How to Operate Computer Hardware and Software

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How to Operate Computer Hardware and Software

• Keyboarding

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Turning Computer On and Off

• Turning Computer On
• 1. Remove any disks from disk drives
• 2. Turn on the power switches on the CPU,
  monitor, and printer.

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• Turning Computer Off
• 1. Remove any disks from the disk drives
• 2. Close all programs that are open
• 3. Click Start, Shut down.

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Word Processing Software

• Word Processor- a software program that allows
  you to write and edit and format text and to send
  it to a printer
• Examples Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Microtype
• Basic Functions of a word processor
• creating, opening, saving, closing and printing
  documents.

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• Tools used in Word processors

Toolbar -buttons on the tool bar provide access
to common commands
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• Tools used in Word processors

Menu Bar -pull down menus that give you access to
functions.
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• Save a Document
• 1. The first time you save a document, use
  Save As.
• 2. Select the drive and folder you want to save
  to.
• 3. Name the document.
• 4. Click the Save button.

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• Printing
• File Print
• or use the print button

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• Opening a Document
• means retrieving a previously created document.
• Select Open from the file menu
• Click the Open icon on the toolbar
• and choose the drive and name of the document.

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• Closing a Document
• 1. Always save first.
• 2. File Close.

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• Using the Mouse
• Point
• Move the mouse so that the pointer(the arrow that
  represents the mouses position on the screen)
  points to an item.

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• Using the Mouse
• Click
• Press the left mouse button once and let go.

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• Using the Mouse
• Double Click
• Press the left mouse button twice quickly and let
  go.

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• Using the Mouse
• Drag
• Press and hold down the left mouse button and
  move the pointer to another location.

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• Starting a new document
• 1. Select New on the File Menu.
• 2. Click the New icon .

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• Insertion Point
• the blinking line that is on the screen

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• Closing the software program
• Save first
• Select Exit on File menu
• or click the X button on the top right side of
  the desktop.