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MODULE 7

BASIC COMPUTER SETTING

Curriculum Development Centre Ministry of Education Malaysia

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1. Name of Module : Computer Setting 2. Learning Outcomes: The students should be able to:

• customize settings for display • customize settings for mouse • customize settings for sound • customize settings for date and time • regional and language options

3. Knowledge and Skills:

• Customize setting for display, mouse and sound. • Customize setting for date and time, language and regional option.

4. Module Summary: At the end of the module, student should be able to set the

computer by customize the setting for display, mouse, sound, date and time, regional and language options.

This module contains 5 activities:

Activity 1: Customizing settings for display. Activity 2: Customizing settings for mouse.

Activity 3: Customizing settings for sound. Activity 4: Customizing settings for date and time. Activity 5: Customizing settings for regional and language options.

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Activity 1: Customizing settings for display 1. Click Start button, then click Control Panel

2. Control Panel window will appear as shown below. Then click Appearance and

Setting.

Control Panel

Appearance and Setting

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3. Click Display 4. Display Properties window will appear as shown below. In the Themes option, you

can change the themes of your computer by choosing from the drop down menu. Choose Window XP and click OK.

Themes

Drop down menu

Display

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5. Click Desktop tab. You can change your desktop background. Choose Bliss in the Background menu and than click OK.

6. Click Screen Saver tab. You can change your screen saver by choosing from the drop

down menu. Choose 3D Flying Objects and click OK.

Desktop

Background Menu

OK

Screen Saver

Drop down menu

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7. Click Appearance tab. You can change the appearance of windows and buttons, colour schemes and font size by choosing from drop down menu. In Windows and buttons, choose Window XP style. In colour scheme choose Default(blue). In Font size choose Normal. Then click OK.

Activity 2: Customizing settings for mouse 1. In the Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes. Appearance and Themes window will be displayed, then click Mouse Pointers.

Appearance

Windows and buttons

Colour schemes

Font Size

Mouse Pointers

Appearance and Themes

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2. The Mouse Properties window will appear as shown below. Choose Pointer tab option. You can customize the mouse pointer by choosing from the customize drop down menu. Choose Normal Select and click OK. 3. Click Pointer Option tab. You can select the pointer speed by moving the motion slide indicator. Click OK.

Customize Drop down Menu

Pointers

Pointer Option

Motion Slide Indicator

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Activity 3: Customizing settings for sound 1. In the Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices. Then click Adjust the system volume. 2. Choose the volume level by moving the volume slide indicator.

Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices

Adjust the system volume

Volume Slide Indicator

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3. For advance volume control setting, click Advanced. A window will appear Adjust the volume level by moving the volume slide indicator.

Volume Slide Indicator

Advanced…

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Activity 4. Customizing settings for Date and Time 1. In the Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options. Then click Date and Time. 2. Click Date and Time tab. Choose day, month and year from the Date options. Change the time in the time option.Then click OK.

Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options Date and time

Day

Month Year

Time Option

Date and Time

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3. Click Time Zone. Choose the time zone from the drop down menu according to the country you stay. Choose (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and click OK.

Time Zone

Drop Down Menu

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Activity 5: Customizing settings for Regional and Language Options. 1. In the Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options. In the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options window, click Regional and Language Options. 2. Click Regional Options tab. IRegional option will set how some programs format numbers, currencies, dates and time. Then, click the drop down menu. English (United States) is commonly use. Choose English (United States) and click OK.

Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options

Regional and Language Options

Regional Options

Drop down menu

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3. Control Panel window will appear as below. Close the Control Panel Window. 4. The interface will be shown as below.

Close

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Evaluation Form

COMPUTER HARDWARE

Module 2: Computer Settings Name : ___________________ Class :____________________ Date :____________________ At the end of the lesson students have learned the following skills.

Please tick (√) one of the check box

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1. Customize setting for Window Themes

2. Customize setting for desktop

background

3. Customize setting for screen saver

4. Customize setting for Window

Appearance

5. Customize setting for mouse

6. Customize setting for sound

7. Customize setting for date

8. Customize setting for time

9. Customize setting for regional