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Computer Basics
Darren JefferyThousand Oaks Library
Library Information Systems Department
What Are They?
• Tools used to create, manipulate, store, and retrieve data.
•That’s all, Folks!
How Is This Accomplished?
• Computer Hardware: The Mechanical, Magnetic, Electronic, and Electrical Components Making Up a Computer System. These Devices Include:
The CPU, or Central Processing Unit:
The Monitor:
Hardware, Continued
The Keyboard:
The Mouse:
The Printer:
Hardware, Continued.
CD and DVD Drives:CD/DVD Drive
USB “Flash” Drives:
Floppy Discs:
How Is this Accomplished?, pt.2
• Computer Software: An Application Held In The Memory Of A Computer To Be Recalled In Order To Perform A Specific Task.
Examples: The Thousand Oaks Library Catalog, Google Earth, Microsoft Power Point, and Microsoft Word.
Software can make difficult tasks seem EASY!!!
Customizing Text
• BOLD text
• Italics text
• Underline text
• FoNT STYLES
•FONT SIZE• Paragraph Alignment
Manipulating Text
• The “Cut” Command
• The “Copy” Command
• The “Paste” Command
• The “Undo” Command
• The “Redo” Command
• The “Save” and “Save As” Commands