Microsoft Office’s PowerPoint 2007 has enlivened the look and feel of its range of designs with some new features. The new MS Office Ribbon below shows some of the slide designs with pre-set color palettes and font mixes. Scroll down the list using the arrow keys to the right of the theme designs.
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Word is displaying all formatting codes as I type. Whenever I add a space, press Enter, and so on, Word puts a formatting code in my document view. How do I turn this off?
On the Home tab, in the paragraph section, click the Hide/Show button to turn formatting off and on. When the Hide/Show button is highlighted as shown below, the formatting feature is turned on.
Enrollment for Spring 2009 began Monday, Oct. 27, which is the second time that students and faculty will use the new student system, iSIS, to enroll.
K-Staters have been using iSIS for the past semester (or longer, in some cases) so they should all be experts by now, right? That might be wishful thinking-the process gets simpler with each use. The following tip helps clear up some confusion about viewing a student’s class schedule. Continue reading “iSIS tip: Beyond the current week’s schedule of classes”
RSS is one of the single most important technologies to spur on Web 2.0. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. What it does is exactly that — it syndicates (publishes) content, so that instead of you going to the content, the content can come to you. Because of this, it’s a real paradigm shift for navigating the Internet. Consequently, creating a structure that is RSS-friendly was one of the biggest motivating factors for the new InfoTech Tuesday format.
Unfortunately, RSS is like many other technologies that don’t make any sense until you give it a try. The video below, “RSS in Plain English,” is a good, brief explanation of what RSS is, how to use it, and what it can do for you. Continue reading “RSS explained”
In place of the former menu bar, PowerPoint 2007 features a “ribbon” of tools above the workspace for the slideshow. The “ribbon” consists of the typical high-level tabs: Home, Insert, Design, Animations, Slide Show, Review, View, and Add-Ins.
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A representative from zCubes will present “Overview of zCubes” at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in 501 Hale Library. zCubes uses a simple drag and drop method to create a personalize homepage, photo album, on-screen painting, virtual blackboard, design e-cards, video and create powerful presentations.
TechBytes seminars are free and open to the K-State community. The series is also video streamed live for off-campus viewers and others who wish to view it from their desktop. Use the “View live video” link on the TechBytes homepage to watch the next live video as it’s being recorded. The TechBytes archives contains a wealth of information on IT tools and topics. It includes programs, handouts, videos, and resources from seminars in 2003 to the present. Continue reading “TechBytes Oct. 2: zCubes”
Ernie Perez will present “Mac stuff, tips, iLife, and more” at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in Union 207. This session will give a basic overview of iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, and iWeb), will touch on some basic tips for Mac use, and will have a discussion regarding using Microsoft Windows in dual-boot versus virtual-machine mode.
TechBytes seminars are free and open to the K-State community. The series is also video-streamed live for off-campus viewers and others who wish to view it from their desktop. Use the “View live video” link on the TechBytes homepage to watch the next live video as it’s being recorded. The TechBytes archives contains a wealth of information on IT tools and topics. It includes programs, handouts, videos, and resources from seminars in 2003 to the present.
Many K-Staters were e-mailed Monday morning that they still need to change their eID password to meet the deadline Wednesday, Sept. 10, for the fall semester. Passwords not changed by the end of that day will be reset by the system, causing owners to lose access to e-mail and other IT resources until those passwords are updated.
All K-Staters must change their passwords. This includes individual eIDs, group eIDs, and special-access eIDs. The mandatory password change each fall and spring semester prevents long-term use of the same password, which is a known risk factor. For the same reason, K-State passwords cannot be reused in a two-year period.
Q. Where did the old InfoTech Tuesday archive go?
A. While the newsletter has moved to a new platform, with a new way of archiving and viewing archives, the old archive is still available. The easiest way to get there is to click on the Archive tab in the new InfoTech Tuesday site and follow the link near the top of the page to the old archive. Alternatively, you can get there directly by going to http://www.k-state.edu/infotech/news/tuesday/archive .
From Aug. 21-24, K-State IT staff will be working with the 5,300 students moving into the residence halls and Jardine Apartments, to prepare their computers for accessing the network. Students must:
Once these steps are completed, students register their computer to sign on to the campus network. To date, more than 1,600 students moving into the residence halls have completed the process remotely, which is available from www.k-state.edu/infotech/networks/access.
