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How to Use Word, Excel and PowerPoint at GWW

 Using Microsoft Word

Page Design Norms for Student Reports

Here the norms of page design and display are explained, including:

Margin Settings
Table Displays
Plot Displays

Type Style Norms for Student Reports

 

A sample ME 3056 report is presented, and the steps of text formating are shown including:

An overview of Format Styles;
Specific Settings for Headings, Subheads and Titles;
Settings for Equation display,
How to preserve your settings for future documents

Page Layout for Student Reports Using Microsoft Word

 

 This review of Word’s settings will explain how to:

Set margins;
Adjust fonts and line spacing;
Insert page numbers.
How to Use the Equation Editor in Microsoft Word

This introduction to Microsoft Word’s Equation Editor will explain:

How to align equations and equation numbers;
How to open the equation editor in Word;
How to arrange expressions using the Equation Editor.

How to Format a Matlab Graph to Use in Word This review of Matlab’s Figure dialog box will show how Matlab tools can be used to:

Scale the axes;
Display and adjust the plot’s legend;
Adjust the display of data points and model lines;
Export a finished plot for use in Word.
How to Adjust the Size of a Matlab Plot for Display in
Word or PowerPoint

This will show how to adjust Matlab plot sizes by:

Adjusting Matlab’s Copy Options;
Adjusting the figure display window;
Copying the resized figure into Word;
It will show other options for printing Matlab graphs,
It will verify the size of the adjusted plot.

How to Place a Matlab Graph into Microsoft Word

This will show how to:

Copy a plot using Matlab’s menu commands;
Use Word’s menu to paste the plot into Word;
Use Word’s tools to adjust the plot’s appearance.
This will also show how to use Matlab’s menu to export a plot in Windows-friendly file formats.

 Using AutoCAD



Copy and Paste


File Export as bitmap or metafile



Importing AutoCAD drawing files into Word and PowerPoint

A beginner’s Guide for displaying AutoCAD drawings in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

 

A quick and effective method of transporting AutoCAD drawings into Word and PowerPoint.

A reasonable method for storing a finished AutoCAD drawing in a form that is easily used by a variety of programs.

This method of display is cumbersome, but it offers useful flexibility when drawings and reports must be updated often and quickly.

Using Microsoft Excel

How To Format an Excel Graph—I Scaling the Axes

 This review of Excel’s chart tools will show how students can:

Open Excel’s Chart toolbar;
Adjust the X-axis to frame data;
Adjust the Y-axis to frame data.
How to Format an Excel Graph—II Adjusting the Markers,
Lines and Legend

Adjusting the legend, data markers and model lines.

This shows how the data in a scaled graph can be adjusted, including:

Placing the legend;
Adjusting the background color;
Modifying data markers and model lines;
Labeling the axes.
How to Adjust the Size of an Excel Plot for display in
Word or PowerPoint

This will show how to adjust Excel plot sizes by:

Linking the chart to its display window, and
Manipulating the display window.

We will then verify the adjustment by inserting the chart into a Word document.

How to Place an Excel Plot into a Microsoft Word Document

This will explain how to:

Select and copy a formatted plot;
Use Word’s Insert Object menu and dialogs;
How to resize the plot using Word’s tools.

How to Insert a Formatted Excel Plot into PowerPoint

This will show how to:

Adjust font sizes in Excel;
Resize charts for projection display;
Copy the plot from Excel and Paste in PowerPoint;
Fine Tune the slide after the plot is pasted.

How to Format an Excel Table for Display in Microsoft Word This will show how to:

Format the table for page display;
Copy the table from Excel;
Paste the copied table into a Word document.

Using Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Adjust PowerPoint’s Default Slide Design

 How to format a PowerPoint slide by:

Opening the Master Slide;
Modifying the default title box and font size;
Modifying background graphics
Adjusting text boxes and footers;
Entering appropriate footer information.
How to Adjust Background Colors in PowerPoint
(Advanced Users)
 		This presentation explains how to develop and use your own slide background in PowerPoint, including:

Locating PowerPoint’s color schemes;
Modifying prepackaged color schemes;
Selecting background color schemes;
Mixing your own color scheme.

How to Insert a formatted Matlab Plot into PowerPoint

This will show how to:

Prepare the PowerPoint slide;
Adjust the plot for projection display;
Copy the plot from Matlab;
Paste the plot into PowerPoint;
Preserve a Matlab plot for later presentation;
Import a saved plot into PowerPoint.