In Easy Steps: CLAIT Plus in easy steps

CLAIT Plus in easy steps

By Sue Price
£12.99

Publication: August 15, 2003
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-1-84078-252-3

About the book

Endorsed by OCR, this book comprehensively covers all the Assignment units and also includes information related to the Solutions units and the Microsoft Office Specialist units in Level 2 CLAIT Plus. Step by step, it explains and illustrates all the procedures required to understand and achieve the assessment objectives for the units.

CLAIT Plus In Easy Steps is an essential aid for anyone wanting to become more proficient in using computers, even if you're not intending to take the CLAIT Plus certification exams. With this book, learn how to use and manage Windows and Office applications more effectively, with detailed instructions, hints and prompts to guide you. Master the features of word processing, e-mail and the Internet, spreadsheets, databases, desktop publishing, graphs and charts, computer art, digital imaging and presentation graphics.

For each of the nine Assignment units, there is a complete downloadable exercise built along the lines of the CLAIT Plus assessment tests, with checklists and worked answers to help you validate your results. The book also covers the seven project-based Solutions units, and the five MOS-based Microsoft Office Specialist units, identifying the differences between these and the Assignment units, and providing background information to help you decide which route, or combination of routes would serve you best.

CLAIT Plus in easy steps is designed to act as a self-study aid, and it may also be used by tutors in the classroom for courses or workshops.

The book assumes the use of the Office XP applications and Internet Explorer browser, plus the digital imaging applications Paint Shop Pro and Animation Shop, and it also discusses the Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver applications, and reviews Adobe Photoshop.

About the author

Sue Price has been teaching adult education classes for the past fifteen years. She has taught a wide variety of computing classes in addition to CLAIT courses, to students of all ages, and fully understands the needs of newcomers to computing and of those who wish to develop their IT skills and experience.

Reviews

"This book has clearly been written by someone who has a very good knowledge of the software and IT skills required for all the CLAIT Plus units. This is the first publication that I have seen that covers all 21 units on the CLAIT Plus specification.

The text will be a useful resource for CLAIT Plus candidates."

Quality Assurance Report, OCR

Unit 1: Create, Manage and Integrate Files
- The CLAIT suite
- Unit One overview
- View folders
- Navigate the folders
- Folder commands
- Identify files
- Manage files
- Locate files
- Print folder contents
- Open and save
- Headers and footers
- Page numbers
- Edit the document
- Tables
- Tabs
- Bullets and numbering
- Insert an image
- Insert a chart
- Insert a data file
- Insert a symbol
- Styles
- Templates
- Document management
- Checklist
Unit 2: Spreadsheets
- Spreadsheets
- Open with, save as
- Columns and rows
- Text alignment
- Cell references
- Formula
- Functions
- Sort
- Number format
- Borders and shading
- Document management
- Headers and footers
- Print
- Checklist
Unit 3: Databases
- Databases
- Create a database
- Table design
- Create a table
- Save the table
- Amend the design
- Import data
- Queries
- Calculated field
- Forms
- Create labels
- Report with summary
- Report design
- Report controls
- Checklist
Unit 4: Desktop Publishing
- Desktop Publishing
- Useful terms
- Set the paper layout
- The Master page
- Create styles
- Save, apply and modify styles
- Save template
- Text frame layout
- Create a multipage layout
- Link text boxes
- Text box options
- Text features
- Tables
- Image control
- Copyfit
- Printing
- Checklist
Unit 5: Presentation Graphics
- Presentation Graphics
- Getting started
- The Slide Master
- Create the slides
- Organise the slides
- Create a hyperlink
- Tables
- Charts
- Organisation chart
- Transitions
- Animation effects
- Timings
- The Slide Show
- Speaker notes
- Print screen
- Print
- Checklist
Unit 6: Computer Art
- Computer Art
- The software
- Building the art work
- Create the canvas
- Insert images
- Layer images
- Working with layers
- Edit and retouch tools
- Tool and colour options
- Coloured area selection
- Text
- Shapes
- Deformation
- Text effects
- Print
- Animation
- Final frames
- Animation Shop
- Run the animation
- Checklist
Unit 7: Web Pages
- Web Pages
- HTML
- HTML code
- Meta-variable tags
- FrontPage
- Download files
- Create the web folder
- Import the files
- Create a template
- Create Meta tags
- Navigation table
- Font formats and styles
- Save the template
- Insert text
- Insert and format image
- Tables
- Forms
- Feedback and hyperlinks
- Checklist
Unit 8: Electronic Communications
- Electronic Communications
- Microsoft Outlook
- The Outlook window
- Contacts
- Distribution lists
- The Calendar
- Customise the Calendar
- Create appointments
- E-mail
- Rules
- Attachments
- Create and send e-mail
- Add a signature
- Send options
- Tasks
- Notes and reminders
- Print
- Checklist
Unit 9: Graphs and Charts
- Graphs and Charts
- Standard and Custom charts
- The chart wizard
- Chart elements
- Chart toolbar
- Bar/column chart
- Format axes
- Stacked vertical bar
- XY scatter
- Trend line
- Exploded pie
- XY scatter showing relationship
- Line column
- Update the data
- Print
- Checklist
Units 10-16: CLAIT Plus Solutions
- Projects for Solutions
- Spreadsheet Solutions
- Database Solutions
- Desktop Publishing Solutions
- Presentation Graphics Solutions
- Digital Imaging Solutions
- Web Animation Solutions
- Web Page Solutions
Units 17-21: Microsoft Office Specialist
- OCR and Microsoft certification
- Word Processing
- Spreadsheets
- Databases
- Presentation Graphics
- Electronic Communications
- Exam practice
Appendix: Support Material
- Selecting units
- Practice e-mail
- Downloadable exercises
- Information sources