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Welcome to the February, 2013
issue of IT@Sam Newsletter!

 

Free Scanner Giveaway!

Be sure to read this month's newsletter. We are giving away a free scanner and the instructions are hidden in one of the articles. Best of luck to all the participants.

 

How Technology Can Save Your Valentine's Day

Are you struggling with Valentine's Day this year? Do you really want to impress that special someone? Well, here are a few websites and apps that can help you out.

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Fall Semester Software Requests

We are just a few weeks into the new semester. However, it is never too early to start planning for fall. If you know you will need software for a class, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can guarantee that your programs are available by the first class day.

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Office 2013 Upgrade

Microsoft has released Office 2013. This means that that a campus-wide upgrade is in the works. We would like to know of any inconveniences that may arise from a Summer 2013 upgrade.

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New Trainings Available this Month

We are happy to announce that we have three new trainings available to you. Along with other trainings, we now have trainings in Adobe Photoshop, Excel Pivot Tables, and Mail Merge in Word.

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Tech Tip

For this month's Tech Tip we look at how you can disable the voicemail text preview in Outlook and the Online Web Access.

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Technology Tutorial Update

If you are the type of person that loves to have instructions in front of them while they work, then our technology tutorials are for you. We are always updating these and it is a service we are proud to offer you. We have two new tutorials this month.

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February Technology Training Schedule

IT@Sam will be offering a number of training sessions in various programs throughout the year. With each newsletter, we will list the trainings offered for the month. You can sign up for the trainings on the Human Resources website.

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IT@Sam Shout-Outs

IT@Sam would like to "shout-out" to the many different people and teams on campus who make working at SHSU at great experience! This month, we say thanks to Tammy Milum.

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IT@Sam Stats and Survey Results

Each work order performed by IT@Sam has a request for a survey attached to it. These surveys let us know what everyone thinks about IT@Sam. Please take a moment to see how the service IT@Sam provides was rated by your colleagues. We really do value your opinion!

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