use it the simple guide to using a computer including keyboard skills
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Use IT
The Simple Guide to using a Computer including Keyboard Skills
What we will cover today
• How to turn on a computer• Desktop Layout• Keyboard Layout• How to open a program e.g. Microsoft Word
• How to insert a CD or DVD• Look at free typing software• How to shut down the computer
How to…Switch on the Computer
Power button on the Monitor
Second Power Button!
Tower Unit
This power button switches on the computer
Without it the monitor will not display anything!
Desktop Layout
Icons – pictures on desktopTo activate: double-click with mouse or right-click and select ‘Open’ from shortcut menu
Vista Start button
XP Start button
QWERTY Keyboard Layout
To see what each key does, take a look at this website… http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/
QWERTY Keyboard Layout
To see what each key does, take a look at this website… http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/keyboard/
Navigational Keys
Number Lock
How to…open a program
• What is a program?• Also known as software!• Allows you to play a game or work on a computer
• Without a program you cannot do anything on the computer
• Examples – Word Processing = OpenOffice or Microsoft Word, Web browser = Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer
How to…Open a Program
Click if
using Windows XP or
if using
Windows Vista
Click name of
program you want to
open
Microsoft Word is in
a package called
Microsoft Office
Exercise: Practise your typing!
Using word processing software, type the following text – using your own name!!
My name is Ruth McAuliffe.I live in Limerick city.
Note the UPPERCASE letters – hold down the Shift key and press the letter
Put in full stops.
Press Enter (also known as Return) key to continue on new line
How to… Insert a CD/DVD
•Keep the side with the text facing upwards•Hold the CD or DVD at the edge and the hole in the centre
Free Typing Software!
Open Internet Explorer (click Start and Internet Explorer to open web browser)
Type in web address www.google.ie
Search for ‘free typing software’
Download software
Practice your typing online:www.typeonline.co.uk
How to…Shut down the Computer
• Can you switch off the computer the same way you turned it on – by using the power button?
NO!!!Windows XP – click
Windows Vista
Do you really want to shut down your computer?
Windows XP
Windows Vista or Windows 7