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How to Access, Save, Find, and Use Course Files

Menu:

• Removing the Pop-up Blocker
• Downloading the file
• Modifying the file
• Printing the file
• Finding the file
• Navigating the Website

Downloading and saving file to your local machine

1.Click on the name of the file. You may see another login screen. You can click cancel or enter your username and password and click OK. From home you need to enter  QCCLAN\  followed by your username (no spaces).

2. Wait for the file to download. This may take a few seconds or minutes depending on the size of the file and your Internet connection.

3. Once you see the file, go to the File menu and select Save as.

4. In the dialog box you need to select the location where you want to save this document or PowerPoint presentation. At the top of the Save as box and  to the right of the space next to "Save in," click the little triangle to see choices. Select Desktop or a Drive by clicking on it and then you may select a particular folder--choose some place you can remember in order to access the file later.

5. After selecting the place to save the file, select the Save button at the bottom of the Save as dialog box. The file is now saved on your machine (or on your H drive at QCC).

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Modifying the file

1. After saving the file to your own machine, you may use it as you would your own document or presentation.

2. Remember to save changes to the file periodically as you adapt it.

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Printing the file

1. To print a Word file select Print from the file menu, and then OK at the bottom of the dialog box.

2. To print a PowerPoint presentation--

• Select Print from the file menu and use the Print dialog box to select
• The slides to print (under Print Range)--Some presentations have 30+ slides. To print a single slide, just write the number of the slide.
• The format for printing (under Print What);
  select slides or handouts and number of slides per page
• For black and white printing, it's best to check pure black and white at the bottom of the dialog box.
• After making the selections, click the OK button to print.
  

Finding the File

1. To find a desired file on either the THEMES page or the individual WEEKS pages easily go to the desired page.
2. From the Internet explorer menu select EDIT --> FIND ON THIS PAGE
3. Type the name/keyword of file you want in the FIND box
4. Hit the NEXT button
5. Click on the desired link.

Click here for instructional pictoral document of "Finding the File"

Navigating the Website

1. ORT 110 Navigating the New Website Instructional Handout (Page 1, Page 2)

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