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Syllabus Five - Module 2
Using Microsoft Windows
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A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS
- Windows – Different versions
- Starting Windows
- Moving a window
- Drag and drop
- Select, then manipulate
- Single clicking vs. double clicking
- Viewing your ‘computer details’
- Resizing a window, narrower or wider
- Resizing a window, taller or shorter
- Resizing a window in two directions at once
- Maximising a window
- Minimising a window
- Closing a window
- The Start button
- The Start menu
- Running a program using the Start menu
- Entering text into a program
- Saving data
- Opening a file within a program
- Shutting down Windows
- Closing an application that is not responding
THE WINDOWS DESKTOP
- What is the Windows Desktop?
- Desktop icons
- Moving Desktop icons
- Windows Taskbar
- Taskbar clock
- Customising your Desktop
- Customising the Desktop background wallpaper picture
- Customising the Desktop background colour
- Setting a screen saver
- Setting your screen resolution
- Modify the computer date and time
- Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings
- Setting the computer sound volume
- The Sidebar and gadgets
- Reordering gadgets
- Closing a gadget
APPLICATIONS
- Running more than one program at a time
- Starting WordPad
- Using Print Screen within WordPad
- Identifying the parts of an application window
- Notepad
- Calculator
- Welcome Centre
- Switching between programs
- The ‘Switch between windows’ icon
- Using Windows Flip 3D
- Cascading windows
- Displaying windows side by side
- Installing programs
- Removing programs
- Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
- Deleting a Desktop shortcut
- Shutting down an application that has frozen
- Restarting the computer
HELP
- How to get help
- The Help ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons
- Printing a Help topic
- Browsing for Help
- Re-displaying the opening help screen
- Demos
FILES, FOLDERS AND DISKS
- What are files?
- What are folders?
- Types of drive and drive letters
- Running the Windows Explorer program
- Views within the Windows Explorer
- Using the Windows Explorer scroll bar
- Expanding and contracting drives and folders
- Types of Windows Explorer icons
- Drives, Folders and Files
- Data storage devices
- File sizes and disk storage capacities
MANIPULATING FOLDERS
- Navigating to the sample files folder
- Creating a folder
- Creating a subfolder
- Renaming a folder
- Deleting a folder
- Displaying folder details
MANIPULATING FILES
- Viewing file details
- Sorting the file list within the Windows Explorer
- Recognising common file types
- Selecting multiple files
- Counting the number of files, files of a particular type in a folder
- Changing file attribute status
- Renaming files
- Deleting files
- Restoring files and folders from the Recycle Bin
- Emptying the Recycle Bin
COPYING AND MOVING FILES
- The Windows Clipboard
- Moving files between folders
- Copying files between folders
- Backups
- Online Backups
- Backing up data to a removable drive
FILE COMPRESSION
- What is file compression?
- Extracting compressed files
- Compressing files
- Disk formatting
SEARCHING FOR DATA
- Viewing recently accessed files
- Searching for files on your hard disk
- Advanced searching by file size
- Advanced searching by date
- Advanced searching by file content
- Advanced searching using partial file names and specific locations
- Searching for a file using wildcards instead of the full name
VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES
- Computer viruses
- Spyware
- Cookies
- Virus checking programs
- Scanning for viruses
- Updating anti-virus programs
PRINTING ISSUES
- Selecting a printer
- Changing the default printer
- Installing a new printer on the computer
- Printing from an application
- Using the Print Manager
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