Your Office: Getting Started with Windows 7

Description

For introductory computer courses on Microsoft Office 2010 or courses in computer concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Office 2010 applications.

Your Office is the Office Applications textbook written for instructors who want more than a 'skill & drill' book that enables students to learn discreet tasks but fails to illustrate the big picture of how these skills work together. Your Office bridges the gap between skill and application, and empowers students to master Office 2010 as a tool to solve problems and make decisions.

The cases progress students from learning the skills in each Office Application to using the applications as tools to make business decisions.

The unique modular structure provides a strong foundation for students through practice in each workshop and then synthesizes the objectives covered over two workshops, challenging students to really retain what they learned as opposed to learning and then forgetting soon after.

The series scenario introduces a large global business (the resort and spa) made up of smaller businesses (golf pro shop, spa, restaurants, event planning, etc) featured in the cases that run throughout all four applications. This approach gives students a solid understanding of how an organization works by exposing them to how individuals in all facets of a business interact with tools like Microsoft Office and use information to make decisions.

**This is a one-chapter supplement.**

CONTENTS:

WINDOWS 7

WORKSHOP 1: Understanding the Windows 7

Desktop and Managing Windows

PREPARE CASE: Introducing Microsoft Windows 7 to the Employees of the Painted Paradise

Golf Resort and Spa

Understanding Windows 7

Starting Windows 7

Exploring the Windows 7 Desktop

Identifying Desktop Elements

Understanding the Taskbar

Using the Start Menu

Understanding the Start Menu

Exploring the Right Pane of the Start Menu

Exploring the Left Pane of the Start Menu

Understanding the All Programs Menu

Understanding the Start Menu Search Box

Working with Windows

Opening and Managing Windows

Moving and Sizing a Window

Minimizing and Restoring a Window

Maximizing and Closing a Window

Working with Multiple Windows

Switching Between Windows

Arranging Windows

Personalizing the Desktop

Adding Shortcuts to the Start Menu, Desktop, and Taskbar

Adding Shortcuts to the Start Menu

Adding Shortcuts to the Desktop

Arranging Icons on the Desktop

Adding Shortcuts to the Taskbar

Changing the Appearance of the Desktop

Changing the Desktop Background

Selecting a Screensaver

Adding Gadgets to the Desktop

Shutting Down Windows 7

Using Windows Explorer

Opening and Navigating Windows Explorer Exploring Files, Folders, and Libraries

Working with Folders

Creating and Naming a New Folder

Copying, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Folders

Copying Folders

Moving Folders

Renaming Folders

Deleting Folders

Working with Files

Copying, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Files

Copying and Moving Files

Previewing Files

Renaming and Deleting Files

Compressing Files to Save Space

Extracting Compressed Files

Adding Tags to Files

Concept Check

Key Terms

Visual Summary

Practice

Practice Case 1

Practice Case 2

Problem Solve

Problem Solve Case 1

Perform

Perform in Your Career

How Others Perform