Description
Step by Step Computer Applications is designed to introduce students to a wide range of popular computer applications.
· It assumes no previous familiarity in the use of computer applications
· Tasks start with simple operations, such as loading an application, and gradually progress to cover more complex operations
· Each task is illustrated by precise, step-by-step instructions
· The book is generally non-software specific, but explains how to perform each task using Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007
· Written for students taking the following courses:
· FETAC Word Processing Level 5
· FETAC Spreadsheet Methods Level 5
· FETAC Database Methods Level 5
· FETAC The Internet Level 5
· FETAC Computer Applications Level 4
· FETAC Information Technology Skills Level 4
· ECDL and any course with a computer applications element
· Also suitable for Transition Year and Leaving Cert Applied students taking any ICT module

Author Biography
John Roche teaches Computer Applications and Business Studies in Piper’s Hill College, Naas, Co. Kildare. He is the author of Bookkeeping: Manual and Computerised, also published by Gill & Macmillan.

Table of Contents
1. Computers (Theory)
2. Managing computers and Files
3. Word Processing
4. Spreadsheets
5. Databases
6. Presentations and Graphics
7. The Internet
8. E-mail