Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:30
   From: Mark Jacobson <jacobson@math-cs.cns.uni.edu>
     To: 810-022-01@uni.edu
Subject: Not to worry...

Hi 022 students,

    1.  You do NOT have to do anything with today's handout.  It was
        given out so that you would have it ahead of time for next
        Wednesday's lab, where we will look at it and use it.

    2.  If you did not get the ord9703.txt file from the P: drive
        Jacobson folder to your Z: drive, don't worry about it.
        I'll make sure we all get caught up on the Lesson2.xls workbook
        on Wednesday in lab.

    3.  If you are weak or rusty at Excel or had an 021 class or Business
        class where they did not do much with spreadsheets, or even
        skipped them, don't worry about it.  I don't assume that you
        remember anything from your prerequisite course.

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    We have both classes next week in the Wright 112 lab, and then
meet in WRIGHT 5 the following week.  Wright 5 is a great classroom
compared to Wright 106, and I can put the cart in Wright 5 before
my 11 class, as Janet Drake will use it or keep an eye on it during her
class.

    Next Wednesday's lab:

    We will create a macro to import a file again, just for review.
      Some students did NOT get it created and did NOT get the TEXT FILE
      ord9603.txt from the P:\JACOBSON\022\Lists folder to their Z: drive.

    Sorry I went to fast today!

    You are NOT EXPECTED to know what we did in lab until after we have
    followup lecture classes and handouts.                -----

    The goal of lab is to give hands-on experience and see what Excel
    and macros can do.  If I want you to take the time to write down
    something in lab, I will point that out and give you time.

    The critical concepts and skills from the hands-on classes that
    I want you to know will be gone over either:

        enough times in labs that they become 2nd nature, or else

        gone over in followup lectures and handouts extensively enough
        that you understand what you did in the lab the previous
        week and can apply it to some assignment you get the following
        week.

    SO DO NOT WORRY IF YOU ARE WEAK AT EXCEL OR IF YOU DID NOT GET THE
    IMPORTFILE macro recorded today or understand most of what we did!

    Have a good Labor Day weekend.

    Mark