ONE YEAR DIPLOMA IN CATERING

MANAGEMENT
FUNDAMENTAL OF COMPUTERS SYLLABUS
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Topic

UNIT 1

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
i. What is computer?
ii. Characteristics of Computers
iii. Basic Applications of Computer
iv. Components of Computer System
v. Central Processing Unit(CPU)
vi. VDU, Keyboard and Mouse
vii. Other input/output Devices
viii. Computer Memory
ix. Concepts of Hardware and Software
x. Classifications of computers
PRACTIC
Given a PC, name its various components and list
ALS
their function.
Identification of various parts of a computer and
peripherals.
practice in installing a computer system by giving
connection
Exercises on entering text and data(typing practice
using any tutor)
UNIT 2

Lect
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INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS
ii. What is an operating system and basics of
Windows
iii. The User Interface

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Practicals
The My Computer Icon
The Recycle Bin
Status Bar, Start and Menu & Menu selection
Running an Application

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 Windows Explorer Viewing of File, Folders and

Directories
Creating and Renaming of files and folders
Opening and closing of different Windows

UNIT 3

WINDOWS SETTING
iv.
Control Panels
v.
Wall paper and Screen Savers
vi.
Setting the date and Sound
vii.
Concept of menu Using Help
viii.
Advanced Windows
ix.
Using right Button of the Mouse
x.
Creating Short cuts

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UNIT 4

WORD PROCESSING
xi. Elements of Word Processing
xii. Opening Word Processing Package
xiii. Opening Documents and Closing
documents
xiv. Save and Save AS
xv.
Page Setup
xvi. Printing of Documents
xvii.
Text Selection
xviii. Cut, copy and paste
xix. Font and Size selection
xx. Bold ,Italic and Underline
xxi. Alignment of Text: Center, Left, right
and Justify
xxii. Formatting the Text
i. Changing font, Size and Color
ii. Paragraph indenting
iii. Bullets and Numbering
iv. Changing case
xxiii. Cut, Copy and Paste across the
documents
xxiv. Table Manipulation

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UNIT 5

i. Concept of table: Rows Columns

and Cells
ii. Draw Table
iii. Changing cell Width and Height
iv. Alignment of Text in Cell
v. Delete/insertion of row and
columns
Printing
i. Print Preview, Print a selected
page

INTERNET
i.
Concept of Internet
ii.
Application of Internet
WWW and Web Browsers
i.
Web Browsing software
ii.
Internet Explorer
iii. Netscape Communicator
iv. Surfing the Internet
i. Giving the URL address
ii Search
iii Moving Around in a web-site
iv. Printing or saving portion of web pages
v. Down loading
iv.
v.

Chatting on Internet
Using Facebook

Email
i. Basic of electronic mail

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ii. What is an Electronic mail

iii. Email addressing
iv. Mailbox: Inbox and outbox
v. Using Emails
i. Viewing an email
ii. Sending an Email
iii. Saving mails
iv. Sending same mail to various users
vi. Document handling
i. Sending soft copy as attachment
ii. Enclosures to email
iii. Sending a Portion of document as email
UNIT 6

Making Small Presentations

i. Basics Difference between presentation and
document
ii. Using Power Point
iii. Opening a Power Point Presentation
iv. Using Wizard for creating a presentation
Creation of Presentation
i . Title
ii Text Creation
iii. Fonts and Sizes
iv. Bullets and indenting
v. Moving to Next Slide
vi. Preparation of Slides
i.
Selection of type of Slides
ii.
Importing text from word documents
iii. Moving to next Slide
iv. The Slide manager
vii. Providing aesthetics

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UNIT 7

i.
Slide Designs
ii.
Background and Text colors
iii.
. Making your own slide format
SPREAD SHEET
i. Elements of Electronics Spread Sheet
ii Application/usage of Electronic SpreadSheet
iii. Opening of Spread Sheet
iv. The menu bar
v. Creation of cells and addressing of cells
vi. Cell inputting
v. Manipulation of cells
i Enter texts numbers and dates
ii. Creation of tables
iii. Cell Height and Widths
iv. Copying of cells
vi. Providing Formulas
i. Using basic functions / formalism a cell
ii. Sum function
iii. Average
iv. Percentage
vi. Other basic functions

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