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1 Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Computer... 1 Definition of Computer System... 2 Classification of Computer... 2 Computer Hardware... 3 Basic Operations performed by a Computer System... 3 Basic Components of a Computer System... 3 Central Processing Unit... 5 Primary Memory... 5 Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)... 6 Control Unit... 6 Peripherals... 6 Input Devices... 6 Output Device... 7 Software and its Role... 9 Types of Software... 9 System Software... 9 Application Software... 9 Utilities MP3 Player Windows Media Player Phone Dialer Scan Disc Dial Up Networking Chapter 2 : Miscellaneous Window Features...15 Opening a Program Working in a File Saving a File Printing a File Printing Selected Pages of your File Printing the Entire Contents of your File Installing a Printer Quitting a Program Files and Folders in Windows Opening the Explorer Program A bookshelf consisting of books (Folders) Each book contains Information Parts of the Explorer window Working in Explorer Opening an Icon from the Explorer window Opening the Local Disk (C:) through Explorer Opening and Closing a Folder in Explorer Opening and Closing a File in Explorer Creating a new Sub-folder through Explorer Copying a File... 33

2 iv Renaming a File Copying a Sub-folder (or a Sub-sub-folder) Renaming a Sub-folder (or a sub-sub-folder) Moving a File Moving a Folder Deleting a File Deleting a Folder Removing the Contents of the Recycle Bin Closing Explorer and Quitting Windows Chapter 3 : Disc Operating System...53 Working in DOS Activating DOS from Windows The DOS Prompt Typing a Command Types of DOS Commands Versions of DOS Directories and Files Root Directory in Windows 2000/XP Path Naming Files and Directories Types of Files DOS Commands Command Syntax Elements Internal and External Commands Date and Time command The CLS command Format command The TYPE command The PROMPT command The PATH command The RESTORE Command The RECOVER Command the DEL (ERASE) Command The MSBACKUP Command The SCANDISK Command The UNDELETE Command The UNFORMAT command The PAUSE Command The ECHO command Displaying Files of Some Other Directory/Drive The DEL Command Wild Cards Chapter 4 : Networking...73 The Convergence of Computing with Communications Networks Need for Networking Advantages of Networking Sharing Files Sharing Resources Sharing Programs and Backups... 78

3 v Communication Connectivity Better price/performance ratios than centralized systems Improved person-to-person communications Disadvantages of Using Computer Networks Crashes Data security Privacy Cost/complexity of wiring business organizations/homes Network software is complicated and expensive Characteristics of Networks Architectural Model Topology Protocol Network Models Peer-to-Peer Client/Server Network Windows NT Server and Workstation Hybrid Type Network Different Types of Servers File Server Database Servers Print Server Application Server Types of Networks Network Topologies Bus Topology Ring Topology Star Topology Hierarchical Star Protocol Services Available Files and Printers Multimedia Electronic Mail World Wide Web Usenet Newsgroups An Electronic Phonebook Video Conferencing Administrative Record-Keeping The Building Blocks: Basic Components of Networks Network Operating Systems OSI Reference Model Chapter 5 : Troubleshooting Basics...97 Keyboard Maintenance Correcting Problem Keyboards Vacuum Cleaners and Keyboard Replacing the Spacebar Preventing Problems Dealing with Liquids Keyboard Cleaning... 99

4 vi Internal Cleaning Breakdown to Breakthrough Mouse Maintenance Optical Mouse Breakdown to Breakthrough USB Mouse Troubleshooting Tips General Troubleshooting Tips Basic Troubleshooting Flowchart for Mouse Monitor Maintenance Breakdown to Breakthrough Basic Troubleshooting Flowchart for Monitor Know Your Printers Common Features of Inkjet Printer Control Panel Trays Cartridges Inkjet Printer Maintenance Cleaning Printer s Cartridge Replacing Cartridge Clearing Paper Jams Common Features of Laser Printer Control Panel of Laser Printer Trays Output Bin Cartridge Laser Printer Maintenance Redistributing Toner Internal Cleaning Paper Jams Cartridge Area Paper Feed Areas (Tray) Output Areas Cancel Printing Jobs Cancelling Print Job from Control Panel Breakdown to Breakthrough Inkjet Printer Laser Printer Basic Troubleshooting Flowchart for Printer Internet and Outlook Express Chapter 1 : Internet and Outlook Express What is Internet? Internet in India Scope of Internet Chatting Search Engine Master Key to Information Educate yourself with e-learning e-commerce Way of doing business on the Net

