Overview of Windows

• What are Windows?
• Finding your way around the screen
• Identifying the desktop, icons, mouse, task bar, Start button, system tray, quick-launch toolbar (XP and Vista only) and the recycle bin

Using the mouse

• Learning how to use the left button, right button, mouse wheel.
• Knowing when to single-click and double-click
• Using click-and-drag

Help!

• Accessing the Windows Help & Support Centre
• Searching by topic
• Searching by keyword

Working with programs

• Opening and closing a program
• Using the Start menu
• Using the task bar
• Using desktop icons
• Working with more than one program
• Switching between programs

Working with windows

• Maximising, minimising, restoring and closing a window
• Resizing and moving a window
• Using the Show Desktop feature

Using dialog boxes

• What is a dialog box?
• Using tabbed pages, text boxes, drop-down lists, option buttons, tick boxes, spinner buttons and scroll bars.

Basic editing

• Un-do and Re-do
• Cut, copy and paste
• Simple Word formatting
• Printing your work

Working with files and folders

• Using Windows Explorer
• Understanding disk drives and drive letters
• Places to store and retrieve data
• Changing the view
• Understanding different file types
• Understanding folder structures
• Opening and closing a folder
• Navigating through folders
• Selecting, opening and closing files
• Creating and saving files
• Renaming and deleting files
• Moving and copying files
• Finding files

Exiting Windows Safely

• Shut down
• Restart
• Log Off
• Switch to another user
• Standby

Customising the desktop (if time)

• Moving the desktop icons
• Adding and removing desktop shortcuts
• Adding and removing Start menu items
• Changing the desktop background
• Changing the screen saver
• Customising the Quick Launch Toolbar (Xp and Vista only)

The Recycle bin (if time)

• Deleting files or folders
• Finding and restoring deleted items

Windows Accessories (if time)

• Calculator
• Games
• Playing CDs
• Playing DVDs

Using a digital camera (if time)

• Connecting the camera to the computer
• Choosing which pictures to download and where to store them
• Initiating the download
• Viewing your pictures