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The Foote School: Academic Programs


Tech Tips

 

Students should be aware that they may have different versions of software at home than we have at school and should learn how to save work so that they can access it both at home and at school.

Foote supports the following versions of software: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac -- Inspiration 7 -- iWork '08 and '09 (Pages and Keynote)

 
Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)
Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)
To convert a Word document from .docx to .doc Drag .docx document onto the NeoOffice icon, or open NeoOffice and go to File: Open and locate .docx document. Control-click on .docx document to open dialog box. Choose "open with" Text Edit.
To change the language for spellcheck in Word On the menu bar, go to Tools: Language. In the "mark selected text as" box, click the language you want. Click "default" to make it the default language, if desired. On the menu bar, go to Tools: Language. In the "mark selected text as" box, click the language you want. Click "default" to make it the default language, if desired.
To print to the color printer from iPhoto See this .pdf with instructions See this .pdf with instructions
To save an Inspiration document as an outline in Word Click the "Transfer" icon in the main toolbar. Click the "Transfer" icon in the main toolbar.
To access Foote server from home

Teachers: See this .pdf with instructions

Students: In the finder, go to the Go Menu and scroll down to Connect to Server. Type in the server address: student.footeschool.org

Teachers: See this .pdf with instructions

Students: In the finder, go to the Go Menu and scroll down to Connect to Server. Type in the server address: student.footeschool.org

 

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