Microcomputer Applications

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Microcomputer Applications
MIS 1503 -- Spring 2004

• Getting Started with MS Word

Instructor John Seydel, Ph.D.
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Administrative Stuff

• Today
• Questions about course, syllabus, assignments, .
  . .
• Quiz
• Brief discussion of computer concepts
• Text file exercise
• Work along
• Take notes
• MS Word Project 2
• Friday
• Projects 2 and 3
• Prepare by
• Reading through text sections
• Completing multiple choice sections

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Student Objectives

• Understand and apply storage volume concepts
• Create a simple web page
• Become familiar with Word
• File manipulation
• Moving about
• Basic editing

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Some Concepts and an Exercise

• Pay attention and take notes
• Data storage
• Includes document contents and program
  instructions
• Hierarchy
• Bit binary digit
• Byte essentially 1 character typically 8 bits
• Collections
• Processing (and data transfer) megabits, etc.
• Storage kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes
• Continuing Fridays exercise (see handout)

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MS Word Project 2

• Open files use Save As
• Moving about (scrolling, short-cuts, etc.)
• Inserting text, auto-complete
• Creating a complete letter
• Selecting text (click, double-click,
  triple-click, drag)
• Deleting and replacing text
• Views zooming in/out
• Envelopes and labels

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Summary of Objectives

• Understand and apply storage volume concepts
• Create a simple web page
• Become familiar with Word
• File manipulation
• Moving about
• Basic editing

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Appendix
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A Simple Text File Exercise

• Open and then minimize
• NotePad
• Internet Explorer (IE)
• Windows Explorer (should already be open)
• In IE, open the ASU home page
• Capture the logo
• Right-click on it
• Select Save Picture As . . .
• Save to Day2 folder on the Windows Desktop
• In NotePad
• Type the text on the next page
• Save it as HomePage

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Initial File Contents

• lthtmlgt
• ltheadgtlttitlegtMy First Pagelt/titlegtlt/headgt
• ltbodygt
• lth1 aligncentergtSuzy Studentlt/h1gt
• ltpgt
• Welcome! Im a freshman MIS major at
• lta hrefhttp//www.astate.edugtASUlt/agt
• lt/pgt
• ltp aligncentergt
• ltimg srcastate_logo.jpg /gt
• lt/pgt
• lt/bodygt
• lt/htmlgt

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Now, Lets Make This into a Web Page

• In Windows Explorer, copy and paste the file
• Rename the copy
• Now, double-click the new file name
• View this in IE

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Anatomy of a URL

• Example
• http//www.clt.astate.edu80/jseydel/mis3353/syll3
  353.htmtext
• Protocol
• Assumed is http
• Others https, mailto, ftp, file (i.e., local
  resource), . . .
• Location of the computer (corresponds to IP)
• Domain
• Domain name
• Machine
• Port (not part of IP) 80 is standard for http
• Location on the computer
• Folder
• Subfolders
• File extension (.htm, .asp, .html, .php, . . .
  )
• Bookmark (anchor)

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Organize Your Desktop

• Note the following structure
• Desktop
• Misc
• Day1
• FirstExcel.xls
• 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 floppy 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