Office Fundamentials

• A file is a document or item of information which is named
• A folder is a named storage location where you can store files.
• A subfolder is a folder that is housed within another folder.
• Drives show up as letters to the os (C, D, ... S, .. Z)
• Windows explorer is used to create and manage folders and files
  • The navigation pane can be used to move around the file system
  • It shows common locations, libraries as well as system and network storage resources.
  • Clicking in the navigation pain will change the information in the content, preview and details pane
  • The Content pane shows the content of the currently selected item
  • The details pain ...
  • The preview pain ...
  • The toolbar provides context dependant buttons to manipulate the currently selected item
• Creating folders
• Renaming items
• Moving Items
• Deleting Items
• Selecting multiple items
• Copy/move

Office

• All office applications share a common user interface
  • Saving a file in word is the same procedure as saving a file in power point
  • Once you learn how to do something in one system, it should be the same in another.
• The clipboard
  • The clipboard has a "history" of 24 items.
  • Pay attention to the copy and paste exercise
  • See how the format painter works.