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

In Pages, Click File, Export, and choose Word for the file format.

NOTE:  Students must export to Word format in order for many of their professors to be able to open their documents.

Save the Word Perfect or .wpd document and save to your desktop.

Open Word.

Open the document with the .wpd extension located on your desktop.

The converter will run and you Save document as a Word document.

There maybe formatting that needs to be updated. 

Yes you can print both in the same document.

Under the Page Layout Ribbon you have the Orientation and Breaks options.

When you get to where you want the next Orientation you click on Breaks and Select Next Page and then change the Orientation.

You can do this throughout the document.

If you find that you can not open an important document in word your best hope is to try to open it in another application.

Right click on the offending document and choose "Open With", then choose Wordpad or Notepad (you may have to browse for these applications).  If the document is still corrupted in one of these applications and it has been stored on a network drive you can create a help ticket with the request type "Network > File Recovery" and the last backed up copy of the document (usually midnight the night before your request) can be restored to your network drive.

Open up your label form.
On the Home Ribbon under Paragraph click Center.
Ctrl A to select all the cells.
In the top left cell right click in the blue.
Click Center.
Save this as a template named label number form - for example 5660form.doc.

View the screen shot that shows how to go to  HOME > Change Styles > Select Word 2003, then single spacing is restored, even for envelopes, within the Mailings feature.

To Create an envelope:

From the Ribbon, select the Mailings tab.
In the Create section, select the Envelopes button.
Under the Envelopes tab, enter the information for the Delivery address.
Enter the information for the Return adress if necessary.
Click Print to print your envelope.

Print will send your envelope to your default printer.
If you have a laser jet the bypass tray will have a diagram of how to place your envelope.
If you have a BizHub the envelope is loaded in the bypass tray with the side to be printed on facing down and the top towards you.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

First select the entire document by clicking Control A.

Then click Control/Shift/F9 and it will remove all links.

Save the document.

Mail merges can be done in Word.  If you need assistance please contact the Information Desk at X 4357 or enter a ticket in WebHelpDesk.  See Related Resources if using Word 2010.

1) In Word, Do a Find->Replace to change all the line breaks to $$$$

• Find: ^p
• Replace with: $$$$
• Click ‘Replace All’

2) Select your table and copy it to Excel

3) In Excel, do a Find-Replace to change all the $$$$ back to line breaks

• Find: $$$$
• Replace with: (control-j)
• Click ‘Replace All’

Word 2007 and Word 2010

1. Start Word, and then open a new blank document.
2. Go to Word Options
   • In Word 2007, click the Office Button, and then click Word Options.
   • In Word 2010, click File, and then click Options.
3. On the Advanced tab, go to the General section.
4. Click to select the Confirm file format conversion on open check box, and then click OK.
5. On the Mailings tab, click Start Mail Merge, and then select Step By Step Mail Merge Wizard.
6. In the Mail Merge task pane, select the type of document that you want to work on, and then click Next.
7. Under Select starting document, select the starting document that you want to use, and then click Next.
8. Under Select recipients, click Use an existing list, and then click Browse.
9. In the Select Data Source dialog box, locate the folder that contains the Excel workbook that you want to use as your data source, select the workbook, and then click Open.
10. In the Confirm Data Source dialog box, click to select the Show all check box. Click MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls), and then click OK.
11. In the Microsoft Excel dialog box, under Named or cell range, select the cell range or worksheet that contains the data that you want to use, and then click OK.
    NOTE: Your data now appears in the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box with the same formatting that appears in the Excel worksheet.

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 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.

Document Connection is part of Microsoft Office 2008 Service Pack 2 for the Macintosh. It makes it easier for Macintosh users to work with document libraries in SharePoint.

More Document Options

This page lets you set additional document-specific transmission options. The default values are assigned by your RightFax administrator. After making changes, click the Submit Options button. The new information is only valid for the document currently being created and will not be saved.

Use Fine-Mode Resolution for Fax Body. Documents sent to fax addresses can be sent at two different resolutions: Normal (100 x 200 dots per inch) and Fine (200 x 200 dots per inch). Normal mode works well for draft-quality resolutions and shorter transmission times, while fine resolution is recommended for high-quality printed documents. Check this option to use fine mode.

Send Cover Sheet. Check this option to include a cover sheet on your document. By default, the RightFax Web Client will automatically create and send a cover sheet from the information entered on the Create/Edit Document page.

Use Fine-Mode Resolution for Cover Sheet. Check this option to render your document cover sheet in fine mode (200 x 200 dots per inch).

Cover sheet to use. Select a cover sheet from the drop-down list.

Form Type to Use. Overlay forms are image files that combine with your document so the two images appear together. Company letterhead is a commonly used overlay form. You can add one overlay form per document. Select the form you want to use from the list.

From Options. If you are creating an outgoing document, you can change your sender contact information as it will appear on your cover sheet. This lets you change the contact information for this document only. It will not affect your default settings.

• Click on the name of the document library.
• In the ribbon at the top of the page, choose "Library" under "Library Tools"
• Select Library Settings (right side of ribbon)
• Select "Versioning Settings"
• Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under "Require Check Out", select "No"
• Click "OK"

Note: When you type the first letter of a name in the To, CC, and BCC boxes, AutoComplete begins to suggest possible matches based on the names of whom you have sent an item to before.

