Thursday, August 20th, 2009 PAS1229 ACO Lunchtime Information Session
Agenda Windows 7 demo Faculty Profiles (Interactive web interface for faculty to easily update their profiles) Campus/Arts “IT” updates Setting vacation messages for 'artsservices.uwaterloo.ca' accounts MS Word/Adobe Contribute ‘tips’ Questions, suggestions, feedback
Windows 7 demo Demo ….
Faculty Profiles Interactive web interface for faculty to easily update their profiles Demo …
Campus/Arts “IT” updates CMS update See: Daily Bulletin for details: (Part 1) (Part 2) Exchange (‘connect’) Arts, as a whole, is not moving to Exchange for currently, but it is a new option IST and Administrative Support areas are currently moving to Exchange for If Exchange calendar replaces bookit, as it is expected to sometime in 2010, it may be preferable to move to Exchange mail in arts. IT Task force recommendations Available from A new Computing Technology and Services Committee (CTSC) is being formed The other recommendations will be explored and will include representatives from across campus.
Setting vacation messages for 'artsservices.uwaterloo.ca' If you are using Exchange(connect) for , do not use either of these methods for setting your vacation message. Use the Out of Office Assistant in the Tools menu. For setting vacation messages for artsservices, spam filtering or forwarding, choose one of these methods and use it exclusively. To set it on : To set it on :
MS Word/Adobe Contribute ‘tips’ Contribute: How to properly link to pages within Contribute without using a mapped drive Linking to pages that already exist on the web site Linking to files that are on your N: drive or C: drive Word Tips: Using section breaks to Have landscape pages Have page numbering change part way through a document See
Roaming Profiles Profiles store things such as: Desktop icons Program settings Items in your recycle bin Internet favourites/bookmarks Standard Profiles are stored on your local drive. Roaming Profiles are stored on a network drive. Why Roaming Profiles? So when you to move to another computer, you will still have the ‘look’ of your own computer, access to your Internet favourites, etc. If profiles get too large your log in and log off process can get quite slow What can you do? Store all your files on your N: drive Don’t store any files on your desktop (just shortcuts to files and programs) Empty your Recycle bin regularly
Questions/Feedback Questions? Session Feedback (feel free to Lisa Tomalty-Crans, ltomalty at uwaterloo.ca with feedback and suggestions) Thank you!