What do I need to know for basic computer literacy? Train your staff and students online
What does it mean to be IT Literate?
Wikipedia, quoting the US National Forum, states "IT literacy is the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand."
Real IT literacy lies in the fact that technology is a tool that should be used to improve your business, by providing a competitive advantage that provides faster work, more efficient work, and access to data and information not previously available. IT Literacy is the awareness and understanding of IT technologies in order to make your company better. You do not need to be an IT guru, but you do need to be aware of what is available in the IT sphere that can help your company.
It is your responsibility to keep abrest of possibilities and talk to IT people and pick their brains about what latest developments are available. In this chapter, we aim to stimulate you with various possibilities tapping into latest IT technology.
Skills users need to know will include:
Microsoft packages: (Paid for packages)
Office for documents, Power point for slide presentations, Excel spreadsheets
Open office/ libre office: (Open source programs)
Libre office writer for documents,
Draw - Drawing tools, Impress (slide presentations), Base, Maths - creating maths equations
Animation and image manipulation programs
Paint shop pro/ Corel draw image manipulation
Adobe illustrator suite - more advanced image program
GIMP - Open source image manipulation, learn to crop, add change and resize images
Here are some basic shortcut keys which could help you in using a PC
| Shortcut Keys | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+F | File menu options in current program. | |
| Alt+E | Edit options in current program | |
| Alt+Tab | Switch between open programs | |
| Ctrl+N | Create a new, blank document in some software programs | |
| Ctrl+O | Open a file in current software program | |
| Ctrl+A | Select all text. | |
| Ctrl+B | Change selected text to be Bold | |
| Ctrl+I | Change selected text to be in Italics | |
| Ctrl+U | Change selected text to be Underlined | |
| Ctrl+F | Open find window for current document or window. | |
| Ctrl+S | Save current document file. | |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected item. | |
| Shift+Del | Cut selected item. | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected item. | |
| Ctrl+Ins | Copy selected item | |
| Ctrl+V | Paste | |
| Shift+Ins | Paste | |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo last action | |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action | |
| Ctrl+K | Insert hyperlink for selected text | |
| Ctrl+P | Print the current page or document. | |
| Ctrl+Home | Goes to beginning of document. | |
| End | Goes to end of current line. | |
| Ctrl+End | Goes to end of document. | |
| Shift+Home | Highlights from current position to beginning of line. | |
| Shift+End | Highlights from current position to end of line. | |
| F1 | Universal Help in almost every Windows program. | |
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| F3 | Refresh the current program window | |
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