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Project Guidance for Students: Using IT

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Information on the basic use of Word and Excel, including creating and inserting charts. The importance of backing up your work, and some health and safety advice.
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  • Microsoft Excel tutorial (http://www.baycongroup.com/el0.htm)
    For those with limited IT skills, this site is ideal if you haven’t yet mastered the art of computer generated graphs and charts. It also covers formatting text and performing mathematical calculations.
  • Microsoft Word tutorial (http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm)
    If your computer skills are less than perfect and your confidence is lacking, this site allows you to pick and choose the areas in which you require assistance with a comprehensive menu split into seven chapters.
  • Backing up your work (http://uis.georgetown.edu/publications/uisnews/20042005/
    data.backup.article.html)
    An important but often overlooked task. This page highlights the importance of creating backup copies of your work and offers guidance on making backups and choosing backup storage media.

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