Computer Basics – week 4 Peripherals Networks (Check printer installed on all learner PCs)
May 20, 2015
Computer Basics – week 4
PeripheralsNetworks
(Check printer installed on all learner PCs)
How’s Your Seat This Week…?
Any trip hazards about?
Recap: What Windows Does
Recap: Files and Folders
Recap: Mouse
The RIGHT mouse button
Often brings up a menu
The LEFT mouse button
ClickorDouble-click
Recap: Inside a computer
The Processor or CPU:The brain of the computer
Random Access Memory (RAM):Short term memory usedby the CPU (volatile!)
Hard Drive:Long term storage
Recap: Wordpad
Recap: Wordpad In Wordpad, open the HotelLetter.rtf
document:
HotelLetter.rtf
You need to make some corrections to this letter…
HotelLetter.rtf ‘e’ in england needs making a capital letter
Alter date to today's date
The second paragraph needs its font changing
Six words are misspelt:◦ Thnak◦ kinnd◦ hostel◦ Mancheater◦ and◦ nect
Special Keys So far on the course you have used:
Enter / Return Shift Tab Delete Backspace Delete
Command Keys So far on the course you have used:
Ctrl + Alt + Delete
Navigation Keys So far on the course you have used:
Arrow Keys
Function Keys Across the top of your keyboard are keys
labelled F1, F2, F3, etc…
…These are the Function Keys
Function Keys These are set up to quickly do a common
task in a program
In WordPad Press F1
…the help guide should appear
Function Keys Close down the help guide
Now press F12
The Save As… window will appear
Save your work as HotelLetter2.rtf
Any Questions?
Copy/Cut and Paste Windows Operating System uses a
temporary clipboard to let you copy stuff around:
Copy/Cut and Paste Windows Operating System uses a
temporary clipboard to let you copy stuff around:
Copy
Copy/Cut and Paste Windows Operating System uses a
temporary clipboard to let you copy stuff around:
Paste
Copy and Paste In HotelLetter:
Click on the Palace Hotel artwork Click on Edit >>> Copy Click at the very end of the letter (just after
it reads ‘Charles’) Click on Edit >>> Paste
Click on Edit >>> Paste again… what happens?
Cut and Paste Now select the second paragraph (‘I have
passed on your comments…’) Click on Edit >>> Cut What happens? Click at the top of the letter (just after ‘Dear
Joe’) Click on Edit >>> Paste What happens?
Save your Letter File >>> Save
Quiz
BREAK
Peripherals Peripheral refers to any computer
hardware that plugs into the main computer base unit:
Networks
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Networks – final points… They won’t be in a row…
You need a Network InterfaceCard on your PC(usually comes as standard)
Wireless Networks – very briefly!
The Internet International Network
Pretty much every computer, mobile phone and iPad is connected to everything else on the planet
Uses of the Internet
Things to Come…
More on the Internet in the second half of the course…
Any Questions?
Recap Using Edit >>> Copy will copy the
selected text or picture to the clipboard
Using Edit >>> Cut will remove the selected object and put it on the clipboard
Once something is on the clipboard it can be Pasted into other programs
Recap Peripherals are any computer
hardware that plugs into the main computer base unit
Networks are simply lots of computers connected together – usually so that they can share files or printers
Next Week - The Big Test Next week is your test on what you have
learned so far on the course
We will spend the first 30 minutes next week doing a quick refresher
Homework: read through the handouts you have been given each week – if you’ve lost / missed one speak up now!