ACC/BF173 Computer Applications I – Fall 2016 – PART 1
Last printed: 10/17/2018 6:11:23 AM

WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION
  • Course Details: Syllabus; Lab Protocol;
    Changing "Email" Password
  • Software for course:7-zip, Chrome, Firefox,LibreOffice, MS-Office (available for free in BCC labs) – see Computer Links from Erin’s web page for other software suggestions
WEEK 1, 7: COMPUTER MANAGEMENT
  • Basic Windows:H: drive and folder for class; Other drives; Start Button; Paths; Extension: Hiding Showing
  • Practice Quiz:PrintScreen, Snipping Tools; Uploading files
  • Compressing:Multiple files; Folders; Extracting; Decompressing
  • Backing Up
WEEK 2-7: WORD PROCESSING – WORD 2010[1]

Toolbars and Ribbons

  • Quick Access Toolbar
  • Menu Toolbar: File Backstage View
  • Ribbons: Minimizing Maximizing; Wheel
  • Status Bar
  • Scroll Bar: Ruler
  • Navigation

Getting Started

  • Terms: Insertion point;Clicking; Backspace, Delete; Hover; Dialog Boxes
  • Save v. Save As
  • Maneuvering text: Moving around a document; Select all, Selecting and moving text, sentences; Cut/Copy/Paste (Options); Dragging;Undo (undoing automatic); Ctrl & Shift keys
  • Right-click:v. Ribbons and Short-cut keys; Hyperlink example
  • Basic typing:Punctuation and word wrap

Beginning

  • FileBackstage View: Open, Close;Info: Converting, Old Versions; Recent; New: Blank Document; Print; Help;Options: Advanced/Display/cm; Exit
  • Home Ribbon: Font; Bullets Numbers, Indenting, Show/Hide, Alignment, Spacing; FindReplace
  • Status Bar:Page Number, Word Count, Language, Spelling Grammar, Viewing, ZoomSlider
  • Insert Ribbon: Page Break (and Deleting); Simple Tables; Picture; Hyperlink (avoid email link); Page Number; Date Time; Symbol
  • Page Layout Ribbon: Margins, Orientation, Size, Page Setup Dialog
  • ReferencesRibbon: Footnotes (with Endnotes and Dialog)
  • Review Ribbon: Spelling & Grammar, Thesaurus(and Plagiarizing), Word Count; Language
  • View Ribbon: Document Views; Show; Zoom
  • Line Breaks
  • French characters:[2]Keyboard, à, alt keys
  • Turkish characters
  • Adding interface and proofing languages:[3]

oFree:Window/All Programs/Microsoft Office/ Microsoft Office 2010 Tools/Microsoft Office 2010 Language Preferences

oNot free: $24.95 per language

Intermediate

  • File Backstage View: Save as: Old Versions, LibreOffice, pdf; Open in other software; Info: Title; Options: Proofing
  • Home Ribbon: Paste Special, Format Painter; Font Dialog; Multi-Level, Sort, Shading, Borders, Paragraph Dialog; Styles with Dialog; Select
  • Advanced Bullets/Numbers/Multi-Level Outline: Symbols, Color, Position
  • Insert Ribbon: Cover Page, Blank Page; Header & Footer
  • Advanced Tables: Rows/Columns (Adding/Deleting, Widening/Narrowing, Selecting); Header Repeat; Borders and Shading; Sorting: Select all v. Columns, Space "errors", Table Tools, Centering on page; Converting Table ↔ Text;Merging cells and tables
  • Page Layout Ribbon: Columns: Equal v. unequal, Justification, Breaks, Removing; Hyphenation (and removing); Paragraph with Dialog and Tabs
  • References Ribbon: Table of Contents (TOC)
  • Review Ribbon: Comments; Tracking; Changes
  • Customizing: Quick Access, Menu, Ribbons, Status Bar
  • Shortcut Keys: alt in Ribbon
  • Add-ins
  • Set as Default

Advanced

  • File Backstage View:New: Template; Save & Send; Options
  • Home Ribbon: Clipboard Dialog
  • Insert Ribbon: Clip Art, Shapes, SmartArt, Chart, Screenshot; Bookmark, Cross-reference; Text (cont.); Equation
  • Page LayoutRibbon: Themes; Line Numbers; Page Background; Arrange
  • References Ribbon: Citation Bibliography; Captions; Index; Table of Authorities
  • Mailings Ribbon
  • Review Ribbon: Research; Translate; Compare, Protect
  • View Ribbon: Window; Macros

[1]GCF Global LearnFree.Org

[2]J’aime beaucoup la fête de Noël.

[3]How to Add Other Languages to Office 2010