STARTING
YOUR COMPUTER
Turn on the monitor by firmly but briefly pressing the button on the front below the screen.
Then turn on the computer by firmly but briefly pressing the power button about half way down on the front panel of the console.
Wait while the computer comes up it may take quite awhile. You should then see the desktop screen.
THE UBIQUITOUS ENTER KEY
YOU WILL ALSO LEARN the dual
purpose of the Enter Key on the keyboard
Pecking the Enter key can be
used to make the computer start your next operation and it ALSO can be used to
make a new paragraph in you text.
HOW TO PROPERLY CLICK THE
MOUSE
When the instructions below
say click, it means clicking with the left mouse button. Clicking is done in
three steps
·
Point the mouse at a what you want to click
·
Press the left mouse down firmly
·
Quickly let up on the button
The easiest way to start the Microsoft WORD program
from the DESKTOP USING THE MOUSE is to
SINGLE CLICK ON THE WORD ICON,
AND THEN PECK THE ENTER KEY.
IN A FEW SECONDS YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE A “WORD” SCREEN
ON YOU MONITOR WITH A BLINKING CURSOR IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN.
WE SAY THAT THE WORD PROGRAM IS NOW RUNNING ON YOUR COMPUTER
DETERMINING THE PURPOSE OF
THE CURSOR
The cursor is the little
blinking vertical line on your screen. The cursor tells you where the next
character (letter) will be inserted when you type it in from the keyboard. The
cursor has other names like: insertion point and place marker. Actually the
cursor marks the insertion point on the text screen.
EXERCISE 1
Type in:
Mary had a little lamb
COMPUTER LOGIC
To a computer, a word in not
a word without a space at the end Therefore, what you learned in elementary
school that spaces were between words was WRONG!
FOR A COMPUTER TO WORK FOR
YOU LOGICALLY YOU MUST PUT A SPACE AT THE END OF EACH WORD, AND A PERIOD AND A
SPACE AT THE END OF EACH SENTENCE.
ONE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF COMPUTERS IS THAT TEXT
IS JUST A DOCUMENT RESIDING IN THE MEMORY OF THE COMPUTER, UNTIL IT IS SAVED TO
A STORAGE DEVICE. STORAGE DEVICES CAN BE A FOLDER ON THE HARD DRIVE,
SAVING YOUR NEW DOCUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO “MY
DOCUMENTS” FOLDER ON THE HARD DRIVE
This is the easiest, because this is the default location where the computer has been set to save.
1. Using your mouse, go up and click on the “File”
button in the upper left corner of the Menu bar. This will give you a new menu.
2. Now click on the “Save” or “Save as” button. It
doesn’t matter the first time you save a document This will give you a dialog
box titled “Save As” (PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT ATTACHED BELOW)
Notice what is says in the “Save In” box. It says
“My Documents”. So this time to make it easy we will save in “My Documents” on
the hard drive.
3. Go down to the “File Name” box. Drag over the
words in the File Name box to highlight them. Peck the Backspace key to clear
the box.
4. Type in a new name for the document (I suggest
you use Mary as the file name and in addition, the date, in year, month, day
order i.e. 07.05.31. So the file name would be Mary 07.05.31, you would of
course use the date that you saved the document to a file
5. Now click the Save Button.
SAVING YOUR
NEW DOCUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO A FOLDER ON MY DOCUMENTS
PREPARING YOUR DOCUMENT
1. Single click
on the Microsoft Word Icon and Peck the Enter Key)
2. Type in: Mary
had a little lamb
3. Start a new
paragraph or new sentence by pecking the Enter key. This will put the cursor at
the beginning of a new paragraph and a new sentence. Now type in:
4.
Now type in: Its fleece was white as snow.
Note
If you make a mistake peck the
Backspace key until you have cleared out the mistake and start typing again. Or
move the arrow with the arrow keys to where you want of make the correction.
1. Using your mouse, go up and click on the “File” button in the upper left corner of the Menu bar. This will give you a new menu.
2. Click on the “Save as” button. This will give you
a dialog menu titled “Save As”
Notice what is says in the “Save In” box. It says
“My Documents”. So this time we will not save to “My Documents”. We will save
to a folder in My Documents. Notice the little icon on the Save In line. If you
put your mouse arrow on it, It will say Create a New Folder – click on that
Icon. You will get a dialog display
Type in a name for the folder I suggest you use your
last name and the word STUFF – DO IT ALL IN
CAPS
Now click on the OK button.
