Understanding the Language
Parts of the Computer
Useful Words
Turn On - Work Safely
First Assessment

Word Processing
Second Assessment

DeskTop Publishing
Third Assessment

Why We Use IT
Fourth Assessment

Health & Safety
Fifth Assessment

Understanding The Internet
Sixth Assessment

Surfing The Net
Why Use The Net
(Eighth Assessment)

Getting on EMail

Student Evaluation

Aims of the Course

Additional Learning Resources

Technical Specifications

Most people like to improve the appearance of their documents by using Desk top publishing (DTP) - this means using different typefaces, adding pictures, maybe putting in tables and graphs.

Below you will find instructions for putting clip art in your work.

How to Insert Clipart

PCs are set up in different ways. At City College Manchester at the moment there are two ways of finding clipart.

First way - fewer pictures available Open a new word processing document Position your cursor where you want your picture to appear Pull down the Insert Menu Click on Picture Click down the list until you find the picture you want Click on OK Resize your picture, if necessary, to clicking on it once and dragging one of the handles inwards or outwards.

Second way - far more pictures here Open a new word processing document Position your cursor where you want your picture to appear Pull down the Insert Menu Click on Object Click on Microsoft Clipart Gallery The pictures are grouped by category in alphabetic order Look through a category at a time or All Categories Click on your picture Click on Insert

Inserting Other Art

There may be a picture you want to use in your document which is not from the clip art library. Something like a photograph maybe.

• Position your cursor where you want your picture to appear
• Pull down the Insert Menu
• Move to Picture
• Click on From File...
• Use the file selector to look for your picture
• Click on your picture
• Click on Insert