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Windows Vista  - Levels 1-2
1 day Instructor-Led Course PER LEVEL (8 hours PER LEVEL)
 

Previous Software Versions: XP

Level 1 Course Outline:

A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS VISTA
• Vista – Different versions
• Viewing your ‘computer details’
• Resizing a window
• Maximising and Minimising
• Closing a window
• The Start button and 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

THE WINDOWS DESKTOP
• What is the Windows Desktop?
• Desktop icons
• Moving a Desktop icon
• Windows Taskbar
• Taskbar clock
• Customising your Desktop
• Setting a screen saver
• The Sidebar and gadgets
• Closing a gadget

APPLICATIONS
• Running more than one program at a time
• WordPad, Notepad & Calculator
• Welcome Center
• Switching between programs
• Using Windows Flip 3D
• Cascading windows
• Displaying windows side by side
• Clock, Language and Region settings
• Installing & removing programs
• Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
• Shutting down an application that has frozen
• Restarting the computer

HELP
• How to get help
• Printing a Help topic
• Browsing for Help
• Demos
 

FILES, FOLDERS AND DISKS
• Types of drive and drive letters
• Windows Explorer
• Views within Windows Explorer
• Types of Windows Explorer icons
• Drives, Folders and Files
• Data storage devices

MANIPULATING FOLDERS
• 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
• 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
• 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

VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES
• What are computer viruses?
• What is spyware?
• What are 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
• Using the Print Manager

Level 2 Course Outline:

PERSONALISING THE DESKTOP
• Sorting Desktop icons
• Auto Arranging Desktop icons
• Creating a Desktop shortcut
• Creating a Desktop folder
• Copying Desktop icons to Desktop folders
• Deleting Desktop folders
• Deleting Icons
• Desktop Personalisation options

TASKBAR CUSTOMISATION
• Taskbar Locking
• Moving the Taskbar
• Using AutoHide and Group
• Other taskbar customization option
• Customizing Notification Area icons
• Displaying and hiding Taskbar toolbars

CUSTOMIZING THE QUICK LAUNCH TOOLBAR
• What is the Quick Launch toolbar?
• Adding program icons
• Removing program icons
• Reordering icons within the Quick Launch toolbar

CUSTOMIZING THE START MENU
• Customizing the Vista Start Menu

SIDEBAR AND GADGETS
• Displaying the Sidebar
• Customising the Sidebar
• Adding Gadgets to the Sidebar
• Removing gadgets from the Sidebar
• Customising the Clock gadget
• Customising the Slide Show gadget
• Getting more gadgets online

SHARING FILES AND FOLDERS
• Sharing Folders
• Stopping folder sharing
• Accessing shared folders and files on your network
• Mapping a drive

SECURITY ISSUES
• Opening the Security Center window
• Firewall
• Automatic updating
• Malware protection
• Other security settings

WINDOWS PHOTO GALLERY
• Opening the Gallery
• Adding tags
• Deleting tags
• Thumbnail views, grouping and sorting
• Adding a folder to the Photo Gallery

WINDOWS CONTACTS
• Starting Windows Contacts
• Adding Contacts
• Importing a contact list
• Opening Contacts
• Editing a record

WINDOWS CALENDAR
• Opening the Calendar
• Creating New Calendars
• Adding Appointments
• Changing the Calendar View

 

WINDOWS MEDIA CENTRE
• Setting up Windows Media Centre
• Navigating Through Windows Media Centre
• Music
• Pictures and Videos
• Online Media
• TV and Movies
• Tasks

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
• Opening Windows Media Player
• Playing a movie DVD
• Playing a music CD
• Ripping a CD
• Burning a CD
• The Classic menu view
• Creating Playlists
• Listening to a Playlist

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER
• Opening Windows DVD Maker
• Importing media
• Publishing a movie