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ECDL Syllabus 5 - Module Two
The European Computer Driving Licence

A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS 

• Starting Windows
• Moving a window
• Drag and drop
• Select, then manipulate
• Single clicking vs. double clicking
• Viewing your ‘computer details’
• Resizing a window, narrower or wider
• Resizing a window, taller or shorter
• Resizing a window in two directions at once
• Maximising a window
• Minimising a window
• Closing a window
• The Start button
• The 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
• Closing an application that is not responding

THE WINDOWS DESKTOP

• What is the Windows Desktop?
• Desktop icons
• Moving Desktop icons
• Windows Taskbar
• Taskbar clock
• Customising your Desktop
• Customising the Desktop background wallpaper picture
• Customising the Desktop background colour
• Setting a screen saver
• Setting your screen resolution
• Modify the computer date and time
• Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings
• Setting the computer sound volume
• The Sidebar and gadgets
• Reordering gadgets
• Closing a gadget

APPLICATIONS

• Running more than one program at a time
• Starting WordPad
• Using Print Screen within WordPad
• Identifying the parts of an application window
• Notepad
• Calculator
• Welcome Centre
• Switching between programs
• The ‘Switch between windows’ icon
• Using Windows Flip 3D
• Cascading windows
• Displaying windows side by side
• Installing programs
• Removing programs
• Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
• Deleting a Desktop shortcut
• Shutting down an application that has frozen
• Restarting the computer

HELP

• How to get help
• The Help ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons
• Printing a Help topic
• Browsing for Help
• Re-displaying the opening help screen
• Demos

FILES, FOLDERS AND DISKS

• What are files?
• What are folders?
• Types of drive and drive letters
• Running the Windows Explorer program
• Views within the Windows Explorer
• Using the Windows Explorer scroll bar
• Expanding and contracting drives and folders
• Types of Windows Explorer icons
• Drives, Folders and Files
• Data storage devices
• File sizes and disk storage capacities

MANIPULATING FOLDERS

• Navigating to the sample files folder
• 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
• Counting the number of files, files of a particular type in a folder
• 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
• Online 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 by file size
• Advanced searching by date
• Advanced searching by file content
• Advanced searching using partial file names and specific locations
• Searching for a file using wildcards instead of the full name

VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES

• Computer viruses
• Spyware
• 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
• Printing from an application
• Using the Print Manager