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 |
