Overview of Windows and Microsoft Word

Operating System

• Performs 3 functions– Controls the hardware of the

computer• Screen, keyboard, disk drives,

etc.

– Enables software to run• Microsoft Word

– Determines how the user operates the computer and its programs and applications

Our Lab

• We are using Windows 7 operating system

• Our Microsoft Office Applications are all Office 2010– Microsoft Office Word 2010– Microsoft Office PowerPoint

2010– Microsoft Office Excel 2010– Microsoft Office Access 2010

Input devices

• Feeds information into a computer– Examples include: the

keyboard, the mouse, a scanner, etc.

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Output Device

• Takes information out of the computer– Examples include: the

printer, the monitor, and speakers

Drives• Hard Drive

– A rigid magnetic disk fixed permanently within a drive unit and used for storing computer data.

– This is found as the C:/ Drive on your computer

• DVD (disk) Drive– External storage device (portable)– D:/ Drive on your computer

• Student Network Drive– Stores your own personal

documents– H:/ Drive on your computer

Drives Con’t

• Google Drive– Students who are no longer

using their school provided network drive are saving to a personal cloud storage service from Google that lets users store and synchronize digital content across computers, laptops and mobile devices, including tablets and smartphone devices.

Modem

• This piece of equipment can either be internal or external and is used to send and receive information over phone and cable lines

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Microsoft Windows is a…

• GUI – Graphical User Interface

• Programs running under the operating system provide graphics called icons to carry out commands and run programs.

CPU

• Or Central Processing Unit• The brain of the computer• Takes the input and

translates it into a form we can understand

The Applications we will explore

• Microsoft Word = Word Processing

• Microsoft PowerPoint = Presentation Graphics

• Microsoft Excel = Spreadsheet

• Microsoft Access = Database

GUI stands for…

• Graphical User Interface

CPU stands for…

• Central Processing Unit

Our Applications

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Access

• Spreadsheet

• Word Processing

• Database

• Presentation

Input Device vs. Output Device

• What are they?• Give Examples

What is a modem?

• This piece of equipment can either be internal or external and is used to send and receive information over phone and cable lines

Drives

• Hard Drive• DVD Drive• Student

Network Drive

• Google Drive

• C:/ Drive• H:/ Drive• D:/ Drive• Cloud

Drive