Classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Hardware - physical components
    A.  Chips
        1. ROM
        2. PROM
        3. EPROM
        4. EEROM
        5. RAM
        6. CMOS
        7. CPU - micro processor
            a. I/0
            b. Arithmetic
                1). ^
                2). unary
                3. *,/,\,mod
                4. +,-
                5. ()
            c. Logic
                1). >
                2). <
                3). >=
                4). <=
                5). <>
                6). =
                7). And
                8). Or
                9). Not
                10). Xor
    B. Mother Board
        1. Expansion Slots
        2. NIC
        3. Modem - Modulate -demodulate
        4. Serial port - mouse
        5. Parallel port - printer
        6.
    C. Computer sizes
        1. PDA - palm hand held
        2. PC - micro computer|
        3. Mini - IBM AS400
        4. Main Frame
        5. Super computer
    D. Auxiliary Storage
        1. Floppy Drive - magnetic - random
        2. Hard Drive -  magnetic - random
        3. CD -ROM - laser light read pit in surface - Read Only
        4. CD RW laser light excites magnetic field - random - Read/Wrtie
        5. Flash Memory - voltage -random
        6. Tape - magnetic - sequential
    E. Monitors
        1. Standard -
            a. Pixels - dots on screen more pixel better the picture


II. Operating System
    A. System Tools
        1. Format -
            a. address
            b. tracks and sectors
            c. FAT
            d. BIOs
        2. Clean Disk
        3. DeFrag
        4. Back Up
            a. start up disk
            b. Full Back Up
            c. Incremental
    B. Explorer - file manager
        1. Folders
        2.  Files 
            a. Move
            b. Copy
            c. Delete
            d. Rename
        3. Click, Shift-Click
        4. Ctrl-Click
|      5. Right-Click
        6. Alt-PriScn
        7. Alt-Tab
    C. Code
        1. ASCII- American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
            a. 8 binary digits = Byte
            b. Byte =  A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, American Punctuation
            c. Run on all american PC's.
    D. Files
        1. .exe - executable file - binary format
        2. .doc -  word document data file
        3. .mdb - access database  data file
        4. TIFF - graphic - embed or link
        5. JPG  graphic  embed or link
        6. BMP - paint graphic  embed or link
        7. .TXT - notepad data file
III. Networks
    A. LAN - local area network
    B. WAN - wide area network
    C. Internet - publicly owned world wide network
    D. Intranet - privately owned world wide network
    E. ISP
    F. Browser
    G. HTTP, HTML
    H. Client/Server
    I. Peer to Peer
IV. Word
    A. Key Strokes
        1. backspace
        2. Home
        3. Ctrl-Home
        4. Ctrl - End
        5. End
        6.
    B. Tool bars
        1. Standard
            a. format painter
                1). multiple objects
                2). single object
            b. save
            c. Print
            d. copy
            e. Paste
            f. cut
            g. spell check
            h. print preview
            i. hyper link
            j. show and hide
            k. Zoom
            l. undo
            m. redo
            
        2. Formatting
            a. increase indent
            b. decrease indent
            c. Numbered list
            d. Bulleted list
            e. Fonts
                1). Point size
            f. Bold
            g.. Underline
            h.  Italic
            i. Left align - default
            j. Center
            k. Right Align
            l. Justify
        3. Drawing
            a. word art
            b. insert picture
            c.
        4. Picture
            a. crop
            b. sizing
            c. Text wrapping
            d. contrast
            e. brightness
    C. Formatting
        1. Tab alignment - how do you set
            a. Left 
            b. Right
            c. Center
            d. Decimal
            e. vertical bar
       
        10. Tables
            a. row and columns
            b. borders and shading
        11. Header/Footer how to use and get to
        12. Hard copy - printed copy

 
    E. Mouse actions
        a. with right pointing arrow on left margin
            1). single click
            2). double click
            3). triple click
         b. I beam
        c. cursor
       

    F. Menus
        a. Find and Replace
        b. clipboard
        c. task pane
        d. templates
            a. library
            b. online  
      G. Spell Checker
            a. red wavy line
            b. green wavy line
            c. add words
        H. Misc
            a. file save as - redirect location and/or change name of file
            b. Smart tag
            c. AutoCorrect
            d. status bar
            e. title bar
            f. auto page break - adjust dynamically
            g. move text - highlight, click and drag
            h. cut and paste to another document - how do
            i. hanging indent
            j. section and section breaks formatting
            k. vertical alignment
            l. columns
                1). snaking
                2). continuous break
                3. line down the center of the columns
            m. Symbol
                1). special characters
                2). symbols
            n. Web page -
             o. Mail Merge
             p. Source document
             q. Envelops, Labels, Letters
              r. Data source - access table, word table, comma delineated file

 

Excel
1. used for spreadsheet, general ledger, what if scenarios.
2. VisCalac 1st spreadsheet = 1981  ran on apple ii2
3. Lotus 123 1982  IBM PC
4. Excel  1991
5.  255 column by 65536 rows by 255 sheets make up an excel workbook
6. Text is aligned left by default
7. Number are aligned right by default
8. Auto Complete is used with Jan to Dec, Mon to Sun, Qtr 1 to Qtr 2, etc.
9. Auto Fill is used to copy and to sequence numbers by filling in the first cell and the the increment number in the second cell and then using auto fill to sequence.
10. Relative relationship copy changes the formula relative to the cell that it is copied to.
11. Absolute relationship copy keeps the formula or part of the formula the same when copied.
12. F4 is the absolute key   $ is symbol used to have a absolute copy.
13. all formulas and functions begin with an = sign
14. f5 is the go to key
15. Ctrl Home take you to the first cell a1
16. Cells are referenced by Column and Row
17. =Sum(), =Max(), =Min(),=Average()   what goes inside of the parenthesis is called the argument and is usually a range of cells.
18. =Sum(A1:B15, C12, B345:C543)  A!:B15  is a contiguous block of cells called a range.
19. Charts
20. Pie Chart
21. Line Chart
22. Column Chart
23. X axis, Y axis, title, legend, grid,
24. Imbedded vs link graphic or chart
25. Format, Cell, center across selection, indent
26. if(cond,True,False) can be nested only seven deep.
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