Beginning June 14, central IT staff will be making changes to the Apple computing environment in Hale Library and also Caribou Coffee in the K-State Student Union. It is expected that Apple computers in these environments will be unavailable from June 14 through June 16. However, all Windows-based computers in those computing facilities will continue to function normally.
Author: Nick Brown
Computing labs, tech classrooms update to Windows 7 this summer
Over the summer iTAC will be upgrading the K-State InfoCommons, university computing labs, studio classrooms, and technology classrooms. One of the improvements is to move all the PCs to the Windows 7 operating system. We are currently building these images and doing extensive testing to ensure that programs will still work correctly. If you have any software requests for the Fall 2010 computer image, e-mail softwarerequest@k-state.edu.
New Q-Center computer studio classroom in Cardwell Hall
In February, Information Technology Services staff completed the addition of technology to the new Q-Center in Cardwell Hall, Rooms 144-145. The lab officially opened Monday, April 13, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
This new lab has 20 computers with space for 60 students. A partition in the middle of the room allows it to be divided in half so that two different classes may be held simultaneously.
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Macs to be in InfoCommons, Union labs; software suggestions needed
During the winter break, 22 new Apple iMac computers will be installed in the K-State InfoCommons (located in Hale Library) and the K-State Student Union computing labs. Feedback is sought from the campus community as to what software should be included on these computers. The current plan is to offer: Continue reading “Macs to be in InfoCommons, Union labs; software suggestions needed”
Using custom fonts with PowerPoint 2007
Using custom fonts in your PowerPoint presentations can give them originality over using the standard fonts that come with Microsoft Office and Windows. However, if the computer you’re going to be displaying your presentation on does not have the same fonts installed, they will be converted to a standard font or may not display properly. By embedding the font using the following steps, your presentation will display as you intended no matter what computer is used, as long as it’s running Windows and PowerPoint. Continue reading “Using custom fonts with PowerPoint 2007”
