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Getting Started with Computers

Microsoft Office 2003

Course Aims:

This course is designed to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills needed to use a PC with Windows, use the Internet and send and receive email.

In particular, delegates will learn how to use a mouse, how to run and handle applications, how to manage folders and files and how to customise their PC. In addition delegates will learn how to look up web sites using Internet Explorer and how to send and read eMails.

Assumed Knowledge:

No prior knowledge of a PC or Windows is required.

Version:

Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003

What people say:

  

This was a really enjoyable course and it was much easier to understand than I expected.

Holkham Foods Ltd - Feb 2010
Profile Outline:

 

Course Introduction

  • Configuration of a PC
  • Display, keyboard & mouse
  • Processors
  • Memory & disks drives
  • The Windows interface

Windows

  • Starting Windows
  • Logging on and off
  • Locking the computer
  • Shutting down Windows

Using a Mouse

  • Clicking & double-clicking
  • Dragging with the mouse
  • Right button techniques

The Windows Desktop

  • The desktop & desktop icons
  • Display properties
  • The Taskbar
  • The Start button
  • Shortcut menus
  • Creating desktop shortcuts

The Start Menu

  • Navigating the Start menu
  • Starting applications
  • Using Help

 

Windows Techniques

  • Minimising & maximising
  • Restoring & closing
  • Moving, sizing & scrolling
  • Multiple windows
  • Selecting & using:
  • - menus
  • - toolbars
  • - keyboard shortcuts

Working with Applications

  • Using Microsoft Office
  • Creating files
  • Saving & naming files
  • Closing files
  • Opening files

Printing

  • Printing a document
  • Choosing a printer

Folder Management

  • My Computer
  • My Documents
  • The folder structure
  • Creating folders & sub-folders
  • Renaming folders
  • Deleting folders
  • Moving between folders

 

File Management

  • File names & file display options
  • Selecting files
  • Copying & moving files
  • Renaming files
  • Deleting files & the Recycle Bin
  • Working with CD's

Internet Explorer

  • Running Internet Explorer
  • The Internet Explorer window
  • Browsing the Web
  • Internet addresses
  • Navigating techniques
  • Search button & search engines
  • Using favourites
  • Viewing the history list

Using Outlook

  • Composing an eMail
  • Adding contacts
  • Sending an eMail
  • Handling attachments
  • Reading an eMail
  • Creating a new folder
  • Filing an eMail
  • Deleting an eMail

 

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