In this lesson, we are going to learn some techniques of Microsoft Publisher; This program is usually used to design any kind of document with text, newsletters, bussiness cards or web sites. For this, we are going to do this Microsoft Publisher course.
With Publisher we can start our work with a predeterminated design if we don't want to start from zero; when we choose the type of work we want, Publisher displays some thumbnails ofavailable designs.
In this program, every element works as a independent element; for example, you can do the same things on a image or on a block of text.
After few advices, we are going to make a practise with Publisher and a "Test Yourself" exam, with two questioms about Publisher like "Why Publishr allows to amateur users to make professional works?".
Next point is how to add and edit text to a work in Publisher; If we want to add a new text box, we have to click the Text Box Tool in the Objects toolbar, draw the area of the text on the page, and type our text. If we want to change our text position, of change its size, we can do it in any moment. Also, we can change the text box format by adding a border, changing the background, etc., by using the Text Box command on the Format menu. We can also change the text size, colour, alignment, etc.
In Microsoft Publisher we can add a "Continued notice" in a text box automatically when we are typing a text that is too long using the Create Text Box Link tool. This tool allows us to navigate throught the different pages of our work.
Then, we made another practise and more questions about Publisher, like "What are the main differences between Publisher and another word processing programs?".
If we want to add an image to our work, we have to use the Add Frame Image tool. Using this tool we can add a Clipart, a simply rectangle or an image that is in our hard disk. Also, we can resize, move or crop our image once it is placed on our work. Publisher haves a Picture toolbar with some options for resizing our image, adding a border to it, etc. Of course, we can also wrap our image with the text like other programs (for example, Microsoft Word) and choose different text wrapping options.
Finally, we made another practise and few questions with a "test yourself".
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Creating a Presentation with Microsoft Power Point 2007
In this practise, we must to do this Microsoft Power Point 2007 course, and write a summary in our blogs.
When we open Microsoft Power Point 2007, we can see four main areas; the slide pane, where we work directly on the slide, the place holders, where we add text, images, or other elements, the slides tab where we navigate through our slides, and the notes pane, where we can add our own notes.
If we want to add a new slide, we can use the New Slide button, and there are two ways to use this button; clicking the top of the button, to add directly a new slide, or clicking the bottom for choose a layout for the new slide.
A Alyout allows us to add different items on our slide with many differents designs; there's a tittle slide layout, for showing the first slide, or the Tittle and Content layout, used for adding different contents to a slide such movie files, pictures, or text, with a all-purpose placeholder. With this all-purpose placeholder, we are able to format a text in many ways: chanching the form and paragraph formatting, fitting text automaticatly, etc.
With Microsoft Power Point 2007 we are able to use slides from other presentations, inserting it directly, or chanching it using a different format or layout.
After a little advice about the use of the note editor, we made a practise session and a little test yourself, as usual in other practises.
If we want to make a more attractive presentation, we cane use different themes included in Microsoft Power Point 2007. A theme can change the background design, the color scheme, font types and sizes and placeholders positions. To choose a theme, we must the design tab, and choose a theme clicking it. It will directly apply to our presentation.
There ar two ways for inserting images or other items in a slide; the first method consists in clicking the clip art icon in the placeholder, choosing an item, and placing it in our silde. The other method is using the insert tab on the ribbon, that works at the same way.If we want to adjust a picture, we can use the Picture Tools, that are avaible when we have our picture selected.
If we want to align an element on our slide, we can use a single tool, the Arrange commands, that works for every element.
Then, we made a practise session about choosing themes, insert a picture and an animation effect. After that, we made some exercices in other Test Yourself.
When we are creating a Slide Show, we can see how it's going to look using the Slide Show view. With this view, every slide fills the screen and we are able to navigate through different slides using the navigation arrows or the mouse central wheel. To open this view, we must click the Slide Show icon or press F5 on our keyboard.
With Power Point 2007 we are able to check spelling and review the comments as Microsoft Word, just clicking the review tab on the ribbon.
With handouts we can print our presentations using th printing preview. In this preview, we can choose different handouts and how they will look when our presentation are printed. We can also use this tool to print our speaker notes, with the same method.
With Print Preview we can also see how is going to look our presentation if we are going to print it in grayscale instead of color printing, and save it in our computer with the color mode what we have choosed.
Microsoft Power Point 2007 can also copy our presentation to a folder or burn it in a CD by clicking the Microsoft Office button and choosing the Publish option.
