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FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions Q: Can a user not registered in this course access protected pages? A: The answer is yes for most protected pages. All students registered in the course and those sitting in have a user ID and a password to access these protected pages. A visitor can also access with user ID "guest" and password "guest". However, some information and applications are not available to user "guest". For instance, a guest can not see the students names or access their workspaces. The only enveiled student identity is the user ID. A guest can participate in the discussions in the chat rooms. Q: How do I know if a file is in postscript or pdf? A: Postscript files usualy have the suffix ".ps" while pdf files have the suffix ".pdf". On this site we have icons to help identify file types: for postscript and for pdf. When a file is compressed, this icon is used. Check the About page for the legend of other icons used in this site. Q: How do I change my password? A: You can change your password at anytime. To do so, click on "change password" on the course main page. The same password and user ID are used to access all protected pages in this course web site. Q: Can I print the course slides? A: Yes. The slides are provided in many formats. The HTML format is for viewing only. It is not practical to print slide by slide unless you want to spend the time to do so. A pdf file is provided as a pritable version of the slides. Slides are grouped by chapter. In other words, you can print slides one chapter at a time. Slides are printed 4 slides per page. [Home] [Announcements] [Calendar] [On-line Materials] [Activities] [Grading] [Glossary] [U-Chat Tool] [Web Links]