| _USING ECONINFO | - This document is alphabetized by the "keywords"
column. You may scroll through or the data can be searched with your WEB
browser for references to the question you are trying to answer. Look on
your web browser menu for a "Search Page" option.
- The right column contains Web Links to other information. |
Knowledge Base |
| BinHex | A file format created by a MacIntosh Computer,
sometimes seen in email attachments. The file must be converted for use
by a PC. Use the Macintosh in the 109 copy room, Open the "Stuffit Expander,
BinHex converter," then open the file and choose expand. A second file
will be created with the same first name and a different extension.
-- or ask one of the staff for assistance. |
Bin Hex |
| Dialing into I.U. | Knowledge base info on dialing into I.U. See Link >> | Dialing into I.U. |
| Emacs Editor | Basic Questions about the Emacs Editor | Emacs Editor |
| Email Accounts, etc. | "Accounts, Network IDs, Passwords, and Quotas at IUB" | Email Accounts |
| Email attachment
- "begin line" Uuencode |
There are many types of attachments. If you can see a line labeled "begin" preceding a bunch of meaningless symbols, then the attachment is "uuencoded" and needs to be decoded. While viewing the message first take note of the file name on the "begin" line; then type the vertical line symbol "|" for the command called "pipe," (this command is also listed by type "O" for Other commands) and type in "uudecode." This will decode the message and save it to the disk in your email account as the file name specified on the "begin" line. You must FTP it to your local machine. | |
| Email attachment
- Binhex |
See Binhex | |
| Email attachment
- View |
There are many types of attachments. If the message says there is an attachment, you must use the "V" command to View attachments, then the "S" (Save) command. Usually there is a file name on the attachment line--type this file name in or a new file name to save to. Now you must FTP it to your local machine. | |
| Email On Vacation | Automatic Email Replies while you're away. See Link >> | Vacation Email |
| Email, Forward From Outlook | How do I forward mail in Outlook?
Instructions 1. Start the Exchange client (Outlook or Exchange 5.0). 2. From the "Tools" menu, select "Inbox Assistant". 3. Click the "Add Rule" button. 4. Leave the "From" field blank. This will fire the rule for all incoming messages. 5. Select the "Delete" action if you will not be reading mail in Exchange. This will move the messages to the Deleted Items folder after forwarding them. 6. Select the "Forward" action and enter the email address where you would like to forward mail (i.e. lance@system.ucs.indiana.edu). 7. Now you must choose the "Forward Method". UCS recommends that you use either the "Leave message intact" method or the "Insert message as an attachment" method. 8. If you choose the "Leave message intact" method, mail will arrive at the destination as if it came from the original sender. This is desirable, however there is a catch. In the current version of Exchange Server (5.0), there is a known problem with this method. Here is an example which describes the problem: if the original sender sent the message to you and five other recipients, when the message was forwarded it would appear as though it were only sent to you (you would not see the five other recipients). 9. If you believe the problem described above will affect you, then UCS recommends using the "Insert message as an attachment" method. Using this method, messages that are forwarded appear to come from yourself. However, attached is the original message in its entirety including all original recipients. If you are using Pine, the attached message is displayed on your screen without further action being required. 10. The final step is to click the "Check Names" button. If Exchange understands the email address you entered on the "Forward" line, it will underline the address. If Exchange does not understand the address, the address book will be displayed for further clarification. 11. Here is an example of how a complete forward rule should look: 12. When you are satisfied with the rule, click the "OK" button. Exchange will warn you that this rule will fire for all incoming mail. Choose "Yes". 13. Now that you have defined a new rule, your Inbox Assistant screen should look like this example. 14. Click the "OK" button to save the rule. You have completed all necessary steps for forwarding mail. |
http://www.indiana.edu/~econweb/outlook1.pdf |
| Email, Forward From Pine | Forwarding Email to a different address. See Link
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Create a file in your email account named ".forward" -- note the period in front of the "forward" as it is all a part of the file name. Type in the address to forward to:
Save the file. That's all. To remove the fowarding address either delete the ".forward" file or rename it to something else (like remove the period from the file name) if you will be using it again. |
Forward Email |
| Faculty Volume, "Access Denied" | Faculty and Staff members were each originally allocated 50 MB of space on the Faculty volume for backing up the C:\MyDocs folder. An "Access Denied" message during the Backup routine may mean you are over the space limit. You should first check to see if there are old files that should be removed to free up space--if there are not, ask the computer consultant 855-6704. | |
| Lockers | For more about I.U. Lockers see Link at right.
Lockers are accessed by the following method: - Choose Network Neighborhood from the desktop or from the Windows Explorer (my choice), then choose Entire Network - Right click on the name of the locker (I.e. neon, xenon, etc.) - Choose "Attach As" from the popup menu and enter your user name and password - Open the locker folder - Right click on your folder name - Choose "Map Network Drive" - Enter a letter that isn't being used ( like Q: ) The locker should now show up as drive Q: |
Lockers |
| Microsoft Word | Basic Questions about Microsoft Word | Microsoft Word |
| Network ID | I.U. Knowledge Base, "How do I Get a Network Password?" | Network ID |
| Pico Editor | Basic Questions about the Pico Editor | Pico Editor |
| Portable CD ROM Drive | The department has a portable, parallel port CD-ROM
drive that plugs into the printer cable; it is very useful for installing
software from CD-ROM on computers that do not have CD-ROM drives such as
laptops and older home computers. This unit may be checked out by asking
the computer consultant 5-6704.
There is a single 3.5 inch installation diskette. |
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| Portable Tape Drive | We have a portable 2 GB (with compression) tape
drive that is available for check out to faculty to backup their home computers.
