DS 42 COMPUTERS

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MICROSOFT COMPUTER CRAZY!

Windows

By <name key="Denise Svoboda">

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Contents

Introduction <figure> 1

BASICS

Questionnaire <figure> 3

Questionnaire answers graph <figure> 4

How many have this?! <figure> 5

Waiting <figure> 6

Signs <figure> 7

Menus <figure> 8

Clicking <figure> 9

About computers <figure> 10

SUBJECTS

<reg>Word</reg> <figure> 12

Entertainment and Games (includes C.D.ROM) <figure> 13

Arts <figure> 14

Sound <figure> 15

SETTING UP

Moving <figure> 17

BOOK ESSENTIALS

Glossary <figure> 19

Acknowledgements <figure> 20

Watch out for Spike the Computer Maniac in Each page!

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Wind

Introduction

Computers can be all sorts of things. For example: Robots, The ones we commonly know, Kitchen devices like washing up machines, Toasters, Grills etc…

We use Computers like calculators to help us with our every day life.

They store information up for us instead of having piles of papers on things like desks, tables, chairs and even the floor!

Also they are sometimes neater than just our own handwriting. They give us fun and pleasure. That is better than trying to get your older brothers or sisters to play with you.

STYLE

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BASICS

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QUESTIONNAIRE

A. Do you have a computer in your family?

B. What type of computer?

C. Do you have a type-writer in your family?

D. Do you have a game boy or anything else like that?

E. If you do not have any of these would you like one. Please tell which one if any.

If you have got a computer:

F. Who in your family uses the computer and what for?

G. Which program do you use the most?

H. Do you have a limited time you are allowed to spend on your computer?

I. If so how much time would you like?

J. Do you yourself pay anything towards it?

K. Which sort of games do you like to play most?

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Questionnaire Answer Graphs

Answers to Questions A, C, D and E.

Got it

Want it

Type-writer

Computer

Gameboy

Use it

Mum

Dad

Brother

All

Questionnaire

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Question B: How many have this?!

Amega

Spectrum

P.C./Microsoft

Sega

Acorn Archimedes

Super Nintendo

Game gear

Amstrad

Laptop

Macintosh

<reg>Commodore</reg>

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Waiting

You are only able to move the egg-timer around. You cannot <figure> with it or do anything else.

If you have it on for a long time the whole screen will make a pattern of <reg>its</reg> own. If you move the mouse at all it will come back on to what you had there before.

If you are waiting for something to appear and there is the egg-timer if you have a sound blaster you could put that on.

Paintbrush

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Signs

Signs are important in computers. They tell you what to do.

Waiting Arrow The vertical line when writing, this line is called the cursor

Sometimes you only have to <figure> once. The other times you have to <figure> twice.

Sign for book

<figure> is the sign for click.

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Menus

In Windows if you go to 1 of the outer lines you will get a sign like this <figure>.

You can increase and decrease the size of the box.

1. You have to <figure> once. 2.<s>then hold your <figure> and move.

You always have to <figure> twice on the icon’s name for example: Paintbrush.

<gap desc="Personal Name">’s Worktop

Paintbrush

Filing Cabinet

Old word

New word

Calculator 207 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 M AC C

Note pad

Sound

Games

ORBIT

Solitaire

Freecell

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Clicking

You have to <figure> twice on every subject/icon except when you close it down. If you just <figure> once on the Alt+F4 and the closing down Windows just <figure> once on O.K.

Sometimes you only have to do it once though. You have to experiment!

Microsoft P.C.

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About Computers

Computers are like desk tidies. If you delete a <reg>program</reg> the computer will tell itself that it <reg>hasn’t</reg> got what you just deleted. But it does really have it. Silicon chips and Micro chips are the same.

They take a very important part in the making of a computer. Lots of information can be stored on a small silicon chip. When you store it like that <sic>they</sic> are called bubble memories.

With the computer you should get a book all about it. You have to clean (wipe) it with an anti-static cloth.

I’m tired

It’s not there.

Printer must be tired

Disks are easy!

I like Solitaire best

It must be awful for a person.

BEEP!

PEOPLE KEEP CLAPPING

What does that button do?

10 x 300?

I’m <reg>losing</reg> room.

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SUBJECTS

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Hair

Butterflies

Plants

And

But

When you’re In <reg>Word</reg> you can select:

Fonts – You will find they are alphabetically ordered. Ariel Balloon

Size – 13 is half a cm.

<figure>E.G. his ½cm ¼cm

Spell check – <figure> is the spell check’s design for <reg>its</reg> icon. <figure> on correct spelling and <figure> on change if you want to change the suggested word. If you want to ignore it <figure> on ignore. If you want it to be added <figure> on Add.

Setup - <figure><figure> and wait.

Font <figure>

Size <figure>

Disaster

Once upon a time …

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Entertainment and Games

Solitaire and Freecall are both card games. Even though they are completely different. So if you buy a card game BEWARE read carefully to see if you really want it. Some games have an age limit just like videos. You get loads of games from C.D.’s. <figure>

You can get info., mystery and games like you usual ones. You can get even more than the ones that I have just mentioned.

If your mum or dad say you spend <reg>too</reg> much time on the computer playing games you can just say that you’ll play your information ones for a while. Win. Risk is an army game. You have to wait for luck unless you cheat by being all the players! <figure>

Winmine is a game where you <figure> where the mine isn’t or is. The numbers tell you how many mines there are around it. <figure>

You <figure> the right hand button for mine.

You <figure> the left hand button for <sic>none</sic>-mine.

These are just some of the games you can get that are based on:

Exploring <figure>

Story <figure>

Handwriting <figure>Handwriting

Fun with a message <figure>

Language <figure>

Fun learning <figure>

Selecting <figure>French games

Reading skills <figure>Once upon a time…

Information <figure> CD ROM

Numbers <figure> 10 20 30

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Arts

Paintbrush and <reg>Corel</reg> draw are very well known.

There are 2 sorts of rubbers one is for rubbing out normally and the other is for rubbing just 1 colour out.

What you can do

Cutting

<reg>Higglety-Pigglety</reg>!

Box

Icons

Spray-can

Dark

Light

Roller

All

Part

What you can do

Icons

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Sound

You can get a sound blaster and the sound can get very, very LOUD!

Some computers have no sound.

I am writing on a computer without any sound.

This is an RM Nimbus.

Many computers have got sound. Some add it by connecting sound blasters to <sic>it</sic>.

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SETTING UP

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Moving

1. You <figure> under the icon on the writing.

2. Hold your <figure> and move to new space.

If something goes out of sight don’t worry it’s still there.

MOVING

Orbit

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BOOK ESSENTIALS

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Glossary

C.D.

Compact Disk

Sound Blaster

Speakers <sic>and</sic> very loud

Short for <reg>centimetre</reg>

Win.

Short for Windows

E.G.

Short for example

Egg-timer

A timer with sand in it and you can have 1 hour, 5 mins…

Fonts

Styles of writing

Icon

calculator

A symbol for a thing, like a logo.

Info.

Short for information

Min.

Short for minutes.

None

Nothing-O

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Thank you!

Acknowledgements

Computers in action by Schofield and Sims

Primary Software by A.V.P.

Robots at Work by Schofield and oops! Sims

The Family

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