Office applications

OpenOffice and Microsoft Office are available on our Pay PCs & Free PCs. There is no charge to use Office applications, even on Pay PCs.

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Zipping a file is used to reduce the file size.

Zipped files may be opened on these machines by double clicking on the zip file.

Save the Files to the E drive (my documents)
Go to additional at the top of the screen
Select “View files on E”
Select the file(s) you want to zip. To select specific files hold down the CTRL key and click on the files you want.
Go to the file menu
Click on "SEND TO"
Click on "send to zip"
A new zip file containing all the files selected will appear in the E drive.

N.B. there is no way to add more files to an existing zip file.

Most public computers have floppy drives: you can purchase disks
Most public computers have CD writers
All PCs can access USB drives (except catalogues and Children's PCs)
Some Pay PCs have a flash memory card reader attached to enable access to your memory card e.g. Sony memory stick

Follow the steps below to save your files to CD Rom. You can purchase a disk from the library for $1.

Place a writable CD in the CD Rom drive.
Save the file(s) that you wish to write into the Burn Folder on the E drive.
Double click on My Computer at the top left of the desktop.
Double click on the CD Rom drive.
You will see the documents you want to save to CD as greyed out at the top of the screen.
Click on the File Menu at the top of the screen.
Click on Write these files to CD.
Follow the instructions in the CD writing Wizard that appears.
Don’t forget to retrieve your disc from the computer.

Follow the steps below to save your files to a USB device. You can purchase a USB from many of our libraries for $1520.

Connect the USB Drive to the computer
Double click on My Computer at the top left of the desktop.
Your drive will be either drive G, H, I or J. Select each until you find your files.

Memory cards can only be used on computers that have memory card readers. Please ask a librarian which computers have readers.

Place the memory card into the reader (the blue/white device on top of the computer). Alternatively if you have a USB adaptor for your memory card that may be used.
Double click on My Computer at the top left of the desktop.
The drive for your memory card will be either drive G, H, I or J. Select each until you find your files.

N.B. other devices like iPods and Digital Cameras cannot be connected directly to these computers.