ICT for Beginners - session 4 (C&G 4249 iTQ) - Peripheral & Networks
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The document provides instructions for editing a hotel letter document in Wordpad. It describes making corrections to the letter such as capitalizing a word and fixing spelling errors. It also explains how to use copy, cut, and paste functions to move and duplicate text or images within the document. Peripherals are defined as any hardware that plugs into the computer and networks are described as connecting multiple computers to share files and printers.
ICT for Beginners - session 4 (C&G 4249 iTQ) - Peripheral & Networks
- 1. Peripherals Networks (Check printer installed on all learner PCs)
- 6. The RIGHT mouse button Often brings up a menu The LEFT mouse button Click or Double-click
- 7. The Processor or CPU: The brain of the computer Random Access Memory (RAM): Short term memory used by the CPU (volatile!) Hard Drive: Long term storage
- 9. In Wordpad, open the HotelLetter.rtf document:
- 10. You need to make some corrections to this letter…
- 11. ‘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
- 12. So far on the course you have used: Enter / Return Shift Tab Delete Backspace Delete
- 13. So far on the course you have used: Ctrl + Alt + Delete
- 14. So far on the course you have used: Arrow Keys
- 15. Across the top of your keyboard are keys labelled F1, F2, F3, etc… …These are the Function Keys
- 16. These are set up to quickly do a common task in a program In WordPad Press F1 …the help guide should appear
- 17. Close down the help guide Now press F12 The Save As… window will appear Save your work as HotelLetter2.rtf
- 19. Windows Operating System uses a temporary clipboard to let you copy stuff around:
- 20. Windows Operating System uses a temporary clipboard to let you copy stuff around: Copy
- 21. Windows Operating System uses a temporary clipboard to let you copy stuff around: Paste
- 22. 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?
- 23. 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?
- 24. File >>> Save
- 27. Peripheral refers to any computer hardware that plugs into the main computer base unit:
- 36. They won’t be in a row… You need a Network Interface Card on your PC (usually comes as standard)
- 38. International Network Pretty much every computer, mobile phone and iPad is connected to everything else on the planet
- 40. More on the Internet in the second half of the course…
- 42. 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
- 43. 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
- 44. 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!