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Tips for the New Year
By ISC staff

If you forgot your e-mail password and you have an e-mail account provided by one of Penn's Schools, call the appropriate number below. Others should call ISC's help line, 573-4778 (57-FIRST).

    Arts & Sciences  573-HELP                
    Dental School    898-8957      
    Engineering      898-4707      
    Grad Fine Arts   898-9344      
    Grad Ed          898-1847      
    Law              898-2679 
    Medical School   898-INFO
    Social Work      898-5506
    Vet School     [221]-HELP
    Wharton          898-8600
    

The Page (or Printing) Setup menu, located under Netscape's File menu, makes available several useful settings for keeping track of printed information. You can set headers and footers that show the current date, URL, document title, and page number on the pages you print out. Additional options on the Page Setup menu vary according to platform (Macintosh or Windows) and the version of Netscape you are using.

-- Edda Katz, ISC Communications Group

If your PennNet network password doesn't work, take your PENNcard to one of the network ID stations listed below, swipe it through the card reader, and follow the instructions on the screen.

• ID Center, Suite 200, 220 South 40th Street
• Biomedical Library, 3610 Hamilton Walk
• CGS, 3440 Market Street
• Computing Resource Center (CRC), 3732 Locust Walk
• Multimedia Services, DRL basement, 33rd and Walnut Streets
• New Bolton Center Library, 382 West Rd., Kennett Square
• SEAS CETS, 169 Moore
• Wharton, Room 317 SH/DH, 3620 Locust Walk

If you need virus protection software, go to the CRC at 3732 Locust Walk and ask for Vi-SPY (PC) or Disinfectant (Macintosh).

-- Diane Fink, ISC Client Services Group

Check out the latest additions to the Penn web developers site. They have a new page explaining how to control the color of text globally using the BODY tag ("Controlling color using the BODY tag"), one on controlling specific pieces of text using the FONT tag ("Controlling type specifications using the FONT tag"), and one on "Standard color codes and names in HTML".

-- Celeste Stewart, ISC Communications Group

If you get a busy signal when trying to connect to PennNet, check the web document "PennNet via Modem," which contains a series of tips for getting connected to PennNet. If you just want to get in and out quickly, don't forget to try the express modem pool (573-9773).

-- Diane Fink, ISC Client Services Group

If you want to configure Elm options or change Elm environmental variables, check out the terrific FAQ (frequently asked questions) page from SAS. Although the FAQ was compiled for SAS students, it contains useful information for other faculty, staff, and students using Elm. The last question on the page links to a list of general information about Elm available on the Penn Web and elsewhere.

-- Diane Fink, ISC Client Services Group