Technology web guides

The following brief how-to guides focus on specific technology problems and tasks involving:

• Adobe applications
• CD/DVD burning
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Office applications
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Windows
• Printing
• Saint Martin's University network
• Scanning
• Technology classrooms
• Video editing

Workshop handouts, listed at the bottom of this page, offer a step-by-step overview of selected applications.  Unless otherwise indicated, guides are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Adobe (also see workshop handouts)

• Acrobat Forms--not supported in Acrobat 6 Standard
• Electronic thesis:  submission requirements (Education)
• Portfolio workshop--Education Fall 2007 (html)
• Print to PDF
• Scan to PDF (HP 4570) -- Acrobat 7 Professional
• Scan to PDF (Savin copier--lower level)

CD/DVD burning

• Electronic thesis:  submission requirements (Education)
• Burning data CDs (Sonic DigitalMedia Plus)
• Burning CDs and DVDs (Nero) (on LL copier alcove computer)
• Copying CDs (Sonic DigitalMedia Plus)
• Portfolio workshop--Education Fall 2007 (html)

Internet Explorer

• Removing auto-complete items

Microsoft Office (also see workshop handouts)

• Excel
  • Excel:  protecting cells
  • Excel:  split screen
• FrontPage
  • Creating templates
  • Discussion webs
  • Page layout with tables
• Office in general:  Lost toolbars
• PowerPoint:  printing
• Word:  Saving as web page

Windows

• Changing keyboard settings

Microsoft Outlook (e-mail)

• Filtering e-mail
• Out-of-office messages
• Personal contacts--opening your list
• Personal contacts--adding to address book
• Scheduling--Calendar and tasks
• Using Outlook XP from home (IMAP)

Printing

• Changing default printer
• Double-sided printing (HP 8100 duplex printing)
• Print to PDF

Saint Martin's University network

• Accessing the H: and P: drives from a dorm
• Student network orientation (html)

Scanning

• Portfolio workshop--Education Fall 2006 (html)
• Scan to PDF (HP 4570) -- Acrobat 7 Professional
• Scan to PDF (Savin copier--lower level)

Technology classrooms

• Showing a video (html)
• Using the classroom projector (html)
• Using Vision

Video editing

• Pinnacle 8 Studio:  Capturing video from a VHS tape
• Video editing introduction

Workshop handouts

• Access walk through
• Acrobat 1
• Excel 1
• Excel 2
• Portfolio workshop--Education Fall 2007 (html)
  --About this Portfolio (Word)
• Portfolio workshop--Engineering technical specification (Fall 2003)
• Outlook 2
• Outlook:  scheduling
• Student Network Orientation (html)
• Word 1
• Word 2