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PGDCA COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND PC SOFTWARE

CONTENTS UNIT 1 : INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER UNIT 2 UNIT 3 UNIT 4 UNIT 5 UNIT 6 UNIT 7 UNIT 8 UNIT 9 UNIT 10 UNIT 11 : : : : : : : : : : BASIC COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEM MS DOS OPERATING SYSTEM MS WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM MICROSOFT WORD-PART I MICROSOFT WORD-PART II MICROSOFT EXCEL FUNCTIONS IN EXCEL MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

Subject Experts
1. Prof. Anjana Kakati Mahanta, Deptt. of Computer Science, Gauhati University 2. Prof. Jatindra Kr. Deka, Deptt. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 3. Prof. Diganta Goswami, Deptt. of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Course Coordinators
Tapashi Kashyap Das, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, KKHSOU Arabinda Saikia, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, KKHSOU

SLM Preparation Team

UNITS 1, 2 3, 4 5, 9, 10, 11 6 7, 8 CONTRIBUTORS Arabinda Saikia, KKHSOU Kshirod Sarma, Assistant Professor, North Eastern Regional Institute of Management, Guwahati Pritam Medhi, Research Scholar, Gauhati University Binod Deka, System Analyst, KKHSOU Tapashi Kashyap Das, KKHSOU

Editorial Team
Language : Prof. Robin Goswami, Senior Academic Consultant, KKHSOU

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COURSE INTRODUCTION
This course on Computer Fundamentals and PC Software is designed with an aim to acquaint the learners with the basics of computer, operating systems, hardware and software and also how to use basic application programs for managing data in a computer system. The course consists of eleven units. It includes the fundamental concept of an Operating System besides MS DOS, MS Windows and LINUX operating systems are inctroduced in this course. The course also deals with Microsoft Office which is an application software consists of different applications that helps us to perform different activities. It covers MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint. MS-Word is the word processing program that allows us to create documents and reports. MS-Excel helps us to develop spreadsheets that display data in various tabular and visual formats. MS-PowerPoint creates multimedia presentations to display information in a graphical format. Each unit of this course includes some along-side boxes to help you know some of the difficult, unfamiliar terms. Some EXERCISES have been included to help you apply your mind to some of the points in the units. You may find some boxes marked with: LET US KNOW. These boxes will provide you with some additional interesting and relevant information. Again, you will get CHECK YOUR PROGRESS questions. These have been designed to enable you to self-check your progress of study. It will be helpful for you if you solve the problems put in these boxes immediately after you go through the sections of the units and then match your answers with ANSWERS TO CHECK YOUR PROGRESS given at the end of each unit.

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Computer Fundamentals and PC Software

DETAILED SYLLABUS

UNIT 1 : Introduction to Computer

Block Diagram of Computer, Evolution, Generations, Classification and its Application

UNIT 2 : Basic Components of Computer

Concept of Bit and Byte; Block Diagram of Computer, CPU, ALU, CU; Computer Memory: Primary and Secondary; Input/Output Devices; Buses : Address, Data, Control. UNIT 3 :

Introduction to OS
Definition and functions of an Operating System, Types of OS (Single User, Multi user, Single tasking, Multitasking, Real time, Network OS, Distributed OS)

UNIT 4 : MS DOS Operating System

Introduction to DOS, System files of DOS, concept of Booting, Files and Directory Structure, Concept of Paths, Internal and External commands, Batch File.

UNIT 5 : MS Windows Operating System

Features of Windows 7, Exploring Components of Windows: The Desktop, The Icons, Working with Windows, The Start Menu and Taskbar, Quiting Windows; Customizing the Desktop, Files and Folders.

UNIT 6 : LINUX Operating System

Open Source and Free Software, Advantages and Disadvantages of Linux Operating System, Concept of Path, Basic Linux Commands, File Permission, Text Editor vi.

UNIT 7 : Microsoft Word-Part I

Starting MS-Word, Document Window and its Components, Different Bars, Document View, Creating a New Document, Saving a Document, Opening an Existing Document, Exiting MS-Word, Working with Text, Working with Paragraph, Bullets and Numbering, Find and Replace, Copy, Cut and Paste.

UNIT 8 : Microsoft Word-Part II

Spelling and Grammar Checking, Undo and Redo option, Header and Footer, Page Setup, Printing Documents, Inserting Picture, Working with Tables: Inserting Table, Deleting Table, Traversing Table, Selecting a Table, Rows and Columns, Deleting Rows and Columns, Merge and Split Cells; Creating Multiple Columns.

UNIT 9 : Microsoft Excel

Starting MS-Excel, Working with Toolbars, Row, Column and Cell, Working with Excel: Creating a New Workbook, Working with Cells and Fonts, Merging Cells, Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns; Saving a Workbook, Closing a Workbook;

UNIT 10 : Functions of Excel

Different Operators used in Excel; Working with Formula and Functions; Sorting Data; Working with Charts.

UNIT 11 : Microsoft PowerPoint

Starting MS-PowerPoint, Creating a New Presentation, Working with Slides, Applying Text and Graphics, Applying Themes, Customizing Slide Show, Saving, Running and Closing a Presentation, Opening an Existing Presentation.