Pir Maher Ali Shah Arid Agriculture

University
BS Environmental Sciences

Assignment:
CS-301

Submitted To:
MS. Syada Ramla Hassan Rizvi

Submitted By:
Muhammad Yousuf Awan

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Application of Computer:
The various applications of computers are following

1. Business
2. Education
3. Marketing
4. Banking
5. Insurance
6. Communication
7. Health Care
8. Engineering Design

Business:
A computer has high speed of calculation, diligence, accuracy, reliability, or
versatility which made it an integrated part in all business organizations.
Computer is used in business organizations for: Payroll calculations, Sales analysis,
Budgeting, Financial forecasting, Managing employees’ database and Maintenance
of stocks etc.

Education:
Computers have its dominant use in the education field which can significantly
enhance performance in learning. Even distance learning is made productive and
effective through internet and video based classes. Researchers have massive usage
of these computers in their work from the starting to till the end of their scholarly
work.

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Marketing:
In marketing, uses of computer are:
Advertising With computers, advertising professionals create art and graphics,
write and revise copy, and print and disseminate ads with the goal of selling more
products.
Home shopping has been made possible through use of computerized catalogues
that provide access to product information and permit direct entry of orders to be
filled by the customers.

Banking:
Today banking is almost totally dependent on computer. Banks provide the
facilities
Banks provide online accounting facility, which includes current balances, deposits,
overdrafts, interest charges, shares, and trustee records.
ATM machines are making it even easier for customers to deal with banks.

Insurance:
Insurance companies are keeping all records up-to-date with the help of computers.
The insurance companies, finance houses and stock broking firms are widely using
computers for their concerns.

Communication:
Communication means to convey a message, an idea, a picture or speech that is
received and understood clearly and correctly by the person for whom it is meant
for. Some main areas in this category are: Chatting, E-mail, Usenet, FTP, Video-
conferencing and Telnet.

Health Care:
Most of the medical information can now be digitized from the prescription to
reports. Computation in the field of medicine allows us to offer varied miraculous

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therapies to the patients. radiotherapy wasn’t possible without computer. There are
following systems

• Diagnostic System:

Computers are used to collect data and identify the cause of illness.

• Lab-diagnostic System:

All tests can be done, and the reports are prepared by computer.

• Patient Monitoring System:

These are used to check the patient's signs for abnormality such as in Cardiac

Arrest, ECG, etc.

• Pharma Information System:

Computer is used to check drug labels, expiry dates, harmful side effects, etc.

Engineering Design:
As per the title, computers aid in designing buildings, magazines, prints,
newspapers, books and many others. The construction layouts are designed
beautifully on system using different tools and software

Capabilities and Limitations of the Computer:

• Speed: A computer can process data faster than any other machine designed to

perform a similar task.

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• Repetitions: A computer can tirelessly perform the same operations millions of times

in the same way without getting bored and tired the way a human clerk would.

• Accuracy: A computer's high-speed processing is accompanied by high-accuracy

results. No other system can have as much accuracy as a computer system.

• Logical Operations: The computer can make decisions based on some conditions and

take alternative course of action accordingly.

• Store And Recall Information: The computer is like human brain as it can store facts,

instructions and information and recall them when needed.

• Self Checking: The computer verifies the accuracy of its own work by means of a parity

check.

• Self Operating: Once the data and the program are fed into the computer memory, the

computer is capable of executing the instructions on its own, without human intervention.

Limitations:

• A computer cannot generate information on its own.

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•A computer cannot correct wrong instructions.

•A computer cannot come up with an original decision

Basic Keys OF Computer:

F1 Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
F2 Rename a selected file
F5 Refresh the current program window
Alt+F4 Close the currently active program
Alt+F File menu options in current program.
Alt+E Edit options in current program
Alt+Tab Switch between open programs
Home Goes to beginning of current line.
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.
Ctrl+Left Moves one word to the left at a time.
arrow
Ctrl+Right Moves one word to the right at a time.
arrow
Ctrl+Esc Opens the START menu
Ctrl+Shift+Esc Opens Windows Task Manager
Alt+F4 Close the currently active program
Alt+Enter Open the Properties for the selected item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)
Ctrl+N Create a new, blank document in some software programs
Ctrl+O Open a file in current software program
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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.

