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So - how do I make it work?
You need to have a PC running Internet
Explorer 5 or better. Alternatively, you can download
and install Microsoft’s Remote Desktop
Client - this will work on a PC or Apple machine
running OS X.
You will also need an Internet connection. Office Anyplace
will run fine on a dial-up modem - though your phone bills
are your own affair! - but it is better to run it off broadband
Internet Explorer
To make OfficeAnyplace run on any PC running Internet Explorer
5 or better, you will need browse to http://logon1.OfficeAnyplace.com
. If you have never used OfficeAnyplace before on this particular
PC, you will get a message box asking “Do you want
to install the Remote Desktop Client software?” from
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Click “Yes” and a piece of software
will be installed- this will take a few minutes on a dial-up
internet connection. After that the logon screen will come
up you will need to enter your OfficeAnyplace username and
password.
Remote Desktop Client
If you are running Windows XP, you will already have the Microsoft
Remote Desktop Client installed. You can get to it by clicking
on the Start Button, go to Programmes or All Programmes, then
to Accessories, Communications, and finally clicking on Remote
Desktop Connection.
If you aren’t running XP, you will need to download
the software from Microsoft. Click here.
Once you’ve downloaded and installed it, you can run
it as above.
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Where it says
“Computer”, type logon1.OfficeAnyplace.com (Don’t
put in http://), then hit the ‘Connect’ button.
What if I get a message saying it can’t install?
This will only happen if the owner or administrator of the
PC has specifically tied it down to prevent you installing
software. In this case you will have to contact the PC administrator
and point them to this
page.
What if I can’t get through to the web-site?
Some companies enable firewalls to restrict how people can
go out to the internet; your administrator will need to enable
it. Again, point them to this
page.
Once I’m connected, what can I do?
Most of what you can do on your office machine. Browse the
Web, send and receive emails, open and save documents in Word,
Excel, Powerpoint, etc.
How do I print?
OfficeAnyplace will recognise most printers straightaway.
However, there may be some newer or more obscure printers
that OfficeAnyplace does not recognise. If your printer does
not show up when you try to print, you will need to install
a piece of software and configure it. Browse to http://logon1.OfficeAnyplace.com/printing,
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Again, you need to click Yes. This will install
a piece of software called Simplify Printing in your Control
Panel. Go to the Start button, Settings, and Control Panel
(or just straight to Control Panel). You should see an icon
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Double-click on the icon, and you will get
a screen like this: |
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Any printers
you want to be able to print from, you should click on in
the left-hand side and then click on the upper “Add”
button so it goes into the Preferred Printers box. Click on
OK. You can then start OfficeAnyplace again and your printers
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