DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

DIGITAL WORKPLACE SKILLS LAB MANUAL

Ex.No. 1
OPERATING SYSTEMS, BROWSERS AND SEARCH ENGINES

Aim:
To demonstrate the following a) Basic Navigation Operating Systems - Windows, Ubuntu
b) Usage of Browsers (Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome) c) Usage of Search Engine
(Google, Bing)
Procedure:
a) Basic Navigations in Operating Systems:
Windows:
Windows is a desktop operating system developed by Microsoft. For the past three
decades, Windows has been the most popular operating system for personal computers.
The first version of Windows was released in 1985.
Steps to Open Windows OS.
1. Select the Windows and Ubuntu installed Computer system.
2. Switch on the Computer Power button.
3. It will display the following window.
4. In the above window select Windows operating system option. 5. The system will
load the windows operating system and it will open following windows desktop.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu (pronounced oo-BOON-too) is an open source Debian-based Linux distribution.
Sponsored by Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu is considered a good distribution for beginners.
The operating system was intended primarily for personal computers (PCs) but it can
also be used on servers.
Steps to Open Ubuntu OS.
1. Select the Windows and Ubuntu installed Computer system.
2. Switch on the Computer Power button.
3. It will display the following
4. In the above window select Ubuntu operating system option.
5. The system will load the Ubuntu operating system and it will open the following
Ubuntu desktop.
 b) Usage of Browsers:
Internet is defined as the network of networks connected around world.
Web Browsers:
Web Browser is a software application for accessing the informatio the World Wide
Web. It is the function of the web browser to retrieve information requested by the user
from any website.
Most commonly used web browsers:
1. Home button - Clicking the 'Home' button brings the user directly back to the home
page of the browser. We can set any webpage as the home page. Usually, people prefer
to have search engines like Google.com as their home page.
2. Address bar - The address bar is where the URL of the desired website is entered.
This bar helps us to navigate to the desired website of our choice.
3. Refresh button - The refresh button is to reload the page. In some
cases, the page locally stores and saves the information. This prevents users from
seeing the updated information. Therefore, the refresh button is helpful in such cases.
4 . Bookmarks - This option is to save a particular website for reference later in the
future. It is used to mark pages that might be important or prove to be useful in the
future.
5. Tabbed browsing - This feature helps to open new screens on the same browser for
multiple browsing at the same time.
Internet Explorer
It is the browser developed by Microsoft and distributed with Windows. Now this
browser is outdated. Microsoft switched to Microsoft Edge browser.
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome: It is the most popular browser for desktop, Laptop and mobile
devices.
Steps for browsing:
1. Open any one of the browser. I will open Chrome browser.

2.Double click the Chrome browser icon.

3. It will open the following window.
 4. In the address bar type the web site address you want to browse. For example type
www.tn.gov.in.
5. It will open the Tamil Nadu Government website as shown below.
c) Usage of Search Engines
Search Engine
A search engine is a service that allows Internet users to search for content via the
World Wide Web (WWW). A user enters keywords or key phrases into a search engine
and receives a list of Web content results in the form of websites, images, videos or other
online data that semantically match with the search query.
1. Google
Google is of course the leader of search engines with more than 90% of the market
share. So much so that, it has become synonymous with searching on the internet.
2. Bing
This one is almost as popular as the Google search. Bing is the default search engine
of the Windows PC. One might find various similarities between Google and Bing with
result features like - images, videos, places, maps, and news.
Steps for Searching using Search engine:
1.Open any one of the browser. I will open Chrome browser.
2. Type www.google.com in the address bar. search engine page as shown below,
3. It will open the google.
4.In the above search box, type what you want to know.
5. For example, type Computer and press Google Search button.
6. It will show the computer related topics as shown below.

RESULT:
Thus the above Operating systems, Understanding browsers and Search
engines are demonstrated successfully.

