Computer's Gk - Know More & Quick View

Ctrl+5:1.5 line spacing. These shortcuts will not work from the numeric keypad.

Ctrl+2: Double line spacing

Ctrl+1: Single line spacing

Line spacing is the amount of space between the lines of text in a paragraph. Click Indent and Spacing  table in Paragraph dialog box and click on the drop down menu for Line Spacing. Select any Line Spacing option.

To cancel a search, press Escape key.

The shortcut key for Replace is CTRL + H.

The shortcut key for Find is CTRL + F.

When the document is saved, the file name appears on the Title bar.

To save your document, press Ctrl + S key combination.

To view the dotted line page break, click on Normal View button.

To Insert Page Break, select Page Break option in Break dialog box.

Computer GK - Know the fact

Header and footer are not displayed in Normal View. To view them on the screen click on Print Preview or Print Layout view

In MS-Word, the file is saved with an extension .doc.

To insert a line between the columns, click on the Line between Check box.

To create columns of different widths, specify width in the spin boxes. It will be activated only if you clear the Equal Column width check box.

Click on, 'Equal Column width' check box to define columns of equal width

You can also Insert columns by clicking on Format > Columns command and selecting the desired option like Two from 'Presets' section. Click on drop down arrow in Apply To text box and select 'Whole document' and click on OK.

Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft. It 1st appeared in the early 1990's containing Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Charles W. Bachman received Turing Award in 1973 for his outstanding contribution in database technology.

Visi Calc was the 1st computer spreadsheet program.

Seymour Rubinstein founded Micro Pro International Inc. in 1978. Micro Pro made the Word Star Word processor.

Pegasus software for accounting & financial management was among the 1st software launched for the MS DOS platform.

The term "software" was 1st used by John W. Tukey in 1957.

In 1617, John Napier made a calculating device - a set of rectangular rods called Napier's Bones. The rods were made up of carved bones, which were used for performing addition, subtraction, multiplication, division & square roots.

Around 1820, Charles Xavier Thomas created the 1st successful mechanical calculator, the Thomas Arithmometer that could add substract multiply and divide based on Leibniz's work.

In 1890, the United States Census Bureau used punch cards and sorting machines designed by Herman Hollerith.

Reynold B.Johnson (1906 - 1998) is regarded as the father of the disk drive.

Fill in the blanks - More on MS Word - 6th class

 Fill in the blanks - More on MS Word - 6th class

1..... format places the selected text slightly below the lines of normal printed text. Ans: subscript

2. The shortcut key to replace the text is. Ans Ctrl + H

3. To copy formatting to multiple text,----the Format Painter button and apply the effect. Ans: Click

4. ------ option is used to insert column break. Ans: Insert --> Break--->column break

5. .. key is used to move the cursor at certain spaces in document. Ans: Tab

6. The default tab stops are set at every ......inch. Ans: 0.5

State True or False:

1. By default, the top margin is set at 1.25 inch. Ans: False

2. Format Painter tool is used to copy the formatted text to another selection. Ans: True

3. Tab Key is used to move the cursor at certain spaces in a document.  Ans: True

4. You can set tabs by clicking on the horizontal ruler. Ans: True

Fill in the blanks in More on MS Word - 6th class

 Answer in one word or a sentence:

1. Which format places the selected text slightly below the line of normal printed text? 

Ans: Subscript

 2. Which option is used to find any text in the document?

Ans: Finding text in a Word document

3. Which option is used to divide your document in two or more columns?

Ans: Columns break

 4. Which feature moves the paragraph or line to a specific number of places?

Ans: Indenting text

 5. In which menu do you find the Header and Footer option?

Ans: View 

6. What are the default settings of left and right margins?

Ans: 0.5 inch

 7. Which button is used to shift the selected text 1/2 inch away from the left margin?

Ans: increase indent. 

8. Which button is used to create a multi column document?

columns button

Working with Windows - Quick view

MS DOS was the most popular operating system chosen for IBM PC. IBM'S version of DOS was called IBM - DOS or PC - DOS.

Press Shift + Del, to delete files / folders permanently.

To copy multiple files and folders, press and hold down the Ctrl key and click on the files to be copied. The files will be selected. Now you can copy them.

To rename a file/folder, right - click on it and select Rename option from the shortcut menu. Type the new name and press the Enter key.

To select a consecutive group of files, click on the first file. Hold down the Shift key and click on the last file.

Fill in the blanks

1. MS Windows is an - (Operating System)

2. To customize the desktop, right - click on the blank area and select the - option. (Properties)

3.A - is like a container in which we can store similar types of file. (folder)

4. - are the graphical images that give a quick access to the related application. (icons)

5. - gives you a complete view of the available drives and their contents. (My computer)

6. We can restore the deleted files from the - (Recycle Bin)

working with windows - Learn Commonly used Icons - 5th class

Lets's know about commonly used icons:

	My Computer	Gives you a view of available drives and their contents stored on the computer system. Double-clicking on a drive icon will display the folders contained in that drive.
	Application Icons	These are the graphical images that give a quick access to the related application.
	Shortcut Icons	A Shortcut is an icon containing a direct route to a specific application, document or folder etc. It has a small jump arrow in its lower left corner.
	Document Icon	The active document window of an application can be minimized to a document icon which gets placed on the taskbar. You can restore the document window by clicking the Document icon.
	My Network Places	Allows you to access the shared files or devices on different computers in a Network environment.
	Recycle Bin	It works like a trash bin (dustbin) used for throwing the unwanted papers. These papers can be taken out, if needed. Recycle Bin is a folder that holds the deleted objects. Until it is emptied, we can take back the deleted files and restore them to their original location.