Second Edition
Frequently asked questions and instructor notes
All our courses assume that each student has a personal computer to use during the class. Our hands-on approach to learning requires they do. This topic gives information on how to set up the classroom to teach this course. It includes minimum requirements for the students’ personal computers, setup information for the first time you teach the class, and setup information for each time that you teach after the first time you set up the classroom.
Student computer requirements
Each student’s personal computer should have:
· A keyboard and a mouse
· Pentium 233 MHz processor (or higher)
· 128 MB RAM
· 1 GB of available hard drive space
· CD-ROM drive
· SVGA monitor (800×600 minimum resolution support)
· A printer driver (An actual printer is not required, but students will not be able to complete the printing activities in Units 6 and 9 unless a driver is installed.)
· An active Internet connection
First-time setup instructions
The first time you teach this course, you will need to perform the following steps to set up each student computer.
1 Install Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional on an NTFS partition according to the software manufacturer’s instructions. Then, install the latest critical updates and service packs from www.windowsupdate.com. (You can also use Windows XP Professional, although the screen shots in this course were taken using Windows 2000, so students’ screens might look somewhat different.)
2 Adjust the computer’s display properties as follows:
a Open the Control Panel and double-click Display to open the Display Properties dialog box.
b On the Settings tab, change the Colors setting to True Color (24 bit) and the Screen area to 800 by 600 pixels.
c On the Appearance tab, set the Scheme to Windows Classic.
d Click OK. If you are prompted to accept the new settings, click OK and click Yes. Then, if necessary, close the Display Properties dialog box.
3 Connect to the Internet. The course assumes that students’ computers are connected to the Internet, so some screens and activities might look different if their computers are not connected.
4 Install Microsoft Office 2003 according to the software manufacturer’s instructions, as follows:
a When prompted for the CD Key, enter the 25-character code included with the software.
b Select the Custom installation option and click Next.
c Clear the check boxes for PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access.
d Select “Choose advanced customization of applications” and click Next.
e Next to Microsoft Excel for Windows, click the drop-down arrow and choose Run all from My Computer.
f Next to Microsoft Word for Windows, click the drop-down arrow and choose Run all from My Computer.
g Next to Office Shared Features, click the drop-down arrow and choose Run all from My Computer.
h Next to Office Tools, click the drop-down arrow and choose Run all from My Computer.
i Click Next, and then click Install to start the installation.
5 Start Word and do the following:
a Dock the Formatting toolbar below the Standard toolbar.
b Hide the Language bar.
c Close Word.
6 If necessary, install a printer driver. If a printer was connected to the computer during the installation of Windows, there will be a driver installed for that printer. If not, you should install a standard PostScript printer driver, such as the HP Laser Jet 5.
7 If necessary, download the Student Data files for the course. You can download the data directly to student machines, to a central location on your own network, or to a disk.
a Connect to www.courseilt.com/instructor_tools.html.
b Click the link for Microsoft Word 2003 to display a page of course listings, and then click the link for Word 2003: Intermediate, Second Edition.
c Click the link for downloading the data disk files, and follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
8 Copy the data files to the Student Data folder.
Setup instructions for every class
Every time you teach this course, you will need to perform the following steps to set up each student computer.
1 In Word, reset any default settings that have been changed in previous classes. (Or, you can perform a fresh installation of Word according to the instructions in the preceding section.) Settings that need to be reset include:
· Reset list numbering to the default settings:
a Choose Format, Bullets and Numbering.
b Activate the Numbered tab.
c Select each format box and click Reset (if this button becomes available).
d Click OK.
· In the Clip Art task pane, clear the Search for box and click Go.
· Delete My note.dot, My agenda.dot, and My employee.dot from the Templates folder for Office 2003. In Windows 2000, the default path for this folder is C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\ Microsoft\Templates, where <user_name> represents the current user.
· Reset the Track Changes options to match Exhibit 9-2 in Unit 9. To do so:
a Choose Tools, Track Changes.
b On the Track Changes toolbar, click Show and choose Options.
c Reset the options as shown in the exhibit, and then click OK.
· Reset the Compare and Merge settings. To do so, choose Tools, Compare and Merge Documents, and then clear Legal blackline.
2 Delete the contents of the Student Data folder, if necessary. (If this is the first time you’re teaching the course, create a folder called Student Data at the root of the hard drive.)
3 Copy the data files for the course to the Student Data folder. (See the instructions in the preceding section about how to download the data files.)
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