Use the spell checker. Print only one copy of your I.S. on the public laser printer. The printer is not intended to be used as a copy machine. As more and more students print their large files, the print queues get bigger and bigger, and the waiting time gets longer and longer. Computer failure is not an excuse for I.S. complications.
All students have access to their own secure file space.
It is not difficult to copy all of one day's work onto several Zips or floppies at the end of each day as an insurance policy against your hard drive or one of your disks going bad. Furthermore, it is a good idea to keep your Zips or floppies stored in some kind of media protection container in order to reduce your chances of developing irreparable disk errors. Keep your computer in good condition. Nothing is worse than hosing your machine in the midst of Independent Study. For more help Word 98 is a very useful, but complicated program.