Computer Basics

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Computer Basics

• Getting around your computer

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Components of Computer

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)
• Monitor
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Printer

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Working Your Way around the Desktop
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Important Windows Operations

• Pointing and clicking
• Move the cursor so that it is pointing to the
  object you want to select and then left click the
  mouse only once - This selects that object.
• Double clicking
• By left clicking an object twice (rapidly), you
  will open the program/file.
• Right Clicking
• By selecting an object and right clicking only
  once, you will bring up a sub menu of commands
  for this object.

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Opening a Document

• Click on the Start Button
• Click on Microsoft Office Word 2003

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• Maximizing, minimizing, and closing windows.

• Practice these steps a few times.

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• Scrolling through a window
• Bottom of screen
• Right side of screen

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TITLE BAR
MENU BAR
TOOL BAR

• Title Bar Displays the name of the file and the
  type of document.
• Menu Bar Displays commands available for use in
  every document.
• Tool Bar Displays the most frequently used
  operations.

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• Using Menus
• Menu bar
• Pull down menu
• Little black arrow-indicates more choices

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Using the Start Menu

• All of the software programs and utilities can be
  accessed through the Start menu
• Most frequently used programs are listed in the
  left column
• To open a program, left click two times
• Also where you log off or shut down your computer

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• Right column contains windows utilities and
  folders
• These folders are shortcuts to where you save
  files such as
• (My Pictures) pictures,
• (My Documents) - general files,
• (My Computer) - all drives available on the
  computer

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• Single left click on All Programs
• A new menu appears called the Programs Menu
• Programs sorted by manufacturer / alphabetically

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• Open the Calculator Program.
• (If the calculator doesnt appear on the far
  left column...Click on All Programs, then Click
  on Accessories, then Click on Calculator.)
• Open a blank Word Document.
• Open a blank Excel Document.

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Switching Between Programs

• It is not necessary to close every program before
  opening another.
• To go back to a what you were working on, look at
  the taskbar at the bottom of the screen
• Single left click on the program you want to
  maximize. (or press alt and tab to move between
  programs)

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My Computer
C/ is also called the hard drive
D/ is normally a CD Drive or DVD Drive

A computer can have many drives on it. Most home
PCs will have a C/ , D/ , or E/. The E/ is
normally where a flash drive is plugged in.
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Lets now Type a Word Document and Save The File

• Type your note

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• Save your document
• Click on the File menu and select Save As
• Click on My Documents on the left side of the box
• Type in My New Document for the name of the
  file
• Click on the Save button

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• Printing your document
• 1 - Click on the File menu
• 2 - Select Print
• - In the Print dialog box, click on OK
• 3 - Close click on the red x

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Viewing a Saved File

• Click on the Start button
• Select My Documents from the right column

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• Click once on the file My New File
• Notice the information displayed on the left side
  of the screen about that file

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• To open the file double click on the documents
  icon (the little picture)

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Printers and Faxes
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Printers and Faxes

• Right Click on the printer you want to make
  changes to.
• Click on Printing Preferences.

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Printers and Faxes

• Using these tabs you can change
• The quality of the print,
• pages per sheet,
• double sided printing,
• size of paper,
• orientation,
• etc.

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Playing a Game

• Playing Solitaire is a great way to work on mouse
  control.
• To open
• Click the Start Button
• Click on All Programs
• Click on Games
• Follow the black arrow and click on Solitaire
• Resize the window to full screen

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• To Play
• To move a card, grab it with your mouse (right
  click and hold down the button)
• Drag the card to place it on top of another one
• To go to the next card in the stack, single left
  click on the deck.
• To turn the stack of cards back over, single left
  click on the deck.
• To begin a new game, single left click on the
  Game menu, and single left click on Deal.
• To close the game, single left click on the red x
  in the upper right corner.

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Shutting down

• Click on the Start menu
• Click on Shut Down
• Click on Turn Off/ Shut Down

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Questions ?