WEEK 7 SEMINAR TANYA SCOTT, INSTRUCTOR MR105 Keyboarding I

Seminar Agenda Tables, tables and more tables Language Arts Rules Week 7 Assignments Questions?

Textbook and Word Manual

Tables In Active Exercises, you will create several types of tables:  Open  Boxed  Ruled Let’s go over some information about tables.

Tables Q & A Beginning in Lesson 36, what can you tell me about the formatting of the Main Title in a table?

Tables Q & A Beginning in Lesson 36, what can you tell me about the formatting of the Main Title in a table?  All Caps  Bold  14 pt. font

Tables Next question: Subtitles:  What are some formatting features of a Table Subtitle?

Tables Next question: Subtitles:  What are some formatting features of a Table Subtitle?

Table Examples in Word Manual Let’s look at page R13 in your Word Reference Manual: There are examples of tables that are:  Open  Boxed  Ruled Question: How should text entries be aligned in a table column?

Table Examples in Word Manual Text entries should always be left-aligned. What about number entries, how are these entries aligned?

Table Examples in Word Manual Number entries should be right aligned? Why do we even ask this? Isn’t this automatic in Word table? Isn’t text always left-aligned, and numbers right-aligned?

Text, Number Alignment No, alignment isn’t necessarily automatic in Word tables. In Word, when you add a table, the cursor will be blinking in the first cell, at the left margin. So, if you type text it will be aligned correctly.

Text, Number Alignment However, if your first row includes number entries, you will have to manually change the alignment to right.  This differs from Excel, which automatically alignments data in a cell, according to the data type.

Table Let’s talk about how data should be organized in a table.  Organization should be logical  Easily understood  Goal is to have someone who is unfamiliar with the table data to be able to orient themselves with little difficulty. Question: Give an example of information that is presented in a table format, that you see daily.

Table Examples You will find tables on:  Medicine bottles  Cereal boxes  TV listings Can you think of any others?

Word vs. Excel Are there any advantages to using Excel over Word when setting up a table?

Language Arts Let’s look at Lesson 37, page 134 in your textbook. The Language Arts lesson covers the use of apostrophes.  Apostrophes are used to show possession.  The babies’ strollers were parked in front of the zoo.  The baby’s pacifier was on the floor.  Two different words, but pronounced the same.  How does this pose a problem in proofreading/spell checks?

Apostrophes Easy to miss in proofreading, because the words sound alike, but their spelling and punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence Can you think of similar words?  What are some examples of words that end with y, but when made plural, end with ies?

Apostrophes Easy to miss in proofreading, because the words sound alike, but their spelling and punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence Can you think of similar words?  What are some examples of words that end with y, but when made plural, end with ies?  Lady  Candy  Party  Employ

Apostrophes Question: What is the difference between boy’s bicycles and boys’ bicycles?

Apostrophes Question: The first example is many bicycles belonging to one boy. The second example is bicycles belonging to many boys. Proofread carefully to ensure the proper punctuation of singular/plural possessive nouns.

Possessive Rules of Thumb Examine the ownership word. Does it end in s ? Is it singular or plural? Kim (singular and does not end in s) children (plural and does not end in s) waitress (singular and does end in s) years (plural and does end in s)

Possessive Rules of Thumb If the ownership word does NOT end in s, add an apostrophe and s, whether the noun is singular or plural. Kim’s book children’s play area

Possessive Rules of Thumb If the ownership word is singular and DOES end in s, add an apostrophe and s. waitress’s schedule If the ownership word is plural and DOES end in s, add an apostrophe only. years’ schedule waitresses’ schedule

Week 7 Assignments Assignments for this week include:  Active Exercises  Discussion Board  Seminar  Timed Typing

Discussion! There is a discussion board this week. Post your initial response by Saturday and two responses by Tuesday.

Timed Typing Page 147:  Test 2 : Three Minute Timed Typing – (min. 2 attempts please)  Goal of 36 wpm with no more than 5 errors.  55 pts.

Questions? Any questions? If not, have a great evening! Look for your grades to be posted by Sunday evening.