Lisnagarvey High School

 Topic: Using Microsoft Word

• ICT – Information Communication Technology
• Ergonomics– This is when certain jobs are looked at and the conditions that they require people to work in so that people can work to the best of their ability.
• Microsoft Word – A word processing software
• Computer - This is the main part of the system.  All other devices are linked to the computer processor.

• Monitor - This device allows us to view the work we carry out on the computer.
• Keyboard - Called the QWERTY keyboard, this is the device we use to type text, numbers and punctuation.
•  Mouse - This pointing device is used to make choices, move around and draw on the screen.

• Printer – a device that produces a paper copy of the information on your screen
• Speakers – A device that lets you hear sounds generated from the computer.
• Scanner – A device that takes a picture of an image, and records it as a digital file for use with a computer

• Caps Lock – When you press this on your keyboard, everything you type will be in capital letters
• Spacebar – This is pressed to create a space between words
• Delete – If you highlight your text and press delete on your keyboard this will clear the highlighted text
• Return – You can press return to make a new line

January

• Microsoft PowerPoint –A presentation program that lets you make and show slide shows
• Audience – These are the people that you are creating your presentation for
• Slide - Presentations are made up of a series of pages, called slides

• Transition -Slide transitions are the visual movements as one slide changes to another.
• Animation –Animations are visual effects applied to individual items on the slide such as graphics, titles or bullet points
• Slide Show – A slide show is the presentation of all the digital slides
• Slide Layout -The slide layout in PowerPoint is the arrangement of all the items that make up your slide, such as title, graphics or text boxes.

• Action Button – When you click on this it will automatically take you to another slide in your presentation.
• Timings –These can be set up so that each slide will appear automatically. In other words the presentation will run on its own