Friday, January 30, 2009
Today in BTT01, we talked about makinf Mail Merge letters. What this means is that you could type out only one letter, but have millions of letters with personal information in (by previously filling out the form for all of your mail recipients) while keeping to that one format/style. Unfortunately, I got called down to the office twice so I missed a lot of stuff. We also voted on a cover for our book, BUT I didn't really like any of them so I think I'll be making a cover page myself over this weekend. Hopefully, Mr.Case will still accept it. Other than that, I hope that you all have a great weekend!!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Ok today, we worked on coming up with a title for our MS Word Tutorial Book. Some of the possible titles were Step By Step MS Word, Get Aqquainted With MS Word, MS Word Guide For Middle Schools, and Getting To Know MS Word. In the end, we chose Getting To Know MS Word. It think that it is pretty good, but that we could have done better.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Today in Btt, we talked about a lot of things. We talked about how we were going to publish our Microsoft Word Tutorial book, and Mr.Case said that we would be using a website called lulu.com. It seems that we'll be making a perfect binding, softcover, black and white, paperback copy of the book to publish. This way it will only cost $8 to make and we could sell it for a much lower price. The lower the price, the more likely someone is to buy it. Mr.Case also suggested that we could have a limited-time full-color or hard cover book, for those entusiasts who would like to purchase it.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Ok today we talked more about the BTT Tutorial Book for Microsoft Word. Some of the things we talked about included choosing how our pages would be organized (we chose menubar), and the cover design. We also talked about who was going to edit all of the tutorials (2 people: one male and one female), and me and Joanna were chosen!! I can't wait to start - Mohammad.
Whew, sorry to not have posted for a while. I was busy studying for my French exam. Anyways, I'm glad to say that my first tutorial, the New Window and Arrange All tutorial, has been completed! I woke up early in the morning to work on the second one - the Word Art toolbar. I hope Mr.Case gives us one more class to work on this assignment, though.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Bad news! Somebody already took my function, Word Count, from the other class. The functions that i am doing in one tutorial is New Window and Arrange. Hopefully I'll be able to find another function. Mr.Case also told us to install lightscreen from the Pick Up folder, so that we would be able to capture Print Screens with better accuracy and save time.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Last time on BTT01, our class created a template on Microsoft Word that we would use to create our Microsoft Word textbook based on the various functions that we each chose. Remember that professional documents (ones that are published) have a consistent feel to them such as a constant Header and Footer, or the same text font formats.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
10 New Functions About Microsoft Word
Hey! Our homework was to find out 10 new features about Microsoft Word that we did not know before. I just went through each of the menubar functions (File, Edit, etc) and looked for things that I didn’t recognize. I'll start my new feature off with where it can be found in the menubar, and then it's specific tab. So here they are below:
1. File>Properties: If you press this function, then you can actually input information on your document such as a title, or a description. You can also see the document's statistics such as how many paragraphs or words it has in it.
2. Edit>Find: If you press this function, then you can actually search your entire document’s text to find something specific. Go to Edit and then Find, and type in what you are looking for. The text that is wanted will be highlighted. If it is not in your document, then a pop-up will show up saying that it was not found.
3. Edit>Clear>Contents Del: If you press this function, then you can automatically delete all of the selected objects such as pictures or text. This would be usefull if you want to keep your previous settings (font, lining style), but you want to start your document all over again without closing it.
4. Edit>Replace: If you press this function, then you can actually replace the selected text, with that which you have chosen. First go to Edit and then Replace, and then type in what you would like to find and what you want it to be replaced by. If it cannot find what you have typed in, a pop-up will show up saying hat it was not found.
5. View>Outline: If you press this function, then you can see an outline of your document, which you can edit in different ways. You can post your ideas onto this outline, to make you Microsoft Word document look even better.
6. Insert>Break: If you press this function, you can choose to break or separate your text in different ways such as a Page Break or a Column Break. This would be useful if you wanted to custom-choose the amount of pages that you wanted in your document ahead of time.
7. Insert>Date and Time: If you press this function, then you can insert your current date or time in various different ways into your text. This would be useful if you wanted to have the EXACT date of when you completed a document right down to the seconds (for all you crazy organized people).
8. Format>Theme: If you press this function, then you can choose different themes for you word document, such as different bullet combinations. This feature gives you a variety of 5-8 themes that you can choose from, but you have to download more if you don't like their selection.
9. Tools>Word Count: If you press this function, the word count (with or without spaces) and character count will appear. This would be useful for those with restrictions on how many words they can use (journalists for example).
10. Window>New Window: If you press this function then an exact replica window of the one that you are currently using will appear. Very useful if you want to experiment on something.
Hey! Our homework was to find out 10 new features about Microsoft Word that we did not know before. I just went through each of the menubar functions (File, Edit, etc) and looked for things that I didn’t recognize. I'll start my new feature off with where it can be found in the menubar, and then it's specific tab. So here they are below:
1. File>Properties: If you press this function, then you can actually input information on your document such as a title, or a description. You can also see the document's statistics such as how many paragraphs or words it has in it.
2. Edit>Find: If you press this function, then you can actually search your entire document’s text to find something specific. Go to Edit and then Find, and type in what you are looking for. The text that is wanted will be highlighted. If it is not in your document, then a pop-up will show up saying that it was not found.
3. Edit>Clear>Contents Del: If you press this function, then you can automatically delete all of the selected objects such as pictures or text. This would be usefull if you want to keep your previous settings (font, lining style), but you want to start your document all over again without closing it.
