Using Microsoft Suite

Using Microsoft Word

Over the next few days we will explore how to use Microsoft Word to the greatest potential! We are going to look at the basic features that you will use regularly and also look at specialty features that you will use in specific situations. We will go through all the components of the menu bars and how to format documents to be not only professional but visually appearing!

Understanding the Toolbars

**Depending on the browser or operating system your toolbar may look different but all the features are the same

The Home Toolbar

This toolbar is the main toolbar that you will use the most often, we are going to look at the features form left to right!

Copy, Cut & Paste Grouping
Font Grouping
Format Grouping
Style Grouping

The Insert Toolbar

This toolbar is the space where you go if you want to add features to your word document!

Page Grouping
Table Grouping
Item Grouping
Add-In Grouping
Media Grouping
Link Grouping
Comment Grouping
Headers & Footer Grouping
Text Feature Grouping
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The Layout Toolbar

This toolbar gives you the tools to modify your document as a whole or by section or page.

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Spacing Grouping
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The View Toolbar

This toolbar gives you the opportunity to modify how you see the document on your computer.

Basic view Grouping
Accessibility Grouping
Guides Grouping
Visibility Grouping
Multi-View Grouping

Playing Around!

Activity #5 - Formatting News Article

Using the plain text of a news article you are going to do the following adjustments using the tools you have learned about today!

Plain Text File - No Formatting

Page Orientation: Landscape
Page Colour: Light Blue
Watermark: "DRAFT"
Page Number
In the Header, Your Name and Date
2 Columns
Margins set to Wide
Font Style: "Modern No. 20"
Font Size: 13.5 pt
Font Colour: Black
Title in Larger FUN font
Insert 2 Pictures (CAN NOT BE THE ONES FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE)
Wrap Text Around Images
Insert Links (Original Buzzfeed Article, 3 additional news articles that relate to this article)

Creating a Business Card

Business cards are a great way to give our information out to people we know or new people we meet. It is an opportunity to expand our business and for people to share our information with friends, family and colleagues. Using word we can create a business card using the Mail Merge functions. Within the Label template Avery offers a Business Card template (5371)

Activity #6 - Creating a Business Card for your Business

Using either your Music store or Book Store you will be creating a page of identical business cards that promote your business.

Business Card Style #1

Full Colour
Name of business
Picture that promotes business
Your name as Owner
Address of Business
Phone Number
Website (Generic Website for now, we will be creating a website next week that you will put here)

Business Card Style #2

BLACK and WHITE, NO COLOUR
Name of business
Picture that promotes business
Your name as Owner
Address of Business
Phone Number
Website (Generic Website for now, we will be creating a website next week that you will put here)

Save both of these files in your OneDrive folder for this course and Print both of them.

Activity #7 - Creating Posters!

Your business is getting ready to open! To attract customers to your new business we are going to host a grand opening event. In order to do that we need to create some promotional material for our business. We are going to create a poster for the grand opening event! Take a look at the examples below, and using images, shapes, texts and any other features you want to use :)

Make sure to include the where, when, what for your event!

Where is the event?
What is the event?
What time?
What is going to happen?
What should people bring?

Microsoft PowerPoint

Over the next few days we will explore how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to the greatest potential! We are going to look at the basic features that you will use regularly and also look at specialty features that you will use in specific situations. We will go through all the components of the menu bars and how to format presentations to be not only professional but visually appearing!

Understanding the Toolbars

**Depending on the browser or operating system your toolbar may look different but all the features are the same

This toolbar is the main toolbar that you will use the most often, we are going to look at the features form left to right!

Copy, Cut & Paste Grouping
Slide Grouping
Font Grouping
Format Grouping
Quick Add Grouping
Style Grouping

This toolbar is the space where you go if you want to add features to your word document!

Slide Grouping
Table Grouping
Image Grouping
Add-In Grouping
Feature Grouping
Link Grouping
Comment Grouping
Headers & Footer Grouping
Text Feature Grouping
Symbol Grouping
Media Grouping

This draw toolbar is a toolbar that we can use to add hand drawn features to our presentation

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Pen Style Grouping
Ink Conversion Grouping

The Design tool bar allows us to change the theme and the visual component of the our presentation

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Sub Theme Grouping
Format Grouping

The Transitions toolbar is unique to PowerPoint, these allow us to add transitions between two slides.
** Do not overuse transitions in your presentations

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Execution Groupings

The Animations toolbar is unique to PowerPoint, these allow us to add animations to different components.
** Do not overuse Animations in your presentations

Element Grouping
Text Grouping
Exit Animation
Path Animation
Execution Groupings

The Slideshow toolbar is unique to PowerPoint, these features in the tool bar are used to present

View Grouping
Presentation Set Up Grouping
Rehearsal/Recording Grouping
Subtitles Grouping

Review toolbar allows us to collaborate and get feedback on the Presentation

Word Grouping
Translate Grouping
Comment Grouping
View Grouping

Activity #1 - Creating a PowerPoint

Using the link below with your name on it you will be directed to a wikipedia page that you will use to create a short presentation using PowerPoint. You will need to include;