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Tip #1: Email Extensions

Did you know that email extensions are NOT needed to send to another recipient with your institutions domain? For example, If I write an email to blowe@greensborocollege.edu from dsmith@greensborocollege.edu, I can just put “blowe” in the subject line.

Please note, however, that if you are sharing an email address book with other email accounts (Yahoo, gmail, Outlook), you’d need to send to blowe@greensborocollege.edu. Also keep this in mind if you import address books as they may need to be edited for the different email account.

Tip #2: Cut, Copy and Paste

This tool is a great way to save time and can be used move text from web sites, Word Files and event .pdf files to other formats.

-Highlight the text you want with your mouse (or, CTRL-A for the entire document)
-Next, hit CRTL-C for “copying” the text.
-Finally, use CRTL-V for “paste” in your document where you’d like to place the text.

One last tip: Try Notepad (free with PCs) as a holding area for text. Notepad is a “straight text” application. You will find it easier to import straight text into your documents and adjust formatting later.

-Tip #3: Calendar Importing

Today’s calendar functions are impressive. For example, our web site allows me to download all of our athletic events—or specific sports--as a VCAL file.

When you click on the VCAL tab, our site has a pop-up that allows you to “open” directly to your preferred calendar application (Outlook, Google) or you can download the file named: add2calendar.vcs

If you choose the later option, open your other calendar (Outlook, Google. Then, choose the import function. This great feature will automatically place the desired games in your personal calendar. One other note: Schedules change, so you’ll need to re-import the calendar regularly.