COMPUTING FAQ

Email

• How do I setup pine with the new mail servers?
• What is the email address alias to circulate to the Theoretical Physics Division?
• How do I automatically forward my mail from liv.ac.uk?

Printing and scanning

• How do I print two pages on one?
• How do I kill the job I sent to the printer?
• How do I use the scanner?
• How do I photocopy transparencies?
• How do I add a networked printer to my PC?
• How do I print in color?

Unix commands

• Is there a list of simple UNIX commands for beginners?
• How do I log into a remote computer?
• How do I get rid of a (Unix) file which has got a bad name (e.g. starts with -)?

Windows-related

• How do I change my Windows password?
• How do I get rid of ALL track changes in some nasty Word document?
• How do I add a network drive (e.g. p: drive) to my Windows setup?

Tex/Latex

• Is there a graphical user interface to LaTeX?
• How can I do a sensible word count for a LaTeX document?
• How can I prepare an 18pt version of a LaTeX exam paper?
• Are there any computer tools to help me write documents?

Other computing

• Where is Steve Downing's page of instructions?
• How do I create my own web page?
• Can someone please explain where the TP web pages are?
• How do I burn a CD-ROM?
• I can't connect to some remote computer. Is there anything I can do?
• How do I find out what this strange error message means?
• How would I have I run a parallel job on cluster ulgbcm?
• Is there an FAQ page for the cluster ulgqcd?
• How do I use the NAG library on the Linux boxes?
• How do I use Condor to submit jobs to the Condor pond?
• How do I use the Polycom Viavideo desktop video-conferencing system?

Miscellaneous

• How do I get a preprint number for a paper?
• Where are some good places to eat in Liverpool
• How do I update this FAQ?
• Why are you writing FAQ's, rather than winning nobel prizes for PPARC?

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