EXNO:2
TEXT PROCESSING
AIM:
To create a word document using basic editing, formatting, tables, page break,
equations hyperlinks and pictures.
PROCEDURE:
Power on the system.
 Click start button and select Microsoft word document.
 Microsoft word document opened. Click file menu and select new option. A new
blank word document opened.
 Type some content your favorite topic.
Header
 Click insert menu and select header in header and footer option and then select any
one format in drop down menu.
 Footer
 Click insert menu and select footer in header and footer option and then select any
one format in drop down menu.
Page number
 Click insert menu and select page number in header and footer option and then select
any one format in drop down menu.
 Font style and font size
 Select home menu and select font option.
 Choose any one font style and font size.
Page break
 Select page layout menu and select page setup and choose page break option.
 The page break option apply to your document.
 Page color and page border
 Select page layout menu and select page background option and choose page color
option.
 You will see various colors you can use for your page
 Then click a color to apply it to your page.
 Select page layout menu and select page background option and choose page borders
option.
  Click Page Border. This is the middle tab on the Borders and Shading window.
 Select a border style. Click OK. It's at the bottom of the page. This will apply the
border to your document's.
Insert a picture
 Select the insert option from menu bar
 Now select the picture option
 A insert picture from dialog box will open.
 Select the drive or folder from the left panel menu where your pictures are saved.
 Click on the insert option. The picture will be inserted.
Equations
 On the menu bar click on the insert option.
 Under Equation tools click on the drop-down arrow button.
 A built-In dialog box will open where you can select the different types of equations.
 A design menu bar will open which contains different types of symbols, equation
structure, fractions, integration are displayed
 Click on the drop-down arrow under the symbol section to extend the symbol.
Hyperlink
 Open the document or create a new one in which you want to perform this operation.
 Select a text(a text or phrase) for creating a hyperlink.
 Now, go to the Insert tab.
 Now, In the insert tab go to the “Links” Section and in Link Section, click on the
“Hyperlink” option.
 As you click on the Hyperlink option a new tab will open named “Insert hyperlink“
 Now, In this tab, there is an address bar. In this address bar, you have to add the link
of webpage or address to new file anything you want.
 After entering the address click ok.
 Hyperlink is added to the selected text successfully.
RESULT:
Thus the above Exercise is executed and the output is verified.

EXNO:3
CREATE A STANDARD COVERING LETTER AND USE MAIL MERGE
AIM:
 Create a standard covering letter and use mail merge to generate the customized
letters for applying to a job in various organizations. Also, create a database and generate
labels for the applying organizations.
PROCEDURE:
 Open Microsoft word blank document. type the letter .
 Select Mailings option in menu bar and select start mail merge wizard and also
select step by step mail merge wizard.
 Right side of the page mail merge wizard will opened.
 Select the document type. Select letter and click next option.
 Select the current document and click next option.
 Select type a new list and select create. New address list box will displayed. Type a
company addresses.
 Select ok and select save option.
 Insert merge field and select preview the result.

RESULT:
Thus the above Exercise is executed and the output is verified.

EXNO:4
FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS IN WORKSHEET
AIM:
 To create a spread sheet, data handling, formatting calculations using formulae and
function using Excel/Google sheets.
PROCEDURE:
 Click start and select Microsoft excel application.
 Enter the given heading in the cells A1 to H.
 Create a worksheet with different values.
 To calculate sum and average using editing tools.
 Formulae
 Create a formula SUM(C2,D2,E2,F2,G2)/500 *100 in cell H2.
 Select H2 cell and implement the above formula for remaining cells.
 The average will be displayed in all cells.
 To calculate result to type the value “Result” in the cell L1.
 To enter the following formula in cell L2 .
 IF(AND(C2>=35,
D2>=35,E2>=35,F2>=35,G2>=35),IF(H2>=70,”DISTINCTION”,IF(H2>=60,”FIR
ST
CLASS”,IF(H2>=50,”SECONDCLASS”,IF(H2>=35,”PASS”,”FAIL”)))),”FAIL”)
 Enter the formula and press enter.
 The result will be displayed.
 Select the L2 cell and implement the all the cell.
Sort and filter
 Create a table based on class to select the result column and go to sort & filter
option
 After select the filter option the list box will be displayed.
 After select the filter option the option like distinction or first class or second class
or pass or fail. the corresponding result will be displayed.
RESULT:
Thus the above spread sheet has been created and different operations were done
successfully.
EXNO:5
CREATE CHARTS IN WORKSHEET.
AIM:
 Create a worksheet for the given relational data (minimum ten records) and show the
data in the Line Chart, Bar Chart and Pie Chart.
PROCEDURE:
Create a worksheet with different values.
Font & Alignment
Select the data in worksheet, change the font type, font sixe and font color by
selecting font, font size and font in the alignment color in the font format cell and align the
cells using different options link word wrap, merge and center cell.
Selecting the data and click insert required chart from the charts box.
Insert Charts –Bar Chart ,Pie Chart & Line chart
Select the required data and use different charts by selecting different charts in the
insert menu.
Select INSERT menu and select chart option and choose Bar chart.
Bar chart will be displayed.
Select INSERT menu and select chart option and choose Pie chart.
Bar chart will be displayed.
Select INSERT menu and select chart option and choose Line chart.
Bar chart will be displayed.
After insert all charts select file and choose print and click print preview.
To see exactly how the pages will look when they are printed.