Finally, we made another practise session about making a presentation with Power Point and we have answered some more questions in other test. And then, the practise has ended.
When we open Microsoft Power Point 2007, we can see four main areas; the slide pane, where we work directly on the slide, the place holders, where we add text, images, or other elements, the slides tab where we navigate through our slides, and the notes pane, where we can add our own notes.
If we want to add a new slide, we can use the New Slide button, and there are two ways to use this button; clicking the top of the button, to add directly a new slide, or clicking the bottom for choose a layout for the new slide.
A Alyout allows us to add different items on our slide with many differents designs; there's a tittle slide layout, for showing the first slide, or the Tittle and Content layout, used for adding different contents to a slide such movie files, pictures, or text, with a all-purpose placeholder. With this all-purpose placeholder, we are able to format a text in many ways: chanching the form and paragraph formatting, fitting text automaticatly, etc.
With Microsoft Power Point 2007 we are able to use slides from other presentations, inserting it directly, or chanching it using a different format or layout.
After a little advice about the use of the note editor, we made a practise session and a little test yourself, as usual in other practises.
If we want to make a more attractive presentation, we cane use different themes included in Microsoft Power Point 2007. A theme can change the background design, the color scheme, font types and sizes and placeholders positions. To choose a theme, we must the design tab, and choose a theme clicking it. It will directly apply to our presentation.
There ar two ways for inserting images or other items in a slide; the first method consists in clicking the clip art icon in the placeholder, choosing an item, and placing it in our silde. The other method is using the insert tab on the ribbon, that works at the same way.If we want to adjust a picture, we can use the Picture Tools, that are avaible when we have our picture selected.
If we want to align an element on our slide, we can use a single tool, the Arrange commands, that works for every element.
Then, we made a practise session about choosing themes, insert a picture and an animation effect. After that, we made some exercices in other Test Yourself.
When we are creating a Slide Show, we can see how it's going to look using the Slide Show view. With this view, every slide fills the screen and we are able to navigate through different slides using the navigation arrows or the mouse central wheel. To open this view, we must click the Slide Show icon or press F5 on our keyboard.
With Power Point 2007 we are able to check spelling and review the comments as Microsoft Word, just clicking the review tab on the ribbon.
With handouts we can print our presentations using th printing preview. In this preview, we can choose different handouts and how they will look when our presentation are printed. We can also use this tool to print our speaker notes, with the same method.
With Print Preview we can also see how is going to look our presentation if we are going to print it in grayscale instead of color printing, and save it in our computer with the color mode what we have choosed.
Microsoft Power Point 2007 can also copy our presentation to a folder or burn it in a CD by clicking the Microsoft Office button and choosing the Publish option.
Finally, we made another practise session about making a presentation with Power Point and we have answered some more questions in other test. And then, the practise has ended.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Calendar I: Outlook calendar basics
In this course we are going to learn how to create a calendar using Microsoft Outlook 2007. This is the summary of all I have learnt.
Using the Calendar tool, we are able to schedule activities many activities like appointments, meetings, events, or tasks. There are two ways for see what's on our Calendar; clicking alendar in the Navigation Pane, or clicking a date on the Date Navigator. Then, we are able to navigate through different days, weeks or months. The, the course explain us the differences between all the types of entry:
-Appointment: An activity that involves only us, at a scheduled time.
-Meeting: Like an appointment, but inviting other people.
-Event: It's an activity that lasts all day long, but you can do other things while an event is active.
-Task: Like an appointment, but without a scheduled time.
Create a new Calendar entry it's very easy, and we only need to do three steps: rest the pointer over the desired time in our calendar and click, type the details, and drag the handle to make the appointment longer, if we need more time. If we need to invite some people to our meeting, we have to use the Meeting Request tool, and if we are making a task and didn't finished it yet, Outlook 2007 will automatically move it forward and it will appear on the current day until we reschedule it or check it off.
Then, we made a little practise session about all the things learned, and created some new entries. After this, we made some exercices with questions about the different types of entries.
If we have some calendar entry that occurs over and over again, we don't hace to program it every week or month; there is the Recurrence feature, that allows we to set up a recurrence pattern. Outlook 2007 reminds us programated entries 15 minutes before they start, but we can change this "remind time" with a longer (or shorter) value, adjusting the settings in the Reminder box. Also, we van color-code our entries to make them more visible.
