CFT

COMPUTER FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS

LAB PRACTICAL FILE

Pranavi Jayasankaran
Enrollment No.: A50504822017
Faculty: Dr. Yojna Arora, Assistant Professor
Program: BCA 1

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 INDEX

S.No Practical Date Pg. No

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S.No Practical Date Pg. No

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Practical 1: Creating a Folder
Aim: To create a folder on the desktop and create files in it.

Steps to create a folder:

1. Turn on the PC
2. On the desktop, right click the mouse

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3. In the drop-down menu, hover the cursor over the “new” option

4. Choose the option of the ‘new folder.’ Rename the folder as per your choice.

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5. Move the folder on the desktop, where you want to place it.

6. Create and organize your files within the folder as required by you.

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Practical 2: MS Paint
Aim: To create a Project in MS Paint.

Steps:
1. Open the MS Paint application.
2. Use the various tools provided in MS Paint, such as shapes, fill, pencil, brushes etc.
to create your project.

3. Save the file. You may also save your paint project in a specific format as
a .jpeg, .png, .bmp, .gif or any other format as you wish.

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OUTPUT:

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Practical 3: Notepad
Aim: To create a Project in Notepad.

Steps:
1. Open the Notepad application.
2. Use the various fonts and options available in notepad to create a file in Notepad

3. Save the file with .txt extension and an appropriate name. You may also save it with other file
extensions if required.

OUTPUT:

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Practical 4: WordPad
Aim: To create a WordPad Project.

Steps to create a WordPad file:

1. Open the WordPad application.

2. Use the various fonts and options available in WordPad to create a project. We may also
include paint projects in WordPad.

3. Save the project.

OUTPUT:

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Practical 5: Display Properties, Screensaver, Date, Time and Wallpaper
Aim: To Implement various display properties, set a screensaver, date and time
and the wallpaper.
Steps to change display properties:

1. Right click on the desktop to open the drop-down Menu and choose the personalise option.

2. Choose the display properties you want to change like the themes, colours, fonts etc. based on
your preferences

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Steps to set Wallpaper:
1. Open the Personalisation settings by right clicking on the desktop and choose the personalise
option.
2. Choose the background option to set the wallpaper.

3. Choose the browse photos options to set a specific picture background. You may also set a
solid colour or a windows spotlight background.
4. Select the picture you want from your device and select the choose photo option.

OUTPUT:

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Steps to set screensaver:
1. Open the Personalisation settings by right clicking on the desktop and choose the personalise
option.
2. Choose the option of the lock screen
3. Scroll down to the option of the screensaver

4. A window to set the screensaver will open

5. Choose the screensaver of your choice and set the time after which the screensaver should
start.

6. Select ok, the screensaver will be set for use.

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OUTPUT:

Ribbons screensaver

Steps to set Date and Time

1. Open the settings and choose time and language.
2. Under Time and language select the date and time option.

3. Set the date and time you want according to the time zone

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Practical 6: MS Word
Aim: Create a file in MS Word and implement its various properties.
Steps:
1. Open the MS Word application.
2. Create a new document and
 Put Bullets and numbers

 Apply various font parameters

 Apply left, right and centre alignments

 Apply hyperlinks from the insert tab choose the link option to insert a hyperlink

 Insert pictures

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 Insert ClipArt

 Show the use of WordArt

 Add shading and borders

 Show the use of Find and replace

 Apply Header/footers

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OUTPUT:

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Practical 7: Paste and Paste Special
Aim: Demonstrate the concept of Paste and Paste Special in MS Word
Steps:
1. Open the MS Word application.
2. Create a new document.
3. Using the shortcut keys of ctrl + c, ctrl + v. Paste information directly from the clipboard or
use the paste option on the home tab in the extreme left.

4. To paste the information with specific formatting, such as pasting it in HTML format or as an
image use the paste special feature. Either by using the drop-down menu under the paste
option in the home tab or the keyboard shortcut of Alt + Ctrl + V. Choose the format to paste
the content as.

