Attachment

To link a file to an e-mail message so that they travel together to their destination. File attachments are a very common way of sending a file to someone.

Argument

A value used to evaluate a procedure or subroutine.

Lab 3 Word Art

In word art you can do many things starting with choosing the type of font you want your text to look like, you can change the size and add text if needed.In word art you can change the spacing between the words either making them tighter or looser you can also even the height of the words to make them the same height both low case and capital letters. You can also put your text in vertical or horizontal order. With the paint bucket you can change the color of the inside of the text you can also change the outline color and the shape to your desire needs. We also used shadow effects that will change the apperaence of your text and make it look better. There is also lightning effects and 3D color shape change. Word art is very useful for presentations and posters to make them look more presentable.

LAB 2 COMMON SKILLS

1. When i pressed ALT + Tab there was a small icon which let you swith between the programs that you have opened.

2. To select the text you have to press Ctrl+A to change the font you have to be in the home tab and the select the font bar and then select the type of font you want. Then to copy you have to select the text and press Ctrl+C then press the ENTER key to go to the next space then press Ctrl+V to paste the text press it three times. Then in the home tab under paragraph select the bullets icon to add bullets to your document in the same paragraph tab you will see a spacing button click on it and select double space to make space in between the text then go the Page layout then press the columns icon then press 3 columns to make the text show in three different columns at las click on the view tab and slect rules to make sure you can see the rule in the document.

3.The similarieties between microsoft word and microsoft powerpoint are that the y alle have the same tabs like home and page layout but some of the icon are located in different tabs also in powerpoint in the home tab there are not as mnay choices for as in microsoft word to change the text.

Application software

Application software also known as an application is computer software designed to help the user to perform singular or multiple related specific tasks.

Animations

Moving diagrams or cartoons that are made up of a sequence of images displayed one after the other

Anchor

The HTML code for creating a link to another page or to a particular section within a page. It is also commonly called an "h-ref."

American Psychological Association (APA)

The APA is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the US, as well as the world's largest association of psychologists.

Alignment

Arrangement or position in a straight line or in parallel lines.

ActiveX controls

It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. They are typically used to add user interface functions, such as 3D toolbars, a notepad, calculator or even a spreadsheet.

Active cell

The cell that continues the value being used or modified in a spreadsheet program, and that is highlighted by the cell pointer.

Absolute cell reference

The address of a cell that contains a value that is needed to solve a formula in a spreadsheet program.

3-D Pie Chart

A graphical representation of information in which each unit of data is represented as a pie-shaped piece of a circle.

Word processing software

Computer software program used to create and edit text documents.

Wizard

A software wizard is a user interface element that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-defined steps.

Windows explorer

Windows Explorer is a tool that allows you to browse, view, copy and delete files

Window

In computing, a window is a visual area containing some kind of user interface. It displays the output of and may allow input to one or more processes.

Wildcard characters

A wildcard character is a character that may be substituted for any of a defined subset of all possible characters.

Wide area networks (WANs)

A wide area network (WAN) is a computer network that covers a broad area any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries.

Virus

A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.

Utility software

A kind of system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain the computer. A single piece of utility software is usually called a utility or tool.

User interface

A program that controls a display for the user and that allows the user to interact with the system.

Unix

trademark for a powerful operating system

Universal serial bus

Is a specification to establish communication between devices and a host controller developed and invented by Ajay Bhatt working in Intel.

Uninterruptible power supply

An uninterruptible power supply, also uninterruptible power source, UPS or battery backup, is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source, typically the utility mains, fails.

Troubleshooting

The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

Tree pane

A pane is simply a window within a window. For example, when you see a window with different sections, each section is referred to as a pane. A content pane shows the main content of the window. A tree pane, or content tree pane usually shows a list of what can be displayed in the content pane.

Toolbar

A row of icons in a graphical user interface that are used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.

Title bar

A horizontal label at the top of a window, bearing the name of the currently active document.

Teleconferencing

Technology that permits individuals to participate in regional, national or worldwide meetings without actually leaving their local area.

Telecommunications

The science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals.

Technology

The study of or a collection of techniques; a particular technological concept; the body of tools and other implements produced by a given society.

Taskbar

The bar usually located at the bottom of Microsoft Windows operating systems, which displays the start button, system clock, programs that are currently running, as well as other open windows.

Systems software

System software is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide and maintain a platform for running application software.

System clock

An electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components.

Surge protectors

A portable device containing electrical outlets that protects equipment plugged into it from a surge in current.

Supercomputers

A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.

Submenu

Menu is a list of commands presented to an operator by a computer or communications system. A menu is used in contrast to a command-line interface, where instructions to the computer are given in the form of commands

Subfolder

Folder, directory, catalog, or drawer, in computing, is a virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other folders can be kept and organized.

Status bar

A status bar, similar to a status line, is an information area typically found at the bottom of windows in a graphical user interface.

Start button

The Start Menu and Start Button are user interface elements used in the X Windowing System and later versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. The Start Button provides a central launching point for application and tasks.

Standard toolbar

The bar of icons (save, print, help, etc.) on the screen below the menu bar in applications such as Microsoft Word.

Standard desktop

He design and production of publications using personal computers with graphics capability.

Spreadsheet software

A table of values arranged in rows and columns. Each value can have a predefined relationship to the other values. If you change one value, therefore, you may need to change other values as well.

Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper, accounting worksheet.

Source

Document (or organization) from which information is obtained
Spreadsheet:A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper, accounting worksheet.

Sorting

Sorting is any process of arranging items in some sequence and/or in different sets, and accordingly.

Software

Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
Software development Software development is the act of working to produce/create software.

Shortcut menu

The menu that appears when you right-click (Windows/Unix) or click-and-hold (Macintosh) on a Web page or within a software package.

Shortcut keys

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In computing, a keyboard shortcut or hotkey is a finite set of one or more keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user.

Shortcut

A small file containing a target URI or the name of a target program file that the shortcut represents.

Serial ports

In computing, a serial port is a serial communication physical interface through which information transfers in or out one bit at a time