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Should I use public domain works, and how should I print them out?If possible, buy books assigned for classes or for your personal use, especially if they contain canonical works. Examples of such works can be found here and here. These works never go out of style, lose relevance, or become insignificant in time. In fact, you will discover that many of them become increasingly relevant as you grow older. In which case, it would be a good idea to invest in book versions of these works, especially when you feel the need to annotate them with a pencil (avoid using ballpoint pens or highlighters as marks from these cannot be erased easily). They are also much more durable that electronic or photocopied versions and can be re-binded (even in hardcover form) if they are damaged. If you are forced, however, to use public domain versions, use those that you believe are most accurate, especially from those sites run by organizations. Also, consider versions that have footnotes or other annotations, an introduction, and so forth. If there is a PDF version that has what looks like a print-ready layout, try that. Consider studying your PDF reader and find out how you can print out the work so that the text will be sufficiently dark and clear and that you are able to balance economy and readability. You should probably consider the default U.S. letter size (8.5 by 11 inches, or short bond), printed back-to-back, on durable paper using a laser printer. From there, you can have the work bound in a local service. (For those in Manila, try the row of stores in the U.P.-Diliman campus or most photocopying services that can also do binding.) To print back-to-back 1. Divide the total number of pages by two and for the print range select the number of pages halfway. For example, if you have a hundred pages, select pages 1-50 for your print range. If you have an odd number of pages then select one more page beyond the halfway point. For example, if you have 101 pages, select pages 1-51 for your print range. 2. Look for any option to print odd pages only. Pages 1, 3, 5, and so on should be printed out. 3. Turn over the stack of sheets printed out and then feed the stack into the printer. 4. Select the print command once more, but this time select the remaining range of pages that have not been printed (e.g., pages 50-100 for 100 pages, pages 52-101 for 101 pages). 5. This time, select the option to print even pages only. Page 2 should be printed behind Page 1, Page 4 behind Page 3, and so on. For uneven number of pages (e.g., 101 pages), you may need to insert an extra blank sheet for the last page. From there, you can have the stack of sheets bound in the form of a book. How do I read the files with the extension .PDF?
If you want a smaller, free PDF reader, try the following: or enter "free PDF reader" or similar keywords or the names of the readers above to find more readers and to find any of the readers above if the links no longer work. For links to other software, visit this page. Why can't I read a particular article linked in the commonplace book? You need to register in some sites to read some articles. Registration is usually free and most publishing companies provide privacy policies (i.e., their guarantee that they will not give any personal information that you provide, such as your e-mail address and other contact information, to a third party or use it without your permission). Some companies do not put articles on-line for long, though, and archives are sometimes available only for subscribers or for a fee. Given that, view articles as soon as possible and save the articles to your hard disk. (You may read them later.) To save articles to your hard disk, select File | Save or Save As in your Internet browser. For Internet Explorer users, you may save articles as web archives (select it from the "Save Type As" combo box), which means the article and graphics will be saved in one file. If the link no longer exists, try entering the URL in the Internet Archive Wayback Engine. How do I save articles? From your browser, select File | Save as. For Internet Explorer users, you may save to web archive format to preserve the article layout and graphics. While you are offline, you may double-click on the file to read it again, to print it out, or to copy and paste it to a word processor and print out from there. Why not post links and short descriptions of articles of interest in the newsletter? Please visit this page. How do I download and upload e-mail? Use software such as MS Outlook Express (included with MS Windows), MS Outlook (included with MS Office), Eudora, and Mozilla Thunderbird. Search for these and other programs using Google. I'd like to avoid using digests in mailing lists? How can I do this without seeing my in box cluttered? Set the rules or filtering system in your mailing system or software to move messages based on certain keywords in the subject, the address of the sender, and so forth, to different folders. That way, your in box won't be cluttered. Why am I not receiving messages from an individual or a mailing list? The messages are probably being filtered or blocked by an anti-junk mail system. If you are using Yahoo, Hotmail, or similar systems, go to the bulk mail folder. If you find the messages there, label them as normal messages. How do I avoid computer viruses, spyware, and other harmful computer bugs? Use a firewall like Zonealarm, antivirus systems like AntiVir, AVG, Bitdefender, and Avast, anti-spyware like Ad Aware and Spybot, and so forth. See the software page for examples.
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