(NOTE:Each chapter opens with Objectives and a Preview, and concludes with most or all of the following: a Troubleshooting Guide, Summary, Review Questions, Exercises, and a Chapter Glossary.)I. COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Beginning at the Beginning. 2. Computer Hardware. 3.
Operating Systems and MS DOS. 4. Disk, Directory, and File Manipulation. 5. Environment Variables. 6. Other Useful DOS Commands. II.
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: WORD PROCESSING. 7. Introducing Word Processing. 8. The Basics of Word Processing with WordPerfect. 9. Text Manipulation. 10.
Formatting Text. 11. Essential Page Formatting. 12. Advanced Page Formatting. 13. WordPerfect Writing Tools. III.
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: SPREADSHEETS. 14. Introducing Spreadsheets. 15. Creating Spreadsheets with Lotus 1-2-3. 16. The 1-2-3 Menu Structure. 17.
Cell Manipulation. 18. Built-In Functions. 19. Changing the Appearance of a Worksheet. 20. More Built-In Functions. 21.
Essential Graphing: XY, Line, and Bar Graphs. 22. Enhancing Graphs. 23. Pie Charts, Stacked-Bar, and Mixed-Type Graphs. IV. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: DATABASES. 24.
Database Concepts. 25. Database Design. 26. Introducing dBase. 27. Building a Database. 28.
Sorting, Indexing, and Searching a Database. 29. dBase Programming Basics. 30. Proficient dBase Programming. 31. Creating a Better User Interface. 32.
Printing Reports. Appendix A. Configuring a PC. Appendix B. A Brief History of the PC Industry. Appendix C. Binary, Hexadecimal, and Decimal.