Thursday, January 29, 2009

Exploring Microsoft Office Word 2007 Comprehensive or Machine Learning

Exploring Microsoft Office Word 2007, Comprehensive

Author: Robert Grauer

The Exploring series helps students master the How and Why of performing tasks in Office to gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems. Exploring titles feature Perfect pages where every step of every hands-on exercise as well as every end-of-chapter problem begins on a new page and has its own screen shot to make it easier to follow. Each chapter contains Hands-on Exercises, Capstone Exercises, and Mini-Cases for practicing and reviewing skills acquired. Exploring Microsoft Office Word 2007, Comprehensive, 1/e covers the following topics: getting started with Word; editing, formatting, and enhancing documents with tables and graphics; share, compare, and document; advanced features such as wizards, templates, and mail merges; desktop publishing; expert user features such as forms, document protection, and macros;introduction to xHTML by creating a home page and a web site. Ideal for students and individuals seeking a comprehensive introduction to Microsoft Word 2007.



Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - What Will Word Processing Do for Me?

Section 1 Introduction to Word Processing
Understanding Word Basics
Using AutoText
Viewing a Document
Using the Mini Toolbar
Hands-On Exercise #1: Introduction to Microsoft Word

Section 2 Document Formatting
Setting Margins and Specifying Page Orientation
Inserting Page Breaks
Adding Page Numbers
Inserting Headers and Footers
Creating Sections
Inserting a Cover Page
Using Find and Replace Commands
Hands-On Exercise #2: Document Organization

Section 3 The Final Touches
Checking Spelling and Grammar
Using Save and Backup Options
Selecting Printing Options
Customizing Word
Hands-On Exercise #3: The Final Touches

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 2 - Gaining Proficiency: Editing and Formatting

Section 1 Text Formatting
Applying Font Attributes Through the Font Dialog Box
Highlighting Text
Controlling Word Wrapping with Nonbreaking Hyphens and Nonbreaking Spaces
Copying Formats with the Format Painter
Hands-on exercise #1: Character Formatting

Section 2 Paragraph Formats
Setting Off Paragraphs with Tabs, Borders, Lists, and Columns
Applying Paragraph Formats
Hands-on exercise #2: Paragraph formatting

Section 3 Styles and Document References
Creating and Modifying Styles
Hands-on exercise #3: Styles
Table of Contents and Indexes
Hands-on exercise #4: Reference Pages

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 3 - Enhancing a Document: Tables and Graphics

Section 1 Tables
Inserting a Table
Hands-On Exercise #1: Insert a Table

Section 2 Advanced Table Features
Formatting a Table
Sort and Apply Formulas to Table Data
Converting Text to a table
Hands-On Exercise #2: Advanced Table Features

Section 3 Graphic Tools
Inserting Clipart and Images into a Document
Formatting a Graphic Element
Inserting WordArt into a Document
Inserting Symbols into a Document
Hands-On Exercise #3: Clip Art, WordArt, and Symbols

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 4 - Share, Compare, and Document

Section 1 Workgroups and Collaboration
Inserting Comments in a Document
Tracking Changes in a Document
Hands-On Exercise #1: Document Collaboration

Section 2 Multiple Documents
Viewing Documents Side by Side
Comparing and Combining Documents
Creating Master Documents and Subdocuments
Using Navigation Tools
Hands-On Exercise #2: Document Comparison, Mergers, and Navigation

Section 3 Reference Resources
Acknowledging a Source
Creating a Bibliography
Selecting the Writing Style
Creating and Modifying Footnotes and Endnotes
Hands-On Exercise #3: Reference Resources

Section 4 Additional Reference Resources
Adding Figure References
Inserting a Table of Figures
Adding Legal References
Creating a Cross-Reference
Modifying Document Properties
Hands-On Exercise #4: Additional Reference Resources

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 5 — Productivity Tools: Templates, Themes, and Mail Merge

Section 1: Document Templates
Selecting a Template from the New Document Window
Using a Resume Template
Creating a Word Template
Hands-On Exercise #1: Design a Document using Templates

Section 2: Document Themes
Customizing Theme Colors
Customizing Theme Fonts and Effects
Hands-On Exercise #2: Use Office 2007 Themes

Section 3: Mail Merge
Selecting a Main Document
Sorting Records in a Data Source
Inserting Merge Fields
Merging a Main Document with a Data Source
Hands-On Exercise #3: Use Mail Merge

Section 4: External Data Sources
Using Excel Worksheets as a Data Source
Using Access Databases as a Data Source
Hands-On Exercise #4: Use Excel and Access Data Sources

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 6 - Desktop Publishing: Creating a Newsletter, Using Graphic Design, and Linking Objects

Section 1 Desktop Publishing
Constructing a Newsletter
Developing a Document Design
Hands-On Exercise #1: Design a Newsletter

Section 2 Drawing Tools and Special Effects
Inserting Drawing Shapes
Inserting SmartArt
Inserting a Text Box
Formatting Graphical Objects
Grouping and Layering Objects
Flipping and Rotating Objects
Hands-On Exercise #2: Work with Objects

Section 3 Object Linking and Embedding
Using OLE to Insert an Object
Updating a Linked Object
Hands-On Exercise #3: Object Linking and Embedding

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 7 - The Advanced User: Forms, Document Security, and Macros

Section 1 Forms
Creating an Electronic form
Inserting Form Controls
Protecting a Form
Hands-On Exercise #1: Create a Form

Section 2 Document Protection and Authentication
Marking a Document as Final
Setting Formatting Restrictions
Setting Editing Restrictions
Setting Passwords to Open a Document
Using Digital Signatures to Authenticate Documents
Hands-On Exercise #2: Protecting Documents

Section 3 Introduction to Macros
Recording a Macro
Running a Macro
Hands-On Exercise #3: Using Macros

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 8 — Word and the Internet: Web Pages, XML, and Blogs

Section 1 Web Pages
Building a Web Page
Apply Themes and Background Color to a Web Page
Inserting Hyperlinks in a Web Page
Inserting Bookmarks in a Web Page
Previewing a Web Page
Publishing a Web Page
Hands-On Exercise #1: Creating a Web Page

Section 2 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Understanding XML
Attaching an XML Schema
Hands-On Exercise #2: Working with XML

Section 3 Blogs
Create a Blog Post
Using the Research Task Pane
Hands-On Exercise #3: Creating a Blog Post

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

See also: MCSE Windows Server 2003 All in One Exam Guide or Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age

Machine Learning

Author: Tom M Mitchell

This book covers the field of machine learning,which is the study of algorithms that allow computer programs to automatically improve through experience. The book is intended to support upper level undergraduate and introductory level graduate courses in machine learning.

Booknews

An introductory text on primary approaches to machine learning and the study of computer algorithms that improve automatically through experience. Introduce basics concepts from statistics, artificial intelligence, information theory, and other disciplines as need arises, with balanced coverage of theory and practice, and presents major algorithms with illustrations of their use. Includes chapter exercises. Online data sets and implementations of several algorithms are available on a Web site. No prior background in artificial intelligence or statistics is assumed. For advanced undergraduates and graduate students in computer science, engineering, statistics, and social sciences, as well as software professionals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



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