Short keys of word:

F1 Open Help.
F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5 Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
F7 Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.
F12 Save As.
Shift+F3 Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a
capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift+F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
Shift+F12 Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.
Ctrl+1 Single-space lines.
Ctrl+2 Double-space lines.

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Ctrl+5 1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl+Alt+1 Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl+Alt+2 Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl+Alt+3 Changes text to heading 3.
Alt+Ctrl+F2 Open new document.
Ctrl+F1 Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2 Display the print preview.
Ctrl+Shift+> Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+< Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+F6 Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl+Shift+F12 Prints the document.
Ctrl+A Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F Open find box.
Ctrl+I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P Open the print window.
Ctrl+R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.
Ctrl+T Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V Paste.

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 Ctrl+W Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z Undo last action.
Shift+Insert Paste.
Shift+Alt+D Insert the current date.
Shift+Alt+T Insert the current time.

Short keys of MS Excel:

Ctrl+1 Open the Format Cells window.

Ctrl+A Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl+B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+K Insert link.
Ctrl+S Save the open worksheet.
Ctrl+U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl+D Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the selected cell.
To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Down
to select multiple cells. Then press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the
original cell.
Ctrl+R Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of the selected cell.
To fill more than one cell, select the source cell and press
Ctrl+Shift+Right to select multiple cells.
Then press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
Ctrl+1 Change the format of selected cells.
Ctrl+5 Strikethrough highlighted selection.
Ctrl+P Bring up the print dialog box to begin the printing process.
Ctrl+Z Undo last action.
Ctrl+F3 Open Excel Name Manager.

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F2 Edit the selected cell.
F3 After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.
F4 Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell,
pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6.
F7 Spell check selected text or document.
F11 Create chart from selected data.
Ctrl+Shift+1 Format number in comma format.
Ctrl+Shift+4 Format number in currency format.
Ctrl+Shift+3 Format number in date format.
Ctrl+Shift+5 Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl+Shift+6 Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl+Shift+2 Format number in time format.

Short keys of Power Point:

Help F1
Edit in selected placeholder F2
Repeat F4
Run a presentation F5
View the slide show from the current slide
Shift + F5
forward
Move clockwise among panes
F6
in Normal view
Move counterclockwise among panes
Shift + F6
in Normal view
Spellcheck F7
Display ribbon key tip letters F10
Opens Save As dialog box F12
Ctrl +
Delete one word to the left
Backspace
Delete one word to the right Ctrl + Delete
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Cut selected object or text Ctrl + X
Copy selected object or text Ctrl + C
Paste cut or copied object or text Ctrl + V
Undo Ctrl + Z
Redo Ctrl + Y
Open Find dialog box Ctrl + F
Cancel Esc
Ctrl + Shift
Switch between outline and thumbnail pane
+ Tab
Move to next placeholder (if on slide’s last
Ctrl + Enter
placeholder, this inserts a new slide)
Insert a new slide Ctrl + M
Duplicate the current side Ctrl + D
Ctrl + Shift
Increase font size
+>
Ctrl + Shift
Decrease font size
+<
Ctrl + T or
Display the font dialog box Ctrl + Shift
+F
Change case Shift + F3
Ctrl + Equal
Apply superscript formatting
sign
Ctrl + Shift
Apply subscript formatting
+ Plus sign
Alt + F, use
Move to File tab ribbon letters to
navigate
Alt + H, use
Move to Home tab ribbon letters to
navigate
Alt + N, use
Move to Insert tab ribbon letters to
navigate
Alt + G, use
Move to Design tab ribbon letters to
navigate

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 Alt + K, use
Move to Transitions tab ribbon letters to
navigate
Alt + A, use
Move to Animations tab ribbon letters to
navigate
Alt + S, use
Move to Slide Show tab ribbon letters to
navigate

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