Week two Blog entry

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Lecture Summary


At week two's lecture the common PC tasks that we are all expected to know were outlined. Microsoft programs such as word processing and the different ways to do this. Examples of this is Formatting, document and mapping, creating/editing spread sheets, presentations using MS Power point, e-mail and other useful tasks that are performed everyday. We we also told that we need to be very knowledgeable about how to use the internet and save certain web addresses to our favourites as it saves time. The outline of the lecture was about PC tasks that are used everyday and are very useful in completing university assignments.


Workshop

In the workshop it is explained what to do for the readings, Microsoft and excel exercise that need to be completed and how a screen shot is to be captured and placed onto week two's blog entry.




Reading One

In the first reading there are many helpful hints and tips in how to improve your word document and how to change the format and settings to suit a certain assignment. All included pictures that informed you where to go to adjust a certain format.
Just some of the guides and tips include:


Typeface

Margins and alignment

Alphabetize reference list

Indents

Page headers and page numbers

Customize auto formatting for lists and..

Hyperlinks

An example of what was explained is dot leaders. In the article it explains that dot leaders are 'dots from entries to their page numbers', and when you go to insert dot leaders they automatically insert the dots by pressing the TAB key. It also explains how to set the dot leader and where to go to find it.


Reading Two

It is said in workshop two the tasks that need to be completed have to have a screen shot in them for the task to be completed. The reading shows you how to do this with step by step instructions and screen captions that lead you through the way. There are images of what your screen should look like at certain points. Step two explains how to save the screen shot and where to save it in. The article is very explanatory and has screen shots all the way through.


Reading Three

This article is all about Adobe Photoshop and the different types of graphic file formats. It explains what types of pictures are suited to each format and describes each of them. A brief outlines as explained in the reading of each of the formats are:


Bitmap (.bmp): Standard windows bitmap image format
CompuServe (.gif): 'Compressed format (max 256 colours) that is designed to minimise file transfer time over phone lines'.


The Tagged- Image file format (.tiff): High quality images that has a lossless compression and graphic format that is used for professional printing.


Photoshop Document- (.psd.~.psp~.spp). This discusses layered images and how all of the other image formats explained in this article are flat images, and not layered images like this format. The article explains how to save layered images and edit them and when to use this type of format and in which program.


Joint Photographic Experts Group or Jpeg (.jpg)- This program is most commonly used on the Internet when displaying images and explains the different storage sizes for the format.