• To, Cc, and Bcc boxes in an e-mail message.
• To boxes in meeting requests, tasks, and share requests
• E-mail field in a contact card.
  
  When you type the first letter of a name in one of these boxes, AutoComplete begins to suggest possible matches based on names you have typed before. The more letters you type, the greater the possibility of AutoComplete finding a match.

Click the name you want to enter in the box. If you are using the keyboard, select the name using the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW keys, and then press ENTER (or TAB). If no suggestion matches what you are typing, continue typing. The AutoComplete feature will remember what you typed the next time you type that name.

Names that you use less frequently will move lower in the list over time, and eventually will no longer appear.

Here's the deal with blinking lights on your Blackberry:

a) Service light.

Turn it off in Settings > Screen/Keyboard

'LED Coverage Indicator' on/off

b) New Message light

It's the red light. You can disable the lights for

each profile. Go to Profiles and edit the one you use.

• 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

Filter Keys is an annoying Windows feature that can be turned off permanently in one simple step. Filter Keys ignores keyboard input unless the key is held down for a significant period of time, and is triggered when you hold down a key, such as shift, for 8 seconds. Tech/engineering blog //engtech explains how to disable Filter Keys permanently:

Control Panel >>
Accessibility Options >> 
Remove all check-marks >>
Apply

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

1. At the Home screen, press the Menu key.

2. Scroll to the Manage Connections icon and press the trackball.

3. Scroll to Wi-Fi (not all Blackberry phones have this option; if you don't see it, it's not available for your model). Press the trackball to place a check mark in the box to turn on Wi-Fi.

To scan for and connect to available networks, perform the following steps:

1. At the Home screen, press the Menu key.

2. Scroll to Set Up Wi-Fi Network and press the trackball.

3. Scroll to Next and press the trackball.

4. Select Scan for Networks. The handheld scans and displays available networks.

SELECT WLUsec

5. Press the trackball to connect.  Enter your W&L network user name and password

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Select the worksheet(s) you want to print.

On the Page Layout tab, in the Sheet Options group, select the Print check box under Gridlines.

This prints the faint gridlines and not the bold table lines.

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.

• Good Reader
• iAnnotate PDF

Applies To: Students

Keep holding down the mouse pad while doing a hard restart on the system.  This will eject the disc.

If your computer crashes or the Office 2010 application you are using fails click on "File" > "Options" > " Save" and look for the "Auto Recovery file location". Copy that location and paste in into your Run window (Start > Run in XP Start > Search files and folders in Windows 7).  You can also browse to this location.

If you do not find your document use Search to search for any file that was created during the timeframe you worked on your document. While you work on a document temporary files are created and by opening these files ( .tmp files) with word or wordpad you may find your document.  

Turn Off Alerts

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. On the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options, and then click Advanced E-mail Options.

3. Under When new items arrive in my Inbox, clear the Display a New Mail Desktop Alert (default Inbox only) check box.

Note To suppress other notifications such as playing sounds, changing the mouse pointer, or displaying an envelope icon in the notification area, clear the Play a sound, Briefly change the mouse cursor, or Show an envelope icon in the notification area check box, respectively.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

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

Here’s a couple of advanced troubleshooting tips:

1. Make sure you run Cloudpath from Safari or Firefox. Cloudpath does not work correctly with Google Chrome.
2. Go to the Apple > System Preferences > Network > Airport > Advanced > Airport and remove “WLUsec” and “WLU”.
3. Go to the Apple > System Preferences > Network > Airport > Advanced > 802.1x > User Profiles > “-” key will delete “WLUsec profile.”
4. Select “Ok”
5. Select “Apply”
6. Select “Turn Airport Off” for about a minute. This is the equivalent of starting over.
7. Select “Turn Airport On”
8. Choose the “WLU” wireless network
9. Log in to the portal and re-run Cloudpath from wireless.wlu.edu

Open Word 2010, click on Mailings tab on the Ribbon:

1.Click on Envelopes
2.Click on Options
3.Under Delivery Address, click on Font
4.Choose desired Font, i.e. Calibri, Regular, Size 12
5.Click on Set As Default and select Yes (Do you want to change the default envelope address font to Calibri, 12pt?)

Then, click on Font under Return Address
Repeat steps 3 to 5.
click on OK, then click on Close.
Save the document.

If the default goes back to +Headings.
Show hidden files then edit the Normal.dot template in
Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot and save. 



 

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:

Box will not run on Mac 10.6.8. Apple dropped support of Mac 10.6.8 in February 2014, and since it's not being updated with security updates, Box has dropped their support of the operating system. 

Version 40 of Firefox intentionally disables authenticated content embedded in unauthenticated web pages if the page and content are in different domains. 

This can be manually fixed by:

• typing “about:config” in the address bar
• clicking “I’ll be careful, I promise!”
• searching for the Preference Name:  network.auth.allow-subresource-auth
• Click the “1” next to that in the Value column and change to “2”
• click OK. 

Once you refresh the page it will prompt for login. 

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.