. that explains it all.

Microsoft video on saving presentations in PowerPoint 2007

One of the reasons may be a printer setting.  Open up the selected printer to see if the PRINT TO FILE box has become checked on the selected printer.  If it has uncheck that setting.

Students: If you are using Apple's "Pages" to create your documents,

you need to save as a Word document before you turn in your work.

Here's how:

1. In Pages, go to File > Save as

2. Click the down arrow by the Save As box.

3. Check the box, "Save Copy as: Word Document"

You can also go to: http://www.wlu.edu/x49936.xml and download

Office 2008 for the Macintosh. (W&L has a site license for Microsoft

Office for all university computers and for all student computers so

that everyone has access to a common software set.)

Applies To: Students

• Good Reader
• iAnnotate PDF

Applies To: Students

If you are scanning texts into Acrobat, it's good practice to take the following steps before sharing them so that the file size will be smaller and the document easier to download and print: 

1. Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR (this recognizes the text and reduces the file size a lot)

2. Document > Reduce File Size, then choose Acrobat 7.0 (this is the backwards-compatibility issue mentioned above)

3. Document > Optimized Scanned PDF, then make sure the indicator is somewhere in the middle between Smaller File and Higher Quality. 

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Applies To: Students

How to Save a File from Email to the Dropbox with iAnnotate

1. On your PC or Macintosh desktop computer, download the Dropbox program from www.dropbox.com

a. As part of the installation process, Dropbox will create a file in your "My Documents" folder. Anything that you save to that folder will viewable from your iPad.

2. Create a Dropbox account for yourself; remember the password because you'll have to enter it every time you access the account from your iPad. It can be the same or different from your University password.

a. You should now have a Dropbox account with 2 GB of free storage.

b. Drag a file into that folder for testing purposes.

3. Download the Dropbox application on your iPad.

a. Log into the dropbox once it's installed.

b. You should see the file you dragged to the Dropbox.

4. You can upload any photos or video files from your iPad to your Dropbox, but not any documents or PDFs. This is where iAnnotate comes in...it communicates between your email and your dropbox, being the 3^rd party.

5. Download the iAnnotate application on your iPad.

6. You should now be able to send a PDF from email to iAnnotate, and from iAnnotate to the Dropbox, all from the iPad.

Classroom PCs and ITS laptops are referred to as "frozen" since data you save to the C:\ drive will be deleted when the computer is rebooted.  

These computers have a T:\ drive where data can be saved and not overwritten during a reboot.  The T:\ drive is limited to a maximum size of 2GB.  This drive is labeled "SAVE LOCAL DATA HERE".

You may also use a memory stick connected to the USB port on the computer to save your data.

See image below for graphic details:

Send an email to help@wlu.edu providing the details--the name of the app and how you'd like to use it in your workflow. We'll review the app to see if it meets security requirements and get back to you.