| Activity # | Class | Activity Title | Here Is Your Assignment | Why Is This Important | How To Do This Exercise |
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| 1 | JH | Operating System - Starting and Stopping Your Computer | 1. Start your computer and monitor (Do you know the difference between the computer and the monitor?) 2. Turn your computer off (Shutdown). 3. Complete Activities #1, #2 & #3 and then ask Mr. Doney to check you off. You will be quizzed on the skills that you have learned. |
When the computer is turned on and off, it executes a complex series of instructions. If this isn't done correctly, information could be lost or corrupted. | 1. On a Deskop Computer, the actual "brains" of the computer are in the "box" NOT the Monitor. The monitor is just a picture tube, not the computer. The monitor only displays what is going on inside the computer. 2. Newer computers will start up simply by pressing the "ON" button. The process of starting up is called the "Boot", since the computer gives itself all the needed instructions in order to operate correctly, "pulling itself up by its own bootstraps". 3. To turn the computer off, go to the Start Menu and choose "Shut Down". A dialog box will appear where you can Cancel or Restart. 4. After choosing "Shut Down", older computers will display a message that says "It is now safe to turn off your computer." Only then do you turn off the power button. Also on older monitors, you may need to turn off the monitor manually. 5. Newer computers will turn the computer and monitor on and off automatically. If you need to turn the computer and monitor on and off separately, a good rule of thumb for the monitor is "First On, Last Off". This avoids exposing the computer to the large power surge of the monitor. |
| 2 | JH | Operating System - Get to know your Keyboard, Desktop and Windows | 1. Start the computer 2. Locate and identify the Desktop, Start Menu, Recycle Bin, Hard Drive Icon, Date corner and Various Icons. 3. Open "My Computer" and Minimize the "My Computer" window. 4. Restore it from the Task Bar back to the Desktop. 5. Maximize the "My Computer" window. 6. Restore it to its original size. 7. Make the window wider to the right, then to the left, top and bottom. 8. Resize the window simultaneously in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. 9. Move the entire window to another part of the screen. 10. Close the window. 11. Be able to identify each key on the keyboard. |
The Desktop is the "Grand Central Station" of your computer. The Windows are literally "windows" into the computer's contents. You need to understand these foundational mechanisms in order to easily navigate around your computer. Keep in mind that there are usually many methods to accomplish a given task. Don't be frustrated by this...just learn one method and realize that there may be others. | 1. Press the Power Button (and on older computers, the Monitor's Power Button). 2. When the Boot process is finished, you will normally be looking at the Desktop. Each Desktop will look a little different, since it can be customized with different background patterns or pictures called Wallpaper. An Icon is a picture or graphic that represents a file or program stored on the computer. Double-clicking an icon will cause the file or program it represents to display its contents or to begin operating. 3. In the lower left corner is the Start Menu. Click once on the Start Menu and a popup menu will appear, allowing various choices to be made (i.e. Shutdown, Help, Find, Settings, Programs, etc.). 4. On the Desktop, you will find the Recycle Bin icon, which is a temporary Trash container. You can click on files and drag them into the Recyle Bin. The icon changes to show that it has "trash" inside. To permanently discard its contents, right click the Recyle Bin icon and choose "Empty Recycle Bin" from the popup menu. 5. The Task Bar displays icons of the files and programs that are currently operating. 6. Double click on the "My Computer" icon. A window opens that has a Title Bar at the top and three small icons in the upper right corner. All windows will look like this. The minus (-) sign MINIMIZES the window, moving it down to the Task Bar and off of the Desktop. Clicking that icon in the Task Bar will return it to the Desktop. The next icon to the right of the minus sign will MAXIMIZE the window to fill the entire screen. Clicking it again restores the window to its original size. The third icon, the (X), closes the window. 7. A window can be resized manually by moving your cursor over the edges of the window, then clicking down, holding and dragging. Windows can be resized in this manner horizontally, vertically and in both directions simultaneously by clicking and dragging the lower right corner. 8. If a window has more contents than it can display, a SCROLL BAR will appear on the right side. The black up and down arrows allow you to slowly scroll the window up and down. You can quickly scroll a page at a time by clicking in the gray part of the scroll bar. 9, Clicking and dragging the window's Title Bar (the long rectangle across the top of each window) will enable you to reposition the window on a different part of the screen. You can then have more than one window visible concurrently. 10. The keyboard: 2 Shift Keys for capitalizing letters and giving commands from the keyboard; The "F Keys" or "Function Keys" are shortcuts to various computer "functions", depending on which program you are using at any one time; "Arrow Keys" for moving the cursor; the "Tab Key" for indenting a paragraph and navigating through spreadsheets and forms; the "CNTL Key" or "Control Key" used for various commands, i.e. CNTL- V = Paste. |
| 3 | JH | Windows Explorer - Create a Folder & File, Name It and Save It | 1. Create a folder and put your name on it (i.e. Bills Folder, or Margaret's Folder) 2. Create a text file, name it and save it into your Personal Folder. |
This basic skill will be important while using every program. | 1. Open Windows Explorer (Start Menu/Programs/Windows Explorer). There may also be a shortcut to Windows Explorer on your Desktop or on the Task Bar at the bottom of your screen. 2. In the Left Window Pane, click once on the "C:" (C Drive is your hard drive, the main storage place on your computer.) Sometimes it will have a different name beside the "C:", like "MS-DOS-C:", etc. 3. From the Menus at the top of the window, choose File, then New, then Folder (from now on this type of instruction will be abbreviated like this: File/New/Folder). 4. A new folder is created and can be seen in the Right Window Pane, at the bottom of the list of files and folders. If it is highlighted, you may simply begin typing the new folder's name, otherwise click twice slowly (not a double-click) on the folder's name to select the title and begin typing the new name. You can also right-click on the folder's name and choose "Rename" from the popup menu. 5. Click once outside the folder's name. The name is saved and you can now see your new folder listed in the Left Window Pane as well. 6. Go to Start Menu/Programs/Accessories/Note Pad 7. Enter text, choose Save As 8. In the "Save In:" box, click on the black down arrow on the right side in order to view the Computer's Table of Contents. 9. Click once on the "C:" Then double-click on your Personal Folder. 10. Now that you are at the right location, give your file a name by typing it into the "File name:" box. 11. Click the "Save" button and close NotePad by clicking on the "X" in the upper right corner of the window. Note: "Extensions" are the last three letters of a file name and tell a computer what kind of tool is need to open that file (Word, Excel, Publisher, etc.) File names will have "extensions" added to them automatically by the program that created them: NotePad adds a ".txt" to each name, Word adds a ".doc" , Excel adds an ".xls", etc. It is very helpful to see these extensions, so if they are not visible, go to Windows Explorer/View/Folder Options. Click on the View Tab and make sure that "Hide File Extensions...." is NOT checked. |
| 4 | JH | Windows Explorer - Creating Folders, Selecting & Moving Files | 1. Create 2 new folders called "Test Folder 1" and "Test Folder 2" and place them inside your Personal Folder. 2. Create 5 empty text files (using Note Pad), name them "Text 1", "Text 2", etc. and save them in your new "Test Folder 1". 3. Select "Text 1", "Text 3" and "Text 5" and MOVE them into "Test Folder 2". 4. Select "Text 2" and COPY it into "Test Folder 2". |
Since there are thousands of individual files stored on the computer, it is imperative that they be organized in such a way that the information is easily retrieved. Computers have "hard drives", "folders" and "files" that help keep things organized. In this activity, you will learn how to use Windows Explorer, move and copy files and folders. | 1. Open Windows Explorer (Start Menu/Programs/Windows Explorer) 2. In the Left Window Pane, click once on the Folder where you want a new folder to be created. 3. Choose File Menu/New/Folder 4. A new folder is created and can be seen in the Right Window Pane, at the bottom of the list of files and folders. If it is highlighted, you may simply begin typing the new folder's name. 5. Click once outside the folder's name. The name is saved and you can now see your new folder listed in the Left Window Pane as well. Repeat to create more folders. 6. Open NotePad to create 5 empty text files named "Text1", "Text2", etc., saving them in Test Folder (You don't need to type anything onto these pages.) 7. Click once on Test Folder 1 in the Left Window Pane to view its contents in the Right Window Pane. 8. Select an individual file by simply clicking once on it. Select several different files by holding down the Control Key while clicking on each individual file. Select a contiguous group of files by clicking the first file in the group, holding the Shift Key down and then clicking on the last file in the group. 9. MOVE a file or group of files by RIGHT clicking and dragging a selected (highlighted) group of files from the Right Window Pane to a new location. Releasing the right click button brings up a Menu that allows you to choose Move or Copy. |
| 5 | JH | Windows Explorer - Organizing Folders & Files | 1. Navigate to your Personal Folder and create a folder entitled, "My Favorite Music" 2. Create 5 more folders INSIDE "My Favorite Music", entitled "Classical", "Pop", "Hip Hop", "Country", and "Rock". 3. INSIDE "Classical", create 3 folders entitled "Mozart", "Bach" and "Wagner". 4. Create a text file with Note Pad, name it "Wagner's Top 40" and save it in the "Wagner" folder. 5. Close Windows Explorer. Reopen Windows Explorer and open the file "Wagner's Top 40". |
Your computer can store such a vast amount of information, that you must be able to save and retrieve your information quickly and easily. | 1. Open 'Windows Explorer (Start Menu/Programs/Windows Explorer) 2. In the Left Window Pane, locate your Personal Folder and click once on it. 3. Choose File/New/Folder and type in the folder's title and repeat for each new folder (after typing a new name, click outside the title box until the highlighting disappears). 4. In the Left Window Pane, click on the "+ sign" next to your Personal Folder to display the folders that are inside (the "- sign" means that the folders are already displayed; note that the folders are indented to show their hierarchical relationship). 5. In the Left Pane, click on the "Classical" folder and do Step #3 again for each new folder. 6. Choose Start Menu/Programs/Accessories/Note Pad, choose "Save As" and click on the black down arrow on the right side of the "Save In:" box. Navigate to the Wagner folder (which is inside the Classical folder, which is inside the My Favorite Music folder, which is inside your Personal Folder, etc.) |
| 6 | JH | Windows Explorer - Navigating between & Viewing Folders | 1. Simultaneously open windows to the five music folders (Classical, Pop, HipHop, Rock and Country), 2. Be able to identify which folder is the "Active" folder (or has "focus"). 3. Create another music folder entitled, "Polka". 4. Delete the folder. 5. Navigate between the open folders using both the Task Bar and Windows Explorer. 6. In Windows Explorer, note the Path description. Be able to explain where a file or folder is located based on this Path description. 7. Open the Wagner folder, view the "WagnersTop40.txt" file in the "Large Icons View" and also in the "Details View". 8. Open the My Favorite Music folder and SORT its contents by Name, Size, Type & Modified. 9. Be able to adjust the width of each column in a window. |
You often will have more than one application or window open at a time. It's important to be able to switch easily between them and to know which window is the Active Window at any given time. | 1. Open Windows Explorer 2. Left Window Pane, click on plus signs until you can see your "My Favorite Music" folder, selecting it by clicking once. 3. With the five music folders (Classical, Pop, etc.) visible in the Right Window Pane, select all five by choosing Select All from the Edit Menu. 4. Then choose Open from the File Menu. 5. Six icons are now on the Task Bar and you can navigate between the open windows by clicking on these icons or by using Windows Explorer to click on the various folders in the Left Window Pane. The window that is "on top" of the others is the "Active" window and is the one that will respond to your next keystrokes or commands. The Title Bar is "lit up" while the others are "grayed out". 6. In Windows Explorer, you can view each folder's or file's precise Path Name (or Address) by looking in the long Address box near the top of the window. The "C:" refers to the hard drive, the computer's main storage place. The "\" or "back slash" indicates that what follows is the name of a folder or directory. If there is another "backslash" following that folder, it is indicating that there is another folder inside that folder, and so on. 7. C:\John\My Favorite Music\Classical\Wagner\WagnersTop40.txt is saying that the file called "WagnersTop40.txt" is located in a folder called "Wagner", which is inside a folder called "Classical", which is in a folder called "My Favorite Music", which is also in a folder called "John"...and all these folders are stored on the "C:" drive. 8. To SORT the Name Column in a particular window, simply click on the column title, "Name". That column will then be sorted alphabetically, A-Z. If clicked again, it will sort alphabetically, Z-A. The other columns can also be sorted in this way, i.e. clicking on the column title, "Modified", will sort the window's contents by the most recent to the oldest. Clicking again will sort from the oldest file to the most recent, etc. 9. Use the "View" menu to "View By Large Icons" or "Small Icons" or "List" or "Details". "View By Details is usually the most helpful View Setting. While viewing the contents of any window, you can adjust the column widths for easier viewing by simply placing your cursor over the vertical line that divides each column. When you see the cursor change, click and drag it one way or the other. |
