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<h1 align=center>EG1004 Lab 1: Software for Engineers I (Office 2007 Version)</h1>
'''<span style="color: red;">Important:</span> Please note that you ''must'' register on the [http://eg.poly.edu EG Website] before performing the lab.'''


<p><b><font color=#ff0000>Important:</font> Please note before performing the
# Click on the register link as shown in Figure 1.
lab you must register on [http://eg.poly.edu the EG1004 Web site].</b></p>
#: [[Image:Lab_intro_27.png|thumb|500px|left|Figure 1. Registration Link Identification.]]<br style="clear: both;" />
# 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.
#: [[Image:Lab_intro_28.png|thumb|500px|left|Figure 2. Registration Form.]]<br style="clear: both;" />
# Select the type of ID card you possess. Based on the type of ID you have, you may be asked for different information. If a Unique ID is asked of you, it is the barcode on the back of your ID.
#: <div><div style="float: left; display: inline;">[[Image:Lab_intro_29.png|thumb|300px|Figure 3a. Registration Form Fields for Landscape IDs.]]</div><div style="float: left; display: inline;">[[Image:Lab_intro_30.png|thumb|300px|Figure 3b. Registration Form Fields for Portrait IDs.]]</div></div><br style="clear: both;" />
# Fill in the remaining information accordingly.
#: '''Note:''' If your email is '''flast99'''@students.poly.edu or '''fml999'''@nyu.edu, then '''flast99''' or '''fml999''', respectively, will be your username.
#: '''IMPORTANT!!:'''  After you are registered, a TA must approve your account before you can log in.


<ul>
= Objectives =
<li>Click on the register button as shown on the following screen:</li>
The objective of this lab is to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to perform specific exercises and become accustomed with the tasks that each application is best suited for. Your goal is to complete the assigned tasks and obtain a basic familiarity with these three applications.


<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_27.png]]</p>
= Overview =
This lab is designed to introduce you to three Microsoft (MS) applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These programs are widely used throughout academia and business so many of you may already have some familiarity with them. Completing your assignments in EG1004 will require a basic competency in them; the following exercises are designed to ensure you have this competency so please complete them.


<li>Fill in the appropriate information on the form that pops up and submit is,
== Microsoft Office ==
as shown on the following screen:</li>
With the recent release of MS Office 2010, EG1004 is in a transition period between MS Office 2007 and MS Office 2010. Either version of MS Office may be used to complete this lab. At this time, it is believed that there are no differences, other than cosmetic ones, which will impact how this lab is performed.


<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_28.png]]</p>
When Microsoft released MS Office 2007, they introduced a new user interface to the MS Office Suite. When a MS Office application is launched, you will see this new ''Ribbon'' interface at the top of the window. The ''Ribbon'' has several features. In the top-left corner of the windows is the ''Office Button'', where functions that manage the document are found. MS Office 2010 replaced the button with the ''File'' tab. These functions include actions like opening, saving, and printing a document. Next to the ''Office Button'', or above the ''Ribbon'' in MS Office 2010, is the ''Quick Access Toolbar'' where frequently used functions can be found. Initially, there are only three icons, corresponding to saving the document, an ''undo'' of what you just did because you changed your mind, and an icon that will have the MS Office application repeat what you just did. You can add more items to the ''Quick Access Toolbar'' if you want, but we won't be doing this in this lab. Below the ''Quick Access Toolbar'' is the ''Ribbon'', where the tools you'll use for the file are located. At the top of the ribbon are a set of tabs, which operate like the tabs on physical folders in a file cabinet. Looking at the tabs, you can see the functions available. For example, upon launch you are on the ''Home'' tab. The area below the tab is organized into several ''collections'' which are named at the bottom of the ribbon. Collections are used to logically break down and group similar functions together. Figure 4 shows the initial ''Ribbon'' on the Home tab that you are presented with when MS Word is launched.
</ul>
: [[Image:lab_intro_2a.png|thumb|650px|left|Figure 4. MS Word Ribbon: Home Tab.]]<br style="clear: both;" />


<h2>1 OBJECTIVES</h2>
[[Image:Lab_intro_31.png|thumb|150px|right|Figure 5. Help Button]]Clicking the question mark at the top right of any MS Office application will open its help manual. Use it as a reference whenever you are unsure of how to do something. This, and saving your work regularly, will save you many hours over your working lifetime.<br style="clear: both;" />


<p>The objective of this lab is to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and
== Microsoft Word ==
PowerPoint to perform specific exercises and learn which programs are best
MS Word is a word processing program. Its function is writing and editing text. It has features that make the mechanics of technical writing relatively easy, but it also has features that make academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism) easy as well. You are expected to do all exercises and assignments by yourself for all courses including this one, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Specifically for this course, the main exceptions to this rule are lab presentations (to be done with your lab partner(s) of the week), project presentations (to be done with your project partners) and team lab reports (to be done with your lab partner(s) of the week). You will be given adequate notice when a lab report is expected to be written as a team; otherwise, you are expected to write the lab report individually.
suited to particular tasks. Your goal, after having completed the assigned
tasks, is to have a basic familiarity with these three software tools.</p>


<h2>2 OVERVIEW</h2>
You can create tables and write equations in MS Word. It also has spelling and grammar checkers and a thesaurus to help you eliminate mistakes in your writing. But beware: running spelling and grammar checks does not eliminate the need for careful editing of all your documents. As powerful as these tools are, they are not foolproof.


<p>This lab is designed to introduce you to three Microsoft applications:
In this course, you will use MS Word to write lab reports. The thesaurus allows you to quickly find synonyms, so that you can avoid boring repetition in your writing. To use the thesaurus, put the cursor anywhere within the word for which you would like to find a synonym. On the Ribbon, select the ''Review'' tab. Then, in the ''Proofing'' collection, click on the ''Thesaurus'' icon, which looks like an open book. The equivalent words (synonyms) will be shown on the right side of the screen. Just double-click on the one you want to use.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Mastering these programs is essential for you to
complete your assignments in EG1004. These software tools are widely used in
academic settings as well as in business and industry. Many of you may already
be familiar with some of the things they can do. The following exercises are
designed to ensure you have a well defined set of basic skills, so please
complete all the required tasks.</p>


<p>Like many other installations, EG1004 has a huge amount of software written
Use in EG1004: writing lab reports.
to support products that are part of Office. All of this software is currently
written for Office 2003. Again, like many other installations, the EG1004 staff
is converting this software to operate with Office 2007. However, this is a
huge effort. Also, since many students take EG1004 from different class years,
some students may have Office 2003 and others Office 2007. Office 2007 can read
Office 2003 files, but the opposite conversion does not always work. Therefore,
for the foreseeable future, you will have to submit your work in Office 2003
format. Fortunately, this is easy to do; when you're preparing to submit something
to the EG1004 Web site or other destinations, instead of saving the document using
the "Save" menu item, you'll be using the "Save As" item instead, selecting the
Office 2003 version as the file type. Details on how to do this will be in the
appropriate places later in this lab.</p>


== Microsoft Excel ==
MS Excel is a spreadsheet program. Its function is collecting, manipulating, and analyzing data. This data can come from a variety of sources, including experiments and design calculations.


<h3>Microsoft Word</h3>
MS Excel has many features that streamline data analysis. You can use it to generate tables, charts, and graphs. Excel includes formatting tools, editing features, built-in functions, data manipulation capabilities, and graphing features. It is especially useful for uncovering the relationships that exist between data and to identify trends. You will use it to create graphical elements that will be embedded in your reports and presentations.


<p>Microsoft Word is a word processing program; its function is to help you
Use in EG1004: 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.
create and edit text. It has features that make the mechanics of technical
writing relatively easy, but it also has features that make academic dishonesty
and plagiarism very easy, too. You are expected to do all the exercises and
assignments for this (and all other course assignments) yourself, unless you
are specifically told otherwise, e.g., when you do a team report.</p>


<p>You can create tables and write equations in Word. It also has spelling and
== Microsoft PowerPoint ==
grammar checkers and a thesaurus to help you eliminate mistakes in your writing.
MS PowerPoint is a presentation program; its function is to create slides for presentations. Presenting information has always been intrinsic to engineering projects. Product introductions, requests for funding, progress reports, and reports to management are just some examples of occasions in which technical professionals need presentation skills.
But beware: running spelling and grammar checks does not eliminate the need for
careful editing of all your documents. As powerful as these tools are, they are
not foolproof.</p>


<p>In this course, you will use Word to write lab reports and proposals. The
Remember, MS PowerPoint is a tool that will help you make better presentations. It is not a substitute for the longstanding rules to which good public speakers have always adhered. It is most effective when you use it to illustrate the points you want your audience to understand. In EG1004, you will use MS PowerPoint to report on your lab work and to present your progress on your semester-long design project.
thesaurus allows you to quickly find synonyms, so that you can avoid boring
repetition in your writing. To use the thesaurus, put the cursor anywhere
within the word for which you would like to find a synonym. On the top menu,
select the <b><i>Review</i></b> tab. Then click on the <b><i>Thesaurus</i></b>
icon, which looks like a book. The equivalent words (synonyms) will be shown on
the right side of the screen. Just double click on the one you want to
select.</p>


<h3>Microsoft Excel</h3>
MS PowerPoint is not a substitute for the longstanding rules that good public speakers adhere to. An effective presentation is one that illustrates the points that you want your audience to understand without taking the majority of their attention. Slides with excessive amounts of text do not illustrate anything and as such your presentation should not be written like a novel.


<p>Data collection, manipulation, and analysis are critical steps in the
Use in EG1004: creating and giving presentations on your lab work and semester-long design project.
research and design phases of any project. Data can come from a variety of
sources including experiments and design calculations. Microsoft Excel, a
spreadsheet program, allows you to compile and analyze your data in a
systematic fashion.</p>


<p>Excel has many features that streamline data analysis. You can use it to
= Your Assignment =
generate tables, charts, and graphs. Excel includes formatting tools, editing
== Individual Lab Report ==
features, built-in functions, data manipulation capabilities, and graphing
You do not have to write a lab report for this lab. However, you do have to write one for [[Mousetrap Car Competition|Lab 1A: Mousetrap Car Competition]], which you will perform in the second half of the lab session.
features. It is especially useful for uncovering the relationships that exist
between data and to identify trends. You will use it to create graphical
elements that will be embedded in your reports, proposals, and
presentations.</p>


<h3>Microsoft PowerPoint</h3>
You must submit two files to the [http://eg.poly.edu/ EG website]:
# MS Word file (.docx)
#* Title page
#* Generic document
#* Personalized document
#*: '''Note:''' The title page and Microsoft Word exercises should be in a single MS Word document, with the title page and each exercise separated by page breaks. To make a page break, put the cursor where you want a page break, select the ''Insert'' tab on the Ribbon, and then click on the ''Page Break'' icon in the ''Pages'' collection.
#* Lab report (Mousetrap Car only)
# Excel file (.xlsx)
#* Tables and graph


<p>Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program; its function is to create
'''<span style="color: red;">IMPORTANT!</span>''' Submit your report electronically using the [http://eg.poly.edu EG website]. You will need to login and upload the lab report material. [[How to Submit Work to the EG1004 Website|Submission instructions]] are available. A syllabus showing the deadlines for your section are located on the [http://eg.poly.edu/ EG website].
slides for presentations. Presenting information has always been intrinsic to
engineering projects. Product introductions, requests for funding, progress
reports, and reports to management are just some examples of occasions where
presentation skills are required by technical professionals.</p>


<p>Remember, PowerPoint is a tool that will help you make better presentations.
<!--
It is not a substitute for the longstanding rules to which good public speakers
== Team PowerPoint Presentation ==
have always adhered. It is most effective when you use it to illustrate the
Refer to the pages in the "Introduction to Giving Technical Presentations" in this online manual. In preparing your presentation, you may also need to use some of the material in the "Instructional Web Pages".
points you want your audience to understand. In EG1004, you will use PowerPoint
to report on your lab work and to present your progress on your Semester Long
Design Project.</p>


<p>These software tools are essential to your success in EG1004 and beyond.
You must hand in a hardcopy of the PowerPoint presentation (one copy per team) you have prepared at the beginning of each recitation period. You will deliver this presentation during recitation with the team members you worked with during lab. The hard copy will be used to help grade your oral presentation.
This lab is designed to help you master them by having you perform a specific
-->
set of tasks.</p>


<h2>3 YOUR ASSIGNMENT</h2>
= Materials and Equipment =
* Lab PC
* Microsoft Office suite


<h3>Individual Lab Report</h3>
= Procedure =
== Microsoft Word ==
You will be creating the following two documents:
: [[Image:Lab_intro_32.png|thumb|700px|left|Figure 6. Generic Document (left) and Personalized Document (right).]]
<br style="clear: both;" />
Refer to this figure above as you follow the instructions below to spot any mistakes you may make.


