Student Exercise Files
As you work through the textbook the authors have you open and use data files created by the authors. Using the authors' data files saves you time because you do not need to create all the files to work on them. Depending on how you obtained your book, new or used, the student data files on a CD may not come with the textbook. If you choose to use the computers in the Computer Information Technology Computer Labs on the ACC campuses, then you don't need to do anything. The school has stored all the student data files on the computers in the labs.If you choose to use your own computer to
complete the activities in the textbook, then you will need to get a
copy of the student data files. There are three methods to obtain
the files.
1. CD-ROM in Book
If a CD-ROM came with your book, then the files are there.
2. Copy Exercise Files from Computer Labs
If you plan to use your own computer for your lab practice, then you will need to purchase a USB flash memory drive. You will be able to copy the student data files to the USB flash memory drive and use them on your computer.The Computer Studies Department stores the student data files on the network computer servers at all the Computer Studies Department labs throughout ACC. At the Northridge lab, the files are on the I: drive in the following folders: Access, Excel, Integration, PowerPoint, Windows XP, Word.
3. Downloading from Publisher's Web site
If you do not know how to download files from a Web site, then do not use this method for obtaining the student data files.
Go to the publisher's website (see the book for
the URL). Search for the ISBN number, which is on the back of your
book (normally) or on the copyright page. Then follow the
instructions on the webpage.
Programs
If you want to use your own computer, then you will need the software applications listed in the syllabus.
