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Please feel free to add any tips and tricks you have learned so the whole class can benefit from your knowledge.
Please feel free to add any tips and tricks you have learned so the whole class can benefit from your knowledge.
=== Screenshots ===


* Making a screenshot smaller:  This may not be the most technical way, but it gets the job done.  After the image you insert into the Edit page, add "thumb|upright=3.0".  This command makes the image  at thumbnail, then adjusts the thumbnail to a different size.  For images you want to be wider, use a number greater than 1, for more vertical images, use a number less than 1. You can also center the image by using the "|center" command (Example: <nowiki>[[Image:This is an example.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2.5]]</nowiki>
* Making a screenshot smaller:  This may not be the most technical way, but it gets the job done.  After the image you insert into the Edit page, add "thumb|upright=3.0".  This command makes the image  at thumbnail, then adjusts the thumbnail to a different size.  For images you want to be wider, use a number greater than 1, for more vertical images, use a number less than 1. You can also center the image by using the "|center" command (Example: <nowiki>[[Image:This is an example.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2.5]]</nowiki>


=== Windows ===
==== Windows ====


* To take a screen shot, press <code>Ctrl</code> and <code>Print Scrn</code> together.  The contents of the active window will be saved on your clipboard.  You may then paste into a graphics program (like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft PowerPoint) and save the file.
* To take a screen shot, press <code>Ctrl</code> and <code>Print Scrn</code> together.  The contents of the active window will be saved on your clipboard.  You may then paste into a graphics program (like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft PowerPoint) and save the file.


=== Macs ===
==== Macs ====


* [http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X Taking Screenshots in Mac OS X]


== Other Useful Links ==
== Other Useful Links ==

Latest revision as of 14:43, 25 August 2011

BIOL368: Bioinformatics Laboratory

Loyola Marymount University

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Some pages designed to help students become familiar with OpenWetWare.

Tips & Tricks

Please feel free to add any tips and tricks you have learned so the whole class can benefit from your knowledge.

Screenshots

  • Making a screenshot smaller: This may not be the most technical way, but it gets the job done. After the image you insert into the Edit page, add "thumb|upright=3.0". This command makes the image at thumbnail, then adjusts the thumbnail to a different size. For images you want to be wider, use a number greater than 1, for more vertical images, use a number less than 1. You can also center the image by using the "|center" command (Example: [[Image:This is an example.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2.5]]

Windows

  • To take a screen shot, press Ctrl and Print Scrn together. The contents of the active window will be saved on your clipboard. You may then paste into a graphics program (like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft PowerPoint) and save the file.

Macs

Other Useful Links

Online Biological Dictionaries