Intro to Computer - Final Review
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- A user interface that communicates with the user with Graphics and Text (GUI)
- Graphical User Interface
- Means moving the mouse over an object and resting the mouse on something.
- Point
- Means to press and release the primary mouse button.
- Click
- This is shown at the bottom of the screen and has the Start button, Taskbar button area, and notifications.
- Taskbar
- This allows you to launch a program quicky.
- Start Button
- This indicates that there are submenus when pointing to a command.
- Right Arrow
- (...) indicates more information is required to execute a command.
- Ellipse
- This is pressing and releasing the secondary mouse button.
- Right Click
- This means you quickly press and release the left mouse button twice.
- Double Click
- The window that you are currently using or that is currently selected.
- Active Window
- Pressing this means the My Computer window is no longer displayed and recessed in dark blue.
- Minimize Button
- This maximizes a window so that it fills the entire screen of the monitor.
- Maximize Button
- This is on the title bar of a window and removes the taskbar button from the taskbar.
- Close Button
- Means to point to an item, press the left mouse button and hold it down to move the item to the desired location.
- Drag
- Means to point to an item, press the right mouse button and hold while you move the item to the desired location.
- Right Drag
- If you click this, Windows XP will move an icon from its current location to the new location.
- Move Here
- This command will reset everything you have done before you started the operation.
- Cancel Command
- An application Program included in Windows XP; allows you to view contents of the computer.
- Windows Explorer
- This command moves a folder and permanently removes it from its original location.
- Move Here
- Allows you to change the name of a folder.
- Rename
- Removes a file from the hard drive and places it in the Recycle Bin.
- Delete Files
- A full featured word processing program.
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- A blinking vertical line and indicates where text will be inserted.
- Insertion Point
- The Spelling a Grammar icon checks grammar and spelling. Which color is for spelling and which is for grammar?
- Green is Grammar and Red is Spelling
- This allows you to type words in a paragraph without having to press enter at the end of a line.
- Word Wrap
- This is a saved document.
- File
- The name assigned to a file when it is saved.
- File Name
- The default alignment for paragraphs; flush with the left margin.
- Left Aligned
- Alignment in which the paragraph is flush with the right margin.
- Right Aligned
- This button allows you to cancel recent commands.
- Undo Button
- This allows you to place underscores under each letter of the text.
- Underlined
- This is where the clip art is located and organized.
- Clip Organizer
- This includes both enlarging and reducing the size of a graphic.
- Resizing
- Word selects a graphic by placing this around it.
- Selection Rectangle
- Each Selection rectangle has small squares on the corners to use for resizing.
- Sizing Handles
- In this; Word inserts a character and moves all of the other characters to the right.
- Insert Mode
- In this; Word replaces characters to the right of the insertion point.
- Overtype Mode
- This is a powerful spread sheet program allows the user to; organize data, calculate, graph data, and other things.
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003
- This is above the grid and identifies columns.
- Column Heading
- A number on the left side of the grid identifies the rows.
- Row Heading
- This is the insection of each row and column.
- Cell
- Each worksheet has this many cells.
- 16,777,216 cells
- This is the cell in which you are entering data.
- Active Cell
- This function allows one to add all of the cells that are chosen.
- SUM function
- This is each adjusted cell reference.
- Relative Reference
- This involves creating a new cell by combining 2 or more cells together.
- Merging Cells
- This is a built-in selection of formats including; font size, font color, etc.
- Autoformat
- This is a chart that is drawn into the same worksheet as the data.
- Embedded Chart
- This is a powerful data base systen that allows you to create and process a data base.
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
- This contains information about a certain person, product, or event.
- Record
- This contains specific information within a record.
- Field
- This is a unique number given to only one record.
- Unique identifier
- The Unique identifier is also called what?
- Primary Key
- This automatically corrects common mistakes in Access as text is typed.
- Auto Correct feature
- This is the unique name given to each field.
- Field Name
- This indicates the type of data the field contains.
- Data Type
- This is a detailed description entered to describe the field.
- Description
- Any characters; numbers, letters, etc.
- Text
- The field can contain only what?
- Numbers
- This key sets the size of the field.
- F6 Key
- This allows you to see the data contained in a form.
- Form View
- This is a professional presentation graphics program that allows you to create presentations.
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- The default slide layout in PowerPoint is what?
- Landscape
- This contains one of many objects including; text, title, graphics etc. in a PowerPoint presentation.
- Slide
- These are boxes placed when you create a new slide.
- Placeholders
- This porvides consistency in design and color throughout a presentation in PowerPoint
- Design Template