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Concepts 

Tue/Thur 

007 

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

   

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

   

Components of a Computer Information System 

   
bulletHardware
   
bulletSoftware
   
bulletPeople
   
bulletData (GIGO)
   
bulletProcedures
   
Trends in Computers [faster, cheaper, smaller, most reliable (importance to business), easier to use/more capable Moore's law (exponential change double every 1.5 years now every year  9/4 9/4
data->process->information sort, summarize, save, send select    
ROM RAM (volatile/nonvolatile, user decides contents vs mfgr decide)    
Desktop vs file cabinet    
Storage( Floppy, Zip, Flash/USB/Thumb, Hard disk, CD/DVD - Speed capacity, reliability, portability, cost)    
Surge Suppressor, UPS    

Password

9/4 9/4
Killer Apps    
Typewriter->word processing (why pay cost? easier revise so you'll do it so better documents that communicate)    
Calculators->Spreadsheet (why cost?  more information, better decisions)    
File Cabinet- cost savings cabinet but bigger data in one place    
what computers do well - repetitive - formulaic    
Most expensive part of computer system (training and the mistakes made because it is inadequate)    
     


Windows
 

Format disk (how, why ready for files, detect & isolate bad)
Poor reliability of floppies cover storage types and attributes
floppy, thumb drive, Zip, hard disk, CD & DVD, tape

 

 

Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize

 

 

Scroll Bar

 

 

Folders

 

 

File, View, Sort in Detail, Delete

 

 

Shift and Ctrl to select

 

 

My Computer

 

 

Control Panel

 

 

Ctrl F or Edit Find

 

 


Internet
 

 

 

Inet- WWW, Email, IM

 

 

Icons, Hover,

 

 

Hyperlinks, sometimes text,  color, graphic, hover (see URL in lower left, invite to download whatever to your machine, virus)     
Favorites, Digg, tagging, social    

Toolbar customize

   

NetNetiquette & Emoticons

   

Directories and Search Engines

   

Searching (" " - ), read tips

   

Ctrl +N 

   
RateMyProfessor    

Bulletin Board

 

 

Incorporating Text & Graphics
into Web pages or Word documents
   

Create a personal web site using Googlepages.com

   

Portals

   
Answers.com (download, cite)     
New Window with Ctrl + N    
Print Selection with name in footer 9/4 9/4

 
Email  Tue/Thur 
007  008 
Importance of Subject    
Pros/Con versus telephone and snail mail    

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

   

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

   

Folders

 

 

Signatures

 

 

Address Books

   

Groups or Distribution Lists

   

 

   


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) - Print Preview importance

   

Formatting Characters (Bold, Italic, Underline, Size, Typeface, Color, Fonts)

   

Formatting Paragraphs (Inheritance, Alignment, Indents, Leading [singe, double, 1½, exact, multiple], Keep Together)

   
Borders and Shading    
Symbols    
Bullets and Numbering    

Headers & Footers,

   

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

   

Formatting  (Page Setup - Margins, Orientation)

   
Customizing toolbar    

Tabs

   
Speller, Thesaurus, www.onelook.com    

Find/Replace

   

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

   

Reference Ribbon- Footnotes , Insert Citation, Bibliography

   
AutoCorrect    
Save, Save As, naming,  .docx, .doc, .rtf    
Columns    
Case Change    

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

   

Mail Merge (creating, modifying, selective printing)

   
bulletForm Letter
   
bulletData Document
   

Tracking Changes

   
Resume - going to be scanned, san serif (versus serif) keywords    

Excel
 
   
moving around in the sheet    
store    
enrollment    
carpet store invoice    
P&L    
loan    
payroll    
one value per cell, delete, edit    
inserting and deleting rows and columns    
Sigma for totaling    
Vlookup    
IF    
PMT    
VLOOKUP    
Printing - importance of Preview    
Graphs    
Using the Wizard    
Modifying chart properties    

 
PowerPoint     
Similarities to MS Word    
Themes    
Animated Clip Art    
Slide Transitions    
Drawing: circle/oval, square/rectangle, lines/arrows, Autoshapes: paint bucket, border color/width, text color    
Slide show setup: kiosk    
Animating Objects, order of appearance    
Locating & Using Themes on the Internet    
Views: slide, slide sorter, slide show    
Pen on slide show view    

Access 
   
Design    
Queries  
Forms    
Change Field properties    
Multiple Fields    
   
Reports