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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 Con’t
• 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