CSC 170 Midterm Study Guide:

Files:

control of names, folders, extensions

know how to ensure your file is on a disk

Word:

Know how to do:

word art / rotation of a graphic

page size

table - insert, size, borders - how to select just the table

header/footer

images

pagination

working with images (image properties)

Know that Word can do:

table of contents

columns

brochure template

bullets

Graphics:

download and use pictures and backrounds

animated pictures

www.flamingtext.com

How to crop a picture in irfanview

Jpeg is true color and good for pictures

Gif is not true color and good for computer graphics; Gif can be transparent.

PNC is the newer type with the best of both gif and jpeg

Significance of extensions: .jpg and .gif: programs know the file is graphic

How to resize pictures on web site and in word

What is a bitmap? What is resolution?

What does a picture file size mean and how can it be changed? Which is larger - kilobyte or megabyte?

How to use an animated gif

Power point

managing slides (move, copy, delete)

images

hyperlinks

animation - how and WHY

slide transition

Bullets - and how to indent them

Web Site:

text formatting

inserting and resizing and placing images

link to another site

link to another page on your site

link to e-mail

link to an anchor on the same page / top

table - why and how

titles

backgrounds

alternate text for pictures

know what a thumbnail is

horizontal line

Browser vs File Manager vs FTP manager

Local vs Web server in browser - how to tell; what it means

Know pictures are not part of the html document

Know that the link name and the image source name must be exact.

Know that index.html must be in public_html on panther

html basics (start, end, body, tags exist)

web site debugging

Web concepts:

• Adelphi databases
• Adelphi e-mail configuration
• Blog
• Cookies
• Internet structure (backbone; TCP/IP; connections; server)
• Terms: URL, Web browser, Web server, HTML, FTP, URL
• Web site vs. Web page
• Unreliability of internet information
• different e-mail (imap, pop, web based)
• List Serve
• Music download peer-to-peer dangers
• e-mail etiquette

Tools:

• Netscape Navigator
• Netscape Composer
• Internet Explorer
• Windows Explorer
• Ftp Explorer
• Word
• Power Point