Introduction to Microsoft Office

Important: Please note that you must register on the EG Website before performing the lab.

1. Click on the register link as shown in Figure 1.

   

   Figure 1. Registration Link Identification.

   
   

2. Fill in the appropriate information on the form shown in Figure 2 and submit it.

   Note: Please make sure that you capitalize the first letter of your first and last name.

   

   Figure 2. Registration Form.

   
   

3. Fill in the remaining information accordingly.

   Note: If your email is fml999@nyu.edu, then fml999 will be your username.

   IMPORTANT!!: After you are registered, a TA must approve your account before you can log in.

Objectives

The objective of this lab is to master the basics of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word and become accustomed with the tasks for which each application is best suited. The goal is to create templates you will use for EG 1003 with these applications.

Overview

This lab is designed to teach the skills needed to become proficient with the three primary Microsoft applications: Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. These programs are widely used throughout academia and business so familiarity is not uncommon. Completing assignments in EG1003 will require a basic competency in them; the following exercises are designed to ensure you are capable of teaching yourself these fundamentals.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a software suite that bundles Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and more.

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program. Its function is collecting, manipulating, and analyzing data. Microsoft Excel has many features that streamline data analysis. You can use it to generate tables, charts, and graphs. Excel is used for general data manipulation and analysis. It is useful for uncovering the relationships between data sets and identifying trends. Graphs will be required for many lab reports and presentations.

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program; its function is to create slides for presentations. In this course, you will be creating and giving presentations on your lab work and semester-long design project.

Microsoft Word is a document preparation program. Its function is writing and editing text. In this course, you will use Microsoft Word to write lab reports.

Materials and Equipment

• Lab PC
• Microsoft Office suite

Procedure

For students who need an in-depth look at Microsoft Office, see the Microsoft Office Skill Builder.

In each of the following exercises:

• Change all generic (highlighted in yellow) text to your own information.
• Copy and paste Excel tables and figures as a picture; screenshots are not acceptable in this class.
• Label tables and figures.
• Use Insert Equation in Word and PowerPoint.

Microsoft Excel

Recreate Microsoft Excel Template to illustrate Charles' Law based on the given template.

Use the following formulas to fill the spreadsheet:

${^{\circ }C}={\frac {5}{9}}\left({^{\circ }F}-32\right)\,$

$K={^{\circ }C}+273.15\,$

$PV=nRT\,$

Microsoft PowerPoint

Recreate the Lab Presentation Template for lab presentations to be given throughout the semester.

Printing Instructions for Recitation

When printing handouts for recitation, select the following options in the print dialog:

• Handouts, 6 Slides Horizontal
• Portrait Orientation
• Pure Black and White or Grayscale

Microsoft Word

Recreate the Lab Report Template for lab reports to be written throughout the semester.

b. Copy and paste Excel tables and figures as a picture (Copying and pasting as a picture means you select the chart or table in Excel and copy like normal, then when in Word or PowerPoint you select Paste Special > Paste as image. I think we should even add a comment that screenshots are never acceptable in this class. This makes them use Excel formatting so they edit the appearance once, and their reports and presentations remain consistent. If data changes, they go back to the Excel, then recopy and paste as a picture. It also looks much more professional, and allows for better formatting/resizing the image in line with text in Word and PowerPoint without skewing column widths or heights. ) c. Label tables above and figures below d. Use insert equation in Word and PowerPoint

Saving Work

The information on the Lab PCs cannot be accessed outside of the lab rooms. Email copies of all the files you created to your personal account.