Archive for October, 2007

Great Prices on Adobe Software

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Do you know about UBMicro?

UBMicro is affiliated with the State University of New York at Buffalo and serves as an authorized, higher education reseller of computer products. Having this status enables UBMicro to sell computer hardware and software at educational discounts. Prices are often hundreds of dollars less than local and Internet retailers. SUNY institutions really benefit. In fact, students, faculty and staff at SUNY schools are offered a substantial cost savings when making departmental or personal-use purchases.

For a limited time, Stony Brook faculty and staff can buy Adobe software at student rates for work-at-home use. This is an opportunity to acquire the latest in Adobe software at savings of up to 85% off the commercial price.

The table below offers a comparison of each Creative Suite 3 product (Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.); allowing you to decide which product or package will best suit your needs.

Pricing and ordering information is available at www.ubmicro.buffalo.edu. 

This offer is effective through March 15, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Adobe, Software, UBMicro | 3 Comments »

Customize Your Toolbars in Office 2007

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

One of our clients at the Stony Brook Foundation figured out how to customize her toolbars in Microsoft Excel 2007. She didn’t care for the new tabbed ribbon toolbar. She wanted to revert back to the small icons that she was used to working with on a regular basis in Excel 2003.

When you choose to customize your toolbar, you have your favorite tools handy and they take up less room. You don’t waste time trying to figure out where everything is.

We’re showing these steps in Word, but they will work just the same in Excel and the other Office products.

Step 1:  Minimize the ribbon
Right click on the tabbed ribbon toolbar and select "Minimize the Ribbon." You will see it disappear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2:  Show Quick Access Toolbar
Right click where the toolbar used to be and this time select "Show Quick Access Toolbar Below the Ribbon." You can right click and choose to move your toolbar above or below the Ribbon, it’s up to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Step 3:  Customize Quick Access Toolbar …
Right click the toolbar a third time and select "Customize Quick Access Toolbar … " 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Step 4:  Choose the Tools You Want
You will come to a page with two columns where you can add your favorite tools and commands from a list on the left. There is a drop-down menu above the left column that says "Choose commands from" You can pull down "Popular Commands" or "All Commands." Depending what you choose, you will see a different list of tools. "Popular Commands" will let you select the most popular tools for the program you are in (in this case, Word). "All Commands" will give you a list of commands for every program in the Office suite. Select which one fits your needs and then select the tools/commands you want from the left hand column and hit the "Add" button. You will see that tool/command pop up in the right-hand column. These will eventually be the tools on your customized toolbar. If you accidentally select a tool/command that you don’t want, you can select it from the list on the right and hit the "Remove" button."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Step 5:  Hit OK and begin using your new toolbar
When you are satisfied with your list of tools/commands, hit OK and begin using your new toolbar. If you ever want the tabbed ribbon toolbar back, just right click on your customized toolbar and deselect "Minimize the Ribbon."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Excel, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Toolbars | 9 Comments »

MySBfiles

Monday, October 1st, 2007

MySBfiles is 500 MB of file storage offered to each Stony Brook student and employee. It makes working in different locations easier.

Students can work on a paper in their dorm room late at night, save it to their MySBfiles, then go to a SINC Site the next day before class and print out the paper from their MySBfiles. Instructors who teach in classrooms or lecture halls which are equipped with computers and Internet access can pull their PowerPoint presentations or class notes up from their MySBfiles instead of taking a laptop or a USB key with them to class.

Benefits to using MySBfiles:

  • Files are accessible on any machine with a web browser from on or off campus.
  • Files are protected by anti-virus software.
  • Files are stored on university servers, so they are not affected if your machine crashes or is stolen. Files are backed up at regular intervals and can be easily recovered.
  • Personal Web pages can be hosted in MySBfiles.

For those of you who haven’t taken advantage of this perk yet, more information can be found at the MySBfiles information page.

For those of you who do use MySBfiles regularly, let us know what you think by leaving a comment.

 

 

Posted in Faculty, MySBfiles, Staff | 1 Comment »