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ECDL Courseware Training Materials - ECDL 5 and ECDL Advanced ECDL / ICDL Syllabus Four - Module 2 
Using the Computer and Managing Computer Files
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1. COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT

  • Which mouse button?
  • "Select then manipulate"
  • Double clicking
  • "Drag and drop" moving
  • "Drag and drop" copying
  • Multiple selection techniques
  • The other (right) mouse button
  • What is the "Desktop"?
  • What is the Start Button?
  • The Start Menu
  • To display the Start menu using a mouse
  • To display the Start menu using a keyboard shortcut
  • To display the Start menu using a Windows keyboard
  • To close the Start menu
  • Drag and Drop techniques
FIRST STEPS WITH THE COMPUTER
  • To turn the computer on
  • To properly shutdown the computer
  • 'Turn Off Computer' Options
  • To restart your computer
  • To close down an application which is not responding
BASIC INFORMATION AND OPERATIONS
  • The Power On System Test (POST)
  • What is an operating system?
  • What is RAM?
  • What is a CPU?
  • To view your "System Properties" and see the version of Windows you are using
  • To change the Date and Time
  • To configure the volume setting
  • To customise the Windows Desktop
  • To set screen resolution and colour quality settings
  • To modify screens appearance
  • To change the Desktop background or to apply a theme
  • Why use a screen saver?
  • To select a screen saver
  • To set the language used by the keyboard
  • To format a diskette (floppy disk)
  • To format a removable drive
  • Installing a software application
  • Uninstalling a software application
  • To use the Print Screen facility
  • To take the Windows XP Tour
  • Help within the Start Menu
  • To search for Help
TEXT EDITING
  • What is WordPad?
  • To start WordPad
  • To enter text into WordPad
  • To save a WordPad file
  • To create a new document within WordPad
  • To open an existing WordPad file
  • To save a file to a specific folder (directory)
  • Creating a new folder in which to save your document
  • Close the text editing application
  • To close an editing application

2. DESKTOP

WORK WITH ICONS
  • Desktop files
  • Desktop applications
  • Desktop folders
  • The Recycle Bin / Wastebasket
  • To select a Desktop icon
  • To move a Desktop icon
  • To copy a Desktop icon
  • To customise your Desktop icon alignment
  • To open a Desktop object
  • To create a Desktop shortcut icon
WORK WITH WINDOWS
  • What is the Title Bar?
  • The Menu bar
  • The Tool Bar
  • The Status Bar
  • What is the scroll bar?
  • To move up and down within a window (using the scroll bar)
  • To move right to left within a window
  • To scroll through a window at speed
  • Maximise, Minimise, Restore and Close Buttons
  • To minimise a window
  • To maximise a window
  • To restore a maximised object to run in a window
  • To make a Desktop window taller or shorter
  • To make a Desktop window narrower or wider
  • To resize a Desktop window in two directions at once
  • To close a program using the Close button
  • To switch between programs (using the Task Bar)
  • To switch between programs (using a keyboard shortcut)

3. MANAGING FILES

CONCEPTS
  • What are Drives, Folders and Files?
  • The Windows Explorer Window
  • The Windows Explorer Toolbars
  • The Windows Explorer Views
  • To view the contents of a folder (displayed on right)
  • To expand a branch one level
  • To open all folders on a disk
  • To close all the folders within the Explorer
  • To switch drives
  • Data storage devices
DIRECTORIES / FOLDERS
  • To open a file from a specified folder on a drive
  • To create a new folder within the Windows Explorer
  • To create folders within folders
  • To create a folder directly on the Desktop, using a popup menu
  • To view folder attributes
  • To view folder properties
WORKING WITH FILES
  • To determine file types
  • Some more examples:
  • Audio and video files
  • Compressed files
  • Temporary files
  • To count up the number of files within a folder (inc. sub-folders)
  • To count files of a specific type in a folder (which DOES NOT contain sub-folders)
  • To count files of a specific type in a folder (which DOES contain sub-folders)
  • To view files as a detailed list
  • To view file properties
  • To write protect a file.
  • To change a read-only file to a read/write file
  • To sort your Windows Explorer file listing
  • Why are file extension names important?
  • To rename files or folders using the Explorer
  • To rename files or folders - the easy way
  • To view file name extensions using the Windows Explorer
  • Beware of re-naming certain files!
DUPLICATE, MOVE
  • To select an individual file or folder within the Windows Explorer
  • To select a continuous block of files
  • To select multiple files which are not in a continuous block
  • To copy files (the hard way) using the Windows Explorer
  • To copy files (the easy way) using the Windows Explorer
  • To use "Cut and Paste" to move files from one folder to another
  • To use "drag and drop" to move files from one folder to another - Moving the easy way!
  • Why do you need to back up your computer?
  • Why you should use 'off-site' storage
  • To copy files to a diskette
DELETE, RESTORE
  • To delete a file or folder
  • To physically delete files (rather than sending them to the Recycle Bin)
  • To delete a folder
  • The Recycle Bin and deleted files
  • To restore deleted files or folders
  • To empty the Recycle Bin
SEARCHING
  • The Start Button - Search
  • To search for a file, or folder, by name
  • To search for a file using wildcards instead of the full name
  • To find a file containing a specific word or phrase
  • To find a file created on or around a certain date
  • To find files of a particular type
  • To view recently used files
COMPRESSING FILES
  • What is file compression?
  • To compress files using WinZip
  • To extract compressed files using the Windows Explorer
  • To extract files using WinZip

4. VIRUSES

CONCEPTS
  • What is a virus and what does it do?
  • How viruses infect computers
  • Why use a virus checker?
  • What is virus disinfecting?
HANDLING VIRUSES
  • To run a virus checker
  • Regularly update your virus checking software!

5. PRINT MANAGEMENT

SETUP
  • To change the default printer
  • Windows and printing
  • To install a new printer driver
PRINT OUTPUTS
  • To print from an application
  • Why print to a file?
  • How to print to a file
  • To view print jobs
  • To control print jobs using the Print Manager

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