Training 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