CFA

Manage Multitasking Environment

How an operating system handles programs directly affects your productivity

Office Themes:

provide the text and graphic placeholders for slides that follow the title slide.

Quick Access Toolbar

provides easy access to frequently used commands. It can be customized.

Hibernate mode

saves any open documents and run programs or apps to an internal hard drive before removing power from the computer or device.

· Sleep mode

saves any open documents running programs or apps to RAM, turns off all unneeded functions, and then places the computer in a low-power state

System Software Application Software

two types of software

Virtual memory

· is a portion of a storage medium functioning as additional RAM

Title Bar

:The Slides Tab / Outline Tab

Starting PowerPoint

:To start PowerPoint click on the Start Button at the bottom left of the screen and select PowerPoint from the available choices.

· Cold boot

:Turning on a computer that has been powered off completely

· Warm boot

:Using the operating system to restart a computer

Notes Pane

: Speaker or handout notes pertaining to the slide are placed

Slide Pane or Presentation Window

: The slide is created on the ( ?). Think of it as a blank sheet of paper where text and graphics are placed.

Working with Text

: While placeholders specify text font face and font style, they can be changed using the Font and Paragraph groups on the Home Tab

Ribbon

: a collection of tabs used to create the slide show. Each tab contains a group of commands related to the tab

Slides Tab / Outline Tab

: a thumbnail of each slide this is where slides can be added, rearranged or deleted.

· Single-User Multitasking Operating System

: allows a single user to perform more than one task at a time

Single tasking; Single-User Single-Tasking Operating System

: allows a single user to perform only one task at a time .eg. printing a document, downloading images, etc.

View Buttons

: are similar to the Quick Access Toolbar. They give quick access to frequently used PowerPoint Normal, Slide Sorter and Slide Show views. Zoom

· System Software

: collection of programs designed to operate, control, and extend the processing capabilities of the computer itself. : Generally prepared by computer manufacturers. : serves as the interface between the hardware and the end-us.

The Home Tab

: contains the Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, Drawing, and Editing groups.

Foreground

: contains the applications the user is working on background: contains the applications that are behind the scenes, such as certain operating system functions, printing a document or accessing the network.

·user name, or user ID

, identifies a specific user

Text box objects

- Boxes that contain text that can be placed anywhere on the slide.

Bulleted list objects

- Text inserted in boxes that accommodate numbered or bulleted lists.

Title text objects

- Text inserted in the pre-sized Title and Subtitle boxes that appear on the top of each slide. We are already familiar with this form of slide text.

Bulleted and Numbered Lists

- When adding text to a slide presentation it is always wise to follow the rule "Less is better"

Place Holder

: is provided for the title and subtitle. Clicking in the box places the title text in a predetermined place on the slide.

Slider

: on the Zoom control allows you to zoom in or out decreasing or increasing the displayed slide. The current display percentage is shown

· Single-User Operating System

: only one user can access the computer system at a time like a common used in a desktop or laptop computer.

Foreground and background

A priority assigned to programs running in a multitasking environment.

User Management

A user account enables a user to sign in to, or access resources on, a network or computer

File Button

Click this button to open Backstage view, which contains many options for working with your document (including printing) and setting Excel options.

Starting Computers and Mobile Devices

If a computer or mobile device is off, you press a power button to turn it on

Connectivity

Operating systems typically provide a means to establish Internet connections

Slides Group

Slides are added and deleted using the(?)

Enhance a presentation with quick and easy to create high impact visuals Present fact filled graphs and charts to make your point · Retain audience attention with attractive visuals · Import text or graphics from other Microsoft applications · Customize graphics for a specific audience

Use PowerPoint to:

Plug and Play

automatically configures new devices as you install or connect them

User interface (UI) ·

controls how you enter data and instructions and how information is displayed on the screen

operating system

determines the order in which tasks are processed

Title Bar

displays the presentation's file name.

· A password

is a private combination of characters associated with the user name

Monitoring Performance/performance monitor

is a program that assesses and reports information about various computer resources and devices

· operating system (OS)

is a set of programs that coordinate all the activities among computer or mobile device hardware.

Software

is a set of programs, which is designed to perform a well-defined function. A program is a sequence of instructions written to solve a particular problem.

driver

is a small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device

· Multi-User Operating System

is a system that allows more than one user to access a computer system at one time like a server allowing users to connect.

Slides Group

is also used to select or change a slide layout.

Operating systems

often provide users with a variety of tools related to managing a computer, its devices, or its program

Memory Management

optimizes the use of the computer or device's internal memory.