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.

The iPad is a tablet computer, created by Apple, with a 9.7 inch backlit screen. It is a multitouch device that weighs only 1.5 pounds. It runs a modified version of the iPhone OS, and it can connect to Wi-Fi networks, use the iBook reader, play music and run a multitude of applications available at the iTunes store.

The iPad comes with a charger that allows you to connect via a USB port to your PC or Macintosh, or you can plug the USB into the wall charger and charge it.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings

You will be asked to confirm two times.

All of your applications, network settings, e-mail information and iTunes account information will be wiped off of the iPad.

Click on the following link to learn how to share files using Dropbox on Mac OS X.

https://www.dropbox.com/help/19/en

Show Instructions for: Mac

Scroll down to find 'Share a Folder on Mac OS X'

Applies To: Students

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• In Outlook, open up the message (sent or received).
• In the Message tab at the top of the open E-mail, click on More and select Forward as Attachment.
• Enter the person’s E-mail address to forward the E-mail as an attachment and send.

Bcc is an abbreviation for blind carbon copy. If you add a recipient's name to the Bcc box in an e-mail message, a copy of the message is sent to the recipient, but the recipient's name is not visible to the other recipients of the message.

In a new message, on the Message Options tab, in the Fields group, click Show Bcc.

To force restart an iPad or iPhone hold down the Sleep button and Home button simultaneously for several seconds. This causes the device to force boot.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

1. Go to the Settings app
2. Select Wi-Fi
3. Make sure Wi-Fi is on and choose the "WLUsec" network
4. Enter your W&L network username (without the @mail.wlu.edu or @wlu.edu part) and password and tap Join
5. When prompted to accept the network certificate, tap the Accept button
6. Enter your device's passcode if prompted
7. A checkbox next to the WLUsec network and the Wi-Fi signal icon in the status bar at the top should indicate that you are now connected to the network

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

We do not provide copies of the address list for two primary reasons. 1 - it becomes a nightmare to troubleshoot issues as more and more out-of-date address lists are in use, 2 - if a machine holding these addresses gets infected with a virus that uses or collects addresses then our whole address list would be compromised.

1. You can use the Course Distribution Lists that are available in the Global Address List (GAL) in Outlook or Entourage. The courses are listed alphabetically by discipline. The format is Chem 106_01 Spring 2009-10.
2. In Sakai, you can use the Announcements tool to send e-mails. Choose High Priority to send e-mail to all participants of the site.
3. In Sakai, use the EMail Archive tool. You will have to add the EMail Archive tool in the Site Info > Edit Tools screen.
4. In Sakai, use the Mailtool too. You will have to add the Mailtool tool in the Site Info > Edit Tools screen. Note: The Mailtool has been deprecated by the Sakai Foundation. The tool is no longer supported and may not be included in future releases.

1. In Outlook, click on File > Options > Mail.
2. Click on Signatures.
3. Click the New button.
4. Type a name for your signature and click on OK.
5. In Choose Default Signature:
6. Select e-mail signature.
7. Select if you want your signature added to New messages.
8. Select if you want your signature added to Replies/Forwards.
9. In Edit Signature, you have serveral options:  Type your signature, insert a picture, insert your business card, or add an hyperlink.
10. Click on OK to return to your Mail.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

To recover purged messages from the Deleted Items folder:

1. Select the Deleted Items folder.
2. Click on the Folder tab.
3. Click Recover Deleted Items.
4. Select messages to recover.
5. Click on mail icon to recover selected message(s).
6. Message is restored to Deleted Items folder.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

1. Log into http:owa.wlu.edu using Internet Explorer you have to use IE on a windows computer to get the full version, not the light version.
2. Go to "Options" in the upper right hand corner of the window.
3. Choose "Rules" on the menu on the left.
4. Choose "New Rule"
5. Create a rule with the conditions that
6. Choose "When my name is" --- check "in the TO or CC Box.
7. Under "Do the following" Choose "Forward Message to people or distribution list"
8. Then click on the little message in the center of the page that says
9.  "Apply this rule after the message arrives with ny name in the To or Cc box forward it to People or distribution list"
10. Click on the people or distribution list link and put the forwarding address in the "To:" section of the message recipients window and click OK.

