HOW TO UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD ATTACHMENTS

IN MULBERRY

TO SEND (UPLOAD) AN ATTACHMENT VIA EMAIL

1) Create or open your file on Word 6.0 or later (not Word 5.1!).

You may write your paper in any word processor you choose, but you must eventually save it in Word 6.0 or later. Most of the newer Macintoshes in the computer center (in the public area, Mudd 212, Biggs) and all of the Windows machines are equipped with Word 98 (Word 97 for Windows).

Under the Apple Menu open Word 6.0 or higher.

2) Once you have completed your paper, save as an RTF (Rich Text Format) file and name it.

To save your document as an RTF file,

a) choose Save As from the File Menu. Give the document a meaningful name&emdash;the title of your essay and your initials or name might work well. After your file name, add ".rtf" (i.e. Sam'spaper.rtf)--this allows people using different versions of Word and Windows to read each other's documents. Please avoid spaces, backslashes or numbers in your document's name.

b) Under Save File as Type, scroll down to Rich Text Format (RTF).

c) On the right side of the box, click on Desktop. Search for your disk and double-click on it.

d) Click on Save to save your file on to your disk.

3) Once you have saved your document, go to the Mulberry Program and create a new message. (Look under the Apple Menu for Mulberry.)

a) Under the File Menu open new message.

b) Type in the email address of the person you're sending it to in the To box (when submitting a paper for this class, the email address is Jan.Cooper@oberlin.edu).

c) Next to Subject type your name and your paper (i.e. Sam's paper)

4) Attach the file of your paper.

a) Click "Attach" in the Mulberry window (the button with the red "+" sign just to the right of the "To:" box.

b) A list of files will appear in a box; you may have to search the directory for the folder in which your paper appears. To choose a folder you double-click on it.

c) When you find your rtf file, either double click on your file or choose Add. It should appear in the Attached Files box.

d) Choose Done.

e) Inside your message, look at the window marked "Parts" on the left side. The number 2 should appear if you added one file, a 3 if you added two files, etc.

5) Send the message by clicking on Send.

TO GET (DOWNLOAD) AN ATTACHMENT FROM AN EMAIL MESSAGE

1) Open Mulberry.

Open the message that contains attached file by double-clicking on it.

2) Click on the "Parts" arrow to reveal the attachment(s) and double-click on the file you want to download.

The attached document should have "rtf" in the title. The computer should give you the option of automatically opening your file; say yes.

3) If you are working at a public computer, remember to save the file to your disk or print it out.

If you open it on the desktop to read it or print out, be sure to throw the paper into the "trash" once you are through. This protects the writer from having outside people from the class happening upon his or her paper. If you are working at home, feel free to save the paper to your desktop.

Hints: If the document isn't named something that makes sense, rename it so you'll know what's inside. Also, create a folder for all of the files you download. You'll be downloading a lot of files this semester, and you'll want to be able to keep track of them.

credits: These instructions were kindly supplied by Julie Lake, Oberlin College student, and Laurie McMillin, Assistant Professor of Expository Writing, Oberlin College. They have been slightly edited from Julie and Laurie's original text.