Tuesday 14 September 2010

A Lot!

Integrated Packages

several GPPS in the one package (2 or more)

Advantages
* same HCI
* can have multiple documents/windows open at same time
* link between tasks/easy to transfer data between packages
* costs less than buying all seperate GPPS

Disadvantages
* don't get all the features

Standard Paragraph

bibliography - write a piece of text and you can insert into another file/document
dont need to retype etc

Text Wrap
when it automaticlly wraps text around images

Word Wrap

automatically takes a new line at the end of page


Search and Replace


can choose a word and replace it with any other word (he to she!)

OCR

Optical Character Recognition - Scanner, it recognises the letters

Grammar Check

checks the grammar of text - punctuation, double spaces

Monday 6 September 2010

Its not Harry Potter

Wizards - used for installing games etc ...

used to help us through the process of doing something, creating a document (chart in spreadsheet) installing a program

Template

a "blank" document already made with placeholders to store what we want (title, subheading, chart, video etc)

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Spell Check Online!

How does a Spell Checker work?

It has its own built in dictionary and underlines misspelt words in red. It checks to see if each word you type is in the dictionary, if not it underlines in red. You can choose to ignore words, change to word to a suggestion or add the word to the dictionary.

Spell Check sometimes makes mistakes because it doesnt recognise peoples names, surnames etc etc

What is the difference between on-line help and on-line tutorial?

Help gives you written instructions that you read and follow (good for experienced users)
Tutorial shows you what to do, a step by step guide, a series of guided lessons. (good for beginners)