<p>There is no formal write-up for this lab report. Instead, you will
# Launch ''Microsoft Word''. To do this, click on the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen, which opens the ''Start Menu''. Click on the ''All Programs'' item that appears just above the button. This will show you all the software on your computer. On the list that appears, click on the ''Microsoft Office'' menu item. This will expand to show the MS Office components. Click the ''Microsoft Word 2007'' or ''Microsoft Word 2010'' menu item.
submit:</p>
#: ''Alternatively, you can type "word" into the search field of the Start Menu and click on '''Microsoft Word 2010'''''.
# Familiarize yourself with and set up your MS Word workspace.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_33.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 7. Enable the ruler.]]Enable the ruler. So far all we see is a blank sheet of paper. Some of our work will require that we know where things are located on this sheet. To help us, click on the ''View'' tab. This will change the ribbon to what's shown in Figure 7. In the ''Show'' collection, there's a box next to the word ''Ruler''. By clicking on this box, we'll display rulers on the top and side of the electronic sheet of paper, allowing us to align text and objects. This will be very helpful later.<br style="clear: both;" />
## [[Image:Lab_intro_34.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 8. Set font properties.]]Change the font face and size. Click on the ''Home'' tab and locate the ''Font'' collection. To understand this section of the ribbon, we need to discuss typography. A typed letter printed on a page or displayed on a screen has a number of attributes. The first is its ''font face'', or ''font'' for short, which is how the letter looks. Fonts come in two different types. The first is a ''serif'' font, meaning that its letters have small tails and curves that make it look good. However, these letters tend to be thin to leave room for the extra frills. The alternative kind is a ''sans serif'' font because the letters do not have this level of detail. MS Word has many fonts of both types to choose from. The second attribute a letter has is its size, specified in ''points'', corresponding to the height of the letter. A point is 1/72 of an inch, so a 12 point letter will be 1/6 of an inch high. Figure 8 shows the ''Font'' collection. Notice how all the terms described are shown, plus more. The default font is Calibri 11 points, which is very readable, but not formal enough for a report, and also a little on the small side. Therefore, we'll change it. On the top-left side of ''Font'' collection, you'll see the font name of ''Calibri (Body)'' and next to it the font size of 11 points. Next to the font name you'll see a small arrow pointing downwards, indicating that there's a pull-down menu of fonts to choose from. Click on the arrow, find the ''Times New Roman'' font, and click on it. The fonts are in alphabetical order, and also show what they look like. Notice that the font name is now changed. Next, click on the downward facing arrow next to the size, showing a menu of type sizes. Choose ''12'' for 12-point font. ''Times New Roman'' is the font many newspapers use because it is very readable, and looks good as well.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Add style to what you type. Finally, we can change how the letters look to add emphasis. We can make them bolded, italicized, or underlined. For example, the first time words are defined in this lab, we make them bold and italics. You can give letters these special attributes by clicking on the buttons in the ''Font'' collection shown in Figure 8.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_35.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 9. Setting tab stops.]]Space out your paragraphs. We can decide how much blank space we want to follow a paragraph. In the ''Paragraph'' collection, click on the small arrow in the bottom-right corner of the collection, next to the collection name. This opens the dialog box also shown at the center of Figure 9. Under the ''Indents and Spacing'' tab, locate the ''Spacing'' options, where you can set how much blank space is before and after the paragraph. The current settings show zero points (nothing) before a paragraph and 10 points after it. This is a good choice for most work, but we want to change it for this lab. Therefore, double-click on the ''10'' in the ''After'' box, highlighting the number, and type ''0'' (zero), indicating that no blank space should follow the paragraph. Now click the ''OK'' button.
## Align your text. We can choose how words fill the line on paper. The default is ''Left'' alignment which means the words start on the left side of the line and continue right until there is no more room and any text that follows is pushed to the left side of the next line. This is the way we write, where all the text is lined up on the left side of the page. There are other choices. We also have ''Centered'' alignment, where the text is centered on the line and if new text is smaller than the line what the line can hold, the existing text will shift left and right to accommodate the new text. There is also ''Right'' alignment, where the text is lined up against the right margin, and there is space on the left side. Finally, there is ''Justified'' and ''Distributed'' alignment. These two types of alignment make text appear as if text were both lined up on the left and right sides. With ''Justified'' alignment, space is added between words to make this possible. With ''Distributed'' alignment, space is added between characters. It is a good idea to use the ''Times New Roman'' 12-point font, with ''Justified'' alignment as your default, i.e., your starting font and format. This will give your reports a professional look. Paragraph adjustments are located in the ''Paragraph'' collection shown in Figure 9. In the bottom-left corner of this collection you'll see the alignment choices. For this lab, we're not producing a formal report, so we'll use left alignment instead. Select the leftmost icon among the alignment buttons (shown as depressed in Figure 9) to do this. Also, note that if you hold the cursor over any icon, a small message, called a tool tip, will pop up telling you what the icon does.
## Set a right-aligned tab at the right margin (6.5 inches). Sometimes we'd like to leave blank space and just move to a specific place on the line, filling in blank space as needed. In typography, this is called a ''tab'', and MS Word allows us to set ''tab stops'' at specific places. This is why showing rulers helps. For example, if we right align text, '''all''' the text will be right aligned, which might not be what we want. If we want text to be placed in a specific location, we create a ''tab stop''. Once again, open the paragraph control window by clicking on the small arrow in the bottom right corner of the ''Paragraph'' collection shown in Figure 9. This brings up the ''Paragraph'' dialog box from before. Click on the ''Tabs...'' button in the bottom-left corner of the window, and a new window also shown in Figure 9 will appear.<br />You can set the alignment of tab stops, just as you can align text with the margins of the page. With tab stops, you can align text five ways. You can align tab stops to the left, center, and right just as with the margins of the page. There are two additional alignments you can choose from. One is the ''Decimal'' alignment, where text at that tab stop position is aligned to a decimal point in a number. This is especially helpful when displaying data with decimal points without the use of a table. The last alignment doesn't actually align text: the ''Bar'' alignment inserts a vertical bar at the tab stop position. Again, this alignment may be useful to separate data without the use of a table.<br />''Leaders'' can also be set. Leaders are punctuation marks (none, decimals, dashes, underscores, or dots) that fill in the space between where the tab is started to the tab stop position.<br />Where tab stops are placed is determined using the ''Ruler'' we previously activated. Tab stop positions are measured from the left margin of the paper. By default, the unit of measure is inches. To set a tab stop using the ''Tabs'' dialog box, select the type of alignment and type of leader you wish for the ''tab stop''. Next, enter the position you wish to place your tab stop, measured in inches (by default) from the left margin of the paper, in the ''Tab stop position'' text box. When you are satisfied, click the ''Set'' button to create the tab stop. You can create as many tab stops as you wish. After all tab stops have been set, select ''OK'' to confirm all your selections.<br style="clear: both;" />
# Create the generic document. This document will be used as a template and should look exactly like the one pictured
## Write the equation. Before we begin, check that the paragraphs we're going to create are initially set for left alignment. If the button that shows left alignment is not highlighted, click on it to select it. Now we're ready to start creating the page. First we'll make an equation.
## Focus on the workspace. The cursor should be blinking as a vertical line at the top-left corner of your page. If it's not blinking, click anywhere on the page to bring it into ''focus''. The vertical bar shows where the equation will be placed.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_4.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 10: Insert ribbon]]Click on the ''Insert'' tab. Figure 10 shows what the ribbon looks like now. Note that the ribbon changes to things that can be inserted into the document. The collections are ''Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text,'' and ''Symbols''. In the ''Symbols'' collection you'll see the ''Equation'' icon. Click on the Equation icon. The arrow under the icon will show you the more common equations that Word already has stored. Unfortunately, they are rarely what we will want, so be careful to click on the icon and not the arrow under it. Two things happen. The ribbon changes to the ''Design'' tab to show things you can use to make an equation, and on the document an area appears that says ''Type equation here''.<br style="clear: both;" />Sometimes when an equation is inserted into a document, the equation area will be in the middle of the page. This means that Word has switched to full justification to make the equation look pretty. This is not what we want, so we'll click on the ''Home'' tab, put the paragraph back to left alignment, and return to the ''Design'' tab to continue working.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_5.png|thumb|500px|right|Figure 11: Insert ribbon]]To insert the desired quadratic equation in the upper left-hand corner of the page, proceed as follows:
### On the left side of the ribbon, you can select the kind of text you want. Select ''Normal Text'' from the list.
### Begin by typing "x=" (as usual, without the quotes).
### On the right side of the ribbon, you'll see the ''Structures'' collection. Click on the ''Fraction'' icon. Select the style of fraction you want by clicking on it. In this case we want the regular vertical fraction, which is the first one shown. Note that the fraction now appears in your document, with two empty boxes. You click on each box to fill in the top and bottom of the fraction. We'll start with the numerator (the top box), so click on it.
### Type "-b" and then select the plus-or-minus symbol from the Symbols collection (this is called a ''gallery'' by Microsoft) on the ribbon. The symbol you want is the very first one shown.
### Click on the ''Radical'' icon from the ''Structures'' collection. Select the square root item from the palette, and click the box inside the radical on the document so we can fill it in.
### To superscript text (necessary for the "2" in "b<sup>2</sup>"), click on the ''Script'' icon. We want the first selection, which is a simple superscript. The item appears in the equation. Click on the the larger box and put in the letter "b" term being squared. Next, click on the little box for the power and put a "2" in it. Next, press the right arrow to move the cursor right behind the b<sup>2</sup> term, and fill in the rest of the numerator, i.e., "-4ac".
### Click on the bottom box to fill in the denominator, and type in the "2a" term. When you are finished, click outside the equation box to return to the ordinary word processing mode.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Press the tab key and the cursor will jump to the tab stop you created on the right margin. Type "Section ??" and notice how it's filling in from the right margin. Using the methods we covered earlier, change this text to the following attributes: ''Courier New 48 points''
## Now, type the text paragraphs and give them the following attributes:
##: "First TA" ''Times New Roman 12 points, aligned right''
##: "Second TA" ''Times New Roman 12 points, aligned right''
##: "Name" ''Arial 24 points, underlined, centered''
##: "email address" ''Courier New 16 points, bold, aligned left''
##: "Address" ''Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left''
##: ''Leave an empty line since most addresses take up two lines. Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left''
##: "Phone Number" ''Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left''
##: The attributes should be applied to the typed text using the icons and menus described earlier. The attributes can be selected before you type the appropriate text, or applied afterward by selecting (highlighting) the text and then applying the attributes.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_36.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 12: Line spacing.]]Select the line spacing using the Line Spacing icon in the ''Paragraph'' collection. This icon is in the middle of the bottom row of this collection, next to the alignment icons. It looks like arrows next to lines of text, a graphical way of indicating spacing. If you hover the cursor over the icon, it will confirm this. Just select the text you want to control line spacing for, and then click the icon. Use the following line spacing for your Word document:
### for all text that is aligned right, use single spacing
### for all text that is centered, use double spacing
### for all text that is aligned left, use 1.5-line spacing
### for all text that is inside the table, use single spacing<br style="clear: both;" />
## [[Image:Lab_intro_37.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 13: Saving work.]]It is a good idea to periodically save your work. To do this, click on the Office button. Click on the Microsoft Office Button, then click on the ''Save'' menu item. Name the file "lab01generic" and save it in your account's Documents folder.<br style="clear: both;" />
## [[Image:Lab_intro_7.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 14: Insert table.]]Insert a table.
### Position the cursor by putting your mouse directly below the "Phone Number" line and clicking it. A vertical bar (the cursor) will appear at the left end of the line.
### Click on the ''Insert'' tab to get back the ribbon shown in Figure 10. Click on the ''Table'' icon. The gallery shown in Figure 14 will appear.
### You can create small tables by using your mouse to select the desired number of boxes off of the grid. However, our table will be bigger than the grid provides. Therefore, click on the "Insert Table..." item at the bottom of the gallery. This will bring up a dialog box that allows us to build a custom table.
### For your Word document, select 6 columns and 25 rows, and click OK. This will create your table and move you to the Design ribbon for the table.
### Now we need to fill in the cells in the table. Click on the ''Home'' tab so we can create and edit our text. You can give each cell font attributes or fill it in with text by clicking inside the cell with the mouse. You can also give multiple cells the same attributes by dragging the mouse over them to highlight. Make all the cells  Arial, 10 points, center alignment for the text in the table. For the first row and the first column, make these cells bold text. If the cells have different attributes, Word will only show you the attributes for the first cell, so it's a good idea to set the attributes for the cells again even if they seem to be right. Center the table on the page.  Label the columns with the five days of the week. Label the rows from 8AM to 8PM. Each row should contain one half-hour interval, e.g. 8:00 &ndash; 8:30. However, the row should not contain the AM or PM identifiers since the context is obvious.
## Now you will <!--shade the cells and--> change the borders of your tables. The entire perimeter of each table should have a double-lined border.<!--
### Highlight the Club Hour cells (Monday and Wednesday 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm). To highlight an individual cell, place the cursor at the left end of the cell.  The cursor will become a black, bolded, angled arrow. Once this arrow appears, click once to highlight the cell.
### [[Image:lab_intro_8.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 15: Background color gallery]]In the ''Paragraph'' collection, look for the icon that looks like a paint can. This is how you "paint" the background of a cell. Click on the arrow next to the paint can, and the gallery shown in Figure 15 appears. In the gallery in the first column, hover the cursor to find the paint patch that shows ''White, Background 1, Darker 25%'' and click on it.<br style="clear: both;" />
### [[Image:lab_intro_9.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 16: Font color change]]Next, we'll change the text color. We do this by clicking on the arrow next to the capital "A" in the bottom right corner of the ''Font'' collection. This brings up the gallery shown in Figure 20 again, but this time the gallery is used to select the text color rather than the background. Click on the white box in the top left corner. If you hover your cursor over this box, it will say "White, Background 1". Now type "Club Hour" in the cell. This will show white text on a gray background.<br style="clear: both;" />-->
### [[Image:lab_intro_10.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 15: Table border.]]Now we'll make our table look professional by giving it a double border around the outside. First, highlight all the cells in the table by dragging the mouse over them to highlight. In the ''Paragraph'' collection, look for the icon in the bottom right corner that's next to the paint can. It looks like a square. click on the arrow next to it. This brings up the drop down menu shown on the left side of Figure 15.
### Click on the last item in the menu: ''Borders and shading''. This will bring up the dialog box shown on the right side of Figure 15.
### On the left side of the dialog box are various built-in borders. Click on the second item in the list: ''Box''. Next, select the type of border we want by scrolling down the ''Style'': list until we see the double lines. Click on it to select it, and click on OK.
### Now we'll repeat the process for the lines inside the table. Drag the mouse over the table cells to highlight them if they're not highlighted already. Click on the arrow next to the ''Borders and Shading'' icon you just selected for the outside. Select the last menu item again, bringing up the window in Figure 15. For the ''Style'', scroll up to the top of the lines and select the single line. In the ''Preview'' pane on the right of the window you see an abstract version of your table, showing the double line on the outside and nothing on the inside. Click in the middle of the table and the solid lines will appear. As an alternative, you can click on the buttons surrounding the preview. Just click on the button in the middle of the left side and the button in the middle on the bottom of the preview to achieve the same effect. Click OK and the table is complete.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Save the changes that have been made by selecting ''Save'' from inside the ''Microsoft Office Button'' or ''File'' tab.
## [[Image:lab_intro_11.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 16: WordArt.]]Finally, you will learn to use WordArt.
### Place the cursor where you want your object to appear.
### Click on the ''Insert'' tab to get the proper ribbon. On the right side is the ''WordArt'' icon. Click on it.
### A gallery of choices will appear. Select one that's shown in Figure 16. Click OK.
### Type "EG1004" in the box that appears. Click OK.
### WordArt's default wrap text setting is ''In Front of Text'', which means it "floats above" text.  On the ''Format'' tab, choose ''In Line with Text'' to make it exist on the line, so you can align it. Make sure your generic document looks like the one in Figure 16.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Save the document again.
## Now it is time to personalize your document.
### [[Image:Lab_intro_38.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 17: Save As.]]Select ''Save As'' from the ''File'' menu.  Name the file "lab01personal.docx" and save it in the "My Documents" folder on the lab computer.<br style="clear: both;" />
### Personalize the generic document you just created, keeping the appropriate attributes.
### Save this new file.


