Windows 8.1 Foundation Training Materials
Office 365 training materials from the Cheltenham Group Free SamplesWindows 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
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- Excel 2013 Foundation
- Excel 2013 Intermediate
- Excel 2013 Advanced
- PowerPoint 2013 Foundation
- PowerPoint 2013 Intermediate
- PowerPoint 2013 Advanced
- Outlook 2013
- Access 2013 Foundation
- Access 2013 Intermediate
- Access 2013 Advanced
- Publisher 2013 Foundation
- Project 2013 Foundation
- Visio 2013 Foundation
- Windows 8.1 Foundation
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