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OUTPUT:

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Practical 8: Watermark
Aim: Create a Watermark in MS Word
Steps:
1. Open the MS Word application.
2. Create a new document.
3. In the design tab, choose the watermark option in the right end.
4. Choose the watermark of your choice from the drop-down window or create a custom
watermark.

5. Press ok to apply the watermark to the document with your preferences. You may set a Text
watermark or a picture watermark.

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OUTPUT:

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Practical 9: CV
Aim: Create a CV in MS Word
Steps:
1. Open the MS Word application.
2. Create a new document either by making your own template or using the template provided
by MS Word.

3. Enter your details regarding your experience and skills in the CV and format as per your
preferences. Add your picture and give proper references and information.

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OUTPUT:

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Practical 10: Time Table
Aim: Create a Timetable in MS Word
Steps:
1. Open the MS Word application.
2. Create a new document.
3. Create the title heading for the timetable
4. Using the Inset table feature in the insert tab, create a table as per your requirements and fill
in the details as required.

5. You may use various features of the Table tools to edit the design and layout of the timetable
as per your choice.

OUTPUT:

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Practical 11: Mail Merge
Aim: Use the Mail merge feature in MS Word
Steps:
1. Open the MS Word application.
2. Create a new document.
3. Write the document you would like to mail
4. Go to the mailings tab and select the option of “Start Mail merge”

5. From the drop down menu select the option you would like to use and fill in
the required details regarding the recipients.
6. You may choose the mail merge wizard in order to perform the tasks step by
step.

7. Once completed with filling out the address lists and choosing your recipients you may
generate the electronic email to send out.

8. We may also merge and mail it in the form a pdf document.

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OUTPUT:

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Practical 12: Excel Math functions
Aim: Use the Mathematical functions in MS Excel
Steps:
1. Open the MS Excel application.
2. Create a blank worksheet and add the following fields in the worksheet:

3. Fill in the marks for 20 students.

4. Using the Math functions calculate the following information:
 Total of each student’s marks
 Percentage of each student
 The highest marks scored in each subject
 The lowest marks scored in each subject
 The number of students who scored marks higher than 80 in each subject

OUTPUT:

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Practical 13: Excel Text functions
Aim: Use the Text functions in MS Excel
Steps:
1. Open the MS Excel application.
2. Create a blank worksheet and add the following fields in the worksheet:

3. Fill in the fields of S.no, animals and colors

4. Using the following Text functions fill the fields of the worksheet:
 LOWER
 UPPER
 CONCATINATE
 LEFT
 MID
 RIGHT
 LEN
 FIND
OUTPUT:

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Practical 14: Excel functions
Aim: Use the functions in MS Excel
Steps:
1. Open the MS Excel application.
2. Create a blank worksheet and add the following fields in the worksheet:

3. Fill in the marks for 20 students.

4. Demonstrate the concept of following MS Excel Functions
a. Data Sorting
b. Filter
c. Data Validation
d. ClipARt, WordArt, SmartARt and Shapes

SORTING STUDENTS IN EACH SUBJECT IN ASCENDING ORDER OF THEIR MARKS

OUTPUT:

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 FILTERING DATA FOR STUDENTS WITH PERCENTAGE GREATER THAN 75%
OUTPUT:

DATA VALIDATION: RESTRICTING MARKS TO BE ENTERED ONLY IN PERCENTAGE

OUTPUT:

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 CLIPART, WORDART, SMARTART AND SHAPES
OUTPUT:

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Practical 15: Excel Charts
Aim: Plot Data in MS Excel using various charts
Steps:
1. Open the MS Excel application.
2. Create a blank worksheet and add the following fields in the worksheet:

3. Fill in the marks for 20 students.

4. Find percentage of the students and use various charts available in MS Excel to find:
 Distribution of A’s marks
 Percentage of students using a bar graph

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