Equipment
Formatting
Programs
Actions
Random
100
The tool you can use to tell the computer what to do. For example, you can open programs with this.
What is a mouse
100
A font style that makes words and letters darker and thicker.
What is Bold
100
Another word for software or application
What is program
100
Pointing to something on the screen and then pushing the button on the mouse
What is clicking
100
A design on the screen that turns on if you don't use your computer for a few minutes.
What is Screen Saver
200
Like a typewriter, it's where you type and enter numbers.
What is a keyboard
200
A font style that slants words to the right
What is Italics
200
A word processing program for typing letters, resumes, school papers and more
What is Microsoft Word
200
Click and drag across a word or sentence to select it. When it is selected you can make changes to it.
What is highlighting
200
The screen you see when your computer turns on
What is Desktop
300
All the parts of the computer that you can touch: the monitor CPU, printer, mouse, and keyboard.
What is Hardware
300
The way letters and words look
What is font
300
Symbols or pictures that you can click on to perform an action. Each program has it's own.
What is Icon
300
A window that pops up and asks you questions
What is a Dialogue Box
300
A piece of computer information such as a document or part of a computer program
What is a File
400
You computer's screen
What is a monitor
400
Changing the way that text looks on the page.
What is format
400
Organizes information into rows and columns and often uses math and numbers. Typically made in Excel
What is a Spreadsheet
400
The words at the top of the screen. Click on these words and you see other things you can do.
What is the Menu Bar
400
The bars across the top of the screen that have icons you click on to do different things
What is the Tool Bar
500
Where all of the information you put into the computer is stored.
What is the Central Processing Unit?
500
The size of a text
What is point
500
Anything you create in Microsoft Word is called a
What is a Document
500
The line or arrow that follows your mouse movement
What is a Cursor
500
The bars on the sides of the screen that allow you to move up and down the page.
What are Scroll Bars