One of the new features is that if any of the invited people to a meeting it's busy, of it's "out of office" at the moment at which we have programmed it, they can say it using the border color of the calendar.
Finally, we made a new practise session, another test, and finished the course.
Using the Calendar tool, we are able to schedule activities many activities like appointments, meetings, events, or tasks. There are two ways for see what's on our Calendar; clicking alendar in the Navigation Pane, or clicking a date on the Date Navigator. Then, we are able to navigate through different days, weeks or months. The, the course explain us the differences between all the types of entry:
-Appointment: An activity that involves only us, at a scheduled time.
-Meeting: Like an appointment, but inviting other people.
-Event: It's an activity that lasts all day long, but you can do other things while an event is active.
-Task: Like an appointment, but without a scheduled time.
Create a new Calendar entry it's very easy, and we only need to do three steps: rest the pointer over the desired time in our calendar and click, type the details, and drag the handle to make the appointment longer, if we need more time. If we need to invite some people to our meeting, we have to use the Meeting Request tool, and if we are making a task and didn't finished it yet, Outlook 2007 will automatically move it forward and it will appear on the current day until we reschedule it or check it off.
Then, we made a little practise session about all the things learned, and created some new entries. After this, we made some exercices with questions about the different types of entries.
If we have some calendar entry that occurs over and over again, we don't hace to program it every week or month; there is the Recurrence feature, that allows we to set up a recurrence pattern. Outlook 2007 reminds us programated entries 15 minutes before they start, but we can change this "remind time" with a longer (or shorter) value, adjusting the settings in the Reminder box. Also, we van color-code our entries to make them more visible.
One of the new features is that if any of the invited people to a meeting it's busy, of it's "out of office" at the moment at which we have programmed it, they can say it using the border color of the calendar.
Finally, we made a new practise session, another test, and finished the course.
Up to speed with Outlook 2007
In this exercice, we have to watch and listen this video tutorial about the new features of Microsoft Outlook 2007 and make a summary.
The new Microsoft Outlook 2007 version comes with a some new features, like the navigation pane, that now it's collapsable, and the To-Do bar. The new message pane has a new design, and like the other Microsoft Office 2007 applications, commands are organized in groups at the top; for example, the message tab that allows you to create a new e-mail with any design you want, available whe you are writting a new message.
Also, Outlook 2007 allows you to see then calendar and your contacts list without close the message, so you can edit their setings while you are writting a new e-mail. Another new feature it's the new method to insert images; it's easier than earlier versions, and allows you to choose different frame styles.
The Quick Toolbar from Access 2007 it's present here too, with some habitual commands like undo, redo, save, or anything uou want to add.
In summary, the new Outlook design it's not just a pretty look, it was made to do a lot of things in a very short time.
The new Microsoft Outlook 2007 version comes with a some new features, like the navigation pane, that now it's collapsable, and the To-Do bar. The new message pane has a new design, and like the other Microsoft Office 2007 applications, commands are organized in groups at the top; for example, the message tab that allows you to create a new e-mail with any design you want, available whe you are writting a new message.
Also, Outlook 2007 allows you to see then calendar and your contacts list without close the message, so you can edit their setings while you are writting a new e-mail. Another new feature it's the new method to insert images; it's easier than earlier versions, and allows you to choose different frame styles.
The Quick Toolbar from Access 2007 it's present here too, with some habitual commands like undo, redo, save, or anything uou want to add.
In summary, the new Outlook design it's not just a pretty look, it was made to do a lot of things in a very short time.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Up to speed with Access 2007
In this part of the practise, I made a Microsoft Access 2007 Course in this web page. This is the summary of my experience.
One of the new stuff is the Getting Started page. In this page, we can see many categorized templates that let we to start any job we want. Acces 2007 works like older versions, but there's two new features: The Ribbon (a toolbar with the new Microsoft design) and the microsoft Office Button. The Ribbon is organized in tabs, and each tab contains different commands, organized in logical groups. The Microsoft Office Buttons contains some basic commands for work with files, a list of recents documents, and a button to change or view the program settings.
After watching the video demonstration, I made apart of the Microsoft Office test. This part of the test questions you some things about all the things explained before, like where can you set the Acces options (in the Microsoft Office Button).
