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.