LAb 3 WOrD ARt

First we inserted word art and choose a style, font, and color. Then once it is created you give it a 3d as well as shadowing effect. Then we copy it and paste onto a power point and change the allignment as well as spacing. Word Art allows you to change style, color, border, spacing, as well as other 3d and shadowing,etc. functions.

Lab 2 Common Skills

1 Once you press alt. then tab a menu will appear that allows you to scroll through your other windows.

2 Microsoft word and powerpoint have the same tabs when dealing with writing and spacing. In the font section you can change the size and style. Then you can use control a to highlight all and control c to copy as well  control v to paste. Then in the paragraph section you can change the columns and line spacing as well as allignment and bullets. This is all accessible in the home tab.

3 Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint have similar functions when dealing with tabs. They both allow you to change fonts and paragraph accept you do not need to change a tab if you want a column format for powerpoint meanwhile you cannot change column in the home tab for word.

4 These functions cannot be done in access or excel because access does not have any of the tabs that word does and although excel has similar home tab you cannot adjust the paragraph spacing like you can do in word as well as powerpoint.

AutoRecover

Is used to save sopies of all microsoft excel workbooks at a fixed interval that is adjustable to your desire, this function is not used to overwrite save or save as.

AutoForm

A software feature that is commonly used in microsoft office and  automatically changes the formatting or appearance of the text to match proper and compatible language or grammar. A good example of this would be spell check.

AutoFit

This is used in microsoft office software so that anything is compatible to the spreadsheet or document so that it is the best fit for the space provided. AutoFit is a standard format for tables, rows, columns and pictures.

Auto Complete

Is a function or feature that is provided by many web browsers using prediction and suggestions when you type. The program predicts a word that the user may type without him/her actually typing the entire word.

Attachment

Is a document picture or anything else of that sort that is attached to an email or forwarded through message to another source.

Animations

An animation is a moving operation that is triggered and depicts a certain function. An example would be the entrance or movement of words in a powerpoint slide

American Psychological Association APA

The APA is a scientific and professional organization server created to manage occupational functions

alignment

Is the adjustability of an objects location compared to another area

activeX controls

Is a framework for defing reusable software components in a programming language. You can then activate the softwares functions.

Active Cells

A cell in a spreadsheet that is available to be manipulated in the spread sheet

Absolute Cell Reference

a particular cell or group of cells that do not change regardless to the size or shape of the spreadsheet

Controller

The controller is a device that allows you to link to another and perform certain functions

Computer System

A computer system involves software and hardware and an operating system

computer

A electronic device that that can input, output, process, or store data through binary code

Commands

a default operating system or a statement in computer language

Clicking

The definition of clicking is a gesture made by a computer input device so that a function can be activated

Channel

A gray scale representation of an image or a computer wire or some kind of connection device

How this website helps me

This website could be helpful because it could be used as a reference to past lessons and to catch up on any information you may have missed or forgot, as well as it could be used to help study. The grading policy is also available for reference.

Background

The background of your computer is a picture that you are able to set as well as edit to your own specifications and will appear as soon as you have logged on along with your shortcuts and the start menu.

Applications software

Is a computer software designed to help the user perform a single or multiple specific tasks.

Application file icons

An application file icon is the picture or icon that allows you to see what the application is other than reading the name before you click on it.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Is a system that encodes text in computers based on communication and other devices. ASCII allows you to access several of the computers characters

Algorithim

An algorithim is a series of steps in sequential order

Address Bar

The address bar is the space at the top of the screen where you type in a web address and then go to the desired website or window.

Active Window

An active window is the current window manager that is in use. They provide visual control and interaction with the current window