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The full course contains the following topics:

ECDL APPROVED COURSEWARE,  6

TUTOR SETUP INFORMATION,  7

A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS VISTA,  8

• Vista – Different versions,  8

• Starting Vista,  8

• Moving a window,  9

• Drag and drop,  10

• Select, then manipulate,  10

• Single clicking vs. double clicking,  10

• Viewing your ‘computer details’,  10

• Resizing a window, narrower or wider,  11

• Resizing a window, taller or shorter,  11

• Resizing a window in two directions at once,  12

• Maximising a window,  12

• Minimising a window,  13

• Closing a window,  13

• The Start button,  14

• The Start menu,  14

• Running a program using the Start menu,  15

• Entering text into a program,  17

• Saving data,  18

• Opening a file within a program,  19

• Shutting down Windows,  19

• Closing an application that is not responding,  21

THE WINDOWS DESKTOP,  22

• What is the Windows Desktop?,  22

• Desktop icons,  22

• Moving Desktop icons,  22

• Windows Taskbar,  23

• Taskbar clock,  23

• Customising your Desktop,  24

• Customising the Desktop background wallpaper picture,  24

• Customising the Desktop background colour,  26

• Setting a screen saver,  27

• Setting your screen resolution,  29

• Modify the computer date and time,  31

• Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings,  33

• Setting the computer sound volume,  38

• The Sidebar and gadgets,  39

• Reordering gadgets,  40

• Closing a gadget,  40

APPLICATIONS,  41

• Running more than one program at a time,  41

• Starting WordPad,  41

• Using Print Screen within WordPad,  43

• Identifying the parts of an application window,  43

• Notepad,  46

• Calculator,  47

• Welcome Center,  48

• Switching between programs,  49

• The ‘Switch between windows’ icon,  49

• Using Windows Flip 3D,  50

• Cascading windows,  50

• Displaying windows side by side,  51

• Installing programs,  52

• Removing programs,  53

• Creating and using a Desktop shortcut,  54

• Deleting a Desktop shortcut,  55

• Shutting down an application that has frozen,  55

• Restarting the computer,  56

HELP,  57

• How to get help,  57

• The Help ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons,  59

• Printing a Help topic,  60

• Browsing for Help,  60

• Re-displaying the opening help screen,  62

• Demos,  63

FILES, FOLDERS AND DISKS,  65

• What are files?,  65

• What are folders?,  65

• Types of drive and drive letters,  65

• Running the Windows Explorer program,  66

• Views within the Windows Explorer,  67

• Using the Windows Explorer scroll bar,  69

• Expanding and contracting drives and folders,  70

• Types of Windows Explorer icons,  72

• Drives, Folders and Files,  74

• Data storage devices,  75

• File sizes and disk storage capacities,  75

• Online Storage,  76

MANIPULATING FOLDERS,  76

• Navigating to the sample files folder,  76

• Creating a folder,  78

• Creating a subfolder,  79

• Good practice when naming files or folders,  80

• Renaming a folder,  80

• Deleting a folder,  80

• Displaying folder details,  81

MANIPULATING FILES,  84

• Viewing file details,  84

• Sorting the file list within the Windows Explorer,  86

• Recognising common file types,  88

• Selecting multiple files,  91

• Counting the number of files, files of a particular type in a folder,  93

• Changing file attribute status,  94

• Renaming files,  96

• Deleting files,  96

• Restoring files and folders from the Recycle Bin,  97

• Emptying the Recycle Bin,  98

COPYING AND MOVING FILES,  98

• The Windows Clipboard,  98

• Moving files between folders,  98

• Copying files between folders,  99

• Backups,  99

• Online Backups,  100

• Backing up data to a removable drive,  100

FILE COMPRESSION,  101

• What is file compression?,  101

• Extracting compressed files,  101

• Compressing files,  102

• Disk formatting,  102

SEARCHING FOR DATA,  105

• Viewing recently accessed files,  105

• Searching for files on your hard disk,  105

• Advanced searching by file size,  108

• Advanced searching by date,  109

• Advanced searching by file content,  110

• Advanced searching using partial file names and specific locations,  112

• Searching for a file using wildcards instead of the full name,  115

VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES,  116

• Computer viruses,  116

• Spyware,  116

• Cookies,  116

• Virus checking programs,  116

• Scanning for viruses,  117

• Updating anti-virus programs,  119

PRINTING ISSUES,  120

• Selecting a printer,  120

• Changing the default printer,  121

• Installing a new printer on the computer,  122

• Printing from an application,  124

• Using the Print Manager,  125