Week Two - Office Applications

Lecture:

In todays lecture we started with some discussion questions. We had to answer them with the person next to us. It was beneficial answering these to begin with as it got our brains going.
We went throught the different types of browser there are and types of programs run by microsoft. Our lecturer also informed us about the comlications that may occur when using windows 03-07 and then switching to vista. I found this really important as i had some problems when trying to open some of the lecture notes as i have vista. I now know to save my work on vist as 03-07 so i can access it else where.

Above you can see where i have clicked on file, save as, and save as microsoft 03-07.

Tutorial:

In the tutorial today we went through the shortcuts of microsoft. below i have listed some of the ones we learnt;

Control + left or right arrow = Move between words

Control + up or down arrow = jump between paragraphs

Control + home button = jump to start of whole document

Control +end = jump to end of whole document

Control + Shift + Home = highlight whole scentence

Control + x = cut

Control + c = copy

Control + v = paste

Control + z = undo

Control + y = re-do

I already but it was good that we went thru these as it gave others a chance to speed up the process when using the microsoft programs without stopping to use their mouse.

In microsoft work we learnt how to insert a page break, header and footer and also page numbers.

Above you can see how on a simple word document i have added a footer a header and a page number.

Inserting a page break into a word document has been a very effective way of preventing disruption to the document. Many student may have previously just pressed enter in order to add something to a page. When this happens it can ruin the format of the text by pushing the next page down and displaying the enters at the top of the next. Instead of doing that you can simply insert a page break.

Above is an example of how pressing enter can alter the text. In bold i have shown har far the text has been pushed down due to the text that was inserted on page 1.

Gary also showed us how to add a cover page to our assighnment. When you click on insert there are many options that come up. By clicking on cover page you can choose your desired page and insert it to the top of your document.

Above is a print screen of the cover page i have insterted. I have also opened the tap 'cover page' in insert to show where to find it. The red arrow shows where the cover page icon is located.

In this tute the most important thing i learnt was how to insert a Table of Contents. To add a table of contents to your document you must highlight a heading you want to be first and select text type 'heading 1'. Continue down the document, in order and highligh what you want to be in you table of contents. Once you have done this click on references and click on 'Table of Contents'. You can then select your desired set out and then you table of contents will be inserted.

Above i have inserted a print screen of my table of contents. This is shown with the blue arrow. The red arrow also shows how to access the table of contents in word.

Towards the end of the tute we went into exel and went thru a few helpful shortcuts. When you type a number or a weekday into a cell you can drag the cursor down and you can select whether to copy or to 'fill series'. To 'fill series' means that the computer will automatically change the number or month to concequtive order. I found this convenient as you dont have to type every single day or number.

Above is a print screen of exel. In colum a i typed monday dragged the curser to number 10 and clicked copy cells. In colum B i typed monday alos, dragged the mouse down to 10 but then clicked fill cells. So in colum B the days go in order.

I enjoyed this tute as i picked up a few shortcuts that i dint already know. When typing our assighnments these shortcuts will become very helpful and time saving as we don't have to stop and reach for our mouse.

Week Two Reading 1 -

This reading gave us general tips when using MS Word. There are tips about the cursor, hyperlinks, undo and many more. This reading is a simple way of learning how to use Microsoft Word Package.

Week Two Reading 2 -

This reading is a tip sheet for using photo's in Adobe Photo shop. This aticle outlines the types of image formats and how to save a specific photo.