Computer Operator Class 1

The training classes have already started and reached to Microsoft Windows after completing Fundamentals and MS DOS.

Today’s class dealt about some basic terminology and mouse actions.

Following are the things talked in class:

Icon

An icon is the graphical representation of a file, folder or application. We can open the object it represents by double clicking icon or perform different actions by right clicking on it.

Desktop

Desktop is the workspace or working environment in windows. Windows, icons and other objects are placed on desktop and managed there.

Window

A window is framed area in desktop. Microsoft Windows operating system presents everything – the file contents, folders and applications in window. A window that contains an application is application window. Similarly there are document window, folder window and some windows system windows.

A window consists of Title bar (Control Box, Title, Minimize, Maximize/Restore, Close button), Menu bar, Tool bars, Working area, Scroll Bara, Status bar. 

Taskbar

A bar usually at the bottom of Windows desktop that contain the icons of opened applications, a start button and system tray is known as taskbar.

Mouse and Mouse Actions

Mouse has a button to select and perform different action known as primary button. A mouse may have more than one button (modern mice have two or more button and a scroll wheel button). The second button on mouse that is used to open context menu or short cut menu is secondary button. Wheel can be used to scroll the window if it has vertical scroll bar.

Point

Point is a mouse action. When you place the mouse pointer over an icon or object, it is called pointing the icon or object.

Click

Click is the operation of pressing the primary mouse button once over an icon or any other object.

Double Click

Pressing the primary mouse button two times over an icon is known as double click or clicking an object two times is double click.

Triple Click

Clicking an object three times is called triple click. It might be rare but there some operations you can perform in some applications with triple click. For example triple click on a word in MS Word selects the paragraph.

Drag

Drag is to point to an object, press primary mouse button and move mouse without releasing mouse button. Drag action is performed to move objects, draw, copy objects and so on.

Drop

To release mouse button when you are dragging is known as drop.

Context Menu or Popup Menu

Microsoft Windows and Windows based applications use context menu or popup menu or shortcut menu to perform many actions easily. This menu is produced when you press right mouse button (secondary button). The options on menu are displayed based upon which object you right clicked and on which context the right button is clicked. So it is named context menu.

Context Menu on Start Button

Context Menu on Desktop

Context Menu on Taskbar

Context Menu on System Tray

Context Menu on Title Bar

Continual Training for Computer Operator

The success and failure in an exam is not the result of preparation classes nor how much you make effort during exams. In fact a candidate needs to groom him up gradually every time. Computer Operator Exams are not of the type where you scored pass marks and got succeeded. Since it is competitive exam, you need to prove yourself the best among all the candidates participating in that exam.

In out case in Kathmandu, we don’t have institutes that train for Computer Operator posts conducted by Public Service Commission except those preparation classes just when the exam schedules are published. These preparation classes are not proving anything more than a hurried waste of money. One month drill will hardly be enough for anybody. Thus continual training is a must.

It was bit late when I made a contact to IT Park Inc who used to run preparation classes. Its known to very few students that IT Park runs training classes too. It was already one month class over where Fundamentals and MS DOS are already covered. The training class will continue for the next six months.

The chapter MS Windows has been started since yesterday. Icon, Desktop, Mouse and Mouse Actions, Context Menu, Different Shortcut Menus on Desktop, Taskbar and Start Menu were covered in today’s class.

I don’t know how far it will be possible, but I’ll try to follow the classes and present here the topics covered as in the training classes. I Hope, those who can’t attend the training classes will get something useful from the coming posts to prepare computer operator exams!