If the OfficeScan icon in your system tray indicates that it is disconnected please follow these directions to resolve your issue:

• Restart your computer
• Right click on the OfficeScan icon in the system tray and click "Update Now!"
• Click on the "Update Now..." button

If the icon doesn't indicate that is connected after a few minutes:

• Right click on the OfficeScan icon
• Click on "Unload Office Scan"
• Click on Start | Programs
• Click on Trend Micro OfficeScan Client
• Select "OfficeScan Client" to restart OfficeScan
• Restart your computer
• Right click on the OfficeScan icon in the system tray and click "Update Now!"
• Click on the "Update Now..." button

If you still have a problem with OfficeScan, please email tech.help@cpsb.org.

Here are a few great Unitedstreaming videos on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the upcoming holiday -- http://www.unitedstreaming.com/download_info.cfm?title_id=11205

The Boyhood of Martin Luther King Jr. K-Gr. 6
Events of the Twentieth Century: A Conversation With Rosa Parks Gr. 7-Gr. 12
Heroes of American History Gr. 3-Gr. 5
History in Focus: 1960-1969 Gr. 6-Gr. 12
Holiday Facts and Fun: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day K-Gr. 4

Don't have an Unitedstreaming account? Contact Diane Mason via email (diane.mason@cpsb.org) to obtain your school's passcode.

Did you know you could customize "AutoCorrect" by adding, deleting, or changing words at the AutoCorrect dialog box in Microsoft Office? Commonly misspelled words or typographical errors are already in AutoCorrect; but, these options can be changed by clicking "Tools" and then "AutoCorrect Options...". Several options display at the beginning of the AutoCorrect dialog box. If a check appears in the box before the option, the option is active. If you consistently misspell a word such as "oopen" instead of "open," you can add the "oopen" to AutoCorrect. The next time you type "oopen" and then press the spacebar, AutoCorrect changes it to "open."

To add a word to AutoCorrect:

• Click "Tools" and then "AutoCorrect Options..." to display the AutoCorrect dialog box.
• In the "Replace" text box, type the misspelled word.
• In the "With" text box, type the corrected spelling for the word.
• Click the Add button.

To Delete a word from AutoCorrect:

• Click "Tools" and then "AutoCorrect Options..." to display the AutoCorrect dialog box.
• Click the desired word in the list box (you may need to click the down-arrow to display the desired word).
• Click the Delete button.
• AutoCorrect will no longer automatically correct that word.

Customize The Contents of a Merge Document Based on a Value -- Have you ever wished you could customize the contents of a merge letter based on the values stored in a merge field? You can do just that with the If...Then...Else... merge field. Let's say that in your monthly statement to customers, you want to show the number of transactions for the month, a number stored in your data source in a field called TransCount. If the value in TransCount is 1, you want to print "1 transaction." If the value in TransCount is 0 or greater than 1, you want to make the word "transaction" plural, as in "0 transactions" or "22 transactions."

Follow these steps:

• Go to Tools | Mail Merge, and edit your main document.

• On the Mail Merge toolbar, click the Insert Merge Field button, and select TransCount.

• Press the spacebar after the <<TransCount>> field, and type transaction in the main document.

• Click the Insert Word Field button, and choose If...Then...Else...

• Select TransCount from the Field Name drop-down list, choose Equal To in the Comparison drop-down list, and type 1 in the Compare To field. (Leave the Insert This Text field blank.)

• In the Otherwise Insert This Text field, type s, and click OK.

When you run the mail merge, the If...Then...Else... field will return nothing when the value in TransCount is 1, so the phrase in the merge document will appear as "1 transaction." In all other cases, the field will return the letter "s," which turns "transaction" into "transactions."

Managing Computer Rotations: Draw a horizontal line on a magnetic chalkboard and place a magnet with each student's initials on it under the line. When a student finishes the computer task, s/he would move her/his magnet above the line and tell a student that was still below the line that it was her/his turn. At the end of the day, the teacher could quickly assess (without lists, checks, or interruptions) how many had done the assignment and how many had not. The next day, those who had not yet completed the assignment would be first on the computers. When all were done (all magnets above the line), she would assign the next task and change the arrow so that it now pointed down.

Skill Groups: Divide the class into 5 groups. Have one group work on the computers independently (or as pairs or a team, as appropriate); one group work with the teacher learning a new technology (or other) skill/concept; and the other groups work independently on "skills" work (such as spelling, math problems, etc.).

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The latest OfficeScan pattern as of 1-11-2005 is pattern 2.333.00. Please check your pattern by placing your cursor over the OfficeScan icon and viewing the pop-up window that appears. If your pattern is significantly LOWER than this (A HIGHER PATTERN NUMBER IS OK), please email tech.help@cpsb.org regarding this or any other question you have regarding OfficeScan.

The information shows the name of the virus, the number of infected files found, and the percentage of the virus from the total.  ALL school board employees need to ensure that their Dell, Compaq, HP, IBM or other PC classroom computers stay virus free. Go to the following link to download the district copy of OfficeScan: http://teacherlink.cpsb.org/officescan and your computer will automatically be updated daily to scan for the latest viruses. You must install the software using Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (Netscape will not work!!!!!) Please answer "Yes" to all prompts as the software installs. If you have any questions, please contact the CPSB Help Desk at tech.help@cpsb.org.

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