5 vii Using Internet for Entertainment Surfing the Net Equipment Required for an Internet Connection Creating Icon of ISP on Desktop Connecting to the Internet Sending and Receiving s using Outlook Express Receiving an Replying an using Outlook Express Sending an using Outlook Express Closing the Outlook Express window Browsing the Opening an account with Attachment Sending an with Attachment File Viewing the with Attachment Internet Relay Chat Types of Chat How to Chat using rediff.com website Instant Messenger MSN Messenger Logging on to MSN Messenger Engaging in a chat session Adding and Deleting Buddies Downloading from the Internet Online Shopping Steps for Online Shopping Wireless Internet Computer Virus Symptoms of a Virus Attack Antivirus Software How did I get Virus, anyway? General Virus Types Worm and Trojan Horse Practice Safe Computing to Avoid Virus Attack Disconnecting from the Internet Other Internet Connection Services List of Popular Websites Mircosoft Word Chapter 1 : Introducing to Microsoft Word Word Processor Basics Word Wrapping (Word Adjusting) Menus Menu bar Creating a New Blank Document Toolbars Standard Toolbar...187

6 viii Office Assistant Formatting Toolbar Changing the Size of a Document Reducing the Microsoft Word window Maximizing a Taskbar button into a window Closing the Document and Quitting Word Exercise Fill in the Blanks True/False Chapter 2 : Typing Your First Document Starting Microsoft Word Guidelines for Typing Saving the Document Previewing the document Printing the Document Closing the Word Document Exercise Short Questions Microsoft Excel Chapter 1 : Introduction to Spreadsheets Spreadsheet Starting Microsoft Excel Excel Work Environment Worksheet Task Pane Excel Tool Bars Title Bar Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Formatting Toolbar Formula Bar Status Bar Office Assistant Working in Excel Workbook Closing the Excel Workbook Without Saving Quitting Microsoft Excel Summary Chapter 2 : Simple Charts Opening Microsoft Excel and Entering Data Drawing a Chart Positioning the Chart Changing the Size of a Chart Saving the Workbook Printing the Chart and Closing the Workbook Summary...230

7 ix Chapter 3 : Manipulating Data Formulas and Functions Excel Calculation Mode Opening Microsoft Excel and Entering Data Using Formula to Calculate the Workbook Data Functions Range Writing a Function Common Excel Functions AVERAGE Function MAX Function MIN Function COUNT Function IF Function Editing Data in Excel Workbook Moving Data Copying Data Copying a Formula in a Sheet Copying Values, not Formula or Function Deleting Rows and Columns Deleting the Contents of a Row Inserting Rows Inserting Columns Automatic Filling of Entries Summary MS PowerPoint Chapter 1 : Working in Microsoft PowerPoint Starting PowerPoint PowerPoint Window Components Creating a Presentation using AutoContent Wizard Saving the Presentation Working with Text in Slides Formatting the Text Changing Font and Font Color Changing the Background Deleting a Slide Closing the Presentation Downloading a PowerPoint Design Template Chapter 2 : Adding Animation in Slides Creating a Presentation using Design Template Adding a New Slide Adding Transition Effects to Slides Animating Individual Slide Elements with Custom Animation Previewing Animation Effects in the Slide Saving the Presentation Set Up Show...297

8 x Show type Show options Show slides Advance slides Multiple monitors Performance Using Set Up Show options for Presentation Closing Presentation and Quitting PowerPoint Summary Exercise Short Questions Pagemaker Chapter 1 : PageMaker Basics Getting Started with PageMaker Working in PageMaker The PageMaker Window Title bar Menu bar Ruler Palettes The Toolbox Pasteboard Page The Page Bar Master Pages The Scroll Bars Closing the Publication Working with our First Publication Components of the Sample document Working with Text Entering the Text Working with Text Blocks Importing Text Importing Graphic Saving the Publication Closing the Publication and Quitting Pagemaker Exercise Chapter 2 : Working with Graphics and Objects Placing the Graphic on the Page Wrapping Text Around a Graphic Importing Graphics Resizing a Graphic Moving a Graphic Adding Caption to the Graphic Cropping a Graphic Grouping and Ungrouping Elements Rotating, Skewing and Reflecting Objects...340

