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Create Word documents from OpenOffice or LibreOffice
OpenOffice and LibreOffice are free, open source office suties that offer an excellent alternative to Microsoft Word. They will open documents produced in Word, and can save in Word ".doc" and ".docx" formats as well. Here's how:
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Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Create Word documents from Pages
Many users of Apple Macs use the Pages word processor. That’s a good choice to work with, but it is essential that what is produced can be opened by SIDE teachers. Thankfully, it’s very easy to make this happen.
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Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Creating a bibliography using the Online Referencing Generator
Video tutorial Return Helpsheet
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
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Creating and managing PDFs
Many courses at SIDE require work to be submitted in Adobe Portable Document Format – PDF for short. As the name suggests, PDF files display identically, no matter the computer or operating system on which they are displayed. They even work on many...
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Four image editors compared
So you want to resize an image? This video compares the following four image editors doing common tasks such as crop and resizing an image. Adobe Photoshop - Photo & design software Pixlr E: Free Advanced Photo Editor & Image...
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Getting started with Moodle
Just getting started with Moodle. Here's a guide to help you along. Need assistance? Contact your teacher.
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Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Moodle Helpsheets
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Installing Office
Instructions Navigate to https://portal.office.com/ Enter your @student.education.wa.edu.au email address and press TAB or Enter You will be re-directed to the Department of Education (DoE) Portal to log in Use your DoE user...
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Article
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Author:
Veronika Popp
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Japanese input on Mac OS X
Macs deal with Japanese character display seamlessly. Japanese input is not always enabled by default - here's how to change that.
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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LRC | Video Tutorials and Helpsheets
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
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Managing SIDE email
SIDE emails may come from teachers, students or forum notifications. There are several ways in which you can manage the emails you receive from SIDE.
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Merging and converting multiple files to PDF
If your work is in many files and needs to be combined as one single PDF for submission. Here is help!
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Moodle
Moodle is the learning management system which houses SIDE's online classrooms. Classrooms, or courses, consist of a range of learning materials including interactive content and activities. It is also where students upload and receive feedback on...
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Cathy Scott
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Category:
Moodle Helpsheets
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Need to submit some handwritten work in Moodle?
Perhaps you're required to submit a PDF of the handwritten work. Here's a video on how to deal with photos of your work, quickly and easily.
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Moodle Helpsheets
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Password reset
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Emma Puls
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Quoting, paraphrasing and in - text citation using ORG
Video tutorial Return Helpsheet
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
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Resizing Images
Resizing your images before emailing or inserting them into a document is vital.
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Veronika Popp
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Category:
General Helpsheets
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Searching and borrowing in the SIDE Library Catalogue
Video tutorial Return Helpsheet
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
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Searching for and attributing sources of digital media
Video tutorial Return Helpsheet
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
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Searching in Britannica Online
Video tutorial Return Helpsheet
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
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Searching in The West Australian Archive Digital Editions
Video tutorial Return Helpsheet
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Type:
Article
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Author:
Gina Lau
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Category:
Library Resource Centre Help
