Overview of Windows and Microsoft Word

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Overview of Windows and Microsoft Word
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Operating System

• Performs 3 functions
• Controls the hardware of the computer
• Screen, keyboard, disk drives, etc.
• Enables software to run
• Microsoft Word
• Determines how the user operates the computer and
  its programs and applications

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Our Lab

• We are using Windows 7 operating system
• Our Microsoft Office Applications are all Office
  2010
• Microsoft Office Word 2010
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft Office Excel 2010
• Microsoft Office Access 2010

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Input devices

• Feeds information into a computer
• Examples include the keyboard, the mouse, a
  scanner, etc.

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Output Device

• Takes information out of the computer
• Examples include the printer, the monitor, and
  speakers

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Drives

• Hard Drive
• A rigid magnetic disk fixed permanently within a
  drive unit and used for storing computer data.
• This is found as the C/ Drive on your computer
• DVD (disk) Drive
• External storage device (portable)
• D/ Drive on your computer
• Student Network Drive
• Stores your own personal documents
• H/ Drive on your computer

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Drives Cont

• Google Drive
• Students who are no longer using their school
  provided network drive are saving to a personal
  cloud storage service from Google that lets users
  store and synchronize digital content across
  computers, laptops and mobile devices, including
  tablets and smartphone devices.

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Modem

• This piece of equipment can either be internal or
  external and is used to send and receive
  information over phone and cable lines

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Microsoft Windows is a

• GUI Graphical User Interface
• Programs running under the operating system
  provide graphics called icons to carry out
  commands and run programs.

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CPU

• Or Central Processing Unit
• The brain of the computer
• Takes the input and translates it into a form we
  can understand

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The Applications we will explore

• Microsoft Word Word Processing
• Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Graphics
• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• Microsoft Access Database

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GUI stands for

• Graphical User Interface

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CPU stands for

• Central Processing Unit

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Our Applications

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Access

• Spreadsheet
• Word Processing
• Database
• Presentation

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Input Device vs. Output Device

• What are they?
• Give Examples

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What is a modem?

• This piece of equipment can either be internal or
  external and is used to send and receive
  information over phone and cable lines

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Drives

• Hard Drive
• DVD Drive
• Student Network Drive
• Google Drive

• C/ Drive
• H/ Drive
• D/ Drive
• Cloud Drive