Join us as we take a look at using Microsoft Office-compatible apps on the iPad from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, in 21 Bluemont Hall. This meeting is open to all K-Staters. Continue reading “iPad user meeting Thursday, May 16: Microsoft Office-compatible apps”
April 8, 2014. This is the date when Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Office 2003. This means that after April 8 next year, there will be no new security updates and assisted support options through Microsoft. Running Windows XP SP3 after this date could potentially pose a threat to your computer and be vulnerable to security risks. Continue reading “Windows XP and Office 2003 end of support in April 2014”
Staff from the Information Technology Assistance Center (iTAC) are available to meet with graduate students to help with any problems they’re having using Word or LaTeX to write and format ETDRs (Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Reports). To graduate in this spring semester, ETDRs must be submitted by April 26. See Graduation Deadlines for details. Continue reading “Graduate students: Contact the IT Help Desk for ETDR assistance”
iTAC has produced three new videos for graduate students using Word for Mac 2011 to write their electronic theses, dissertations, or reports (ETDR). These 2-3 minute videos focus on using the ETDR template and illustrate how to do specific operations in Word. Continue reading “New ETDR videos for Word for Mac 2011 users”
The Windows RT operating system came out in October, at the same time as Windows 8. Windows RT:
K-State faculty/staff and graduate students who want to learn more about Microsoft Word’s timesaving features — or who have Microsoft Word problems, questions, and puzzles — are encouraged to attend any of four “Microsoft Word tips, tools, and troubleshooting” sessions at 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Hale 401 during Library Day. Continue reading ““Microsoft Word tips, tools, and troubleshooting” sessions on Library Day Nov. 7″
Does your department have a weekly seminar for graduate students? Does your graduate student association have regular meetings? If so, plan to invite an ETDR consultant to one of your meetings to review the best ways to use Microsoft Word to format your electronic thesis, dissertation, or report (ETDR). Continue reading “Graduate students: Invite an ETDR consultant to your meetings”
The Graduate School and the Information Technology Assistance Center are offering a one-hour overview of the electronic theses, dissertations, and reports program (ETDR). The sessions will be on these dates:
Both sessions will be in the Town Hall of the Leadership Studies Building. Continue reading “Grad students: Don’t miss the ETDR Overview”
When working with data in a spreadsheet, you will often want to count how many cells are in a particular section. The count function in excel lets you count:
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For more tips on the use of MS Excel, check out the Excel blog.
If you have ever wanted to have the same Windows desktop on all of your devices, the era is near. OnLive is supplying an application where you can access a Windows 7 desktop with Microsoft Office 2010 for free. Currently the OnLive Desktop is only available for iPad, but the company has plans to expand the application to Android, Windows, and Mac operating systems.
What exactly is OnLive Desktop? In short, it is a Windows PC in the cloud. You can access it from anywhere you have Internet access. OnLive gives you access to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as 2GB of storage space in the free version. In the future when the application is available for multiple devices, you will be able to access the same desktop from all of your different devices.
Continue reading “OnLive Desktop: Windows and Microsoft Office on iPads”
