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Accessing Budget Reports on the Shared Drive
Monthly budget reports are an alternative to retrieving budget data directly in PeopleSoft fiscal applications. These reports are run automatically and stored on the network. The data on these reports is only as current as the date on which they were generated.
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Calendar Options
By default, our Outlook system publishes busy/free information from our calendars for the two months following the current month. If you are attempting to schedule a meeting request on dates beyond this limit, you will not see calendar information for attendees in the scheduling grid. To resolve this, members of your work group who will be creating and receiving meeting requests for longer periods should follow the steps in this guide to extend this calendar publishing period.
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Creating a New Page in Contribute
Contribute makes it easy to create new web pages, starting from either a copy of a page currently being viewed or from a template with blank editable regions. This guide provides instructions for both approaches.
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Creating a Purchase Requisition
Instructions for creating a simple purchase requisition for goods or services.
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Macintosh-Firefox Issues
The Mac version of Firefox doesnt default to the .htm format when a WebCMS proposal (or webpage) is saved.
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New Proposal for Existing Course
If you wish to create a new proposal for a course that was added or modified this year you MUST select the Future version.
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Create a Desktop Alias for a Network Folder
A desktop alias is a shortcut to a network location. Rather than clicking through a series of folders to reach the one you want, you can create an alias that takes you there directly. These instructions also show how to set the alias to connect to the network folder each time you start your computer.
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How to Add the Public Folder Calendar to Your Calendar View
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How to Change Permissions to Access a Public Folder
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Configure Contribute for Editing your Personal Web Page
Contribute is used most commonly for maintaining our institutional web pages, but it can also be used for editing your personal web page. This guide will show you how to create a Contribute connection to your MiraCosta personal web folder.
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Printing a Copy of a Purchase Requisition
It may occasionally be necessary to print a copy of a purchase requisition for reference. This guide provides the steps for this activity. A requisition must be saved before it can be printed.
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WebCMS resources
Support, resources and contact information for Web Curriculum Mangement System (WebCMS).
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SPOL User Manual
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https://webcms.miracosta.edu/admin/login.asp
The current faculty/staff URL for WebCMS
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https:/spol.miracosta.edu
The current URL for SPOL
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Course Availability in Blackboard
By default your course is set to unavailable when it is created. When your course is set to unavailable your students can not access or see your course in their listing of courses on Blackboard. You will need to make your course available on or prior to the first day of class so that your students can see and access your course.
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The Blackboard Discussion Board's Rating, Grading and Statistical Capabilities
An animated tutorial in Shockwave format (Flash Player is required). The Flash Player may be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html.
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User Management in Blackboard
Students in your Blackboard course are uploaded for you 4 times a day throughout the semester from the MiraCosta College SURF Registration System. Here is how you manage those students in your Blackboard course.
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Assessments in Blackboard
An animated tutorial in Shockwave format (Flash Player is required). The Flash Player may be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html.
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Getting Started with Blackboard - Instructor
Getting Started with Blackboard at MiraCosta College for Faculty.
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An Overview of the Blackboard Discussion Board
An animated tutorial in Shockwave format (Flash Player is required). The Flash Player may be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html.
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Online Training Resources for Blackboard Faculty
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Create a Template with a Custom Toolbar Button
Save time by creating a template for an email you send frequently. Save even more time by adding a button to your Outlook toolbar to open this template with a single click!
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Deleting Internet Explorer Cache and PeopleSoft Cache
If PeopleSoft pages do not render properly in the browser window or display black boxes in place of data, it may be necessary to delete the cache for the browser.
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Resetting Your Password
If you are still using the generic password that was assigned to you for WebCMS training, you must change your password.
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Foreign Spam Removal
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LightSpeed (formely SmartCities)
A local Internet service provider. This link is provided as a courtesy to staff and faculty researching alternatives in ISPs. MiraCosta College does not endorse this or any service or product.
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WebAIM
WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) contains a lot of good information regarding specific techniques for web accessibility. You are encouraged to view the short video, Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind, which gives an overview of the accessibility issues from the user's perspective.
