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ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
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(C) 2015 - DR. WAYNE MACHUCA / MHCC 2

1) KNOW YOUR O/S
Click on Start
Right click on Computer
Click on Properties

32-bit O/S

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2) GO TO THE PYTHON DOWNLOAD PAGE
HTTPS://WWW.PYTHON.ORG/DOWNLOAD
Look for the version of Python that would work best for your computer.
For this conversation, we are using Python 3.4.1 on a 32-bit Processor

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IN CHROME, THE .MSI APPEARS ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
Or, you can look in your
Downloads folder

Double click it to launch

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3A) WORK WITH THE SETUP WIZARD
Click Run
The Setup Wizard begins
Click Next >

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3B) SELECT DESTINATION DIRECTORY
Change your destination
directory (where you want
Python to be stored), or click
Next > for the default location.

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3C) CUSTOMIZE PYTHON 3.4.1
Stay with the defaults

Click Next >

Note: your computers security

may request confirmation that

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3D) COMPLETE
Click Finish

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4) GO TO START > ALL PROGRAMS
AND LOOK FOR YOUR NEW PYTHON LINK

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5) IDLE IS YOUR IDE. CLICK IT

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 LETS TRY IT

At the >>> prompt enter:

print (hello world)

and hit Enter

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CONGRATULATIONS. Lets try something
different

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OPEN NOTEPAD
It will be in Accessories, or click
the Start button and enter
Notepad.
Once there, add the print
command as you did before

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SAVE THE DOCUMENT TO YOUR DESKTOP AS
MYFIRSTPYTHON.PY

It should look like this on your

Desktop

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IN IDLE,
Select File > Open
Navigate to your Desktop and
select
MyFirstPython.py
1

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SUCCESS
After clicking Open, your
program will launch and the
results will appear as you see
here

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THE END Welcome to Applications
Programming and Python

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