From PC to the Internet

his is an introduction to the use Windows 98 PCs and their connection to the internet. It covers such areas as:

• Bits and bytes: Binary numbers, ASCII text, graphics, sound, digital vs analog

• PC Hardware: CPU, buses, RAM, hard disks, diskettes, CD-ROM, DVD, monitor, cache, mouse, keyboard, modems

• Using Help: contents, index, find

• Files, Folders, and Directories: Naming, file extensions, contents, activating, using FIND, file types: binary and ascii; finding and running programs

• Windows: manipulation, creation, destruction, movement, size, toolbars, viewing contents (type, information, orderering), overlaying

• File manipulation: create, destroy, move, copy, group operations

• Customizing your PC

• Handling errors and aborts

• Specific PC Applications: Notepad and MS WORD

• Finding Information about your PC, files, and peripherals

• Connection to the Internet: email, file transfer, browsers, file transfers

Class Topics

Bits and Bytes

PC Hardware

Using Help

Files, Folders, and Directories

Windows

File Manipulation

Customizing Your PC

Handling Errors and Aborts

Specific Applications: NotePad and WORD

Finding Information About Your PC

Connection to the Internet