Applies To: Faculty

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

1. Open the message in your sent folder that you wish to recall.

2. Click on other actions.

3. Click Recall this message.

Please note that the person to whom the message was sent will get the option to not allow the message to be recalled.

It all depends on what you’re trying to protect against. So, the simplest answer is 'no'! Email is not secure, unless you have taken extra steps to encrypt the message or the attachments (or both). Therefore, do not put confidential information (i.e., SSN, credit card number, etc.) in any email, unless you know it is encrypted. Briefly, access to your email account is secured by your username and password, so make sure you have a strong password. Email can be secured from network “snooping” by accessing it from a web page using Secure Socket Layers (SSL) – indicated by the “S” in HTTPS. If you access your email from your phone, then security depends on that device. These are just some of the variables/examples, and for more information please contact the Information Security Officer.

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You can search at http://www.snopes.com/  Snope.com or http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ Hoax-Slayer.com. 

W&L will never ask you to click a link in an email to verify/update/confirm/etc your account.

If you are still unsure, please contact the help desk at 458-HELP (4357).

Encryption refers to the conversion of data (e.g., plain text) to make it unreadable to anyone except to authorized people who have the appropriate encryption key.  

Please read the instructions carefully, and make sure you have a backup and recovery plan! 

Here are some Windows encryption resources:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307877

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316

Here are some Mac OS X encryption resources:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1906.html

http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/encrypt-and-hide-your-private-files.html

There are also many other software and hardware choices for encyption.

If you have any questions, please enter a Help Request.

Yes, quite often you can.  First make sure it is not in your trash folder. If it is there undelete it by (on a PC) right clicking on the object and choosing undelete or (on a Mac) dragging it back to the desk top.  

If you deleted it from the trash folder and it was orrigionally in a network drive (H, I, L, J) you can request that the item be recovered from an old copy on the server. To do this log a help ticket (choose webticket on the menu above) and under request type choose "network" then "file recovery" Then give us as many details about the files as possible.

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Under Attachments

Click Attach File

You have PDF Attachment Type options

• Text
• Photos & Images
• Light

Applies To: Students

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.

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Go up to the gear menu in the upper right and select "Internet Options".

3. On the first page, you'll see a subheading named "Browsing history" and two buttons--hit "Settings".

4. In the new window that pops up, select "View Files" and a file window will open up. There, you can sort by name or size or type (although the name will likely be meaningless, just look for a file of the right type that was edited at or near the right time.

5. DO NOT double-click the file--it will try to open it up from the web, not where you saved it, and may corrupt what you have saved. Select the right file or files, and copy them to the desktop (either drag-and-drop or Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V). There you can open it and resave it properly with the right name.

Applies To: Students

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.

Applies to Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010

1. Open up a new email message

2. Click on the To... button

3. Click on the down arrow in the box underneath "Address Book"

4. Choose the folder with the contacts you'd like to email (if your personal contact folder is not listed see "How do I make my contacts folder an Address Book?")

5. Select the first name in the list, hold down the shift key, select the last name on the list, click on the To: button again.

6. All of the names should now be in the To: field of the email message. Click OK.

7. Compose and send your message.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Look at examples of e-mail received by W&L community members, and see if you can tell the difference between legitimate e-mail and "phishing" attempts in this interactive quiz: http://www.wlu.edu/x31191.xml

Phishing is the fraudulent use of e-mail to extract confidential information. Often such messages appear to come from legitimate sources such as your bank, or W&L, and ask for information such as account information and passwords. Information Technology Services will never ask you to divulge your W&L password.

Beware of any e-mail purporting to be from Information Technology Services asking for your W&L password. Any such e-mail is “phishing”: an attempt to steal personal information. ITS staff will never ask you for your password, via email, phone, or any other means. Remember, your password is your secret.

Never respond to e-mails asking for your W&L password or other personal information, such as bank account or social security numbers. Instead, please follow the procedures to report it to our spam filtering vendor, and then delete the email.

Please protect yourself:

    * If you disclosed your W&L password in response to a phishing email, change your password immediately at http://password.wlu.edu

    * Never disclose your password to anyone.

