Course Outline

1. WINDOWS 2000 DESKTOP FEATURES

THE WINDOWS 2000 SEARCH UTILITY

• Search: For files or folders
• To find the location of a file that you know the file name of
• To find the location of a file that contains a word or phrase

ADDING PROGRAMS TO YOUR START MENU

• To add an item to the Start menu

CUSTOMIZING THE START MENU

• To move an icon on the Start menu
• To move an icon from the Start menu to the Desktop
• To copy an icon from the Desktop or Windows Explorer to the Start menu
• To delete an icon from the Start menu

MOVING AND CUSTOMIZING THE TASKBAR

• To move the Taskbar
• To customize the Taskbar

CREATING A NEW FILE DIRECTLY FROM THE DESKTOP

• To create a new document icon on your Desktop

DESKTOP TOOLBARS

• Quick Launch Toolbar
• To hide/unhide the Quick Launch Toolbar
• Address Toolbar
• To hide/unhide the Address Toolbar
• Links Toolbar
• To hide/unhide the Links Toolbar
• Desktop Toolbar
• To hide/unhide the Desktop Toolbar

CREATING & CUSTOMIZING TASKBAR TOOLBARS

• To create a new Toolbar
• To close a Toolbar
• To add an icon to a Toolbar
• To delete an icon on a Toolbar
• To detach a Toolbar from the Taskbar
• To re-attach a Toolbar to the Taskbar
• To hide/unhide a Toolbars title
• To hide/unhide descriptions of icons on a Toolbar
• To enlarge the icons on a Toolbar

2. WINDOWS 2000 EXPLORER FEATURES

CUSTOMIZING THE WINDOWS EXPLORER FILE DISPLAY

• To customize the file and folder display

CUSTOMIZING A FOLDER

• To customize a folder

SORTING FILES WITHIN THE EXPLORER

• To sort files within the Explorer

3. THE WINDOWS 2000 COMMAND PROMPT

THE COMMAND PROMPT WINDOW TOOLBAR

• To open the Windows 2000 command prompt
• To set the Command Prompt Properties

THE START COMMAND

• To use the Start command

SHOWING A VISUAL DIRECTORY DISPLAY USING THE START COMMAND

4. NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS 2000

WINDOWS 2000 NETWORK FEATURES

PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS VS SERVER-BASED NETWORKS

SHARING DOCUMENTS AND FOLDERS

• To share drives, folders or files

CONNECTING TO SHARED FOLDERS

• To map a drive

SHARING PRINTERS

• To share a printer

CONNECTING TO SHARED PRINTERS

• To connect to a networked printer

INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD

• To start the Internet Connection Wizard

5. ADVANCED USE OF THE CLIPBOARD AND OLE

MANIPULATING ‘SCRAPS’

• To create a scrap

THE COMMAND PROMPT AND THE CLIPBOARD

SCREEN DUMPS AND PRODUCING DOCUMENTATION

• Copying the entire contents of the screen to the Clipboard
• Copying the active (selected) window to the Clipboard

LINKING VS EMBEDDING

• To link data
• To embed data

IN-PLACE ACTIVATION OF EMBEDDED OBJECTS

• To activate an embedded object

LINKING IN ACTION - EXCEL AND WORD

• To link an Excel chart to a Microsoft Word document

6. CUSTOMIZING WINDOWS 2000

CUSTOMIZING THE BACKGROUND

• To customize the Windows 2000 background

SETTING A SCREEN SAVER

• To select a screen saver
• To set a screen saver password

SETTING DESKTOP SCHEMES

• To set Desktop schemes

WHAT IS THE CONTROL PANEL?

• To open the Windows 2000 Control Panel

SETTING THE TIME AND DATE

• To change the Date and Time
• To change the Time Zone

CUSTOMIZING THE MOUSE AND KEYBOARD

• To configure the mouse
• To configure the keyboard

ADDING NEW DEVICES

• To install new hardware

INSTALLING NEW APPLICATION PROGRAMS

• To add or remove programs

CREATING SHORTCUTS

• To create a shortcut using Ctrl+Shift while ‘dragging and dropping’
• To identify shortcuts
• To define a keyboard shortcut to run a shortcut
• To start a program that runs minimized
• To change the icon used by a shortcut

DISPLAY EFFECTS

• To display the Display Effects options
• To disable or enable menu animation
• To disable or enable screen font smoothing
• To disable or enable large icons

7. WINDOWS 2000 SECURITY & OPTIMIZATION

DISK CLEANUP

• To use Disk Cleanup

DISK DEFRAGMENTER

• To start the Disk Defragmenter program

SCHEDULED TASKS

• To use the Scheduled Task Wizard
• To add a scheduled task

SYSTEM INFORMATION

• To view System Information