| 7 | JH | Operating System - Finding Files in Windows | 1. Use Window's Find (or Search) feature to find the file "Notepad.exe". 2. Do 3 separate searches: Find all files that were created during the previous month. Then, Find all files that end in ".txt". Then, Find all files that are at least 1 MB . |
Many times, you will need to locate a file or folder that has been stored somewhere on your hard drive. | 1. Start Menu/Find/Files or Folders (or Search, then "All Files and Folders" when using WinXP or WinME). 2. In the "Look in:" box, click on the C: drive. 3. In the "Named:" box, type in "Notepad.exe". 4. Click on the "Find Now" button. 5. To find files by a certain Date, click on the "Date" tab (or, "When Was It Modified?" when using WinXP or WinME). 6. To find files by a certain size, click on the "Advanced" tab (Win95 & 98) or "What Size Is It?" when using WinXP or WinME. IMPORTANT!: (KB stands for kilobytes; MB stands for megabytes, GB stands for gigabytes. The Search Box for File Size is in KB or kilobytes SO you need to be able to convert Megabytes to Kilobytes! "KILO" is latin for 1,000, as in kilometers, kilotons or kilobytes. "MEGA" is latin for 1,000,000, as in megatons or megabytes. One million = 1000 X 1000. So to find a file which is 1 MB (megabyte), you will need to enter 1,000 KB (kilobytes). 7. Every filename ends with a period followed by three letters. This is called a "file extension" and it tells the computer what tool (program) is needed to open it. Here are some common examples: .doc = Word document opened by MS Word or WordPad .txt = Text document opened by NotePad or other word processors .jpg = Picture or Graphic document opened by most programs and used on the internet .xls = Spreadsheet document opened by MS Excel .bmp= Bitmap graphics document opened by many programs that can open pictures and drawings. - To search for a file with a certain extension, but with any other name, use the "WILDCARD" symbol " * " (the asterisk). e.g. When using Win95/98: to find all files that end in ".txt", go to the "Named:" box and type in " *.txt" and click the "Find Now" button. - To search for a file that you know part of the name of, use the wildcard symbol in place of the part that you don't know, e.g. blue*.bmp will search for all files that begin with "blue" and have anything else at the end of the filename, followed by the ".bmp" filename extension. In WinXP you won't need to use the wildcard symbol. |
| 8 | JH | Operating System - Creating and Using Shortcuts | 1. Create a shortcut to the file "WagnersTop40.txt" and place it on the Desktop. 2. Find the Mavis program, create a shortcut to it and place it in the Start Menu. 3. Know and demonstrate the Keyboard shortcuts for Select All, Copy, Cut and Paste. |
Using Shortcuts will help you to do things more easily and more efficiently. | 1. Windows Explorer 2. Navigate to C:\your personal folder\My Favorite Music\Classical\Wagner\WagnersTop40.txt 3. Make sure you can see the Desktop in the Left Window Pane and the WagnersTop40.txt file in the Right Window Pane. 4. Right click and Drag the file from the Right Pane onto the Desktop in the Left Pane. 5. A Popup Menu will appear and give you the choice of Move Here, Copy Here, Create Shortcut Here or Cancel. The Copy command will place a copy of the file in the destination folder AND leave the original untouched. The Move command will remove the file from its present location and place it in the destination folder. A Shortcut is a small file that "points" to where the "real" file is located. Shortcuts have a small, curved arrow on their icons. This lets you know that they are shortcuts and not the real file. You can throw shortcuts away without harming the original. 6. Find the Mavis program application file by doing a "Find" or "Search" (Start Menu/Find (Search)/Files or Folders) for "Mavis.exe". The extension ".exe" stands for "executable file" and always means that it is an application or program. 7. Drag the "Mavis.exe" file onto the Start Menu and let go. You will now see a shortcut to Mavis.exe in your Start Menu. This will work for any file that you want to have a shortcut for in the Start Menu. If you have Windows 98 or newer, you can delete the shortcut from the Start Menu by right clicking it and choosing Delete. 8. The Keyboard shortcut for "Select All = cntl-A"; "Copy = cntl-C"; "Cut = cntl-X"; "Paste = cntl-V". Place your small, left finger on the Ctrl Key, your ring finger on the "X", your middle finger on the "C" and your forefinger on the "V". Memorize these and USE THEM! They will save you LOTS of effort. Be ready to show Mr. Doney the above technique. |
| 9 | JH | Operating System - Using the Clipboard | 1. Create a new text file named "Pledge 1" (using NotePad); type in the "Pledge of Allegiance" to both the American Flag and the Christian Flag, saving it in your Personal Folder. 2. Create a second text file named "Pledge 2" and copy the "Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag" from "Pledge1" into "Pledge 2". 3. Create a new folder entitled, "Pledges" and save it in your Personal Folder. 4. Cut the files "Pledge 1" and "Pledge 2" out of the Personal Folder and paste them into the "Pledges" folder. |
Copying,cutting and pasting are among the most commonly used skills in computer use. Mastering them is vital! | 1. Start Menu/Programs/Accessories/NotePad 2. Type both Pledges/Save As and name it "Pledge 1", saving it into your Personal Folder. 3. Repeat Steps #1 & #2 and name the second file "Pledge 2", saving it also into your Personal Folder. 4. Open "Pledge 1" and select the text of the "Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag" by clicking and dragging from the beginning to the end of the text. The text will "light up" or turn blue to indicate that it has been selected. Now, whatever command is given will effect only what has been selected. 5. After selecting the desired text, choose "Copy" from the "Edit" Menu or use the keyboard shortcut "Cntl-C". 6. A copy of the selected text now resides on the "Clipboard", an internal temporary storage place. 7. Open the "Pledge 2" file and choose "Paste" from the "Edit" Menu or use the keyboard shortcut "Cntl-V". 8. In the Left Window Pane of Windows Explorer, click on your Personal Folder. 9. Choose File/New/Folder and give the new folder the name, "Pledges". 10. Click on the files, "Pledge 1" and "Pledge 2" and choose "Cut" from the "Edit" Menu or use the keyboard shortcut "Cntl-X". The files are removed from the Personal Folder and placed temporarily on the "Clipboard". 11. In the Left Window Pane, navigate to your "Pledges" folder and choose "Paste" from the "Edit" Menu or use the keyboard shortcut "Cntl-V". |
| 10 | JH | Windows Explorer - File Management Revisited | 1. Inside your Personal Folder, create folders that are named Recreation, Classes, Correspondence, Finances, Miscellaneous and File Downloads. You can add additional folders, if you like. 2. Add one folder each for the classes you are taking and save them inside the Classes folder. Add other subfolders to the other main folders you have created (i.e. make a "Photos" folder inside your "Recreation" folder, etc.). 3. Find a file that you saved on 11/29/00 but have forgotten what you named it or where you saved it. All you know is the day you saved it and that it was a photo in ".jpg" format. Find it and copy it into your Photos folder which is inside your Recreation folder. 4. Now...clean up your Personal Folder by moving all those miscellaneous files into the appropriate folders. 5. Make a shortcut to your Personal Folder and place it on the Desktop. |
The more you use computers, the more important File Management becomes to you. It's vital to develop a clear plan of organization made up of folders, subfolders and files. | 1. Review Activities #4 & #7 if you have questions about how to create folders and use the Find feature on your computer. 2. Be sure to put the wildcard ( * ) in front of ".jpg" and tell the Find tool to look in your "C: drive". Also click on the "Date" Tab and insert "11/29/00" in the "Modified" date boxes. 3. To make a Shortcut, navigate so that you can see your Personal folder in the Right Window Pane of Windows Explorer. Scroll the Left Window Pane up until you see the Desktop. Right click and drag your Personal folder from the Right to the Left Window Pane and drop it on top of the Desktop. (You can also drag the folder directly onto the Desktop from an open window.) To avoid having your Personal Folder accidently or intentionally moved or erased, DO NOT move your Personal Folder onto the Desktop...JUST A SHORTCUT to your folder. (Remember, a shortcut is just a small file that, when double-clicked, takes you to where that item REALLY is stored. You can throw away a shortcut without effecting the original. You can usually see that it is a shortcut by the small arrow on the shortcut icon.) |
| 11 | MS Word - Fonts, Margins, Formatting | 1. Create a new document in Microsoft Word, name it "Word 1" and place it in your Personal Folder. 2. Copy the text from "Pledge 2.txt" and paste it into "Word 1.doc". 3. Change the Page Margins to .75 inch on Top, .75 inch on Bottom, 1 inch on Left and 1 inch on Right. 4. Put a title of "Pledge of Allegiance" at the top, center it, make it Bold and Underlined and Red and Size 18 point. 5. Select the text below the title and change the font to another style (your choice) and Size 12 point and double space it. |
You should know what your applications are able to do, just as a carpenter should be able to use every tool in his toolbox. Memorize as many of your applications features as possible. | 1. Go to Start Menu/Programs/Microsoft Word. 2. Notice the many formatting icons at the top of the blank page. Pass your cursor slowly over each icon to view its function. 3. Go to File/Save As and title it "Word 1", saving it in your Personal Folder. 4. Go to File/Open and in the "Look In:" box, click on the black down arrow and navigate to the C: drive, then your Personal Folder and then the Pledges folder. The Open dialog box will also have a "Files of Type" box where you should choose "All Files". 5. After opening Pledges 2.txt, select all of the text (Cntl-A) and copy it to the Clipboard (Cntl-C). 6. Go up to the "Window" menu and choose "Word 1.doc", pasting the text from the Clipboard into it (Cntl-V). 7. To change the margins, go to File/Page Setup, make your changes and click on OK. 8. Click your cursor at the top left of the page, hit the Enter key twice to insert 2 lines of space between the title and the text. Click on the "Center" icon, the "Bold" icon and the "Underline" icon. 9. To change the font and font size, click on the black down arrows beside these items and make your changes. The Default text color is usually black. To change the text color, click on the "Font Color" icon and make your change. 10. To change the line spacing, go to Format/Paragraph. |
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| 12 | MS Word - Selecting & Miscellaneous | 1. Enter the word "testing" to fill one page of single spaced text (Times New Roman, 12 pt.), creating a new paragraph every fifth line. Place a period at the end of each line. Indent each paragraph with a 1/2 inch Tab and double space between paragraphs. 2. Demonstrate how to SELECT a single word, a line, and a paragraph (without click and dragging). 3. Demonstrate how to "Undo" an action. 4. Demonstrate how to move to the End and the Beginning of a document. 5. Demonstrate how to turn on and off "Formatting Marks". |
These word processing features are useful and commonly used techniques. | 1. Open MS Word and choose "New Blank Document". 2. Choose the Times New Roman font, 12 point. 3. Key in the word "testing" several times, placing a period at the end of the line. Then copy and paste it repeatedly to form your first, 4 line paragraph. 4. Indent the paragraph a standard 5 spaces with the Tab and double space after the 4th line. 5. Then, copy and paste the completed paragraph until one page is full. 6. In addition to Selecting by clicking and dragging, you can Select a Word by pointing to it and double clicking. Select a Sentence by pointing to it and triple clicking or pointing in the left margin next to the sentence and clicking once. Select a Paragraph by pointing to it and quadruple clicking or pointing in the left margin opposite the paragraph and clicking twice. 7. To "Undo" an action immediately after having done it, use the keyboard shortcut "cntl-Z" or choose "Undo" from the Edit Menu. 8. To move quickly to the End of a document, use the keyboard shortcut, "cntl-End" and to move to the Beginning of a document, use "cntl-Home". 9. When it is necessary to view the normally invisible "Formatting Marks", choose the menu item, "Tools/Options/View/Formatting Marks", clicking on "All" and then "OK". These marks show you normally invisible symbols that stand for spaces, tabs, paragraphs, etc. Sometimes it can be very helpful to have these marks visible so you can see what is going on. Usually, though, these non-printing marks are left invisible. |
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| 13 | MS Word - Columns, Headers & Footers | 1. Create a new document using MS Word and key in the text, Proverbs 13:1-5 from the Bible. Spell Check it and save the file as "Proverbs13" in your Personal Folder. 2. Display the text in two columns, with Proverbs 13:6-10 in the right column. 3. Create a Header & Footer. Put the Page number to the far right in the Header and center the school's name in Bold in the Footer. |
Columns, Headers and Footers are useful and commonly used formatting features in Word Processors. | 1. Open MS Word and choose New Blank Document, keying in the text, Proverbs 13:1-5. 2. There are four little icons in the lower left corner of your MS Word window. Pass your cursor over these slowly to read what each one does (Normal View, Web Layout View, Print Layout View, Outline View). Click on the Page Layout View. 3. Choose 2 columns by going to the menu item Format\Columns and clicking on the "Two" icon and "OK". Be sure to choose the "Print Layout View" by clicking on its icon in the lower left corner of the window or from the View menu. 4. Place your cursor after verse 5 and choose the menu item "Insert/Break/Column Break". 5. Key in Proverbs 13:6-10 in the right column. 6. Choose the menu, "View/Header & Footer". With your cursor in the Header box, choose the menu, "Insert/Page Numbers", aligning the numbers on the far right. 7. In the Header/Footer Icon Bar, click on the "Switch between Header & Footer" icon. In the Footer box, center the cursor, choose Bold and type "Champion Christian School". 8. Close the Header/Footer Icon Bar and choose "Save" or "Cntl-S". |
