Unit Four Office Automation 计算机专业英语教材.ppt

Unit Four Office Automation Learning Objectives In this unit you should get familiar with: ;I. Warm-up Tick (√) the words or phrases that are associated with this unit. □ scanners □firewall □modem □photocopiers □ laser fax machine □computer game □microprocessor □chat room □ online service □operating system □e-mail □work environment 2.Look at the following pictures and label them with the words given below. fax machine scanners photocopier digital camera modem headphone ;II. Part A A New Office;PCs In general, your office computer must meet certain minimum requirements. The microprocessor should be at a minimum speed of 500MHz. If you have more complex work to do, then you should consider a 1GHz processor. A minimum of 128MB RAM should be enough for you to load operating systems, applications, and data. Secondary storage devices in an office system should be a minimum 40GB hard drive, a 3.5”floppy drive, and a CD-ROM drive or a backward compatible (meaning it will read CDs) DVD drive. A video card determines the resolution, colors, and speed at which images are displayed on the monitor. Pixels at 28 pitch and a video RAM of 8 MB are good enough. A docking station is necessary if you want to use a notebook computer as a desktop computer sometimes in the office. A port replicator is another one you should have for the notebook computer. You can attache it to the back of the notebook computer for plugging in a printer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, or other peripheral device. ;Photocopiers When you choose photocopiers, you should consider the following features: automatic document feeder, duplexing, collating, stapling, and cropping options. Compared with analog copiers, digital copiers with less noise and better quality are less likely to jam or need servicing. Scanners Resolution, color bit depth, interface connection, maximum size of original, automatic sheet feeder, and software ar