<ul>
== Microsoft Excel ==
<li>A title page</li>
Now you will create a Microsoft Excel document. Your Excel document will include two tables and a graph showing how the volume of a gas changes when its temperature changes. Your Lab TAs will supply each student with a different value for the number of moles, n. The relationship you will graph is known as Charles' Law. When you are finished, your document will look like Figure 18.
: [[Image:lab_intro_12.png|thumb|650px|left|Figure 18: Excel Document]]<br style="clear: both;" />
# Launch Microsoft Excel. To do this, open the Start Menu, navigate to the ''Microsoft Office'' menu item and expand it. Click the ''Microsoft Excel 2007'' or ''Microsoft Excel 2010'' menu item.
#: ''Alternatively, you can type "excel" into the search field of the Start Menu and click on '''Microsoft Excel 2010'''''.
# [[Image:lab_intro_13.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 19: Create header.]]Creating a Header
## In the new, blank workbook that opens, select the <b><i>Page Layout</i></b> tab. This will bring up the ribbon shown at the top of Figure 19.
## In the <b><i>Sheet Options</i></b> collection, click on the arrow in the bottom right corner. This will bring up the <b><i>Page Setup</i></b> dialog box. Click on the <b><i>Header/Footer</i></b> tab. Click on the button that says <b><i>Custom Header</i></b>. A new dialog box with three text areas will appear corresponding to the left, center and right of the header you want at the top of your page. Fill in the sections as follows:
##* Left section: your name.
##* Center section: "Lab 1: Excel Exercise".
##* Right section: your section.
## Click "OK" to save this information. Click "OK" again to remove the "Page Setup" window and return to the spreadsheet.
#: <b>Note</b>: <i>The Header is not visible on the Excel spreadsheet as you work; it is inserted when the sheet is printed. To preview the final document, click on the <b>Microsoft Office Button</b>, then the <b>Print</b> icon, and then the <b>Print Preview</b> icon on the popup menu in MS Excel 2007. In MS Excel 2010, click on the '''File''' tab and then the '''Print''' item on the left.</i><br style="clear: both;" />
# Setting up Your Worksheet
#: <b>Note:</b> When you enter data into Excel, it is not unusual for the data to not fit into the cell initially, making it look like the data is overrunning into the next cell. Don't worry about this - you can resize the cell later so the data fill fit.
#: To complete the exercise, you will create two tables. The first one is a table of constants. To create it, enter the following information into your Excel worksheet:
## In cell <b><i>A1</i></b>, enter <b><i>Term</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>B1 </i></b>enter <b><i>Number</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>C1 </i></b>enter <b><i>Unit(s)</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>A2</i></b>, enter <b><i>n</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>B2</i></b>, enter the value provided by your TA
## In cell <b><i>C2</i></b>, enter <b><i>mol</i></b>
## in cell <b><i>A3</i></b>, enter <b><i>R</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>B3 </i></b>enter <b><i>0.082057</i></b>
## [[Image:Lab_intro_39.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 20: Superscripts.]]In cell <b><i>C3</i></b>, enter <b><i>L*atm*mol<sup>-1</sup>*K<sup>-1</sup></i></b>
##: <b>Note:</b> To make superscripts (powers), highlight what you want to make a superscript with your mouse in the area just below the ribbon. Then click on the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab and click on the arrow at the bottom right of the <b><i>Fonts</i></b> collection. The <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> popup window will appear. Click on the <b><i>Superscript</i></b> box on the left side. Click the OK button and you're done. You won't see the superscript in this area, but you will see it if you look at the cell.<br style="clear: both;" />
## In cell <b><i>A4</i></b>, enter <b><i>P</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>B4</i></b>, enter <b><i>1</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>C4</i></b>, enter <b><i>atm</i></b>
#: [[Image:lab_intro_13a.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 21: Symbol pallette]]<b>Note:</b> In the next few cells, you'll be inserting the degree symbol. When the time comes to do this, click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab, and click on the <b><i>Symbol</i></b> icon. This will bring up the Symbol palette shown in Figure 21.
#: Make sure the <b><i>Symbol</i></b> font is being shown. If it isn't, click on the arrow to the right to show all the fonts, and select Symbol. Next, scroll down the pallette until you see the degree symbol. You do this by clicking on the scroll bar on the right side. The degree symbol is the first symbol in the ninth row. Select it.
#: Now, click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> button and the symbol will be inserted into the text. Finally, click on the <b><i>Close</i></b> button to close the palette.<br style="clear: both;" />
#: Next, we'll create a table of computed values.  To do this, type the following text into your Excel worksheet:
## In cell <b><i>A6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Temperature</i></b> <b><i>(&deg;F)</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>B6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Temperature (&deg;C)</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>C6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Temperature (K)</i></b>
## In cell <b><i>D6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Volume (L)</i></b>
#: Enter Fahrenheit temperatures 0 – 45 &deg;F into cells <b><i>A7</i></b> through <b><i>A16</i></b>, increasing the temperature by 5 &deg;F in each successive cell.
# Using Formulas
#: Formulas perform calculations in your worksheet.  The calculations may use values in other cells, making Excel a very powerful calculator program.  A formula is entered in the destination cell where you want the answer to appear. Excel has many built in functions that you can use. The destination cell value is the implied result and so a formula always starts with an equal sign (=).
#: [[Image:lab_intro_13c.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 22: Formulas ribbon]]As an example of the syntax, the formula "= 5*(<b><i>P98</i></b>)+ABS(<b><i>X15</i></b>)/0.34" would take the value in cell <b><i>P98</i></b> and multiply it by five, and then add the result to the absolute value of the contents of cell <b><i>X15</i></b> divided by 0.34. If you are in doubt about the order of the mathematical operations, use parentheses to make sure the result is calculated correctly. The full range of functions can be selected clicking on the <b><i>Formulas</i></b> tab. This brings up the ribbon shown in Figure 22.<br style="clear: both;" />
#: There are several ways to choose the formula you want and you don't know its name. The first way is to click on the <b><i>Insert function</i></b> icon at the left end of the ribbon. At the top of the dialog box that pops up, there's a place where you can type the description of what you're looking for and Excel will show matches. If you have a pretty good idea of what type of function you want, you can use the colored book icons along the top of the ribbon. Just click on the icon for the category you want and then choose the function from the list.
#: You will use the following expression to convert your simulated data into degrees Celsius:
#: <math>^\circ C = \frac{5}{9} \left( ^\circ F - 32 \right)\,</math>
## Enter "=5/9*(<b><i>A7</i></b>-32)" into cell <b><i>B7</i></b>.
## Now we'll copy the formula into other cells. To do this, click on the cell. Click on the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab on the ribbon. Click on the <b><i>Copy</i></b> icon at the left end of the ribbon. highlight cells <b><i>B8</i></b> through <b><i>B16</i></b> by dragging the mouse over them. Click on the <b><i>Paste</i></b> icon that looks like a clipboard at the left end of the ribbon.
## Click on the cells between <b><i>B7</i></b> and <b><i>B16</i></b> one at a time and examine the contents. Notice that the cell reference in the formula has automatically been adjusted in each destination cell.
#: You will then use the following expression to convert your data into Kelvin:
#: <math>K = ^\circ C + 273.15\,</math>
## Enter "=<b><i>B7</i></b>+273.15" into cell <b><i>C7</i></b>.
## Copy this formula into the cells <b><i>C8</i></b> through <b><i>C16</i></b> using the same method we used earlier.
## Click on the cell <b><i>C16 </i></b>and look at the contents.  Notice that the cell reference in the formula (<b><i>B7</i></b>) has automatically been adjusted to <b><i>B16</i></b>.
#: You will use the ideal gas law expression to compute the volume for your exercise:
#: <math>V = \frac{nRT}{P}\,</math>
## Enter "=(<b><i>$B$2</i></b>*<b><i>$B$3</i></b>*<b><i>C7)/$B$4</i></b>" into cell <b><i>D7</i></b>.
## Copy this formula into the cells <b><i>D8</i></b> through <b><i>D16</i></b> using the same method we used earlier.
## Click on cell <b><i>D16 </i></b>and notice that all the cell references except <b><i>C7</i></b> have been kept constant.  Typing a <b><i>$</i></b> before a cell reference letter or number fixes the value, even if is it later copied. Two <b><i>$</i></b> keeps both the cell letter and the cell number constant.
# Formatting Your Tables
#: First, you need to be able to see the entire contents of each column. By default, Excel sets all columns to the same width, and fields containing long strings of data can be obstructed by other columns.  However, Excel can resize each column to make all the data it contains visible. Always review your data and decide if the number of digits displayed in the worksheet is appropriate. Start by making sure no cells are highlighted. If there are, just click on any cell so that just the usual outline box is present.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_17.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 23: Column Edge]]Move the cursor up to the top of the spreadsheet and hover the cursor between the <b><i>A</i></b> and <b><i>B</i></b> column headers. Note that the cursor changes to a vertical line with an arrow on each side, as shown in Figure 23.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Double click on the boundary between the column headers and the width of the column to the left will automatically resize. Do this for the other columns as well.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_17a.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 24: Format Cells dialog box]]In our example two digits after the decimal point is appropriate. Adjust the display by highlighting the data cells B7:D16 (drag the mouse). Click on the arrow in the bottom right corner of the <b><i>Font</i></b> collection in the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab to bring up the <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> dialog box shown in Figure 24.<br />Click on the <b><i>Number</i></b> tab in the dialog box. In the <b><i>Category</i></b> list, click on the <b><i>Number</i></b> item and the window will change to allow you to format numbers. Note that the number of decimal places is 2, which is what you want. Click on the <b><i>OK</i></b> button and you're done.<br />Changing the number of places in the "Volume" column now made the column too wide, since it no longer has to hold so many places. Make sure no cells are highlighted and resize the column by double clicking the right edge of the column again.<br style="clear: both;" />
# [[Image:Lab_intro_17b.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 25: Format Cells dialog box: border tab]]Creating Table Borders
#: As part of this section, you'll see a different way to work with cells.
## In your Excel worksheet, highlight the table of constants (cells A1-C4), and right click within the highlighted area.
## From the dialog box that appears, select Format Cells. This will bring up the same <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> dialog box that you saw before.
## In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the Border tab. This will change the dialog box to what's shown in Figure 25:
## Make the constant table professional looking by selecting the double lines in the bottom right corner of the "Style", and the "Outline" preset. Now we'll put grid lines inside by selecting the single line in the bottom left corner of "Style", and the "Inside" preset. The preview picture will now show a grid with a double line frame and single line inside lines. Click "OK", and you'll now see the table of constants being nicely framed.
## Next, we'd like to separate the column headers from the numbers. Highlight the column header cells (A1-C1), and right click within the highligted area. Like before, select Format Cells from the context menu that appears and go to the Border tab. Select the double lines in the bottom right corner of "Style" and the "Outline" present.<br style="clear: both;" />
## [[Image:Lab_intro_17c.png|thumb|350px|right|Figure 26: Format Cells dialog box: fill tab]]Next, we'd like to shade the column headers so they stand out more. Click on the "Home" tab on the ribbon. In the ''Font'' collection, click on the arrow next to the paint can to see the gallery shown in Figure 26.
## Select the gray box in the middle row on the left side, which will be 25% darker. Click "OK", and you'll see that the column headers now have their own frame and shading.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Repeat steps 1-6 for the table of computations.
# [[Image:Lab_intro_17e.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 27:Scatter chart pallette]]Creating a Chart
#: As the final step in this exercise, you will be graphing the relationship between volume and temperature, using the Chart feature in Excel. To create a chart:
## Select the temperature and volume values in cells <b><i>C7–D16</i></b>.
## Click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab on the ribbon. The ribbon will change to what's shown in Figure 27.
## The <b><i>Chart</i></b> collection is in the middle of the ribbon. Click on the <b><i>Scatter</i></b> icon. This will bring up the pallette shown in Figure 27.
## On the pallette, click on the first icon: Scatter with only markers.<br style="clear: both;" />
## [[Image:Lab_intro_17f.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 28: Design ribbon for chart]]The chart appears on your spreadsheet, and the ribbon changes to the <b><i>Design</i></b> tab so you can customize your chart, as shown in Figure 28.
## The chart points are probably blue, which don't print well on a black and white printer. If you look at the ribbon, the chart style is probably "Style 2". Click on "Style 1" and you'll get black points, which will print better.<br style="clear: both;" />
## Now we'll customize the chart by adding the axis labels and title. In the <b><i>Chart Layouts</i></b> collection, hover the cursor over the first icon, and the caption "Layout 1" will appear. This is the layout we want, so click on the icon.
## Click on the vertical axis title. Highlight the existing text that says "Axis Title" and change it to "Volume (L)".
## Click on the horizontal axis title. Highlight the existing text that says "Axis Title"and change it to "Temperature (K)".
## Click on the title. Highlight the existing text that says "Chart Title" and change it to "Volume (L) vs. Temperature (K)".
## Click on the <b><i>Series 1</i></b> text on the right side, which is the chart legend. We don't need a legend for this chart. Put the cursor over the data point in front of the words and the cursor will change to a crosshair with arrows. Press the <b><i>Delete</i></b> key and the legend will disappear. The chart will also automatically resize to fill the space.
# [[Image:Lab_intro_17g.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 29: Format Tendline dialog box]]Adding a Trendline
#: A trendline is a fit to data, indicating the general behavioral tendency or trend of the data, if any. This allows you to more easily see the nature of any relationship between the quantities in your graph. To add a trendline to your chart:
## Select any data point on your chart. Excel will automatically select all remaining points for you.
## Right-click within the chart. From the context menu that appears, select <b><i>Add Trendline...</i></b>. This will bring up the dialog box shown in Figure 29.
## As you can see, there are a lot of options. Fortunately, the defaults are exactly what we want, so just click the <b><i>Close</i></b> button. The chart now has the trendline we want.<br style="clear: both;" />
# Adding a Caption to Your Chart
## Reposition the chart within your worksheet so that it does not obstruct your data tables. Do this by clicking anywhere on the chart. Squares will appear around the border of the chart indicating that it has been selected. Click the mouse, and "drag" the chart to where you want it, which is typically on the left edge of the spreadsheet, with one row between the bottom of the data table and the top of the chart.
## [[Image:Lab_intro_17h.png|thumb|450px|right|Figure 30: Alignment dialog box]]Select a set of cells beneath your graph roughly the same width as the graph, starting where you want the caption to begin, and right click within the selected group of cells. From the context menu that appears, select Format Cells. The <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> dialog box that you saw earlier appears. Click on the <b><i>Alignment</i></b> tab, and the dialog box changes to Figure 30.
## In the <b><i>Text alignment</i></b> area, for <b><i>Horizontal</i></b>, click on the arrow to the right of the word "General" and a dropdown menu appears. Click on <b><i>Center</i></b>.
## In the <b><i>Text control</i></b> area, check the Wrap Text and Merge Cells checkboxes, and click <b><i>OK</i></b>.<br style="clear: both;" />
## In the highlighted cells, enter a suitable caption for your chart.
# Since we're done with the worksheet, we'll save it for submission.


<li>Your Microsoft Word exercise (personalized schedule and non-personalized
== Microsoft PowerPoint (Optional Exercise) ==
schedule)</li>
Now you will create a PowerPoint presentation reporting on the work done in <b><i>Lab 1</i></b>. PowerPoint has five viewing windows. Slide View displays one slide at a time, Outline View lists the text for each slide in your presentation, Slide Sorter View displays thumbnails of all your slides allowing you to reorder them easily, and Notes Page View lets you attach text to each slide. Finally, you can view your slides in order in the Slide Show View.


<p><b>Note:</b> The title page and Microsoft Word exercise should be in a
For your labs, your presentation must include a title slide, a brief overview of the presentation, examples of the work done in this lab (either screenshots, or material copied and pasted from the original documents) and a conclusion slide. You may use any design template that you like. Use a title slide at the beginning of your presentation and the bulleted slides for the information that follows. Figure 31 contains some examples of what your slides might look like.
single Word document, with the title page and exercise separated by page
breaks. (To make a page break, put the cursor where you want a page break,
select the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab on the top menu, and then click on the
<b><i>Page Break</i></b> icon.</p>


<li>Your Microsoft Excel exercise (table and graph). Submit the Excel file,
:[[Image:lab_intro_24.png|thumb|650px|left|Figure 31: Typical PowerPoint slides]]<br style="clear: both;" />
which has an .xls file extension, by itself, not as part of a Word
document.</li>


<li>Your Microsoft PowerPoint exercise. Submit the PowerPoint file, which has a
# To open Microsoft PowerPoint, go to the Start menu, select <b><i>Microsoft Office</i></b> and <b><i>Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007</i></b>. PowerPoint will start. A new slide will appear with the default Title layout (see Figure 32). Click where it says, "Click to add title" and enter the title of your presentation.
.ppt file extension, by itself, not as part of a Word document.</li>
#: [[Image:Lab_intro_25.png|thumb|650px|center|Figure 32: Microsoft PowerPoint, main window. Your screen will look like this when you begin a new presentation.]]<br style="clear: both;" />
</ul>
# From the <b><i>Slide</i></b> group, click on the <b><i>New Slide</i></b> icon. This will advance your presentation to the next slide, which will be blank. When you select this, PowerPoint will display a number of alternatives for you to choose from on how to layout your next slide. Choose the one you like best.
# Click anywhere inside the box marked "Click to Add Text" and insert your information. Continue this process until you have outlined your entire presentation.
# To add an object from another software application, like Word or Excel, simply copy and paste your object onto the selected PowerPoint slide.
#: Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to customize the design of your presentation.
#: To select a design template before you begin, click on the <b><i>Design</i></b> tab on the ribbon. The <b><i>Themes</i></b> group will show the slide themes you currently have available. Initially, it is a rather limited selection. However, there are hundreds of themes available. Sample slides of each theme are shown in the group. To have a wider selection, click on the downward facing arrow just to the right of the sample slides, to the left of the icons for Colors, Fonts, and Effects.
#: [[Image:lab_intro_25a.png|thumb|650px|left|Figure 33: Theme dialog box]]<br style="clear: both;" />
#: In addition to seeing the themes you already have, there is also a selection of how to acquire more. Click on the message "More Themes on Microsoft Office Online..." and you'll be directed to the Microsoft Web site that is an archive of many templates for all the Office products. In the top left corner of the Web page you'll see a group called <b><i>Search</i></b>. Just below the word "Templates" there's a line where you can enter text saying what you want to search for. For example, if you want to use a theme with a space orientation, type in "slides space" and click on the <b><i>Search</i></b> icon. This will bring up the first 100 themes related to space, 14 at a time. You should be able to find a theme you like on almost any subject.
#: <b>Note:</b> <i>The <b>Design</b> tab also allows you to adjust your color schemes too. Click on the <b>Colors</b> icon on the right side of the <b>Themes</b> group. From the dialog box that appears you can select a predefined color scheme, or design one of your own. Remember to choose a scheme that has a high contrast between the letters on the slide and the background so that your audience can read the slides easily. The built-in schemes are designed to do this.</i>
#: '''<span style="color: red;">IMPORTANT: </span>'''Make sure you run Spell Check when you have completed your presentation! To run it, hit F5. After making any corrections, save your presentation.


