Parts of the Computer System Some devices are input and output
• Touch screens
● Hardware
Mechanical devices in the computer ● Processing devices
Anything that can be touched
Brains of the computer
● Software Carries out instructions from the
program
Tell the computer what to do
Manipulate the data
Also called a program
Thousands of programs exist Most computers have several
processors
● Data Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Secondary processors
Pieces of information
Processors made of silicon and
Computer organize and present data
copper
● Users
● Memory devices
People operating the computer
– Stores data or programs
Most Important part
Tell the computer what to do – Random Access Memory (RAM)
Information Processing Cycle Volatile
Stores current data and programs
Steps followed to process data:
More RAM results in a faster system
Input
– Read Only Memory (ROM)
Processing
Output Permanent storage of programs
Storage Holds the computer boot directions
Essential Computer Hardware ● Storage devices
● Computers use the same basic hardware Hold data and programs
permanently
Hardware categorized into four types
Different from RAM
● Input and output devices Magnetic storage
• Floppy and hard drive
Allows the user to interact
• Uses a magnet to access data
Input devices accept data
Optical storage
• Keyboard, mouse
• CD and DVD drives
Output devices dellver data
• Uses a laser to access data
• Monitor, printer, speaker
If you make a mistake while typing, just The cursor – a blinking vertical line in the
press the BACKSPACE key to “erase” the upper-left corner of the page.
incorrect characters or words.
Software Runs The Machine
The ribbon, which sits above the
Tells the computer what to do document, and includes a set of buttons
Reason people purchase computers and commands that you use to do things in
and with your document (like print it).
Two types of Software:
A blank document, which looks like a white
System software sheet of paper and takes up most of the
Application software window.
In the document, look for the cursor, which
tells you where the content you type will
appear on the page. Word waits for you to
start typing.
The first time you open Word
If you’d like to start typing further down the
When you open Word, you see two things, page instead of at the very top, press the
or main parts: ENTER key on your keyboard until the cursor
is where you want to type.
When you start typing, the text you type
pushes the cursor to the right. If you get to
the end of a line, just continue to type. The
text and the insertion point will move on to
the next line for you.
Once you’ve finished typing your first
paragraph, press the ENTER key to go to
the next paragraph. If you want more space
between the two paragraphs (or any two
paragraphs), press ENTER again and then
start typing your second paragraph.
If you think that you are right, and Word is
wrong, then you can right-click the word
and ignore the suggested revisions and get
rid of the underlines.
Wavy lines like these warn you of spelling
and grammar mistakes.
for the sentence. For example, you type
“too,” but the word should be “to.”
The press release you’re typing announces
the net income and price per share for
Contoso Pharmaceuticals.
You can call attention to this important
As you type, Word will warn you if make
information by adding emphasis with bold,
spelling or grammar mistakes by inserting a
italic, or underlined formatting.
wavy red, green, or blue underline beneath
the text that it thinks is an error. Each tab has several groupsof commands
Red underline: This indicates either a that show related items together.
possible spelling error or that Word doesn’t
recognize a word, such as a proper name or On the Hometab, look for the Font group,
place. where you’ll see buttons and commands
that perform a specific action on your
Green underline: Word thinks that
document. For example, the Bold button
grammar should be revised.
makes the text bold. Or you can change the
Blue underline: A word is spelled correctly font color and size of text with the Font
Colorand Font Size buttons.
but does not seem to be the correct word There are many ways to emphasize text
You right-click an underlined word including bold, italic, and underlined
to see suggested revisions. formatting.
Click a revision to replace the word in
the document and get rid of the
underlines.
This is the most common margin width,
which you might use for most of your
documents. But if you want different
margins, you should know how to change
them, which you can at any time.
The Paragraph and Styles groups, on the
Home tab.
Backstage view, where you can save and
print your document.
HOHAYY
The Marginsbutton on the Page layout tab.
Page margins are the blank spaces around
the edges of the page. There is a 1-inch
(2.54 cm) page margin at the top, bottom,
left, and right sides of the page.
