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Working with images and layout (in microsoft word)

Michael ChalkLeave a commentUncategorized

Spent some time last week working with Violeta, who wanted to teach her students about the basics of layout. We started off with putting images on the page. The main issue here of course, is that there are so many different applications, and each has a slightly different way of working with images. So we chose to look at microsoft word, and the basic way of inserting a photo from the “Insert Menu”. You can insert a photo from within the application, or you can drag the photo across from Read More …

Collaborate and create documents together – with google drive, desktop edition.

Michael Chalk2 CommentsUncategorized

3 Questions: Are you using google docs? (aka google drive) Have you noticed that you can now access your google drive files and folders via your desktop? Have you noticed that you can share any kind of file via this cloud system now, not just google documents? Google drive is now a lot like dropbox – a place to share files and folders with people in different locations. You get 5gb of storage space, and you can access and manage the filing system via your local file manager*.  [*eg: Windows Read More …