What is the Slide Master?

The slide master controls all aspects of a slide’s appearance, including its background color, font style, and any recurring text or pictures. Any changes you make to the slide master automatically affect all the slides in the presentation; for example, changing the background color of the slide master changes the background for every single one of your slides. Slide layouts are sets of premade placeholders that coordinate with your chosen theme. The layouts available are determined by the theme you're using, but you can create and edit them using Slide Master view.

Bulgarian Food

Today I'm going to share with you one of my favorite Bulgarian foods banitsa. Banitsa is a delicious baked pastry dish made of rolled filo pastry, commonly assembled in a spiral formation, with a cheese, egg, and yogurt-based filling. The dish is an important symbol of Bulgarian cuisine and tradition and is always prepared on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Often, lucky charms, similar to fortune cookies, are put into the dish before baking, which symbolizes good health and long life to those who find them.

Here's the ingredients: 4 large eggs, 2 cups (450 grams) Bulgarian yogurt or other thick yogurt such as Greek, 12 ounces (340 grams) Feta cheese, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 pound (450 grams) phyllo sheets thawed, 3/4 cup (170 grams) unsalted butter melted (can be substituted with vegetable oil).

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375˚F (190˚C). Grease a 12-inch (30.5 centimeter) baking pan or springform pan with butter.

2. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and yogurt until smooth.

3. Crumble in the Feta cheese, followed by the baking soda and whisk together.

4. Unroll the thawed phyllo sheets and cover with a towel. Place one sheet on work surface and gently brush with melted butter.

5. Add the cheese yogurt mixture in a thin line across the long side nearest you or gently brush across the buttered sheet.

6. Tightly roll up the phyllo sheet to the other long side. Place seam side down around the edge of the buttered baking dish.

7. Repeat with the remaining phyllo sheets, continuing to wrap them around the pan towards the center in a coiled pattern.

8. Brush the top of the Banitsa with butter.

9. Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

10. Cover the dish with a towel and allow to cool 10-20 minutes at room temperature before serving.

                                                             Here's what it should look like

Protecting your Excel data

You can protect Excel files with passwords and use other options to secure Excel worksheets and workbooks. Excel files are not secure by default. When you create a new Excel workbook based on a template, other users can freely edit the file if you share it. You can customize the template to suit your personal needs by changing formats, adjusting categories, and entering your own data. When you create templates to be shared with other users, you can use a variety of protection methods to prevent the template from experiencing unintentional damage, including applying passwords and other security options. Security can be applied to Excel files at the workbook, sheet, or cell level, including the use of password security. By protecting Excel workbooks, you can prevent other users from accidentally deleting important formulas or worksheets. Protecting a workbook is especially useful when working with templates, because this can help prevent accidental deletions or misuse. You can protect Excel workbooks at the file level or at the worksheet level. There are three levels of password protection in Excel: password protection to open a file, password protection to change data, or password protection for changing the file’s structure, such as adding, deleting, or hiding worksheets. There are three other levels of protection in Excel: workbook, worksheet, and specific cells. When you enable workbook protection, Excel greys out the menu items that are not available in protected mode. You can also assign a password that users would be required to enter in order to disable worksheet protection.

Catching up and some advice

All I remember about Spring Break was catching up everyday on my LabSim and catching up with friend I didn't speak with for a while. So all I can offer is some advice on catching up. If you're falling behind, let your professor know immediately. If you are enrolled in a self-paced program, speak with your academic advisor. Offer an explanation and ask what you can do to get back on track. If you fall behind toward the end of the semester, your professor may be willing to give you an "I," or an "Incomplete." This grade serves as a placeholder until you have turned in all your assignments. Your professor will probably assign a deadline for turning in your work. Whatever you work out, be sure you understand your professor's expectations before you end the conversation.

Prepare Properly

First of all I did pass the MOS-100 but since this is a late comment I will give you some advice. Tests from earlier in the quarter are the best source of information, so hold on to them or ask your teacher if they will give you a practice exam. The professor's hints in class like "The most important point is..." and "This will be on the test.". When a teacher notes that something will be important to remember, come up with a system to mark it in your notes i.e. stars, highlighting that section, or writing it in a specific section of your notes. This will help you find these hints when you're reviewing your notes for an exam. Also the way the professor presents material. Do they spend a lot of time comparing and contrasting political figures, theories, etc.? Expect a compare/contrast question on the test. Lastly don't give up hope just because you did bad on an exam or test. Use that test to prepare for the next. Professors usually give you some way to make up for your mistakes. Don't be so pessimistic things may turn around!