ANSHU PAL - Project - of - Computer - Science - and - Engineering
ANSHU PAL - Project - of - Computer - Science - and - Engineering
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BASIC COMPUTER ENGINEERING
(BT205)
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
(Electronics and Communication Engineering)
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PRACTICAL NO. 1
INTRODUCTION: - Word Processor is a Software package that enables you to create, edit, print
and save documents for future retrieval and reference. Creating a document involves typing by
using a keyboard and saving it. Editing a document involves correcting the spelling mistakes, if
any, deleting or moving words sentences or paragraphs.
(a) Advantages of Word Processing:- One of the main advantages of a word processor over a
conventional typewriter is that a word processor enables you to make changes to a document
without retyping the entire document.
(b) Features of Word Processing:- Most Word Processor available today allows more than
just creating and editing documents. They have wide range of other tools and functions, which are
used in formatting the documents. The following are the main features of a Word Processor
i. Text is typing into the computer, which allows alterations to be made easily.
ii. Words and sentences can be inserted, amended or deleted. iii. Paragraphs
or text can be copied /moved throughout the document. iv. Margins and page
length can be adjusted as desired.
v. Spelling can be checked and modified through the spell check facility.
vi. Multiple document/files can be merged.
vii. Multiple copies of letters can be generated with different addresses through the mail-
merge facility.
(c) Some Common Word Processing Packages:- The followings are examples of some popular
word processor available
• Soft word
• WordStar
• Word perfect
• Microsoft word
i. Using word you can create the document and edit them later, as and when required, by
adding more text, modifying the existing text, deleting/moving some part of it.
ii. Changing the size of the margins can reformat complete document or part of text.
iii. Font size and type of fonts can also be changed. Page numbers and Header and Footer
can be included.
iv. Spelling can be checked and correction can be made automatically in the entire document.
Word count and other statistics can be generated.
v. Text can be formatted in columnar style as we see in the newspaper. Text boxes can be
made.
vii. Word also allows the user to mix the graphical pictures with the text. Graphical pictures
can either be created in word itself or can be imported from outside like from Clip Art
Gallery.
ix. Word also has the facility of macros. Macros can be either attached to some
function/special keys or to a tool bar or to a menu.
1. Take the mouse pointer to START button on the task bar. Click the left mouse button. The
monitor will show like as follows:
Fig..1
2. Move the pointer to programs. You will notice another menu coming up to the right.
3. In that menu identify where Microsoft word is placed. Move the cursor horizontally to
come out of programs.
4. Move into the rectangular area meant for Microsoft word. Click the left mouse button
there. The computer will start MS-WORD. You will find the screen as follows.
a. Title Bar :- The title bar displays the name of the currently active word document. Like
other WINDOWS applications, it can be used to alter the size and location of the word
window.
b. Tool Bars :- Word has a number of tool bars that help you perform task faster and with
great ease. Two of the most commonly tool bars are the formatting tool bar and the standard
tool bar. These two toolbars are displayed just below the title bar. At any point of time any
tool bar can be made ON or OFF through the tool bar option of View Menu.
(c) Ruler Bar:- The Ruler Bar allows you to format the vertical alignment of text in a document.
(d) Status Bar:- The Status Bar displays information about the currently active document. This
includes the page number that you are working, the column and line number of the cursor
position and so on.
(e) Scroll Bar:- The Scroll Bar helps you scroll the content or body of document. You can do so
by moving the elevator button along the scroll bar, or by click in on the buttons with the arrow
marked on them to move up and down and left and right of a page.
(f) Workspace :- The Workspace is the area in the document window was you enter/type the text
of your document.
(g) Main Menu:- The Word main menu is displayed at the top of the screen as shown in the Fig.
9.1. The main menu further displays a sub menu. Some of the options are highlighted options and
some of them appear as faded options. At any time, only highlighted options can be executed,
faded options are not applicable. Infect if the option is faded you will not be able to choose it. You
may not that any option faded under present situation may become highlighted under different
situations.
3. MAIN MENU OPTIONS:- The overall functions of all the items of main menu are
explained below.
(a) File:- You can perform file management operations by using these options such as opening,
closing, saving, printing, exiting etc. It displays the following sub menu.
(b) Edit:- Using this option you can perform editing functions such as cut, copy, paste, find and
replace etc. It displays the following sub menu.
(c) View:- Word document can be of many pages. The different pages may have different modes.
Each mode has its limitations. For example in normal mode the graphical picture cannot be
displayed. They can only be displayed in page layout mode. Using the option "View" you can
switch over from one mode to other. It displays the following Sub menu.
Fig. 9.5 View Sub menu
(d) Insert:- Using this menu, you can insert various objects such as page numbers, footnotes,
picture frames etc. in your document. It displays the following Sub menu.
(e) Format:- Using this menu, you can perform various type of formatting operations, such as
fonts can be changed, borders can be framed etc. It displays the following Sub menu.
(g) Table:- This menu deals with tables. Using this menu you can perform various types of
operations on the table. It displays the following Sub menu.