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Accessing the MCC Secure Wireless Network from a PC Laptop
In order to access the network and Internet via the MCC Secure Wireless network, you must log in as a registered user (faculty, or staff). You may use a district-owned computer or your own computer equipped with the appropriate wireless card and configure access following the instructions in this guide.
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Accessing the MCC Public Wireless Network from a Mac Laptop
In order to access the Internet via the MCC Public Wireless network, you must log in either as a registered user (student, faculty, or staff) or as a guest. You may use your own computer equipped with the appropriate wireless card and configure access following the instructions in this guide.
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Accessing the MCC Public Wireless Network from a PC Laptop
In order to access the Internet via the MCC Public Wireless network, you must log in either as a registered user (student, faculty, or staff) or as a guest. You may use your own computer equipped with the appropriate wireless card and configure access following the instructions in this guide.
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Attaching Files to Email in Outlook Web Access
It is easy to attach files, such as Word documents, Excel files, and others, to email messages being sent from Outlook.
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Scheduling an Appointment or Meeting
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Reset an Active Directory Password
These instructions explain how to reset an Active Directory password using the Windows administrative snap-in. These instructions apply only to technical support personnel. Instructions for end users are available in separate documentation.
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Creating Folders in Outlook Web Access
You can create folders in Outlook Web Access to organize your messages, appointments, tasks and contacts. This guide explains how to create a new folder for email messages.
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Guide to Using the R25 WebViewer
to Request a Room
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SFTP for Faculty & Staff
MiraCosta will no longer be supporting FTP but rather has opted for a more secure alternative in SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol). Software is available for download to perform file transfer tasks, and to adapt Dreamweaver to this new method. These instructions explain the use of this software for the most common scenarios.
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Copying a Requisition
Purchase requisitions may be copied to reduce the amount of data entry required for purchases that are repeated.
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Cisco Personal Communications Assistant
The Cisco Personal Communications Assistant allows you to manage settings (such as your greeting and off-hours notifications) for your voicemail account through a web page, rather than using a telephone. The Personal Communications Assistant is currently accessible only on campus and only with a PC (some features are not available with a Macintosh).
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Turnitin.com Tour
Take a tour of Turnitin.com at the following web address.
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Turnitin Training and Support
Online Manuals and Tutorials can be found at this web address.
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Calendar Permissions in Outlook
You can grant permissions to other users to create, edit, delete and view contents of folders in your Outlook account. This short guide explains how to grant permissions to anotehr user for your calendar.
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Budget Line Calculator
A small Excel file to help calculate percentages when you are creating a purchase requisition with more than a single budget line.
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Creating a PowerPoint SlideShow from Digital Images (PDF Version)
This handout provides step by step instruction on how to create a slide show from your digital images
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Tony's ATI Filer Scan Guide
A short guide to scanning in ATI Filer.
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ATI Filer User Manual
The manufacturer's guide to ATI Filer.
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Tony's ATI Filer Search Guide
A short guide to performing searches in ATI Filer.
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PeopleSoft 8 Sign-in
The current correct URL is https://ok.miracosta.edu/psp/FS84PRD/?cmd=login
Log in using your Outlook username and password.
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Lisa's Guide to Recording Sound Files on a Mac
Lisa Lane's illustrated guide to recording lectures at your desk for sharing via the web.
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Upgrading User Roles in Blackboard
This handout explains what user roles are in Blackboard and how instructors can change them.
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Accessing Your Home Drive on iMac
The following steps explain how to access your home drive on the network using a Macintosh with OS X (version 10).
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Mac OS X on the iMac
The Macintosh operating system version X (better know as OS X) includes a number of new features and some changes to familiar features. This handout provides a brief overview for new users of iMacs on campus.
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Creating a CD
Compact disks (CDs) are used for storing a variety of different items: data files (like Word documents, Excel workbooks, etc.), media files (like movie and music files), and programs (software is typically distributed on CDs). Although there are many options available for storing data on CDs, this short guide provides the steps for creating a data CD using a typical application for this purpose, Roxio Easy CD Creator.
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Create a Mail Merge Using the Outlook Address Book
Addresses from your Outlook Contacts folder may be used to easily create mailing labels with a mail merge in Word.
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Creating Folders (Mac)
You can create folders in Outlook to organize your messages, appointments, tasks and contacts. This guide explains how to create a new folder for email messages.
