Frequently Asked Questions

Printing

Save Your Work

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How do I print single-sided?
Under the File menu choose Print. In the Print window, click on Preferences. In the Printing Preferences window, click on the Finishing tab and uncheck Print on Both Sides.

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How do I print powerpoint presentations with more than one slide per page?
Under the File menu choose Print. In the Print window, select Handouts from the Print what drop-down menu. Powerpoint will print 6 slides per page, unless you indicate otherwise.

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Why can't I print more than 100 pages?
A maximum of 100 pages per print job has been implemented. If you need to print an item that is over 100 pages, simply print the first 100 pages as one print job and then print the remaining pages in a separate print request.

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How do I save to Alexandria?

Saving your files to the Alexandria network drive allows you to access them from any computer on campus when you log on with your network username and password.  You will no longer have to e-mail files to yourself and then open the attachments to work on them.

First, map a drive to Alexandria

  • Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Map Network Drive”
  • Under “Folder”, type: \\alexandria\your individual  username
  • Click “Connect using a different user name.”  Use username@ups.edu as the “User name” and your PUGET SOUND domain password as the “Password.”  Click OK.
  • Click “Finish”

 Save Files to you Alexandria drive

  • Open “My Computer”
  • Open the drive letter that you mapped          

 

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It says my password has expired and I need to change it but, when I try, it says I am not authorized to do that.
Unfortunately it gives the same error message regardless of the problem. Before going to OIS: Make sure the password is at least 6 characters long and isn't one you've used before. You cannot switch between two passwords.

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Saving your files to the Alexandria network drive allows you to access them from any computer on campus when you log on with your network username and password.  You will no longer have to e-mail files to yourself and then open the attachments to work on them.

 

How do I access my Alexandria network drive? 

First, map a drive to Alexandria

                       

 

 

1. Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Map Network Drive”

 

2. Under “Folder”, type: \\alexandria\your individual  username

 

3. Click “Connect using a different user name.”  Use username@ups.edu as the “User name” and your PUGET SOUND domain password as the “Password.”  Click OK.

 

 

4. Click “Finish” 

 

 

                       

How do I save files to my Alexandria network drive?

                        1. Open “My Computer”

                        2. Open the drive letter that you mapped
CONTACT INFORMATION

Jada Pelger
Learning Commons Specialist
253.879.3287
jpelger@pugetsound.edu