Tech+Tidbits

=Tech Tidbits=

Mac Basics

 * Creating folders and subfolders
 * Spotlight
 * Expose
 * Keyboard Shortcuts []
 * Tabbed Browsing
 * Screen Shots

Google Search
put " " around things to make them show up together put + after a search to include a specific thing Use Advanced Search No need to use "and" in a search Limit searches to 10 words (but it can support up to 32 words) Order of the words in a search is very important To find a specific filetype on the internet type it in with the extension: (example: anne frank:ppt) Google Books have actual book content on them [|Common Craft Google Searches.mov]

**Numbers How-To Videos**
[|Getting Started with Numbers '09.m4v] [|Working with Excel Users.m4v] [|Create and Edit Charts.m4v] [|Group Rows into Categories.m4v] [|Create Formulas with Quick Formula.m4v] [|Format Data Values with the Format Bar.m4v] [|Hide, Filter, and Sort Table Cells.m4v] [|Highlight Values with Conditional Formatting.m4v] [|Print in Numbers.m4v] [|Use Table Styles, Color, Images, and Fonts.m4v]

**Teacher Webpage Stuff for 2009-2010**
1. Calendars 2. WIWig 3. Websites 4. Tabs (multiple page)

[|Uploading+Quicktime.mov]
 * Uploading Quicktime Movie to Teacher Page**

*All of the following can be located and downloaded at the following site : [|iDisk] Inside of a Mac Tech Tidbits Troubleshooting Using Google Sketchup Creating a Class DVD**
 * File Management

You actually start on the youtube site, when you find the video you want to download you add "kick" to the address in the url window.
 * Downloading Videos from Youtube**

example: http://youtube.com/w38dexal22 - video address http://kickyoutube.com/w38dexal22 - kick download site

Click on the go button, when it changes to "download" click and choose "Download linked file as..."

Then you can play with quicktime or put into itunes.

[|Apple Computer Quick Tips] (quick videos that explain various features on your Mac)

1. After you save a word document, and while it is still open, click on preferences and click on the security icon. 2. You'll enter the password several times that you want to use to protect this file. 3. Quit Word and if it asks you to "Save Changes" click "save". 4. The next time you open this document it will require you to put in the password.
 * Creating a Secured Word Document** (great place to save passwords)


 * This also works in Pages, but under the inspector you select. "require password to open"

Remember that when you are typing and a word comes up as spelled incorrectly, you can right click on it (that's holding down the control key while clicking on it) and pick the correct spelling
 * Spellcheck Fix While Typing**

Hold down the command key and the T key and a new tab will open. You can have several tabs open a time which requires less screen space then having multiple windows open.
 * Tabbed browsing**

Widgets are small programs that you can access from the dashboard on your desktop. They are very helpful, and there are a ton out there which are educational:) [|countdown timer] [|egg timer]
 * Widgets**

You can make any text speakable. Go into system preferences, click on speech, check the box "speak selected text when key is pressed" and then choose a combination of keys that will make what you highlight speakable. Great for kids who need help reading content on websites, reports, etc.
 * Text to Speech**

Most of the time you can simply drag a picture off of an internet site. If you can't you'll want to take a screen shot of it. You do this by holding down "Command + Shift + 4" make a box around what you want to take picture of, and then let go, and it'll do it. The picture will be saved on your desktop.
 * Screen Shots**

Do you ever find that you want to save a copy of something (such as a receipt of a purchase on a website), but you don't want to actually print it? Create a PDF of it. You simply go to file and print as if you were printing it, but instead of printing, in the lowerhand corner, there is a button that allows you to "create a PDF" and save it wherever you please as a PDF.
 * Creating a PDF** (from any document)

PCSD has created a page with several tech tidbits: [|Techweb]
 * Other Tech Tidbits**