Microsoft Office Software

Microsoft Office suite of software is available on any of the university student computers (also for purchase at the bookstore at highly discounted student prices). Included is a word processor (Word) and a spreadsheet (Excel) that are probably of most use to a science student.

Exercises presented here are to gain some minimal familiarity with Microsoft Office. Do take notes as suggested.

Word

Microsoft Word is a common word processor.

• Bring up Microsoft Word and take note of the version/release and products ID numbers (it is hidden under File/Account/About).
• Copy the Physics 104 lab contents web page, paste it into Word.
  • Open a browser and go to the Physics 104 lab contents page
  • Highlight the page by holding the left mouse button down and dragging the mouse
  • Select "Edit" then "Copy" from the menu bar
  • Within the Word window, select "Edit", then "Paste" from the menu bar

Excel

Microsoft Excel is a common spreadsheet program. Spreadsheets allow for easy tabularizing and manipulation of text and numbers.

• Open Microsoft Excel  and take note of the version/release and products ID numbers
• Enter two columns of numbers
• Highlight the two columns with the mouse
• Produce a graph of your numbers by selecting a chart from the insert menu and following the instructions.
• Try changing parts of the graph as well as your data columns
• Try copying the graph to Word