notes from class 1

Welcome to CS12 - understanding pcs
ms office package
word
excel
access
? powerpoint
html - making pages
dos - command line interface
windows

Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Exploring Microsoft Office Word 2007
Exploring Microsoft Office Access 2007

$219
$160

Exploring Microsoft Office 2007
robert grauer

office
volume 1, NOT volume 2
comprehensive is also OK, means 1 + 2

amazon
alibris
bookfinder.com


HW:
1) Get the book
start with word

2) Make sure you have Microsoft Office 2007 at home
WINWORD
EXCEL
MSACCESS
POWERPNT


What is a computer?
Something that computes.


input
keyboard, mouse, microphone
output
speakers, screen, printer
memory
short term memory
RAM
random access memory

long term memory
hard disk, floppy disk, USB
sequential memory
arithmetic ability
control

CPU
Central Processing Unit
ALU -- arithmetic / logic unit
control unit

von Neumann architecture

understandingpcs.blogspot.com
prenhall.com/grauer

web browsers
IEXPLORE
Chrome
Firefox
Opera

associations

formatting:
on the character level
on the paragraph level
on the section
three letter extension
word document ends .docx