<p><b><font color=#ff0000>IMPORTANT</font></b> Submit your report
=== Printing Instructions for Recitation ===
electronically using the EG1004 website: http://eg.poly.edu. You will need to
You can print a copy of your presentation just like Word and Excel. To print a copy of your PowerPoint Presentation:
login and upload the lab report material. Submission instructions, a sample
# Click on the ''Microsoft Office'' button or ''File'' tab. From the menu that appears, click on the <b><i>Print</i></b> icon. In MS Office 2007, a dialog box with the following options will appear. In MS Office 2010, the Backstage View will appear with the following options.
coversheet, and a syllabus showing the deadlines for your section are located
#: [[Image:lab_intro_26.png|thumb|650px|left|Figure 34: Microsoft PowerPoint Print dialog box.]]<br style="clear: both;" />
on the website.</p>
# In the box marked Print what: select <b><i>Handouts</i></b>.
# In the box marked Color/grayscale select <b><i>Pure Black and White</i></b>.
# In the box marked Slides per page choose <b><i>six</i></b>, using <b><i>Horizontal</i></b> border.
# Click OK to print.
Your lab work is now complete. <b>Email</b> copies of all the files you created to your personal account. Review the files for errors before submitting your report.


<h3>Team PowerPoint Presentation</h3>
Please clean up your workstation before you leave the lab. Refer to section <b><i>3 Your Assignment </i></b>for the list of the specific items you must submit for your report.


<p>Refer to the pages in the "Introduction to Giving Technical Presentations"
{{Laboratory Experiments}}
in this online manual. In preparing your presentation, you may also need to use
some of the material in the "Instructional Web Pages".</p>
 
<p>You must hand in a hardcopy of the PowerPoint presentation (one copy per
team) you have prepared at the beginning of each recitation period. You will
deliver this presentation during recitation with the team members you worked
with during lab. The hard copy will be used to help grade your oral
presentation.</p>
 
<h2>4 MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT</h2>
 
<ul>
<li>Lab PC</li>
<li>Microsoft Office Suite</li>
</ul>
 
<p><b>Remember:</b> You are required to take notes in lab. Experimental details
are easily forgotten unless written down. You should keep a laboratory notebook
for this purpose.  Each week, you <b>must</b> hand in a copy of your lab notes
for the Writing Consultant (<b>WC)</b> to review. Keepingcareful notes is an
essential component of all engineering and scientific practice.</p>
 
<p>However, <b>for this lab only</b>, you are not required to take lab notes,
or submit them for review by the Writing Consultant.</p>
 
<h2>5 PROCEDURE</h2>
 
<h3>Microsoft Word</h3>
 
<p>Most software has a built-in reference manual to help you learn the program.
For all the Office 2007 products, the help icon is a white question mark in a
blue button located at the top right corner of the screen. Use it whenever you
are in doubt about how to do something. This, and regularly saving your work,
will save you many lost hours over your working lifetime.</p>
 
<p>You are going to create two Microsoft Word documents. One will look like
Figure 1 below.</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro-1.JPG]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 1: Generic Word document</p>
 
<p>The other will be personalized, and will look like Figure 2.</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_2.jpg]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 2: Personalized Word document</p>
 
<ol>
<li>To open Microsoft Word, click on the Windows icon in the bottom left corner
of the screen, which is the <b><i>Start Menu</i></b>. On the list that appears,
click on the <b><i>Microsoft Office</i></b> menu item. This will expand to
the Office 2007 components. Click the <b><i>Microsoft Office Word 2007</i></b>
menu item.</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_2a.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 3: Beginning screen</p>
 
<p>When Word starts, you'll see the the screen shown in Figure 3. The most
important part is the "<b><i>ribbon</i></b>", which all Office
products now use. The ribbon has several features. In the extreme top left
corner is the <b><i>Microsoft Office Button</i></b>, where functions that
manage the document are found. These include thinkgs like opening, saving, and
printing a document. Next to the Office button is the <b><i>Quick Access
Toolbar</i></b>, where frequently used functions can be found. Initially, there
are only three icons, corresponding to saving the document, an "undo" of what
you just did because you changed your mind, and an icon that will have Word
repeat what you just did. You can add more items to the Quick Access Toolbar if
you want, but we won't be doing this in this lab. Below the Quick Access
Toolbar is the "<b><i>ribbon</i></b>", where the tools you'll use for the
document are located. At the top of the ribbon are a set of tabs, which is the
high level menu. Each item in the menu is a <b><i>tab</i></b>, which operates
like the tab on a physical folder in a file cabinet. Looking at the tabs, you
can see the functions available. For example, right now you're on the
<b><i>Home</i></b> tab. The area below the tab has several <b><i>groups</i></b>
named at the bottom of the grouped functions. These groups are categories of
functions you can use. Most people will see <b><i>Clipboard, Font, Paragraph,
Styles</i></b>, and <b><i>Editing</i></b> groups.</p>
 
<p>So far all we see is a blank sheet of paper. Some of our work will require
that we know where things are located on this sheet. To help us, click on the
<b><i>View</i></b> tab. This will change the ribbon to what's shown in
Figure 4:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_2b.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 4: View ribbon</p>
 
<p>On the <b><i>Show/Hide</i></b> group, there's a box next to the word
<b><i>Ruler</i></b>. By clicking on this box, we'll display rulers on the top
and side of electronic paper, allowing us to align things. This will be very
helpful later. Now click on the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab to get back to the
main ribbon.</p>
 
<p>To understand the next part of the ribbon, we need to discuss typography.
A typed letter on a page or displayed on a screen has a number of attributes.
The first is its <b><i>font</i></b>, which is how the letter looks. Fonts come
in two different kinds. The first is a <b><i>serif</i></b> font, meaning that
its letters have small tails and curves that make it look good. However, these
letters tend to be thin to leave room for the extra frills. The alternative
kind is a <b><i>sans serif</i></b> font because the letters do not have this
level of detail. Word has many fonts of both kinds to choose from. The second
attribute a letter has is its size, specified in Word in <b><i>points</i></b>,
which is the height of the letter. A point is 1/48 of an inch, so a 12 point
letter will be 1/4 of an inch high.</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_3_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 5: Font Group</p>
 
<p>Figure 5 shows the <b><i>Font</i></b> group. Notice how all the terms
described in the preceding paragraph are shown, plus more. The default font is
Calibri 11 points, which is very readable, but not formal enough for a report,
and also a little on the small side. Therefore, we'll change it. On the top
left side, you'll see the font name of <b><i>Calibri (Body)</i></b> and next to
it the type size of 11 points. Next to the font name you'll see a small arrow
pointing downwards, indicating that there's a pulldown menu of fonts to choose
from. Click on the arrow, find the <b><i>Times New Roman</i></b> font, and
click on it. The fonts are in alphabetical order, and also show what they look
like. Notice that the font name is now changed. Next, click on the downward
facing arrow next to the size, showing a menu of type sizes. Choose
<b><i>12</i></b> for 12 point type. Times New Roman is the font many newspapers
use because it is very readable, and looks good as well.</p>
 
<p>Finally, we can change how the letters look to add emphasis. We can make
them italics, bold, or underlined. For example, the first time words are
defined in this lab, we make them bold and italics. You can give letters these
special attributes by clicking on the buttons in the Fonts group shown in
Figure 6:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_3a_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 6: Letter highlighting buttons</p>
 
<p>Next, we can choose how we want paragraphs to look. The paragraph group
is shown in Figure 7:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_3b_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 7: Paragraph Group</p>
 
<p>First, We can choose how the words fill out the line. The default is
<b><i>left justification</i></b> which means the words start on the left side
of the line and continue until we run out of room, and a new line is started.
This is the way we write. There are other choices. We also have <b><i>centered
justification</i></b>, where the text is centered on the line and if it's
smaller than the line there will be room on both the front and the back. There
is also <b><i>right justification</i></b>, where the line is up against the
right margin, and there is space on the left side. Finally, there is <b><i>full
justification</i></b> where the spacing between the words is increased so that
the words fill up the entire line from side to side. It is a good idea to use
the Times New Roman 12 point font, with full justification as your default,
i.e., your starting font and format. This will give your reports a professional
look. Paragraph adjustments are located in the <b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group.
In the bottom left corner of this group you'll see the justification choices.
The paragraph alignment buttons look like this:</p>
 
<p>[[Image:lab_intro_3.gif]]</p>
 
<p>For this lab, we're not producing a formal report, so we'll use left
justfication instead. Click on the leftmost icon of the group (the one that
looks like text that's left justified) to do this. Also, note that if you hold
the cursor over any icon, a small message will pop up telling you what the
icon does. Microsoft calls this <b><i>hovering the cursor</i></b> and every
Microsoft product supports it.</p>
 
<p>Sometimes we'd like to leave blank space and just move to a specific place
on the line, filling in blank space as needed. In typography, this is called
a <b><i>tab</i></b>, and Word allows us to set tabs at specific places. This is
why showing rulers helps. For example, if we right justify text using the
button just described, <b>all</b> the text will be right justified, which might
not be what we want. If we want text to be placed in a specific location, we
create a <b><i>tab stop</i></b>. In the <b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group, click on
the small arrow in the bottom right corner of the group. This brings up a
dialog box that gives us more control over the paragraph. This dialog box is
shown in Figure 8:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_3c_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 8: Paragraph control window</p>
 
<p>Click on the <b><i>Tabs...</i></b> button in the bottom left corner of the
window, and a new window shown in Figure 9 will appear:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_3d_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 9: Tabs window</p>
 
<p>You can set left tabs, where the text will start at the position you give,
center tabs, where the text will be centered on the position you give, and
right tabs, where the text will end at the position you give. The way you do
this is you give the place where you want the tab to be in inches, based on the
ruler at the top of the screen. Then you click on one of the <b><i>radio
buttons</i></b> to select the type of tab you want. Then click on the
<b><i>Set</i></b> button to create the tab. You can create more tabs if you
want. When you're done, click on the <b><i>OK</i></b> button.</p>
 
<p>Next, we can decide how much blank space we want to follow a paragraph.
Once again, we'll open the paragraph control window by clicking on the small
arrow in the bottom right corner of the <b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group. This
opens a new window shown in Figure 10:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_3e_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 10: Paragraph spacing window</p>
 
<p>On the left side of the window, you'll see the <b><i>Spacing</i></b> area,
showing how much blank space is before and after the paragraph. The current
settings show zero points (nothing) before a paragraph and 10 points after it.
This is a good choice for most work, but we want to change it for this lab.
Therefore,  double click on the "10" in the box for the <b><i>After</i></b>
specification, highlighting the number, and type a zero, indicating that no
blank space should follow the paragraph. Now click the <b><i>OK</i></b>
button.</p>
 
<p>We have to set a tab at the right margin. Use the method described
above to set a tab at 6.5 inches, right adjusted, and click the <b><i>OK</i></b>
button.</p>
 
<p>Finally, check that the paragraphs we're going to create are initially set
for left justification. If the button that shows left alignment is not
highlighted, click on it to highlight it.</p>
 
<li>Now we're ready to start creating the page. First we'll make an equation.</li>
 
<ol type="a">
<li>The cursor should be blinking as a vertical line at the top left corner of
your page. If it's not blinking, click anywhere on the page. The  vertical bar
shows where the equation will be placed.</li>
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab. Figure 10 below shows what the
ribbon looks like now. Note that the ribbon changes to things that can be
inserted into the document. The groups are <b><i>Pages, Tables, Illustrations,
Links, Header & Footer, Text</i></b> and <b><i>Symbols</i></b>. In the
<b><i>Symbols</i></b> group you'll see the <b><i>Equation</i></b> icon. For
each of the symbols, there's the name of symbol and an arrow under it. The
arrows show the more common usages of the symbol. Unfortunately, it's rarely
what we will want, so be careful to click on the icon and not the arrow under
it. Click on the <b><i>Equation</i></b> icon and two things happen. The ribbon
changes to the <b><i>Design</i></b> tab on the menu to show things you can use
to make an equation, and on the document an area appears that says <b><i>Type
equation here</i></b>. Figure 11 shows what this looks like.</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_4_2007.jpg]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 11: Insert ribbon</p>
 
<p>Sometimes, when the <b><i>Design</i></b> tab opens, the equation area will
be in the middle of the page. This means that Word has switched to full
justification to make the quation look pretty. This is not what we want, so
we'll click on the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab, put the paragraph back to left
justification, and return to the <b><i>Design</i></b> tab to continue
working.</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_5_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 12: Design ribbon</p>
 
<li>To insert the desired quadratic equation in the upper left-hand corner of
the page, proceed as follows:</li>
 
<ul>
<li>On the left side of the ribbon, you can select the kind of text you want.
Select <b><i>Normal Text</i></b> from the list.</li>
 
<li>Begin by typing “x=�? (as usual, without the quotes).</li>
 
<li>On the right side of the ribbon, you'll see the <b><i>Structures</i></b>
group. Click on the <b><i>Fraction</i></b> icon. This will bring up the
<b><i>Fraction</i></b> palette shown in Figure 13:</li>
 
<p align=center><b><i>[[Image:Lab_intro_6_2007.png]]</i></b></p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 13: Fraction palette</p>
 
<li>Select the style of fraction you want by clicking on it. In this case we
want the regular vertical fraction, which is the first one shown. Note that the
fraction now appears in your document, with two empty boxes. You click on each
box to fill in the top and bottom of the fraction. We'll start with the
numerator (the top box), so click on it.</li>
 
<li>Type “-b�? and then select the plus-or-minus symbol from the Symbols
group (this is called a <b><i>gallery</i></b> by Microsoft) on the ribbon.
The symbol you want is the very first one shown.</li>
 
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Radical</i></b> icon from the <b><i>Structures</i></b>
group. Select the square root item from the palette, and click the box
inside the radical on the document so we can fill it in.</li>
 
<li>To superscript text (necessary for the “2�? in “b<sup>2</sup>�?), click on
the <b><i>Script</i></b> icon. We want the first selection, which is a simple
superscript. The item appears in the equation. Click on the the larger box
and put in the letter "b" term being squared. Next, click on the little box
for the power and put a "2" in it. Next, press the right arrow to move the
cursor right behind the b<sup>2</sup> term, and fill in the rest of the
numerator.</li>
 
<li>Click on the bottom box to fill in the denominator, and type in the "2a"
term. When you are finished, click outside the equation box to return to the
ordinary word processing mode.</li>
</ul>
 
<li>Type the text in quotes below, without including the quotes or the
italicized attributes:</li>
 
<p>Press the tab key and the cursor will jump to the tab you created
on the right margin. Type “Section ??�? and notice how it's filling
in from the right margin. Using the methods we covered earlier, change
this text to the following attributes:<i> Courier New 48 points</i></p>
 
<p>For the rest of the text, we can align it using the paragraph
justification buttons described earlier.</p>
 
<li>Now, type more paragraphs and give them the following
attributes:</li>
<p>“First TA�? <i>Times New Roman 12 points, aligned right</i></p>
<p>“Second TA�? <i>Times New Roman 12 points, aligned right</i></p>
<p>“Name�? <i>Arial 24 points, underlined, centered</i></p>
 
<p>“email address�? <i>Courier New 16 points, bold, aligned left</i></p>
<p>“Address�? <i>Times New Roman 12 pionts, aligned left</i></p>
<p>“Phone Number�? <i>Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left</i></p>
 
<p>The attributes should be applied to the typed text using the icons and menus
described earlier. The attributes can be selected before you type the
appropriate text, or applied afterward by selecting (highlighting) the text and
then applying the attributes.</p>
 
<p>Select the line spacing using the Line Spacing icon in the
<b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group. This icon is in the middle of the bottom row
of this group, next to the justification icons. It looks like arrows next to
lines of text, a graphical way of indicating spacing. If you hover the cursor
over the icon, it will confirm this. Just select the text you want to control
line spacing for, and then click the icon. Use the following line spacing for
your Word document:</p>
 
<ol type="a">
<li>for all text that is aligned right, use single spacing</li>
<li>for all text that is centered, use double spacing</li>
<li>for all text that is aligned left, use 1.5-line spacing.</li>
</ol>
 
<li>It is a good idea to periodically save your work. To do this, click on the
Office button. Click on the Microsoft Office Button, then click on the
<b><i>Save</i></b> menu item. Name the file  “lab01generic�? and save it in the
“My Documents�? folder on your computer. Later, you must convert the files to
Office 2003 format so you can submit them for grading.</li>
 