9 xi Rotating an Object Skewing an Object Reflecting Restoring an Object to its Original position Locking an Object Unlocking an Object Chapter 3 : Formatting Text Formatting Text Changing the Font Adjusting the Graphic along with the Text Changing the Font Size Formatting Features Making the Text Bold Italicizing Text Underlining the Text Aligning Text Tracking Space between the Words of a Paragraph Kerning between the Letters of a Word Leading space between the Lines of a Paragraph The Story Editor Opening the Story Editor Finding a Word Styles Sheets Creating Styles Applying a Style from the Style Sheet Importing Styles Bullets and Numbering Photoshop Chapter 1 : Introduction to Photoshop CS Getting Started with Photoshop CS Opening an Existing File Guidelines for working with Toolbox Creating a New File Presets in Photoshop Saving a File Reverting a File Closing a File Difference between Bitmap and Vector Images Bitmap Images Vector Images Chapter 2 : Adjustment in Photoshop Setting Levels Auto Contrast Auto Color Curves Color Balance Brightness and Contrast...384

10 xii Hue and Saturation Desaturate Replace Color Setting Image Size Changing the size of an image Image Modes Adjustment Layers Creating an Adjustment Layer Editing the Adjustment Layer Merging the Adjustment Layer Chapter 3 : Layers Layers Palette Working with Layers Creating a New Layer New Layer via Cut New Layer via Copy Selecting Layers Hiding/Showing Layers Deleting Layers Deleting a Layer using Layer Menu Deleting a Layer by Dragging Deleting a Layer by Clicking on the Delete Layer Button Deleting a Layer using the drop-down menu Sorting Layers in the Layers Palette Repositioning Layers Merging Layers Flattening Images Linking Layers Layer Effects Working with Layer Effects Chapter 4 : Working with Filters The Filter Gallery The Filter Menu Artistic Filters Cutout Neon Glow Blur Filters Gaussian Blur Motion Blur Brush Strokes Filters Accented Edges Crosshatch Distort Filters Glass Pinch Noise Filters Add Noise

11 xiii CorelDraw Chapter 1 : CorelDRAW Basics Getting Started with CorelDRAW Creating a New File The CorelDRAW Screen Title Bar Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Work Area and Printable Page Property Bar Page Counter Bar Dockers Window Color Palettes Toolbox Status Bar Drawing Basic Geometric Figures Drawing Freehand Lines Joining Freehand Lines Drawing Bezier Lines Drawing Ellipses and Circles Drawing Rectangles and Squares Drawing Polygon Saving a File Closing a File Opening an Existing Corel Drawing Views Normal View Full Screen Preview Simple Wireframe View Wireframe View Chapter 2 : Working with Shapes and Text Getting Familiar with the Toolbox Getting Started with the Project Selecting an Object Resizing an Object Moving an Object Changing the Shape of an Object Combining Two Objects Skewing an Object Drawing a Polygon Welding the Objects Blending two objects Drawing a Curve Line Drawing Straight Lines Continuing a Line Changing the View Mode The Artistic Media Tool Rotating an object...468

12 xiv Grouping Objects The Fill Tool Fly-out Filling an Object with a Single Color Artistic Media Tool in Spray Mode Break Apart Combine The Text Tool Artistic Text Paragraph Text Getting Started with the Book Cover Entering Artistic Text Entering Paragraph Text Converting from One Text Type to Another Formatting Text Changing the Font Size of the Text Arranging Objects Tally 9.0 Chapter 1 : Introduction to Tally Features of Tally Advanced Features of Tally Installation Procedure of Tally Minimal Hardware Requirement Installing Tally Starting Tally Components of the Gateway of Tally Product Info Understanding the Horizontal Button Bar Understanding Current Status Understanding the Tally Menu Understanding Vertical Button Bar Working with Tally Calculator The ODBC Server The Status Bar Creating a Company Summary Chapter 2 : Groups, Ledgers, Vouchers, Orders, Cost Centres and Categories Introducing Groups Creating a Group Creating a Sub-Group Creating Multiple Groups Altering Groups Introducing Ledgers Using Ledgers in Tally Creating a Ledger Altering a Single Ledger Introducing Vouchers Creating a Voucher...520

