WEEK 2-Office application

Lecture summary

This week, we discussed the different Pc application and there importance in our professional and personal life. Now a days, Pc are consist of different applications such as Windows explorer, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, and Internet Explorer to mention a few. MS Excel is a very useful application in keeping data. It allows u to use recorded data to create a graph which present the data in a visual form therefore making it easy to understand. Excel can also perform calculation and generate formulas. Another useful application is MS Power Point. It brings professionalism into the presentation thus making it entertaining.

Tutorial

The task for the second week consist of two tasks which involves using MS Word and MS Excel. We were required to create a data using MS Excel. These datas were then to be used to create a graph and also a chart. The MS Word exercise required us to modify a pre-written text using different MS Word functions. After the complication of both task, a screen shot was required as evidence of work completion. Although I managed to complete the given tasks, I have experience some difficulties in following the instructions. This was simply because the instruction were written for window xp 2003 applications but I soon relised that a large majority of ECU computers are now using Windows Vista application. Now that i have mastered the normal function of windows vista, I will now be able to complete task in my other three units. I can now add footnote onto my task, and also complete my portfolio for upc0001 and capital punishment essay without having to worry about how to use the different MS word function. Further more, I can also create a table and chart using excel, which will give a bit of professionalism to my piece.

Reading - Graphic File Formats

Images on a PC can be saved into different formats. Example of format includes, Bmp, gif, jpeg and Tiff. Only images with transparancy can be saved in a gif format as it only "support images with transparent parts" JPEG is the most common use image format on the net as it "retains" the colour and quality of the image. Images can be compressed to maximise storage space and then decompressed to the original size. There is a problem associated with compressing images. Some common problem includes, lost in picture quality. The more compressed the image, the more deterent in the image quality when it's decompressed.

Reading- Using MS Word for APA Tasks

There are many fuctions which can be used to minimise problems associated with MS Word. For example, if you intend on highlighting certain groups of text in a paragraph for modification, place the cursor where the text begins and then press shift and place the cursor where the txt end. You can also use double line spacing by clicking on the page setup bar and then clicking on paragraph. Once you click on the paragraph, there are a number of options, simply click on the one which says, double line spacing.