Microcomputer Applications

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Microcomputer Applications
CIT 1503 -- Fall 2005 www.clt.astate.edu/jseydel/m
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• Formatting Text in MS Word

Instructor John Seydel, Ph.D.
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Student Objectives

• Complete Word Project 3 tutorials
• Work with character formatting
• Modify fonts and font effects
• Use the Format Painter tool
• Highlight text
• Insert symbols and special characters
• Display/hide formatting marks
• Insert nonbreaking spaces and hyphens
• Complete Word Project 3 Challenges
• Attempt to work all 6 Challenge exercises
• Turn-in Challenge 4
• Print page
• Post file to server

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First, a Quiz

• Put away all reference materials
• Print your name in the upper right corner
• Mark the best answers (multiple choice) or fill
  in the blanks as appropriate

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Appendix
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Post Files to the Server

• All homework (and class exercise) files to be
  turned in are to be posted to your SuSE1 server
  account
• Well use FTP to do this
• Heres how
• In IE, go to ftp//www.SuSE1.astate.edu
• Enter your UserID and password
• First initial plus lastname (e.g., jseydel)
• Last 4 digits of student number plus first
  initial (e.g., 1234j)
• Navigate to Documents folder (not public_html)
• Copy the file from Windows Explorer
• Paste into Documents
• If its a web page, you can now view it anywhere
  in the world
• http//www.SuSE1.astate.edu/jseydel/index.html

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Organization of the Textbook

• Note the layout
• Sections (e.g., Word, Excel, . . . )
• Chapters (i.e., Projects)
• Tutorials (i.e., Lessons)
• Chapter-end materials
• Summary, Concepts, Quiz, Discussion
• Skill Drills
• Challenges
• Discovery Zone
• Prep for class typically Lessons
• In class typically Challenges

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Organize Your Files

• Note the following structure
• My Documents
• Misc
• index.html
• index.txt
• Access
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Create the above folder/file structure
• Files are indicated by their extensions
• Folders are those names without extensions
• Copy this structure to your portable disk
• Open Windows Explorer (should already be open)
• Scroll to top in Folders panel and click on
  Desktop
• In Contents panel select the folders youve
  created
• Click on first
• While holding down the Ctrl key, click on the
  other folders
• Click on Edit on the Menu bar