Lab 3 Word Art

To make a Word Art out of the text you have to first make sure that your text is copied (Ctrl a then Ctrl c)go to the Insert tab and go to Word Art. Press Word Art and chose which Word Art you want. After you find the Word Art a Format tab should appear on the ribbon. Then you can chose the spacing between the letters if you want you can do that by going to the text box and pressing spacing. Then you have the option of choosing the Shape fill and the Shape outline. After this you can choose the shadow effects by going to the shadow effects box and clicking shadow effects. And finally you also have the option of making 3-D effects, by going to the 3-D effects box.

Argument

A argument could be a option to a command.

Application software

Application software is a software that allows the computer to perfom the tasks that the user asks it to do.

Animations

Computer animations is creating moving images on the computer.

Anchor

Anchors are tags that give links to other Web pages. 

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists in the U.S.

Alignment

There are four different kinds of alignments. One if flush left alignment which is when the text is lined up along the left margin. Flush right alignment is when the text is lined up alonf the right margin. Centered alignment means the text is aligned around a midpoint, and justified alignment is when the text lines up along both margins.

ActiveX controls

An activeX control is a program object that can be re-used by many applications programs within a computer or among computers in a network.

Active cell

An active cell is a cell that is available to be worked on, you will know when the cell is a active cell because the appearance will differ from other cells.

Absolute cell reference

A absolute cell reference is a particular cell or group of cells that do not change. Even if you change the shape or size of the spreadsheet, or copy the reference to another cell.

3-D pie chart

A 3-D pie chart is a pie chart that is shown in three dimensional form, this chart is used to see the profile in a better visual effect.

Microsoft Word Lab 2 Common skills

1. To change between active windows you can press the Alt key and the Tab key at the same time.

2. After writing the text you press Ctrl s to select, then Ctrl c to copy , and Ctrl v to paste. Press Ctrl v three times, and you should have four lines. The next thing you do is change the font size by selecting the text and going to Font in the ribbon and selecting Albertus MT, and also you have to change the font size from 11 to 20. After that you make bullets by going to the bullets and selecting Numbering. Then you have to change the line spacing from 1.0 to 3.0 by going to paragraph and pressing line spacing.

3.To make columns you go to page layout and press columns change the columns from 1 to 3. Then go to View and go to Show/Hide and click on ruler.

Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board.

Word processing software

Word processing software is a computer program used to create and edit texts documents.

Wizard

The wizard is usually a application that you go to when you need help with something.

Windows explorer

Windows explorer is a file manager application that is included with the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Window

A window is a rectangular shaped portion of the display of a computer monitor.

Wildcard characters

Wildcard characters are is a character that may be substituted for a defined subset of all possible characters.

Wide area networks

A wide area network is a network that spans a wider area than a local area network does.

Virus

A virus is a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to computer files and other programs on the computer.

Utility software

Utility software is a software that was designed to help maintain the computer.

User interface

User interface is a program that controls a display for the user.

Unix

Unix is a computer operating system.

Universal serial bus

Universal serial bus is communication between devices and a host controller.

Uninterruptible power supply

Uninterruptible power supply is a device that allows your computer to keep on running for at least a short time when the primary power source is lost.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving often applied to repair of failed products or processes.

Tree pane

The tree pane shows the overall structure of the pages and the objects.

Toolbar

The toolbar is where onscreen buttons, icons, menus , or other input output elements are placed.

Title bar

A title bar is a bar where the name of the source or filename will be shown.

Teleconferencing

Teleconferencing is a conference of people when the people are in all different locations.

Telecommunications

Telecommunications is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication.

Technology

Technology is the practical application of science to commerce or industry.

Taskbar

A taskbar is used to launch and monitor running applications.

Systems software

A system software is a program that controls some aspect of the operating of a computer.

System clock

A system clock is a time-of-day clock in a computer system.

Surge protectors

Surge protectors are appliances that were made to protect electral devices from voltage spikes.

Supercomputer

A supercomputer is a mainframe computer that is the powerful available at a given time.

Submenu

A submenu is a seondary menu that appears when you hold the cursor near it.

Subfolder

A subfolder is a folder combined with another folder.

Status bar

A status bar is a information area usually found at the bottom of the screen.

Start button

The start button is a button on the bottom-left of the computer screen that has many options and to choose from.

Standard toolbar

A standard toolbar is a bar of icons on the screen below the menu bar.

Standard desktop

A standard desktop is a original computer with original options.

Spreadsheet software

A spreadsheet software is a computer application that gives paper to put accounting work on it.

Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a program which enables users to lay out financial data on the screen.

Source

A source is a place where you get information from.

Sorting

Sorting is a process in which objects are separated into specific groups.

Software development

Software development is the making of a software.

Software

Software is also referred to as multiple computer data and intructions.

Shortcut menu button

The shortcut menu button is also referred to as the right-click on a mouse.

Shortcut menu

A shortcut menu is a menu where it gives options that can make working on a computer easier for the server.

Shortcut keys

Shortcut keys are keys on the keyboard that can help make working on a computer easier for the user.