Windows - Intro

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This 1 day course is designed to introduce the absolute beginner to the basic skills involved in using your PC.

Prerequisites

None - although you should be reasonably comfortable with a keyboard layout.

Benefits

At the end of the course you should be able to understand all you need to know to start using your PC, whether you choose to use it for work or for surfing the internet / playing games at home.

Course Content

Powering up/Booting

• Starting your computer
• Shutting down/restarting/ logging off
• When computer hangs ctrl/alt/
• Locking your computer
• Using Hibernate Mode

The Windows Desktop

• The Start Button
• Start up menu – AutoHiding The Task Bar
• Using the mouse
• Scrolling
• Right-clicking/pop-up menu

Control Panel

• Screen Savers
• Changing the Default printer
• Regional Settings
• Passwords

Starting Applications

• Accessories – calc, paint etc
• Multi-tasking with windows
• Multi-tasking with windows

The recycle bin

• How to recover files accidentally
• How to permanently files

Scandisk

Switching between open applications

• Working with buttons – Close, Restore/ Maximise/ Minimise
• Moving Windows/ Changing the shape and size of windows

Transferring data between applications

• Saving images from the web & storing them in appropriate folders
• Copying text & images from the internet to Word/ PowerPoint
• Copying text & images between Word/ PowerPoint/ Excel

File Management using Windows explorer

• My computer
• Understanding the difference between Drives/ Folders/ Files
• Switching between drives
• Explaining the terminology used
• Identifying File Types by their icons & File Extensions
• Create/ move/ rename/ copy/ folders
• Copy/ move/ rename/ files
• Drive Properties (space used/ available)
• Lists/Details – Displaying different information using different views
• Sorting folders
• Searching for files/ folders using the Find facility & the use of wildcards

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Windows - Intro

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