Starting Your PC: Cold Booting:It Is The Term That Refers To The Process of Starting The Computer After It Has
Starting Your PC: Cold Booting:It Is The Term That Refers To The Process of Starting The Computer After It Has
Starting Your PC: Cold Booting:It Is The Term That Refers To The Process of Starting The Computer After It Has
Before you turn on your computer, you must first ensure all the cables are properly
When all the cables are connected, these are the steps to follow in order to start your PC:
up" screen.
Click on the user account
Input your password and press the enter Keyor the Arrow icon to start your PC.
Cold Booting:It is the term that refers to the process of starting the computer after it has
been turned off or powered off. For example, when you first turn on your computer in the
Warm Booting: It is the term that refers to the process ofrestarting the computer without
turning offthe power. You can restart your computerusing ALT+CTRL+DEL key
Click on the "Start" button on the taskbar at the bottom left of your screen
Click the windows power button labeled Shut Down by default at the bottom of
the start menu to turn off your PC. A screen appears informing you Windows is
shutting down. After a short wait your computer will turn off automatically.
RESTARTING YOUR PC
Windows shuts itself down almost as though it were turning the computer off. But,
just at the moment the system would have turned off, it starts up again a restart
HIBERNATING YOUR PC
Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. Hibernation puts your
open documents and programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer.
When you turn on the PC, you have access to your open documents and programs.
operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again.
Desktop: is the main screen area that you see after you turn on your computer and log on
to Windows. The desktop can also have its own icons, such as shortcut icons to programs,
Desktop Icons: Icons are small pictures that represent files, folders, programs, and other
items.
Mouse Pointer: The mouse pointer is a symbol or graphical image on the computer
monitor or other display device that echoes movements of the pointing device, commonly
Windows Sidebar: The Windows Sidebar is a lockable panel on the Windows Vista
desktop, similar to the Windows Taskbar, that is able to host and manage mini-
Desktop: The desktop is the area of a display screen where images, windows, icons and
Start Button: The Start button opens the Start menu. The Start menu is the main gateway
to your computer's programs, folders, and settings. The following are the usage of the
start menu:
Start programs
Open commonly used folders
Search for files, folders, and programs
Adjust computer settings
Get help with the Windows operating system
Turn off the computer
Log off from Windows or switch to a different user account
Quick Launch Toolbar: The Quick Launch toolbar, which lets you start programs with
one click.
Taskbar: The taskbar is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of your screen.
Notification Area: The notification area, which includes a clock and icons (small
pictures) that communicate the status of certain programs and computer settings.
WORD PROCESSING PACKAGES
Word processing packages are software programs used to create, edit and view
There are several ways to create new documents, open existing documents, save and
Creating a Document
When you open Microsoft Word, a document is automatically opened as well. As you can
see in the screenshot below, the default document is named "Document1".
The arrow in the screenshot points to the location of your cursor when Word opens. To
start creating a document, simply begin typing.
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Font and
size
Highlight Text
Select the text
Click the Highlight Button on
the Font Group of the Ribbon,
or
Select the text and right click
and select the highlight tool
To change the color of the highlighter click on
down arrow next to the highlight button.
Formatting Paragraphs
Formatting paragraphs allows you to change the look of the overall document. You can
access many of the tools of paragraph formatting by clicking the Page Layout Tab of the
Ribbon or the Paragraph Group on the Home Tab of the Ribbon.
Indent Paragraphs
Indenting paragraphs allows you set text within a paragraph at different margins.
There are several options for indenting:
First Line: Controls the left boundary for the first line of a paragraph
Hanging: Controls the left boundary of every line in a paragraph except the first one
Left: Controls the left boundary for every line in a paragraph
Right: Controls the right boundary for every line in a paragraph
Adding Tables
Create a Table:
Place the cursor on the page where you want
the new table
Click the Insert Tab of the Ribbon
Click the Tables Button on the Tables Group.
You can create a table one of four ways:
o Highlight the number of row and
columns
o Click Insert Table and enter the number of rows and columns
o Click the Draw Table, create your table by clicking and entering the
rows and columns
o Click Quick Tables and choose a table
To format a table, click the table and then click the Layout Tab on the Ribbon. This
Layout tab allows you to:
Graphics
You can insert special characters, symbols, pictures, illustrations, and watermarks.
Resize Graphics
All graphics can be resized by clicking the image and clicking one corner of the image
and dragging the cursor to the size you want the picture.