Author: AccessAbility Smyles

Another way to display information is Sway. Sway has been covered in a previous blog. It is good that those with a personal Outlook ( rather than Office365 ) have this tool and it will enable people to have a story-journa format to display their information online. Along with Office Mix this could be a way for teachers to display their knowledge in a professional and multimedia way. Great!

Bing search engine now has fancy animated backgrounds but the real change is having tabulated headings that are useful with the usual, web, images, videos ,etc, but also adds Outlook and Office.com which is actually a good idea if like me you switch between your applications often.

I have been helping a couple of friends who are using Windows 8.1 and having trouble with email. I have to say the tile side of Windows 8.1 is nice to look at but importing addresses across and setting up can be a nightmare. If you use Thunderbird or any email provider like Virgin then you need to export your file in CSV format ( Comma Separated Version) which Outlook fails to recognise if you have a different heading other than “Email”. Because Thundebird exports a file with the heading for email as “Primary Email” Outlook refuses to see it. We just changed the CSV file in one area Primary Email to Email and voila everything worked!

Isn’t that silly? Those of use who use data a lot find importing data saves time but for the the same companies products not to talk to each other -!!!  The tile for Outlook is a cutdown so we had to do all our importing through going to the web-based version and People and importing from there. On the tile none of that appears? Again , is this another glitch. I leave that for you to decide but be warned upgrading on a Windows machine has its dropbacks espcially if you use different, unusual software that was cheap maybe but you pay in the long run.

I have just uploaded and updated the Apps Database to include several good apps . Go to the Apps tab  or click below :-

http://aas123.org/online-resources/

Helpful tip if you have had difficulty with a blank page :-

http://www.365ninja.com/how-to-delete-an-unwanted-blank-page-in-word/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuq7PZKXonjHpfsX57%2BgrXqG0lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DTcBmI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTbHMMat6w7gKWxc%3D

Here are some cool tips for using Clicker Communicator :-

http://www.cricksoft.com/us/blog.aspx

This is a helpful step-by-step guide to show you how to upgrade. As yet I can’t see the little windows icon it talks about but I presume it will come one day!!

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade

SEN PRESS make ebooks that have simplified language and storylines that are appropriate to holder readers. You can download a free sample book from their website or download an app from the App Store.

Details of this programme from Tablet Academy. Here is the link:-

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f67f4db5fe72f49dd0b4ad753&id=ae8944713f&e=377769fbe0

Maybe a one-stop for you to find keywords for your students and add them into your software like Clicker 6 word banks 

Go to :-

http://englishgrammarpass.com/exercises/grammar_vocabulary/NE07XoMijy.html