Type
in the name for your document: Mary PLUS THE DATE In this format 07.05.31
Now
click the Save button
SAVING YOUR
NEW DOCUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO YOUR
FIRST YOU MUST CHECK TO SEE IF THE COMPUTER RECOGNIZES THE FLASH DRIVE (You should have plugged the flash drive into the USB port)
1. click on the Start button - that will give you the main computer menu
2. click on My Computer – you will see icons for all the storage devices
3. look for one that says TDK Trans It and a E or F or G or H at the end
PREPARING YOUR DOCUMENT
4. Single click
on the Microsoft Word Icon and Peck the Enter Key)
5. Type in: Mary
had a little lamb
6. Start a new
paragraph or new sentence by pecking the Enter key. This will put the cursor at
the beginning of a new paragraph and a new sentence. Now type in:
Its fleece was white as snow.
Note
If you make a mistake peck the
Backspace key until you have cleared out the mistake and start typing again. Or
move the arrow with the arrow keys to where you want of make the correction.
1. Using your mouse, go up and click on the “File” button in the upper left corner of the Menu bar. This will give you a new menu.
2. Click on the “Save as” button. This will give you
a dialog menu titled “Save As”
Notice what is says in the “Save In” box. It says
“My Documents”. So this time we will not save into that Folder on the hard
drive called “My Documents”. We will save to the Flash drive Notice the little
down arrow at the end of the “Save In” box. (This is called the expansion
arrow)
1.
Click on the little down arrow to expand your options.
Notice again in the expanded menu you will see as one of the choices TDK
Trans-It
2.
Click on TDK Trans-It - Now in the “Save In” box it
should say TDK Trans-It
3.
Go down to the “File Name” box. Drag over the words
in the File Name box to highlight them. Peck the Backspace key to clear the
box.
4.
Type in the name for your document: Mary PLUS THE
DATE In this format 07.05.31
5.
Now click the Save button
Reminder: wherever the cursor is, is where the next
character you type will land, so it is very important to understand how to move
your cursor around so that you can add text to another part of your document.
There are several ways you can move your cursor
around in your document:
1. USING THE ARROW KEYS
One way to move your cursor short distances is to
use the arrow keys. The right arrow key moves the cursor to the right and the
left arrow key to the left. The up arrow key will move it up if there is room,
and the down arrow key will move it down if there is room. We will now practice
moving your cursor both with the I-beam and the arrow keys.
2. USING THE MOUSE
Another way is using the I-beam. This is the most
common way if you are moving the cursor any distance from where it is.
The rule is wherever you put the I-beam within the
text, and click, and move the mouse away, that is where your cursor will be
put. Try it with the document that is on your screen now.
1. To see if you saved ok, look up on the Title bar
of your word document you will see that the word Document 1 has been replaced
by whatever you typed in the “File Name” box
2. Another way to see if you saved ok is to click
the “File” button again, and then click the “Open” button. You should now see
your documents name on the screen.
Click on the “Cancel” button to get back to you document
.
Before you open a saved file
you must have your computer on and MICROSOFT WORD started, as above, and the
flash drive containing your file plugged in to the USB port.
Go to the Menu Bar and click
on File, then click on Open.
In the “Look In” change it
to flash drive by clicking on the little down arrow at the end of the box, and
selecting “flash drive ( E: or F:)” by clicking on it.
Now highlight your file’s
name by clicking on it. (This is called “SELECTING”)
Click the Open button. You should see your file on
the screen
ADDING MORE TEXT
1.
Using the arrow keys put the cursor at the end of
the last sentence if it is not already there.
2.
Peck the Enter key to start a new paragraph.
3.
Now type in: And everywhere that Mary went.
4.
Peck the Enter key to start a new paragraph
5.
Type in: The lamb was sure to go.
6.
Peck the Enter key to start a new paragraph.
7.
Type in: your name and the date
8.
Now save the additions you made to your document by
holding down the CTRL key and at the same time peck the S key. (Note the S
stands for save)
PRINTING YOUR DOCUMENT
1.USING THE KEYBOARD KEYS
ONE WAY TO PRINT A DOCUMENT is to simply
1. Press and hold down the Control key and peck the
P key. You will get a dialog screen to make selections like the number of
copies you want or specific pages to print.
2. Now just peck the Enter key or click on the “OK”
button
2. USING THE MOUSE
1.
Click on File on the Menu bar.
2.
Click on Print. Again you will get a dialog box to
make selections if you want to.
3.
Peck the Enter key if you don’t want to make
selections.
3. OR
SHUTTING DOWN YOUR COMPUTER
It is best to close your programs before you shut down your computer, so go up to the Menu bar and click on File. Now come down and click on Close. If you have not saved your latest changes you will be ask if you want to. Say yes
USING
YOUR MOUSE
First click on the master Start button on the lower
left of your screen. Now click on Shut Down. You will get the Shut Down screen.
Be sure that the bullet is in Shut Down. Then click OK. After showing several
messages on the monitor, your computer should now shut down. It may take a few
minutes for it to shut down.
1. How to start up a
computer monitor and console
2. What is the difference
between a cursor and a mouse I beam?