(h) Window:- This menu allows you to work with two documents simultaneously. This would
require two windows to be opened so that each one can hold one document. Using this menu, you
can switch over from one window to another. It displays the following Sub menu
(i) Help:- Using this menu, you can get on-line help for any function.
4. CONCLUSION:- At the end of this lesson you have learnt the important features of MS-
Word. We started with procedure to invoke MS-Word. We identified toolbars available in the
main menu of MS-Word are discussed.
PRACTICAL NO. 2
Title Bar
The Title bar is located at the very top of the screen. On the Title bar, Microsoft Excel displays the
name of the workbook you are currently using. At the top of your screen, you should see Microsoft
Excel - Book1
Menu Bar
The Menu bar is directly below the Title bar. Point with your mouse to a menu option and click
the left mouse button. A drop-down menu will appear. To select an option, highlight the item on
the drop-down menu and press Enter. An ellipse after a menu item signifies additional options.
Tool Bar
The Standard Toolbar
Toolbars provide shortcuts to menu commands. Toolbars are located just below the Menu bar.
Worksheets
Microsoft Excel consists of worksheets. Each worksheet contains columns and rows. The columns
are lettered A to IV; the rows are numbered 1 to 65536. The combination of column and row
coordinates make up a cell address. For example, the cell located in the upper left corner of the
worksheet is cell A1, meaning column A, row 1. Cell E10 is located under column E on row 10.
You enter your data into the cells on the worksheet.
Formula Bar
If the Formula bar displays the Cell address on the left Cell Entries display on the right side of the
Formula bar.
Status Bar
The letters NUM on the Status bar in the lower right corner of the screen indicate that the numeric
keypad is on. The Num Lock key is a toggle key. Pressing it turns the numeric keypad on and off.
You can use the numeric keypad to enter numbers as if you were using a calculator.
Arrow Keys
Use the down arrow key to move downward on the screen one cell at a time.
Up Arrow Key
Use the Up Arrow key to move upward on the screen one cell at a time.
Use the right and left arrow keys to move right or left one cell at a time.
Page Up and Page Down keys move the cursor up and down one page at a time.
End Key
End key, used in conjunction with the arrow keys, causes the cursor to move to the far end of the
spreadsheet in the direction of the arrow.
Home Key
Home key, used in conjunction with the End key, moves you to to the beginning of the data area
if you have entered data or cell A1.
Scroll Lock
Scroll Lock moves the window, but not the cell pointer.
Selecting Cells
If you wish to perform a function on a group of cells, you must first select those cells by
highlighting them. To highlight cells A1 to E1.Place the cursor in cell A1.Press the F8 key. This
anchors the cursor. Note that EXT appears on the Status bar in the lower right corner of the screen.
You are in the Extend mode. Click in cell E7. Cells A1 to E7 should now be highlighted. Press Esc
and click anywhere on the worksheet to clear the highlighting.
Click on File, which is located on the Menu bar. Press the down arrow key until Exit is highlighted.
Press Enter. Click on No, if you are prompted, "Do you want to save the changes you made to
Book1?"
PRACTICAL NO. 3
INTRODUCTION:- To launch Microsoft PowerPoint, click Start -> (All) Programs -> Microsoft
Office -> Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
The Title Bar:- As a regular Windows application, Microsoft PowerPoint shares some
characteristics that are common to other programs. The top section of the interface is made of a
wide bar called the title bar:
The left section of the title bar displays a small picture known as the system icon. This icon is used
to identify the application. The icon holds a list of actions you can perform to close, minimize,
maximize, move or restore the application. To perform any of these actions, you would click the
system icon. This would display its list:
This list can also be referred to as the system menu. To use one of its items, you can click it. The
main area of a title bar is a long bar actually referred to as the title bar. This section is also used
to perform the same operations available on the system menu. There are other operations you
can perform different than the system menu depending on the way you click the main area of
the title bar.
The System Buttons:- The right section of the title bar displays three small squares referred to
as the system buttons. They are used to minimize, maximize, restore or close Microsoft
PowerPoint. These items are
Button Role
Minimizes the window
When clicked, the behavior of a menu that stands alone depends on the
actions prior to clicking it. Under the File menu, an example is Exit
On the main menu (and any menu), there is one letter underlined on each word. Examples are F
in File, E in Edit, V in View, etc. The underlined letter is called an access key. The access key
allows you to access the same menu item using the keyboard. In order to use an access key, the
menu should have focus first. The menu is given focus by pressing either the Alt or the F10 keys.
When the menu has focus and you want to dismiss it, you can press Esc.
On some menu items, there is a key or a combination of keys we call a shortcut. This key or this
combination allows you to perform the same action on that menu using the keyboard. If the
shortcut is made of one key only, you can just press it. If the shortcut is made of two keys, press
and hold the first one, while you are holding the first, press the second key once and release the
first key. Some shortcuts are a combination of three keys.
Saving and Closing presentation:- You can save, close, and exit presentations in power
point just as you would while using other Microsoft Presentations.
PRACTICAL NO. 4