Technical Instructional Pages (TIPs)
for California State University Students, Staff and Faculty

Most Commonly Asked Technology Questions

A 2006/2007 TIGERS grant project gathered the following TIPs, instructional web pages that address frequently asked questions that help desk and lab staff answer, such as "How do I copy or import data from Excel to SPSS?" Many TIPs are being developed and it is hoped that CSU Community of Academic Technology Staff (CATS) will contribute to and use this tool — why reinvent the wheel?

TIPs Index

Microsoft Word (2000, XP, 2002, and 2003)
  •      Page Breaks
  •      Page Numbering
  •      Sample Text Creation

    Microsoft Excel (2000, XP, 2002, and 2003)

  •      Displaying Formulas
  •      Displaying the Results and the Formulas on the Same Worksheet
  •      Creating a Chart or Graph
  •      Moving Data From Excel to SPSS

    Microsoft PowerPoint (2000, XP, 2002, and 2003)

  •      Printing 6 Slides per Page
  •      Creating Internet links in PowerPoint
  •      Getting Back to PowerPoint after Clicking on a Link

    Email

  •       Downloading Files from e-mails
  •       Attaching Files to e-mails

    Other Software

  •      Print Screen (saving & printing what you see on your screen)
  •      Cascading Style Sheets using Dreamweaver

    Microsoft Office 2007

  •      Conversion Tool for Opening 2007 files in 2003 and XP
  •      Word 03 07 Fix (to run both on the same computer)
    • Important Links

    About TIPs

    CSU Center for Distributed Learning (CSU CDL)

    Community of Academic Technology Staff (CATS)

    Technology Integration Grants for Educational Resource Sharing (TIGERS)

    Please Contribute

    You can share your instructional TIPs by emailing them to FredFuld, along with any associated links. We are especially looking for answers to Office 2007 questions.
    TIPs were created through a TIGERS (Technology Integration Grants for Educational Resource Sharing) grant
    from the California State University Center for Distributed Learning (CSU CDL) and the CSU Community of Academic Technology Staff (CATS).
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    Project Lead: Fred Fuld, CSU East Bay Concord Campus
    Project Team Member: Marion Smith, CSU Dominguez Hills
    Last Update: 04/19/07