Office 2007 Line spacing tip

Members of the Swarthmore community have shared valuable feedback about ITS’ Microsoft Office 2007 implementation as noted in this blog from our colleague, Cathy. During a recent overview session, we discussed line spacing options and modifications. By default, Microsoft Word 2007 applies a line space of 1.5, however, our colleague, Cathy found that we can reduce the space by using the following steps: Click the Page layout tab Go to the Paragraph Group Click the Launcher icon Adjust line spacing to “0” Click Save as default Continue reading Office 2007 Line spacing tip

Thunderbird Overview Sessions

Join us on Thursdays to learn about Swarthmore’s new email system, Thunderbird. ITS will offer Thunderbird Overview sessions for our PC and Mac users. We will alternate each week, for example, the first session on June 19th will focus on Thunderbird on PCs, the following session will focus on Thunderbird on Macs. We look forward to seeing you, click here to attend! Continue reading Thunderbird Overview Sessions

ITS Recommends Thunderbird to Eudora users

After a period of testing and review, ITS staff are pleased to recommend Mozilla’s Thunderbird to current users of Eudora. Among the available choices, we found that both Macintosh and Windows users were most likely to experience a smooth transition from Eudora when migrating to Thunderbird. Of the two most critical features highlighted in feedback from faculty and staff, mailbox and address book preservation, our testers experienced the easiest migration of their existing data when transferring to Thunderbird. ITS staff will continue to provide technical support for Microsoft Outlook on Windows and for Apple Mail on Mac OS. Our recent … Continue reading ITS Recommends Thunderbird to Eudora users

Migrating from Eudora – Frequently asked questions

Contents What do I have to do with my existing mail folders? Will I lose anything in the conversion? Where will my attachments go? Why do I need to move from POP to IMAP? What’s involved with that? May I choose to move to an email application other than Thunderbird? What do I have to do with my existing mail folders? You’re not required to do or change anything. However, changing your email client is a good time to clean up your collected email. Mail applications run faster and return search results quicker when they have less mail to manage, … Continue reading Migrating from Eudora – Frequently asked questions

Kicking off the Email, Calendering, and Collabortion Tools project

As Gayle Barton recently announced, ITS will be working on a project this year to update the tools we use for email. Because of the way that email programs have evolved, the project will also present us with the opportunity to look at a number of other collaboration tools, such as calendaring and document sharing. In this initial phase, we’ll be focused on two things. First, we will facilitate moving as many faculty and staff as possible off of Eudora as the main email program on your desktops. This is essential because Eudora is a long-discontinued application. Second, we will … Continue reading Kicking off the Email, Calendering, and Collabortion Tools project