Brother Martin High School Library 0904

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Transferring Your WorkE-mail from School to
Home (and Back Again!)
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E-mail

• The only way to send your work from home to
  school and from school to home is by using an
  e-mail account.
• No disks are used in any computer at Brother
  Martin.
• Brother Martin does not establish e-mail accounts
  for its students. Students use their home
  account. Free accounts are available at
  hotmail.com if you or your family do not
  currently maintain an e-mail account such as AOL,
  Yahoo, Cox, Bellsouth or Hotmail. Please note
  that parental permission is required to establish
  an account.
• You must know your e-mail provider and your login
  and password.
• The Brother Martin Acceptable Use Policy allows
  the use of e-mail for research purposes only.
  Transferring your work between school and home is
  acceptable and encouraged.

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Composing e-mail with an attachment

• For demonstration purposes, we will use Hotmail
  as the e-mail provider. Your provider may
  have slightly different procedures. The
  Librarians will assist you.
• With your Brother Martin login and password, log
  on to a school computer.
• Open your document or PowerPoint presentation,
  make corrections.
• Save to your T\ space, being sure to name it
  specifically. For complete saving instructions,
  see Saving a Document to your Personal Server
  Space posted on the Web Site.
• Close PowerPoint or the program you are using.

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• Click on the Internet icon on the desktop and
  enter the web address of your e-mail in the
  location line (hotmail.com).
• Enter your e-mail address/screen name and
  password, click sign in.
• Click on the Mail tab, then click on the New box
  (write).
• Address the mail to your own e-mail address and
  provide a subject reference so you will recognize
  the mail.
• You may want to compose a short note to yourself.
  DO NOT cut and paste your document into your
  e-mail message. You must attach it.

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Attaching your work to the e-mail

• Still in the new message or write mail screen,
  click on the Attach (paper clip) icon.
• Now click on the File icon. Click on Browse to
  search your T\ space for the document you want
  to attach. Click on its title.
• The file name will now appear in the Find File
  line. Now click OK.
• If you need to attach more than one document,
  click OK and Attach Another.
• The next step is to click Send to deliver the
  e-mail.
• A message saying the mail has been sent will then
  appear.

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Open your work at home and re-save

• At home, open the Internet and log in to your
  own e-mail account.
• Locate your mail in your inbox and open it.
• Save it to your home computer, edit your work,
  save again and close the application.
• Transfer your work back to school
• Follow the same compose mail, search, attach and
  send procedure.
• At school, log on once again to your e-mail
  account.
• Locate your mail, open the attachment and save to
  your T\ space on the server.

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Helpful hints

• Remember, you are using only one e-mail account
  to transfer files. Whether you access it at home
  or school, your own account is the only one you
  are using.
• Some accounts will only allow you to attach the
  same amount of information as would normally fit
  on a single floppy disk. Limit the size of your
  files.
• attach pictures saved from the internet at school
• use the same color scheme on all slides
• do not use wall-papered backgrounds or word art
• apply animations or transitions to PowerPoint at
  school
• For additional suggestions, see PowerPoint
  Preparing a Basic Presentation posted on the
  student web site.