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Windows 7 Basics
Courseware Training Materials
Part of the Computer Basics Series

Foundation / Intermediate level computer training materials for delivering training to your students, staff or clients.  A courseware site licence allows you to train an unlimited number of people, at your training center using these teaching resources

Training Course Outlines 

VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES

• Computer viruses
• Spyware
• Cookies
• Virus checking programs
• Scanning for viruses
• Updating anti-virus programs

A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS 7

• Windows 7 – Different versions
• Windows Aero
• Starting Windows 7
• Moving a window
• Drag and drop
• Select, then manipulate
• Single clicking vs. double clicking
• Resizing a window, narrower or wider
• Resizing a window, taller or shorter
• Resizing a window in two directions at once
• Maximizing a window
• Minimizing 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 7 DESKTOP

• What is the Windows Desktop?
• Desktop icons
• Moving Desktop icons
• Windows Taskbar
• Showing Hidden Icons
• Taskbar clock
• Customizing your Desktop
• Customizing the Desktop background wallpaper picture
• Customizing the Desktop background color
• Enabling or disabling the Windows Aero Desktop
• Setting a screen saver
• Setting your screen resolution
• Modifying the computer date and time
• Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings
• Setting the computer sound volume

APPLICATIONS & GADGETS

• Multitasking
• Starting WordPad
• Using Print Screen within WordPad
• Identifying the parts of an application window
• Notepad
• Calculator
• Getting Started Window
• Switching between programs
• Using Windows Flip 3D – Requires Aero
• Cascading windows
• Displaying windows side by side
• Show Desktop Shortcut
• Peek – Requires Aero to be enabled
• Shake – Requires Aero to be enabled
• Snap – Requires Aero to be enabled
• Jump Lists
• Installing programs
• Removing programs
• Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
• Deleting a Desktop shortcut
• Viewing Recent Items
• Shutting down an application that has frozen
• Restarting the computer
• Opening gadgets
• To customize a gadget
• To close a gadget

HELP

• Using the ‘Getting Started’ Window
• Finding out what’s new in Windows 7
• Displaying the Help and Support window.
• Searching for help
• Printing Help pages
• Browsing for Help
• Displaying basic information about your PC

WINDOWS EXPLORER

• What are files?
• What are folders?
• Types of drive and drive letters
• Running the Windows Explorer program
• Views within the Windows Explorer
• Expanding and contracting drives and folders
• Drives, Folders and Files
• Data storage devices
• File sizes and disk storage capacities
• Online Storage

MANIPULATING FOLDERS

• Navigating to the samples folder
• Creating a folder
• Creating a subfolder
• File naming issues
• Renaming a folder
• Deleting a folder
• Displaying folder details

MANIPULATING FILES

• Viewing file details
• Sorting the file listing
• File types
• Selecting multiple files
• Counting files in a folder
• File attributes
• Renaming files
• Deleting files
• Restoring items from the Recycle Bin
• Emptying the Recycle Bin
• The Windows Clipboard
• Moving files between folders
• Copying files between folders
• Backups
• Online Backups
• Removable Memory Sticks - AutoPlay
• Backing up data to a removable drive
• Disk formatting
• Safely ejecting a memory stick
• What is file compression?
• Compressing files
• Extracting compressed files

SEARCHING

• Searching for files on your hard disk
• Opening the Search Window
• Searching by file size
• Searching by Kind
• Searching by Type
• Searching by Date Modified
• Searching by file content
• Searching using partial file names

PRINTING ISSUES

• Viewing the printers that are available to your PC
• Installing a new printer
• Changing the default printer
• Removing a printer
• Printing from an application
• Controlling print jobs