Lily spent a whole class period creating an illustration in MS
Paint. She went to File-Save, gave it a name, and clicked Save.
When she went to open it the next day, it was GONE! The picture
below shows what Lilys screen looked like right before she clicked
Save. Look at the picture. What did Lily do wrong? (Read all of the
choices before choosing the best answer.) She clicked File Save As,
but should have clicked File Save. She clicked File Save As, but
should have clicked File Save. She didnt save it in her H drive.
She named it Sunny day. There shouldnt be any spaces in the File
Name. She named it Sunny day. There shouldnt be any spaces in the
File Name.
Slide 4
If you are saving a picture for the first time, clicking
File-Save will give you the exact same box as if you click
File-Save As. This was not the reason Lily couldnt find her work.
Look carefully at the picture for clues, and then try again. Click
here to go back and look for clues. Click here to go back and look
for clues.
Slide 5
Spaces ARE allowed when naming a file. This was not the reason
Lily couldnt find her work. Look carefully at the picture for
clues, and then try again. Click here to go back and look for
clues. Click here to go back and look for clues.
Slide 6
Lily forgot to click in the Save In box to choose her H drive.
If a student forgets to save a picture in his or her H drive, and
leaves it in the My Pictures folder like Lily did, the picture will
be automatically deleted (erased) by the end of the day! Click here
to go to the next question. Click here to go to the next
question.
Slide 7
Jacob started typing a story about himself in DavkaWriter. When
he went to exit, this is what he saw: The box asked, Save changes
to Untitled 1 before exiting? Since this was the first time he
saved, he clicked Yes. He put it in his H drive, named it All About
Me, and clicked Save. What should Jacob click? Look at the second
picture for clues. Then click either Yes, No, or Cancel to test
your answer: Then another box popped up. It looked like the one on
the right. It asked, Save changes to Untitled 2 before exiting?
Hmm, thats strange, Jacob thought. I thought I already said Yes.
Yes Cancel No
Slide 8
Look again at the second picture. Untitled 2 is a blank page.
Does he really want to save a blank page? Which of the remaining
choices do you think is the best one? Click here to go back.
Slide 9
Jacob should choose No, because Untitled 2 is just a blank
page. Jacob has no reason to save a blank page! Untitled 1,
Untitled 2.even Untitled 16, are just names given to documents
until they are saved and given a name. (Get it? UN-titledit doesnt
have a title!) Different programs call untitled files by different
names. For example, Microsoft Word calls them Document 1, 2, 3, and
so on. PowerPoint calls them Presentation 1, 2, 3, and so on.
Pixie, Paint, and DavkaWriter call them Untitled 1, 2, 3, and so
on. Click here to go to the next question. Click here to go to the
next question.
Slide 10
Clicking Cancel will just make the dialogue box disappear for
now. When Jacob tries to exit again, the same box will pop up,
asking him if he wants to save changes to Untitled 2. Look again at
the second picture. Untitled 2 is a blank page. Which of the
remaining choices do you think is the best one? Click here to go
back.
Slide 11
Ms. Rothfeld tried to open up her Student Interview Example.
When she went to her H drive and double clicked on the file,
Student Interview Example, a dialogue box popped up. It said, The
file Student Interview Example already exists. Do you want to....
There were 3 choices: Replace the existing file, Save changes with
a different name, and Merge changes into existing file. There was
also an OK button and a CANCEL button. This story has 2 questions.
Question #1: Look at the picture. Why did Microsoft Word give Ms.
Rothfeld this dialogue box, instead of opening up her Student
Interview Example? (Read all of the choices before choosing the
best answer.) She already had it open on another computer. She
already had it open on another computer. Another student in class
also named their interview Student Interview Example. Another
student in class also named their interview Student Interview
Example. She clicked File-Save, instead of File-Open. She clicked
File-Save, instead of File-Open.
Slide 12
If Ms. Rothfeld already had her Student Interview Example open
on another computer, she would have gotten a dialogue box with a
different question. Look again at the second picture. Hint: Look to
the left of the Look In box, where it should say Look In. Click
here to go back.
Slide 13
In this situation, Ms. Rothfeld accidentally clicked File-Save
instead of File-Open. Click here to go to the next question. Click
here to go to the next question.
Slide 14
If another student had saved his or her work with the same
name, it wouldnt matter, because their work and Ms. Rothfelds work
are saved in different folders. Look again at the second picture.
Hint: Look to the left of the Look In box, where it should say Look
In. Click here to go back.
Slide 15
Question #2: You already know that Ms. Rothfeld got the
dialogue box pictured below because she accidentally clicked
File-Save instead of File-Open. What should she do now? The
dialogue box says, The file Student Interview Example already
exists. Do you want to replace the existing file, save changes with
a different name, or merge changes into existing file. (Read all of
the choices before choosing the best advice for Ms. Rothfeld.)
Click Cancel. Click OK. Click the second choice, Save changes with
a different name, and then click OK. Click the second choice, Save
changes with a different name, and then click OK.
Slide 16
Clicking Cancel is the right thing to do. Cancel would let Ms.
Rothfeld go back and try again. This time, she would be more
careful, and go to File-Open instead of File-Save. (Whew! Close
Call!) Ms. Rothfeld says: At least once a week, I see students
click File-Save instead of File-Open. Or, they might mean to click
the opening folder button (which means Open), but accidentally
click the blue square floppy disk button (which means Save). Its
easy to do, because those two buttons are right next to each other!
Sometimes, I dont see it until its too late! Click here to go to
the summary. Click here to go to the summary.
Slide 17
Clicking Save changes with a different name wont help Ms.
Rothfeld to open her file. Remember, Ms. Rothfeld wants to OPEN her
Student Interview Example, not to SAVE it! Click here to go
back.
Slide 18
If Ms. Rothfeld clicks the OK button, she will erase her work!
The reason for this is that the first of the 3 choices is selected.
It says, Replace existing file. Clicking OK to this means that her
Student Interview Example, which already exists, will be replaced
by the blank page which is open right now. Click here to go
back.
Slide 19
Today you practiced reading and thinking about dialogue boxes.
All of the stories I used here are true stories, which happen often
in the computer lab. (The student names I used were just for fun,
though.) Good news: A dialogue box lets you know that theres
something you need to do or pay attention to, before you make the
wrong (or right) choice. Its like the box is saying, WARNING! Think
before you click! When a dialogue box pops up on your computer, you
must take the time to read it carefully. Think about what its
asking you, before you click a button. Clicking the wrong button
could cause you to lose your work! If you read a dialogue box and
still dont know what to do, ask Ms. Rothfeld, instead of guessing.
You dont have to ask 3 before me with dialogue boxes. Heres why:
When youre working on a project and you ask a student for help, if
the students advice doesnt work, you can always click undo. But if
you choose the wrong answer to a dialogue box and erase your work,
it cant be undone. Its better to play it safe! If you have any
questions about these practice stories, or about dialogue boxes,
please ask Ms. Rothfeld. Shell be happy to help! End