</ol>
 
<li>Next, you will insert a table.</li>
 
<ol type="a">
<li>Position the cursor by putting your mouse directly below the "Phone Number"
line and clicking it. A vertical bar (the cursor) will appear at the left end
of the line.</li>
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab to get back the ribbon shown in Figure
10. Click on the <b><i>Table</i></b> icon. The gallery shown in Figure 14 will
appear.</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7a_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 14: Insert Table Gallery</p>
 
<li>You can create small tables by using your mouse to select the desired
number of boxes off of the grid. However, our table will be bigger than the
grid provides. Therefore, click on the "Insert Table..." item at the bottom of
the gallery. This will bring up a window that allows us to build a custom
table. It's shown in Figure 15.</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7b.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 15: Table dialog window</p>
 
<li>For your Word document, select 6 columns and 14 rows, and click OK. This
will create your table and move you to the design ribbon for the table, as
shown in Figure 16:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7c.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 16: Table is created in the document</p>
 
<li>Now we need to fill in the cells in the table. Click on the
<b><i>Home</i></b> tab so we can create and edit our text. You can give each
cell font attributes or fill it in with text by clicking inside the cell with
the mouse. You can also give multiple cells the same attributes by dragging
the mouse over them. Make all the cells  Arial, 10 points, center justification
for the text in the table. For the First row and the first column, make these
cells bold text. If the cells have different attributes, Word will only show
you the attributes for the first cell, so it's a good idea to set the
attributes for the cells again even if they seem to be right. Center the table
on the page.  Label the columns with the five days of the week. Label the rows
from 8 AM to 9PM. Each row should contain one hour, e.g. 8:00 – 9:00. However,
the row should not contain the AM or PM identifiers since the context is
obvious.</li>
</ol>
 
<li>Now you will shade the cells and change the borders of your tables. The
entire perimeter of each table should have a double-lined border. The Club Hour
cells should be shaded.</li>
 
<ol type="a">
<li>Highlight the Club Hour cells (Monday 1:00 pm to 2:00.pm and Wednesday
12:00 noon to 2:00 pm). To highlight an individual cell, place the cursor at
the left end of the cell.  The cursor will become a black, bolded, angled
arrow. Once this arrow appears, click once to highlight the cell.</li>
 
<li>In the <b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group, look for the icon that looks like a
paint can. This is how you "paint" the background of a cell. Click on the arrow
next to the paint can, and the following gallery show in Figure 17 appears:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7d.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 17: Background color gallery</p>
 
<li>In the gallery in the first column, hover the cursor to find the paint patch
that shows <i>White, Background 1, Darker 25%</i> and click on it. On the
Format menu, click Borders and Shading. Click the Shading tab and select 25%
gray from the color palette. Next, we'll change the text color. We do this by
clicking on the arrow next to the capital "A" in the bottom right corner of the
<b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group. This brings up the gallery shown in Figure 17
again, but this time the gallery is used to select the text color rather than
the background. Click on the white box in the top left corner. If you hover
your cursor over this box, it will say "White, Background 1". Now type "Club
Hour" in the cell. This will show white text on a gray background.</li>
 
<li>Now we'll make our table look professional by giving it a double border
around the outside. First, highlight all the cells in the table by dragging
the mouse over them. In the <b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group, look for the icon
in the bottom right corner that's next to the paint can. It looks like a
square. click on the arrow next to it. This brings up the window shown in
Figure 18:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7e.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 18: Cell formatting menu</p>
 
<li>Click on the last item in the menu: <i>Borders and shading</i>. This will
bring up the window shown in Figure 19:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7f.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 19: Borders and shading window</p>
 
<li>On the left side of the window are various built-in borders. Click on the
second item in the list: <i>Box</i>. Next, select the type of border we want by
scrolling down the <i>Styles:</i> list until we see the double lines. Click on
it to select it, and click on OK.</li>
 
<li>Now we'll repeat the process for the lines inside the table. Drag the mouse
over the table cells to highlight them if they're not highlighted already.
Click on the arrow next to the <i>Borders and Shading</i> icon you just
selected for the outside. Select the last menu item again, bringing up the
window in Figure 19. For the <i>Styles</i>, scroll up to the top of the lines
and select the single line. In the <b><i>Preview</i></b> pane on the right of
the window you see an abstract version of your table, showing the double line
on the outside and nothing on the inside. CLick in the middle of the table and
the solid lines will appear. Click OK and the table is complete.</li>
</ol>
 
<li>Save the changes that have been made by selecting <b><i>Save</i></b> from
inside the <b><i>Microsoft Office Button</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>Finally, you will learn to use WordArt.</li>
 
<ol type="a">
 
<li>Place the cursor where you want your object to appear.</li>
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> to get the proper ribbon. On the right
side is the <b><i>WordArt</i></b> icon. On the Insert menu, select Picture,
then Word Art.</li>
 
<li>A gallery of choices will appear. Select one that resembles our example.
Click OK.</li>
 
<li>Type “EG1004�? in the box that appears. Click OK.</li>
 
<li>If the WordArt is left adjusted, you can put it in the center of the line
by clicking on the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab and selecting the centered
justification in the <b><i>Paragraph</i></b> group.</li>
</ol>
 
<li>Save the document again.</li>
 
<li>Since you have to submit this document, you need to save it again using the
Word 2003 format. To do this, click on the <b><i>Microsoft Office Button</i></b>
and select <i>Save As...</i> off the menu. On the window that comes up, use a
file name of “lab01generic�? like you did before, but this time, on the "Save as
type" menu below it click on the arrow on the right, and select "Word 97-2003".
Click OK and the document will be saved in Word 2003 format as well. Since Word
2007 has more functionality than Word 2003, especially with equations, you
might get a window warning you of compatibility issues. Since we're done with
this document, this is OK, so just click the OK button to continue.</li>
 
<li>Now it is time to personalize your document.</li>
 
<ol type="a">
<li>Select <b><i>Save As</i></b> from the <b><i>File</i></b> menu.  Name the
file “lab01personal.doc�? and save it in the “My Documents�? folder on the lab
computer. This will save the document in Word 2003 format as well, which is
what we want.</li>
 
<li>Personalize the generic document you just created, keeping the appropriate
attributes.</li>
 
<li>Save this new file.</li>
</ol>
 
</ol>
 
<p><b><i>To insert a comment (Microsoft Word):</i></b></p>
 
<ol>
<li>Put the cursor where you would like the comment inserted.</li>
<li>Click on the <b><i>Review</i></b> tab. The ribbon shown in Figure 20 will
appear:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_7g.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 20: Review ribbon</p>
 
<li>Click the <b><i>New Comment</i></b> icon in the <b><i>Comments</i></b>
group. The text under the cursor will be surrounded by a red box with a
connector to a box outside the document where you can type your comment. The
cursor is there, so you can type your comment. Type "Argh!" and you'll see it
in the comment box.</li>
 
<li>Click anywhere in the document outside the comment area to finish. Note
that in the <b><i>Tracking</i></b> group on the right side "Final Showing
Markup" is highlighted so you can see comments. If you don't want to see the
comments, click on the arrow to the right, and select the <b><i>Final</i></b>
menu item to show the document like it was.</li>
 
<li>We'll show the comment again by clicking on the arrow to the right of the
<b><i>Final</i></b> word and setting the view back to "Final Showing Markup"
by clicking on that menu item. The comment is now back. We can deleted the
comment by putting the mouse over the comment, right clicking the mouse, and
selecting <b><i>Delete Comment</i></b> on the menu that pops up.</li>
 
</ol>
 
<h3>Microsoft Excel</h3>
 
<p>Now you will create a Microsoft Excel document. Your Excel document will
include two tables and a graph showing how the volume of a gas changes when
its temperature changes. Your Lab TAs will supply each student with a
different value for the number of moles, n. The relationship you will graph is
known as Charles’ Law. When you are finished, your document will look like
Figure 21.</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_12.jpg]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 21: Excel Document</p>
 
<p>To open Microsoft Excel, go to the Start menu, select <b><i>Microsoft
Office</i></b> and <b><i>Microsoft Office Excel 2007</i></b>. Excel will start,
and the home ribbon for Excel will appear, as shown in Figure 22:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_12a.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 22: Excel home ribbon</p>
 
<h4>Creating a Header</h4>
 
<ol>
<li>In the new, blank workbook that opens, select the <b><i>Page Layout</i></b>
tab. This will bring up the ribbon shown in Figure 23:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_13_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 23: Page Layout ribbon</p>
 
<li>In the <b><i>Sheet Options</i></b> group, click on the arrow in the bottom
right corner of the group. This will bring up the <b><i>Page Setup</i></b>
window. Click on the <b><i>Header/Footer</i></b> tab. Click on the button that
says <b><i>Custom Header</i></b>. Three windows will appear corresponding to
the left, center and right of the header you want at the top of your page. Fill
in the sections as follows:</li>
<ul>
<li>Left section: your name.</li>
<li>Center section: “Lab 1: Excel Exercise.�?</li>
<li>Right section: your section.</li>
</ul>
 
<li>Click "OK" to save this information. Click "OK" again to remove the "Page
Setup" window and return to the spreadsheet.</li>
</ol>
 
<p><b>Note</b>: <i>The Header is not visible on the Excel spreadsheet as you
work; it is inserted when the sheet is printed. To preview the final document,
click on the <b>Microsoft Office Button</b>, then the <b>Print</b> icon, and
then the <b>Print Preview</b> icon on the popup menu. to preview the final
document.</i></p>
 
<h4>Setting up Your Worksheet</h4>
 
<p><b>Note:</b> When you enter data into Excel, it is not unusual for the data
to not fit into the cell initially, making it look like the data is overrunning
into the next cell. Don't worry about this - you can resize the cell later so
the data fill fit.</p>
 
<p>To complete the exercise, you will create two tables. The first one is a
table of constants. To create it, enter the following information into your
Excel worksheet:</p>
 
<ol>
<li>In cell <b><i>A1</i></b>, enter <b><i>Term</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>B1 </i></b>enter <b><i>Number</i></b></li>
 
<li>In cell <b><i>C1 </i></b>enter <b><i>Unit(s)</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>A2</i></b>, enter <b><i>n</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>B2</i></b>, enter the value provided by your TA</li>
<li>In cell <b><i>C2</i></b>, enter <b><i>mol</i></b></li>
 
<li>in cell <b><i>A3</i></b>, enter <b><i>R</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>B3 </i></b>enter <b><i>0.082057</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>C3</i></b>, enter <b><i>L*atm*mol<sup>-1</sup>*K<sup>-1</sup></i></b></li>
 
<p><b>Note:</b> To make superscripts (powers), highlight what you want to
make a superscript with your mouse in the area just below the ribbon. Then
click on the <b><i>Home</i></b> tab and click on the arrow at the bottom right
of the <b><i>Fonts</i></b> group. The <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> popup window
will appear. Click on the <b><i>Superscript</i></b> box on the left side. Click
the OK button and you're done. You won't see the superscript in this area, but
you will see it if you look at the cell.</p>
 
<li>In cell <b><i>A4</i></b>, enter <b><i>P</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>B4</i></b>, enter <b><i>1</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>C4</i></b>, enter <b><i>atm</i></b></li>
</ol>
 
<p><b>Note:</b> In the next few cells, you'll be inserting the degree symbol.
When the time comes to do this, click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab, and
click on the <b><i>Symbol</i></b> icon. This will bring up the Symbol pallette
shown in Figure 24:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_13a_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 24: Symbol pallette</p>
 
 
<p>Make sure the <b><i>Symbol</i></b> font is being shown. If it isn't, click
on the arrow to the right to show all the fonts, and select Symbol. Next,
scroll down the pallette until you see the degree symbol. You do this by
clicking on the scroll bar on the right side. The degree symbol is the first
symbol in the ninth row. The symbol pallette with this symbol selected is
shown in Figure 25:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_13b_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 25: Symbol pallette with degree symbol selected</p>
 
<p>Now, click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> button and the symbol will be
inserted into the text. Finally, click on the <b><i>Close</i></b> button to
close the pallette.</p>
 
<p>Next, we'll create a table of computed values.  To do this, type the
following text into your Excel worksheet:</p>
 
<ol>
<li>In cell <b><i>A6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Temperature</i></b> <b><i>(&#730;F)</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>B6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Temperature (&#730;C)</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>C6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Temperature (K)</i></b></li>
<li>In cell <b><i>D6</i></b>, enter <b><i>Volume (L)</i></b></li>
</ol>
 
<p>Enter Fahrenheit temperatures 0 – 45 &#730;F into cells <b><i>A7</i></b>
through <b><i>A16</i></b>, increasing the temperature by 5 &#730;F in each
successive cell.</p>
 
<h4>Using Formulas</h4>
 
<p>Formulas perform calculations in your worksheet.  The calculations may use
values in other cells, making Excel a very powerful calculator program.  A
formula is entered in the destination cell where you want the answer to appear.
Excel has many built in functions that you can use.  The destination cell value
is the implied result and so a formula always starts with an equal
sign (=).</p>
 
<p>As an example of the syntax, the formula
“= 5*(<b><i>P98</i></b>) +ABS(<b><i>X15</i></b>)/0.34�? would take the value in
cell <b><i>P98</i></b> and multiply it by five, and then add the result to the
absolute value of the contents of cell <b><i>X15</i></b> divided by 0.34. If
you are in doubt about the order of the mathematical operations, use
parentheses to make sure the result is calculated correctly. The full range of
functions can be selected clicking on the <b><i>Formulas</i></b> tab. This
brings up the ribbon shown in Figure 26:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_13c_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 26: Formulas ribbon</p>
 
<p>There are several ways to choose the formula you want and you don't know its
name. The first way is to click on the <b><i>Insert function</i></b> icon at
the left end of the ribbon. At the top of the dialog box that pops up, there's
a place where you can type the description of what you're looking for and Excel
will show matches. If you have a pretty good idea of what type of function you
want, you can use the colored book icons along the top of the ribbon. Just
click on the icon for the category you want and then choose the function from
the list.</p>
 
<p>You will use the following expression to convert your simulated data into
degrees Celsius:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_14.gif]]</p>
 
<ol>
<li>Enter “=5/9*(<b><i>A7</i></b>-32)�? into cell <b><i>B7</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>Now we'll copy the formula into other cells. To do this, click on the cell.
Click on the <b><i>Home</i></b>tab on the ribbon. Click on the
<b><i>Copy</i></b> icon at the left end of the ribbon. highlight cells
<b><i>B8</i></b> through <b><i>B16</i></b> by dragging the mouse over them.
Click on the <b><i>Paste</i></b> icon that looks like a clipboard at the left
end of the ribbon.</li>
 
<li>Click on the cells between <b><i>B7</i></b> and <b><i>B16</i></b> one at a
time and examine the contents. Notice that the cell reference in the formula
has automatically been adjusted in each destination cell.</li>
</ol>
 
<p>You will then use the following expression to convert your data into
Kelvin:</p>
 
<p align=center><sub>[[Image:lab_intro_15.gif]]</sub></p>
 
<ol>
<li>Enter “=<b><i>B7</i></b>+273.15�? into cell <b><i>C7</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>Copy this formula into the cells <b><i>C8</i></b> through <b><i>C16</i></b>
using the same method we used earlier.</li>
 
<li>Click on the cell <b><i>C16 </i></b>and look at the contents.  Notice that
the cell reference in the formula (<b><i>B7</i></b>) has automatically been
adjusted to <b><i>B16</i></b>.</li>
 
</ol>
 
<p>You will use the ideal gas law expression to compute the volume for your
exercise:</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_16.gif]]</p>
 
<ol>
<li>Enter “=(<b><i>$B$2</i></b>*<b><i>$B$3</i></b>*<b><i>C7)/$B$4</i></b>�?
into cell <b><i>D7</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>Copy this formula into the cells <b><i>D8</i></b> through <b><i>D16</i></b>
using the same method we used earlier.</li>
 
<li>Click on cell <b><i>D16 </i></b>and notice that all the cell references
except <b><i>C7</i></b> have been kept constant.  Typing a <b><i>$</i></b>
before a cell reference letter or number fixes the value, even if is it later
copied. Two <b><i>$</i></b> keeps both the cell letter and the cell number
constant.</li>
 
