I noticed in one of the replies below a comment on
Alex requiring correct spelling in the Researcher. You
can set the researchers to a sounds like prompt for
spelling challenged students. Go to preferences,
select Alexandria Researcher and check the box for
Sounds Like Prompt.
--- Chad Lehman <chadl11@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've received a few responses and some of you have
> asked me to share.
> If anyone has more information about Alexandria on
> the PC side or Mac
> OS X, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Chad Lehman
> Library Media Specialist
> Longfellow School
> West Allis, WI
>
>
> I have not switched, but I have worked on both
> versions of the system at two different library
> systems. You will find the Windows version of Alex
> is
> just like the mac version. The changes you will find
> will be with the Windows system and how you will
> handle your files differently. Of the two OSs, I
> still prefer Mac, but perhaps that is because I have
> spent the vast majority of my time on macs. Or,
> perhaps it is because is just easier to navigate,
> save
> etc. in mac. I must say the new Windows version is
> now
> capable of doing much of what mac has done for
> years.
> So the differences are shrinking and I noticed the
> newest mac OS now has columns so it can look and
> work
> much like Windows for those people more comfortable
> in
> that type of environment.
>
> I'm a teacher-librarian in a middle school in
> Chilliwack, British
> Columbia
> Canada. Two years ago I switched from a Mac platform
> to a PC. I was a
> bit
> worried because I'd had no previous experience with
> PCs and am not very
> tech-oriented, so thought it might be a problem for
> me. However, it was
>
> so
> easy, absolutely nothing is any different on the PC
> than it was on the
> Mac.
> It looks and works exactly the same. Any questions I
> had were answered
> by
> the Companion tech support group and it was so
> simple I couldn't
> believe it!
>
> So, don't worry--jump in with both feet. You'll be
> surprised how simple
>
> it
> is.
>
> Nancy Gauthier
> gauthier@slesse.ca
>
> Houston ISD went all PC - Alexanderia. I like it.
> However, on the
> researcher, the students have to spell correctly
> otherwise they won't
> get a
> hit. Many of my students do not spell very well in
> english. Feel free
> to contact me if you have any particular question.
> Their tech support
> is
> really good.
>
>
> I run Alex on a PC and have from the beginning. I
> have mac OPACs.
> Supposedly the only difference in platform is the
> apple as command key
> on
> Mac and control on PC. The next version of Alex
> will be 5.4.5 which
> can
> only run as a data station on a Mac with OS X. If
> you PC side spefici
> questions let me know!
>
> I like Alex!
>
> Sandy Scroggs
>
>
>
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