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ISMT E-120Desktop Applications for Managers
Office for the Web
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Office for the Web
• HTML & Server Basics• Browsing• Static Publishing• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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Office for the Web
• HTML/Server Intro and Basics• Browsing• Static Publishing• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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HTML/Server Intro and Basics
• Your FAS account/server space• Basic HTML components• Secure FTP and telnet• Build and publish a page• Build and publish with an editor
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Office for the Web
• Browsing• Static Publishing• HTML/Server Intro and Basics• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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Browsing
• Word - Good • Excel – Pretty good• PowerPoint – No• Access – No
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Office for the Web
• Web-Enabled Features• Browsing• Static Publishing• HTML/Server Intro and Basics• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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Static Publishing
• Word: Save as Web Page• Excel: Save as Web Page• PowerPoint: Save as Web Page• Access: Export as a Web Page
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Static Publishing: Word
• Office Component Most Suited to Publishing Web Pages
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Word: What Works Well• Text Basics - <P>, indents, basic tables,
justification• Character Format Basics
– Bold, Italic– Color– Underline
• Hyperlinks• Lists
– Bulleted– Numbered
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Word: What Works Quite Well
• Pictures– Convert to GIF files– Unless already JPEG
• Charts, Equations, OLE objects– Convert to GIF files
• Fonts– Fixed vs. Proportional– Special fonts are often lost
• Point Size – relative size only
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Word: What May Work with Some Variability
• Fancy Character Formats– Shadow, emboss– Drop character
• Drawings• Animations
• Fancy Page Layout– Headers, Footers– Footnotes, end
notes• Fancy Text
– Revision marks, comments
– Columns– Text borders
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Static Publishing: Continued
• Excel– Worksheets– Charts
• PowerPoint– HTML– PowerPoint Animation
• Access
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Excel: What Works Well
• Text, Numbers, Numeric Formats• Table Structures• Basic Formatting
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Excel: What Works Quite Well
• Table Formatting– Borders– Alignment– Background color
• Hyperlinks– Can insert – may not updated correctly
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Excel: What May Work With Some Variability
• Some Cell Formatting – Patterns– Wrapping
• Formulas
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Static Publishing: PowerPoint
• HTML
• PowerPoint Animation
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Static Publishing: Access
• Export database objects– Tables– Reports– Forms
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Office for the Web
• HTML/Server Intro and Basics• Browsing• Static Publishing• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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Web Query with Excel
• Dynamic Web Query with Excel
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Office for the Web
• Web-Enabled Features• Browsing• Static Publishing• HTML/Server Intro and Basics• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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Dynamic Publishing Example
• CGI-enabled example – current grade
query
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Office for the Web
• Web-Enabled Features• Browsing• Static Publishing• HTML/Server Intro and Basics• Web Query with Excel• Dynamic publishing• Integration Through Internet Explorer
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Integration Through Internet Explorer
• Internet Explorer as a Container
