Ict Practical Notes
Ict Practical Notes
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2 Creating Queries
3 Creating Reports
4. Finished!
Advanced settings
Success!
This lesson will show you how to change the format of the data so that you can see 'Yes' and
'No'
Open the table - you should see the Yes/No data displayed as
-1 and 0
Go to Design View
Click the View button again to go back to the table data view
This lesson will show you how to take and print a screenshot to prove the import was correct.
This lesson will show you a range of criteria that can be used with text fields.
Text contains...
Text is blank
This lesson will show you a range of criteria that can be used with numeric fields.
This lesson will show you a range of criteria that can be used with Boolean fields.
This lesson will show you a range of criteria that can be used with date fields.
This lesson will show you how to add a new, calculated field
Finished!
Under the fields that you want to summarise, pick the how you want
the data summarised: Sum, Avg, Min, Max, Count
Click Next
Click Next
Final step of the Report Wizard - Enter a title for the Report
Click Finish
Go to design view
The label (the top one) and the data field (the bottom one)
can both be adjusted at the same time...
Click on one, hold down the Shift key, and click the second.
If the Toolbox is not visible, click the View menu, then Toolbox
This lesson will show you how to add a summary field under a report data column
The Report Footer is the area just below the last record
You need to use a textbox for the summary since you will be typing in a
formula.
Make sure that the label and data are visible, and
the formatting is correct
Note: just as with a normal report, you should always create a query first to collect the data
you need
Click Finish
Check the labels look ok, and that they fit on the
page
Final check
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2 Creating a Presentation
3.9 Adding a Heading to the Master Slide so that it Appears on Every Slide 27
3.10 Adding an Image / Logo to the Master Slide so that it Appears on Every
Slide 29
You should see that the RTF file text has been
imported as a set of slides.
But the date and slide number may not be shown on the normal slides
Check the normal slides to see the date and slide numbers
Move the rectangle behind the other items on the Master Slide
(Note that you can use the same technique to add your name to every slide)
• Heading on top
• Bulleted list below
• images
• tables
• charts
• diagrams
In the content area, select the type of image that you wish to add:
These notes are used by the person giving the presentation, to remind him/her what to say
Type your notes into the Notes area below each slide
Make all animation effects visible in the Custom Animation task pane
Take a screenshot showing the slides and the Slide Transition task pane
Use the Print What menu to select what you want to print
An outline shows only the titles and text from each slide. It is useful to get an overview of
what the presentation includes
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2 Entering Formulae
This lesson will explain what cell and range references are
This lesson will show you how to create locked (absolute) cell references
Relative references
This lesson will show you how to type a formula into a cell
This lesson will show you how to use the FX button to find and enter functions
Note...
This lesson will show you how to write formulae for basic arithmetic
Addition (+)
Subtraction (-)
Multiplication (*)
Combination
This lesson will show you how to use the SUM function
This lesson will show you how to use the AVERAGE function
This lesson will show you how to use the MINIMUM function
This lesson will show you how to use the MAXIMUM function
This lesson will show you how to use the COUNT function
This lesson will show you how to use the COUNTA function
Note: The integer part of a number is different from rounding the number - the integer part of
1.9999 is just 1 (the whole part, ignoring the decimal part)
This lesson will show you how to use the INT function
This lesson will show you how to use the ROUND function
(Think of this process working in the same way you might lookup a word in a dictionary - you
search for the word, and find its meaning)
This lesson will show you how to use the LOOKUP function
This lesson will show you how to use the COUNTIF function
This lesson will show you how to use the SUMIF function
Here we see that Cats are worth 29, Dogs are worth
13 and Goats are worth 26, which seems correct
This lesson will show you how to use multiple IF functions to chose between several items
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This lesson will show you how to download files for a website
Click the menu arrow next to the New Page button in the
toolbar
Note: Don't click the page icon itself - this will give you a new
web page, not a stylesheet
This lesson will show you how to create and modify stylesheet code
Select the HTML tag that you want to create a style for
1. Choose a font...
- Arial if a sans-serif font is needed
- Times New Roman if a serif font is needed
4. Choose a colour
Your Styles list will only show the styles that you
have created
This lesson will show you how to modify styles to include a list of fonts
Type a comma
This lesson will show you how to choose the correct colour codes
Different values entered into these three parts can create any colour required
FF,00,00
00,FF,00
00,00,FF
80,00,00
This lesson will show you how to link a stylesheet to a web page
Select Hyperlink...
Image links
This lesson will show you how to add 'anchors' to you page and then create links to them
(The anchor will mark the place that our link will
jump to)