This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Lab 1.6 Creating a Text File
Objective: To use the various applications and apps to create a text file
Parts: Windows 7, 8, or 10 computer
Procedure: Complete the following procedure and answer the accompanying questions. If you are not familiar with launching an application, complete Lab 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 before doing this lab.
Power on the computer. Log in or unlock the screen.
Locate and launch the Notepad application. The Notepad application starts, as shown in Lab Figure 1.10.
Lab Figure 1.10 Notepad application
Which five menu options are available?
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Which menu options do you think would be used to automatically insert the date and time?
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Notepad can be used to document problems on a computer that does not have a word processing app loaded, a working word processing app, or that has other issues. It can also be used for scripting, which is covered in Chapter 15, “Introduction to Scripting.” Both Microsoft Notepad and WordPad ship with the Windows operating system. Notepad does not have as many capabilities as WordPad. One of the things you can do with Notepad is insert the date and time into the document. Click the Edit menu item to see the full Edit menu, as shown in Lab Figure 1.11.
Lab Figure 1.11 Notepad Edit menu
Notice the words on the left and the corresponding keystrokes to the right. This means, for example, that you can either use the mouse to access the Edit menu and then select Time/Date, or you can simply press the
key to do the same thing. Click away from the Edit menu so you can try the keyboard shortcut. Click inside the blank Notepad window. Now press the key.Click the View > Status bar menu option.
What did this option do?
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Click the View > Status bar menu option again and notice that there is now a checkmark by the Status bar option, indicating that this option is enabled.
Notepad allows a few font modifications. To bold the date and time, click the Format > Font menu option to see the options, as shown in Lab Figure 1.12.
Lab Figure 1.12 Notepad Font dialog box
What is the default font (the font that is selected and highlighted by default)?
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What are the names of the first and last font types? Use your mouse and the scrollbar to see the fonts.
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Click the Bold option in the Font style section. Click the OK button to return to the Notepad window. Your date and time should have turned bold. Redo steps 7 and 8 if the words are not boldfaced.
On your own, add the following message to the Notepad document. Ensure that you use the Verdana Regular 12 font type and size:
Replaced display and tested. User confirms that the problem is solved.
Click the Help > View Help menu option.
Which help topic would be of most interest to you?
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Close the Help window by clicking on the X in the upper-right corner.
A header is a part of a document that might not appear on the screen, but when the document is printed, the information inside the header prints at the top of the page. A footer is at the bottom of the document. To insert a header and a footer in Notepad, click on the File > Page Setup option. Note that when you change the information in the header and footer, that information stays there for the current Notepad document and future documents as well.
Use Help to determine what the &f, the default setting for the header, and Page &p, the default setting for the footer, mean. Document your findings.
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Close the Help window.
Instructor initials: _____________
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To save the document, click File > Save As. A window with several options appears, as shown in Lab Figure 1.13.
Lab Figure 1.13 Notepad Save As menu
When saving a file, you want to give it an appropriate name by entering it in the File name textbox. Start typing documentation in this textbox and notice how it automatically replaces the highlighted *.txt name. Do not press
yet.The current location is shown at the top of the screen. To change this location and save it onto a flash drive, for example, you must first select your flash drive from the left window. Note that drive letters change depending on the system. In Lab Figure 1.13, the flash drive is G:. Click the Documents option in the left window. If any folders are on the drive, they appear. Click the Cancel button.
In the Notepad window, click the Close button (the button with a red X in the top-right corner).
What message appears?
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Click the Don’t Save button.
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