Syllabus For The Subject Computer Application in Business

Unit 1
Basic Concepts
Characteristics of a Computer
Advantages of Computers
Limitation of Computers
Types of Computers
Applications of computers
Data Representation – ASCII

Unit 2
Essential components of Computers
Hardware, Firmware, Live-ware
Software
Relationship between hardware and software
System Software: Operating system, Translators, interpreter, compiler, assemblers, linkers
Overview of operating system, function of operating system
Application software: General Purpose Packaged Software and tailor made software

Unit 3
Introduction to Internet
Meaning of Internet
Growth of internet
Owner of Internet
Anatomy of Internet
Basic Internet Terminology
Net Etiquette
World Wide Web
Internet Protocols

Usage of Internet to society
Search Engines.
 

Unit 4
Word Processing
Introduction to word Processing
Word processing concepts
Use of Templates
Working with word document
Opening an existing document/creating a new document
Saving
Selecting text
Editing text
Finding and replacing text
Closing
Formatting
Checking and correcting spellings
Bullets and numbering
Tabs
Paragraph Formatting
Indent
Page Formatting
Header and footer
 

Unit 5
Spreadsheet and its Business Applications
Spreadsheet concepts
Creating a work book
Saving a work book
Editing a work book

Inserting, deleting work sheets
Entering data in a cell
Formula Copying
Moving data from selected cells
Handling operators in formulae
Rearranging Worksheet
Project involving multiple spreadsheets
Printing worksheet
 

Unit 6
Generally used Spread sheet functions
Mathematical
Statistical
Financial
Logical
Unit 7
Presentation Software
Creating a presentation
Templates
Editing
Sorting
Inserting a worksheet object
Inserting a graph and editing
Inserting drawing objects
Layout