SESSION 6: COMPUTERS AND YOU

Answer these questions about the computer you are using. Thencompare your answers with a partner.

1. What brand is your computer?

Philips

2. What is the operating system of your computer?

Windows: Lynux

3. Which web browser(s) does your computer use?

Google Chrome 

4. How many buttons are there on your mouse?

Two

5. Does your computer have a CD-ROM drive? And a DVD-drive? And USB drives?

Yes

6. Find these keys on your keyboard. Check each key as you find it andwrite the symbol next to its name

Return / Enter

Space bar / Espai

Shift / Majuscula 

Tab / Canviar de pantalla

Delete / Eliminar

Control /  Per qualsevol cosa

Escape / 

Hypen or dash / -

Periot or Dot / .

Comma / ,

Colon / 

Right parentesis / ( )

Slash / 

At symbol / @

Match these word-processing terms with their definitions. Thencompare your answers  with a partner

A list of computer operations - Menu
A box on the screen that shows information - Window
A small picture or symbol - Icon
Text or other data stored together with a special name - File
Software to creating texts files - Word Processor
Press and release the button on the mouse - Click
A little arrow on the screen that moves when you move the mouse - Cursor
Select text/images with the mouse - Hightlight

Match these word processing comeands with their definitions below

1. Duplicate highlighted text /images to put somewhere else: Copy

2. Preserve the contents of a document: Save

3. Cut text/images from one place and put them somewhere else: Cut and paste

4. Open an existing document: Open 

5. Create a new document: New

6. Send the contents of a document to the printer: Print 

7. Close the document without quitting the word processor: Close

8. Save the contents of a document under a new file name: Save as