Information Technology and Applications OPR 271

INTRODUCTION TO APPLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS

 

OFFICE book sections:

 

Terminology:

 

GUI – graphical user interface – the pictures on your screen that guide interaction – not the background

Desktop Object - image or item appearing on the desktop

Icon – picture that links to an object 

Property – attributes of an object – right click and select properties to see some

Dialog box (see print dialog)

                check box (on/off) - print to file

                text box - pages

                Spin box - copies

Option button - page range

List box - name

 

Rules

                Exit properly – temp files

                Windoctor

                Disk Doctor

 

Help

                Tool tips

                What's this (inside my computer)

                Start / Help

               

Parts of a window

                Open 2 explorer windows

                Change the size

                Move windows around

                Minimize

                Restore

                Maximize

                Make smaller

                Return to having 2 windows shown.

                Switch windows using CTRL/ALT/DEL and task list; inactive window click; alt tab

                Scroll

                                Full page scroll with clicks on scroll bar; Drag to position in doc; click down;

page down key; arrow keys

 

Explorer

Show file types in explorer

                Tools/ folder opt/hide ext

                Tools / file types

                Select files using control; shift

                Move to my documents

                Create a directory

                Create a shortcut

                Put it on the desktop and move it back

                Rename it


Explorer (continued):

                Move up and down directories

                Find the desktop directory inside the windows directory

                Find the desktop directory from the main explorer hierarchy

Find all files changed today in my documents

                Find a file when you do not know the extension

                Copy a file from the shared drive

Format - Difference between quick and full

 

Desktop appearance

                You can’t change yours

                Change IE channel bar

                Change background

                Change web/classic style

 

Paint

                Show each button

                Free hand drawing

                Do paint exercise on page 45

 

Print tray

                Know it is there and shows all printers

                See options in the printer

                Understand that printer memory will hold jobs

                Know how to change your default

 

Internet

                Go to the long site to download a zipped word file and a picture

                Save the whole page

                Open a new window when clicking a link

                Send a page by e-mail

                Show code – see html

                Notice http – that is the communications protocol

                Expand and delete the zipped file

 

 

E-mail

                List serve

                Look at Adelphi e-mail

 how to attach

 how to read attachments

                Sort by every column heading

                Show files created for saving e-mail

                Look at address book

 

Outlook Express

                Open and see it is similar

                Address book

                Create a signature (tools / options/ signature)

                Send tests to yourself to test signature          

                Filters - view / current view/ define views /

 new

 (set conditions  including show/hide)

                Offline mode

                                tools / options / general tab  - (connect only when not working offline)

                                tools / option / connection - hang up after send/rec

                                accounts / properties / general - include in synch

                leaving messages on server

                                accounts / properties / advanced

                Look at all menus and all buttons

 

FTP & Telnet will be done later when we have internet accounts

 

Common Features of Office

 

Intellimouse

                roll button does scrolling and can control zooming

                shift and control keys affect the function

 

Open a document

                Open a word document currently on the server. (2ch1 sample links.doc)

                                see all the options in the window while opening the file

                                use all options (including views and tools to find)

                                right click on a file to see the options

                Save it to your a drive as a prior word version

                Save it again as a text file

                Save it again as an html file

 

Open two documents and see them both in the window.

                Tile and then resize.

 

See print and print preview

                see all the buttons in print preview

 

Editing a document

                Arrow keys; page keys; home/end; ctrl home and ctrl end

click selection bar to highlight the whole document

click outside to lose the selection.

F8 and then enter to start selection (similar to shift click) - esc to cancel

undoing auto correct (type your a)

                spell check

                grammar check (tools/ options/ grammar)

                insert toggle

 

Common toolbar items

                new, open, save

                print, preview, spell check

                zoom

                style, font, size,

                cut, copy, paste

                bold, italic and underline

                undo, redo

                center, left, right

                painter

draw toolbar

view to select toolbars (including drawing bar)

                word art