After doing the test, the video tutorial explain us how to create a new database: In the getting Started page, we are able to select a template and choose a name for it. Then, explains us how to add a table using the new features in the ribbon tab "Create". With a very similar method we can add forms and reports, thanks to the Ribbon Tabs.
After this, I made a practise that involved creating a new databes, with a table, a form and a report, with the method explained in the video tutorial (very easy), and a test, with some questions about this method.
Access 2007 uses a new file format: .accdb. This new format make databases mroe secure, more compact and more reliable if a file does become corrupted. To convert an older database we only have to open it with Access 2007 and save it as Access 2007 database, and the method is almost the same to do the inverse process.
The next practise was quite simple; open a database and convert it to many Access versions. After that, I made a few questions about all the things learned. Then, the practise was over.
One of the new stuff is the Getting Started page. In this page, we can see many categorized templates that let we to start any job we want. Acces 2007 works like older versions, but there's two new features: The Ribbon (a toolbar with the new Microsoft design) and the microsoft Office Button. The Ribbon is organized in tabs, and each tab contains different commands, organized in logical groups. The Microsoft Office Buttons contains some basic commands for work with files, a list of recents documents, and a button to change or view the program settings.
After watching the video demonstration, I made apart of the Microsoft Office test. This part of the test questions you some things about all the things explained before, like where can you set the Acces options (in the Microsoft Office Button).
After doing the test, the video tutorial explain us how to create a new database: In the getting Started page, we are able to select a template and choose a name for it. Then, explains us how to add a table using the new features in the ribbon tab "Create". With a very similar method we can add forms and reports, thanks to the Ribbon Tabs.
After this, I made a practise that involved creating a new databes, with a table, a form and a report, with the method explained in the video tutorial (very easy), and a test, with some questions about this method.
Access 2007 uses a new file format: .accdb. This new format make databases mroe secure, more compact and more reliable if a file does become corrupted. To convert an older database we only have to open it with Access 2007 and save it as Access 2007 database, and the method is almost the same to do the inverse process.
The next practise was quite simple; open a database and convert it to many Access versions. After that, I made a few questions about all the things learned. Then, the practise was over.
Excel 2007: New Features Summary
In this part of the practise, I'm going to talk about new features of Microsoft Excel 2007. The most obvious new feature It's the new design of the toolbar. It contains a new surface with the most used tools, like copy and paste, distributed in many tabs with different functions; insert (for insert things), page layout, formulas...
With this Excel version we are able to view how our sheets are going to look when they are printed, and edit the layout in any ways we want; adding a header or a footer, editing margins, etc. Another usefull tool it's the Switch Windows button; with this tool we can switch different sheets at the same time.
Also, Microsoft Excel 2007 works as other and older versions, so we can perfectly work with it also if we haven't experience with this new version.
With this Excel version we are able to view how our sheets are going to look when they are printed, and edit the layout in any ways we want; adding a header or a footer, editing margins, etc. Another usefull tool it's the Switch Windows button; with this tool we can switch different sheets at the same time.
Also, Microsoft Excel 2007 works as other and older versions, so we can perfectly work with it also if we haven't experience with this new version.
PRÁCTICA 1b: On-line Exercises (www.ego4u.com)
First I made some exercises on Simple Past tests here. I have some problems with the use of was/were, so I did the exercise of this form. For my surprise, I made all the exercises well without problems.
I want to use this blog after ending the english practises, so I made some writing exercises here. And another time, I hadn't any problems, even with relative clauses (who, which, whose), a thing that I ever thought it was difficult.
In order to finish, I made some exercises of vocabulary lessons here. I see there a very interesting lesson about Both, Either, Neither, Nor and So; With this exercice I have some problems with the use of when do you have to use this forms. I think I must practise more with this thing.
Finally, I think that will be impressive if here there were some exercises of pronunciation, like that "Learn English" videogame. I have some problems with some words, like "images", that I don't really know how to say it.
I want to use this blog after ending the english practises, so I made some writing exercises here. And another time, I hadn't any problems, even with relative clauses (who, which, whose), a thing that I ever thought it was difficult.
In order to finish, I made some exercises of vocabulary lessons here. I see there a very interesting lesson about Both, Either, Neither, Nor and So; With this exercice I have some problems with the use of when do you have to use this forms. I think I must practise more with this thing.
Finally, I think that will be impressive if here there were some exercises of pronunciation, like that "Learn English" videogame. I have some problems with some words, like "images", that I don't really know how to say it.
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