* Your W&L password should not be used for any service outside the University.

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• 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

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

The file upload limit in Box is 5GB. This is a system wide setting that cannot be changed.

For a complete list, please visit the following URL:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262496.aspx

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

The following file formats are supported in QuickTime: 

• 3DMF (Mac OS 9 & Windows)
• 3GPP
• 3GPP2
• AIFF
• AMC
• AMR
• Animated GIF
• AU
• Audio CD Data (Mac OS 9)
• AVI
• BMP
• CAF (Mac OS X)
• Cubic VR
• DLS
• DV
• FLC
• GIF
• GSM
• JPEG/JFIF
• Karaoke
• MacPaint
• MIDI
• MPEG-1
• MP3 (MPEG-1, Layer 3)
• M3U (MP3 Playlist files)
• MPEG-2
• MPEG-4
• MQV
• M4A, M4B, M4P (iTunes 4 audio), M4V (iTunes video)
• PDF (Mac OS X)
• Photoshop
• PICS
• PICT
• PLS
• PNG
• Quartz Composer Composition (Mac OS X)
• QCP (Mac OS 9 & Windows)
• QuickTime Image File
• QuickTime Movie
• SD2 (Mac OS 9 & Windows)
• SDP
• SDV
• SF2 (SoundFont 2)
• SGI
• SMIL
• Targa
• Text
• TIFF
• TIFF Fax
• VDU (Sony Video Disk Unit)
• Virtual Reality (VR)
• Wave

1.    In Outlook, on the File menu, click Options.

2.     On the Mail tab, click Stationery and Fonts (4th option from the top).

3.     On the Personal Stationery tab, under New mail messages, click Font. 

4.     On the Font tab, under Font, click the font you want to use for all new messages.

5.     If you want, select a font style and size.

6.     Click OK on the Fonts, the Signatures and Stationery, and the Options dialog boxes.

7.     When you create a new message, the new settings should take effect.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• Open your browser and log in to owa.wlu.edu.
• At the top on the right, click on Options.
• Click on See All Options.
• Click on Settings -> Mail.
• Under the Message Format heading, choose 'Choose Message Font.'
• As you choose your options (Font, Font size, Bold, Italics, Underline and Text color), the sample text is displayed in the box underneath.
• On the bottom right, click on Save.
• To return to your Mailbox, click on Mail at the top.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

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.

From the Microsoft website:

To use the complete set of features that are available in Outlook Web App (OWA) and the web management interface (also known as the premium version), you can use the following browsers on a computer that runs Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows 7:

• Internet Explorer 7 and later versions.
• Firefox 3.0.1 and later versions.
• Chrome 3.0.195.27 and later versions.

On a computer that is running Max OS X, you can use the following browsers:

• Safari 3.1 and later versions.
• Firefox 3.0.1 and later versions.

On a computer that is running Linux, you can use the following browser:

• Firefox 3.0.1 and later versions.

If you use a web browser that does not support the full feature set, Outlook Web App opens in the light version.

Applies To: Students

Yes, you can attach a file to include in your fax. Many document types are supported, including Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and image files such as JPG and PNG. *Keep in mind that some documents such as detailed spreadsheets or PowerPoint slideshows may not render clearly when printed on a recipient’s fax machine.

When searching the Global Address List (GAL), click on the Advanced Find link. This allows you to enter search criteria in one or more fields including Department and Title.  

Note that the search has to match starting with the first word. Searching on "Library" in the Department field does not work because the department name is "University Library".

This advanced find capability is not available for personal contact lists/address books. With these, though, in your Contacts view you can display the Department column and sort by that.

1. In Outlook Web App highlight your message.
2. Click on View the original item. (E-mail stubs only show a portion of the original message)
3. Log in with AD\username and your password.
4. At the top, hover over the buttons until you find the Download button.
5. Click on the Download button.
6. At the bottom of your browser, a message appears asking 'Do you want to open or save the message from the server?'
7. Choose Open.
8. When message opens, click on Forward.
9. Send to recipient.

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

Technology work request tickets can be created simply by emailing your request to helpdesk@wlu.edu from a W&L email address. Your request will automatically be turned into a request ticket, and you will be sent a ticket confirmation.

