iCheck Microsoft Office 2003 Introductory

These articles further explore computer safety, ethics, and many other topics covered in the Technology Handbook found in the student edition.

Using Windows Applications (p. H28)

Introduction Learn more about the Control Panel.

Directions Read the information below and apply what you learn to answer the questions. Check your work carefully, and click Check Answers.

Categories of the Control Panel

When you open the Control Panel in Category View, you will notice the following categories:

1. Appearance and Themes: This category includes the computer’s display settings, such as the computer’s theme, background, screen saver, and screen resolution.
2. Network and Internet Connections: You can use this category to change Internet connection settings or to create a connection to the network at your workplace.
3. Add or Remove Programs: This category, as its name indicates, is used to add or remove programs from your computer. When you click on this category, a window opens that includes all of the programs on your computer. You can remove these programs or make changes to them, such as modifying the default settings.
4. Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices: Use this category to adjust your computer’s volume, to change the sound scheme (such as the sound that you hear when you turn on or shut down your computer), and to change speaker settings. You can also use this category to activate speech recognition devices.
5. Performance and Maintenance: In this category, you can free up space on your hard disk, back up data, or rearrange items on your hard disk to make programs run faster. You can also create scheduled tasks, such as scheduling an automatic backup on a daily or weekly basis.
6. Printers and Other Hardware: Use this category to install or add a printer or fax machine. You can also adjust settings for other hardware, such as game controllers, the mouse, the keyboard, and scanners.
7. User Accounts: This category is used to create a user account to use a computer or log onto a network.
8. Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options: In this category, you can change the date or time zone on your computer; change or add a language; and modify the format of numbers, dates, and times.
9. Accessibility Options: Use this category to configure Windows for special vision, hearing, and mobility needs. For example, you can set the computer to use a larger font, to increase contrast, or to show a visual warning when the computer makes a sound.

1			Which Control Panel category would you use to add a speech recognition device?
2			Name two settings you can change in the Appearance and Themes category.
3			If you move to a different time zone, what should you do?
4			Which Control Panel category would you use to set up regularly scheduled disk cleanups?