Monday, September 29, 2008

Word 2007 Help & How-To

Microsoft Office Help

Word 2007 Tutorial (Florida Gulf Coast University)

Week 4 - Class 1 & 2

Create sub headings for each chapter and apply a heading2 style

Remember: Right click table of contents, update field, updated entire table

Insert | Page Break

Tables

Create tables,
Design tables

Tab key to move to next cell or add row at end of table.
Right Click | insert | insert column to right

Exercise: Create a timetable
References | Caption
References | table of figures

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Captions
- References | Insert Caption

Tables
Figures
Index Entries
- References | Mark Entry

Adding a table of tables
Adding a table of figures
Adding an index
- References | Insert Index

Shortcuts

SHIFT+F3 for cycling through lowercase,uppercase,Captialized

CTRL + cursor arrow keys to move by word
Home brings you to start of line
End brings you to end of line
Page Up scrolls up 1 page
Page Down scrolls down 1 page

CTRL + Home brings you start of document
CTRL + End brings you end of document

ANNOUNCEMENT

All IT classes this week (22nd - 26th Sept) are cancelled due to the death of Paul Dunphy (Colm Dunphy's father)

Classes will resume as normal on Monday 29th Sept.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Week 2 - Class 3

Tools | Folder Options

- View
* Hidden Files and Folders (uncheck)
* Hide extensions of known file types (uncheck)

- File Types
.doc v .docx
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Selection:
marquee (draw rectangle with mouse)
Shift+click
Ctrl+click/unclick
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MS Word

=rand(#paragrahs,#sentences)
styles: heading1
Table of contents
Update field
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Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys
• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Week 2 - Class 2

View Menu
- Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List, Details

View | Arrange By
- Name, Size, Type, Modified
- Show in Groups

View | Choose Details

Question is 256 bigger than 4?
NB: you need to know what the units are. In computers the units are:

bit
byte
KiloByte (KB)
MegaByte (MB)
GigaByte (GB)
TerraByte (TB)

Exercise:
Find the best buy USB memory keyring for not more than €20.
Specify the make,model,TOTAL price, store.

Prefixes for bit and byte
Decimal
Value SI
10001 k kilo-
10002 M mega-
10003 G giga-
10004 T tera-
10005 P peta-
10006 E exa-
10007 Z zetta-
10008 Y yotta-
Binary
Value IEC JEDEC
10241 Ki kibi- K kilo-
10242 Mi mebi- M mega-
10243 Gi gibi- G giga-
10244 Ti tebi-

10245 Pi pebi-

10246 Ei exbi-

10247 Zi zebi-

10248 Yi yobi-

Monday, September 15, 2008

Week 2 - Class 1

Login

Windows Explorer


My Computer
My Documents
My Pictures
My Music
Recycle Bin

- used for managing folders and files.

Filenames (255 characters in total)
[base filename].[extension]

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Copy CTRL+C
Cut CTRL+X
Paste CTRL+V

New
Delete

files, folders, shortcuts

Right Click - context sensistive menu
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Week 1 - Class 1

Introduction
Review of module description & course content

Turn on, startup, login.

Terminology:

Operationg Systems - types: [win, mac, linux], versions[XP,VISTA]
Programs - categories: browser [e.g. IE, Firefox.], office [MS Office, openoffice]

commercial - paid for
opensource - free


Exercise:
make sure to login before next class. If your password is incorrect, goto Computer Services - it may take hours or days to sort this out, so do it soon! Remember passwords are case sensitive.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Welcome

Welcome to Information Technology (for Recreational Management students Year 1)

My name is Colm Dunphy and I'm lecturer for this semester.
Important notices, deadlines, links to class notes and files will be posted on this blog for all groups in the class.

email : cdunphy@wit.ie
tel : 051 302059
web: www.colmdunphy.com