CS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Oded Goldreich, Collaborative Editing, Wysiwyg
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Scenarios: creating certificates for a team sport, creating resume/cover letter, creating a brochure. Utilize a premade design as a starting point: you"ve lost your pet, instructor assigns you 10 page paper. What tools do you have: word processing. Microsoft word: a word processor is a computer app used for the production of any sort of printable material. What you see if what you get: templates. Microsoft word templates: see slides, a fill in the blank template, already formatted in a form necessary, very little work! Characteristics: batch mailings using a form letter template and an address database (mail merging, indices of keywords and their page numbers, toc. What do we expect: spell checking, grammar checking, collaborative editing, comments/annotations, support for multiple fonts/colors, equation support, language support. What is the purpose of a document: to communicate or persuade! What makes a good document: clear and concise, correct grammar and spelling, keep it simple, follows the agreed upon formatting.
