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Microsoft Windows Vista
Foundation Level Training Course
 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
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