Student Objectives: Explain the concept of integrated software package; Start an Office application from Windows XP; Open an existing document; Save and close an Office document; Know the shortcuts for opening recently used documents; Use the Help System; Use the Office Assistant; Quit an Office Application; Access the Internet and use a Web Browser

What is Integrated Software & the name of the Integrated Software suite used in this class?
1) a program that combines several computer applications into one program 
2) Microsoft Office XP is a Integrated Software suite.
3) It is made up of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Frontpage, and Outlook.

What does each software or application in Microsoft Office do?
1) Microsoft Word:  enables you to create documents such as letters and reports.
2) Microsoft Excel: Lets you work with numbers to prepare budgets.  It is a spreadsheet application.
3) Microsoft Access:  is a database program that organizes information such as addresses or inventory items.
4) Frontpage: is a web page application that enables you to create and maintain your own website.
5) Powerpoint:  a presentation application which can be used to create slides, outlines, speaker's notes, and audience handouts.

How do I open a file?
1) Opening a file means loading a file from a disk onto your computer screen
2) One way to open a file is to choose File, Open from the menu.

How do I save a file?
1) Saving a file stores it on disk.
2) To save, the user may choose either File, Save As; File, Save; or the disk icon from the menu.

What is the difference between Save As and Save?
1) The 1st time the user saves a document or gives it another filename, File, Save As is chosen. The user then determines if they want to save to the "A" or "C" drive.
2) When a user wants to "resave" a document after changes are made, they those File, Save.

What are filenames?
1) Names given to files when saving a file.  They provide a unique description of the document or file.
2) When naming a file, the user is limited to a maximum of 255 characters or letters. 
3) The filename can also have spaces within the name , but some characters are excluded. 

How do I close a document?
1) Choosing either File, Close from the menu or pressing the Close button (looks like an X at the top right of the application)

A feature found in all Office XP programs that offers a variety of ways to get help is called? 
1) Office Assistant

What is a default setting?
1) It is a setting that is already built into the software or computer.
2) It is the one used unless another option is chosen.

What is the Internet?
1) It is a vast network of computers linked to one another.
2) It allows people around the world to share information and ideas through Web pages, newsgroups, mailing lists, chats, email, and electronic files.
3) One connects to the internet using special hardware (modem or network cables) and special software (MSN, AOL, Earthlink, etc.).
4) You may access the Internet through any Office XP application or program.

What is the World Wide Web?
1) a system of computers that share information by means of hypertext links on "pages". 
2) The internet is its carrier.

What are Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)?
1) They are web addresses  used to identify web documents.
2) Examples of URL's are: 
www.microsoft.com, www.houstonisd.org, www.uh.edu

What is the Intranet?
1) A company's private web that's only available to employees from inside the company.
2) The material on a Intranet is not available to everyone who accesses the Internet.

What is a Web browser?
1) Software used to display Web pages on your computer monitor.
2) Examples of a browser software are:  Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

What is the home page?
1) The 1st page that appears when you start your Web browser.
2) It can also be the 1st page of a organization's or company's website when the website opens.  (Example:  The 1st page of the Houston ISD website is called the homepage of that website).

What is a Search Engine? 
1) It is a tool that processes requests for information and then searches Web sites for that request.
2) Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator (web browsers) both have search engines.  Click the Search button in the Internet Toolbar to access.
3) Other search engines are web sites such as: MSN, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves Lycos, Excite, etc.

What is a bookmark? 
1) A bookmark flags the location of a website or document so that you can access it quickly without having to retype the web address or URL.
2) How do I do it?  Choose Favorites from the menu bar, then choose Add to add the website to the Favorites listing.

What is a hyperlink?
1) A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or picture on the internet, where by clicking it, makes the internet jump or link to another web page.
2) The user will know something is a hyperlink, when the mouse turns to a hand if it is placed on the word, phrase or picture.
3) Hyperlinks can also have a underline under them.

What are two ways to locate a website or URL?
1) Type in the website address directly where it says Address in your Internet browser.
2) Click the Search button in the Internet browser and then type in the topic of what you want to search.  From here, a listing of related websites appears that the user can search through in order to look for the website.

How do I locate a website, if I don't know the web address or URL?
1) Use the Search button in the Internet browser in order to search for the web address.
2) The other way is to go to a Search Engine Website such as Yahoo, Excite, MSN, etc., then search for the topic and a listing of websites will appear where the user can choose.

What is email?  
1) Email is transfer of information in an electronic format.
2) Information is usually sent in memo format.  Some free email sites are:  Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.

What is the difference between downloading and uploading? 
1) Download:  The term is often used to describe the process of transferring a file from an online service to one's own computer or local network.
2) Upload:  To transfer information from your computer to the internet or a local network.

What is a network?  
1) A group of two or more computer systems linked together. There are many types of computer networks, including: