1. CCE-EDUSAT SESSION FOR COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS
Faculty: Anita Kanavalli
Department of CSE
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Bangalore
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2. TOPICS What is Office Automation ? MS Office and its Components
Alternate office automation tools

3. Office Automation
Office automation refers to the use of computer and software
to digitally create, collect, store, manipulate, and relay office information needed for accomplishing basic tasks and goals.
The use of computer systems to do a variety of office operations, such as word processing, accounting, and .

4. Office Automation
Raw data storage, electronic transfer, and the management of electronic business information comprise the basic activities of an office automation system.
Office automation helps in optimizing or automating existing office procedures

5. Office Automation
The backbone of office automation is a LAN, which allows users to transmit data, mail and even voice across the network. All office functions, including dictation, typing, filing, copying, fax, Telex, microfilm and records management, telephone and telephone switchboard operations, fall into this category.

6. MS Office MS Microsoft Office Its Components are
Microsoft Word provides everything to produce professional-looking documents, communicate your ideas, and share information with others.

7. MS Office MS Microsoft Office Its Components are
Microsoft Excel makes it easy to build spreadsheets and then use, share, and analyze the data, as well as provide reports and present the data graphically.

8. MS Office MS Microsoft Office Its Components are
Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to organize, illustrate, and present your ideas in a multimedia presentation. It gives you the tools to communicate with impact, whether in the classroom, to parents, or to colleagues.

9. MS Office MS Microsoft Office Its Components are
Microsoft Access lets you develop and use databases to store, manipulate, and share information.

10. Office Tools
Explore the Menu toolbar by clicking on each of the menus. For example, click Tools to see the options in the Tools menu.
The arrows show you there are additional options for this menu item.
The chevron means more options are available.

11. Office Tools
The Menu bar contains a list of menus that will help you create, edit, and format items, documents
If a menu option looks faded (is grayed out), the option is not currently available to you
If you see a chevron at the bottom of the menu, hover over it for a moment, and all of the options appear.

12. Tool Bar Click to open, save, or send a document as e‑mail.
Cut, copy, and paste objects or text. .
Link to the Web, create tables, insert spreadsheets, or add columns or WordArt.
Show the Office Assistant

13. Toolbar More buttons. Undo or redo any action.
Print a document, preview printing, or check spelling. .
Zoom, view markers, or select a magnification.

14. Web Toolbar Click to go forward or backward between documents.
Return to your start page or search on the Web.
Stop a current jump or refresh a current page if you are working in a browser.
Shows the location of the document in which you are currently working or currently displayed Web page.

15. Changing Toolbar Settings
From any Office program, on the View menu,
click Toolbars, and then click Customize.
Click the Options tab..
To view the Standard and Formatting toolbars
in two rows so that all buttons are visible, clear the Standard and Formatting Toolbars share one row checkbox.

16. Changing Toolbar Settings
To view large icons, select Large icons. To list font names in their fonts, select List font
names in their font.
Click the Toolbars tab.
To view additional toolbars, select the checkbox next to the name of the toolbar that you want to view.
Click Close.

17. Screen Tips
When you position your pointer to hover over any button on a toolbar, a small box appears with the name of that button.
The box is called a ScreenTip. If you do not see ScreenTips, you can change the settings to show them.

18. Screen Tips
Point to the toolbar button
The Screen Tip appears.

19. Clip Gallery
In the Office suite, you can add multimedia to your document, presentation, Web page, or publication using the Clip Gallery tool.
You can use the Clip Gallery to preview a wide variety of pictures, photographs, sounds, and video clips that you can insert in your documents.

20. To insert Clip Gallery If the Drawing toolbar is not visible, on the
View menu, click Toolbars and then click
Drawing.
Click Insert Clip Art on the Drawing toolbar.
The Clip Gallery appears with the Pictures tab
visible.

21. To insert Clip Gallery Select a category by clicking a picture. Or -
Type a keyword in the Search for clips box.

23. To insert Clip Gallery
Click the graphic you want to insert or preview.
A toolbar opens next to the picture.

24. Alternate to MS Office
OpenOffice.org offers a suite of office software applications free to download for anyone with a computer, including PC's operating with Windows or Linux. Open Office also offers a free version for Macintosh computers. Open Office offers its software freely to anyone who wants to download it.