ISS publishes a series of introductory guides and leaflets. These are available for download if you are at Lancaster University (or using the University VPN). You will need Acrobat Reader to view most of these documents.

Some unofficial documentation is also available. This includes information on software and services which are not supported by ISS, and non-ISS documentation.

Contents

• General Documents
• Printing Documents
• Microsoft Windows Operating System Related Documents
• Microsoft Office Application Related Documents
• Other Windows Application Related Documents
• Communications Documents
• Email Documents
• Unix-based Documents
• PASS Computer Validation Documents

 

General Documents

• Student Guide: Supporting Learning at Lancaster - Essential Guide
• Staff Induction - A Guide to ISS Services
• Creating PDFs
• Logging On and Using Windows
• Logging on to Unix from Windows
• Setting the Webcache
• Using the Scanners (in the Library)
• Campus Lecture Theatre AV Instructions

 

Printing

• Printing from Windows
• Printing in Booklet Format
• Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet
• Scaling Up from A4 to A3
• Printing A0 Posters
• Print Problems - Letter Stationery
• Print Problems - Paper Source Not Available
• Print Problems - Invalid Output Tray

 

Microsoft Windows Operating System Related Documents

• Your Managed XP PC

 

Microsoft Office Application Related Documents

• Creating Posters with Powerpoint

 

Other Windows Application Related Documents

• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
• Using SAS v8 On-Line Documentation on the Network

 

Communications

• Connecting to Personal Filestore
• Connecting to VPN
• Connecting by VPN to Lancaster University using Mac OSX
• Connecting by VPN to Lancaster University using Linux
• Connecting to WiNet
• Connecting to WiNet using MacOSX
• Off Campus Access
• Using Microsoft FTP

 

Email

• Accessing Unixmail via Webmail - an online guide.

 

Unix

• Using X-Windows to Connect to the Unix Service
• Introduction to Running LaTeX on the Central Unix Facility
• Fortran 90 on the Unix Service
• Common Fortran 77 Problems and Ways of Avoiding Them
• Program Debugging on the Unix Service
• NAG on the Unix Services and the High Performance Cluster

 

PASS Computer Validation Guides

Guides to assist with the validation of new computers using PASS:

• Staff, Students and Visitors with a PC Account
• Visitors with ABC123@visitor.local usernames
• Creating and Using a Voucher

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