4. Edit>Replace: If you press this function, then you can actually replace the selected text, with that which you have chosen. First go to Edit and then Replace, and then type in what you would like to find and what you want it to be replaced by. If it cannot find what you have typed in, a pop-up will show up saying hat it was not found.
5. View>Outline: If you press this function, then you can see an outline of your document, which you can edit in different ways. You can post your ideas onto this outline, to make you Microsoft Word document look even better.
6. Insert>Break: If you press this function, you can choose to break or separate your text in different ways such as a Page Break or a Column Break. This would be useful if you wanted to custom-choose the amount of pages that you wanted in your document ahead of time.
7. Insert>Date and Time: If you press this function, then you can insert your current date or time in various different ways into your text. This would be useful if you wanted to have the EXACT date of when you completed a document right down to the seconds (for all you crazy organized people).
8. Format>Theme: If you press this function, then you can choose different themes for you word document, such as different bullet combinations. This feature gives you a variety of 5-8 themes that you can choose from, but you have to download more if you don't like their selection.
9. Tools>Word Count: If you press this function, the word count (with or without spaces) and character count will appear. This would be useful for those with restrictions on how many words they can use (journalists for example).
10. Window>New Window: If you press this function then an exact replica window of the one that you are currently using will appear. Very useful if you want to experiment on something.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Ok today we talked about copyright laws in BTT01. There are multiple ways that you can get in trouble and/or get sued using external files in your podcast. For example, Person A recorded a song and has the rights to it. Person B says that it was okay with Person A for you to use that song in your podcast. However Person A really did not, and Person A becomes upset and takes you to court. Another thin is that you really don't want to mess with big music companies, because Mr.Case said that they have the money to hire many more lawyers than an average person could afford. In the end, you really have to read copyright contracts right and judge on whether the source that gave you rights to a song/beat is viable.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
On our first day back to school, we were assigned to read an article and reflect on it. You can look at the article yourself here.
In summary this article was about hard work and how it's usefulness in today's Information Age is slowly diminishing. It also stated that attention is what dominates this new age; through the internet. In short, companies competing with each other to gain our attention and interest are preventing most humans from engaging in hard work. Why? There are simple too many distractions, and companies take advantage of our inability to resist well.
"In one generation, we've gone from a total separation of "work" from "non-work" to one in which both work and play are always sitting right in front of us." I find this to be absolutely true. Whenever I try to go on the internet researching for a school project, atleast 6-8 advertisements show up on almost every website. It's very unconvienient because when you're working hard on a short deadline, and you have these popups and flashing lights everywhere, its almost impossible to focus solely on what you're doing. The internet has given us so much freedom-"Porn, gambling, funny videos, flirting, socializing, playing games, shopping -- it's all literally one click away."-as this quote states.
What I thought was even more disturbing is that you generally see more advertisements on sites in which children go on (game sites for example). The article similarly states that children are "addicted to screens before they even start high school." The sad truth here is that most of the attention children nowadays give is to the internet (away from the family). Again companies take advantage of their vulnerability and try to gain as much attention as possible.
The last sentence of this article is what really clicked on me: "Hard work is dead. Are you paying attention?" In my mind, it's almost like a tragic truth: hours and hours of working are worth less than a simple flashy banner. I guess that is the ultimate truth of this age: we want things to happen faster and quicker (attention>more advertisements seen>faster rate of sales), and we're simply too lazy to commit ourselves to working vigorously for long periods of time to achieve a higher quality of work.
"Hard work is still a virtue, but now takes a distant second place to the new determinant of success or failure in the age of Internet distractions: Control of attention." The solution? Well the article points out that the only thing you can do is resist. I'd have to agree, but as we all know one thing can lead to another. In my opinion it's best to avoid the problem: don't go onto the internet unless absolutely necesscary (especially children). It all boils down to how you control your own level of attention.
In summary this article was about hard work and how it's usefulness in today's Information Age is slowly diminishing. It also stated that attention is what dominates this new age; through the internet. In short, companies competing with each other to gain our attention and interest are preventing most humans from engaging in hard work. Why? There are simple too many distractions, and companies take advantage of our inability to resist well.
"In one generation, we've gone from a total separation of "work" from "non-work" to one in which both work and play are always sitting right in front of us." I find this to be absolutely true. Whenever I try to go on the internet researching for a school project, atleast 6-8 advertisements show up on almost every website. It's very unconvienient because when you're working hard on a short deadline, and you have these popups and flashing lights everywhere, its almost impossible to focus solely on what you're doing. The internet has given us so much freedom-"Porn, gambling, funny videos, flirting, socializing, playing games, shopping -- it's all literally one click away."-as this quote states.
What I thought was even more disturbing is that you generally see more advertisements on sites in which children go on (game sites for example). The article similarly states that children are "addicted to screens before they even start high school." The sad truth here is that most of the attention children nowadays give is to the internet (away from the family). Again companies take advantage of their vulnerability and try to gain as much attention as possible.
The last sentence of this article is what really clicked on me: "Hard work is dead. Are you paying attention?" In my mind, it's almost like a tragic truth: hours and hours of working are worth less than a simple flashy banner. I guess that is the ultimate truth of this age: we want things to happen faster and quicker (attention>more advertisements seen>faster rate of sales), and we're simply too lazy to commit ourselves to working vigorously for long periods of time to achieve a higher quality of work.
"Hard work is still a virtue, but now takes a distant second place to the new determinant of success or failure in the age of Internet distractions: Control of attention." The solution? Well the article points out that the only thing you can do is resist. I'd have to agree, but as we all know one thing can lead to another. In my opinion it's best to avoid the problem: don't go onto the internet unless absolutely necesscary (especially children). It all boils down to how you control your own level of attention.
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