3. How to type text into a
document
4. The dual purpose of the
Enter Key- Remember the Enter key can be used to make the computer perform your
next operation and ALSO to make a new paragraph in you text.
5. How to save a document to
the “My Documents” folder for the first time
6. How to save a document to
a flash drive for the first time
7. The difference between
saving to “My Documents” folder on the computer’s hard drive and saving to a
flash drive
8. How to add text to a
document
9. How to save additions to
a document
10. How to print a document
several ways
11. How to close a document
12. How to shut down a
computer
13. How to open an existing
saved document
14. How to add more text and
save the additions
WOW! ISN’T THAT AMAZING
GLOSSARY FOR WORD PROCESSING
ASCII:
It stands for
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This is a world wide
standard. All computers in the world use this code.
A WORD:
A word to a
computer is the characters that make up the word and then a space at the end of
the word. A word is not a complete computer word until you put the space at its
end. This is probably different from what you learned in grade school, where
spaces were put between words. Also a word at the end of a sentence is not a word
until you put a period and a space.
BACKUP:
This is when you
make a copy of your master disk to a backup disk, so if something happens to
your master disk; you have not lost all the files that are saved on the master
disk.
COMMANDS:
Commands are operations
the computer will perform for you. Examples are Save, Open and Print. With
Windows you can select a command by clicking an icon with the mouse on the Tool
Bar, or click on File on the menu bar.
CD/ROM DRIVE:
For holding CD/ROM
disks (Compact Disk/Read Only Memory) commonly called the “D” drive. Many
computer programs now come on a CD/ROM disk.
COMPUTER STORAGE
UNITS:
There are several
different kinds of computer storage units such as:
CURSOR:
The curser is the
little blinking vertical line on your screen. The cursor tells you where the
next character (letter) will be inserted when you type it in from the keyboard.
The cursor has other names like: insertion point and place marker. Actually the
cursor marks the insertion point on the text screen.
DESKTOP:
The screen of your
monitor that displays some of your applications software icons...and is called
the desktop.
DOCUMENT:
A document is typed
in text to a computer monitor screen using word processing software. This text
is temporarily residing in the memory (Random Access Memory-RAM) of the
computer. To preserve this document, it must be saved to one of several
computer storage units such as:
In the process of
being saved, the document is given a proper file name that describes the text
on the document. After the document is saved it is referred to as a text file
or just file.
FILE:
A file is a text or
graphics document that has been saved with a file name to a proper folder in a
computer storage unit. A file can be plain text, plain graphics or a
combination of text and graphics. Note that music can also be saved to a folder
on computer storage units.
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE:
The floppy disk
drive is where you insert the floppy disk. Commonly called the “A” drive.
FOLDER:
A named space on a
computer storage unit used to save files. There is one folder that is created
when the computer is assembled. It is called My Documents. Computer users
create many different folders on different storage units to accommodate their
files in an organized manner.
FORMATTING:
Getting a floppy
disk ready to have files (documents) saved to it. You can format a disk by
right clicking on the 31/2 floppy icon.
HARD DRIVE:
A storage device
inside your computer for holding and saving software and the files you create.
It is usually identified as the “C” drive.
I-BEAM:
The I-Beam is the
presence of the mouse when it is in the Text area of the word processing
screen. Notice when you move the mouse the I-Beam moves around the screen.
However if you move the I-Beam up into the top of the word processing screen,
notice it turns into an arrow. This is so you can select a command from the
many possibilities from the menu or tool bars.
ICONS:
Icons are the
small-labeled pictures you see on your desktop. The technical name for icons is
desktop objects.
KEYBOARD
The keyboard is an
input device.
Keyboard Keys of
Special Importance
MOUSE:
The mouse is an
input device. It appears on the screen as either an arrow or a beam depending
on what part of the screen it is located. If it is out of a text area it
appears as an arrow. If it is in a text area it appears as a beam. On browser
software the mouse may appear as a pointing hand. Also the mouse has two
buttons on the top. When the instructions say click it means click with the
left button. Right clicking with the mouse usually brings up a new menu so you
can make a selection. The selection is then made by clicking with the left
button.
MOUSE ACTIVITIES:
PARTS OF AN
APPLICATION PROGRAM
All applications
software have a main screen. On this main screen are normally a Title Bar, a
Menu Bar, a Tool Bar and a Task bar, and a text area where you prepare your
document. Each of these are described below.
RAM (Random Access
Memory)
This is temporary
storage on a computer. When doing word processing, it stores your file
(document). When you turn off the computer all that is in RAM is lost. RAM also
stores your applications software (like Microsoft Word) until you turn off the
computer. The main permanent storage unit for you all your applications
software is on the hard drive.
READING:
The contents of
what you have typed into a computer applications program and/or saved on a
storage device such as a floppy disk or hard drive.
WRITING:
The process of
posting a file to a floppy disk or hard disk.