Basic computer class

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Basic Computer Class
Lesson 2
Learning the keyboard

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Review from Lesson 1
What is hardware?
- physical components – ex: monitor, CPU, keyboard,
etc.
What is software?
- non-physical components, instructions for the
hardware –ex: programs, operating system (Windows
XP, Vista)

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Review from Lesson 1 cont.
How do I launch a
program?
Double click on an icon
Or
Click Start button
Roll mouse up to Programs
Click on the program you want
off the menu

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Launching MS Word
Launching MS Word
1. Double click on the MS Word icon
OR
1. Click Start
2. Roll mouse up to programs
3. Click Microsoft word off of
programs menu
OR Click Microsoft Office
Click Microsoft Word
Now you can see the cursor the
blinking vertical line. Your
mouse arrow turns into a little I
with lines beside it. Just move
it out of the way, we won’t be
using it right away.

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Cursor and Arrow
Arrow - where the mouse is
currently pointing. When
you are in Microsoft Word,
your arrow turns into the
capital letter I.
Cursor - blinking vertical
line that shows you where
the mouse pointer is
located

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Shift, Backspace & Delete
Shift - used to make
capital letters and
functions active on the
top part of the key
Backspace - used to
delete text when moving
backwards over the text
(right to left)
Delete - used to erase text
when moving (left to
right)

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Lab: Shift and Backspace
4. Press the Shift key and
number 5 key
5. Press the Shift key and
letter t key
6. Press the Backspace key
to erase everything to
the left.
1. Press the Shift key
and letter a key
2. Press the Shift key
and number 2 key
3. Press the Shift key
and 4 key

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Arrow Keys, Enter Key and
Space Bar
Arrow keys - used to move the
cursor up, down, left and right
over the text without deleting
in or changing it
Enter - used to issue or confirm a
command or move your text line
down in a word processor
program, just like the return key
on a typewriter.
Space Bar – used to create one
space at a time.

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Lab: Space Bar, Arrow Keys,
Enter Key and Delete Key
1. Type: Books are great
2. Tap left arrow key until you have
the cursor before the word Books
3. Tap the delete key until you have
deleted Books
4. Type: Libraries
5. Tap your right arrow key until you
reach the end of the sentence.
6. Press Enter

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A Note about
Microsoft Word
As you will see, Microsoft Word has
interesting features.
1. A dictionary - it automatically
underlines in red, words it
doesn’t find in its built in
dictionary or if the dictionary
states it is a proper noun that
should be capitalized, as The
(see picture to the right)
2. Grammar checker - It underlines
words in green, that have more
than two spaces in between
them or if the sentence is a
fragment and so on...
You can learn more about MS Word
in a separate class

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Lab: Apostrophe, Slash,
Comma and Period
1. Making an
Apostrophe
It is the key with ‘ on it.
Located to the left of enter
key.
2. Making a forward
slash
It is the key to the left of the
right shift key
3. Making a Comma
Press the key that has < on
it, it is located by the letter
M toward the bottom right.
This creates the comma ,
4. Making a Period
Press the key that has the
> on it, right by the comma
key. This creates the
period.

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Lab 5: Typing Exercises
1. Type: Snoopy is a dog.
2. Press Enter
3. Type: Lucy’s friend is smart.
4. Press Enter
5. Type: He likes his blanket.
6. Press Enter
7. Type: Lucy charges $.05 for candy.
See how Enter moves your cursor
down one line.
Use the the arrow keys
to move the cursor through the text
1. Press the arrow key pointing up
2. Press the arrow key pointing down
3. Press the arrow key pointing left
4. Press the arrow key pointing right
See how the arrow keys can save
you time if you want to move
your cursor to the word that has
misspellings or a word you want
to change.

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Lab: Websites, Symbols
1. Type: Hello, how are you?
2. Press Enter
3. Type: ! @ # $ % ^ & *
4. Press Enter
5. Type: Hey! Where are you @, you owe me $.
Any questions?

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Lab: Difference between
Delete and Backspace
Learning the difference
between delete and
backspace
Backspace - erases text from
right to left
<= I (The direction text is
deleted from)
Delete - erases everything
from left to right
I => (The direction text is
deleted from)
Do the following exercise:
1. Type:
Snoopy and Charlie Brown are
friends
2. Press Backspace key and erase
friends
3. Use your left arrow key (move to
the left) to place the cursor before
the word Snoopy and use the
delete key to erase Snoopy

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Lab: Closing
Microsoft Word
Closing MS Word document:
1. Click X in top right hand corner
2. MS Word will ask:
“Do you want to save your changes?”
3. Click ‘No’ on the window
4. MS Word will close down
5. Look on the toolbar at the bottom of your
screen, if you have any other programs
running.
6. If you do, click on the program on the
toolbar and click X in the right hand
corner to close the program

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Start Button
Start button is located
on the bottom left of
your screen
1. Button that starts all
the programs
(including Internet
Explorer)
2. Initiates shutdown
(These are the two most
important functions)

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Lab: Shutting down the
computer
1. Click start button
2. Click shutdown
3. Click down arrow on the
textbox, click “shutdown”
4. Click OK button computer will
now shutdown all programs
and the computer will turn
itself off
This is the proper way to
shutdown a computer.

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Lab: CTRL, ALT & Delete
How to press CTRL, ALT and Delete together
1. Press Ctrl first (with left pinky), holding it
down
2. Press Alt (with second finger on left hand)
holding it down
3. Press Delete with index finger on the right
hand
Why do we need to do this?
These computers have security on them so that
you have to put in a password before they will
finish starting up. Press CTRL, ALT & Delete so
that the computer takes you to the logon screen
where you can enter your password to unlock
the computer (this is only for the library’s setup,
you won’t have to do this at home)

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Lab: Starting up the
computer
1. Press the power button on the CPU,
located on the front of the CPU
2. Wait until you see the window
picture to the right
3. Press CTRL, ALT & Delete at the
same time (refer to page 17)
4. Press Enter key when log on
window comes up Or use the
mouse and click OK
5. Computer will finish coming up
You won’t have to do press
ctrl, alt & delete at home,
this is just for the Library’s
setup.

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Questions?
Please ask any
questions.
Computers can be
a great help or
hindrance if not
used properly.