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| 14 | MS Word - Inserting Word Art & Graphics | 1. Open the previously created "Proverbs 13:1-10" document in MS Word. 2. Use "Word Art" to title the page "Proverbs 13:1-10", placing this title in the Header. 3. Insert two Clip Art graphics and cause the text to wrap "tightly" around the graphics. |
MS Word provides many features that can make your creations very attractive. This activity will introduce a few of those. | 1. Open Personal Folder/Proverbs13. 2. View/Header & Footer 3. Place your cursor inside the Header, center it and go to Insert/Picture/Word Art, choosing a style. 4. With the Graphic handles visible (the little squares around the object), drag the Word Art up to the top of the page or use the Arrows to position it. 5. Adjust the text downward if necessary by adding lines at the top of each column (place your cursor in front of the text and press the Enter key as necessary). 6. To insert Clip Art into the text, place your cursor into the middle of the left column and choose Insert/Picture/Clip Art, clicking on an image and then clicking on the popup "Insert Clip" icon. 7. Move the Clip Art to one side of the column and click on the "Text Wrap" icon in the "Picture" popup menu. Resize the Clip Art by clicking and dragging the "handles" on the sides/corners of the Clip Art. (To make the Text Wrap 8. Repeat Step #6 & #7 to insert a Clip Art into the right column, also causing the text to wrap around the Clip Art object. |
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| 15 | MS Word - Make a Table & Insert a File | 1. Create a Table inside a Word document that displays the book titles of the New Testament. 2. The Table should have 3 columns, 9 rows and each cell have a color background with the cell contents centered. 3. Insert another file below the Table (c:/ChapelSchedule.xls). 4. Customize the "Chapel Schedule" file with at least 2 different cell background colors and apply a new border of your choosing. |
Learning how to create a Table and insert another file into your Word document will enable you to greatly expand the usefulness of this application. | 1. Open MS Word to a Blank document. Create a Table with 3 columns and 9 rows by going to the menu "Table", choose "Draw Table" and click on the "Insert Table" icon. Fill in the appropriate blanks. 2. Enter the cell contents. Pass your cursor over the table and you will see a "Four Arrow Cross" icon. Click once on the icon to select the entire Table. Click on the "Center" icon. 3. To color the cell backgrounds, select the cell or cells and go to the "View/Toolbars/Tables & Borders" toolbar, clicking on the arrow to the right of the Paint Bucket icon to choose and paint a color into the cells. 4. Draw Borders by selecting the cell or cells, right-clicking on the selected cells and choosing "Borders & Shading" from the popup menu. Click on the various border choices to create your desired effect. 5. Create two lines of space below the previous table and insert the "ChapelSchedule.xls" file by first placing the cursor where you want the file to be located (under the Table you just created). Go to the Menu "Insert/File" and navigate to c:/ChapelSchedule.xls . 6. Fill the entire Table with one color and then fill the cells that comprise the Schedule with another color. Place a Border around the outside of the Schedule. |
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| 16 | JH | MS Word - Using Spell Check | 1. If you are outside the Computer Lab, download and save http://championchristianschool.org/spellcheckactivity.doc into your Personal Folder. If you are INSIDE the Lab, navigate across the network to CPU #10 and download/save C:spellcheckactivity.doc into your Personal Folder. 2. Run Spell Check on the file, correcting each mistake that is found and choosing "Ignore" for each word that is not misspelled. 3. Spell Check Activity #2 is found on http://championchristianschool.org/spellcheckactivity2.htm (outside the lab) or on CPU #10 C:spellcheckactivity2.doc . Follow the instructions found there and be prepared to answer the question. (Don't change anything...just run SpellCheck and see what it finds.) 4. Be able to demonstrate how to edit MS Word's Custom Dictionary. |
The Spell Check feature is extremely important in ensuring a professional appearance to all the documents you produce. Occasionally, incorrect word spellings are accidently added to Word's Custom Dictionary, so it's important to know how to edit the dictionary. | 1. IF YOU ARE INSIDE THE LAB, go to CPU #10 and COPY C:\spellcheckactivity.doc and spellcheckactivity2.doc into your personal folder. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE LAB, copy and paste this URL into your internet browser: http://championchristianschool.org/spellcheckactivity.doc After the file appears in your browser, save it in your Personal Folder. Then, open it in MS Word. 2. Spell Check can be started by clicking on the icon that looks like an "ABC check mark". If the icon is not visible, you can also start it by going to the Menu: Tools/Spelling and Grammar or by clicking on F7. 3. Spell Check scans your document from wherever your cursor is located, so it's best to have your cursor at the beginning of your document before you start Spell Check so everything is checked. 4. When it finds a word that is NOT in its dictionary, it will stop and show you the word. Sometimes it will make several guesses at what the word might be. If one of these guesses is correct, choose it and then click on the "Change" or "Change All" button in the Spelling and Grammar dialog box. 5. If the word is NOT misspelled but is just not in the computer's dictionary (such as someone's name), you can choose to add this word into the Custom Dictionary by clicking on the Add button. 6. If you or someone else accidently adds a misspelled word to the Custom Dictionary, you can correct this by: 1. Select Options... from the Tools menu. 2. Click the Spelling and Grammar tab. 3. Click the Dictionaries... button. 4. Select CUSTOM.DIC and click Edit. 5. Warning: Word turns off automatic spell-checking when you edit the dictionary, and you must turn it on again afterward. 6. Make your edits, and then close the Custom.dic file. 7. Select Options... from the Tools menu. 8. Click the Spelling and Grammar tab. 9. Put a check next to Check spelling as you type. Click OK. |
| 17 | MS Word - Adding Table of Contents & Data Fields | 1. Use MS Word's "Insert Field" feature to add at least 5 data fields. 2. Create a 3 page file with 5 main headings, inserting miscellaneous text from any source. 3. In the same file, create a Table of Contents on the first page. 4. Create a Header/Footer, with Page Numbering starting on Page 2. |
There are many lesser known features within MS Word. Two useful features are Table of Contents and Data Field creators. | 1. Create a document in MS Word and name it "Data Fields". 2. Create a single cell Table, go up to "Insert" and choose "Field", selecting at least 5 different Data Fields, i.e. Number of Pages, Date Created, Date Updated, Comments, Time, User Info, etc. to place inside the Table. 3. In this same file, fill up 3 pages with miscellaneous text that you copy & paste from any source. Divide this text with 5 Headings, using the "Style" box next to the "Font" box or choosing it from the Format/Style Menu. 4. After filling 3 pages and inserting the 5 headings, insert a Table of Contents on the first page by going to the "Insert/Index and Tables" Menu and choosing the default Table of Contents template and placing a "Table of Contents" heading at the top of the page. 5. Add a "Header & Footer", inserting AutoPageNumbers on the right side of each page. Start the page numbering on page two by choosing "Insert/PageNumbers/Format". |
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| 18 | MS Word - Create a Tri-Fold Brochure | 1. Create a simple Tri-fold brochure from scratch, setting margins, formatting columns, inserting and linking text boxes, and inserting graphics. Choose different Auto-Shapes for the text boxes. 2. Fill up this brochure with information (content unimportant), print it and fold it for inspection. |
Whether for work, home or church, creating brochures is often needed. There are special graphics programs that can do the job (like Hallmark's "Greetings Workshop"), but you can also use MS Word and MS Publisher to create some very attractive and functional brochures. | 1. First, take a blank piece of paper and fold it like you would a letter, with the ends folded towards the middle. Number each section, 1 through 6, and use this as a tool for planning the layout of your brochure. 2. Open MS Word. Set Margins to ".5" for Top, Left & Bottom and ".59" for Right. Click on the Papersize Tab in Page Setup and choose "Landscape" instead of "Portrait". In the Format menu, make 3 columns (each 2.64 inches wide). Choose "Equal Column Width". 3. Go to the Insert menu and choose Text Boxes, clicking and dragging the cross hair icon to form the box. Insert several other Text Boxes. Link each Text Box so that text flows from one box to the next. Do this by clicking on the first box, then clicking on the "Create Text Box Link" icon in the popup menu (if this popup menu is not showing, first click on your text box and then go to "View/ToolBars/Text Box"). Finally, click inside the second text box. Now, the text will flow automatically from the first box to the second box. Follow this same procedure to add and link other text boxes. 4. Change the generic text box to a more creative Auto-Shape by clicking the text box and then clicking on the "Draw" in the lower left corner of the window. Move to "Change Auto-Shape" and then from the available Auto-Shape styles. 5. Add headings, insert graphics and text (content unimportant for this activity). Keep in mind where each section is to be located in your brochure (i.e. front, back, inside, etc.). 6. You can control individual sections (panels) by using the "Insert/Break/Column Break or Section Break" menu choices. This will allow you to change just one section/panel without effecting the other sections/panels (Experiment!). 7. You can save your brochure as two, one-page documents or as a single two-page document. Either way, you will need to print one page first and then reinsert the page into the printer so the other side can be printed. You will need to observe how the paper travels through the printer make sure that the top of "Side One" matches the top of "Side Two". To print one page at a time, choose "Print" from the File Menu and click on the "Pages" button, entering "1 of 1" to print just page 1, or "2 of 2" to print just page 2, etc. |
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| 19 | MS Word - Create a Report | 1. Copy "reporttext.doc" from the #5 C: Drive into your Personal Folder. 2. Obtain a "Formatting Guide" from Mr. Doney. Review these formatting requirements and make the necessary changes to "reporttext.doc". 3. As with any Report or Term Paper, attention to detail determines whether or not the result is clear, attractive and professional. |
Reports are common assignments in Jr. Hi. through College and are also required in many professional settings. It is important then, to be able to construct a report with appropriate formatting, e.g. margins, quotes, endnotes, page numbers, headings, bibliography, etc. | 1. In Windows Explorer, go to Computer #5's C: Drive via Network Neighborhood and scroll down until you can see "reporttext.doc" in the right window pane. Then, in the left window pane, navigate to your personal folder and right-click and drag "reporttext.doc" from the right pane to your personal folder in the left pane. Be sure to choose "Copy" NOT "Move" from the pop-up window. Another method is to click once on "reporttext.doc", choose "Copy" from the "Edit" Menu (or CTRL-C), navigate back to your Personal Folder and choose "Paste" from the "Edit" Menu (or CTRL-P). 2. AFTER "reporttext.doc" is in your Personal Folder, open it in MS Word. 3. Carefully match all the formatting details, i.e. margins, page numbers, headings, spacing, etc. that are displayed on the "Formatting Guide" you obtained from Mr. Doney. |
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| 20 | MS Word - Produce a Business Letter | 1. Key in the Business Letter, "Tour.xx", from Wayward Industries. 2. Incorporate corrections made by the proofreader and Save it as "Tour" in your Personal Folder. 3. Margins are one inch, top, bottom and sides. 4. Include a Header with the Wayward Industries name and address. |
A Business Letter is a common task that you should be able to produce for many employment scenarios. | 1. Refer to previous Recipes to review the skills needed to accomplish this assignment. | |
| 23 | JH | MS Publisher - Create a Flyer | 1. Use MS Publisher to create a flyer announcing a real future event at Champion Christian School (choose an event from the School Calendar). 2. Be able to add, delete and edit Borders, Graphics and Text. For instance, add a Shadow Border to your picture, add a color or texture to the background, change the font style, change the border, etc. |
MS Publisher is a versatile tool that enables anyone to do Desktop Publishing. Publisher automates most of the tasks needed to create newsletters, flyers, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, etc., etc. | 1. Open MS Publisher and choose "Flyer" from the "Wizard" list in the left column. When you first open MS Publisher, it will automatically start in the "Catalog" and "Publications by Wizard". 2. Choose "Flyer" from the left column and also a specific type of "Flyer" (i.e. Informational, Special Offer, etc.) 3. Choose from one of the "Flyer" styles in the right window and click "Start Wizard". The left column will now display a "Flyer Wizard" with subheadings that allow you to edit certain parts of the Flyer (i.e. Introduction, Design, Color Scheme, Personal Information, etc.). Click on each part and choose the features that you desire. Now click on the "Hide Wizard" button at the bottom to get more space to work in. 4. To change the color of the Background, go to the "View" and choose "Go To Background". Click on the "Rectangle" tool icon in the far left margin and click and drag to create a rectangle covering the entire page. A Formatting Tool Bar will now appear with a Paint Bucket icon. Use this icon to choose a Color, Shadow or Fill Effect to fill in the rectangle that you just created. While your rectangle is still selected, you can also add a Border by going to the Format Menu and choosing Lines/Borders, then More Styles and even Border Art. Now go back to the "View" menu and choose "Go to Foreground". 5. Click on the "Graphic", "Heading" and "Text" areas to edit your flyer. To add text, click on the "A" icon in the left margin and click/drag a box in your flyer. Some features in Publisher are similar to those found in PowerPoint but quite a few are different from other Microsoft products. |