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Printing a Budget Detail Report
It may occasionally be necessary to print a budget detail report to investigate expenses or revenues in greater detail. This guide provides the steps for this activity. A budget detail report can display expense data or revenue data, but not both simultaneously.
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Grading Exams with Essay Questions
This handout provides step by step instruction on how to grade tests in blackboard with essay questions.(for Instructors)
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Why Map Network Drives?
Why bother to map network drives and learn about them? The point of mapping network drives is to make it easier to locate places on the network that you use frequently, and to give these places a short name that is easy to remember.
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Basic Computer Hygiene (5 pages, Word)
A simple guide to maintaining, cleaning and managing your computer, inside and out.
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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
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Importing Contacts into Outlook from a PST File
This guide provides the steps for importing contacts from a Personal Folders File (.PST file) into a new contacts folder in Outlook. When you receive a PST file that you wish to import, it is suggested that you save the file on your Windows desktop. After you have successfully imported the contacts, you may delete the PST file.
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Searching on Multiple Worksheets
The following steps explain how to search for a value across multiple worksheets in an Excel workbook.
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Network Overview
An explanation of the network at MiraCosta.
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WebCMS General Faculty Manual (All Faculty)
This is the instruction manual for ALL Full-Time Faculty, and Curriculum Writing Part-Time Faculty.
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WebCMS Faculty Department Chair Manual
This is the instruction manual for WebCMS that is specifically for Faculty Department Chairs.
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Searching for Proposals that are on the current AP&P Committee Agenda
This handout walks you step by step through the process of finding proposals that are on the next Academic Policies and Procedures Committee (AP&P) Agenda.
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Assessments (Tests/Surveys) & Gradebook - BB V. 6
This handout provides instruction on the fundamentals of creating question pools, incorporating those questions pools into exams and surveys, and how Blackboard records tests and surveys into the online Gradebook. (for Instructors)
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What's NEW in Blackboard Version 6
This handout examines the NEW features of Blackboard Version 6. (for Instructors)
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Blackboard Handout for Students (PDF Version)
This handout is for students who's instructor is using Blackboard V6. It includes directions on how to login, change password, update e-mail address, and FAQs.
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Blackboard Handout for Students (Word Version)
This handout is for students who's instructor is using Blackboard V6. It includes directions on how to login, change password, update e-mail address, and FAQs.
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Discussion Board - BB V. 6
This handout provides instruction on how to use and create discussion boards in Blackboard V. 6 (for Instructors)
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Common Telephone Tasks
A short guide to completing the most common tasks with the Cisco IP telephone.
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The Receipt Form (RF) Explained
A sample RF with instructions for use.
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Printing an Unofficial Copy of a Purchase Order
It may occasionally be necessary to print an unofficial copy of a purchase order to provide information to a vendor. This guide provides the steps for this activity. Official purchase orders are created only by district buyers and unofficial copies of a purchase order cannot be printed until the official purchase order is completed.
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Macintosh Security
When using PeopleSoft on a Macintosh, you may receive multiple security warnings that need to be clicked before you can proceed with a task. This happens because the security certificate for PeopleSoft is not being automatically recognized by the browser. This guide provides the steps for accepting a security authority in Internet Explorer on a Macintosh.
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Windows Updates
Updates for Windows are now being installed automatically over the network. Updates may improve security on your PC, may improve the performance of some applications or may simply correct software bugs. Some updates may require that you restart your computer. Please be sure to save your work and exit any programs before restarting your computer.
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Creating Favorites and Shortcuts for PeopleSoft Fiscal Applications
Three options for creating favorites and shortcuts to the PeopleSoft Fiscal sign-in page
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Understanding Budget Information
Some terminology and budget concepts are changing with the adoption of PeopleSoft. This guide provides an overview of these changes and details that will help you to understand your budget information.
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Approving Purchase Requisitions
Approving purchase requisitions is a simple process. You retrieve requisitions in PeopleSoft that indicate yourself as the budget manager and that are in open status. Then, you review each requisition and either approve, hold or cancel.
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Retrieving a Budget Summary
This guide provides instructions for retrieving and understanding budget summary information.
