Happy Friday! I wanted to drop a quick note out there about a very useful trick that you can use to manage documents on your Mac just a little bit easier. A trend on campuses lately has been towards turning in assignments online through a variety of online course systems. Sometimes profs get confused by the documents coming to them from your Mac due to the fact that they are missing an extension. One of the great things about Mac OS X and Microsoft Office for Mac is that the extensions are exactly the same as they are on PCs (.doc, .ppt, .xls). But, you also need to know that these extensions are being put onto your files properly. To do this, you need to turn on the "Show all file extensions" option in your Finder. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Make sure you are in the Finder by clicking on the desktop. 2. Click the bolded "Finder" menu and click the "Preferences " menu. (You can also get to the Preferences menu by pressing the apple key and the comma key on your keyboard). 3. When the Preferences dialogue opens up, click the "Advanced" button. 4. Check the "Show all file extensions" box. 5. You are set! Now that you have this setup, you will be able to make sure that all of your extensions are correct on your documents. If you are submitting a Word document electronically, make sure the .doc extensions is attached to the end of your filename. That way, you know that whomever you are sending to will surely be able to read your document no matter what system they are on. Have a great weekend! Good luck on Finals everyone!
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