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How Do You Communicate With The Computer?: Save (CTRL + S)

You can communicate with the computer using a graphical user interface (GUI) by giving instructions through a mouse. In programs like Microsoft Word, there is a ribbon across the top of the window with tabs, buttons, and icons called commands that allow you to give instructions. Icons are small pictures that represent commands or programs, like saving a file, changing font styles, and formatting text. Common icons in Word allow you to save, cut, copy, paste, change font styles, size, color, and align or format paragraphs.

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How Do You Communicate With The Computer?: Save (CTRL + S)

You can communicate with the computer using a graphical user interface (GUI) by giving instructions through a mouse. In programs like Microsoft Word, there is a ribbon across the top of the window with tabs, buttons, and icons called commands that allow you to give instructions. Icons are small pictures that represent commands or programs, like saving a file, changing font styles, and formatting text. Common icons in Word allow you to save, cut, copy, paste, change font styles, size, color, and align or format paragraphs.

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HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMPUTER?

In the windows environment you can communicate with the computer using a Graphical User Interface (GUI -
pronounced Gooey). This means you give instructions to the computer by using a mouse to click on icons, tabs and
buttons. In Microsoft Word there is a ribbon which goes across the window. This is where you can find a set of tabs,
a series of buttons, icons and controls called commands.

Do you know your icons?


An icon is a small symbol or picture that represents a series of instructions or programs.

ICON Name / Function / Short Cut Command ICON Name / Function / Short Cut Command

Save (Ctrl + S) Font (Ctrl + Shift + F)

Undo (Ctrl + Z) Font size (Ctrl + Shift + P)

Redo (Ctrl + Y) Bold (Ctrl + B)

Paste (Ctrl + V) Italic (Ctrl + I)

Cut (Ctrl + X) Underline (Ctrl + U)

Copy (Ctrl + C) Text effects

Bullets - Start a bulleted list Text Highlight Colour

Numbering – Start a numbered list Font Colour

Multilevel List – Start a multilevel list Align Text Left (Ctrl + L)

Borders Centre (Ctrl + E)

Shading – Colour background Align Text Right (Ctrl + R)

Show/hide paragraph marks Justify (Ctrl + J)

Line & paragraph spacing Change Case

Decrease indent Increase indent

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