</ol>
 
<h4>Formatting Your Tables</h4>
 
<p>First, you need to be able to see the entire contents of each column. By
default, Excel sets all columns to the same width, and fields containing long
strings of data can be obstructed by other columns.  However, Excel can resize
each column to make all the data it contains visible. Always review your data
and decide if the number of digits displayed in the worksheet is appropriate.
Start by making sure no cells are highlighted. If there are, just click on
any cell so that just the usual outline box is present.</p>
 
<ol>
<li>Move the cursor up to the top of the spreadsheet and hover the cursor
between the <b><i>A</i></b> and <b><i>B</i></b> column headers. Note that the
cursor changes to a vertical line with an arrow on each side, as shown in
Figure 27:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_17.gif]]</p>
<p class=caption>Figure 27: Column Edge</p>
 
</li>Double click on the boundary between the column headers and the width of
the column to the left will automatically resize. Do this for the other columns
as well</li>
 
<li>In our example two digits after the decimal point is appropriate. Adjust
the display by highlighting the data cells B7:D16 (drag the mouse). Click on the
arrow in the bottom right corner of the <b><i>Font</i></b> group in the
<b><i>Home</i></b> tab to bring up the <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> dialog box
shown in Figure 28:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17a.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 28: Format Cells dialog box</p>
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Number</i></b> tab in the dialog box. In the
<b><i>Category</i></b> list, click on the <b><i>Number</i></b> item and the
window will change to allow you to format numbers. Note that the number of
decimal places is 2, which is what you want. Click on the <b><i>OK</i></b>
button and you're done.</li>
 
<li>Changing the number of places in the "Volume" column now made the column
too wide, since it no longer has to hold so many places. Make sure no cells
are highlighted and resize the column by double clicking the right edge of
the column again.</li>
</ol>
 
<h4>Creating Table Borders</h4>
 
<p>As part of this section, you'll see a different way to work with cells.</p>
 
<ol>
<li>In your Excel worksheet, highlight the table of constants (cells A1-C4),
and right click within the highlighted area.</li>
 
<li>From the dialog box that appears, select Format Cells. This will bring up
the same <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> dialog box that you saw before.</li>
 
<li>In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the Border tab. This will change the
dialog box to what's shown in Figure 29:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17b.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 29: Format Cells dialog box: border tab</p>
 
<li>Make the constant table professional looking by selecting the double lines
in the bottom right corner of the "Style", and the "Outline" preset. Now we'll
put grid lines inside by selecting the single line in the bottom left corner of
"Style", and the "Inside" present. The preview picture will now show a grid
with a double line frame and single line inside lines. Click "OK", and you'll
now see the table of constants being nicely framed.</li>
 
<li>Next, we'd like to separate the column headers from the numbers. Highlight
the column header cells (A1-C1), and right click within the highligted area.
Like before, select Format Cells from the context menu that appears and go to
the Border tab. Select the double lines in the bottom right corner of "Style"
and the "Outline" present. Next, we'd like to shade the column headers so they
stand out more. Click on the "Fill" tab and the dialog box will change to
Figure 30:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17c.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 30: Format Cells dialog box: fill tab</p>
 
<li>Select the gray box in the middle row on the left side, which will be 25%
darker. Click "OK", and you'll see that the column headers now have their own
frame and shading.</li>
 
<li>Repeat steps 1-5 for the table of computations.</li>
</ol>
 
<h4>Creating a Chart</h4>
 
<p>As the final step in this exercise, you will be graphing the relationship
between volume and temperature, using the Chart feature in Excel. To create a
chart:</p>
 
<ol>
<li>Select the temperature and volume values in cells <b><i>C7–D16</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Insert</i></b> tab on the ribbon. The ribbon will change
to what's shown in Figure 31:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17d.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 31: Insert ribbon</p>
 
<li>The <b><i>Chart</i></b> group is in the middle of the ribbon. Click on the
<b><i>Scatter</i></b> icon. This will bring up the pallette shown in Figure 32:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17e.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 32:Scatter chart pallette</p>
 
<li>On the pallette, click on the first icon: Scatter with only markers.</li>
 
<li>The chart appears on your spreadsheet, and the ribbon changes to the
<b><i>Design</i></b> tab so you can customize your chart, as shown in
Figure 33:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17f.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 33:Design ribbon for chart</p>
 
<li>The chart points are probably blue, which don't print well on a black and
white printer. If you look at the ribbon, the chart style is probably "Style
2". Click on "Style 1" and you'll get black points, which will print
better.</li>
 
<li>Now we'll customize the chart by adding the axis labels and title. In the
<b><i>Chart Layouts</i></b> group, hover the cursor over the first icon, and
the caption "Layout 1" will appear. This is the layout we want, so click on the
icon.</li>
 
<li>Click on the vertical axis title. Highlight the existing text that says
"Axis Title" and change it to "Volume (L)".</li>
 
<li>Click on the horizontal axis title. Highlight the existing text that says
"Axis Title"and change it to "Temperature (K)".</li>
 
<li>Click on the title. Highlight the existing text that says "Chart Title" and
change it to "Volume (L) vs. Temperature (K)".</li>
 
<li>Click on the <b><i>Series 1</i></b> text on the right side, which is the
chart legend. We don't need a legend for this chart. Put the cursor over the
data point in front of the words and the cursor will change to a crosshair with
arrows. Press the <b><i>Delete</i></b> key and the legend will disappear. The
chart will also automatically resize to fill the space.</li>
 
<h4>Adding a Trendline</h4>
 
<p>A trendline is a fit to data, indicating the general behavioral tendency or
trend of the data, if any. This allows you to more easily see the nature of any
relationship between the quantities in your graph. To add a trendline to your
chart:</p>
 
<ol>
<li>Select any data point on your chart. Excel will automatically select all
remaining points for you.</li>
 
<li>Right-click within the chart. From the context menu that appears, select
<b><i>Add Trendline...</i></b>. This will bring up the dialog box shown in
Figure 34:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17g.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 34: Format Tendline dialog box</p>
 
<li>As you can see, there are a lot of options. Fortunately, the defaults are
exactly what we want, so just click the <b><i>Close</i></b> button. The chart
now has the trendline we want.</li>
</ol>
 
<h4>Adding a Caption to Your Chart</h4>
 
<ol>
<li>Reposition the chart within your worksheet so that it does not obstruct
your data tables. Do this by clicking anywhere on the chart. Squares will
appear around the border of the chart indicating that it has been selected.
Click the mouse, and "drag" the chart to where you want it, which is typically
on the left edge of the spreadsheet, with one row between the bottom of the
data table and the top of the chart.</li>
 
<li>Select a set of cells beneath your graph roughly the same width as the
graph, starting where you want the caption to begin, and right click within the
selected group of cells. From the context menu that appears, select Format
Cells. The <b><i>Format Cells</i></b> dialog box that you saw earlier appears.
Click on the <b><i>Alignment</i></b> tab</li>, and the dialog box changes to
Figure 35:</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_17h.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 35: Alignment dialog box</p>
 
<li>In the <b><i>Text alignment</i></b> area, for <b><i>Horizontal</i></b>,
click on the arrow to the right of the word "Automatic" and a dropdown menu
appears. Click on <b><i>Center</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>In the <b><i>Text control</i></b> area, check the Wrap Text and Merge Cells
checkboxes, and click <b><i>OK</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>In the highlighted cells, enter a suitable caption for your chart.</li>
 
<li>Since we're done with the worksheet, we'll save it in Office 2003 format
for submission. Click on the <b><i>Microsoft Office</i></b> button. Click the
"Save As" icon. Change the "Save as Type" to "Excel 97-2003 Workbook", and use
a File Name of “lab01excel.xls�?. Print a copy of the sheet as well by clicking
again on the <b><i>Microsoft Office</i></b> button, clicking the
<b><i>Print</i></b> icon, and clicking the <b><i>OK</i></b> button on the
<b><i>Print</i></b> dialog box that comes up.</li>
</ol>
 
<h3>Microsoft PowerPoint</h3>
 
<p>Now you will create a PowerPoint presentation reporting on the work done in
<b><i>Lab 1</i></b>. PowerPoint has five viewing windows. Slide View displays
one slide at a time, Outline View lists the text for each slide in your
presentation, Slide Shorter View displays thumbnails of all your slides
allowing you to reorder them easily, and Notes Page View lets you attach text
to each slide. Finally, you can view your slides in order in the Slide Show
View.</p>
 
<p>For this lab, your presentation must include a title slide, a
brief overview of the presentation, examples of the work done in this lab
(either screenshots, or material copied and pasted from the original documents)
and a conclusion slide. You may use any design template that you like. Use a
title slide at the beginning of your presentation and the bulleted slides for
the information that follows. Figure 36 contains some examples of what your
slides might look like.</p>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_24.gif]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 36: Typical PowerPoint slides</p>
 
<ol>
<li>To open Microsoft PowerPoint, go to the Start menu, select <b><i>Microsoft
Office</i></b> and <b><i>Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007</i></b>. PowerPoint
will start. A new slide will appear with the default Title layout (see Figure
37). Click where it says, “Click to add title�? and enter the title of your
presentation.</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:Lab_intro_25_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 37: Microsoft PowerPoint, main window. Your screen will
look like this when you begin a new presentation.</p>
 
<li>From the <b><i>Slide</i></b> group, click on the <b><i>New Slide</i></b>
icon. This will advance your presentation to the next slide, which will be
blank. When you select this, PowerPoint will display a number of atlernatives
for you to choose from on how to layout your next slide. Choose the one you
like best.</li>
 
<li>Click anywhere inside the box marked "Click to Add Text" and insert your
information. Continue this process until you have outlined your entire
presentation.</li>
 
<li>To add an object from another software application, like Word or Excel,
simply copy and paste your object onto the selected PowerPoint slide.</li>
</ol>
 
<p>Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to customize the design of your
presentation.</p>
 
<p>To select a design template before you begin, click on the
<b><i>Design</i></b> tab on the ribbon. The <b><i>Themes</i></b> group will
show the slide themes you currently have available. Initially, it is a rather
limited selection. However, there are hundreds of themes available. Sample
slides of each therme are shown in teh group. To have a wider selection, click
on the downward facing arrow just to the right of the sample slides, to the
left of the icons for Colors, Fonts, and Effects. This will bring up the dialog
box shown in Figure 38:
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_25a_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 38: Theme dialog box</p>
 
<p>In addition to seeing the themes you already have, there is also a selection
of how to acquire more. Click on the message "More Themes on Microsoft Office
Online..." and you'll be directed to the Microsoft Web site that is an archive
of many templates for all the Office products. AIn the top left corner of the
Web page you'll see a group called <b><i>Search</i></b> Just below the word
"Templates" there's a line where you can enter text saying what you want to
search for. For example, if you want to use a theme with a space orientation,
type in "slides space" and click on the <b><i>Search</i></b> icon. This will
bring up the first 100 themes related to space, 14 at a time. You should be
able to find a theme you like on almost any subject.</p>
 
<p><b>Note:</b> <i>The <b>Design</b> tab also allows you to adjust your color
schemes too. Click on the <b>Colors</b> icon on the right side of the
<b>Themes</b> group. From the dialog box that appears you can select a
predefined color scheme, or design one of your own. Remember to choose a scheme
that has a high contrast between the leteters on the slide and the background
so that your audience can read the slides easily. The built-in schemes are
designed to do this.</i></p>
 
<h4><font color=#ff0000>IMPORTANT</font></h4>
 
<p>Make sure you run Spell Check when you have completed your presentation!
To run it, hit F7.  After making any corrections, save your presentation as
“lab01PowerPoint.ppt.�? Remember to save it as an Office 97-2003 presentation so
it can be submitted electronically.</p>
 
<p>You can print a copy of your presentation just like Word and Excel. To print
a copy of your PowerPoint Presentation:</p>
 
<ol>
<li>Click on the Microsoft Office button. From the menu that appears, click on
the <b><i>Print</i></p> icon. The box in Figure 39 will appear.</li>
 
<p align=center>[[Image:lab_intro_26_2007.png]]</p>
 
<p class=caption>Figure 39: Microsoft PowerPoint Print dialog box.</p>
 
<li>In the box marked Print what: select <b><i>Handouts</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>In the box marked Color/grayscale select <b><i>Pure Black and
White</i></b>.</li>
 
<li>In the box marked Slides per page choose <b><i>six</i></b>, using
<b><i>Horizontal </i></b>order.</li>
 
<li>Click OK to print.</li>
</ol>
 
<p>Your lab work is now complete. <b>e-mail</b> copies of all the files you
created to your personal account. Review the files for errors before submitting
your report.</p>
 
<p>Please clean up your workstation before you leave the lab. Refer to section
<b><i>3 Your Assignment </i></b>for the list of the specific items you must
submit for your report.</p>
 
 
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Objectives

The objective of this lab is to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to perform specific exercises and become accustomed with the tasks that each application is best suited for. Your goal is to complete the assigned tasks and obtain a basic familiarity with these three applications.

Overview

This lab is designed to introduce you to three Microsoft (MS) applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These programs are widely used throughout academia and business so many of you may already have some familiarity with them. Completing your assignments in EG1004 will require a basic competency in them; the following exercises are designed to ensure you have this competency so please complete them.

Microsoft Office

With the recent release of MS Office 2010, EG1004 is in a transition period between MS Office 2007 and MS Office 2010. Either version of MS Office may be used to complete this lab. At this time, it is believed that there are no differences, other than cosmetic ones, which will impact how this lab is performed.

When Microsoft released MS Office 2007, they introduced a new user interface to the MS Office Suite. When a MS Office application is launched, you will see this new Ribbon interface at the top of the window. The Ribbon has several features. In the top-left corner of the windows is the Office Button, where functions that manage the document are found. MS Office 2010 replaced the button with the File tab. These functions include actions like opening, saving, and printing a document. Next to the Office Button, or above the Ribbon in MS Office 2010, is the Quick Access Toolbar where frequently used functions can be found. Initially, there are only three icons, corresponding to saving the document, an undo of what you just did because you changed your mind, and an icon that will have the MS Office application repeat what you just did. You can add more items to the Quick Access Toolbar if you want, but we won't be doing this in this lab. Below the Quick Access Toolbar is the Ribbon, where the tools you'll use for the file are located. At the top of the ribbon are a set of tabs, which operate like the tabs on physical folders in a file cabinet. Looking at the tabs, you can see the functions available. For example, upon launch you are on the Home tab. The area below the tab is organized into several collections which are named at the bottom of the ribbon. Collections are used to logically break down and group similar functions together. Figure 4 shows the initial Ribbon on the Home tab that you are presented with when MS Word is launched.

Figure 4. MS Word Ribbon: Home Tab.

Figure 5. Help Button

Clicking the question mark at the top right of any MS Office application will open its help manual. Use it as a reference whenever you are unsure of how to do something. This, and saving your work regularly, will save you many hours over your working lifetime.

Microsoft Word

MS Word is a word processing program. Its function is writing and editing text. It has features that make the mechanics of technical writing relatively easy, but it also has features that make academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism) easy as well. You are expected to do all exercises and assignments by yourself for all courses including this one, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Specifically for this course, the main exceptions to this rule are lab presentations (to be done with your lab partner(s) of the week), project presentations (to be done with your project partners) and team lab reports (to be done with your lab partner(s) of the week). You will be given adequate notice when a lab report is expected to be written as a team; otherwise, you are expected to write the lab report individually.

You can create tables and write equations in MS Word. It also has spelling and grammar checkers and a thesaurus to help you eliminate mistakes in your writing. But beware: running spelling and grammar checks does not eliminate the need for careful editing of all your documents. As powerful as these tools are, they are not foolproof.

In this course, you will use MS Word to write lab reports. The thesaurus allows you to quickly find synonyms, so that you can avoid boring repetition in your writing. To use the thesaurus, put the cursor anywhere within the word for which you would like to find a synonym. On the Ribbon, select the Review tab. Then, in the Proofing collection, click on the Thesaurus icon, which looks like an open book. The equivalent words (synonyms) will be shown on the right side of the screen. Just double-click on the one you want to use.

Use in EG1004: writing lab reports.

