Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting By David Kilgour

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting What are the aims of the course? To provide an introduction to management and business report writing To use Word, Excel and PowerPoint to produce reports Present data in an appropriate form Present graphical information

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting This course and the courses C51BS2 and C51BI3 form a module set that consider preparing and presenting information using databases and the web. During your studies for this course you should improve you presentation skills by becoming more familiar with Word, Excel and PowerPoint and presentation styles.

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting There are 4 assignments Assignment 1 is a communication essay Assignment 2 is based on my tutorials and covers Word and Excel Assignment 3 is an accounting spreadsheet Assignment 4 is an economics essay and PowerPoint

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting You should come to one lecture and two tutorials per week. Sign the class list each week Try using advanced features of Word and Excel

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting Think about the reports you are doing for other classes. How could you do these better? You should check with lecturers to see how they would like their assignments presented

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting Always save your work every 15 minutes Never save files directly to floppy disk. Always to the network first Do not put file links on the desktop or within my documents

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting Course materials can be downloaded from my web page at There are no recommended books as such but Word and Excel bibles by IDG would help if you wish a fuller explanation of how to use features of the programs. Use the discussion pages on my webpage to ask questions or to give answers.

Exploring Microsoft Office C51BR1 Business Reporting Presenting information could be regarded as more important than any other area of business and you should try to understand how the Microsoft programs can help you. After this course you should be classed a competent user.

Exploring Microsoft Office Exploring Excel Graphs and Charts: Delivering a Message By David Kilgour

Exploring Microsoft Office Charts and Things I love to draw, but I am not very good

Exploring Microsoft Office Objectives (1 of 2) Know advantages and disadvantages of different chart types Distinguish between an embedded chart and one in a separate chart sheet Use the ChartWizard Use Drawing toolbar to enhance chart with lines, 3D shapes and objects

Exploring Microsoft Office Objectives (2 of 2) Differentiate between data series specified in rows versus ones in columns Understand how charts can be accurate statistically yet misleading conceptually Create a compound document consisting of word processing, worksheet and a chart

Exploring Microsoft Office

Exploring Microsoft Office Overview Business graphics one of most exciting Windows applications Determine message of chart Create charts using Chart Wizard Plot multiple data sets on a single chart Dynamically link a chart to a memo

Exploring Microsoft Office Chart Types Always remember to keep it simple and clear Pie and Exploded pie charts are effective for displaying proportional relationships Column chart are used for displaying numbers Bar charts show numbers horizontally

Exploring Microsoft Office Pie and Exploded Pie Charts

Exploring Microsoft Office Column Charts

Exploring Microsoft Office Creating Charts Use the Chart Wizard a four step process Step one choose a chart type Step two review data series Step three final touches Step four where to store

Exploring Microsoft Office Chart Wizard

Exploring Microsoft Office Finishing the Chart Embedding in a worksheet or separate chart sheet Enhance with Drawing toolbar

Exploring Microsoft Office Using the Drawing toolbar

Exploring Microsoft Office Multiple Data Series First what message do you want chart data to display Rows versus columns If data series are in rows the Chart Wizard will use first row for X axis and use first column for legend text If data series are in columns the Chart Wizard will use first column for X axis and use first row for legend text

Exploring Microsoft Office Using Multiple Data Series

Exploring Microsoft Office Object Linking and Embedding Office 2003 makes it easy to create a compound document Embedded object is stored in the compound document Linked object is stored in its own file and used with a compound document OLE pronounced “Oh-lay”

Exploring Microsoft Office Compound Documents

Exploring Microsoft Office Using the Right Chart Excel has 14 standard chart types on the Chart Wizard Line used to display time-related information Combination uses two or more charts Use Accurate Labels Don’t add Dissimilar Quantities

Exploring Microsoft Office A Combination Chart

Exploring Microsoft Office Summary (1 of 2) Charts are an easy to understand way to show data Easiest way to create charts is with the Chart Wizard Charts can be embedded or stored in a separate file Multiple data series may be stored in rows & columns

Exploring Microsoft Office Summary (2 of 2) OLE enables creation of compound documents Embedding means storing an object within the compound document Linking means storing the object in its own file, and the compound document uses this file

Exploring Microsoft Office