Hi all. As a result of the transitions, some on campus are encountering Microsoft Office 2007 for the first time. Here’s a link to our page of helpful Office 2007 transition help. We’ll be putting together one for Office 2008 too very shortly.
http://www.brynmawr.edu/computing/docs/office2007.shtml
Mark
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[Sent via email August 28. 2008]
Welcome back! We hope the new email system is meeting your needs. We have just implemented the following new service to access files from off campus:
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) for the use of the community when off campus which provides secure access to files stored on our system. This [...]
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Many people want put a meeting on both a departmental calendar and their own calendar. The easiest way to do this is to “write” on the departmental calendar, by choosing the name of the department calendar under the Calendar pull down menu on the the New Appointment page, and then just invite yourself.
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To limit your search results to the contents of a particular folder, put your search word or words in the search field, then type in:foldername. For example, if I wanted to find all messages in my inbox containing the word project, then what I would type in the search field is:
project in:inbox
This can be combined [...]
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To view only your unread messages type in “is: unread” without the quotes in the search box at the top of the mail page. This will find all of your messages marked as unread.
To view your unread messages from a specific folder type “is: unread in: foldername” without the quotes, and substitute in the [...]
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The open box you see is called the “reading pane”
To remove it is quite simple:
-go to your mail tab, as if you were viewing your inbox
-Directly above your messages on the same ribbon as your “get mail” option there will be an option labeled “view” click the arrow and you will see that “reading pane” [...]
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If you select a message in your message list, you can then right-click on it and choose “Edit”. It will automtically set the sender as you, but will not add any forwarding headers, etc.
This is also considered the best way in the new Webmail to create “Templates” (you may have previously used Stationary to do [...]
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On the login screen, there is a dropdown entitled “Which version would you like to use?” It usually says “default”. If you are having trouble, choose “Standard” from this dropdown. What you will get is a slightly simplified version of the interface which will perform better on older computers or slower connections.
Also, [...]
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Thanks to Janet Scannell for this one:
Make a meeting proposal
Click the checkbox to make it an all-day event
Change the “show as” drop-down to “free”
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To print messages in a larger font than they appear on the screen, please do the following:
Highlight the message you want to print and click on the Print Selected Item button.
When the print dialog box pops up, click Cancel.
Go to File –> Page Setup….
On the Format & Options tab, make sure that the Shrink to [...]
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Please take a look at our PDA FAQ document. Our new Communications Center has some wonderful new features for mobile users, but does require some changes.
If you have reviewed this FAQ and determined you have an applicable device, call in to x7440 to obtain setup instructions, or request an appointment with a technician to [...]
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The way to get back to the whole list of items is to click the “refresh” button on the Zimbra toolbar.
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