ASSIGNMENT #3: LOTUS 1-2-3
CGS 2060 Sections 101 & 102
Fall Term, 1996
Due date:
Friday, 8 November 1996
Comments:
For bonus points, plan to complete part I by class time on
Monday, October 28, part II by class time on Monday, November
4,
and parts III & IV by class time on Friday, November 8, the
due
date of the assignment. You can earn 5 bonus points
for part I if you show me in file manager the 3 files in
\lot\part1 and turn in the answers to the T/F, M/C, &
completion questions at the end of projects 1, 2, & 3. You
can
earn 5 bonus points for part II, provided part I is completed,
if you show me in file manager the 3 files in \lot\part2 and
turn in the answers for the T/F, M/C, & completion questions
at the end of projects 4, 5, & 6. In addition, you can earn
5 bonus points for parts III & IV, provided parts I & II are
completed, if you show me in file manager the 4 files in
\lot\part3 and the 2 files in \lot\part4. Thus, 15 bonus
points are available for you in this assignment. To receive
bonus points, 2/3 of your answers to the project-ending
questions must be correct.
Keep in mind that the assignment represents two combined
assignments. Therefore, do not wait until the last week to
begin work on it.
The assignment begins on page 29 of the lab manual (1-2-3
Release 5 for Windows Essentials by Matherly & Plumley). The
files can be found on the disk supplied with your lab manuals
or in j:\course\cgs2060\lotus.dat in the lab network.
If you find a discrepancy or error, notify the instructor
at once via email. The first one to do so will earn 5 bonus
points toward their assignments' score.
IMPORTANT!!!
Before doing your printouts, refer to lesson 5 in project 6
(pp 125-128). We'll go over this lesson in a class session.
When printing, you will have to provide a header with the
designated information and specify the size as "Fit all to
page" in the page setup for all of your spreadsheet printouts.
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Part I.
Projects 2 & 3 in the lab manual
Objectives:
Building a spreadsheet & improving the appearance of a
worksheet.
1. Transfer lot3.doc & lot3.frm to the \LOT subdirectory on your disk.
2. Create four subdirectories in the \LOT subdirectory on your disk.
Name them as follows: (1) part1, (2) part2, (3) part3, & (4) part4.
3. As you complete this part, three files will be saved in a:\LOT\PART1:
(1) budget.wk4, (2) budget2.wk4, & (3) income.wk4.
4. You will have three printouts for part 1, which are as follows:
Project 2
Lessons 1-8:
one printout from final budget.wk4
Project 3
Lessons 1-3:
Lessons 4-5:
one printout from budget2.wk4
one printout from income.wk4
5. Ignore lesson 6 (Using the Style Gallery) in project 3. However,
lesson 7 (Using the Spell Checker) is recommended as a personal
exercise.
6. Be sure to backup your disk and do a virus check each day you
work on the assignment.
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Part II.
Projects 4, 5, & 6 in lab manual
Objectives:
IMPORTANT:
Calculating with @functions, working with multiple
worksheets, & using charts and maps.
You are required to use formulas and functions where
specified. This will be strictly graded so be careful
about typing in values -- it will be considered wrong
if formulas/function were supposed to be used.
1. Three files will be saved in a:\LOT\PART2:
(2) master.wk4, & (3) master2.wk4
(1) school.wk4,
2. There will be three printouts from part II:
Project 4
Project 5
Project 6
Lessons 1-5:
Lessons 1-6:
Lessons 1-3(2):
printout from
printout from
printout from
(3-D vertical
school.wk4
master.wk4
master2.wk4
bar chart)
3. The latter printout of a 3-D vertical bar chart will be just
a graphic, and not show the corresponding spreadsheet.
4. Ignore steps 3 thru 5 in lesson 3, as well as lessons 4 & 6,
in project 6.
5. Be sure to backup your disk and do a virus check each day
you work on the assignment.
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Part III.
Projects 7 & 8 in lab manual
Objectives:
Using 1-2-3 databases, integrating applications with
other programs, & using macros
1. Three files will be saved in a:\LOT\PART3:
(2) income2.wk4, & (3) letter.wri
(1) address.wk4,
2. There will be seven printouts from part III:
IMPORTANT:
Where needed, increase the width of a column so that
at least one blank space appears in every field for
all records.
Project 7
Lessons 1-3(3): printout from address.wk4 (1st sort)
Lessons 3(4)-3(8): printout from address.wk4 (2nd sort)
Lesson 4: printout from address.wk4
(3 records from find search)
Lesson 5: printout from address.wk4 (query)
Project 8
Lessons 1-2: letter with graph of fall income
Lesson 3: letter with graph and income information
(cell C18 must be changed)
Lesson 4: letter with income object
(cell C16 must be changed)
Instruction Handout:
printout of macro name, description, &
command string along with results of macro
executions on one page
NOTE:
Further explanations about what is
required for doing macros will be
provided in class lecture.
3. Be sure to backup your disk and do a virus check each day you work
on the assignment.
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Part IV.
(a) Special Handout for Macros & (b) Class Lecture on
Importing Spreadsheets & Graphs into a WordPerfect Document
Objectives: Learning how to create macros in Lotus 1-2-3 and
reviewing the use of the clipboard for importing documents
into other documents
1. Two files will be saved in a:\LOT\PART4:
(2) imports.wpd
(1) macros.wk4 &
2. There will be two printouts for part IV.
3. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the special handout
to create and execute 3 macros (\N, QTR, & \S). You will also use
a debugging feature which will duplicate the execution of the QTR
macro.
4. The printout (macros.wk4) for the documentation and execution of
the three macros must be on one page.
5. Import one small spreadsheet from school.wk4 and the chart from
master2.wk4 created in Part II into a WordPerfect document. Save
this document as imports.wpd and print it as one page.
6. Be sure to backup your disk and do a virus check each day you work
on the assignment.
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IMPORTANT!!
Handwrite the appropriate number from the grade form
on each printout in the upper right hand corner. Do
not mark the grade form.
Submit the 15 printouts and an edited grade form in the proper order
in a closed pocket folder. Be sure your disk is attached to the folder
with an appropriate clamp. Check to see that all designated files are
located in the designated subdirectories. Be sure that no files reside
in the root directory on your disk.
End of assignment