Saving Locally When saving to the laptop’s hard drive it is called

saving locally. This is the icon to double click on to

open a window to see what is saved on your laptop.

You will see your name underneath the icon.

This is the

window that will

open when you

double click on

the icon.

This is the

window that will

open when you

double click on

the icon. Look on

page 2 of this

document to see

an explanation of

the different

icons in

‘computer’.

Saving to the server This is icon to opens a window so you can see what is

saved on school’s server. It is called ‘computer’. It is

more secure to save your work on the server.

If you have a CDROM or a

DVD in your laptop this icon

will appear in ‘computer’.

When you insert a USB device

(e.g. a memory stick, your digital

camera) this icon will appear in

‘computer’.

This icon show your space

on the server. Only you

can access this area. You

need to be logged on with

your username and

password to see this area.

This icon show the shared

space on the server. Everyone

can access this area. This is a

good space to put documents

to be shared by everybody.

Be careful not delete

documents and keep it tidy!

1. Click on ‘file’

2. Click on ‘save’ or ‘save as’.

3. This window will appear.

4. Click on this arrow head.

5. This box will appear.

6. Click on ‘computer’.

7. This window will appear.

8. Scroll down to find your space

on the server and double click.

9. You have now accessed your space on the

server. Decide which file to save it in and click on

save.