13 xv Displaying Voucher Types Altering Voucher Types Voucher Entry Invoices Invoice Entry Printing Invoice/Vouchers Exercise Chapter 3 : Reports in Tally Balance Sheet Comparing Two Dates in a Balance Sheet Adding a New Column and Changing the Currency Symbol in a Balance Sheet Displaying a Half Yearly Balance Sheet Showing a Detailed Balance Sheet Profit & Loss A/c Showing the Weekly Profit & Loss A/c Trial Balance Displaying Detailed View of a Trial Balance Report Displaying the Ledger-wise Closing Balance in a Trial Balance Report Displaying a Trial Balance Report for a Particular Date Day Book Displaying the Detailed view of the Day Book Report Displaying the Day Book Report for a Particular Period Displaying a Day Book Report for a Particular Voucher Exercise Chapter 4 : Taxation Indian Tax Structure Direct Taxes Indirect Taxes TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) in Tally Features of TDS Benefits of TDS TCS in Tally Features of TCS TDS Opening Company According to TDS Printing a TDS Challan TDS Reports in Tally Computing VAT in Tally Enabling VAT in Tally VAT Classification Ledger Masters Creating a Purchase Ledger for VAT Creating a Purchase Exempt Ledger Creating a Supplier Ledger Creating a Sales Ledger for VAT VAT Ledger under Duties and Taxes VAT Ledger under Direct Expenses/Income VAT Vouchers and Transactions Purchase Voucher for VAT Sales Voucher (As Invoice) for VAT...573

14 xvi Payment of VAT in Tally Journal Entry Creating a Sales Invoice for VAT on MRP VAT Reports in Tally Sales Register VAT Statutory Reports in Tally FBT Accounting Enabling FBT in Tally Printing an FBT Challan FBT Computation Exercise Database Management Chapter 1 : Introduction to Databases Defining a Database Understanding RDBMS Objects of a Relational Database Functions of a Database Management System (DBMS) Starting Microsoft Access Closing the Database window and Quitting Access Exercise Fill in the Blanks True/False Chapter 2 : Creating Tables Understanding Database Creating a Database Creating a Table Working on Table Naming Fields Entering Records in the Table Saving the Table Defining the Primary Key Closing the Table Adding Validations to the Table Adding Validation to the Fieldname C_ID Adding Validation to the Fieldname PRICE Creating Relationship between Tables Closing the Database and Quitting Access Exercise Fill in the Blanks Short Questions Chapter 3 : Handling Queries Opening a Table in Microsoft Access Creating a Query on a Table Sorting Records Sorting Records according to a Field Removing Sort from a Field...618

15 xvii Hiding a Field Unhiding a Field Setting Criterion Deleting Criterion Performing Calculations Saving a Query Closing the Query and Quitting Access Exercise Fill in the Blanks True/False Chapter 4 : Generating Reports Starting MS Access and Opening the Database Creating a Report with Report Wizard Printing a Report Closing the Report and Quitting Microsoft Access Winzip and Acrobat Reader Chapter 1 : WinZip File Compression Tools About WinZip What is Zip File? Creating a Zip File Compressing a File by using the Add to Zip option Why do people use zip files? WinZip Self-Extractor FlashGet Opening FlashGet Using FlashGet for downloading files Chapter 2 : Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat (PDF File Reader) Configuring Internet Explorer to use Acrobat Reader as Helper Application Configuring Netscape 4.x to use Acrobat Reader as a Helper Application About the CD About the CD Idea Behind the CD Dual Language Feature Minimum System Requirements Overview of CD Contents Comdex 14-in-1 Course Kit Self Training Software Getting Started With the Cd Viewing Simulation of a Topic Simulation Overview Screen Simulation Screen...653