opeaie Ure RraatRarirtl WA-sas eUe4/1213/01/09, ell, 19-2-2013L- 92 COMPUTER STUDIES Standard 9 @® PLEDGE India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters. Tlove my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. 1 shall always strive to be worthy of it I shall respect my parents, teachers and all my elders and treat everyone with courtesy. I pledge my devotion to my country and its people My happiness lies in their well-being and prosperity. Price : % 82-00 ee, # i )> Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks sass ‘Vidyayan’, Sector 10-A, Gandhinagar-382010Subject Adviser Prof. R. P. Soni Authors: DrHarshal Arolkar (Convener) Dr Sanjay M. Shah Dr Priti S. Saja Dr Jignesh Smart Reviewers Dr Kuntal P. Patel Shri Girish S. Brahmbhatt Shri Saket A. Dave Shri Ankita S, Dwivedi Shri al _K. Raval Shri Mayuri I, Shah Shri R. L. Gilatar Shri Rajanikant P. Pandya Shri Pankaj R. Shukla Shri Nishita N. Gandhi Shri Rajshree N. Padia Shri Dimple U. Shukla Co-ordinator Shri Ashish H. Borisagar (Subject Co-or (or: Mathematics) Preparation and Planning Shri G.I. Shaikh (Dy. Director : Academic) Lay-out and Planning Shri Haresh S. Limbachiya (Dy. Director : Production) PREFACE ‘The Gujarat State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has prepared new syllabi based on the open source operating system and compitible open source software tools for various topics of Computer Studies. These syllabi are sanctioned by the Goverment of Gujarat. It is a matter of pleasure for the Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks to place this textbook of Computer Studies before the students of Standard 9 prepared according to the new syllabus Before publishing the textbook, its manuscript has been fully reviewed by experts and teachers teaching at this level. Carrying out suggestions given by teachers and experts, we have made necessary changes in the manuscript and then have published the textbook. The board has taken special care to ensure that this textbook is interesting, useful and free from errors. However, we welcome suggestions to enhance the quality of the textbook. HL K, Patel cas Dr Nitin Pethani Executive President Date : 1-1-2013 GandhinagarIt shall be the duty of every citizen of India : (a) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem; (b) to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom; (c) to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India; (4) to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so: (ec) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women; () to value and preserve the rich heritage or our composite culture; (g) to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures; (h) to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform: (i) to safeguard public property and to abjure violence; (i) to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement.10. ue 12. 13. 14, Introduction to Computers History and Evolution of Computers Input and Output Devices Memory, Storage Devices and Data Representation Introduction to Operating System Introduction to Ubuntu Linux . In cate to Ubuntu Linux GUI Basic we in Ubuntu Linux ntroduction't6:Word Prosesing \_ Editing and Formatting Documents ‘Tables and Mail Merge Introduction to Presentation Introduction to the Internet Email and Security in Internet Appendix 19 26 43 59 18 99 133 151 167 194 216 240 265Dear Teachers, With a mission to spread computer literacy on a fast track, the Gujarat Government has provided latest computer equipment to more than 6000 aided schools under the ICT@School program. As a new policy initiative all the schools are given the Ubuntu (a variant of Linux) Operating System and other Open Source software packages so that schools can freely use and exchange the software without bothering about the licensing issues. Since earlier textbooks were largely based on proprietary software, there was a need to rewrite the textbooks based on new syllabus. ‘This was also necessary in view of the fact that the 8 standard has been transferred to primary section, Therefore, new content has been provided for 9 to 12 standard in a phased manner based on the open source Operating System and compatible open source software tools for various topics of computer studies. This textbook for 9 standard is the first in series for the subject of ‘Computer Studies”. The aim has been to provide elementary knowledge of computers, introduction to Open Source Operating System-Ubuntu, Open Office Word Processor known as Writer, Presentation tool Impress and some concepts of Internet surfing, searching, email, file downloading ete. as well as security. An attempt has been made to create a good base for the students to lear other topics as well as open source software in later years. It is worth to mention that no assumption has been made about students having any prior knowledge of computers. We hope the coverage will be useful to the students and you will enjoy teaching and conducting practicals using open source Ubuntu operating system. Dear Students, We assume that you are learning the subject of computer studies based on open source software for the first time. As a beginner, you will need to know various definitions around computers, hardware and software. This will be followed by introduction to open source operating systems as well as other operating systems available in public domain. You will also be learning Open Office components ofword processing and presentation tools. Finally, exposure to Internet and its uses will be covered so that you become quite comfortable in working with computers and Internet. ‘The chapters 1 to 4 cover introduction, history and evolution of computers, input output devices as well as memory and data representation techniques. In chapters 5 to 8 introductory details about functions and types of operating systems, Ubuntu Linux, graphical user interface GNOME and basic utilities such as command line interface (CLI), text and image editors, media players etc. are discussed. Chapters 9 to 11 introduce all the basic functionalities of word processor Writer. Another component of Open Office which is a presentation tool Impress is covered in chapter 12. Finally, basic terminologies of Internet, its applications, security threats and cryptography have been covered in chapters 13 and 14. It is expected that if you study the text carefully and practice the laboratory exercises, you will develop reasonable confidence in working with quite user friendly Ubuntu Linux operating system and OpenOffice components for word processing and presentation