Ask Mr. Technology, Get Answers
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 2007
96 pages
978-1-58683-359-6 (ISBN)
Description
Get the answers you need from Mr. Technology! Technology guru Joe Huber answers readers' questions with simple, easy-to-follow directions. Use this book to learn to trouble-shoot your own technology issues in the library media center. Save time and trouble with this handy technology reference! This hands-on resource is a compilation of the best tips and tricks from the "Ask Mr. Technology" column in Library Media Connection (LMC) magazine. Technology columnist Joe Huber explains answers to Windows and Office questions in plain, non-technical English that all school library media specialists will find useful. This book is organized and indexed in a way that makes it a valuable tool both to be read cover-to-cover or used as a desktop reference for the busy professional.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-58683-359-6 (9781586833596)
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Joe Huber | Christine Weiser
Ask Mr. Technology, Get Answers
Book
05/2007
Linworth Publishing, Incorporated
€38.10
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Persons
Joe Huber is director of information systems at Greenwood Community School Corporation.
Christine Weiser has been reporting on the education industry for over fifteen years.
Christine Weiser has been reporting on the education industry for over fifteen years.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Table of Figures
- About the Authors
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Common Software Questions
- General Operatring Questions
- Upgrades
- Permanently Deleting a File
- Shared Folders
- Error Message Explanation
- Read Only Files
- Windows® Product Key
- Virtual Drives
- Trouble Shutting Down
- Microsoft Word®
- Creating Signage in Word
- Safe Mode
- Word Default Locations
- Inserting Accented Characters
- Producing Labels
- Including Hidden Text
- Layout in Word
- Creating Logos
- Faster Printing
- Creating Reports
- Speedy Saving in Word
- Adjusting Leading
- Eliminating the First Page Number
- Microsoft FrontPage®
- FrontPage Crash
- Microsoft Windows®
- Upgrading to Windows VistaT
- Windows Hangs Up at Shut Down
- Installing Updates
- Speeding Up Login
- Open Programs in Full Screen
- Computer Locking Up
- Change the Desktop Look
- Active Directory
- Turning Off Pop-Up Windows
- Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft PowerPoint®
- Making Brochures from PowerPoint Presentation
- Combining PowerPoint Presentations
- Joint PowerPoint Presentations
- Placing Link in PowerPoint Presentation
- Creating a Summary Slide
- Linked vs. Embedded Objects
- Removing the Transparent Box on Presentation
- Free Images for Presentations
- Blank Screens
- Fonts for Projection
- Formatting Pictures in PowerPoint
- QuickTime® Movies and PowerPoint
- Creating a Collage Slide
- Resizing Slides
- Legal Sound Effects
- Making Flash Cards
- Microsoft Excel®
- Using Excel for Standardized Testing
- Separating Cell Information
- Changing Graph Scale
- Delete and Clear in Excel
- Microsoft OfficeT
- Printing Errors
- Creating Calendars
- Mail Merge for Word and Excel
- Tracking Contacts with Office
- Deleting "Insert CD" Prompt
- Microsoft Task Pane
- Microsoft Narrator®
- Read-Aloud Software
- Adobe® Acrobat®
- Creating a .pdf File
- Changing Settings and Passwords
- Changing Look of Toolbars
- Correcting Words in Dictionary
- Deleting Old Passwords
- Recovering Passwords
- Data Backup
- Nightly Backup
- Backing Up to CD-RW Disks
- Accelerated ReaderT and A+® Learning SystemsT
- Students Deleting Files
- Video and Photo Editing Software
- Video Editing Freeware
- Free Digital Photo Editors
- Online Classes, Training, Videoconferencing
- Online Training Tools
- Open Source Technology
- What Is "Open Source Technology?"
- Student Information Systems
- What to Look for in an SIS
- Chapter 2: Making the Most of E-mail and the Web
- Sharing Files and Folders
- Domain Login
- Designing a Web Site
- Spam
- Saving IM Conversations
- Image Search Engines
- Recovering E-mail
- CoolMon
- Captchas
- Turn Off Sound in Explorer
- Saving Text from Web Pages
- Find a Word on a Web Page
- Save or Open the File?
- Dark Net, Deep Web, Opaque Web
- Web Graphics Don't Work
- Saving without HTML Code
- Ping and Trace
- Phishing
- Web Page Shortcuts
- Chapter 3: Internet and Network Security
- Finding the Safest Browser
- Spyware, Malware, Virus, Spam
- Safe Instant Messaging
- Customizing Security Levels
- Passphrases
- What Is Spyware?
- Security Program Prevents Defragging
- .And More About Spam
- Why Is Security So Expensive?
- Biometric Passwords
- Network Security Breach
- Determining Legitimate Attachments
- Running without a Filter
- Chapter 4: Hardware Issues
- System Diagnostics Software
- Handling Hand-Me-Downs
- Laptop Video Signals
- One-to-One Computing
- Upgrades
- Building a Distance Learning Lab
- Standard Hardware Configuration
- Reducing Workstation Maintenance Costs
- Hardware Advice
- DriverAgent
- Computer Running Slow
- Chapter 5: Tips on Operating Your School Network
- Connecting to a Wireless Network
- Network Diagnostic Toolkit
- Securing Wireless Networks
- Network Crashing
- Networking DVDs
- Networking Mobile Computer Labs
- Chapter 6: Peripherals and Handhelds
- Printers
- Printing Multi-Page Documents
- Printing Both Sides of Paper
- BIOS Screen Print
- Drivers
- Finding Drivers
- Podcasting
- Creating a Podcast
- iPod®
- Transferring Files from iPod
- Recording Directly to iPod
- Loading Audiobooks onto iPod
- iPod Repair
- Audio Devices
- Transferring Cassette Tapes to CD
- External Drives
- Zip Drives
- Copying an Audio CD
- Video Tools
- Video on Demand
- Digital Picture Frame
- Chapter 7: Definitions of Tech Terms
- Index
- A
- B
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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