INFPINAA Informatics A

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Dominik Vymětal, DrSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Dominik Vymětal, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Dominik Vymětal, DrSc.
Department of Informatics and Mathematics – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present basics of computer hardware, using computers under Windows XP and Vista operating systems, exploitation of faculty computer network and MS Office tools - MS Word, MS Power Point and FrontPage, to present alternative tools to MS Office and make students acquainted with basics of algorithms using macro-commands of MS Word.
Syllabus
  • 1. Information, informatics, history of informatics
    2. Network services of Faculty, Internet services, information sources.
    3. Hardware and software components of personal computers.
    4. Windows XP and Vista operating systems.
    5. MS Word 2003 and alternative text editors.
    6. Using of MS Word
    7. Presentation software based on example of MS Power Point.
    8. Conversion of documents and presentations into web pages, editing of web pages using FrontPage.
    9. Data structures and algorithmization, creation of modules and macro-commands.
    10. Alternatives to MS Word.
    1. Information concept. Basic principles of information creation, storage and exchange using computer technology. Short history of informatics development. Faculty network SLUNET, network user, using the network, network services, Internet (mail, www etc.)
    2. WINDOWS XP environment, applications in WINDOWS XP, Explorer, Control panels.
    3. Hardware components of a computer, keyboard, external storage, operating systems.
    Basic differences between Vista and Windows XP.
    4. General characteristics of text editors, MS Word - document structure, working with documents, paragraphs, styles, editing and correction tools.
    5. MS Word -working with objects, formatting, using windows, printing. Graphical objects, tables, special properties of documents.
    6. MS Word - Mailings, forms, schemes.
    7. MS Word - documents merging, communication among programs, applications and user environments.
    8. Algorithmization. - Automation of work with document.
    9. Algorithmization - Types and using of variables, input and output means in algorithms.
    10. Algorithmization - cycles, conditions, procedures and functions.
    11. Creation of presentations - basics. Using MS Power Point conversion of presentations into web pages.
    12. MS FrontPage basics, principles of web page editing.
    13. Alternative tools to MS Office
Literature
    required literature
  • Vander Veer, E., A. PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual. Sebastopol. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 0-5965-2738-1. info
  • Grover, Ch. Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual, Sebastopol. O'Reilly Media, 2007. ISBN 0-5965-2380-2. info
  • On Line Training Solutions Inc. Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Step by Step. Redmond. Computer Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7356-1518-7. info
    recommended literature
  • MICROSOFT OFFICE TEAM. Microsoft Office 2003 Ressource Kit. Praha: Computer Press, 2004. ISBN 80-251-0177-0. URL info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Summer 2008, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Summer 2010, Winter 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Winter 2013, Summer 2014.
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