| 24 | JH | Internet Explorer & MS Publisher - Using Online Resources | 1. Use an Online Bible resource (like http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?) to research what the Bible says about Christ-like speech. 2. Create and print an attractive one page poster that displays Biblical guidelines regarding how we should speak to one another. Use 3 different verses and follow this format: Principle or Guideline #1 (Summarize the Bible passage in 4-5 words) Bible passage #1 Principle or Guideline #2 Bible passage #2, etc. 3. Display text and appropriate graphics attractively and creatively, using previously learned skills. |
In addition to the wealth of information available on the Internet, there are an increasing number of tools that can help us to access that information. Search Engines and other online databases are one type of tool that puts a wealth of information at our fingertips. It's important to learn how to collect that information and use it in a meaningful way. | 1. Use MS Publisher to create a poster or flyer, leaving it open while you collect information from other sources. 2. Open Internet Explorer and go to the Bible Gateway at http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible? by inserting this address into the long "Address:" box near the top of the screen and pressing "Enter". 3. Use the "Word Search" function of the Bible Gateway and do searches with words like "speech", "tongue", "words", "mouth", etc. 4. Follow the hypertext links by clicking on the underlined words. When you find a Bible verse that you would like to include in your Biblical Speech Guidelines poster, simply "Copy" the text from Explorer and then "Paste" it into your poster. 5. Insert related graphics into your poster, obtained from the Clip Art Gallery or the Internet. |
| 25 | JH | PhotoDraw - Download & Edit a Graphic | 1. Copy the following photo into your Personal Folder: CPU Labserv/Documents/recipestuff/footballteam.jpg (This photo is also available at http://championcs.org/footballteam.jpg ). 2. Open PhotoDraw and edit this graphic by cropping, changing the dimensions, the brightness, contrast and adding white text over the graphic/photo, saving it in the PhotoDraw format (.mix). 3. Be able to demonstrate resizing of the background, picture and objects. 4. Add Special Effects from each of the Touchup, Effects, Web Effects, Edge, Fill, Draw Paint menus. 5. Be sure to try out: soft edges, color sampling with the eye dropper, PhotoStamp and 5. Finally, save your edited photo in JPG format, 1024 X 768 pixels at 110 DPI. 6. Be prepared for the quiz that will require you to demonstrate each of the above techniques. |
This skill is very useful for creating your own designs and incorporating the many resources out on the internet into your own creations. Also, it is important to place only small photos in your web pages so that they will appear quickly to your viewers. | 1. Navigate across the network to \\Labserv\Documents/recipestuff/footballteampic.jpg . Right-click on the file, choose COPY and then PASTE it into your Personal Folder. 2. Open PhotoDraw, choose open and navigate to where you saved your downloaded graphic/photo. You can select a portion of the picture or background by clicking once on it. Lines and small dots (called Handles) will appear around the perimeter of the portion you have selected. ***IMPORTANT: There are two important parts to each graphic, the BACKGROUND and the PICTURE. As you click on each part, you are EITHER changing the background OR the picture itself. If your picture is too big for the background, parts of it will be cut off and won't print or be saved. To resize either the background or the picture, go to Crop Size/Resize, make sure you have selected either the background or picture and click on the appropriate button, i.e. "Fit Background To Picture" or vice versa. 3. Crop your graphic (which means to cut out unwanted portions of the graphic) by clicking on the "Crop Size" button on the main toolbar and choosing "Crop by Shape". Choose a shape and drag it around your graphic, then click on "Finish" to complete the "Crop". 4. Resize by going to the menu "Arrange" and choosing either "Arrange" or "Resize". 5. Change the Brightness/Contrast by going to Format/Touchup/Brightness-Contrast. 6. Add Special Effects by choosing from the various effects listed under "Effects", such as "Glow", "Emboss", "Designer Effects", "Distort", "Soft Edges", etc. 7. Add text to your graphic/photo by clicking on the "Text" button, then "Designer Text", then "Fill", choosing a color for the Text. If you need to edit your text again, you can just double-click on it and the Text Editor window will open once again. 8. Save your file in the normal PhotoDraw format (.mix). This is a special format that only PhotoDraw can use but allows you to return later and edit all the separate pieces of your graphic. If you save your file as any other format (i.e. JPG for use on the web), all the pieces of your graphic are combined into one image. 9. To REDUCE the resolution of your photo so that it comes across the internet more quickly, do a SAVE AS, changing the SAVE AS FILE TYPE box to JPG format. Next, click on the OPTIONS button and slide the COMPRESSION LEVEL bar to "30". Then, click on the CUSTOM SIZE button where you will change the DPI to "110", the minimum "dots per inch" resolution that the average monitor requires. Change the MAINTAIN box to something else besides DPI so that you can change the DPI box to "110". Click OK and then SAVE. You have now changed a VERY LARGE 2MB photo that would take 15 minutes to download on a dialup connection, into a 50K photo that will download in a few seconds. Even with most people having a fast (broadband) connection, a fast-loading, efficient web site is still a goal to strive for. |
| 26 | JH | PhotoDraw Skills - Fill Text with Pattern or Picture | 1. Fill text with a pattern or a picture. 2. Make the background 1024 X 768. Choose a short word and fill the entire page with this one word. Choose a very WIDE, BOLD font and stretch the word to fill the page. This will give you plenty of space to view the pattern and/or pictures that you insert into the font face. 3. Place a drop-shadow below your word. 4. Look at the poster above CPU #4 (the word "MORE") for an example of this exercise. 5. Print after being checked off by Mr. Doney. |
After learning the basics techniques of Graphics editing, it's all about adding various skills to your "tool pouch". Here's another interesting effect that can be used in documents and web pages. | 1. PhotoDraw/Insert Text/Fill/Picture/Browse/Open |
| 27 | JH | PhotoDraw Skills - Fill Picture with a Picture | 1. Choose a photo or clip art and place an edited photo into a portion of the first image (e.g. a cartoon character carrying a sign that display a picture that you have edited to fit nicely onto the poster; or the original photo has a window where you insert a second image, etc.) | After learning the basics techniques of Graphics editing, it's all about adding various skills to your "tool pouch". Here's another interesting effect that can be used in documents and web pages. | 1. Photodraw/Insert/PhotoDraw Content/Insert/From File or Pattern 2. Edit or trim as needed. |
| 28 | JH | PhotoDraw - Transparent Text Area & GIF Transparency | 1. Choose a background photo that is 800 x 600 pixels. 2. Make a smaller Transparent Box overlayed onto the background photo. 3. Using Designer Text, insert text onto this Transparent Box. 4. Insert a clip art drawing on top of your background photo, changing the clip art to a GIF transparent image so you can see the background around the edges of your clip art. 5. Here's an example of what I want you to create: http://championcs.org/recipetransparent.jpg |
Here is another Graphics Editing skill that you can add to your growing "tool pouch" of skills. Sometimes a background will make it difficult to read text that is placed over it. In this situation, it is helpful to first place a partially transparent box or oval over the background, upon which you can insert your text. | 1. Open PhotoDraw, choose New/File/Web Pages/800X600 or if a background appears automatically, resize it to 800X600 pixels. 2. Choose the Square drawing tool and click and drag a square as big as your 800x600 background. Choose NO LINE. Click on the FILL button and choose PICTURE, clicking any available image. 3. Click the Square drawing tool again and draw a rectangle smaller than your background. Choose a Line Style from either the Plain, Artistic. Photo or Theme Brushes, adjusting the color and width of the line. 4. With your rectangle still selected, click on the FILL button, then SOLID COLOR, then WHITE, then adjust the TRANSPARENCY to 35%. 5. Click on the TEXT button, then DESIGNER TEXT and your choice of text style. Use your name in the text, by double-clicking on the text box or choosing "Format Text" to enter it in the rectangle. 6. Now, to change a photo or graphic to a GIF TRANSPARENCY, allowing the background to show through. Instead of seeing a big, white rectangle around the photo, a transparent photo background allows the back layer to show through. 7. To start, copy Computer \\labserv\Documents\java\allschoolcutout.jpg and paste it into your personal folder. 8. Choose INSERT/FROM FILE and choose "allschoolcutout.jpg" from your personal folder. You will notice the white border of this picture will cover up your background. 9. To change this picture so that the white border area becomes transparent, choose OPEN in PhotoDraw, choosing the allschoolcutout.jpg. When your picture is selected, click on the BLUE PENCIL icon that is labeled SET TRANSPARENT COLOR. As you move your cursor over the picture, you will notice that the arrow changes to a PLUS SIGN. Whatever color you click on will become transparent after it is saved. Click on the white area and notice the dark pink area that indicates transparency. 10. Do a SAVE AS and change the FILE TYPE to GIF and SAVE it into your personal folder. Go back to your original background and insert this new file into your picture. Save all three components (background, JPG and GIF) as new file called Recipe #28. 11. On the Final Exam, will you be able to take a file and change it into a GIF transparency? I KNOW you can do it! |
| 29 | JH | PhotoDraw Skills - Make a Banner Heading | 1. Create a background that is 1024 X 768 pixels with a solid color, texture or photo. 2. As your Banner Heading, create a rectangle that is 1000 pixels wide X 200 pixels high. 3. Make an "edge" or "border" for the rectangle, choosing from the different available line styles: Plain, Texture, Photo, Theme, etc. 4. Fill the rectangle with one of the available choices: Picture, Texture, Theme, Artistic, Designer Gradient, Two-Color Gradient, etc. 5. Add the text "Champion Christian School" (no quotes), Choose from Designer Text styles or other creative tools. 6. Be creative! Show me something new! |
After learning the basics techniques of Graphics editing, it's all about adding various skills. As you add skills, your creative horizons are broadened. Here are some more valuable skills that you can add to your expanding "tool box". | 1. Here is a simple example of this exercise: http://championchristianschool.org/images/BanquetClassPictures.jpg 2. Draw a rectangle by simply clicking on the Rectangle Icon, clicking and dragging to draw. After drawing the rectangle, you can then edit the Border and Fill. Be especially aware of all the many menu and control choices. The more you know about these tools, the more creative you can be. 3. Review previous PhotoDraw recipes to refresh your photo editing skills. |
| 30 | JH | PhotoDraw Skills - Cloning, Cut-out and Erase by Color/Edge/Drawing/Shape | 1. Clone the tree and car shadows out of http://championcs.org/RecipeStuff/AllSchoolPhoto2007-8.jpg . Erase the entire background behind the student body (except the shadows) and make the background transparent. Paste/drag the new transparent GIF onto another background of your choice. 2. As a separate exercise, select 3-4 people from the AllSchool photo and do a "cut-out", pasting it into a NEW photo. 3. Save each of the above exercises in your Personal Folder, remembering to keep your folder organized, creating subfolders as needed and naming each file accurately and descriptively, e.g. Recipe #29, Exercise 12, etc. etc. |
After learning the basics techniques of Graphics editing, it's all about adding various skills. As you add skills, your creative horizons are broadened. Small touchups and repairs often must be made to photos. Here are some more valuable skills that you can add to your expanding "tool box". | 1. Copy http://championcs.org/RecipeStuff/AllSchoolPhoto2007-8.jpg to your personal folder. 2. Go to the menu "Touchup" and choose "Clone". Click in the grey area (which will "Select Clone Source") below the tree and car shadows and click once after selecting the size brush you want (from the right margin). Second, click the area where you want to "paint" or clone. Occasionally reselect your clone source. This technique is normally used to repair blemishes in your photos. It is usually helpful to zoom in to 600%, make your repairs and then view at 100%. After erasing the background, confirm that the background is transparent (review, if necessary, Recipe #28 on how to designate certain colors as transparent). 3. You can easily Erase large areas by choosing Touchup / Erase, clicking and dragging repeatedly. Another way to cut precisely around complex edges (like this photo) is to choose "Crop Size / Erase". This tool allow you to erase by "Color, Edge Finder, Drawing or Shape". Depending on the type of photo you are editing, you will find each tool has its strengths. For this photo with lots of grey parking lot around the students, you can use the Erase by Color. Each time you click or click & drag, the area to be erased will turn pink. Check the box "Erase Opposite Area" to erase the area that is NOT selected. 4. Go to "Crop Size / Cut Out", select the 3-4 people by one of the methods listed in the right margin and choose "Copy". Next, go up to the EDIT menu and choose "Paste As New Picture". This will leave the original untouched and create a new photo containing your "cutout". |
| 31 | JH | PhotoDraw - Use a Scanner | 1. Choose a photograph or graphic and scan it at 300 dpi (dots per inch) resolution (perhaps a photo that you will want to use in the Desktop/Wallpaper assignment, #32). 2. Edit the photo by cropping, adjusting brightness/contrast, color hues and dimensions. 3. Save/Send the photo in your Personal Folder. 4. Insert the photo into a Word document and use Word to type your name as a caption below it. 5. Email attach this document to mrdoney@championcs.org |
