IT - Unit 6
- Created by: Joe Manktelow
- Created on: 02-06-13 14:36
Characteristics of Presentation Software
Lesson 1
Character- This is any letter, number or symbol used in a document.
Paragraph- This is a section of text, usually made up from a number of sentances. It may be pre-defined by the house style.
Section- This is a portion of a document in which page-formatting options can be set. A new section can be created when properties such as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers need to be changed.
Frames- This is a n area of a page that can contain text or graphics. They can be positioned anywhere on the page.
Headers and Footers- A header is text which appears in the top margin of the document on every page. A footer is text which appears in the bottom margin of the page, and this is also on every page.
Footnotes- These are used to briefly explain a word or phrase without including the explanation in the body of the text.
Lesson 2
Mail Merge- This technique enables the user to write just one document which they can use as a template. Then they can take data such as names and addresses from a data source and merge it to the template.
Benefits:
- Documents are produced very quickly.
- Only one copy of the document needs to be proof read.
- The data source can be used for many different mail merge processes.
- The standard letter/template can be saved and reused.
-If a change needs to be done it only has to be carried out once.
Key words:
Main document- this is the document that has been created that you want to merge with a data source.
Data source- this is the database or spreadsheet that contains the data that you want to merge into the main document.
Form letter- this is the document when the merge fields from your data source are inputted into the letter (e.g. <<Forename>>).
Word fields- this is an instructino that can be added to a mail merge document. E.g. NEXT RECORD. This is different to a merge field as it is not taking data from the data source.
Lesson 3
Formatting Documents.
Word-processing packages have many other features that can help users format the documents being produced to exactly meet their needs.
This includes:
Page size- The size of the page (A1/A4).
Page margins- The margins are the unprintable area on the screen. These can be changed.
Text alignment- Text can be left, right, centered or fully justified.
Page orientation- Landscape or Portrait.
Lesson 4
Clip Art- This is a collection of ready-made small artwork images that is often provided with the software. They can be edited or used as they are.
Advantages:
- Images are readily avaliable/avaliable immediately.
- The use of clip are can reduce the cost of the design process.
- Extra equipment such as scanners dont have ot be purchased (scanners etc).
Disadvantages:
- Limited choice of images.
- Image qulaity varies from very poor to good.
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