CPG 453
Course Outline
 Previous Text:
Microsoft Office XP – Illustrated Introductory
(Enhanced Edition) by Thomson Course
Technology (2003)
This is a good reference if you can get it at a
reasonable price.
On-Line Texts
I will be giving references from the library
collection of on-line texts from 24 / 7
Course Outline
 Disk and File Management
 Review of Computer Hardware
 Microsoft Office XP
Word
Excel
Access
Webpage Creation
(Mozilla or Frontpage)
Course Outline
 Word Topics:
Navigating in Word
Managing Text &
Documents
Editing & Formatting
Common Tools
Tables
Graphics
 Webpages
Website creation
 Excel Topics:
Navigating In Excel
Managing Worksheets
& Workbooks
Editing & Formatting
Formulas & Functions
Logical Statements
Macros
Charts/Graphs
Pivottables
Course Outline
 Access Topics:
Navigating in Access
Creating & Editing
Tables
Sorting & Finding
Data
Queries
Reports
 Integration of MS
Office Programs:
Understand
import/export methods
for combining materinal
from Excel, Access and
Word into singular
documents
Course Outline
 Evaluation:
Test 1: Word / File Management & Hardware (15%)
(Week of Jan 30)
Test 2: Excel (20%) (Week of Feb 20)
Assignment # 1(15%): Excel (Due Week of
Feb 20)
Webpage (15%) (Evaluated week of Mar 20)
Test 3: Access (20%) (Week of Apr 3)
Assignment #2 (15%): Access (Due Week of
Apr 10)
THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM!
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Course Outline
Contact Information
Lecture notes
Worksheets and Assignments
External Links
Class Attendance
I am plannning to focus on new material at the
beginning of class and then have more hands on
exercises later in the class. If you are familiar with
the material, you should feel free to leave the
class after the first hour.
If …
You have considerable experience and are having no
difficulties with the material
Then…
You need only come for your term tests and to hand in
your assignments
Suggestions for Partial Attendance
 Read all pages listed in the PowerPoint lecture
notes.
 Maintain a high level of accuracy on the
worksheets.
 Come to class as necessary for concepts that
you find difficult.
 Complete all tests in class.
 Complete Assignments on time!
Frequently Asked Questions:
 What if I miss a
class?
 What if I need extra
help?
 What if I miss a
test?
 What if Blackboard
is down?
Class Agenda
Disk Management
Formatting & Clearing a Disk, Labelling a
Disk. New disks are usually formatted.
File Management
Creating, Saving, Retrieving, Finding,
Deleting, Renaming, Moving & Copying Files
and Folders.
Using Matrix (z: drive)
Worksheet # 1
Clearing a Previously Formatted Disk
Open the File Manager (My Computer)
Right Click on the “3 1/2 Floppy (A:)”
drive
Select “Format”
Choose “Quick (erase)”
Give the disk a name beside “Label”
Click on “Start”
Internally Labelling A Disk
Open the File Manager (My Computer)
Right Click on the “3 1/2 Floppy (A:)”
drive
Select “Properties”
Type in a name for the disk beside
“Label”
Click on “OK”
Save a File
(in any Microsoft Application)
Click on “File”
Select “Save As”
In the drop-down box beside “Save in:”
choose the “3 1/2 Floppy (A:)” drive
Type the name of the file beside “File
name:”
Click on “Save”
Retrieve a File
(in any Microsoft Application)
Click on “File”
Select “Open”
In the drop-down box beside “Look in:”
choose the “3 1/2 Floppy (A:)” drive
Click on the file you want to open
Click on “Open”
Delete a File
 Open the File Manager
 Double click on the “3 1/2 Floppy (A:)”
drive
 Click on the file you want to delete
 Press the delete key
 Click on “yes” to confirm deletion
**Note: File must be closed prior to deletion!
Rename a File
 Open the File Manager
 Double click on the “3 1/2 Floppy (A:)” drive
 Right click on the file you want to rename
 Select “rename”
 Type in the new name and hit enter
**Note: File must be closed prior to renaming!
Create a New Folder
 Open the File Manager
 Double click on the drive where you want the
folder to be located
 Go to “File”
 Select “New”
 Select “Folder”
 Click on the new folder and rename it (see
renaming instructions for details)
Move a File
 Open the File Manager
 Go to the drive and/or folder containing the
file you want to move
 Select the file with left mouse button (hold
down)
 Drag file on top of the drive and/or folder you
want to move it to
 Release left mouse button when the file is
directly on top of the new location (e.g. A:
drive, CPG453 folder)
**Note: File must be closed prior to moving!
Copy a File
 Open the File Manager
 Go to drive and/or folder where the file you want
to copy is located
 Right Click on the file & select “Copy”
 Using the drop-down bar beside “address”,
select the drive (& folder) that you want to copy
the file to
 Right click inside the window on the right
 Select “Paste”
**Note: File must be closed prior to copying!