The importance of graphics in today's media-dominated world cannot be underestimated. Along with digital cameras and importing digital graphics from other sources, scanning is an important method that should be mastered, both for digitizing graphics and for doing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tasks. | 1. Go to Computer #8 and follow the instructions that are attached to the lid of the flatbed scanner. Choose 300 dpi (dots per inch) (it may already be at that setting). (Computer #2 also has a "Sheet Fed" Scanner, designed primarily for scanning text documents, up to 10 sheets at a time for OCR, Optical Character Recognition, but is also capable of scanning photos and graphics.) 2. Scanners work with other software to complete the project. To avoid scanning the entire surface of the scanner glass, you will need to select just the area that you want to scan, by dragging the dotted lines close to the edges of the photo. 4. After scanning, open your scanned file to edit as needed (rotate, crop, adjust brightness/contrast, color, dimensions, or special effects). When your photo editing is complete, choose "Save As" to give it a new name (preserving the original scan) and to keep your changes. 5. Start a new document in MS Word and insert your scanned photo or graphic (with your name as the caption) and save it in your Personal Folder. 6. Use your web-based email account (Yahoo, Hot Mail, etc.) to compose an email. Address it to me at mrdoney@championcs.org and attach your edited scan to the email. |
| 32 | JH | PhotoDraw - Create Wallpaper/Desktop Background | GO TO HTTP://CHAMPIONCS.ORG/DESKTOPS/DESKTOPS.HTM TO SEE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF THIS PROJECT. 1. Create a wallpaper graphic that is 1024 X 768 pixels (depends on the size of your monitor). Selected student creations will be placed on Computer Lab screens. 2. Insert a Scripture or another appropriate and inspirational saying into your graphic. 3. Insert "This background created by Your Name" in small type in the lower right corner. 4. After being checked off by Mr. Doney, install your wallpaper onto your computer, include your name in the filename and copy your file into CPU Labserv/Documents/recipestuff/ThisPeriod/. 5. Your first wallpaper will be graded on its SPIRITUALLY INSPIRATIONAL quality, attention to detail and graphic creativity. 6. (EXTRA CREDIT) Create ANOTHER wallpaper, using the "View As Web Page" feature: Use at least one text or graphic hyperlink, 1 animation, 1 Graphic/Image Map and 1 Java Applet. |
Wallpaper is the background behind the icons on your Desktop. Although Wallpaper is not necessary, it is a fun way to personalize your computer. One could even create a collection of beautiful scenes and inspirational sayings for distribution. Here is yet another way to apply your developing graphics editing skills. | 1. Obtain the photo/s that you will use for your wallpaper. For our use in the Lab, you can borrow a picture from the web. If you were going to post your creation on the web, this photo would need to belong to you. You may also obtain permission to use someone else's photo. 2. You can take the photo with either a standard film (scan the picture into your computer) or digital camera. You may also create a collage of photos. Instead of using a photo, you may digitally create or "paint" a wallpaper graphic, as long as it is well done and inspirational. 3. Use PhotoDraw to edit your graphic to 1024 X 768 pixels (depends on the size of your monitor). 1024 X 768 is currently the resolution of the average computer monitor BUT all new monitors are capable of displaying more detail with more dots per inch. If possible, you will want your original photo to be at least 800 X 600 and 110 dots per inch (dpi), to ensure a good quality image. Refer to Recipes #25-32 to review PhotoDraw graphic editing skills. 4. Insert a Scripture or inspirational saying, choosing the most effective font color, size and special effects. Save your wallpaper with your name in the title. Save it in JPG, GIF or BMP format. 5. After being checked off by Mr. Doney and giving him a copy on CPU Labserv/Shared Documents/recipestuff/ThisPeriod/, install your wallpaper by copying it into the following folder: Your Computer C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper . Ask Mr. Doney to disarm ChildLock to enable you to open Control Panels (Start/Settings/Control Panel) (or right-click on the Desktop). Double-click on the "Display" icon and then click on the "Background" Tab, choosing your wallpaper from the alphbetical list of files. Click on Apply and confirm that the dimensions, display (Center, Stretch, etc.) and graphic quality/resolution are correct. Then click OK. <hr> ***If you are using Windows 98 or newer, you can use a web page as your wallpaper. This method allows many more features, such as hyperlinks, animations, java applets, image maps, etc. 1. Create a folder first and place your graphics and web page into it. Create a page using FrontPage. 2. When finished and checked off, copy this folder with your completed page and graphics into C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper, choosing the web file (the one that ends in ".htm" in the Display Control Panel. 3. Your Desktop must be configured to "View As Web Page". To do this, right-click on the Desktop and choose "View As Web Page" from the popup menu. 4. JAVA Applets are small programs that do a variety of tasks, such as special effects, games, etc. You can copy/paste some free Java Applets from http://championchristianschool.org/java/javaapplets.htm . You can also obtain free java applets at http://javaboutique.com (click on the "By Catagory" link in the left column), and many other places. I have place some animations on http://championcs.org/schoolnotes_images.htm Also, try http://animationfactory.com for some free animations. Each applet comes with directions for inserting it into your web page. Simple applets only require copying and pasting some HTML into your web page. Other applets may require downloading a java file that is the engine for the special effect. This is usually placed in the same folder as your web page. Go to http://championchristianschool.org/javaintro.htm to read a "Guide for Newcomers to Java Applets". 5. Download the applet file into your Web Wallpaper folder and uncompress it. Open the ReadMe.txt file for instructions on how to install and configure the applet. In general, you will place the applet and all the graphics into the same folder as your Web Wallpaper. You will copy and paste some HTML that they provide into your Web Wallpaper (In FrontPage, choose INSERT/ADVANCED/HTML and paste the applet HTML into it). 6. An Image Map is a method for creating hyperlinks using areas of a picture or graphic, that when clicked on, take you to another page on the web. In PhotoDraw, click on the picture where you want to create an Image Map (hyperlink). Draw a square or circle around the area to be clicked. Go to Web Effects and choose Hyperlink, leading it to the web page or site that you want viewers to go to. Another way to create an Image Map is by using FrontPage. Insert the pic or graphic into your web page. Click on the graphic and choose the desired Hotspot shape from the Pictures Toolbar. Draw the desired shape of your Hotspot/hyperlink and fill in the URL (web address) of the Hotspot to complete your custom hyperlink. |
| 33 | Faststone Image Viewer - Graphics Editing, Batch Converter | 1. Create a new sub-folder inside your Personal Folder called "Faststone Image Viewer Recipe" and copy any 20 photos into that new folder. 2. Using Faststone Viewers tools, Batch Rename all 20 photos using the "Year/Month/Day" style. 3. Batch Rotate all 20 photos 90 degrees to the right. 4. Batch Convert all 20 photos to GIF format, resizing them to 400 X 200 and saving them to a new Output Folder called "batch convert", inside the folder called "Faststone Image Viewer Recipe". 5. To make other miscellaneous Edits, choose one photo and use Faststone to Crop, Set DPI to 350, Sharpen, Brighten, change Contrast, add a Drop Shadow, and add a Frame Mask. 6. Wander around the tool and find some other features (like Slide Show and Wallpaper) that I haven't assigned in this recipe. |
MS Photodraw is no longer available but there are other graphics editing tools available that are very good. Here is one such tool that is also FREE...Faststone Image Viewer! (Google it to install it on your computer at home.) This recipe will help familiarize you with the tool's primary features and a way to edit many files at once. | 1. BATCH RENAME: Navigate to the folder that contains your photos. Select all your photos (click 1st photo and shift-click on the last photo). Right-click selected photos or F4 or Tools/Batch Convert/Rename, checking the Rename box and the down arrow to the right of it. 2. BATCH ROTATE: Right-click selected photos, choosing "JPEG Lossles Rotate" or "Edit" menu/Rotate or "Tools". 3. BATCH CONVERT: Right-click selected photos, making necessary changes to Output Format, Output Folder, "Use Advanced Options". 4. MISC. EDITS: While viewing a photo in Faststone Viewer, double-click on it so it fills the screen. Notice the four pop-out menus when you touch your cursor to the four sides of the screen. Use the left menu to accomplish the edits assigned above. Press the ESC (escape) key to return to the main Faststone interface. |
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| 35 | Digital Still Photography | 1. Use the Camera Check LIst on http://championchristianschool.org/camerahp.htm to familiarize yourself with all the features listed. You will be quizzed on these features. 2. Take 5-10 pictures, indoors and out, of people and just scenery. 3. Download your pictures onto a computer and move them to your Personal Folder. 4. Edit each picture in PhotoDraw, creating a photo collage with attractive effects, borders, designer text and/or backgrounds. |
Photography is now accessible to everyone. With digital cameras you can take thousands of pictures, storing them on your computer, CD's or DVD. You can choose to print only the ones you want. You can customize each photo prior to printing and the quality of printing can be as good as traditional film prints. Digital photography is here to stay and is an important skill to learn! | 1. Sign out the HPPhotoSmart or the Fuji Finepix camera from Mr. Doney. 2. Go over the Camera Check LIst on http://championchristianschool.org/camerahp.htm. Be able to locate each feature on the list and demonstrate it to Mr. Doney. 3. Take 5-10 pictures, indoors and out, people and scenery. Be careful to steady the camera during the shot and keep your fingers from blocking the lens opening on the HP. Move close to the person or object you are photographing. Use "Force Flash" when bright sunshine causes dark eye shadows. Get CLOSE, filling the viewfinder with your subject. TO DOWNLOAD YOUR PICTURES: 4. Leaving the camera OFF, plug both the Power cord and USB cord into the camera and into Computer #3, #7,#12 or #18. NOW, turn the camera on and FinePix Viewer should start automatically, opening a window that looks like Windows Explorer. 5. In the left window pane "100FUJI" will be highlighted. Click, hold down and drag it onto the "C: Drive" and let go. A Dialog Box will appear, choose RENAME and give your picture folder a descriptive name. The pics on the camera will now begin to transfer to the computer. When finished, copy/move your folder of pictures into your personal folder across the network. (If you used the silver HP Photosmart camera, your instructions are slightly different. Using CPU #3 or #7, leave the camera OFF as you connect the power cord and USB cord. NOW, turn on the camera and the PhotoImpression software should start automatically. Click on the flashing button and choose the HP Photosmart camera and notice that your pictures will be downloaded into a folder called today's date (like 04_16 _04) and it will be saved in your computer's "My Pictures" folder which is in "My Documents". A new window with several green buttons will appear. Choose the "Move All Pictures From Camera". After making sure that the pictures have really been downloaded, you can delete them from the camera.) |
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| 36 | PhotoStory / MovieMaker - Animating Still Images | 1. Use PhotoStory to animate a group of photos, save as a movie (in WMV format) and insert in a MovieMaker video. 2. You may add voice or music to your PhotoStory, although this is often best done later in MovieMaker. |
Here is an inexpensive tool that animates your still photos, allowing them to be saved as movies that can be used in PowerPoint presentations, Web pages and Videos. | This type of animation can also be done manually in MovieMaker or other video editors. However, PhotoStory does it so quickly, a lot of time can be saved by inserting PhotoStory-created videos onto your MovieMaker timeline. | |
| 38 | JH | Web Browser - Online Website Generator | 1. Sign up for a free web site at Geocities.com. 2. Create a website that will be appropriate for viewing by parents, teachers and students. You will send the URL (web address) of your site to Mr. Doney and it will be linked to the Champion Christian website. 3. Include at least 5 pages. You will be graded on creativity, organization and your use of as many features as possible, i.e. graphics, animations, music, page counters, guest book, etc. etc. |
Here's an activity that should prove that you don't have to be a professional website developer in order to publish your own website. For simple, quick websites, these free, online web building tools can be very useful. | * Here is a one-page example of what you will create: http://www.geocities.com/ mrdoney2001/mrdoney.html 1. Sign up for a free web account at http://geocities.com . If you don't already have a free Yahoo Account, sign up for one. To sign up, you must have an email address. You can get a free email account from Champion (click on the Email button on Champion's homepage.) Save your Yahoo ID, password and the URL that they provide. 2. Under "Build My Website", the PageWizards Tool is the easiest. The PageBuilder Tool below it gives you more controls and features. Save this page in your browser's Favorites. 3. Read the instructions under HTML Help, Web Site Add-Ons, File Manager and Easy Upload for information on creating and customizing your pages. 4. After publishing your site, email the URL to mrdoney@championchristianschool.org . 5. WARNING: Since your site can be viewed by anyone in the world, be cautious about including personal information such as phone numbers and addresses.* Here are some other free web tools: angelfire.com, tripod.com |
