| Help : Articles (Teachers) |
Introduction
The GCSE ICT Companion contains articles which comprehensively cover these 50 topics :
| Introduction | Spreadsheets | Contol Programs | Algorithms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information | Charting | The Law | Programming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information Systems | Web Design | Data Protection | Data Transfer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardware | Multimedia | Copyright | Social Issues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardware | Operating Systems | Hacking | IT in Industry
| Input Devices
| Other Software
| Health & Safety
| Banking
| Output Devices
| Data Comms
| Security
| Supermarket
| Storage Devices
| Comms Methods
| Security
| Project Work
| Processing
| Networks
| Backups
| System Lifecycle
| Software
| Internet
| Viruses
| Analysis
| Software
| E-Commerce
| Other Topics
| Design
| Word Processing
| Global ICT Services
| Validate & Verify
| Implementation
| Desktop Publishing
| Control
| Data Collection
| Testing
| Graphics
| Data Logging
| Simulation
| Evaluation
| Databases
| Control
| User Interface
| Documentation
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The names of the topics are shown on orange backgrounds. The topics are grouped together into topic areas. The topic areas are shown on blue backgrounds. For example the topic area The Law contains the four topics Data Protection, Hacking, Copyright and Health and Safety. Each topic is divided up into a number of short articles called subtopics.
Information at the Top and Bottom of Each Page
A purple title bar appears at the top of each article page :
This contains the following information :
At the bottom of the page the definitions scroller will show you important definitions from the topic you are studying and lets you navigate through an article by pressing the Next Page and Prev Page buttons.
How do I find an article ?
There are three different methods that you can use to find an article. Click on one of the GO buttons to find out how to use each of the methods :
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| The Search Engine |
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| The Navigation Panel |
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Related Information
Most articles contain hyperlinks to other related articles. A hyperlink is usually indicated by underlined text or a round GO button.
If you wish to view the article that a hyperlink relates to then simply click on the hyperlink. To return to the article that you were originally reading use the BACK button in your browser.
How do I print an article ?
Once you have found an article and have it displayed on your screen you need to press the
button on the navigation panel to produce a printout.
If you want to print out all of the information for the entire topic then select option (1) Print Topic from the print menu. If you only want to print the current subtopic then select option (2) Print Subtopic instead.
(C) P Meakin 2004