Care Notebook Tutorial Basic Computer Terminology

You will hear these computer terms used throughout the Tutorial. If you are fairly new to computers, these definitions may be helpful to you in following the directions in this Tutorial. However, the step by step directions provided in the Tutorial will help you navigate fairly easily.

Browser - This is the program you use to surf the internet. There are several internet browsers available, some of the most popular are Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Netscape Navigator.
Click - To tap one of the mouse buttons. If clicking doesn't work, try 2 quick taps (double-click). In some instructions, click may mean double-click. If one click doesn't work, try double-clicking. Default--A value or setting that a device or program automatically selects if you do not specify a substitute. For example, word processors have default margins and default page lengths that you can reset. The default drive is the disk drive the computer accesses unless you specify a different disk drive. The default can also be an action that a device or program will take. For example, some word processors generate backup files by default.
Download – to transfer data from one computer to another. Downloading usually means to "receive" data and upload means to "send”.
Field – (also referred to as a form field) An area of a database record, or form, into which a particular item of data is entered . A field holds exactly one type of information about an item or subject. For example, on a form, there may be a Name field, an Address field and a Phone Number field.

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Computer Lab Tips & Tricks

General Tips
- SHIFT + click (or right-mouse click > Open Link in New Window)
Opens the hyperlink in a new window. Helpful for using search engines and databases (to keep the list “up” without having to hit BACK button)
- TOOLS > OPTIONS > INTERNET OPTIONS
Allows you to USE CURRENT PAGE as your “home page” each time IE loads
- VIEW > TOOLBARS (or right-mouse click on a toolbar) Allows you to turn on/off certain toolbars on your web browser. Helpful if you are presenting something to a class and want to show as much “screen” space as possible
- FILE > IMPORT & EXPORT > [wizard] EXPORT FAVORITES
Allows you to save your internet favorites to a web file (.htm) to save on your H: drive for access from any computer. Also helpful for students who want their “bookmarks” to persist after logging off (they get erased otherwise)

PRINTING a PDF document
- On the computer screen, there will be a printer icon in the “content area” of Internet Explorer. Use this “inner” printer icon, instead of the IE printer icon (or the FILE > PRINT menu)

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