Computer Projects Basics

This new book from our BASICS series provides many supplementary projects in computer applications. Excellent additional practice for word processing, drawing, web pages, desktop publishing, databases, spreadsheets, charting, and presentations. An excellent companion to any software tutorial text.

How to Use This Book

iv

Preface

vi

Directory of Projects

vii

Unit 1 Drawing

Introduction to Drawing

3

(10)

Types of Drawing Software

3

(2)

Drawing Lines, Boxes, and Ovals

5

(1)

Selecting Graphics

5

(2)

Resizing, Moving, and Delecting Graphics

7

(5)

Summary

12

(1)

Using Grids and Colors

13

(8)

Using the Snap to Grid Tool

13

(1)

Using Colors and Fill Effects

14

(5)

Summary

19

(2)

Drawing Polygons, Nudging, and Zooming

21

(6)

Drawing Polygons

21

(1)

Nudging Objects

22

(1)

Using Zoom Tools

22

(3)

Summary

25

(2)

Using Text Lables and Line Weights

27

(8)

Typing Lables for Objects

27

(2)

Changing Line Weights

29

(3)

Summary

32

(3)

Grouping, Copying, and Pasting

35

(6)

Grouping Objects

35

(1)

Using Copy and Paste Tools

36

(4)

Summary

40

(1)

Using Layers

41

(4)

Layers

41

(3)

Summary

44

(1)

Drawing Arcs

45

(4)

Arcs

45

(3)

Summary

48

(1)

Rotating Objects

49

(6)

Rotate Tools

49

(5)

Summary

54

(1)

Font Color and Spaing Objects

55

(4)

Changing Font Color

55

(1)

Spacing Objects Equally Apart

55

(3)

Summary

58

(1)

Drawing Pie Charts

59

(16)

Drawing Pie Chart Slices

59

(3)

Summary

62

(1)

Unit Review

63

(12)

Unit 2 Word Processing

Introduction to Word Processing

75

(10)

Word Processing Screen

75

(1)

Typing Paragraphs

76

(1)

Paragraph Formatting

77

(1)

Character Formatting

78

(1)

Spell-Checking

79

(3)

Typing a Personal Business Letter

82

(1)

Summary

83

(2)

Working with Tab Stops

85

(6)

Custom Tab Stops

85

(5)

Summary

90

(1)

Typing an Outline

91

(8)

Getting Started

91

(1)

Typing an Outline

92

(6)

Summary

98

(1)

Typing a Report

99

(10)

Typing a Report

99

(1)

Inserting Pictures in a Report

100

(8)

Summary

108

(1)

Typing Report Headings

109

(4)

Typing a Secondary Report Title

109

(3)

Summary

112

(1)

Using WordArt

113

(18)

WordArt Styles

113

(7)

Summary

120

(1)

Unit Review

121

(10)

Unit 3 Tables

Introduction to Tables

131

(8)

Feature of Tables

131

(1)

Starting a Table

132

(6)

Summary

138

(1)

Using Table Borders and Gridlines

139

(6)

Borders and Gridlines

139

(4)

Summary

143

(2)

Changing Tow Height, Centering Data Vertically, and Shading Cells

145

(8)

Changing Row Height

145

(1)

Centering Table Data Vertically

146

(2)

Shading Table Cells

148

(4)

Summary

152

(1)

Using Border colors and Column Totals

153

(18)

Border and Gridline Color

153

(1)

Column Totals

154

(9)

Summary

163

(2)

Unit Review

165

(6)

Unit 4 Web Pages

Introduction to Web Pages

171

(8)

Features of a Web Page

171

(5)

Summary

176

(3)

Using Tables on a Web Page

179

(16)

Web Page Tables

179

(4)

Summary

183

(2)

Unit Review

185

(10)

Unit 5 Spreadsheets

Introduction ton Spreadsheets

195

(16)

Components of a Spreadsheet

195

(2)

Spreadsheet Information

197

(2)

Formulas

199

(3)

Adjusting Column Widths

202

(6)

Summary

208

(3)

Using Fill Down and Auto Sum Tools

211

(10)

Fill Down Tool

211

(1)

Auto Sum Tool

212

(7)

Summary

219

(2)

Formatting for Currency, font, and Font Size

221

(8)

Formatting for Currency

221

(2)

Formatting for Font and Font Size

223

(5)

Summary

228

(1)

Formatting for Bold and Aligning Cell Entries

229

(8)

Formatting for Bold

229

(1)

Sligning Cell Entries

230

(6)

Summary

236

(1)

Centering a Main Title, Using Text Color, and Cell Shading

237

(10)

Centering a Main Title

237

(1)

Using Text Color

238

(1)

Cell Shading

239

(6)

Summary

245

(2)

Creating Borderlines, Changing Row Heights, and Vertical Centering

247

(20)

Creating Borderlines

247

(1)

Changing Row Heights

248

(1)

Vertical Centering

249

(6)

Summary

255

(2)

Unit Review

257

(10)

Unit 6 Charting

Introduction to Charting

267

(14)

Types of Charts

267

(5)

Staring a Chart

272

(7)

Summary

279

(2)

Chart Variations

281

(26)

Stacked Bar Chart

281

(1)

Line Chart and Mixed Line-Bar Chart

282

(15)

Summary

297

(2)

Unit Review

299

(8)

Unit 7 Desktop Publishing

Introduction to desktop Publishing

307

(10)

Introduction

307

(8)

Summary

315

(2)

Border Art and Layout

317

(14)

Border Art

317

(1)

Single-Column Layout

318

(1)

Multicolumn Layout

319

(6)

Summary

325

(2)

Unit Review

327

(4)

Unit 8 Database

Introduction to Database Tables and Formulas

331

(14)

Introduction

331

(12)

Summary

343

(2)

Advanced Sorting and Formulas

345

(1)

Advanced Sorting

345

(1)

Formulas

346

(7)

Summary

353

(2)

Unit Review

355

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