COURSE SYLLABUS FOR CLASS 8TH

1. Scanning
1. Basic knowledge on scanners.
2. Information on scanning software like Open book
3. Scanning the document
Use the scanner to scan documents. Open images in Open Book and convert them to
accessible format. Saving the result in MS Word/ PDF

1. Internet based project work.

1. Browsing the internet
When you use Internet Explorer with JAWS, yo
u work in one of three
modes:
Virtual PC mode: JAWS begins speaking the page as soon a
s it is
Loaded; Form mode and Conventional Mode.
.
1. Click the Search button on the toolbar to gain access to a number of search p
roviders. Type a word or phrase in the Search box and press go. The web page is
loaded.

1. To save a Web page on your computer: On the File menu choose Save. Choose fol
der to save page in. Type file name and select save.

1. Complete the understanding of MS Word

1. Complete the understanding of the tool menu
Open the tool menu and go over the different features included in it- ‘Spelling an
d Grammar Check’, ‘Word Count’, ‘Letters and Mailing’, ‘Research’ etc. Use these features w
e working on MS Word.

1. Creating Tables
Go to the TABLE menu and select table from INSERT submenu and
. press Enter. A dialog box opens. Mention the num
ber of rows and
columns that you want. The other options need not be changed in
.
normal case. A table gets inserted where the insertion pointer was

present.
Use TAB to move between the columns and UP and DOWN arrows to
move between rows and write the text. Use the DELETE submenu in
the TABLE menu to remove rows or columns and INSERT submenu
to insert rows and columns.
1. Use mail merge.
Activate the Mail Merge Commands from the Tools Menu. This wi
ll
open the Mail Merge Helper Dialog Box. This dialog box is div
ided
into three parts. First part is for creating or editing main
document, the
 second part is for the data source and the third one is to me
rge the
documents
1. Use of Macro to automate tasks.
A macro is a series of keystrokes, word commands and instructions that
you group together as a single command to accomplish a task
automatically
Word records a macro as a series of word commands in Visual Basic
For Applications. For easy access assign macro to toolbar, menu or
Shortcut of keys.
1. Create password for existing files and folders
Files can have two types of passwords to protect from unauthorized use: password
to open and password to modify.
To give password press enter on options in the tools men
u. A dialog box
opens. It has a number of tab pages. Go to SAVE the tab
page in this
dialog box. Reach the password edit box in this page. T
ype the password
press enter. You will be asked to enter the password aga
in.

1. Page set up.

Type the margins in the various edit boxes whi
ch include left margin,
right margin, top margin and bottom margin. Choose the p
aper size from
standard sizes that are available in the combo box or ty
pe the width and
height in the combo boxes.
1. Printing of documents
Select the Print option from the File menu. Define the pages to be printed as we
ll as the number of copies. Switch on the printer and put the paper in it. Give
the command for print.

1. Excel
1. Use of excel for calculation
Use references to identify a cell or a group of cells on the worksheet.
Perform calculations using formulae made up of operators and functions.
Create a formula by first entering the equal to ( = ) sign, Use cell addresses i
n formulas. Copy formula into a range of cells.
1. PowerPoint
1. Opening, saving and closing a presentation
To open a presentation press ctrl + O. To save a presentation press Ctrl + S. To
close the presentation press Alt + F4.
1. Slide Design and Slide Layout
Slide design includes design templates and color schemes.
Design Templates:
Various designs available that can be applied to all or selected slides

Color Scheme:
A color scheme consists of the eight colors used in the design of the slide — colo
rs for background, text and lines, shadows, title text, fills, accents, and hype
rlinks. To apply a color scheme select it using down arrow and press enter
Slide Layout
Opening this option displays a task pane containing the different layouts of sli
des available in PowerPoint. Using down arrow choose any layout and press enter
to use that layout.
1. Transition and Animation
Animate text, graphics, diagrams, charts, and other objects on your
slides so that you can focus on important points, control the flow of informatio
n, and add interest to your presentation. Most animation options include associa
ted effects to choose from.
PowerPoint has a task pane called slide transition. Apply these transitions to s
ingle slide or to all the slides.
1. Making a slide show
. You can make a slide show by
Pressing f5 key or
By selecting view show option from the slide show menu or
By selecting slide show option from the view menu.
When you run a presentation, it will take up full compute
r screen, that
is slides will be displayed in the full screen of your co
mputer. In the
bottom left corner of the screen it has a button which op
ens a context
menu. This menu can be opened by pressing application but
ton from
the keyboard.It has options for navigating with different
slide,
displaying speaker notes, help and end show
1. Internet
1. Creating an email account

1. Sending mails
To send an e-mail message, on the toolbar, click the Co
mpose Mail
button. In the To and/or Cc boxes, type the e-mail name
of each
recipient, separating names with a comma or semicolon
( ; ).
In the subject box, type a message title. Then type you
r message, and
then click on Send button
1. Receiving mails.
2. Create an account and use social networking sites..
 1. Regional Typing
1. Learn to use different keyboards and software to type in their regional la
nguage.