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Booting Notes

The document outlines the different types of computer booting, specifically cold and warm booting, along with the stages of the booting process. It describes the desktop environment, its features, and how to interact with it, as well as providing an overview of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including their functionalities and important shortcut keys. Additionally, it covers practical assignments and rules for using formulas in Excel, including the IF statement for grading.

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Booting Notes

The document outlines the different types of computer booting, specifically cold and warm booting, along with the stages of the booting process. It describes the desktop environment, its features, and how to interact with it, as well as providing an overview of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including their functionalities and important shortcut keys. Additionally, it covers practical assignments and rules for using formulas in Excel, including the IF statement for grading.

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BOOTING

TYPES BOOTING
• Cold booting
• Warm booting
COLD BOOTING & WARM BOOTING
Refers to starting the computer from an off
state.
Refers to restarting the computer.
Reasons for warm booting include;
 Installation of a new software that prompts a
restart to effect functionality
 Freezing of the system
 System triggered update that demands a
restart of the computer.
STAGES/PHASES OF BOOTING
• Power On Self Test (POST) (during this stage
the computer checks for efficient functionality of its
basic hardware such as the CPU, RAM, HDD etc.)
• Power On Reset (POR) (here the computer is
simply restarted)
• Loading phase (the computers gets the windows
operating system loaded on the RAM and hence the
computer is set ready for use.)
DESKTOP SCREEN
ENVIRONMENT
What is the desktop screen?
• The desktop is the initial screen that
displays shortly after the loading phase of
booting.
• It sets the computer ready for use and
interaction by the user.
FEATURES OF THE DESKTOP
SCREEN
• Icons-are graphical small images that
represent specific programs/applications in the
computer. E.g.

• Cursor-the cursor is a pointer that helps a


user to navigate and make choices amidst
options.

• Taskbar-this is a bottom bar on the desktop


screen where all the actively running programs
are displayed
FEATURES OF THE DESKTOP
SCREEN
• Start button-is a button that triggers the start
menu when clicked on.
•
• Status icons/ Notification area.-shows
the status or presence and absence of certain
services such as network, protection, battery etc.

• Wallpaper
WINDOW
• What is window?
• A window is a display of an open computer
program e.g.
INTERACTING WITH THE DESKTOP
SCREEN
How to do the following;
• manipulate the taskbar (i.e. change the
location, hide and unhide).
• Change the screen wallpaper, screen saver,
resolution etc.
• Create a folder, rename, check properties etc..
• Copy, cut and paste.
• Change sizes, hide and unhide, move icons on
the desktop screen.
Ms Word
• Ms is a Word Processor;
• Its an Application software used for;
• Typesetting letters,
• reports and
• Essay kind of work.
Features of Ms Word Screen
• Title bar
• Manu/command bar
• Page
• Vertical and Horizontal rulers
Practical Assignments in Ms
Word
• Page setup (portrait & Landscape)
• Typesetting (copy, cut and paste)
• Formatting (bold, italic & Underline,)
font(Size, color, type)
• Cases (sentence case, lower case, upper case
Capitalize each word and toggle case)
• Alignment (align to Left, Center, Right Justify)
• Paragraph and Line spacing
• Bullets and numbering
• Headers and Footers
• Page Numbering
• Water marks
• Superscript and Subscript
• Indenting (Increase indent & Decrease indent)
• Inserting (Tables, Borders, Page Numbers,
Columns, Pictures etc.)
Short Cut Key combination
• Ctrl+A= select all/highlight every thing.
• Ctrl+S= save document/update document
• Ctrl+O= open previous documents
• Ctrl+N= Open new word document
• Ctrl+P= print document
• Ctrl+B= bold text
• Ctrl+I= Italic
• Ctrl+U= underline a text
• Ctrl+Z= Undo
SHORTCUT KEY COMBINATIONS
• Ctrl+Y= Redo
• Ctrl+G= Find and Replace a text of phrase
• Ctrl+H= insert a hypertext document
• Ctrl+L= Align to left
• Ctrl+E= Align to Center
• Ctrl+J= Align to justify
• Ctrl+C= Copy
• Ctrl+X= Cut
• Ctrl+V= Paste
• Ctrl+= = Subscript
• Ctrl+Shift++ =Superscript
• Ctrl+]= increase font size
• Ctrl+[= decrease font size
• Shift+F3= change cases
• Alt+Tab= switch between active applications
• Win button= opens the start menu
• Win+L= switch login screen
• Win+M= Minimize all the active programs
• Win+D= Minimize & maximize all the active programs
• Win+P= opens projector options
• Ctrl+W= close current window
• Alt+F4= close the current program/shutdown
the computer.
• Win+Q= Search from cortona
• Ctrl+Alt+PrtScn = take a screen shot of
active window
• Tab = for navigation
SHORTCUT KEYS
• Ctrl=Control
• Alt= Alternate
• Esc=Escape
• Shift
• Tab
MICROSOFT EXCEL
• Is a spread sheet used for data tabulation.
Within data tabulation we can;
• Sort data
• Filter data
• Automate formulars
• Analyze data on graphs
Features of Microsoft Excel
screen
• Title bar
• Menu bar/command bar
• Formular bar
• Name box
• Sheet
• Sheet tabs
Important terms in Ms Excel
• Workbook-comprises of a sheet or
sheets.
• Worksheet- is a structure with multiple
columns and rows.
• Cell –is a small rectangular box formed
due to intersection of column and row
lines.
Rules in Ms Excel
• All formulars in Ms Excel Must Start with an
equal sign (=)
• Each cell strictly contain one unit of data.
• All cells are unit
IF STATEMENT
The flow of if statement
Rules of IF statement;
No spacing in the formula.
Number of open brackets should be equal
to the number of closing brackets.
Remarks should put in double cots.
Flow of IF STATEMENT

Conditional Statement
Prices above 2000 is “High Price”
Prices from 2000 below is “Low
price”
IF STATEMENT FOR THE ABOVE
CONDITION
=if(E6>2000,”High
Price”,if(E6<=2000,”Low Price”))
GRADING MARKS
GRADE RANGE
300-400=DIV1
250-299=DIV2
200-249=DIV3
100-199=DIV4
0-99=USELESS
IF STATEMENT FOR GRADING

=IF(H2>=300,”DIV 1”,
IF(H2>=250,”DIV 2”,
IF(H2>=200,”DIV
3”,IF(H2>=100,”DIV
4”,IF(H2>=0,”USELESS”)))))
Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
• Is a presentation package/software i.e.
preparation of lectures, summarised reports.
Major features of Ms PPT
• Title bar
• Menu bar
• Slide (Work space)
• Navigation panel

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