Basic Computer Skills: Windows & The Internet
Basic Computer Skills: Windows & The Internet
Basic Computer Skills: Windows & The Internet
Objectives:
• Identify and use computer hardware
• Open and close a desired program
• Switch back and forth between open
windows
• Create and save a Word document on a
floppy disc.
Introduction to Windows
What is a computer?
• A tool for accessing information.
• A PC is a personal computer – a one
person or single user computer.
• A computer does not think on its own.
You have to tell it what to do.
Basic computer parts:
• Computer case
• Monitor
• Keyboard
• Mouse
Introduction to Windows
Activity &
Review Questions
Introduction to Windows
The Desktop
• The desktop is the first thing you see
when you log in- it is the “launch pad”
Taskbar
Program icon
Mouse pointer
Start button
Introduction to Windows
Activity
Starting a Program:
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Introduction to Windows
Working With Windows
• Title bar
• Minimize and Close buttons
• Scroll bar
• Insertion point
• Menu bar
• Microsoft Word button on the task bar
Introduction to Windows
The MS Office Menu Bar & Tool Bars
• File
• Edit
• View
• Insert
• Tools
• Window
• Help
Introduction to Windows
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Introduction to Windows
Working with Files
Objectives:
• Communicate worldwide
Introduction to the Internet
Activity &
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Introduction to the Internet
• Title bar
• Menu bar
• Toolbar
• Address bar
• Information bar
• Status bar
Introduction to the Internet
Navigating Internet Explorer
• Back
• Forward
• Home
• Refresh
• Stop
• Search
• Favorites
Introduction to the Internet
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Introduction to the Internet
Internet Explorer Favorites
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If you remember nothing else…
Internet Explorer is a Web browser that is used to access,
view, and navigate text and images on the World Wide Web.
Additional Information
Harness E-Mail:
E-Mail Etiquette
Computer Workstations:
Good Working Positions