Basic Computer Skills

Basic Computer Skills Created by David C. Wheeler. 2009. Runs best on PowerPoint 2003 or later.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: The next few slides will familiarize you with them.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: On the picture below, click on the mouse.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a computer: Sorry! Click here to try again! On the picture below, locate the mouse.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a computer: Very good! The mouse is the pointing device. Click to go to the next question. On the picture below, locate the mouse.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: On the picture below, click on the keyboard.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a computer: Yes! The keyboard is used to enter data by typing! Click to go to the next question. On the picture below, locate the keyboard.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: On the picture below, click on the monitor.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a computer: Very good! The monitor looks like a television screen. Click to go to the next question. On the picture below, locate the monitor.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a computer: Some monitors look like this! On the picture below, locate the monitor.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: On the picture below, click on the CPU.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: Sorry! Click here to try again! On the picture below, locate the mouse.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: Yes! The CPU holds the “brains” of the computer, and is where the disk drive is found! Click to go to the next slide. 4. On the picture below, locate the CPU.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: Sometimes the monitor sits on the CPU. On the picture below, locate the CPU.

Basic Computer Skills On the CPU of a desktop computer, you will find the button that turns it on.

Basic Computer Skills On the CPU of a desktop computer, you usually find a CD-ROM drive. It looks like this:

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: On the picture below, locate the printer.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: Sorry! Click here to try again! On the picture below, locate the mouse.

Basic Computer Skills Here are the parts of a desktop computer: Very good! The printer is your output device for documents! Click to go to the next question. On the picture below, locate the printer.

Basic Computer Skills Here’s something you might see on a computer screen! On the picture below, locate the cursor. _

Basic Computer Skills Here’s something you might see on a computer screen! Sorry! Click here to try again! On the picture below, locate the cursor. _

Basic Computer Skills Very good! The cursor is the little mark that shows you where you are on the screen! Click to go to the next slide. Here are the parts of a desktop computer: On the picture below, locate the cursor. _

Basic Computer Skills Now let’s look at a laptop (sometimes called “notebook”) computer. Its parts may look different, but they work the same. The size of a laptop screen is measured diagonally: The screen is the “monitor” of the laptop.

Basic Computer Skills A laptop also has a keyboard to type in data:

Basic Computer Skills The button to turn the computer on and off is found on the top…

Basic Computer Skills … or on the front.

Basic Computer Skills Instead of a mouse, most laptops have a touchpad to move the cursor: If you can’t (or don’t want to) use the touch pad, you can plug a mouse into one of the USB ports on the side or back of the laptop! You will learn about those in a later slide.

Basic Computer Skills You almost never find a 3.5” disk drive on a laptop, but most do have a CD-ROM drive on one side:

Basic Computer Skills Laptops usually have places (called “ports”) to plug things into them on the sides…

Basic Computer Skills … or sometimes on the back.

Basic Computer Skills Okay. That covers the basic parts of a computer. Now: what can you use it for? There are any number of tools called “software” or “programs” that can do many things. Let’s look at some of the most common pieces of software you might need.

Basic Computer Skills One type of software you will use is a Word Processor. Word Processors are used to create documents, much as you once used a typewriter. Microsoft Word is one of the most common. It looks something like this:

Basic Computer Skills Below is the top of the Word Processor screen. The little pictures are called “icons,” and when you click on them they enable you to do something. Each of them has a different function. Let’s look at a few!

Basic Computer Skills See if you can guess which icon would open a document you have previously saved. Click on the one you think would do it!

Basic Computer Skills On the picture below, what icon would you click on to open a document? Hmmm…. No, I don’t think so! Click to try again.

Basic Computer Skills See if you can guess which icon you would click on to open a document you have previously saved. Way to go! You got it right! Click to go on.

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you are ready to print a document?

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you are ready to print a document? Hmmm…. No, I don’t think so! Click to try again.

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you are ready to print a document? Woohoo! Give yourself a pat on the back! Click to go to the next question

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you want to save a document?

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you want to save a document? Hmmm…. No, I don’t think so! Click to try again.

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you want to save a document? Very good! Click to go to the next question.

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you want to start a new page?

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you want to start a new page? Hmmm…. No, I don’t think so! Click to try again.

Basic Computer Skills What icon would you click on when you want to start a new page? Good job! You are correct! Click to go on to the next.

Basic Computer Skills If you clicked on the icon with the circle around it, how do you think it would change the text? make it bold make it italic underline it

Sorry… Incorrect. Click to try again! Now… let’s look at some word processing terms! 11. On the picture, if you clicked on the icon with the circle around it, how would it change the text? make it bold make it italic underline it

Basic Computer Skills Now… let’s look at some word processing terms! Correct… Good work! Click to go on to the next question. If you clicked on the icon with the circle around it, how do you think it would change the text? make it bold make it italic underline it

Basic Computer Skills