CBSE Class 4 Computer Science Control Panel Notes

CBSE Class 4 Control Panel. Learning the important concepts is very important for every student to get better marks in examinations. The concepts should be clear which will help in faster learning. The attached concepts will help the student to understand the chapter and score better marks in the examinations. 

UNIT-7

CONTROL PANEL

In order to customize the desktop screen of a computer system, you can make use of Control Panel provided by an operating system, that provides all the ptions required for the organization and maintenance of your computer both in terms of hardware and software.
You can access the Control Panel in either of the two ways:

7.1 DISPLAY PROPERTIES : You can change the display of your computer , you can also increase and decrease the brightness and contrast of the display panel or monitor by changing the settings called Display properties. You can change these settings by clicking on Display option in the Large Icons view of the Control Panel. OR you can directly access it by right clicking on the desktop.

7.2 SETTING OF MOUSE : A mouse is a useful pointing and selecting device. By default it is to be used by left hand. But a user can change its settings such as Double Click speed , mouse pointer movement speed, scheme or shape of mouse pointer and various other settings related to mouse buttons and mouse wheel or center button.

You can change these settings by clicking on Mouse option in the Large Icons view of the Control Panel. OR by locating and clicking on Mouse under Hardware and Sound option in the Category wise view of the Control Panel

7.3 TASKBAR AND START MENU : The bottommost bar or strip displays on the Desktop screen is a taskbar. It shows the currently active and open application along with other options like Date & Time, Start Menu. A taskbar can have Start Menu, Quick Launch icons, System Tray icons etc.

By right clicking on the taskbar you will get many options that can be used for various purposes

Start Menu helps you to locate and select a program from the group of all available pre-installed and user installed programs.

7.4 DATE AND TIME SETTINGS : System date and time is one of the most important thing that one has to keep in mind because it maintains the date and time wise your computer activities. It also helps in selecting and sorting files and folders based on their date of creation or modification. Hence it is advisable to keep the system date and time correct. You can set the date and time by simply right clicking on displaying Date & Time on the right most side on the taskbar and selecting Adjust Date and Time option as shown below. You can also change the way the date and time is to be displayed and many other thing. And the most important thing is Time Zone. In order to let the system automatically update Date and Time correctly , you have set the correct Time Zone. For India it is +5.30 as shown above.

EXERCISE

Q 1. How many buttons are there on a typical mouse?

Q 2. How can change the desktop background?

Q 3. What is the purpose / significance / importance of taskbar?

Q 4. The collection of Icons on the left most side before the Start menu on task bar is called___________

LAB WORK

1. Change the wallpaper or desktop background of your computer
2. Change the date and time of your computer to the date and time of your birth.
3. One of your friend uses his left hand to operate mouse, but he is not feeling comfortable in doing so. Help him by changing the settings of the mouse, so that he can use his left hand to operate the mouse comfortably.

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