Windows 8.1 Foundation Training Materials

Windows 8.1 Foundation Training Materials

WINDOWS 8.1 START SCREEN

• The Start Screen
• Start screen vs the Desktop
• Starting an app
• Viewing available apps
• Pinning an app to the start screen
• Changing the group names
• Resizing tiles
• Moving tiles
• Unpinning (removing) an app
• The Charms Bar
• Charms Bar – search
• Charms Bar – start
• Charms Bar – viewing connected devices
• Charms Bar – settings

THE WINDOWS 8.1 DESKTOP

• What is the Windows desktop?
• Desktop icons
• Moving desktop icons
• Windows taskbar
• Showing hidden icons
• Taskbar clock
• Customising your desktop
• Customising the desktop background wallpaper picture
• Customising the desktop background colour
• Setting a screen saver
• Modifying the computer date and time
• Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings

MANIPULATING WINDOWS ON THE DESKTOP

• Drag and drop
• Select, then manipulate
• Single clicking vs. Double clicking
• Moving a window on the desktop
• 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

APPLICATIONS & THE DESKTOP

• Multitasking
• Starting applications
• Finding applications
• Using print screen within WordPad
• Identifying the parts of an application window
• Title bar
• The ribbon
• Ribbon tabs
• Status bar
• Scroll bars
• Notepad
• Control panel
• Switching between program windows
• Cascading windows
• Displaying windows side by side
• Installing programs
• Removing programs
• Shutting down the computer
• Restarting the computer

HELP IN WINDOWS 8.1

• F1 help key
• Searching the help system
• Displaying basic information about your pc

FILE EXPLORER

• What are files?
• What are folders?
• Types of drive and drive letters
• Opening the windows File Explorer program
• Displaying or hiding the ribbon
• The File Explorer window
• File Explorer – folders
• File Explorer – devices
• File Explorer – network locations
• File Explorer – downloads
• File Explorer – desktop
• File Explorer – sky drive
• File Explorer – home group
• File Explorer – this pc
• Displaying the contents of a particular folder
• Changing the view within the File Explorer
• Charing the sort order in details view
• Drives, folders and files
• Data storage devices
• File sizes and disk storage capacities

MANIPULATING FOLDERS

• Creating a folder
• Creating a sub-folder
• File naming issues
• Renaming a folder
• Deleting a folder
• Displaying folder details

MANIPULATING FILES

• File types
• Selecting multiple files
• Counting files in a folder
• File attributes
• Renaming files
• Deleting files
• Restoring items from the recycle bin
• Emptying the recycle bin
• Permanently deleting a file (bypassing the recycle bin)
• Sometimes deleted files are too large to be recycled
• The Windows clipboard
• Moving files between folders
• Copying files between folders
• Backups
• Removable memory sticks – AutoPlay
• Backing up data to a removable drive
• Safely ejecting a memory stick
• What is file compression?
• Compressing files
• Extracting compressed files

SEARCHING

• Searching for applications (programs)
• Searching for files on your hard disk
• Searching by file size
• Searching by kind
• Searching by file content

PRINTING ISSUES

• Viewing available printers
• Setting the default printer
• Installing a new printer
• Removing a printer
• Printing from an application

VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES

• Computer viruses
• Spyware
• Cookies
• Virus checking programs
• Scanning for viruses
• Updating anti-virus programs