Different Types of Equipment and Their Uses

Identify different types of equipment and their uses

There is a wide range of office equipment that can be used to help in the work place.

For example in a small office you could have — Equipment

Its uses

• Computer The computer can be used on a daily basic to write emails, letters, complete research on the internet and to design leaflets or flyers.
• Telephone The telephone will be used to communicate with people internal and external. It can be used to information people of changes immediately.
• Printer/Scanner The printer/scanner may be connected to the computer to printer instant documents or the scanner to scan a document for filing.
• Fax Machine The fax machine can to use for internal communication in a large company or external communication for pasting on information/documents.
• Shredder A shredder can be used to shredder confidential documents or letters that are not longer needed in the office.
• Photocopier A photocopier can be used to printer of larger or small copies of a document, letter, leaflet or flyer.

  It can also print double sided copies.

Describe the different features of different types of office equipment.

Different features on a computer are I can use the internet to research information about the task I need to compete or I can also use an emails on the internet, this helps me connected to different people and important information can be sent securely. I also use Microsoft programmes