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DOS
- HW & SW. Computer components. SW installed - overview, functions and capabilities.
- Diskettes, discs, drives.
- Structuring information on the hard-disc. General principles. Directories, directories’ tree.
- Work with files:
- Types of files
- File name, rules, elements
- File Size, Date, Time
- Copying files
- Deleting files
- Searching files
- Work with directories:
- Creating directories and sub-directories
- Deleting directories
- Copying directories
- defining Path for searching information
WINDOWS
- Windows – graphical operation system.
- Principles of structuring programme. Finishing the work – rules and variants.
- Types of programmes. Starting applications.
- Types of icons. Activation.
- Windows. Structure, elements, Sizes, work with them. Dialog boxes - types, structure of the information in them. “Dialog” rules.
- Menus. Structuring. Types of commands.
- Work with menus and commands
- Control Panel.
WINWORD
- Programme structure. Embedded Programs. Differences between text editors and text editing programmes.
- Starting programme. Ways of starting.
- Work-window. Elements, purpose action.
- Buttons. Purpose, use.
- Editing the work-window. Editing toolbars.
- View (Normal, Page Layout, Print Preview). Purpose, work.
- Opening file. Variants.
- Creating new document.
- Work with text:
- Highlighting text – different ways
- Cutting, pasting, copying
- Justification, bold, underlying
- Formatting text:
- Work with styles:
- Normal, Heading, Body Text, etc.
- Redefining style
- Creating new style. Document Templates
- Style sheet
- Page design and text on it. Margins, Paper size and orientation.
- Text in columns:
- Defining columns by the column button
- Defining columns by the Columns command
- Including texts or grapgical objects
- Rearranging column text
- Tables:
- Putting-in, deleting, editing data in tables
- Calculations with digital data
- Editing table parameters
- Merge cells
- Split Tables
- Convert text to table and visa versa
- Borders and Shading Commands.
- Graphics:
- Use of MSGraf or the special button for presenting digital data in graphic view.
- Including graphical objects:
- Including ready graphical object into the text document
- Using MSDraw (or PaintBrush) for development of own graphical object
- Colour pallets and design tools
- Fonts edition and component of the composition
- Work in regime Mail Merge:
- Main Document
- Data Source
- Merge Fields
- Merging documents
MS Excel
- Work window elements.
- Data input.
- Editing.
- Document formatting.
- Work in Print Preview.
- Graphic developed on the basis of existing data.
- Data-base development:
- Data organisation and management
- Sorting and filtering.
MS POWER POINT
- Development of presentations, slides. Templates, masters, layout outlines, notes, handouts etc.
- Input, edition, formatting, and art formatting text on slide.
- Use of Draw tools.
- Work with Power Point objects – ready applications, shapes, drawing free forms. Columns, grouping, cutting, copying, pasting, changing sizes.
- Graphics development.
- Automation of the presentation – request for presentation style, duration, etc.
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