Designed for beginners and those with limited experience of PC's


Are you Sitting comfortably

·         Adjusting the screen and keyboard for working comfortably

The Mouse

·         Tender loving care for your mouse

·         How to hold your mouse to be effective

·         Setting up the mouse to suit yourself

·         Function of both buttons

·         "Drag and Drop"

 

The Desktop

·         Tiling and Cascading Windows

·         Arranging Your Desktop Icons

 

The Task Bar and Quick Launch Bar

 

·         The different areas of the Task Bar

·         Moving and resizing the Task Bar

·         Making the Task Bar disappear

·         Controlling programs from the Task Bar

·         Moving Programs to the Task Bar

·         Moving programs to the Quick Launch Bar

 

File Management

·         Drives, Folders and Files

·         Switching Drives

·         Folder Selection Techniques

·         Folder Creation

·         Renaming Files or Folders

·         Deleting Files or Folders

·         Drag and Drop

 

Start Button

·         What is the Start Button?

·         The Start Menu

·         Programs

·         Favorites

·         Documents

·         Settings

·         Find

·         Windows Help

·         Run

·         Shut Down

·         The Startup Folder

·         Adding Programs to Your Start Menu

·         Customizing the Start Menu

 

Help Within Windows

·        Help Within the Start Menu

·        Using The F1 Key To Get Help

·        What's This Help

·        Wizards

·        Troubleshooting Using Help

 

Windows Accessories

·        Word Pad

o       Creating and Saving a New Document

o       Editing an Existing Document

·        Paint

o       Drawing Tools

·        The Calculator

·        The Clock

 

Windows Explorer and My Computer

·        The Explorer Vs My Computer

·        The Explorer Window

·        Windows Explorer Toolbars

·        Long File Names

·        Moving or Copying Files and Folders

·        The Recycle Bin and Deleted Files

·        Customizing the Explorer File Display

·        Customizing a Folder

·        Folder Options – General Folder

·        Folder Options – View Folder

·        Sorting Files Within the Explorer

·        Starting Programs via the Explorer

·        Creating Shortcuts on the Desktop

 

The Recycle Bin

·        Purpose

·        Deleting Contents

·        Restoring Contents

 

Printing

·        Printer Drivers

·        Installing a Printer Driver

·        Setting up a Printer

·        Default and Installed Printers

·        Controlling Print Queues

·        Viewing Installed Fonts

·        Network Printers

Maintenance

·        System Tools

·        System Restore

·        Defragmentation

 

 

The Clipboard and OLE

·        Basic Clipboard Concepts

·        Cut and Paste

·        OLE

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