prior to lab

Obtain the following prior to lab one:

Book

Optional: "Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory Concepts and Techniques - Windows XP Edition" by Shelly, Cashman, and Vermaat

The book is available for purchase at the Temple University bookstores.  The book is also on reserve at the following locations:

Temple University - Main Campus, SIC in Tuttleman – 1st Floor lab, Circulation Reserve
Temple University - Ambler Campus, Library, Room 29
Temple University - Center City (TUCC), Room 404, 15th & Market Streets

Storage Media

Required: USB flash drive (also known as USB jump drive)
Optional: One or two 3 1/2 inch floppy disks - used for backing up small files

Miscellaneous Items

Required: Temple University e-mail account.

Recommended Reading For Lab 1

Windows XP and Microsoft Word 2007 - Reading is from the optional Microsoft Office 2007 lab book

• WIN 4 - WIN 64 Windows XP
• WD 183 - WD 204 Using a Template to Create a Resume

You will notice that most of the pages above are pictures describing the text, so do not be daunted by the number of pages to be read!

Listserv Information

Before class, take a quick look at this supplementary information on listservs and how they work.

Resume Creation Information

Review the site Creating a resume website (this link will open a new window)

Download the following files

These files might be used by your lab instructor to demonstrate the many features of Windows Vista and Microsoft Word 2007 contained in the above reading assignments.

To download in Internet Explorer, right-click over the link and choose "save target as". In Firefox, right-click over the link and choose "save link as".

file management - windows vista handout (Word document named file_manage.docx)
sbm resume (Word document named sbm-resume.docx) - Do not use this resume as your template because it does not use tables. Use this resume as one way to find out what information should be included in a resume.