(a) A teacher asked a student to capture and print out a one-slide presentation assignment using, MS Word, showing everything on the screen.
(i) What keys or combination of keys can be used to carry out this operation?
(ii) Describe the procedure to be followed by the student in carrying out this assignment using the keyboard.
(b) A system analyst was hired to set up a computer laboratory for Bofe international School; (i) Mention three hardware devices the analyst would need to set up the laboratory.
(ii) List three database application packages likely to recommend by the analyst
(iii) State three Word processing packages likely to be installed
(c) Complete Table 1 on keyboard shortcuts.
Table 1
| S/N |
Keystroke |
Action |
| (i) |
|
Page brake |
| (ii) |
Ctrl+F |
|
| (iii) |
F1 |
|
| (iv) |
Ctrl+F2 |
|
(a) Capturing and printing a one-slide presentation shown on the screen using MS Word.
(i) Keys/combination of keys: The Print Screen (PrtScn) key. To capture only the active window, use Alt + Print Screen.
(ii) Procedure using the keyboard:
- Display the one-slide presentation on the screen so that everything to be captured is fully visible.
- Press the Print Screen key (or Alt + Print Screen for the active window only). This copies an image of the screen onto the clipboard.
- Open the MS Word application and place the cursor where the image is to appear.
- Press Ctrl + V to paste the captured screen image into the Word document.
- Press Ctrl + S to save the document, then press Ctrl + P to open the Print dialog.
- Confirm the printer and settings and press Enter to print out the document.
(b) Setting up a computer laboratory for Bofe International School.
(i) Three hardware devices needed:
- Computer systems (system unit/CPU with monitor)
- Printer
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) / server / networking switch (any suitable device)
(ii) Three database application packages:
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle
- MySQL
(iii) Three word processing packages:
- Microsoft Word
- WordPerfect
- WordStar
(c) Completed Table 1 - Keyboard shortcuts.
| S/N | Keystroke | Action |
|---|
| (i) | Ctrl + Enter | Page break (inserts a new page) |
| (ii) | Ctrl + F | Opens the Find dialog box to search for text |
| (iii) | F1 | Opens the Help window |
| (iv) | Ctrl + F2 | Opens Print Preview |
(a) Capturing and printing a one-slide presentation shown on the screen using MS Word.
(i) Keys/combination of keys: The Print Screen (PrtScn) key. To capture only the active window, use Alt + Print Screen.
(ii) Procedure using the keyboard:
- Display the one-slide presentation on the screen so that everything to be captured is fully visible.
- Press the Print Screen key (or Alt + Print Screen for the active window only). This copies an image of the screen onto the clipboard.
- Open the MS Word application and place the cursor where the image is to appear.
- Press Ctrl + V to paste the captured screen image into the Word document.
- Press Ctrl + S to save the document, then press Ctrl + P to open the Print dialog.
- Confirm the printer and settings and press Enter to print out the document.
(b) Setting up a computer laboratory for Bofe International School.
(i) Three hardware devices needed:
- Computer systems (system unit/CPU with monitor)
- Printer
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) / server / networking switch (any suitable device)
(ii) Three database application packages:
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle
- MySQL
(iii) Three word processing packages:
- Microsoft Word
- WordPerfect
- WordStar
(c) Completed Table 1 - Keyboard shortcuts.
| S/N | Keystroke | Action |
|---|
| (i) | Ctrl + Enter | Page break (inserts a new page) |
| (ii) | Ctrl + F | Opens the Find dialog box to search for text |
| (iii) | F1 | Opens the Help window |
| (iv) | Ctrl + F2 | Opens Print Preview |
