computer basics how to use a computer and not lose your mind
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Looking at the CPU
• On/off button• 3 ½ inch floppy disk
drive• CD Rom drive• Restart button• 5 ¼ inch floppy disk
drive
Icons
• Icons – are pictorial ways of representing computer programs or files.
• Shortcuts are “pointers” to files or programs hidden deep in your computer’s insides.
Task Bar• Contains:
• Start button
• Toolbar (not on all)
• Program buttons
• System tray (including the most expensive clock you’ll ever buy)
Start Button
• Another way to open a program
• Use a single click to select Start button
• Use a single click to select program
Using Word
• This is a word processing program
• You use it to create letters, notes, forms, newsletters – anything that requires words.
The Magic Button
• The undo button is your friend• It is the most helpful thing ever invented• Edit > Undo• Many programs have multiple undo options