Microsoft Excel

MS Excel is a spreadsheet program. Its function is collecting, manipulating, and analyzing data. This data can come from a variety of sources, including experiments and design calculations.

MS Excel has many features that streamline data analysis. You can use it to generate tables, charts, and graphs. Excel includes formatting tools, editing features, built-in functions, data manipulation capabilities, and graphing features. It is especially useful for uncovering the relationships that exist between data and to identify trends. You will use it to create graphical elements that will be embedded in your reports and presentations.

Use in EG1004: 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

MS PowerPoint is a presentation program; its function is to create slides for presentations. Presenting information has always been intrinsic to engineering projects. Product introductions, requests for funding, progress reports, and reports to management are just some examples of occasions in which technical professionals need presentation skills.

Remember, MS PowerPoint is a tool that will help you make better presentations. It is not a substitute for the longstanding rules to which good public speakers have always adhered. It is most effective when you use it to illustrate the points you want your audience to understand. In EG1004, you will use MS PowerPoint to report on your lab work and to present your progress on your semester-long design project.

MS PowerPoint is not a substitute for the longstanding rules that good public speakers adhere to. An effective presentation is one that illustrates the points that you want your audience to understand without taking the majority of their attention. Slides with excessive amounts of text do not illustrate anything and as such your presentation should not be written like a novel.

Use in EG1004: creating and giving presentations on your lab work and semester-long design project.

Your Assignment

Individual Lab Report

You do not have to write a lab report for this lab. However, you do have to write one for Lab 1A: Mousetrap Car Competition, which you will perform in the second half of the lab session.

You must submit two files to the EG website:

  1. MS Word file (.docx)
    • Title page
    • Generic document
    • Personalized document
      Note: The title page and Microsoft Word exercises should be in a single MS Word document, with the title page and each exercise separated by page breaks. To make a page break, put the cursor where you want a page break, select the Insert tab on the Ribbon, and then click on the Page Break icon in the Pages collection.
    • Lab report (Mousetrap Car only)
  2. Excel file (.xlsx)
    • Tables and graph

IMPORTANT! Submit your report electronically using the EG website. You will need to login and upload the lab report material. Submission instructions are available. A syllabus showing the deadlines for your section are located on the EG website.


Materials and Equipment

  • Lab PC
  • Microsoft Office suite

Procedure

Microsoft Word

You will be creating the following two documents:

Figure 6. Generic Document (left) and Personalized Document (right).


Refer to this figure above as you follow the instructions below to spot any mistakes you may make.

  1. Launch Microsoft Word. To do this, click on the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen, which opens the Start Menu. Click on the All Programs item that appears just above the button. This will show you all the software on your computer. On the list that appears, click on the Microsoft Office menu item. This will expand to show the MS Office components. Click the Microsoft Word 2007 or Microsoft Word 2010 menu item.
    Alternatively, you can type "word" into the search field of the Start Menu and click on Microsoft Word 2010.
  2. Familiarize yourself with and set up your MS Word workspace.
    1. Figure 7. Enable the ruler.
      Enable the ruler. So far all we see is a blank sheet of paper. Some of our work will require that we know where things are located on this sheet. To help us, click on the View tab. This will change the ribbon to what's shown in Figure 7. In the Show collection, there's a box next to the word Ruler. By clicking on this box, we'll display rulers on the top and side of the electronic sheet of paper, allowing us to align text and objects. This will be very helpful later.
    2. Figure 8. Set font properties.
      Change the font face and size. Click on the Home tab and locate the Font collection. To understand this section of the ribbon, we need to discuss typography. A typed letter printed on a page or displayed on a screen has a number of attributes. The first is its font face, or font for short, which is how the letter looks. Fonts come in two different types. The first is a serif font, meaning that its letters have small tails and curves that make it look good. However, these letters tend to be thin to leave room for the extra frills. The alternative kind is a sans serif font because the letters do not have this level of detail. MS Word has many fonts of both types to choose from. The second attribute a letter has is its size, specified in points, corresponding to the height of the letter. A point is 1/72 of an inch, so a 12 point letter will be 1/6 of an inch high. Figure 8 shows the Font collection. Notice how all the terms described are shown, plus more. The default font is Calibri 11 points, which is very readable, but not formal enough for a report, and also a little on the small side. Therefore, we'll change it. On the top-left side of Font collection, you'll see the font name of Calibri (Body) and next to it the font size of 11 points. Next to the font name you'll see a small arrow pointing downwards, indicating that there's a pull-down menu of fonts to choose from. Click on the arrow, find the Times New Roman font, and click on it. The fonts are in alphabetical order, and also show what they look like. Notice that the font name is now changed. Next, click on the downward facing arrow next to the size, showing a menu of type sizes. Choose 12 for 12-point font. Times New Roman is the font many newspapers use because it is very readable, and looks good as well.
    3. Add style to what you type. Finally, we can change how the letters look to add emphasis. We can make them bolded, italicized, or underlined. For example, the first time words are defined in this lab, we make them bold and italics. You can give letters these special attributes by clicking on the buttons in the Font collection shown in Figure 8.
    4. Figure 9. Setting tab stops.
      Space out your paragraphs. We can decide how much blank space we want to follow a paragraph. In the Paragraph collection, click on the small arrow in the bottom-right corner of the collection, next to the collection name. This opens the dialog box also shown at the center of Figure 9. Under the Indents and Spacing tab, locate the Spacing options, where you can set how much blank space is before and after the paragraph. The current settings show zero points (nothing) before a paragraph and 10 points after it. This is a good choice for most work, but we want to change it for this lab. Therefore, double-click on the 10 in the After box, highlighting the number, and type 0 (zero), indicating that no blank space should follow the paragraph. Now click the OK button.
    5. Align your text. We can choose how words fill the line on paper. The default is Left alignment which means the words start on the left side of the line and continue right until there is no more room and any text that follows is pushed to the left side of the next line. This is the way we write, where all the text is lined up on the left side of the page. There are other choices. We also have Centered alignment, where the text is centered on the line and if new text is smaller than the line what the line can hold, the existing text will shift left and right to accommodate the new text. There is also Right alignment, where the text is lined up against the right margin, and there is space on the left side. Finally, there is Justified and Distributed alignment. These two types of alignment make text appear as if text were both lined up on the left and right sides. With Justified alignment, space is added between words to make this possible. With Distributed alignment, space is added between characters. It is a good idea to use the Times New Roman 12-point font, with Justified alignment as your default, i.e., your starting font and format. This will give your reports a professional look. Paragraph adjustments are located in the Paragraph collection shown in Figure 9. In the bottom-left corner of this collection you'll see the alignment choices. For this lab, we're not producing a formal report, so we'll use left alignment instead. Select the leftmost icon among the alignment buttons (shown as depressed in Figure 9) to do this. Also, note that if you hold the cursor over any icon, a small message, called a tool tip, will pop up telling you what the icon does.
    6. Set a right-aligned tab at the right margin (6.5 inches). Sometimes we'd like to leave blank space and just move to a specific place on the line, filling in blank space as needed. In typography, this is called a tab, and MS Word allows us to set tab stops at specific places. This is why showing rulers helps. For example, if we right align text, all the text will be right aligned, which might not be what we want. If we want text to be placed in a specific location, we create a tab stop. Once again, open the paragraph control window by clicking on the small arrow in the bottom right corner of the Paragraph collection shown in Figure 9. This brings up the Paragraph dialog box from before. Click on the Tabs... button in the bottom-left corner of the window, and a new window also shown in Figure 9 will appear.
      You can set the alignment of tab stops, just as you can align text with the margins of the page. With tab stops, you can align text five ways. You can align tab stops to the left, center, and right just as with the margins of the page. There are two additional alignments you can choose from. One is the Decimal alignment, where text at that tab stop position is aligned to a decimal point in a number. This is especially helpful when displaying data with decimal points without the use of a table. The last alignment doesn't actually align text: the Bar alignment inserts a vertical bar at the tab stop position. Again, this alignment may be useful to separate data without the use of a table.
      Leaders can also be set. Leaders are punctuation marks (none, decimals, dashes, underscores, or dots) that fill in the space between where the tab is started to the tab stop position.
      Where tab stops are placed is determined using the Ruler we previously activated. Tab stop positions are measured from the left margin of the paper. By default, the unit of measure is inches. To set a tab stop using the Tabs dialog box, select the type of alignment and type of leader you wish for the tab stop. Next, enter the position you wish to place your tab stop, measured in inches (by default) from the left margin of the paper, in the Tab stop position text box. When you are satisfied, click the Set button to create the tab stop. You can create as many tab stops as you wish. After all tab stops have been set, select OK to confirm all your selections.
  3. Create the generic document. This document will be used as a template and should look exactly like the one pictured
    1. Write the equation. Before we begin, check that the paragraphs we're going to create are initially set for left alignment. If the button that shows left alignment is not highlighted, click on it to select it. Now we're ready to start creating the page. First we'll make an equation.
    2. Focus on the workspace. The cursor should be blinking as a vertical line at the top-left corner of your page. If it's not blinking, click anywhere on the page to bring it into focus. The vertical bar shows where the equation will be placed.
    3. Figure 10: Insert ribbon
      Click on the Insert tab. Figure 10 shows what the ribbon looks like now. Note that the ribbon changes to things that can be inserted into the document. The collections are Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text, and Symbols. In the Symbols collection you'll see the Equation icon. Click on the Equation icon. The arrow under the icon will show you the more common equations that Word already has stored. Unfortunately, they are rarely what we will want, so be careful to click on the icon and not the arrow under it. Two things happen. The ribbon changes to the Design tab to show things you can use to make an equation, and on the document an area appears that says Type equation here.
      Sometimes when an equation is inserted into a document, the equation area will be in the middle of the page. This means that Word has switched to full justification to make the equation look pretty. This is not what we want, so we'll click on the Home tab, put the paragraph back to left alignment, and return to the Design tab to continue working.
    4. Figure 11: Insert ribbon
      To insert the desired quadratic equation in the upper left-hand corner of the page, proceed as follows:
      1. On the left side of the ribbon, you can select the kind of text you want. Select Normal Text from the list.
      2. Begin by typing "x=" (as usual, without the quotes).
      3. On the right side of the ribbon, you'll see the Structures collection. Click on the Fraction icon. Select the style of fraction you want by clicking on it. In this case we want the regular vertical fraction, which is the first one shown. Note that the fraction now appears in your document, with two empty boxes. You click on each box to fill in the top and bottom of the fraction. We'll start with the numerator (the top box), so click on it.
      4. Type "-b" and then select the plus-or-minus symbol from the Symbols collection (this is called a gallery by Microsoft) on the ribbon. The symbol you want is the very first one shown.
      5. Click on the Radical icon from the Structures collection. Select the square root item from the palette, and click the box inside the radical on the document so we can fill it in.
      6. To superscript text (necessary for the "2" in "b2"), click on the Script icon. We want the first selection, which is a simple superscript. The item appears in the equation. Click on the the larger box and put in the letter "b" term being squared. Next, click on the little box for the power and put a "2" in it. Next, press the right arrow to move the cursor right behind the b2 term, and fill in the rest of the numerator, i.e., "-4ac".
      7. Click on the bottom box to fill in the denominator, and type in the "2a" term. When you are finished, click outside the equation box to return to the ordinary word processing mode.
    5. Press the tab key and the cursor will jump to the tab stop you created on the right margin. Type "Section ??" and notice how it's filling in from the right margin. Using the methods we covered earlier, change this text to the following attributes: Courier New 48 points
    6. Now, type the text paragraphs and give them the following attributes:
      "First TA" Times New Roman 12 points, aligned right
      "Second TA" Times New Roman 12 points, aligned right
      "Name" Arial 24 points, underlined, centered
      "email address" Courier New 16 points, bold, aligned left
      "Address" Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left
      Leave an empty line since most addresses take up two lines. Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left
      "Phone Number" Times New Roman 12 points, aligned left
      The attributes should be applied to the typed text using the icons and menus described earlier. The attributes can be selected before you type the appropriate text, or applied afterward by selecting (highlighting) the text and then applying the attributes.
    7. Figure 12: Line spacing.
      Select the line spacing using the Line Spacing icon in the Paragraph collection. This icon is in the middle of the bottom row of this collection, next to the alignment icons. It looks like arrows next to lines of text, a graphical way of indicating spacing. If you hover the cursor over the icon, it will confirm this. Just select the text you want to control line spacing for, and then click the icon. Use the following line spacing for your Word document:
      1. for all text that is aligned right, use single spacing
      2. for all text that is centered, use double spacing
      3. for all text that is aligned left, use 1.5-line spacing
      4. for all text that is inside the table, use single spacing
    8. Figure 13: Saving work.
      It is a good idea to periodically save your work. To do this, click on the Office button. Click on the Microsoft Office Button, then click on the Save menu item. Name the file "lab01generic" and save it in your account's Documents folder.
    9. Figure 14: Insert table.
      Insert a table.
      1. Position the cursor by putting your mouse directly below the "Phone Number" line and clicking it. A vertical bar (the cursor) will appear at the left end of the line.
      2. Click on the Insert tab to get back the ribbon shown in Figure 10. Click on the Table icon. The gallery shown in Figure 14 will appear.
      3. You can create small tables by using your mouse to select the desired number of boxes off of the grid. However, our table will be bigger than the grid provides. Therefore, click on the "Insert Table..." item at the bottom of the gallery. This will bring up a dialog box that allows us to build a custom table.
      4. For your Word document, select 6 columns and 25 rows, and click OK. This will create your table and move you to the Design ribbon for the table.
      5. Now we need to fill in the cells in the table. Click on the Home tab so we can create and edit our text. You can give each cell font attributes or fill it in with text by clicking inside the cell with the mouse. You can also give multiple cells the same attributes by dragging the mouse over them to highlight. Make all the cells Arial, 10 points, center alignment for the text in the table. For the first row and the first column, make these cells bold text. If the cells have different attributes, Word will only show you the attributes for the first cell, so it's a good idea to set the attributes for the cells again even if they seem to be right. Center the table on the page. Label the columns with the five days of the week. Label the rows from 8AM to 8PM. Each row should contain one half-hour interval, e.g. 8:00 – 8:30. However, the row should not contain the AM or PM identifiers since the context is obvious.
    10. Now you will change the borders of your tables. The entire perimeter of each table should have a double-lined border.
      1. Figure 15: Table border.
        Now we'll make our table look professional by giving it a double border around the outside. First, highlight all the cells in the table by dragging the mouse over them to highlight. In the Paragraph collection, look for the icon in the bottom right corner that's next to the paint can. It looks like a square. click on the arrow next to it. This brings up the drop down menu shown on the left side of Figure 15.
      2. Click on the last item in the menu: Borders and shading. This will bring up the dialog box shown on the right side of Figure 15.
      3. On the left side of the dialog box are various built-in borders. Click on the second item in the list: Box. Next, select the type of border we want by scrolling down the Style: list until we see the double lines. Click on it to select it, and click on OK.
      4. Now we'll repeat the process for the lines inside the table. Drag the mouse over the table cells to highlight them if they're not highlighted already. Click on the arrow next to the Borders and Shading icon you just selected for the outside. Select the last menu item again, bringing up the window in Figure 15. For the Style, scroll up to the top of the lines and select the single line. In the Preview pane on the right of the window you see an abstract version of your table, showing the double line on the outside and nothing on the inside. Click in the middle of the table and the solid lines will appear. As an alternative, you can click on the buttons surrounding the preview. Just click on the button in the middle of the left side and the button in the middle on the bottom of the preview to achieve the same effect. Click OK and the table is complete.
    11. Save the changes that have been made by selecting Save from inside the Microsoft Office Button or File tab.
    12. Figure 16: WordArt.
      Finally, you will learn to use WordArt.
      1. Place the cursor where you want your object to appear.
      2. Click on the Insert tab to get the proper ribbon. On the right side is the WordArt icon. Click on it.
      3. A gallery of choices will appear. Select one that's shown in Figure 16. Click OK.
      4. Type "EG1004" in the box that appears. Click OK.
      5. WordArt's default wrap text setting is In Front of Text, which means it "floats above" text. On the Format tab, choose In Line with Text to make it exist on the line, so you can align it. Make sure your generic document looks like the one in Figure 16.
    13. Save the document again.
    14. Now it is time to personalize your document.
      1. Figure 17: Save As.
        Select Save As from the File menu. Name the file "lab01personal.docx" and save it in the "My Documents" folder on the lab computer.
      2. Personalize the generic document you just created, keeping the appropriate attributes.
      3. Save this new file.

