Week 2- Office Applications

Lecture
In this weeks lecture we spoke on the common PC tasks that as a uni student we should equip and understand. There are 7 main areas in common PC tasks (with main applications for each area).

• File handling - window explorers
• Word processing - Microsoft Word
• Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel
• Presentations - Microsoft PowerPoint
• Internet Access - Internet Explorer
• Emails - Outlook Express
• View PDF's - Adode Acrobat Reader

We also learnt that for this course will we need and will acquire:

• Word Processing and Presentation skills to develop well presented assignments.
• e-mail skills to communicate effectively with your lecturer, tutorial leader and other students.
• Internet/browser skills

Workshop
In class today we assigned to finish two exercises regarding using and working with Microsoft word and excel.

We were giving instructions on how to complete the tasks.

Microsoft Word Exercise 1-

I found the first exercise on Microsoft word rather straight forward with following the instructions. Here are two screenshots of Exercise 1:

Microsoft Excel Exercise 2 -

I struggled a slight bit with the excel exercise and the layout of it all. Here is two screenshots of Exercise 2 -

These were very useful exercise and teaches you new applications but also refreshes you on some older materials that i was rusty with.

Readings -

Using MS Word for APA Tasks-

This reading was a step by step text that helped you use Microsoft word to its fullest. This guide uses tools that an everyday uni student will need and use to be up to university standards. Line spacing, alphabetize reference list and page headers were a few of the sections in this reading.

Graphic File Formats-

The reading was about the different types of formatted pictures and where to use what. The list of formats are as followed:

• bitmap (.bmp)
• Compserve (.gif)
• Jpeg (.jpg)
• The tagged (.tiff)
• Photoshop document (.psd)