| 39 | Introduction to HTML | In class activity: complete the "Beginning HTML" handout. | HTML is the "language of the internet". It was created so that ANY kind of computer in any part of the world could view the same information. For anyone desiring to create their own web pages or edit other documents in HTML, it is important to at least understand the basics of Hypertext Markup Language. | ||
| 40 | MS FrontPage - Web Page Design Introduction | 1. Create a simple Web site comprised of at least two pages, with headings, text, graphics and hyperlinks to the other pages in your site and/or other places on the internet. 2. Create at least one navigational (hyper)link to another page and back to the home page. These links MUST work when viewed in Internet Explorer. 3. The theme of this web site will focus on a favorite Bible passage of your choice. 4. Become familiar with all of the Menu choices and what each icon represents. |
The World Wide Web has become one of the most significant mediums for communication in the world. In the beginning, one had to know HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and construct a page by manually entering the HTML. Now, tools such as FrontPage make it easy to build pages and websites just as you would create a normal document with text and graphics. | 1. In Windows Explorer, create a new folder in your Personal Folder, entitled "My Web Site". 2. Open FrontPage, do a "Save As", naming the file "index.htm" and saving it in your new "My Web Site" folder. The home page of your website should always be called "index.htm". Click on "File/New/Page", and "Save As" "page2.htm" in the same folder. 3. At the top of "index.htm", place a heading by choosing "Heading 1, 2, 3, etc." from the popup menu box on the left side of the Toolbar (just above the "Views" column). This menu allows you to choose the format of that particular text, i.e. Heading, List, etc. 4. Move all pictures or graphics into your "My Web Site" folder that you want to put into your web page (usually in a subfolder named "images"). Always do this FIRST, otherwise the web browser may not be able to find them later on. Key in the text of your passage and insert related graphics (clip art or photos) by choosing "Insert/Picture/. On the Web, all graphics should be either ".jpg" or ".gif" format. These are compressed formats and take less time to travel between computers. ".gif" format also allows you pics and animations to have transparent backgrounds. 5. To wrap the text around a graphic, choose "Format/Position/Wrapping Style" and select the desired orientation. 6. To move between two or more pages that are simultaneously open, go to the "Windows" menu and choose the page that you want to go to. 7. Hyperlinks, when clicked, will take you to another page. To create a simple navigational hyperlink between "index.htm" and "page2.htm", type the words "Home Page" on page2.htm and "Page 2" on index.htm . On "index.htm", select the text "Page 2" and click on the "Hyperlink" icon. In the next window click on the icon next to the URL box that looks like a yellow folder with a magnifying glass on it. If you want to link to another file out on the internet, click on the icon that looks like the world. (***Check that each hyperlink is a RELATIVE link, NOT an ABSOLUTE link. Read about this at http://championcs.org/hyperlinkinfo.htm . An absolute link will display an exact path to a particular folder on a particular computer. THIS WON'T WORK ON THE INTERNET. The following link is CORRECT: images/mypicture.jpg This link is WRONG: //#18/My Documents/Charley/mywebsite/images/mypicture.jpg If this appears in FrontPage, just erase everything in front of the folder where your file is stored. Remember..."if it's long, it's wrong." 9. At the bottom of your FrontPage window are three tabs, "Normal", "HTML" and "Preview". To see what your page will look like, you can click on the "Preview" tab or you can choose "File/Preview In Browser". Click on the "HTML" tab and you will see the actual Hypertext Markup Language that FrontPage creates for you. This is the language of the internet and is made up of many "tags" that tell each web browser how to display the page. The "Bold" tag, for instance is "<B> This is in Bold </B>. |
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| 41 | FrontPage- Learn More Web Design Skills | 1. Create a web page that contains a table, a bulleted list, headings, a graphic, a thumbnail photo linked to the enlarged photo, a horizontal line, and a hyperlink. 2. Put a centered Heading #1, "My Favorite Foods" and place a bulleted list of five foods under it. 3. Create a table with 1 row and 2 columns and make the border invisible. Insert any clip art in each of these cells. Place a horizontal line under this table. 4. Create a second table with 2 rows and 3 columns and make the border extra thick. Place text, graphics and photos in all six boxes of the table. Change the photos to thumbnails. Be able to change the size of the table's individuals cells. 5. Paste a graphic at the bottom, center it and make it into a hyperlink to Champion's website. 6. Create a Bookmark that moves you from the top of the page to the bottom. |
Websites have become one of the most inexpensive and useful methods for groups and individuals to publish information about themselves. Every individual should have some familiarity with web page construction. | 1. First create a folder called "Web Page" and inside that folder place another folder called "images". Place all graphics and photos for this web page in the "images" folder. 2. Create a new page in FrontPage and save it as "index.htm" in your "Web Page" folder. 3. Review Activity #21. If you have questions about using FrontPage, you should first consult the Help pages and the FrontPage Manual (See Mr. Doney). This is good preparation for those times when the teacher is not around. 4. Click the Center icon and choose "Heading 1" from "Style" box located under the File menu, entering "My Favorite Foods". 5. Click "Enter", click "Align Left" icon and the "Bullets" icon, entering 5 favorite foods. 6. Click on the "Insert Table" icon, choosing 1 row by 2 columns. Right click inside the table, choose "Table Properties" and choose "Borders/Size/0" (zero) to make the border invisible. Choose a Border Size of 10 to make the border extra thick. Click "Enter" and go up to the "Insert" menu and choose "Horizontal Line". 7. Click and drag the borders of the table's cells to change their dimensions. 8. To change a photo to a thumbnail, insert the photo into a cell, click once on the photo to select it, then click on the "Auto Thumbnail" icon in the bottom FrontPage toolbar. 9. Choose a graphic, paste and center it at the bottom of the page. Make it a hyperlink that points to the Champion website by clicking on the "Hyperlink" icon and choosing the icon that says "Use your Web Browser...". Follow the onscreen instructions, browsing to Champion's homepage. FrontPage will automatically insert the URL (Uniform Resource Locator or internet address) as the Hyperlink. 10. To make a Bookmark that transports your pages viewers to a specific location on a page, do the following: First, select the graphic that you placed at the bottom of the page. Then, go to the "Insert" menu and choose "Bookmark", naming the Bookmark "Bottom Graphic". Next, type "Go to Bottom of Page" at the top of the page. Select this text, click on the Hyperlink icon and choose the "Bottom Graphic" bookmark from the Bookmark popup menu. 11. Test your site using the Preview tab. Go back and forth between Normal and Preview as you make needed adjustments in positioning, spacing and hyperlinks. |
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| 42 | IrfanView or Picasa - Create a Web Photo Gallery | 1. Choose at least 25 photos to include in your Web Photo Gallery that will be posted on our school website at http://championchristianschool.org/studentpics/ (Make sure the photos you choose are appropriate.) You can take your own digital photos or use Yearbook photos that have already been taken (see Mr. Doney for the location or CD of Yearbook photos). 2. Place these photos into a folder called "WebPhotoGallery", saving it in your personal folder and use IrfanView or Picasa to create a web page of thumbnails that will link to the full-size images. 3. After confirming that all links work when viewed in Internet Explorer, MOVE this folder into your Recipe #40 folder. Create a link on your first web page to your photo album web page (assuming the two are related). 4. ZIP your Web Page folder (see Recipe 52 & 53) and save it in your C:\LanSchool Files folder. |
IrfanView is a free image viewer and web photo gallery creator. Picasa.google.com is an online tool that also does a great job. With digital pictures becoming more common, it is desireable to share those pictures by placing them on the web. This program and others makes it easy to create an index page of thumbnails and the hyperlinks to the full-size images. | 1. Prepare your photos by first making sure that no single photo is larger than about 100K. You can use Faststone Image Viewer to resize many photos at once. Also, rotate, crop or brighten your pictures as needed. 2. Create a new folder to use as a destination folder for the files created for the Web Gallery. 3. Open IrfanView and press "T" on the keyboard to launch the Thumbnail Creator and maximize the window. 4. If IrfanView has been used on your computer before, you won't have to do the following Setup: Under "Options/Set Thumbnail Options", choose "Use Resample..." and then choose "150 x 150" as the "Thumbnail Size". 5. In the left column of the Thumbnail Creator, navigate to the folder that contains the photos that you have prepared. Choose "Select All" from the Options Menu OR just choose the photos you want by holding down the Control Key and clicking each photo. 6. From the File Menu, choose "Save Selected Thumbs as HTML". In the popup window that appears, fill in the "HTML File Name" (making sure the filename ends with ".htm"), the "Destination Folder" that you just created, the "Page Title" that you would like to appear at the top of your page, the number of columns (6 is fine), choose "Copy Original Images to Destination Folder", choose "Write Relative Path Names, choose "Display Links in Original Window". It's your choice whether to check "Create one HTML file for each thumbnail". 7. Your Photo Gallery web page will now be created, along with thumbnails and links to the original full-size photos. All are placed inside the Destination Folder that you created in Step #2. Open your Web Browser and view your newly created Gallery page. 8. Be careful to remove ALL UNUSED photos and files. Space on a web server costs money, so it is important not to upload unnecessary files. 9. When you are sure all thumbnails are working properly, MOVE this folder into your Recipe #34 folder. Create a hyperlink on your first web page to your photo album web page (assuming the two are related, i.e. Track and Track Photo Album pages). 10. When you have completed any requested corrections, hyperlinks will be created to your first web page and Photo Gallery page and both will be uploaded to the school website. 11. You may also use Picasa (www.picasa.google.com) to do the same thing as Irfanview. |
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| 43 | FrontPage - Complete a Web Page on Champion's Website | 1. Construct an actual web page/s that will be published on the Champion Christian School website. Keep in mind that you are creating a public document and you are representing the Lord and our school. Please do so in a positive way. Strive for excellence. 2. Update, create or improve a page on the Champion website. Read and follow ALL instructions below. 3. Include all necessary text, graphics, photos, tables and hyperlinks. You will be graded on initiative, persistance, participation, thoroughness, accuracy, attention to detail and attractive presentation. 4. Name your page in Page Properties and place your name at the top of the page. 5. Make sure all links work and only files that are actually used in your web page are kept in your folder. |
Websites have become one of the most inexpensive and useful methods for groups and individuals to publish information about themselves. Every individual should have some familiarity with web page construction. Many hands make for light work, so your participation in building our school website will be very helpful. | Checklist: 1. Make sure photos are JPG or GIF (NOT .MIX!) and less than 100KB (PhotoDraw\Save As\Options\Increase Compression (to #27) & Custom Settings/Dots Per Inch = 110). 2. RENAME each picture to something unique and descriptive (NOT "RIM00029.jpg", etc.) 3. REMOVE all photos (like old .MIX files) and HTML files that are not used in your pages by moving them into another folder entitled "UnusedFiles". 4. Edit photos as needed (crop, brightness/contrast, etc.) BEFORE you place them on your page. You want bright, in focus, "contrasty" photos that . Make them look GOOD! 5. Make sure ALL hyperlinks work by viewing them in a browser. Instructions: 1. Review Activity #21 and #32 before you start constructing your page. If you have questions about using FrontPage, you should also consult the Help files in the program and the FrontPage Manual (See Mr. Doney). Be careful to follow these instructions so you won't have to RE-DO your page! 2. Wander through the Champion website and choose a page that needs improvement or updating. Sign up with Mr. Doney to make sure that page is not already taken. If you choose to update an existing web page, IMPORT that page by going to up to the FILE menu in your Web Browser and selecting EDIT WITH MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE, sending all the files into the Web Folder that you created in your Personal Folder. 3. If you are choosing to create your page from scratch, I have set up a folder and homepage to get you started. It has a homepage called "index.htm" and an "images" folder where you will place all of your pictures BEFORE you insert them into your webpage. I have placed two of Champion's graphics (the Horse Background and the Horse Logo) in this "images" folder so your page will start off already looking like a page from Champion's website. This is called a Template. A template saves you work by keeping you from having to create the basic page over and over again. 4. Go to Computer LABSERV \Documents\ForStudents1\templatechampion and COPY (NOT move) this folder into your personal folder. Rename YOURNAMEChampionWebsite and put your name in there. 5. You may use class time to do the tasks required to complete the page (take photos, interview staff and students, collect info, etc.). If you cannot complete some tasks during class, then you will need to do them as homework. 6. AS YOU GO, check with Mr. Doney for suggestions and advice. When your completed web page has been checked off by Mr. Doney, copy your "School Website" folder into "Computer LABSERV \Documents\ForStudents1\Period". Mr. Doney will proof and return the folder to you for any needed corrections. Resubmit the corrected web pages to be uploaded to the Champion website. |
