1. Gcse ict Sam’s Computer Store BO62-COMPUTER STORE SPREADSHEET TASK
Picture-filled text with reflection
(Basic)
To reproduce the text effects on this slide, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.
On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw the text box.
Enter text in the text box, select the text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, select Franklin Gothic Heavy from the Font list, select 36 from the Font Size list, and then click Bold.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Center to center the text in the text box.
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Character Spacing, and then click More Spacing.
In the Font dialog box, on the Character Spacing tab, in the Spacing list, select Expanded. In the By box, enter 2.
Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click the arrow next to Text Fill, and then click Picture.
In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.
Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Text Effects, point to Reflection, and then under Reflection Variations select Tight Reflection, touching (first row, first option from the left).
Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Text Effects, point to Bevel, and then under Bevel click Angle (second row, first option from the left).
To reproduce the background on this slide, do the following:
Right-click the slide background area, then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the right pane, and then set the following values:
Type: Linear.
Direction: Linear Down (first row, second option from the left).
Angle: 90%.
Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear on the slider.
Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:
Select the first stop in the slider, and then set the following values:
Position: 64%.
Color: Black, Text 1, Lighter 5% (sixth row, second option from the left).
Select the next stop in the slider, and then set the following values:
Position: 65%.
Select the last stop in the slider, and then set the following values:
Position: 100%.
Color: Black, Text 1, Lighter 25% (fourth row, second option from the left).

2. Deadlines for controlled assessment work

3. DEADLINE DATES FOR GCSE ICT
DEADLINE FOR BO62 FRIDAY 13TH FEB 2015
DEADLINE FOR BO64 (FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL WORKING ON IT ) 1ST MARCH 2015
AFTER SCHOOL HELP AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE BO64 ONLY WEDNESDAY EVERY WEEK FROM 3-6PM
REMEMBER YOU MUST GET A COURSEWORK MARK FOR 35 FOR EACH GCSE COURSEWORK UNIT YOU DO TO STAND A CHANCE OF GETTING A C AND ABOVE

4. Exam information

5. BO63 EXAM –WORTH 20 % OF YOUR FINAL GRADE
LAST SESSION YOU WERE ALL GIVEN BO63 HANDOUT TO TAKE HOME AND START YOUR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FOR THIS SECOND EXAM YOU WILL FACE IN JUNE
EXAMPLES OF WEB SITES TO USE ARE ON ICTRESOURCES.NET
YOU WILL BE HAVING A MOCK EXAM ON THIS 2/3/15
BO61 FIRST EXAM-MAY 2015-WORTH 20 % OF YOUR FINAL GRADE
YOU HAVE A THEORY EXAM FOR GCSE ICT IN MAY 2015
YOU HAVE SAT EXAMS SIMILAR TO THIS LAST YEAR
ALL RESOURCES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU AND RESOURCES FOR REVISION ARE ON THE ICTRESOURCES.NET WEB SITE

6. Evidencing your spreadsheet work for bo62

7. YOUR CONTROLLED ACCOUNT WORK MUST BE EVIDENCED ON A POWERPOINT SLIDE
THIS IS BECAUSE IN PRESENT THE SOLUTION YOU NEED TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATE GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION
IT MUST BE APPROPRIATEFOR THE AUDIENCE AND YOU MUST ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR POWERPOINT
YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO A STEP BY STEP GUIDE BUT JUST A SCREEN SHOT OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTION
FOR HIGHER GRADES YOUR PRESENTATION OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE MUST DEMONSTRATE A DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF AUDIENCE SHOWING WHAT THE FEATURE WILL SOLVE
YOU MUST USE MASTER PAGE IN POWERPOINT ,ADOPT A HOUSESTYLE AND CONSIDER APPROPRIATE TEMPLATES
THIS WILL GET YOU 10 MARKS OUT OF 60

8. WHAT YOU NEED EVIDENCED
YOU NEED TO EVIDENCE IN A POWERPOINT:
DATA VALIDATION
MACROS
NUMBER FORMATTING (DECIMAL PLACES/CURRENCY
TEXT FORMATTING (COLOURS/FONT/ALIGNMENT/CELL BORDERS )
USE OF OPERATORS IN A FORMULA IE =A1*W3 (* / + -)
USE OF WIZARDS SUCH AS LOOK UP WIZARD/MAIL MERGE WIZARD
USE OF SPELL CHECKING USING F7
USE OF ANALYSIS TOOLS SUCH AS GOAL SEEK
TESTING OF YOUR SPREADSHEET USING RAW DATA TO SHOW FORMULAS WORK(BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS)
EVIDENCE OF YOUR USING COMPLEX FORMULA SUCH AS IF STATEMENTS/LOOK UPS
USE OF HYPERLINKS
EVIDENCE OF A FOLDER STRUCTURE IN YOUR CONTROLLED ACCOUNT WHERE YOU HAVE CORRECTLY SAVED YOUR WORK FOR B062
EVIDENCE OF A BACK UP FOLDER CREATED WITH A COPY OF THE BO62 SPREADSHEET (CONTROLLED ACCT ONLY)
EVIDENCE OF TWO TYPES OF SPREADSHEET SAVED MACRO ENABLED AND NORMAL
EVIDENCE OF COMBINING SOFTWARE USING A MAIL MERGE