You can reply to that email to update the job with further details, or simply send a new email to helpdesk@wlu.edu with the subject line Ticket your ticket number . (E.g. Ticket 12345) and your update in the body of the email.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

If you can find a message in the folder 

Open the message and then hit Control-Shift-F to bring up Advanced Find

At the top right is a ‘Browse’ button

Click browse and it will show you the hierarchical location of the folder your current message resides in

Note the location

Close your search

Go to the folder and drag your lost folder back up to your name@wlu.edu folder

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

• 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

The arrow next to the blue question mark in the top right should be pointing up. 

If it is pointing down you click it to change the direction and view.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

These instructions provide a general map for configuring your account. If your Android menues offer you different choices than those decribed below try to pick the closest match.

1. Go to Settings
2. Choose "Accounts & Sync"
3. Remove any non-functioning accounts
4. Choose "Add Account"
5. Choose "Exchange and Active Sync"
6. Choose "Manual Setup"
7. Enter your email address
8. Enter "owa.wlu.edu" as your Server address
9. Enter "ad" as your Domain
10. Enter your username as "ad.wlu.edu\username" and password
11. Check the  "This server requires an encrypted SSL connection." Box.
12. Choose "Next"
13. Select the items you wish to sync. 
14. Choose "Finish Setup"
15. At this point you will be asked to accept the security policy and set a PIN if you do not have one.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

The EOP Spam Quarantine Notification email message will come every three days, provided you have received new spam. (Chances are....)

If you want to check for false positives* in your spam quarantine more often than that, you will need to go to http://spam.wlu.edu and log into the EOP spam filter quarantine.

* that is, e-mail you wanted to receive that "got stuck in spam catcher"

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Students

Deleted files remain in the Box at W&L trashcan for 30 days, during which time, the owner can restore the file if needed. There are an additional 14 days that Box Admin can recover the file after that. If you have questions, please contact the information Desk by emailing help@wlu.edu or by calling (540) 458-4357.

Open the folder in which you wish to enable file listing.  Create a file named "access.www".  Open that file in notepad or wordpad and paste in the following text and then save:

                        Options +Indexes

                        IndexIgnore *.www

                        IndexOptions FancyIndexing

                        IndexOptions FoldersFirst

                        IndexOptions IgnoreCase

                        IndexOptions NameWidth=*

                        IndexOptions ShowForbidden

To make a personal contacts folder into an address book that is visible when viewing address books, complete the steps below:

1. In the Navigation Pane, click Contacts.
2. Under My Contacts, right-click the Contacts folder you want to view in the address book, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
3. Click the Outlook Address Book tab, and make sure that the Show this folder as an e-mail address book check box is selected. If the check box is unavailable, you need to add the Outlook Address Book to your profile (see instructions below).
4. Click OK.

Now when you open a new message, click the To button, and open the dropdown list of address books, this address book will be listed.

Applies To: Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Yes, but because of copyright limitations, only a small portion of the file.

Click here for an good explanation of just how much from the University of Texas system.
note: section 4.2.3

Click this link found by our Mac technician.

Applies To: Students

1. Within your IMAP client add a new mail account
2. For the full name field enter the shared mailbox name (or the name you would like to display when an email is sent from this account)
3. For email address enter the SMTP email address for the shared mailbox.
4. For password enter your own password
5. For username enter ad/youraccountname/shared-mailbox-name (ex: ad/smithj/shredmail). Set account type to IMAP
6. Set incoming mail server to owa.wlu.edu
7. Set connection security to SSL/TLS using port 993
8. Set the Outgoing Server to use SMTPA, and use your email/password for authentication.  You will not acutally use this, but most IMAP connection require this step.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

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:

If you have a Mobile device connected to W&L email (Outlook)  and it has been lost or stolen  you will need to do the following ASAP:

1. Login to Outlook Web Access (owa.wlu.edu for faculty/staff or mail.wlu.edu for students)
2. Put in your user name and password
3. Go to Options (this is located in the upper right)
4. On the left of page click on Mobile Devices
5. Select the device that you have lost
6. You may choose to wipe the device to remove all of the emails from it remotely
7. Delete the device from the list
8. Click Save

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Applies To: Students