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| 45 | Ms Excel - Tables, Formulas and Formatting | 1. Create a table in MS Excel with months of the year across the top and classes 7th Grade through 12 th grade down the left side. 2. Insert a Header and center the table's title, "Birthdays At Champion". 3. Insert formulas that will add the columns and rows. 4. Format the table with colored backgrounds, bold, italic and underlined Row and Column headings. |
Excel is a powerful tool that has many features. You can make simple tables or complex business spreadsheets. Acquiring the basic skills will help you in many situations and will also allow you to work on tables in Microsoft Word. | 1. Open MS Excel and starting in the first row and second column (also referred to as B1), key in the months of the year, January through December. Put in a Header and the title, "Birthdays At Champion" (VIEW/HeaderFooter/Custom/Center Section). 2. In Row 2, Column 1 (also referred to as A2), enter the grades at Champion, 7th, 8th, 9th, etc. through 12th, one grade per row. Now, enter the word "Total" in N1 and A7. 3. Now enter any numbers you like in the cells that will show how many birthdays for each month are in each grade. For instance, there might be 13 birthdays in the 7th grade in September, and 8 birthdays in June in the 10th grade, and so on. 4. A Formula is an invisible mathematical command. You place the formula in the cell where you want the answer to appear. In this activity, you will want a formula at the bottom of each column and at the right end of each row. These formulas will cause the program to automatically total the numbers in each row and column. 5. A Formula ALWAYS begins with an EQUALS SIGN! So go to the bottom of the first column under January and type an EQUALS SIGN ( = ). That tells the program, "Here comes a formula!". Now click in the cell under January in the 7th Grade row. Notice that the cell coordinates (B2) are entered next to the equals sign. Now type in the PLUS SIGN (since we are adding each row) and then click on B3. Add another PLUS SIGN and click on B4, and so on. When you have entered each cell's coordinates in the formula, simply press the ENTER KEY and the formula will be invisibly saved in that cell. Notice that it has already totalled your numbers and if you change any number, the total also changes. 6. An easier way to total a column or row is to click on the first row and drag down to include the cell where you want the answer to appear. Find the "AUTO SUM" ICON and click it. You must at least one number entered for this to work. 7. You can enter a formula once and then copy it to other similar columns or rows. For instance, click on the cell containing the formula at the bottom of the January column. Notice the bold border around the cell and the small square in the lower right corner. Click on this small square and drag it across each column under each month of the year. Your forrmula has now been copied to each cell! This same technique works for rows as well. 8. Now create a formula at the right end of Row 2 that adds up each cell in that row. Then copy that formula (just as you did in #7) to each row for each of the grades. 9. Now dress up your table by changing Fonts, centering the Column Headings, making them bold and underlined, adding background colors to your taste. Change formatting by first selecting the cells involved and then choosing the FORMAT menu and then CELLS. Notice the Tabs across the top where you can change the Number format to CURRENCY, FONTS, BORDERS AND PATTERNS. Experiment with these to make the changes you desire. |
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| 46 | JH | Excel - Create a Chart | 1. Create a simple table using Excel that displays the number of guys and gals that have various colors of hair. 2. Use this table to create a Pie Chart, Line Chart, Column Chart AND a fourth type of your choice. 3. To see an example of this Recipe, go to http://championchristianschool.org/chartrecipe.htm |
Often it is helpful to be able to display information with colorful graphics. Excel allows you to easily create several types of charts and graphs. | 1. Open Excel. Save the blank spreadsheet in your Personal Folder as "Chart.xls". Save often as you move through this recipe. The cells (each small rectangle) are designated by the Column letters (A, B, C...) and the Row numbers (1,2,3...). The first cell is called "A1", the one next to it is called "B1", etc. 2. Create a simple table by entering 4-5 hair colors in B1, C1, D1, E1, etc. Then enter the word "Guys" in A2 and the word "Gals" in A3. Fill in any numbers you'd like in B2 & 3, C2 & 3, D2 & 3, etc. 3. You now have data (information) that Excel can use to create a Chart. Select all cells between A1 and E3 by clicking and dragging across the cell range. Then click on the "Chart Wizard" button (to find it, pass your mouse pointer slowly over each icon or go to the "Insert" menu and choose "Chart". 4. You then will see a window (also called a Dialog Box) that allows you to choose between various Chart Types. For each Chart Type there are also Chart Sub-types, different styles you can chose from. First, choose the Column type, pick a sub-type and then press and hold the large button that allows you to View a Sample of the chart you have chosen. 5. Click the "Next" button in the Chart Wizard and then fill in the Chart Title: "Hair Color Survey". Also fill in the "X" (horizontal) and "Y" (vertical) axis labels. 6. Click on "Next" and then choose to "Place Chart:" "As Object In:" Sheet 1 (the current spreadsheet). Click on "Finish" and you will then see the Table you made and the Chart placed below it. The chart will have "handles" on each side and each corner. These black squares can be used to change the size and appearance of the chart and also allow you to move it around the page. Each Chart is automatically placed on top of the previous one so you will have to drag each chart to its own position. 7. Again, as in #3 above, select all cells from A1 through E3, click on the "Chart Wizard" button and create a different Chart type (Pie Chart, Line Chart, and a fourth type of your choice). |
| 47 | Excel - Make a Budget Spreadsheet | 1. You are a college student, living on your own and you're always running short of money. You need a BUDGET! 2. Make a One Month Budget Spreadsheet that displays your income and bills. Use embedded formulas to calculate your Income Total, Regular Bills Sub-Total, Miscellaneous Bills Sub-Total, Grand Total and Remaining Income. 3. Make sure your formulas work in each column. (You have two sources of income: $500 dollars per month from your parents (($250 on the 1st and 15th)) and $500 dollars per month from an on-campus work study job, on the 30th of the month. Your bills include: $250/month Rent ((due on the 1st)),Utilities $50/month ((due on the 1st)), Groceries $50/week, Gas $50/month, Car Insurance $100/month ((due on the 1st)). Also include Entertainment and Clothing (you choose the amounts and the date to pay). 4. Place the title in the Header: "October 2000 Budget", Bold, 24 point, centered. |
Spreadsheets are very useful tools for organizing, calculating and displaying data. They are almost as common as word processing documents in the corporate world. For these reasons, it is important to be able to use this powerful tool. | 1. Open MS Excel and obtain the sample budget printout from Mr. Doney. 2. Add a Header by going to "View/Header and Footer", clicking on "Custom Header" and inserting the title in the "Center Section" and clicking on OK. 3. Click inside each cell to type in text. Format text as usual with Bold, Italic, Underline, Font, etc. Navigate horizontally from cell to cell by using the Tab Key, and vertically by using the Enter Key. 4. Adjust column width by clicking and dragging the line between each column heading or by choosing Format/Column/Width. 5. Adjust row height by choosing Format/Row/Height. 6. To make all cells display currency with a dollar sign and two decimal places, select all cells that will display currency. Go to "Format/Cells/Currency" and click OK. 7. Total a column or row by clicking & dragging across the cells you want to total, then click on the "AutoSum" icon. The last cell in your selection will be where the result will appear. 8. Entering a Formula: click on the cell where you want the formula, type the "equals" sign ( = ), type the formula and click on "Enter". Example: If you wanted to subtract the number in B2 from the number in B1 and show the results in B3, you would enter this formula in B3: =B2-B1 9. After you have created a formula, you can copy and paste the formula into adjacent columns just as you would copy and paste text. |
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| 48 | MS Excel - Create a Vehicle Mileage Log & Calculator | 1. In this assignment, pretend that you are an employee who has been assigned to create a tool that will be used by the entire company. The spreadsheet itself is somewhat basic, so spend extra time using shading, lines, formatting, color and fonts to produce an attractive and efficient layout. 2. Create a Vehicle Mileage Log with the date of the trip, destination, the purpose of the trip, the starting odometer reading, stopping odometer and the total mileage (round-trip). Insert a formula that computes the Total Mileage of each trip and another formula that computes the Total Mileage of all trips. 3. Spread a paragraph of text (at least 3 lines) across at least 3 columns. (The actual content is unimportant for this skill-building exercise). |
Spreadsheets are very flexible tools and can be used to automate many tasks, enabling you to accomplish more work with less effort. This activity emphasizes attractive and efficient form design techniques. | 1. Using MS Excel, label 6 columns with "Date", "Destination", "Purpose", "Start", "Stop", "Miles This Trip". 2. After 30 rows, insert a formula that totals the mileage of all rows in the "Miles This Trip" column. 3. Use the "Balance Sheet" Template as an example of attractive and efficient form design, reworking your Mileage Log to also be an attractive and efficient form. (You can find this Template by going to "New", clicking on the "Business Planner Templates" and choosing one of the "Balance Sheet" templates.) 4. To spread a paragraph of text across 3 columns: - Select the cells that will contain the text (for this activity, that would be one row and three columns. - Go to the "Format" Menu, then "Cells, then the "Alignment" tab and then check "Wrap Text" and "Merge Cells". - Type in the text (at least three lines across three columns), pressing ALT-ENTER at the point where you want the text to wrap to the next line. - Adjust the Row Height so all the lines of text show. You change the Row Height in the same way as changing the Column Width, by placing your cursor over the Row Margin and dragging the margin line until it is the desired height. |
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| 49 | Excel - The "Fill" Feature | 1. Create an Excel spreadsheet, demonstrating the "Fill" teature. 2. Column |
Excel is a powerful tool that has many features. You can make simple tables or complex business spreadsheets. Acquiring the basic skills will help you in many situations and will also allow you to work on tables in Microsoft Word. | ||
| 50 | JH | Internet Explorer - Online Research with Search Engines | 1. Use MS Word to create a research report on the following 4 topics with at least a one paragraph description and photo for each. Title your You can also insert sounds, videos or animations: a. the Cicada insect. b. the Big Dipper constellation. c. the anatomy of the Eye. d. King Alfred of England. 2. Use appropriate headings, text and graphics to produce an attractive report. |
The Internet is a seemingly infinite repository of information. Searching, distilling and using that information can be a difficult task due to the sheer size of the Net. It is important to develop skills in searching for information online and then utilizing it for your purposes. | 1. Create a new document in MS Word, save it in your Personal Folder and name it "Research". 2. Leaving this new document open, start Internet Explorer and use Search Engines or Directories to find the information you need: Some Search Engines: http://www.google.com http://ragingsearch.altavista.com/ http://www.metacrawler.com Some Search Directories: http://refdesk.com http://www.yahoo.com Some Guided Search Tools: http://ask.com http://www.northernlight.com/ 3. Copy and paste your research results into your document. 4. As in previous projects, format your document with appropriate headings, spacing, font selection, lines and graphics to produce a clear and interesting report. |
| 51 | Internet Browser - Online Research, Footnoting, File Compression & Transfer | For an easier to view version of this Recipe, please go to http://championcs.org/recipe51.doc ONLINE SEARCH TECHNIQUES 1. Read, practice and be ready to demonstrate each of the search techniques on http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/refinesearch.html : Include, Synonym, OR, Domain, Numrange, Language, File Format, +, Fill in the blank. FOOTNOTING 1. Demonstrate how to correctly give credit for information obtained on the internet by quoting any paragraph from C.S. Lewis and then correctly acknowledging the source. FILE COMPRESSION AND TRANSFER 1. Go to \\-15 C:\Shared Documents\RecipeStuff\ZIP RECIPE FILES. Compress the files in the 5 folders into one file (call it YOURNAMEZIP.ZIP) and email it as an attachment to mrdoney@championcs.org 2. Go again to \\-15 C:\Shared Documents\RecipeStuff\ZIP RECIPE FILES. Uncompress the file called "testzip.zip" and save it in a new folder called "TestZip" in your Personal Folder 3. Describe in detail how you would save "YOURNAMEZIP.ZIP": - onto a Flash Drive, - onto a CD or Data DVD, - and copy it back onto another computer. |
