COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Course syllabus
Disk Operating System (DOS)
 Introduction,
History & Versions of DOS
 - DOS basics
- Physical structure of
     disk, drive name, FAT, file & directory structure and naming rules, 
- Booting process, DOS
     system files
Basic DOS Commands
 - Internal – DIR, MD, CD,
     RD, Copy, DEL, REN, VOL, DATE, TIME, CLS, PATH, TYPE etc
- External – CHKDSK, PRINT,
     DISKCOPY, DOSKEY, MOVE, LABEL, FORMAT, SORT, FDISK,
- BACKUP, EDIT, MODE,
     ATTRIB, HELP, SYS etc
 Executable V/s Non
executable files in DOS
 - Windows concepts,
     features, windows structure, desktop, taskbar, start menu, 
- My computer, Recycle Bin
- Windows Accessories –
     Calculator, Notepad, Paint, WordPad, Character map
- Windows Explorer –
     Creating folders and other Explorer facilities
- Entertainment – CD Player
     ,DVD Player, Media Player, Sound Recorder, Volume Control Linux
 Introduction,
History & Versions of Linux
 - Linux basics
- Physical structure of
     disk, drive name, FAT, file & directory structure and naming rules,
     booting
- process, Linux system
     files
Basic Linux Commands
 - Internal – LS, Make
     Directory, CD, CP,MB, DEL, REN, DATE, TIME, CLEAR, etc
- Executable V/s Non
     executable files in Linux
- Microsoft Office (MS Word,
     Excel, Power Point)
- Word Processing: MS Word
 
 
 Introduction to
Word Processing
 - Introduction to MS Word:
     features, Creating, Saving and Opening documents in Word, Interface,
- Toolbars, Ruler, Menus,
     Keyboard Shortcut
- Editing a Document –
     Moving, Scrolling in a document, Opening Multi document windows, Editing
- Text – Selecting,
     Inserting, deleting, moving text
- Previewing documents,
     Printing documents – Print a document from the standard toolbar, Print a
- document from the menu,
     shrinking a document to fit a page, Reduce the number of pages by one
- Formatting Documents:
     Paragraph formats, Aligning Text and Paragraph, Borders and Shading,
     Headers and Footers, Multiple Columns Worksheet:
 MS Excel Worksheet
basics
 - Creating worksheet,
     entering data into worksheet, heading information, data, text, dates, Cell
     formatting values, saving & protecting worksheet
- Opening and moving around
     in an existing worksheet
- Toolbars and Menus,
     keyboard shortcuts
- Working with single and
     multiple workbook – coping, renaming, moving, adding and deleting, coping entries
     and moving between workbooks
- Working with formulas
     & cell referencing – Auto sum - Coping formulas - Absolute &  Relativeaddressing
- Working with ranges –
     creating, editing and selecting ranges, sorting
- Formatting of worksheet –
     Auto format, changing – alignment, character styles, column width,
- Date format, borders &
     =colures, currency signs
- Previewing & Printing
     worksheet – Page setting, Print titles, Adjusting margins, Page break,
     headers and footers  Graphs and
     charts – using wizards, various charts type, formatting grid lines &
     legends, previewing & printing charts
Presentation Graphics: MS Power Point
 - Features and various
     versions
- Creating presentation
     using Slide master and template in various colure   scheme Working with different views and
     menus of power point
- Working with slides – Make
     new slide, move, copy, delete, duplicate, lay outing of slide, zoom in or out
     of a slide Editing and formatting text: Alignment, editing, inserting,
     deleting, selecting, formatting of text, find and replace text
- Bullets, footer, paragraph
     formatting, spell checking
- Printing presentation –
     Print slides, notes, handouts and outlines
- Inserting Objects –
     Drawing and inserting objects using Clip Art's pictures and charts
- Custom Animation – slide
     transition effects and other animation effects
- Presenting the show –
     making stand alone presentation