Overview of Windows
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What is Windows?
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Finding your way around the screen
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Identifying the desktop, icons, mouse, task bar, Start button, notification area, quick-launch toolbar, recycle bin and My Documents
Using the mouse
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Learning how to use the left button, right button, mouse wheel.
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Knowing when to single-click and double-click
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Using click-and-drag
Help!
Working with programs
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Opening and closing a program
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Using the Start menu
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Using the task bar
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Using desktop icons
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Working with more than one program
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Switching between programs
Working with windows
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Maximising, minimising, restoring and closing a window
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Resizing and moving a window
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Using the Show Desktop icon
Using dialog boxes
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What is a dialog box?
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Using tabbed pages, text boxes, drop-down lists, option buttons, tick boxes, spinner buttons and scroll bars.
Basic editing
- Insert or overwrite text
- Un-do and Re-do
- Cut, copy and paste
- Printing your work
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Working with files and folders
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Using Windows Explorer
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Understanding disk drives and drive letters
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My Computer and My Documents
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Changing the view
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Understanding different file types
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Understanding folder structures
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Opening and closing a folder
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Navigating through folders
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Selecting, opening and closing files
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Creating and saving files
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Renaming and deleting files
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Moving and copying files
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Finding files
Exiting Windows Safely
Customising the desktop (bonus)
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Moving the desktop icons
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Adding and removing desktop shortcuts
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Adding and removing Start menu items
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Customising the Quick Launch toolbar
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Changing the desktop background
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Changing the screen saver
The Recycle bin (bonus)
- Deleting files or folders
- Finding and restoring deleted items
Windows Accessories (bonus)
- Calculator
- Games
- Playing CDs
- Playing DVDs
Using a digital camera (bonus)
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