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Accessibility: The Vischeck Web Site
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Accessibility: The Bobby Web Site
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Tracking Purchase Requisitions
A variety of supporting documents are created as a purchase requisition is processed through the purchasing cycle. Tracking a requisition consists of checking document status and determining current stage of this cycle for the requisition.
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Using Multiple Accounts
Multiple accounts may be assigned to a single purchase requisition. When multiple accounts are to be used, they must be selected before line items are entered on the requisition.
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Alternate Requester
In every case except one, the requester on a purchase requisition is either the end user (the person who will use the goods or services), or their support staff. In the single exception to this practice, the requester on a requisition for computer hardware or computer software will be entered by a staff member of AIS and the requester of the requisition will be the end user. Goods will be delivered to the AIS department and from there will be delivered to the end users location by AIS staff.
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Logging In and Navigation
PeopleSoft 101. The guide to logging in, navigating and creating favorites in PeopleSoft version 8.
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Pre-Requisition Worksheet
A worksheet for gathering the required information for purchase requisition. This worksheet may also be used as a cover page when materials (receipts, bids, contracts) relating to a requisition are sent to the purchasing department.
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Pre-Req Worksheet Legend
A one-page guide showing how section of the pre-req worksheet correspond to areas on the PeopleSoft web page.
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Languages Lab Hours on the Web
Accessing the Languages lab hours spreadsheet on the web.
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Using LDP.exe
Using the LDP.exe utility to search active directory server
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Using COUNTIF and DCOUNTA
This worksheet uses a simple event planner as an example for using the COUNTIF function and the DCOUNTA function.
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Formatting a Floppy Diskette for a Macintosh
It is easy to prepare a floppy diskette for use with the Macintosh. The process of preparing a floppy diskette in this way is called "formatting" or "erasing" the diskette. Formatting a diskette permanently deletes any files currently stored on the diskette and restores it to its original, blank state.
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Using the Cisco IP Phone
The Cisco guide, edited for MiraCosta.
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Creating a New Profile (Mac) (2 pages, Word)
An Outlook profile is required on any computer that you use to access your Outlook mailbox. This guide explains how to create an Outlook profile on a Macintosh.
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Using the Out of Office Assistant
The Out of Office Assistant make it easy to create and use an automatic reply message that responds to senders when you are away from the office.
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Creating Folders (PC)
You can create folders in Outlook to organize your messages, appointments, tasks and contacts. This guide explains how to create a new folder for email messages.
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Associating an Application for Voicemail Attachments
If you are unable to play voicemail attachments using a computer at home, it may be necessary to associate the correct application with the voicemail file type.
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Configuring Outlook Express to access your email account
This guide provides the steps for configuring Outlook Express to access your campus email account (from your home computer, for example).
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Cox Cable
A local Internet service provider. This link is provided as a courtesy to staff and faculty researching alternatives in ISPs. MiraCosta College does not endorse this or any service or product.
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Adelphia
A local Internet service provider. This link is provided as a courtesy to staff and faculty researching alternatives in ISPs. MiraCosta College does not endorse this or any service or product.
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The MiraCosta Help Desk
Jump directly to the MiraCosta Help Desk on the web. Log in using your Outlook username and password.
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Excel: Cell Validation
Cell validation restricts the contents of a cell or range of cells to specific values. Cell validation helps to keep the data in an Excel worksheet consistent and valid.
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Microsoft Excel 97 Exam Guide
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(58174.1)
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Using Dreamweaver 4
Location: OCN 3322
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Name Splitting
Excel provides a variety of functions that can be used to separate text in cells. This worksheet provides a number of sample formulas that you can copy and paste into your own worksheet.
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Don't Make Me Think: A
Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Location: OCN LRC
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Cisco IP Phone Options
The Cisco IP Phone Options web page allows you to manage your telephone settings (such as your personal phone book, speed dial numbers and call forwarding) on the web. Log in using your Outlook username and your CallManager passcode. This passcode is different from your email password and your voicemail passcode. If you are logging into CallManager for the first time, please contact the help desk at extension 6800 helpdesk@miracosta.edu for the default passcode.
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Logging into Outlook Web Access
Directions for logging into Web Access Outlook (Internet Explorer and Netscape).
