Monday, November 30, 2009

bellringer - 11.30.09

27. List these in order of least to most formal: business letter, memo, text, e-mail, personal business letter.



28. What is a margin? How many are there in a Pages document? How do you set them?

Monday, November 23, 2009

bellringer - 11.23.09

25. For which word does memo abbreviate?



26. What is French for e-mail?

Thursday, November 19, 2009

bellringer - 11.19.09

23. Are you getting the H1N1 vaccination? Have you had a regular influenza vaccination this year?



24. For what does NWAM stand? How is it calculated?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

bellringer - 11.17.09

21. Name a person that you have never met who has had a major influence on your life.



22. What form of communication allowed this person to have such power as to alter the life of someone never met?

bellringer - 11.13.09

19 Think of a great historical figure. How might her or his influence have changed with the use of word processing software capabilities?



20 What was used for mass production of the written word before the age of computers? (hint: What did Gutenberg use?)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

bellringer - 11.11.09

17. What is your favorite war movie of all time?



18. How were communications handled during the Revolutionary War? How might the use of modern communications technology have altered the outcome of this war?

Monday, November 9, 2009

bellringer - 11.9.09

15. Why is November 9 a significant historical date?



16. Name a way in which this event has altered our lives (either symbolically or in actuality)?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

bellringer - 11.5.09

13. What is the name of a word processing (desktop publishing) document that can be used to promote an upcoming event?



14. Under which heading in the template chooser of Pages can a template for these such documents be found?

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

bellringer - 11.3.09

11. Type the numerical placeholders for each of these symbols: #, &, $, *, @, ^.



12. Of the above symbols, list the ones that are typed by using the right shift key.