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These tips may be useful in switching between windows and different classwork throughout the day. Windows offers multitasking, which allows you to switch apps and windows with the swipe of three fingers. Using three fingers on the trackpad, swipe left to right to switch between apps and windows. Usi

You cannot print from a surface. Please save your document to Google drive or One Drive and log on to a computer at school in the media center or a personal computer. Open a browser and go to the document you saved online and print from there. If you need to print to the media center, here are the

You cannot print from a surface. Please save your document to Google drive or One Drive and log on to a computer at school in the media center or a personal computer. Open a browser and go to the document you saved online and print from there. If you need to print to the media center, here are t

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If the Surface turns on and it appears that you have been logged out, use this username and password to log in. Click "Other User" Username: fcboestu\studentid Password: MMDDYYYY

If your surface has any physical damage to it, please bring it to the media center so we can discuss your options. Be careful with the surfaces, they are expensive and fragile. Microsoft Surface 3 Fines 2017-2018 School Year Lost/Stolen 1st offense: $250 2nd and subsequent offenses(s): full repla

1. Click the "Recycle Bin" Icon 2. Click "This PC" from the left menu 3. Under Devices and Drives, click "Windows (C:)" 4. Click BGinfo 5. Click bginfo 6. Agree 7. Click "Time remaining" in the top right to end the timer if present 8. Click "Background..." on the right 9. Click "Use these Settin

Many of the devices do not have OneNote. This is a great resource for taking notes in class online. This is how you get it: 1. Open Edge 2. Type in: portal.office.com 3. Log in using these credentials: Username: studentid@fcstu.org Password: MMDDYYYY 4. Click the OneNote icon 5. Open the notebook t

Your google account username is: yourstudentid@fcsgaonline.org Password: Your birthday - MMDDYYYY

You cannot change the desktop wallpaper. Sorry, it's a county issue. However, it is possible to change the image that first shows up when you turn on the surface. (The log-in screen). Save the image you would like to use as your wallpaper to the Photos app. Right click on the image and click "Set a

While off of school wifi, the "Camera" app does not allow you to save your pictures. This is because the camera app automatically wants to save the pictures to the network, which is not accessible off of school wifi. Solution: Search online webcam on google, click any site, and allow webcam access

When you take a picture, it is saved to the school network. (So be careful of what you take pictures of) As a result, when you are disconnected from FCS Wifi, you cannot view your pictures. Solution: Right click on your desktop and make a new folder for your images. While on the school Wifi, open t

The Microsoft Pen is good for: Microsoft Edge, click on the draw icon on the top right OneNote, take notes in class in full screen mode Screen Draw: There is an icon that is a pen on the bottom right of the task bar, by clicking this, you can enable screen draw.

Check out the "Presentation Programs" tab! There, we have found some of the best ways to stun your teacher and to make an "A" on that project. There's more to see! Use the arrows to reveal even more websites.

Using your finger or stylus drag from the middle of the right side of the screen inward, or click the speech bubble on the bottom right of the screen. The action center should open and tablet mode is one of the buttons below. It is wise to go into tablet mode when you disconnect the keyboard and ar

Mindmup is a great resource for organizing complex projects with many parts and clauses. It is essentially a bubble map, but is very useful because it is digital. The digital aspect of the mind map allows you to move bubbles, add more information, and color coat bubbles, unlike the pencil a paper m

You cannot print from a surface. Please save your document to Google drive or One Drive and log on to a computer at school in the media center or a personal computer. Open a browser and go to the document you saved online and print from there. If you need to print to the media center, here are the

Our time is limited, and we would do anything we can to make homework a little bit quicker. While looking through long webpages, it can be difficult finding the citation, fact, or definition you need. Using Chrome or Edge, press ctrl+f on your keyboard, and you can search for any specific word or se

If the Surface turns on and it appears that you have been logged out, use this username and password to log in. Click "Other User" Username: fcboestu\studentid Password: MMDDYYYY

If the wifi icon has an asterisk "*" next to it, please restart the device. Check to make sure that it is connecting to FCS-Wifi and not FCS Print. If the wifi still does not work after completely restarting three times, please see our help desk in the media center. If a computer icon with a red "x

Please be careful with the pen tips. Do not press hard on the surfaces with the pens because this causes them to break.

Does your battery die before the end of school? Here are some tips: -Make sure you charge your surface every night -Click the battery icon on the taskbar. (It is to the left of the wifi icon). Turn on battery saver. -Bring your charger to school and plug the surface in during class when you are not

Is the pen not responding or drawing without touching the screen? Restart your surface by holding the power button and the volume up button simultaneously until the screen turns black. Power back on the device and log in. If the problem persists, please take your device and pen to the media center

Completely restart the device every day before school. Hold down the power button until it says "slide to shut off PC". Hold down the power button after the screen has gone black until it turns back on and says "Surface".

If you are using your keyboard and nothing shows up on screen detach and reattach the keyboard from the surface. If the problem persists, use the on-screen keyboard by clicking on the keyboard icon to the left of the clock on the taskbar. Also, shut down the surface completely by holding down the po

Please refer to the "OneNote" category.

Sometimes the icons for your apps randomly disappear from the start-up menu such as chrome, Microsoft, and other downloaded apps so that all that's left are the generic apps. (It has something with those shortcuts being synced with the server that all of the school computers are connected to). Here

Sometimes the surface will say "Wifi Disconnected" or "No Connections Available" in the toolbar. Here is the only fix: Completely shut down your device and reboot every morning before school or before classes. This will ensure a secure connection is established everyday. You can restart by holding

Looking for a specific phrase? Put it in quotations. This is good for answering a specific question or finding a worksheet pdf online. Ex: “Algebra 2: Factoring Polynomials” Avoid words such as question words, articles, and other fillers unless you want yahoo answers, ask.com, or some other Q&A boa

Setting up the County @fcstu.org email with Outlook Follow the on-screen instructions with Outlook to set up the Office 365 @fcstu.org account. Check this email often, as a teacher or student may be trying to share a presentation or document with you.