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Concepts

 

 

 

Prof G's mantra's for successful computing      
5 trends for computers, when do you buy one, when upgrade?      
       

Bit,Byte
Kilo, mega,giga, tera, size of one piece of page

 

 

k->t but not paper
9/3

People in the world, in the USA, on the internet

Components of A Computer Information System

bulletHardware

bulletSoftware

bulletPeople

bulletData (GIGO)
bulletProcedures

Most expensive part of a Computer Information System      
Passwords- 6 Rules, CAPTCHA-Identity Theft 9/3
Clean Keyboard 9/3
Quick Launch 9/3

 


Windows

 

Windows versus Office
Quick Accesss

Format disk (how, why ready for files, detect & isolate bad)

Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize

Scroll Bar

Folders

File, View, Sort in Detail, Delete

Shift and Ctrl to select

My Computer

Control Panel (target, pointer)- Mouse Display Accessibility

9/3

 


Internet

 

 

 

Inet- WWW, Email, IM

Hyperlink, hover, what going to a web site means

Icons

Toolbar customize

NetNetiquette & Emoticons

Directories and Search Engines

Searching (" " - ), read tips

Browsing- WYSIWYG

Bulletin Board

Incorporating Text & Graphics
 

 

 

 

Favorites, delicious

Create a personal web site
Portals
Answers.com
Computing in the cloud - Google Docs,Spreadsheets.
 


Office

Different versions Home, Small Business, also 2003->2007
 
 
Save vs Save As
 


Email

Sending (to, cc bcc) (Options: :reply, reply all. forward, delete, file, mark as unread)

Receiving (Reply, Reply All, Forward, Mark as new, Folder)

Importance of subject

Folders

Signatures

Address Books

Groups or Distribution Lists

 

Briefcases


Word Processing

Menus, Tool Bars, Help, UNDO

Using Help

Entering, Editing, Moving vs. Copying (cut & paste, drag & drop)

Saving, Retrieving (finding) Documents

Printing Documents (copies)

Formatting Characters (Bold, Italic, Underline, Size, Typeface, Color, Fonts, Subscript H2O, Superscript, larger/small, change case

Formatting Paragraphs (Inheritance, Alignment, Indents, Leading, Keep Together)

Borders and Shading
Bullets and Numbering

Headers & Footers,

Ruler (Right Indent, Left, First Line, Hanging)

Formatting  (Page Setup - Margins, Orientation)

Tabs

Speller, Thesaurus, Find/Replace

Clip Art: inserting, sizing, positioning, obtaining from Internet

Footnotes

Watermark
Symbols

Tables (Insert, Deleting, Sizing, Formatting,  rows and columns, Merging cells)

Mail Merge (creating, modifying, selective printing)

bulletForm Letter
bullet Data Document

Tracking Changes

 

Excel
     
moving around
 
one value per cell, delete, edit
inserting and deleting rows and columns
Sigma for totalling
Vlookup
IF
PMT
 
 
Graphs
Using the Wizard
Modifying properties

Access
     
Design
Queries
Forms
Change Field properties
Multiple Fields
 
Reports