Computer Skills Training2
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COMPUTER SKILLS
TRAINING
ISHWAR SEWPAL
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THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
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THE KEYBOARD / LE CLAVIER
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SCREEN / ECRAN / MONITOR / VDU
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PROCESSOR CASING / CPU (Central
processing unit) / UNITE CENTRALE
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MOUSE / SOURIS
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FLOPPY DRIVE / LECTEUR DISKETTE
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CD / DVD DRIVE / LECTEUR CD / DVD
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CD/DVD WRITER / GRAVEUR CD/DVD
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STORAGE / STOCKAGE
INTERNAL
Hard Disk Drive
EXTERNAL / REMOVABLE
Diskette / Floppy Drive
CD Drive
DVD Drive
Blu-Ray
Pen Drive / USB Drive
Mini / Micro Cards
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DOCUMENT AND FOLDERS
DOCUMENTS
SINGLE PAGE
MULTI-PAGE
CONTAINS
TEXT
PICTURES
DIAGRAMS
FOLDERS
CONTAINS
DOCUMENTS
FOLDER
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THE KEYBOARD
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USING THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD
1. TOGGLE KEYS
CAPS LOCK
NUM LOCK
INSERT / OVERWRITE
2. SHIFT, CTRL AND ALT KEYS
TO MAINTAIN DEPRESSED FOR FUNCTION TO BE ACTIVE
3. BACKSPACE DELETES ONE CHAR TO LEFT OF CURSOR
4. DELETE / DEL DELETES ONE CHAR TO LEFT OF CURSOR
5. PLACEMENT OF CURSOR (BLINKING VERTICAL LINE)HOME / END CURSOR AT START / END OF LINE
CTRL HOME / CTRL END CURSOR AT START / END OF DOCUMENT
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USING THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD
Shift To make capital letters or the
upper character of a two-character key.
Caps LockUsed to change the case of all
letters to uppercase.
Only works with alphabetic keys.
Spacebar Used to insert a blank space.
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USING THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD
Enter Used to tell the computer to carry out a
task. In word processing its used to
start a new paragraph.
BackspaceErases the character to the left ofthe cursor.
Delete Erases the character to the right of the
cursor.Insert Toggles between Insert and Overwrite
mode.
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USING THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD
Cursor Control Keys:
Arrows move the cursor in the direction
chosen
Page Up Brings the cursor up several lines
(one screen not one page).
Page Down Brings the cursor down several lines(one screen, not one page).
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USING THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD
Home Brings the cursor the to
beginning of the current line.
End Brings the cursor to theend of the current line.
Ctrl + Home Brings the cursor to the
beginning of the document.
Ctrl + End Brings the cursor to the end of the document.
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SPECIAL CHARACTERS
0224 a grave
0225 a acute
0226 a circumflex
0227 a tilde0228 a diaeresis
0229 a ring
0230 ae ligature
0163 uk pounds
0231 c cedilla
0232 e grave
0233 e acute
0234 e circumflex
0235 e diaeresis
0251 u circumflex
0128 euros
0162 cents
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MANIPULATING FILES
1. USING MOUSE AND MENU BAR Inside WORD
File / New OPEN NEW FILE
File / Open OPEN EXISTING FILE
File Copy
File / Save SAVE FILE
2. USING MOUSE AND RIGHT CLICK outsideWORD
OPEN NEW FILE Right click/New/MS Word Doc (in clear area)
OPEN EXISTING FILE Right click/open (pointer on file to open)
MOVE or COPY FILE Right click/cut or copy (pointer on the file)
Right click/paste (pointer at newlocation)
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WORKING WITH FILES
COPY AND SAVE
DRAG AND DROP
CHANGE FOLDERS
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WORKING WITH TEXT
1. KEYBOARDSHIFT + ARROW KEYSTO SELECT TEXT
CTRL A SELECT WHOLE DOCUMENT
CTRL X CUT
CTRL V PASTE
CTRL P PRINT
2. MOUSECLICK ONCE PLACE CURSOR
CLICK TWICE SELECT WORDCLICK THRICE SELECT PARAGRAPH
3. RIGHT CLICK TO VIEW OPTIONS FOR CUT, PASTE, PRINT
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WORKING WITH TEXT
SPECIAL CHARACTERS
TAB INDENT
BOLD, ITALICS, UNDERLINE
CENTRE, LEFT & RIGHT JUSTIFIED TEXT2
SUBSCRIPT & SUPERSCRIPT
FONT SIZE & COLOUR
HIGHLIGHT & FILL
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PRINTING OF DOCUMENT
PAGE SETUP PAPER SIZE
ORIENTATION PORTRAIT & LANDSCAPE
PREVIEW
SELECTION OF PRINTER SEND TO PRINTER
NO OF COPIES
PRINT ALL AND PRINT SELECTED PAGES
PRINT RECTO-VERSO
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THE INTERNET
A global collection of networks
The biggest network of computer networks on earth!
Owned by no one Operated by no single organization
Rocketed to prominence during the late 20th century
Important in Information, Trade, and Communication
A computer network is a data communications system made up of
hardware and software that transmits data from one computer to
another
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THE INTERNET
WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACCESS INTERNET?
1. Computer with internet connection
2. Internet account with a connection provider
3. Internet browser software The most popular are Internet Explorerand
Mozilla Firefox
4. Anti-virus software. Symantec/Norton or McAffee are the two most
common
5. Email software. Most popular ones are MS Outlook or Outlook
Express. Yahoo or Hotmail offer free "web-mail.
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THE INTERNET
Files to be displayed, played, etc. are located on a web server
May contain text, pictures, sounds, movies, games or even virtual
reality displays
Web server is connected to the internet and has an internet address
This internet address is called a URL (Universal Resource Locator)
Server Domains or Extensions:
.com Commerce or Commercial
.org Non-Profit, charitable, political, etc. organization
.edu Education or School
.gov Government
.net Network oriented such as Internet service providers
.uk, .mu 2 Letter Country Extension
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THE INTERNET
To see, hear, download or play these files you need a browseron
your computer that can access the server and download the files
and display or play them on your computer
Most Common browsers:
Firefox Netscape
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mosaic
Opera
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THE INTERNET
SEARCH ENGINES (General)
YAHOO
GOOGLE
Ask.com
Live Search (formerly MSN Search)
PORTALS
www.yahoo.com www.gov.mu
www.google.com www.orange.muwww.msn.com www.myjob.mu
www.yahoo.co.uk
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THE INTERNET
Internet Explorer Window Control for better web page viewing :
Press F11 key to turn Full Screen view on and off.
Select-highlight your IE address bar
Press ALT-D on your keyboard
You never have to type the http://orhttps://prefix
just type your URL directly in address bar and press enter
Let IE type the http://www. and the .com for you
To type http://www.something.com type something then CTRL-
Enter. Note: CTRL-Enter trick only works forwww.something.com
(commercial) addresses.
Opening Links in New Windows.
This will allow you to view multiple web pages at once.
SHIFT-clickon a hyperlink
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FIRST SESSION
MOUSE : Pointer and cursorFunctions / Importance