Technology Training For Swansea Teachers

We are often asked to send someone a document, spreadsheet or even a picture that we created on our computer. Here’s how you do it, in 5 easy steps:

1. With Entourage open, click on “new” to compose a new email. Write the person’s email address in the “to” box and a description of your email in the “subject” box.

2. At the top of the box you’ll see a small icon, or picture, of a paper clip. It’s to the right of the trash can. Click on the paper clip icon.

3. Now, you have to find your document. You are the only one who knows where it is and what you called it. Is it on your desktop? Is it in a folder? I think you’ll be able to see how to search for your document in this box. When you do find it, click on “open” in the lower right corner of the box.

4. If you did it correctly, you should see the name of the attachment under the subject box and next to the word attachment.

5. Now, you may write your email. It’s a good idea to explain what is in the attachment for your recipient.

If you are using other email programs like Outlook, Yahoo or Hotmail, the process is similar. There is usually a paper clip icon somewhere in a new mail message to get you started. Sometimes, you have to click on the word “attach” after you find the document, instead of “open” as in Entourage.

If you are having trouble writing your goals or working on Infinite Campus it may be that your computer does not have the newest version of Firefox. Now, you can download the most recent version yourself! (today that would be 3.0.1)

Open Firefox to find out what version you currently have. Then, click on the word “firefox” at the top of the page. Go down to “about Mozilla Firefox”. If you still have version 1.0.7 you will need to follow the nine steps below to upgrade.

Step 1: Write “mozilla.com” in the address bar of your web browser.
Step 2: Click on “download Firefox-free”. It’s a green rectangular button. You will then see a download box. It says dmg at the top.
Step 3: In the download box click “save to disk” and then “ok”
Step 4: Quit Firefox
Step 5: Double click on the icon that has now appeared on your desktop. It will say “Firefox 2.0.0.9.dmg”
Step 6: Click on the word “accept”
Step 7: Slide the old Firefox icon out of your dock. If you have the plain white Firefox icon on your desktop you can trash that too. The new one has the colors of Firefox on it.
Step 8: Slide the new Firefox icon into your dock.
Step 9: Put the dmg file in the trash.

Now, how do you find out if you did it right? Follow the steps in the second paragraph to see what version you have now.