RESULT:
Thus the above spread sheet has been created and different types of charts were done
successfully.

EXNO:6
PRESENTATION USING POWER POINT
AIM:
 To create a power point presentation with 10 slides about a topic with, custom
animation, shapes, header & footer, slide number, video, audio, picture, tables and
hyperlink between slides.
PROCEDURE:
 To open power point, click start->all programs->Microsoft office->Microsoft power
point 2007/2010.
 Click DESIGN and select any one suitable Theme.
 To add new slide, click home menu and select “New Slide” option.
 Likewise add 10 slides.
 For adding header & footer click Insert -> Header & footer.
 Change font face as Times new Roman, font size as 32,Alignment – center , use
Bullets and Numberings using the font and paragraph menu.
 To insert table, go to insert menu select table option.
 To insert image go to insert menu select picture option.
Insert a chart.
 Click insert chart in the content placeholder.
 Click the insert tab and then click the chart button in the illustration group.
 Choose a category. Select a chart type.
 Click ok.
 Use the excel spreadsheet to enter the chart data.
 Close the spreadsheet.
 In the spreadsheet and edit a chart’s data, select the chart, click the Design tab on the
ribbon, then click the edit data button in the data group.
 Change the chart type
 Select a chart type
 Click the change chart type button on the chart tools design tab.
 Choose a category. Select a chart type.
 Click ok.
 Slide Number using presentation
 On the View tab, in the Master view group, click slide Master.
  In the slide pane, select the slide master or select the slide layout that you want to
display number.
 On the Insert tab, click Header & Footer.
 Mark the slide number check box.
 Click the slide tab, and then select the slide number check box.
 Click the Notes and Hangouts tab, and then select the page number check box.
 To add page number to all of the slides or notes pages in your presentation, click
apply to all.

RESULT:
Thus the above Exercise is executed and the output is verified.

EXNo:7
DESIGNING WITH CANVA
AIM
 To design with canva and figma
PROCEDURE
 CREATING AN ACCOUNT WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:
 Go to www.canva.com and select sign up.
 From the sign up page choose continue with your email address or sign up with
work email address.
 Enter the email address you like to use for canva.
 Enter the authorization code sent to your email id.
 Verify your email address.
CREATING NEW CANVA DESIGN:
 Create a design press “create a design “ button in top left.
 Choose customize size.
 Set the width and height that you prefer.
CHOOSING A PRE MADE CANVAS
 If you want to create project for specific purpose, you have to create visual that
particular dimensions. For that do the following,
 Click on create a design.
 Type the name of the graphic that you need.
 Or scroll down the menu until you find it.
USING TEMPLATES:
 Templates or free to use
 Open new canvas.
 Under design, you can find a selection the templates at the toolbar on the left side of
the screen.
 Click one of them to display it.
UPLOADING IMAGES AND VIDEOS TO CANVAS
 Choose uploads at the toolbar on the left side of the screen.
 Press “upload files”. A new window appears.
 In the window appearing, browse until you find the file you want.
 Now the file selected to uploaded to canvas
EDITING TEXT: CHANGING FONTS
  Select the text a toolbar will appear at the top of the canvas.
 Select the font you like from the top toolbar.
CHANGING ALIGNMENT:
 Select the text press alignment tool until the desired alignment is made.
EFFECT ,PAN,POSITION AND TRANSPARENCY
 Select the text.
 Press effect on the toolbar. Here you can apply style, intensity and shape to the
selected text.
 Press Pan on the toolbar. Here you can apply text animations and page animation to
the selected text.
 Press position on the toolbar. Here you can apply alignments to the selected text.
 Press Transparency on the toolbar. Here you can vary transparency range 0 to 100 to
the selected text.
UPPERCASE TOOL:
 Select the text.
 Press the uppercase icon. this will be change the selected text uppercase or
lowercase.
SAVING AND EXPORTING A FILE
 Press the arrow symbol at the top blue bar.
 Press download. A drop down menu appears.
 Here you can choose file type.
 Check the save download setting.
 Finally click download.
 Now you will be able to find your file in your download folder.
SHARING AND COLLABORATING ON DESIGNS:
 In the top right corner. click share.
 In the window appearing do the following.
 Type in the collaborators email address.
 Include a message or note.
 Set the collaborators level of access.
 Can edit
  Can command
 Can view
 Finally click send