Microsoft Excel

Now you will create a Microsoft Excel document. Your Excel document will include two tables and a graph showing how the volume of a gas changes when its temperature changes. Your Lab TAs will supply each student with a different value for the number of moles, n. The relationship you will graph is known as Charles' Law. When you are finished, your document will look like Figure 18.

Figure 18: Excel Document

  1. Launch Microsoft Excel. To do this, open the Start Menu, navigate to the Microsoft Office menu item and expand it. Click the Microsoft Excel 2007 or Microsoft Excel 2010 menu item.
    Alternatively, you can type "excel" into the search field of the Start Menu and click on Microsoft Excel 2010.
  2. Figure 19: Create header.
    Creating a Header
    1. In the new, blank workbook that opens, select the Page Layout tab. This will bring up the ribbon shown at the top of Figure 19.
    2. In the Sheet Options collection, click on the arrow in the bottom right corner. This will bring up the Page Setup dialog box. Click on the Header/Footer tab. Click on the button that says Custom Header. A new dialog box with three text areas will appear corresponding to the left, center and right of the header you want at the top of your page. Fill in the sections as follows:
      • Left section: your name.
      • Center section: "Lab 1: Excel Exercise".
      • Right section: your section.
    3. Click "OK" to save this information. Click "OK" again to remove the "Page Setup" window and return to the spreadsheet.
    Note: The Header is not visible on the Excel spreadsheet as you work; it is inserted when the sheet is printed. To preview the final document, click on the Microsoft Office Button, then the Print icon, and then the Print Preview icon on the popup menu in MS Excel 2007. In MS Excel 2010, click on the File tab and then the Print item on the left.
  3. Setting up Your Worksheet
    Note: When you enter data into Excel, it is not unusual for the data to not fit into the cell initially, making it look like the data is overrunning into the next cell. Don't worry about this - you can resize the cell later so the data fill fit.
    To complete the exercise, you will create two tables. The first one is a table of constants. To create it, enter the following information into your Excel worksheet:
    1. In cell A1, enter Term
    2. In cell B1 enter Number
    3. In cell C1 enter Unit(s)
    4. In cell A2, enter n
    5. In cell B2, enter the value provided by your TA
    6. In cell C2, enter mol
    7. in cell A3, enter R
    8. In cell B3 enter 0.082057
    9. Figure 20: Superscripts.
      In cell C3, enter L*atm*mol-1*K-1
      Note: To make superscripts (powers), highlight what you want to make a superscript with your mouse in the area just below the ribbon. Then click on the Home tab and click on the arrow at the bottom right of the Fonts collection. The Format Cells popup window will appear. Click on the Superscript box on the left side. Click the OK button and you're done. You won't see the superscript in this area, but you will see it if you look at the cell.
    10. In cell A4, enter P
    11. In cell B4, enter 1
    12. In cell C4, enter atm
    Figure 21: Symbol pallette
    Note: In the next few cells, you'll be inserting the degree symbol. When the time comes to do this, click on the Insert tab, and click on the Symbol icon. This will bring up the Symbol palette shown in Figure 21.
    Make sure the Symbol font is being shown. If it isn't, click on the arrow to the right to show all the fonts, and select Symbol. Next, scroll down the pallette until you see the degree symbol. You do this by clicking on the scroll bar on the right side. The degree symbol is the first symbol in the ninth row. Select it.
    Now, click on the Insert button and the symbol will be inserted into the text. Finally, click on the Close button to close the palette.
    Next, we'll create a table of computed values. To do this, type the following text into your Excel worksheet:
    1. In cell A6, enter Temperature (°F)
    2. In cell B6, enter Temperature (°C)
    3. In cell C6, enter Temperature (K)
    4. In cell D6, enter Volume (L)
    Enter Fahrenheit temperatures 0 – 45 °F into cells A7 through A16, increasing the temperature by 5 °F in each successive cell.
  4. Using Formulas
    Formulas perform calculations in your worksheet. The calculations may use values in other cells, making Excel a very powerful calculator program. A formula is entered in the destination cell where you want the answer to appear. Excel has many built in functions that you can use. The destination cell value is the implied result and so a formula always starts with an equal sign (=).
    Figure 22: Formulas ribbon
    As an example of the syntax, the formula "= 5*(P98)+ABS(X15)/0.34" would take the value in cell P98 and multiply it by five, and then add the result to the absolute value of the contents of cell X15 divided by 0.34. If you are in doubt about the order of the mathematical operations, use parentheses to make sure the result is calculated correctly. The full range of functions can be selected clicking on the Formulas tab. This brings up the ribbon shown in Figure 22.
    There are several ways to choose the formula you want and you don't know its name. The first way is to click on the Insert function icon at the left end of the ribbon. At the top of the dialog box that pops up, there's a place where you can type the description of what you're looking for and Excel will show matches. If you have a pretty good idea of what type of function you want, you can use the colored book icons along the top of the ribbon. Just click on the icon for the category you want and then choose the function from the list.
    You will use the following expression to convert your simulated data into degrees Celsius:
    1. Enter "=5/9*(A7-32)" into cell B7.
    2. Now we'll copy the formula into other cells. To do this, click on the cell. Click on the Home tab on the ribbon. Click on the Copy icon at the left end of the ribbon. highlight cells B8 through B16 by dragging the mouse over them. Click on the Paste icon that looks like a clipboard at the left end of the ribbon.
    3. Click on the cells between B7 and B16 one at a time and examine the contents. Notice that the cell reference in the formula has automatically been adjusted in each destination cell.
    You will then use the following expression to convert your data into Kelvin:
    1. Enter "=B7+273.15" into cell C7.
    2. Copy this formula into the cells C8 through C16 using the same method we used earlier.
    3. Click on the cell C16 and look at the contents. Notice that the cell reference in the formula (B7) has automatically been adjusted to B16.
    You will use the ideal gas law expression to compute the volume for your exercise:
    1. Enter "=($B$2*$B$3*C7)/$B$4" into cell D7.
    2. Copy this formula into the cells D8 through D16 using the same method we used earlier.
    3. Click on cell D16 and notice that all the cell references except C7 have been kept constant. Typing a $ before a cell reference letter or number fixes the value, even if is it later copied. Two $ keeps both the cell letter and the cell number constant.
  5. Formatting Your Tables
    First, you need to be able to see the entire contents of each column. By default, Excel sets all columns to the same width, and fields containing long strings of data can be obstructed by other columns. However, Excel can resize each column to make all the data it contains visible. Always review your data and decide if the number of digits displayed in the worksheet is appropriate. Start by making sure no cells are highlighted. If there are, just click on any cell so that just the usual outline box is present.
    1. Figure 23: Column Edge
      Move the cursor up to the top of the spreadsheet and hover the cursor between the A and B column headers. Note that the cursor changes to a vertical line with an arrow on each side, as shown in Figure 23.
    2. Double click on the boundary between the column headers and the width of the column to the left will automatically resize. Do this for the other columns as well.
    3. Figure 24: Format Cells dialog box
      In our example two digits after the decimal point is appropriate. Adjust the display by highlighting the data cells B7:D16 (drag the mouse). Click on the arrow in the bottom right corner of the Font collection in the Home tab to bring up the Format Cells dialog box shown in Figure 24.
      Click on the Number tab in the dialog box. In the Category list, click on the Number item and the window will change to allow you to format numbers. Note that the number of decimal places is 2, which is what you want. Click on the OK button and you're done.
      Changing the number of places in the "Volume" column now made the column too wide, since it no longer has to hold so many places. Make sure no cells are highlighted and resize the column by double clicking the right edge of the column again.
  6. Figure 25: Format Cells dialog box: border tab
    Creating Table Borders
    As part of this section, you'll see a different way to work with cells.
    1. In your Excel worksheet, highlight the table of constants (cells A1-C4), and right click within the highlighted area.
    2. From the dialog box that appears, select Format Cells. This will bring up the same Format Cells dialog box that you saw before.
    3. In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the Border tab. This will change the dialog box to what's shown in Figure 25:
    4. Make the constant table professional looking by selecting the double lines in the bottom right corner of the "Style", and the "Outline" preset. Now we'll put grid lines inside by selecting the single line in the bottom left corner of "Style", and the "Inside" preset. The preview picture will now show a grid with a double line frame and single line inside lines. Click "OK", and you'll now see the table of constants being nicely framed.
    5. Next, we'd like to separate the column headers from the numbers. Highlight the column header cells (A1-C1), and right click within the highligted area. Like before, select Format Cells from the context menu that appears and go to the Border tab. Select the double lines in the bottom right corner of "Style" and the "Outline" present.
    6. Figure 26: Format Cells dialog box: fill tab
      Next, we'd like to shade the column headers so they stand out more. Click on the "Home" tab on the ribbon. In the Font collection, click on the arrow next to the paint can to see the gallery shown in Figure 26.
    7. Select the gray box in the middle row on the left side, which will be 25% darker. Click "OK", and you'll see that the column headers now have their own frame and shading.
    8. Repeat steps 1-6 for the table of computations.
  7. Figure 27:Scatter chart pallette
    Creating a Chart
    As the final step in this exercise, you will be graphing the relationship between volume and temperature, using the Chart feature in Excel. To create a chart:
    1. Select the temperature and volume values in cells C7–D16.
    2. Click on the Insert tab on the ribbon. The ribbon will change to what's shown in Figure 27.
    3. The Chart collection is in the middle of the ribbon. Click on the Scatter icon. This will bring up the pallette shown in Figure 27.
    4. On the pallette, click on the first icon: Scatter with only markers.
    5. Figure 28: Design ribbon for chart
      The chart appears on your spreadsheet, and the ribbon changes to the Design tab so you can customize your chart, as shown in Figure 28.
    6. The chart points are probably blue, which don't print well on a black and white printer. If you look at the ribbon, the chart style is probably "Style 2". Click on "Style 1" and you'll get black points, which will print better.
    7. Now we'll customize the chart by adding the axis labels and title. In the Chart Layouts collection, hover the cursor over the first icon, and the caption "Layout 1" will appear. This is the layout we want, so click on the icon.
    8. Click on the vertical axis title. Highlight the existing text that says "Axis Title" and change it to "Volume (L)".
    9. Click on the horizontal axis title. Highlight the existing text that says "Axis Title"and change it to "Temperature (K)".
    10. Click on the title. Highlight the existing text that says "Chart Title" and change it to "Volume (L) vs. Temperature (K)".
    11. Click on the Series 1 text on the right side, which is the chart legend. We don't need a legend for this chart. Put the cursor over the data point in front of the words and the cursor will change to a crosshair with arrows. Press the Delete key and the legend will disappear. The chart will also automatically resize to fill the space.
  8. Figure 29: Format Tendline dialog box
    Adding a Trendline
    A trendline is a fit to data, indicating the general behavioral tendency or trend of the data, if any. This allows you to more easily see the nature of any relationship between the quantities in your graph. To add a trendline to your chart:
    1. Select any data point on your chart. Excel will automatically select all remaining points for you.
    2. Right-click within the chart. From the context menu that appears, select Add Trendline.... This will bring up the dialog box shown in Figure 29.
    3. As you can see, there are a lot of options. Fortunately, the defaults are exactly what we want, so just click the Close button. The chart now has the trendline we want.
  9. Adding a Caption to Your Chart
    1. Reposition the chart within your worksheet so that it does not obstruct your data tables. Do this by clicking anywhere on the chart. Squares will appear around the border of the chart indicating that it has been selected. Click the mouse, and "drag" the chart to where you want it, which is typically on the left edge of the spreadsheet, with one row between the bottom of the data table and the top of the chart.
    2. Figure 30: Alignment dialog box
      Select a set of cells beneath your graph roughly the same width as the graph, starting where you want the caption to begin, and right click within the selected group of cells. From the context menu that appears, select Format Cells. The Format Cells dialog box that you saw earlier appears. Click on the Alignment tab, and the dialog box changes to Figure 30.
    3. In the Text alignment area, for Horizontal, click on the arrow to the right of the word "General" and a dropdown menu appears. Click on Center.
    4. In the Text control area, check the Wrap Text and Merge Cells checkboxes, and click OK.
    5. In the highlighted cells, enter a suitable caption for your chart.
  10. Since we're done with the worksheet, we'll save it for submission.

Microsoft PowerPoint (Optional Exercise)

Now you will create a PowerPoint presentation reporting on the work done in Lab 1. PowerPoint has five viewing windows. Slide View displays one slide at a time, Outline View lists the text for each slide in your presentation, Slide Sorter View displays thumbnails of all your slides allowing you to reorder them easily, and Notes Page View lets you attach text to each slide. Finally, you can view your slides in order in the Slide Show View.

For your labs, your presentation must include a title slide, a brief overview of the presentation, examples of the work done in this lab (either screenshots, or material copied and pasted from the original documents) and a conclusion slide. You may use any design template that you like. Use a title slide at the beginning of your presentation and the bulleted slides for the information that follows. Figure 31 contains some examples of what your slides might look like.

Figure 31: Typical PowerPoint slides

  1. To open Microsoft PowerPoint, go to the Start menu, select Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. PowerPoint will start. A new slide will appear with the default Title layout (see Figure 32). Click where it says, "Click to add title" and enter the title of your presentation.
    Figure 32: Microsoft PowerPoint, main window. Your screen will look like this when you begin a new presentation.

  2. From the Slide group, click on the New Slide icon. This will advance your presentation to the next slide, which will be blank. When you select this, PowerPoint will display a number of alternatives for you to choose from on how to layout your next slide. Choose the one you like best.
  3. Click anywhere inside the box marked "Click to Add Text" and insert your information. Continue this process until you have outlined your entire presentation.
  4. To add an object from another software application, like Word or Excel, simply copy and paste your object onto the selected PowerPoint slide.
    Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to customize the design of your presentation.
    To select a design template before you begin, click on the Design tab on the ribbon. The Themes group will show the slide themes you currently have available. Initially, it is a rather limited selection. However, there are hundreds of themes available. Sample slides of each theme are shown in the group. To have a wider selection, click on the downward facing arrow just to the right of the sample slides, to the left of the icons for Colors, Fonts, and Effects.
    Figure 33: Theme dialog box

    In addition to seeing the themes you already have, there is also a selection of how to acquire more. Click on the message "More Themes on Microsoft Office Online..." and you'll be directed to the Microsoft Web site that is an archive of many templates for all the Office products. In the top left corner of the Web page you'll see a group called Search. Just below the word "Templates" there's a line where you can enter text saying what you want to search for. For example, if you want to use a theme with a space orientation, type in "slides space" and click on the Search icon. This will bring up the first 100 themes related to space, 14 at a time. You should be able to find a theme you like on almost any subject.
    Note: The Design tab also allows you to adjust your color schemes too. Click on the Colors icon on the right side of the Themes group. From the dialog box that appears you can select a predefined color scheme, or design one of your own. Remember to choose a scheme that has a high contrast between the letters on the slide and the background so that your audience can read the slides easily. The built-in schemes are designed to do this.
    IMPORTANT: Make sure you run Spell Check when you have completed your presentation! To run it, hit F5. After making any corrections, save your presentation.

Printing Instructions for Recitation

You can print a copy of your presentation just like Word and Excel. To print a copy of your PowerPoint Presentation:

  1. Click on the Microsoft Office button or File tab. From the menu that appears, click on the Print icon. In MS Office 2007, a dialog box with the following options will appear. In MS Office 2010, the Backstage View will appear with the following options.
    Figure 34: Microsoft PowerPoint Print dialog box.

  2. In the box marked Print what: select Handouts.
  3. In the box marked Color/grayscale select Pure Black and White.
  4. In the box marked Slides per page choose six, using Horizontal border.
  5. Click OK to print.

Your lab work is now complete. Email copies of all the files you created to your personal account. Review the files for errors before submitting your report.

Please clean up your workstation before you leave the lab. Refer to section 3 Your Assignment for the list of the specific items you must submit for your report.