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

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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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