RESULT:
Thus the designing using canva is done successfully.

Exno:8
SCHEDULING MEETING-MAIL-SHARING FILES
Aim:
 To demonstrate the following a) Scheduling - Meetings - Google Calendar, MS
Calendar, Calendly. b) Mail - Gmail, Outlook c) Information management - Share files
with fellow students, edit/modify and change permissions.
Procedure:
Scheduling:
Steps to Schedule a meeting:
1. In Calendar, select 'New Meeting.'
2. Choose between 'New Meeting' or 'New Meeting with All.' 3. Enter a Title, Start and
End Time, Location, and add any notes or attachments.
4. In the 'Required' section enter the names of the attendees you would like to invite that
are required to attend.
5. In the 'Optional' section enter the names of the attendees that are not required to attend.
6. Select the 'Scheduling Assistant' to check the availability for attendees.
7. You can also select 'Make Recurring' if this meeting will happen weekly, monthly, etc.
on the same day and time.
8. Select 'Send' to send the meeting invitation
9. This will show up on your calendar view and on the calendar view of those who accept
the invitation.
Mail
Electronic mail, or 'email' is a digital communication method that uses electronic devices to
deliver messages.
Steps to create Gmail Account
1. Visit Google account creation page, accounts.google.com 2. Click on Create account.
3. The sign-up form will appear. Enter your first and last name. 4. Choose a Username for
your account. (Here you can also use an existing email address)
5. After choosing a username, enter a password. Type the password again to confirm. (As
per Google's instruction always use 8 or more characters with a mix of letters, numbers &
symbols)
6. At last tap on Next. (Right corner of the screen)
7. On the next page enter your phone number to verify your account. (It is a two-step
verification process for security)
8. On the given mobile number you will receive a text message from Google with a
verification code. Enter the verification code and tap on Verify.
9. On the next page enter your DOB in the specified fields.
10.Choose a Gender.
11. Tap on Next.
12.Read, Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy will appear on the
screen and click on I agree.
Steps to send mail using Gmail
1. Open your computer, select a browser.
2. Login your Gmail account, using Id and password.
3. On the new page, click Compose (In the top left).
4. A box appears on the screen, here in the To field, add recipients email id. (If you want,
you can also add recipients in the CC and BCC fields)
5. After that add a subject.
6. In the body, write your message.
7. At the bottom of the page, there is a send option-click Send to send mail.
Information Management
a)Share files with fellow students
The following tools used to share the file between students through online
1. One Drive
2. Google Drive
3. Drop box
a) Steps to Share file with fellow students in Google Drive
1. Open a file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. 2. In the top right corner, click Share.
3. Under "People" in the "Share with others" box, type the email address of the person or
Google Group you want to share with.
4. To choose if a person can view, comment, or edit the file, click the Down arrow next to
the text box.
5. Click Done. The people you shared with will get an email letting them know you've
shared a file.
Steps to create a Google form:
To collect students bio-data using Google Forms.
Select any one web browser and open Gmail account and then connect Google Drive.
Select Google forms and then type the student particular.
Finally click the send button in menu bar.
Select the email address and then form will be delivered.

