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Chapter 1
Introduction to
Information Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 1.1 Introduction to Computers. . . . . . . . .4
Digital Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Communication Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Categories of Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Basic Parts and Functions of a Computer . . . . 9
Section 1.2 Internet and Malware . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using Search Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Computer Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Chapter Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Application and Extension of Knowledge . . . . . .27
Capstone Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Chapter 2
Introduction to System
and Application Software . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 2.1 System Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Operating Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows Operating System Overview . . . . . 35
Section 2.2 Application Software . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Productivity Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Chapter Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Application and Extension of Knowledge . . . . . .53
Capstone Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Chapter 3
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Section 3.1 File and Folder Names . . . . . . . . . . .58
Windows File and Folder Names . . . . . . . . . . 59
Windows File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 3.2 Locating Files and Folders. . . . . . . . .73
Locating Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sorting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sharing Files Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 3.3 Organizing Files and Folders. . . . . . .80
Copying and Moving Files and Folders. . . . . 81
Deleting Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Section 3.4 File Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Windows Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
File Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
File Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
File Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Chapter Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Application and Extension of Knowledge . . . . . .97
Capstone Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Chapter 4
Common Offi ce
Application Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Section 4.1 Starting Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Launching Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Common Features and Functions . . . . . . . . . 105
Displaying Multiple Windows . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Section 4.2 Saving, Printing,
and Opening Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Saving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Printing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Closing Files and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Opening Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Section 4.3 Editing and Formatting . . . . . . . . . .121
Editing Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Inserting Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Reversing Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Searching for Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Moving, Copying, Cutting, and Pasting
Text and Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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