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Office 365 – Word, Excel and PowerPoint: Real-time online collaboration

– 4.5.2018

By sharing a Word document multiple people can work on it at the same time and see each others changes in real-time. Sharing an Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation is done in a similar manner. Open a file in onedrive. Word Online doesn’t include all features of Word. Click on “Edit File” and then “Edit […]

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Padlet

– 3.5.2018

Oamk no longer has a Padlet license because the service does not meet GDPR requirements. There is no completely equivalent replacement service. With Microsoft’s Whiteboard, you can make boards on which content is created together. You can share content in a visually interesting way with ThingLink. You can use Presemo to activate students. In Howspace […]

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Office 365 – Outlook: Forwarding to your personal email

– 2.5.2018

If you don’t deal with confidential personal information in your email, you can forward your emails to your personal email. Emails sent (or forwarded) to external addresses, that haven’t been encrypted, move unencrypted in the external network. In OUAS’s internal messaging emails are sent only inside our own network. Confidential emails that are classified as […]

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Google Chrome: Change the language

– 2.5.2018

Is your browser in the wrong language, or you wish to change to to another language you prefer instead? This guide will show you how to change the language in Google Chrome (also works on other Chromium based browsers, e.g. Microsoft Edge or Brave) Changing the language on Chrome Click on the three dots in […]

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How to use RSS feeds

– 6.4.2018

With RSS feeds you can stay up-to-date on topics you’re interested in. A good RSS feed to follow is https://ict.oulu.fi/it/oamk/students/english/feed?lang=en. This way you will be notified of all new guidelines posted in English at the it.oamk.fi support site. 1. First install an RSS reader for Chrome (Click on Add to Chrome): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp/related 2. A new icon will […]

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OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device.

– 5.2.2018

OneDrive Files On-Demand helps you access all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device. This feature comes with Windows 10 and 11. Keep your computer uptodate with latest security and performance patches and updates for Windows! Please read more about the OneDrive Files On-Demand from the […]

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Is your computer ok? Scan your computer to detect malware with an online virus scanner

– 30.10.2017

NB! This ESET tool will only look for possible malware, thus it will not remove any: If your computer is infected, you need to use other programs to clean it up (e.g. the ESET full version, which has a free 30 days trial.) Go to this web page: https://www.eset.com/us/home/online-scanner/ When you clock the “SCAN NOW” button, you will download […]

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Prevent ransomware attacks targeted at users of Microsoft products (e.g. Excel, Outlook, Word) by answering No in a dialog that asks for permission to use data from linked files

– 23.10.2017

If you get an Office document, a calendar link or another file to your email and when you are handling the file it gives you a dialog or warning prompt that looks something like this: Always answer No, just like you would do with any Office Macros. Background: Microsoft’s Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is an old (1987) feature of MS products (mainly […]

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Mapping your network drive (for students)

– 30.6.2017

N.B.! While the network drives are still in use, the IT services recommend the cloud services.  The cloud services available to you are the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service  (incl. e. g.  e-mail and calendar, OneDrive and Sharepoint) and the Google suite for education (incl. e. g. Google Drive, Youtube). How to map a network drive in Windows Here […]

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Mapping your network drive (for staff)

– 30.6.2017

N.B.! While the network drives are still in use, the IT services recommend the cloud services. The cloud services available to you are the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service (incl. e.g. email and calendar, OneDrive and Sharepoint) and the Google Suite for Education (incl. e.g. Google Drive, Youtube). Connecting your network drive on your computer […]

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