This should include the single 3.5 inch installation diskette and the parallel
port converter (hanging on the back of the unit so the printer cable can
be unplugged from the printer and plugged directly into this unit.
Run the install program with the tape drive installed. You might have to use configure and save it, then test for the presence of the tape drive. Otherwise it works well. Remember, the DOS tape software won't do long file names. The DOSLFNBK.EXE utility must be run first to store the long file names. After a tape restore the DOSLFNBK C: /r must be run to restore the long file names into the directory structure. SEE SOFTWARE IMAGE. |
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| Postem | Site for Postem and QuizSite | http://www.best.indiana.edu/ |
| QuizSite | Site for Postem and QuizSite | http://www.best.indiana.edu/ |
| Viruses | About Computer Viruses | Viruses |
| Web Page, Converting text to Tables | Frontpage 2000 has been installed on most Econ
department computers. It is currently the most capable web page editor that
I.U. has a license for. It will convert text to tables for use in web pages.
Rather than do the conversion in your word processor, you are better off just
doing this type of editing in Frontpage to reduce the inconsistent results
that occur when converting a Word or WordPerfect document to HTML.
If your existing columns are all separated by one Tab only, then a conversion will be fairly easy: highlight the text to be converted and, in Word, choose Table, then Convert Text To Table, in WordPerfect choose Table, then Create, then Tabular Column. If your columns are separated by varying numbers of tabs, you must be sure there is only one tab between each column. In Frontpage you can press the button on the Toolbar with the Paragraph icon on it--this will turn on the display of Tab, Space and Hard-return characters. Delete the extra tabs and spaces and the text can be converted to a table. Hint: If you have many pages of text with many multiple tabs you can speed the process by using Find and Replace: search for two tabs and replace with one. Repeat the Find and Replace until no changes were made. In Word this is the Edit menu, Replace, type ^t^t in the Find What row and ^t in the Replace With row, then click on the Replace All button. In WordPerfect use the Edit menu, Find and Replace choice, press Ctrl-Tab twice in the Find row which should show "[Left Tab][Left Tab]," and press Ctrl-Tab once in the Replace With row, then click on the Replace All button. Since some people use multiple spaces instead of Tabs, sometimes mixing them together in the same document, proof reading is important before and after converting text to a table to be sure everything is in the proper column. Another advantage of tables is that the cells may be separated by lines for easier reading if you desire it. |
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| Web Page, Create Account | The Link to the right is an I.U. publication describing how to create a Web page on an I.U. computer. | Web Page Accounts |
| Web Page, Creating Columns | See: Web Page, Using Tables | |
| Web Page, Formatting | USE SIMPLE FORMATTING
For most Web Page work complicated formatting is not allowed. Stick to simple formatting like Bold, Italics, Underline and a few sizes of the Times New Roman font, such as 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24 and 36 point. You may also use a fixed pitch font such as Courier, but don't expect fancy fonts or double-underline or strike-out to work on the Web, because they won't. There are some exceptions to this rule, such as working papers where the Adobe Acrobat program is used to include more complicated formatting, but this is not a technique that can be used for syllabi or class schedules. |
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| Web Page, More Info | The link to the right contains more Web Page info. | Web Page Info |
| Web Page, Passwords | Passwords for web pages on Veritas and other IU Web servers must be changed by contacting webmaster@indiana.edu. There is not, at this time, a utility to do this. | webmaster@indiana.edu |
| Web Page, Problems | Web page editing using Netscape can sometimes
create mysterious problems.
GRAPHIC, IMAGE, OR LINKED PAGE THAT ISN"T DISPLAYED: The address of a graphic or image can get set to the wrong directory, or even to your own computer's hard drive instead of the hard drive on the Web Server. If it is set to the wrong directory on the server it will not work on your computer properly. If it is set to look on your computer's hard drive, then the page may look fine to you on your own computer, but won't work right from another computer. When you make changes to your web page such as adding documents, graphics, or re-arranging subdirectories, it is a good idea to use a different computer (such as a computer in the cluster) to check your work to see if one of these problems will show up. THE SOLUTION: The properties for the image or link must be corrected. Sometimes you can edit the link from your normal editor and remove the portion that is wrong (for instance "C:\menu.html" is wrong because the home.html file isn't on the C:\ drive, but is on an I.U. Web Server which might look like "http://www.indiana.edu/~econweb/menu.html." |
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| Web Page, Using Tables | Creating tables is easy once you get used to the idea. In Word, you just use the Table menu, choose Insert Table, and enter the number of Rows and Columns you want to start with. In WordPerfect use the Table menu, choose Create, and enter the number of Rows and Columns. It is easy to add or remove Rows and Columns later. Using a table is like using a spreadsheet-- the Tab key or Shift-Tab key move the cursor from Cell to Cell. | |
| Web Page, Using Tabs and Spaces | Web pages do not allow the use of Tabs, and except
in certain circumstances, do not accept more than one space in a row. Many
people use Tabs to line up columns of information, and many use multiple
spaces, a leftover from the old days of fixed pitch Courier fonts. There
are better ways to format material into columns, and, as far as the Web
is concerned, there is only one way--YOU MUST USE A TABLE.
Sometimes a few spaces are useful for improving the white space at the edges of a table of centered menu items. To use more than one space in a row you must use what is called a Hard Space, typed by holding down the shift key while you press the space bar. This is no longer a single character but is actually represented by six characters in the HTML language, so a space looks like this - " " . Naturally, a bunch of spaces takes up a lot of room fast so they should be avoided when possible. |
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| Window 95 Operating System basics | Operating System Basics. See Link >> | Windows 95 Basics |
| WordPerfect Questions | Basic Questions about WordPerfect | WordPerfect |