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The Basic Computer Skills for Windows workbook

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Everyone needs a basic familiarity with their operating system. The fact is that many people do not have a firm grasp of the fundamentals, particularly file-management skills. The WARP! Basic Computer Skills for Windows workbook addresses this need. It is divided into chapters, each concentrating on the essential components of the Windows operating system and graphical user interface. Specific emphasis is placed on the single most important set of skills anyone can ever learn about their computer: File Management Skills. No other beginners' course is more important than this one. Courseware for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 98.

Table of contents: (Basic Computer Skills: Windows Vista courseware)

Chapter	What your students will learn
CHAPTER 1 - Using The Mouse	Clicking Double-Clicking Drag-and-Drop Highlighting

CHAPTER 2 - The Windows Vista Desktop	Taskbar components Start Menu Starting a Program from the Start Menu Exiting a Program Shutting down the computer

CHAPTER 3 - Windows Vista Explorers	The Computer Explorer Address Bar, Search Bar, Command Bar, Navigation Pane & File List Some facts about files and folders Viewing the contents of removable storage media Views - Changing the way Files and Folders are displayed Revealing file extensions for known file types Navigating through a Folder Tree Right-click context menu (shortcut menu) Renaming a File Undo the last-performed action Ctrl+Z (Undo) and Ctrl+Y (Redo) keyboard shortcuts Copying a File to the clipboard Pasting a File from the clipboard into the same folder Deleting a File Ctrl+C (Copy) and Ctrl+V (Paste) keyboard shortcuts

CHAPTER 4 - More Files and Folders	Viewing Folders and Files - Folder Explorer Windows Expanding and Retracting a Folder Tree Viewing File and Folder Paths Creating a Folder Renaming a Folder Deleting a Folder Copying a File to a different folder Drag-and-Drop Moving a Folder Selecting and managing Multiple Files and Folders Running an Application from an Explorer window Viewing a Text Document File using an Explorer Search - Finding a File using the Search Bar in an Explorer Finding a File - Searching from the Start Menu

CHAPTER 5 - Using Help	Starting Help Index Help Help and Support keyphrase searches Naviating around the Help and Support browser Applications Help [F1] Help

CHAPTER 6 - Running Applications	Starting Applications from the Start Menu - WordPad Title Bar and Menu Bar components Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Moving a Window Introduction to Menus - Opening a File Introduction to Toolbars - Typical Toolbar components Using an Application's 'Find' feature Scrollbars Dialog Boxes Status Bar Resizing a Window Starting Paint Creating a picture using Paint Saving a Paint picture Exiting Paint Copying text Pasting text Formatting text Saving a WordPad document - file Page Setup Changing Measurement units Print Preview Printing Exiting WordPad

CHAPTER 7 - Customizing Vista	Moving the Taskbar Customizing the Taskbar - Taskbar Properties Showing the Desktop Volume Control settings Clock settings Adding a Shortcut to the Start Menu Switching between the Classic Start Menu and the Vista Start Menu Removing a Shortcut from the Start Menu Advanced Start Menu management Other Features of the Start Menu The Desktop Folder Adding items to the Desktop - Files, Folders and Shortcuts Removing items from the Desktop - Files, Folders and Shortcuts Changing the way Desktop Icons are displayed Display Settings Change Desktop Background Emptying the Recycle Bin

CHAPTER 8 - Command Prompt	Starting the Command Prompt Changing disk drives Dir - Listing files Cd - Changing Directories (Folders) Move - Moving a Directory (Folder) Cd.. - Using a relative path: Changing directory to one level up Copy - Copying a File Rename - Renaming a File Copying a file to a new directory (folder) using ..\ Del - Deleting a File Md - Making a Directory (Folder) Rd - Removing an empty Directory Cd\ - Changing to the root directory Time and Date Frequently used DOS Commands DOS Help Exiting the Command Prompt

CHAPTER 8 - User Accounts	Viewing the computer's User Accounts Creating a new Standard User Account Adding a Password to a User Account Changing a User Account Picture Logging in to your new User Account User Account Folder link on the Start Menu User Account Folder Tree Removing buttons from the Vista Start Menu Deleting a User Account