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Logging into Outlook Web Access
Directions for logging into Web Access Outlook (Internet Explorer and Netscape).
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Starting a Header or Footer Sample Document
This is a sample document with a footer and page numbering that begins on the second page. This is a companion file to the file named FooterPgNbr.doc
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Starting a Header or Footer after the First Page
This guide explains how to add a footer with page number that starts on the second page of a Word document with a title page.
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Free and Low Cost ISPs
A list of 12 free and 220 Cheap ISPs for the US. Most have comments and ratings from users.
MiraCosta College does not endorse this or any service or product.
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Working with Tables in Dreamweaver
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Web Design Studio Secrets
Location: OCN 3322
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Running Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(68056.2)
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How Networks Work
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(58213.1)
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PC Show and Tell
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Windows 2000 Pro: the missing manual
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(68054.2)
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Desktop Publishing using PageMaker for Windows
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(58248.1)
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Macromedia Attain Objects for Dreamweaver: Using Attain Objects
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(61525.1)
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Macromedia Dreamweaver 2: Using Dreamweaver
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(61526.1)
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Macromedia Dreamweaver 3: Using Dreamweaver
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(61523.1)
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Creating Commercial Web Pages
Location: OCN 3322
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JavaScript for the World Wide Web Visual Quickstart Guide
Location: OCN 3322
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Using HTML 4
Location: OCN 3322
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Windows 2000 Professional Expert Companion
Location: OCN 3322
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Dreamweaver 3 Bible
Location: OCN 3322
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Photoshop 5 Visual Quickstart Guide
Location: OCN 3322
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I Just Bought a Digital Camera, Now What?
Location: OCN 3322
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Using Dreamweaver Ultradev 4
Location: OCN 3322
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Windows 2000 Pro: the missing manual
Location: OCN 3322
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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking
Location: OCN 3322
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Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web
Location: OCN 3322
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Step by Step: Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Location: OCN LRC Call No.: XX(68059.1)
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Active Server Pages 3.0
Location: OCN 3322
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Mastering Dreamweaver 3
Location: OCN 3322
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Web Database Development Step by Step
Location: OCN 3322
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Using ColdFusion 5 Studio
Location: OCN 3322
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Acrobat: Download the Acrobat Reader
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Network: Mapping Network Drives in Windows 2000
Map to Web Server & Personal Network Storage
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Network: Mapping Network Drives in Windows 2000
Map to Web Server & Personal Network Storage
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Deleting Multiple Messages in Outlook for the Web-Internet Explorer Only!
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Deleting Multiple Messages in Outlook for the Web-Internet Explorer Only!
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PeopleSoft HR: Human Resources Tables
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Getting Started with the Cisco IP Phone 7960/7940
Cisco's guide to IP telephone sets
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Filtering Voice Messages in Your Inbox
Because our voicemail and email accounts are linked, deleting voice messages from your email inbox means they really are deleted and no longer available via the telephone. If you simply don't want to see voice messages in your inbox, the thing to do is mo
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Copying Files to the Web Server
This short guide provides the steps for using Microsoft Internet Explorer to access your web folder at MiraCosta and transfer files.
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Separating Mail by Recipient
MiraCosta is consolidating email servers. Messages that previously were directed to an "MCC" account will now be directed to an "Outlook" account. If you previously relied on two independent email accounts to separate your messages, you may now find it us
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Creating a Letter from a Contact (1 page, Word)
There are many good reasons for developing your personal contacts list in Outlook. Among these is the ability to create a new letter in Word directly from your Outlook contact folder. This short guide provides the steps for doing this.
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Creating a New Contact from a Message (1 page, Word)
It's easy to create a contact from a received message in Outlook. This short guide will help you perform this task.
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Logging into Outlook on a PC (1 page, Word)
This short guide explains how to log into your Outlook account on a PC, both in a shared environment and on a computer used by a single person.
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Getting Started with Outlook (4 pages, Word)
This short guide will help you to acquire the basic skills in Outlook.
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Working with Distribution Lists (4 pages, Word)
In Outlook, distribution lists allow you to group together individual addresses as recipients of email messages. In GroupWise, distribution lists were called "Groups."
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