OFF98: Contents of the Teaching and Learning Read Me File

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SUMMARY

This article contains the contents of the Read Me file located on the root of the Teaching and Learning with Microsoft CD, Disc 1.


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Teaching and Learning with Microsoft CD Disc 1 Read Me



Read Me -- Print this file for future reference.

This file includes helpful information added after the documentation for Microsoft Office Classroom Tools was completed. Including the following:

TO INSTALL OFFICE CLASSROOM TOOLS:

  1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.


  2. Double-click the Install Office Classroom Tools icon.


  3. Click the additional options you would like to install (the default checked options are recommended).


TO USE OFFICE CLASSROOM TOOLS:

  1. Open the Microsoft Office 98 folder.


  2. Open the Templates folder.


  3. Open the Teacher Tools, Student Tools, or Activities folder.


MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 4.0 VIEWER (not PowerPoint 98 Viewer)

This PowerPoint Viewer is not the PowerPoint 98 Viewer. It is not intended for users who are need to view PowerPoint 98 presentations on computers without PowerPoint 98.

This PowerPoint Viewer is for viewing PowerPoint 4.0 files. It is designed for users who do not have PowerPoint 4.0 installed on their computer, but wish to view presentations created in PowerPoint 4.0 (or created in PowerPoint 98 and saved to earlier PowerPoint 4.0 file format).

A PowerPoint 98 Viewer will be available from the PowerPoint web site in Summer 1998. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint to download the PowerPoint 98 Viewer.

SHARING FILES WITH OTHER USERS

Note that this CD-ROM contains both Macintosh and Windows versions of Microsoft Office Classroom Tools, and you can use the CD-ROM just to insert the viewers and converters if desired. For instance, you might do most of your work on a Macintosh, but wish to display it on a Windows 95 machine. In that case, you would install the Macintosh Classroom Tools & Activities on your Macintosh, and install just the Windows converters/viewers on your Windows 95 machine. Note that many converters and viewers are included that allow your colleagues who don't have Office 97 to view and/or import your Office 97 documents.

The installations for all converters, viewers, and the Encarta Research Organizer are included separately on this CD-ROM in their respective subdirectories. They may be installed either through the main Microsoft Office Classroom Tools installation, or independently by starting them directly from the CD-ROM.

ADDITIONAL CLIP ART

Microsoft Office 98 must have been installed with the "Clip Art Gallery" component for this clip art package to work correctly.

INSTALLATION TO LOCAL HARD DISK

In order to be able to install this clipart, you will need 200MB of free space on your hard disk.

After using the CD-ROM installation, you must manually insert the clip art package into the clip art gallery to make it available to the user. To do so:

  1. Start Microsoft Word (or Excel or PowerPoint).


  2. On the Insert menu, click Picture, and then choose Clip Art.


  3. In the Microsoft Clip Gallery, click the Add Package button.


  4. On the Office Classroom Tools CD, browse to the clipart folder, and then open the Office 97 Education Clip art folder.


  5. In the Office 97 Education Clipart folder, click Additional Clip Art image, and then click Open.


  6. Click the Close button in the Microsoft Clip Gallery dialog box.


  7. In Word (or Excel or PowerPoint), on the Insert menu, click Picture, and then click Clip Art.


  8. When Microsoft Clip Gallery opens the new images will be available.


INSTALLATION TO NETWORK

You will require 200MB of free space on your network volume. To install, you must manually copy the entire Office 97 Education Clipart folder (with subfolders) from the CD-ROM to the desired network location. After copying, follow the instructions above to insert the package into Clip Art Gallery.

USING CLIP ART FROM THE CD-ROM

To use the clip art directly from the CD-ROM, insert the CD-ROM and follow the directions above to insert the package into Clip Art Gallery. You will find the necessary .CAG file on this CD-ROM in the following folder: Microsoft Office 98 (PowerMac):Office 97 Education Clipart

USING THE TEACHER TOOLS (TEMPLATES) AND STUDENT TOOLS (TEMPLATES) AFTER INSTALLATION:

To use these templates, you will need to open the application prior to opening the template. Several of the Word and Excel templates and Wizards have been created using Visual Basic for Applications. When you open these templates or wizards, you will need to choose "Enable Macros" when the dialog box appears. If you do not enable the macros, the templates will not work as designed.

  1. On the File menu (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), click New.


  2. Click the Teacher Tools tab or the Student Tools tab.


  3. Double-click the template you wish to use.


USING THE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AFTER INSTALLATION:

You must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later installed on your computer to use the HTML files for each of these activities. Internet Explorer 4.0 is available on the "Microsoft Classroom Training Tools" CD (the 2nd CD in the "Teaching and Learning with Microsoft" pack), on the Microsoft Office 98 product CD, and downloadable from the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/mac.

The classroom activities are located in the Microsoft Office 98:Templates folder. These 10 lessons are designed to show how Office can be integrated into the curriculum. Each lesson includes an HTML file that can be used with Microsoft Internet Explorer, or your web browser, as well as one or more Office template. The templates are launched from within the HTML file.

  1. Locate the Templates folder in the Microsoft Office 98 folder.


  2. Double-click the Activities folder.


  3. Double-click the activity you are interested in using. Refer to the printed documentation or the Activities Overview file for details about each lesson.


  4. Double-click the Internet Explorer file to launch the HTML file. Instructions for the lesson are in this file.


  5. Click the Teacher Guide link to view the teacher guide. Print this part of the file if you wish.


  6. Students should click the Student Activity link to start the lesson.


VIEWING MOVIES WITH QUICKTIME 3.0:

The movie files on the CD require the use of QuickTime 3.0. You can obtain a copy of QuickTime 3.0 from Apple's QuickTime web site http://www.apple.com/quicktime.

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Last Reviewed: May 28, 1999
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