Result:
Thus the above scheduling ,mail, information management using Google forms are
demonstrated successfully
Exno:9
VIDEO CONFERENCING TOOLS
Aim:
 To use and demonstrate Video Conferencing tools like Webex, em Google Meet etc.
PROCEDURE
1. Download Webex application from www.webex.com website.
2. Sign in with your email Id. You will receive a pin number thru your mail. After setting
the webex you can Host a meeting.
3. We can also join a meeting using the credentials (meeting id and pass code)
ZOOM
Join a Zoom meeting
Open your meeting invitation in your email or on your calendar. • Find the Zoom meeting
link and click it.
On most invitations, the meeting link will appear under the Join Zoom Meeting heading.
Click Allow if you are prompted to open Zoom.
Start a Zoom meeting
Sign in to the Zoom web portal • Click Meetings.
Hover your cursor over the entry for your scheduled meeting and click Start.
Click Schedule a Meeting.
Complete the required information on the next page e Click Save.
Now hover your cursor over the meeting entry
Click Start.
The Zoom application will launch automatically to start the meeting.
Login to your Zoom Account
The website will redirect you to the Zoom app and start a meeting. Here, you can edit
meeting settings or copy the "Invitation URL" that you send to the attendees.
GOOGLE MEET
Open Gmail.
In the Meet section, click New Meeting.
To send the meeting invite via link or email, click Send Invite. To copy the meeting invite
details, click Copy meeting invite.
To send an email invite, click Share via email.
When you're ready to join the meeting, click Join Now.
Before you join your first meeting, make sure to allow permissions fo your Microphone
and Camera. Once you grant permission:
To turn your microphone on or off, click Microphone. To turn your camera on or off, click
Camera Video Call.
.To join the call, click Join Now.
To end the call, click Leave call.

RESULT:
Thus the above Video Conferencing tools like Webex, em Google Meet Executed
and verified Successfully.

EXNO:10
PASSWORD PROTECTION AND SHARING
AIM:
To create a 2-Step Verification and Password Protection for Google Sheet and
sharing file using Google Drive.

(A) 2-Step Verification

1. Open Google Chrome and select the Gmail.
2. Enter your user name and password.
3. Go to Settings → Security and enable 2 Step Verification. 4. Sign out from Gmail
account and Sign in.
Password Protection for Sheets:
1. Sign in to Gmail account. Click on the Google App Icon on the top right. And click on
Sheets
2. Once logged in, you will see the Google Sheets Home Page as shown
3. Click the blank sheet under start a new spread sheet. Now a new web based spread sheet
appears.
4. Then create a copy of the template by clicking File on the top menu and selecting Make
a copy.
5. On the top menu. Select Initialize from the Protect File Menu, drop-down list.
6. Click Continue to authorize the prompt.
7. After completing the authorization, go to the Protect File option on the menu and click
Encrypt File.
8. Type in your password and click OK.
9. Go to the Protect file tab and select Change password.
10. Then click Submit.

Google Drive:
11. Open Google Drive. Go to https://drive.google.com/in your preferred browser.
12. Click Go to Drive. It's a blue button in the middle of the page. Doing so opens the sign-
in page.
13. Enter your account details. When prompted, type in the email address and password
that you use to log into your Google account.
14. Review your Google Drive home page. You should see a column of options on the left
side of the page, along with a large blank space in the middle of the page.
Uploading Files
15. Click NEW. It's a blue button in the upper-left corner of the page. A drop-down menu
will appear.
16. Click File Upload. This option is in the NEW drop-down menu. Doing so opens a File
Explorer (Windows) window.
17. Select a file. Click the file that you want to upload. If you want to upload multiple files,
you can hold down Ctrl Key while clicking files to select.
18. Click Open. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. The files will begin
uploading to Google Drive.
19. Wait for the file(s) to finish uploading. This can take a varying amour of time
depending on the files' upload size and your Internet connection.
20. The Google Drive page open.

Sharing Files on Desktop:

21. Select a file.
22. Click the "Share" icon.
23. Clicking it prompts a new window to open.
24. Click the "Edit" icon.
25. Select a share option.
26. Enter an email address.
27. Add a note if you like.
28. Enter it in the "Add a note" text box.
29. Click Send Button on the bottom-left side of the window.

Sharing Permission:
1. Open the file in the Google drive, you want to share.
2. Click Share,
3. Enter the email addresses or Google Groups we want to share with.
4. Choose what kind of access we want to grant people.
Editor - Can edit-Collaborators can add and edit content as well as add comments.
Commenter -Can comment-Collaborators can add comments, but not edit content.
Viewer - Can view-People can view the file, but not edit or add comments.
5. Click Send. Everyone we shared the file, receives an email with a link to the access the
file.

RESULT:

Thus Google sheet has been created with Password protection and using Google drive,
desktop files were uploaded and shared with others.