SilhouetteCE Help / Video Tutorials
| SilhouetteCE Video Tutorials | |
| Converting eSIS Attendance PDF Files into Attendance Files for Silhouette CE and Silhouette 4 | Issues with eSIS Attendance Files used in SilhouetteCE and Silhouette 4 |
| Getting eSIS Attendance: A Summary in Four Screenshots | |
| Silhouette 1.8.x Changes FAQ | |
Many of the buttons on the Student window have been moved to
be part of a new menu bar in Version 1.8.x. This allows for more
lines of the subject and criteria/comments to be on
view. |
On the Student windows, with the new
Student menu and the Next and Previous buttons, you can move
to another student report without having to exit back to the
Student Reports window. When you navigate to another student report using the Students menu or the Next or Previous button, the current report is automatically saved.  |
| SilhouetteCE Help | |
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MacOS Update Problem (November 2010) Problem: I'm trying to update SilhouetteCE on my Mac. When it checks for automatic update every time I open CE, a texedit box appears ( reading'silCE updater'), but nothing happens. If then I open 'check for online updates', CE will tell an update has been downloaded, but that it can't find the 'updater program'. Solution: The problem is that your Mac isn't properly unpacking the .zip install file. We've seen this on a few other Macs and it is easily corrected. 1) Locate the file called SilCEUpdater.zip. It should be in your SilhouetteCE folder. If you can't find it, then any .zip file will do. 2) Click once on the .zip file's icon then press Command-I (or use the file menu) to view the file info. 3) Look for the line in the info window that says Open with ... You may have to click the little triangle beside the words to open that part of the info. Check to see what is listed in this area. It will probably say "TextEdit" or something similar, but it should say BOMArchiveHelper or perhaps Archive Helper. To change this item: 1) Click on the drop down menu that says Textedit (or whatever). If you see BOMrchiveHelper or Archive Helper (or even Stuffit Expander) in the list, then select it. If not, select "Other" and follow steps 2 & 3 below. 2) Use the file requester to navigate to: Macintosh HD --> System --> Library --> CoreServices 3) Select BOMArchiveHelper 4) Click on the Change All button in the file info window to set this for future downloads. That's it. Now you should go ahead and double click the SilCEUpdater.zip file and it will unpack properly. After that, you won't get the error message in Silhouette. Checkmarks Problems on SilhouetteCE or SilhouetteELAR? We've had a few emails from teachers whose checkmarks show up as 'little igloos' or 'snowflakes 'in Silhouette and as square brackets on the printouts. Usually the procedure below will fix the problem: Solution A: The computer has lost contact with the Common Bullets font. Close Silhouette. Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel and enter Fonts. Locate Common Bullets and click on it. That should open a window filled with symbols of different sizes. Then close everything and run Silhouette again. The checks should be back. Solution B: If the above does not work then try this: 1. Click on this link and save the file onto your desktop 2. Close your browser and run InstallSilhouetteCEFont.exe. You will be all done in a few seconds. 3. Check again for igloos or snowflakes. |
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| Button, Button, Where's My Button?: With the introduction of Version 1.8.0, in both the Windows and Mac versions we moved the Get Template and other buttons to the menu bar. Unfortunately, in the Mac OS, the menu bar is not attached to the program window (as in Windows) so you have to look across the top of your screen to find it. | |
| SilhouetteCE: First Term Basics (pdf file) | |
| Note (Nov 2008): BCeSIS is not capable of importing PSR information from Silhouette. At VSB schools that are fully on BCeSIS, PSR data will have to be entered manually. | |
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Getting a Master.dat file export from eSIS (pdf) |
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SilhouetteCE User Guide: Note: these files contain the same information as the SilhouetteCE help file that appears when you press the F1 key while running SilhouetteCE. |
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| Suggest a SilhouetteCE tutorial that you would like to see. Contact: SilCEHelp@duetsoftware.ca | |