HAYDON SCHOOL
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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Can you label the picture of the computer shown below? Use the list of words to help you. Monitor, Mouse mat, Computer, Keyboard, Mouse
Now it's time to use the computer 1. The computer is asking you to enter your user name and your password. Your user name is a unique code that starts with your year of entry followed by your surname. E.g. A year 7 student may have the user name: 01BARNETT.
2. Type in your user name using the keyboard, the numbers and letters should appear on the monitor screen.
3. Now click in the box below that is labelled Password: and type in your password (at the moment your password is password). 4. At the moment all the students in your class have the same password and they could get into your computer files and take a look at what you have written! You need to think of a password that only you know to make sure that all your files are private. What could your new password be? It's important that :
Remember: if you forget your password you will not be able to use a computer! 5. Click on Network in the bottom right corner, then on Change Password type in password as your current password. Then type in your new password. (the password will not appear on the screen!) 6. Retype your password and then click OK A message should appear: The password has been successfully changed Now answer the questions... Q1. Why do you need to have a password?
Q2. Why do you think it is not a good idea to write your password down?
You are now logged onto the network. You will now see a screen with a variety of icons. This is the Screen Manager window.
To log off the network 1. Click on the logoff icon and then from the window that appears choose OK and log on with your new password. 2. Now select ICT from Topic Selector and click on OK. Loading a program
3. Once you have logged onto the network you can
use any of the programs that are available to you by clicking on the
icon for that program. For example, double click on the Microsoft Word icon This will open the word processing application Microsoft Word. Closing a program 1. To close a program click on the X in the top right hand corner.
Or go to the File menu and select Exit. Minimising, Maximising and Restoring windows 1. Load Microsoft Word. 2. The area in which you write your text is called a window. Minimise this window by clicking on the lower minimise icon.
3. The window will now appear as below:
1. To Restore the window click here. The window will return to its original size.
2. If you now click on the Maximise icon the window will fill the area available.
Moving and changing the size of windows. 1. Load Microsoft Word. 2. Click on the restore icon for the window. 3. Now move the cursor to the top right hand corner of the window until a double arrow appears in its place. 4. Click and drag the window downwards and to the left, continue until the window is roughly the same size as the window below : 5. You can move the window by clicking and dragging from inside the blue bar at the top of the window. Loading and using two or more programs at the same time Sometimes you may wish to use more than one program. This is called Multi-tasking. The example below shows how to transfer information between programs. 1. Double click on the Microsoft Word icon. 2. Minimise Microsoft Word 3. Double click on the Microsoft Excel icon. 4. Type inside one of the cells the word Haydon.
5. Copy this word by clicking on the copy icon 6. Now minimise Microsoft Excel. 7. Both Word and Excel are still open and can be maximised. 8. To maximise Microsoft Word click on the 9. Word is now maximised.
10. Click inside the text window and then click on the Paste icon.
11. The word Haydon should appear on the screen. An alternative method If you hold down the Alt key and then press the tab key until Microsoft Word appears on the screen, then let go of the Alt key. Creating a folder or directory It is a good idea to organise your work into different directories or folders. 1. Double click on the
2. Click on File, then New, and then Folder.
3. Call the directory Temp (This can be used for files that you don’t want to keep for a long time).
4. Press Enter on your keyboard. You have made a directory called Temp.
5. Click on Exit to close My Work. Saving a file 1. Load Microsoft Word 2. Type the word Haydon 3. From the File menu select Save as… 4. To save it into the Temp directory double click on Temp. 5. Now where it says File Name, type in a name for your file (Haydon)
6. Click on Save – You have saved a file called Haydon in the Temp directory. Opening a file To open a file select Open from the File Menu. Click on the file that you want to open from the list. Now click on the word Open. Skills check list I can:
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