CSIT58 Friday Participation Credit March 5: Accessories, File Management and Word

Follow along with my in-class demonstration to practice with Word, Paint, Print Screen, and file management. This material is covered in Windows Projects 3 and 4 and Word Projects 1 and 2 in Dozer's Quintessential Guide to Computer Literacy.

Word Project 1 Creating a Document and Project 2 Editing a Document (5 points)

  1. Start the browser and go to www.dozer.pannell.com. Click the My New Job link.
  2. Drag to select the text (not the picture) and copy it.
  3. Start Word
  4. Paste the text from the web page into the document. Use the Paste Options button to select Keep Text Only.
  5. Press Ctrl+A from the keyboard to select the entire document. Click No Spacing in the Styles group on the Home tab.
  6. Save the document as Mar5participation in My Documents (or on a USB drive if you want to keep it)
  7. In the first sentence, insert the word beautiful in front of the word picture. Spell it wrong on purpose and then right-click to correct it.
  8. In the second sentence, delete would say that I
  9. In the fifth sentence, replace 100% with the words one-hundred percent.
  10. Insert two blank lines above the title.
  11. Type your name in the topmost blank line so that there is a blank line between your name and the first paragraph.
  12. Correct any spelling and grammar errors
  13. Use the Replace feature to replace each instance of the word lie with fib (do not replace words containing lie such as belief)
  14. Use the thesaurus to replace the word dumbfounded with a synonym
  15. Switch to the browser window.
  16. Right-click on the image of Dozer using the computer
  17. Click Copy on the shortcut menu
  18. Switch to the Word window.
  19. Click between your name and the first paragraph. Paste the image (Press Ctrl+V from the keyboard, right-click and choose Paste or click the Paste button on the Home tab).
  20. Center the image.
  21. Click the Office button, then Print Preview
  22. Close Print Preview and resize the image if everything doesn't fit nicely on one page.
  23. Save the document.

File Management (5 points)

  1. Start the Paint Accessory. Use the tools to change colors, etc. Write your name somewhere in the graphic.
  2. Save the graphic in My Documents as Mar5bmp
  3. Change the graphic a little, then save it as a type .GIF file named Mar5gif. Close Paint.
  4. Start My Computer.
  5. Turn on the Folders pane if it is not already displayed by clicking the Folders button.
  6. Create a new folder in My Documents called Mar5. If you are at home, use a USB drive or diskette.
  7. Copy the Mar5bmp graphic file to the Mar5 folder.
  8. Move (not Copy) the Mar5gif file to the Mar5folder.
  9. Go to your Word document. Position the insertion point at the end of the document by pressing Ctrl+End.
  10. Press Ctrl+Enter to create a hard page break.
  11. Switch back to My Computer and display the contents of the Mar5 folder.
  12. Rename the Mar5gif file to Mar5compressed
  13. Display the information in detail view.
  14. Press the Print Screen key on the keyboard.
  15. Switch to the Word document. Paste the screen snapshot into the end of the document.
  16. Switch back to the My Computer window. Display the contents of the My Documents folder.
  17. Delete the Mar5bmp graphic and any other files you may have stored there that you don't need anymore by dragging them to the recycle bin.
  18. Press the Print Screen key on the keyboard. Switch to your Word document and paste the image.
  19. Save the document. Close Word
  20. Log onto Etudes. Go to Assignments, Tests and Surveys. Click the link for today and begin the participation credit assignment.
  21. Switch back to My Computer. Open the Recycle Bin.
  22. In your the Etudes answer box, answer the following questions:
    1. How many items are in the Recycle Bin on the computer you are working on?
    2. How do you remove files from the Recycle Bin so they can no longer be opened?
    3. How do you know if there are items in the Recycle Bin?

23. In Etudes, Browse for Mar5participation and Upload it. Click the Finish button when you are done. Close all open windows and shut down Windows if you are working in the computer lab.