There are many tools that help you find information on the internet. Google is one of the best general purpose search "engines" on the Web. Google has many features other than just the keyword search. Since there are over 3 billion web pages, it is important to know methods for narrowing your search. It is also very important to properly credit the sources of your research. Often, the next step is to transfer your research files to another location via email, flash drive, etc. So Recipes 51, 52 & 53 are grouped together so you can acquired these useful skills. | ONLINE SEARCH INSTRUCTIONS: "+" Search: Using the plus sign prevents google from ignoring common words. To use this search put the plus symbol infront of the common word in your search. For example search "Cats and Dogs" and then "Cats +and Dogs" and notice how the search changes. To use this search type: <search> +<search>. Synonym Search: This allows you to search for the one word and its synonyms. This allows a broader search while still being focused on what your searching for. For Example if your trying to find information on cooking you can search "~cooking" and get everything about the subject of cooking. To do this search place the tilde sign "~" in front of your search: ~<search>. OR Search: To find things that have either subject or word you can use the OR search to look for both. For example you can search "vacation England OR France". To do this search place a capital OR inbetween the items you want to search for, type: <search> OR <search>. Domain Search: Google allows you to search specific domains for content. This is very useful because it allows you to only search one site for information. For example you can search the Stanford site for admissions by searching "admission site:stanford.edu". You do this by typing: <search> site:<site>. Numrange Search: The number range search allows people to search for things inbetween a range of numbers. It could be anything numerical from weight to price to number of wins. Lets pretend you want a new computer, so in the search bar you would type DVD player $50..$100 following this pattern: <search> <number>..<number>. FIll in the Blank Search: This search allows you to ask questions like "The parachute was invented by" and "steel is made out of...". You search using an asterisk in place for the word or name you need. One syntax is <search> * or it could be <search> * <search>. File Type Search: This search allows you to search for only pdf files and other options like that. When you are at google.com click on the advanced search to the right of the search box. The top three boxes is where you can put in your search. Find the file type on the side of the page and select the file type before you switch. FOOTNOTING INSTRUCTIONS: How to footnote a Web page: AUTHOR, TITLE, URL (DATE) 23 Jim Zwick, Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935, http://www.rochester.ican.net/~fjzwick/ail98-35.html (May 1997). PLEASE VIEW THE FOLLOWING URL FOR MORE INFO: http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/footnote.html FILE COMPRESSION AND TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS: Complete Recipes 52 & 53 (click here if you are on campus). CLICK HERE to download a file containing all Recipes. |
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| 52 | JH | WinZip - Compressing/Uncompressing Files | 1. Take one file of your choosing, zip it, name it "YourNameZipRecipe.zip" and store it in a folder called ZippedFiles which is placed in your Personal Folder. 2. Take the following five files, zip them and store this archive in your ZippedFiles folder. These 5 files are found in \\-15 \Shared Docs\Recipestuff\ZIP RECIPE FILES . You will find one file in each of five folders entitled Folder 1, Folder 2, Folder 3, etc. |
Files are routinely compressed in order to save space and to be sent over the internet or to be archived for storage. Consequently, it is important to know how to UNcompress a file(s) so it is useable and to compress files so they can be transmitted more quickly and stored in a smaller space. Compress, zip, pack, archive are synonyms for file compression. | 1. We have installed WinZip on each computer in our lab. You can download this tool for your home use, but all compression programs will open Zip files. 2. First, COPY the ZIP RECIPE FILES folder from \\-15 \Shared Docs\Recipestuff\ZIP RECIPE FILES to your Personal Folder. Then, open WinZip. Click once on the "New" button at the top of the WinZip window. A "New Archive" window will pop up where you will fill in the correct filename and location mentioned above in "Here Is Your Assignment", #1. An "archive" is a file that contains one or more files that are compressed or "zipped". 3. Now the "ADD" window will pop up where you can navigate to where the files are located that you want to compress/archive/zip. Inside the ZIP RECIPE FILES folder are 5 other folders. Each of these folders contain one file that you will add to your new archive. Click again on the ADD button and choose the second file in the second folder. Continue until all five files have been added to your new archive. 4. Another method of adding files or folders to be archived is to right-click on the desired files or folders and choose ADD TO ZIP FILE. 5. If your archive will be used by someone who does not have a Zip tool on their computer or does not understand how to extract/uncompress/unzip archives, then you can create what is called a "Self Extracting Archive". You do this by choosing "Make EXE File" from the "Actions" Menu, after you have selected the archive you have created. You can also direct WinZip to extract the archive into a particular folder. |
| 53 | WinZip - File compression, storage & transmission | 1. Use WinZip to compress any five files (not too big) into one archive named YOURNAME#53.zip, encrypt it with "1234" as the password and save it in your C:\LanSchool Files. | Files are routinely compressed in order to save space and to be sent over the internet or to be archived for storage. Consequently, it is important to know how to UNcompress a file(s) so it is useable and to compress files so they can be transmitted more quickly and stored in a smaller space. | 1. Open WinZip and click on the NEW button. 2. Give this new archive a name and save it to your Personal Folder. 3. In the ADD window, click on the ADD button to include the desired files in the archive. More than one file or folder can be added. 4. Choose ENCRYPT and use "1234" as the password. 5. Close WinZip when all the files have been added to the archive. 6. Save your encrypted and compressed file into your C:\LanSchool Files. 7. WinZip also installs a "Context Menu" (menus that show up when you Right-Click) that allows you to "Zip and Email", "Extract" or "Add to Zip File". |
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| 54 | Local Area Network - Navigating & Using the LAN | 1. Find and copy "ChapelSchedule.xls" over the LAN (Local Area Network) from another computer to your computer. | Most work environments will use a network to allow communication between workers and the sharing of resources. For this reason, it is important to become familiar with how a network works. | 1. Open Windows Explorer. In the left window, slide down to "Neighborhood Network" (or "My Network Places" in Windows 2000) and click the "plus" sign (+). 2. Next click on the "plus" sign (+) next to Computer #10 and go to the C: drive. Scroll down in the right pane until you see the file "ChapelSchedule.xls". 3. You will be dragging this file into your Personal Folder. So....you will need to go back to the left window pane and scroll up until you see your Personal Folder. You now have the file you want from Computer #5 in the right window pane and the destination (your Personal Folder) in the left window pane. 4. Right click and hold down on the file icon for "ChapelSchedule.xls" and then drag it over and drop it on your Personal Folder. Choose "Copy" from the popup menu that you are presented with. You have now located a file on distant computer and copied onto your computer! |
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| 55 | JH | MS PowerPoint - Make a Slide Show | 1. Use PowerPoint to create a Slide Presentation (minimum 10 frames/slides). 2. Choose a Topic (Favorite Bible passage, message, speech outline, announcement, etc.), Design Template, Graphics and Text. Program automatic Slide Transitions (every 3 seconds), with at least one audio effect. You may create your own topic or incorporate an assignment from another class. 3. Put your name on the first slide. 4. Set your slides to change every 3 seconds and Loop continuously, but also be able to run your Presentation by manual control (mouse click or remote). 5. Start your Presentation from the file in your folder without starting the PowerPoint application. 6. Save your Presentation in your folder and be prepared to play it for the class at a later time. |
PowerPoint is an easy to use but powerful multimedia presentation tool. One can use colorful graphics, audio, video and animations to make any presentation more interesting and effective. | 1. Open PowerPoint, choose New, then click on the Design Templates Tab, then on a particular Template Style. If a particular Style is not available, see the instructor about how to install that Style on your computer. 2. Next, choose an AutoLayout Style for the first slide. The available choices include a blank slide and various combinations of Headings, Text boxes and Graphic Boxes. You can always change each slide's layout manually, so just pick a style that is close to one that you want. 3. Click on the Headings, Text Boxes and Graphic Boxes in order to enter text, insert Clip Art, photos, audio or video. Use the "Insert" Menu to insert Clip Art, Pictures, Audio and Video. 4. The 5 icons in the lower left corner are for Normal View, Outline View, Slide View, Slide Sorter View and Slide Show. Choose Slide Sorter View, click to the right of the first slide and choose Insert/New Slide, again choosing the desired AutoLayout. 5. You can rearrange the order of the slides by dragging them to the desired position. Double clicking on a slide in Slide Sorter View displays that slide in Normal View. Scrolling while in Normal View moves from slide to slide. 6. After creating all your slides, entering the text, Clip Art, graphics, audio or video, go to Slide Show/Slide Transitions where you can choose the Sounds, Effects and how to Advance individual slides or the entire slide show. Under the Slide Show Menu, you can also choose from Preset Animations. 7. To Show your Presentation without opening PowerPoint, simply right-click on your file in Windows Explorer and choose the popup menu item, "Show". Choose the Escape Key (ESC) to stop the Slide Show. 8. To Loop your presentation continuously, go to Slide Show/Set Up Show/Loop Continuously Until 'Esc'. 9. Photos, sounds and graphics can be created/edited in other applications or even downloaded off the Internet and then imported into a PowerPoint presentation. Use the PowerPoint Help Files or look up PowerPoint on the Internet for more advanced Tips and Ideas. |
| 56 | JH | MS PowerPoint - Make A Photo Album Slide Show | 1. Import several pictures or graphics into a PowerPoint presentation using the Photo Album Add-in. 2. Reorder your slides, edit text, add graphics, reposition text and graphics, adjust slide transitions, Loop your slide show continuously and cause slides to transition every 3 seconds. |
PowerPoint is one of the most "user-friendly" multimedia presentation tools on the market. Its simplicity encourages real productivity and regular use. For any communicator, whether teacher, manager, minister or speaker, PowerPoint is an excellent tool to add to one's "Communication Toolbox". This activity highlights a recent addition to PowerPoint's abilities: that of quickly importing pictures into a slide show. | 1. Open PowerPoint (Start Menu/Programs/PowerPoint). 2. Close the initial Dialog Box and choose the File Menu and then New. 3. Under the General Tab, double-click on "PhotoAlbum". 4. Obtain a Picture Disk from Mr. Doney (or use your own pictures), click on the "File/Disk" button and navigate to your picture's location. 5. Select multiple pictures by using the common Windows technique (you DO know this, right?) of holding the CONTROL Key down as you click on various files...OR by holding the SHIFT Key down and clicking on the first and last file in a contiguous range of files that you want to select. When your pictures have been selected, choose "Insert". 6. The pictures you have selected will now appear in the window "Pictures In Album". Click on each picture to make sure it is right side up. If it isn't, click on one of the buttons under the Preview window. 7. For this activity, under "Album Layout" and "Picture Layout", choose "1 Picture"; for "Frame Style", choose "Oval"; for "Design Layout", click on the "Browse" button and choose what you like. Click on the "Create" button and you will be taken to the main editing window of PowerPoint. 8. There are arrow buttons on the right side of the "Pictures In Album" window that allow you to change the order of your pictures. There is also a "New Text Box" button for inserting a Text slide in between your picture slides. All of these controls and more are available inside the main program after your slide show has been created. 9. Review Recipe #15 for detailed instructions on adding text, graphics, repositioning slide elements, changing the order of your slides, causing your slide show to Loop continuously, changing the way your slides transition from one to the other, etc. etc. |
| 57 | MovieMaker or PowerPoint - Create a Worship/Teaching Presentation | 1. Create a SPIRITUALLY ENCOURAGING and/or CHALLENGING Video or PowerPoint presentation that is appropriate to be viewed in Chapel, class, youth group, Open House, online or CD. Your goal should be to creatively apply God's Word to current issues and people's needs. 2. The video should be 3-5 minutes or the powerpoint presentation should have approximately 20 slides with music background, photos, graphics and/or video clips. 3. Slides should transition automatically and all presentation files should be saved in a folder entitled "YOURNAMEVideo-PowerPoint". Make the last slides timing "On Mouse Click" (not "Automatic") and solid black. 4. After playing your presentation for Mr. Doney, bring 2 CD-R's and copy your presentation onto them, being sure to include all music, photos and Viewer by using the Package for CD feature in PowerPoint. For the video presentation, use the "Save As Movie" feature in MovieMaker, using the "High Video Quality" setting. 5. Create and print 2 CD labels and Disk Insert. Hand in one to Mr. Doney and keep the other one for yourself. You must make TWO copies...no exceptions. 6. Copy your entire presentation folder into your C:\Lanschool Files folder. It will not be graded until it is located there. |
This lesson seeks to include almost all of the features available in PowerPoint, i.e. text, graphics, slide transitions, sound effects, custom animations, music background, video, and presentation packaging. Alternately, students may use MovieMaker to create their Worship/Teaching Presentation in video form. | THIS IS A CHALLENGING PROJECT THAT IS WORTH 100 POINTS (or 10 times the smaller Recipes). Do your BEST work on this project: 1. Several excellent examples of creative worship/teaching presentations can be found at http://www.interviewwithgod.com/jesus/index.htm and http://masterpeace.com, among others. You can find some examples of student work at http://championcs.org/ Al |