PC Simplicity Series
PB/262x200/IllusB&W. 56 pp
ISBN: 9781877431401

Microsoft Windows Vista is a computer operating system. That is, it is the software that is central to the operation of a PC. This Guide, designed for a person with little or no knowledge, will take you through getting started and building your confidence in the skills needed to use Windows on your computer.

Table of Contents

Lesson 1 Hardware Components Switching on the PC Log On Moving the Pointer Overview of the Desktop Working the Start menu Opening Folders, Running a Program Maximise, Minimise, Restore Window Size Click, Click-drag, Double-click Closing a Window Shut Down Lesson 2 Running the Paint Program The MS Paint Window Main Menu Bar, Title Bar, Tool Box, Color Bar, Worksheet Activating a Main Menu Cancelling a menu Image Attributes (Selection options) Selecting Functions from the Toolbox Selecting Colours from the Color box Drawing Lines Drawing Circles Brush Rubber Rectangle Disks / Storage Devices / RAM Running the Windows Explorer program Display the Main Menu bar Folder Area Set View to Medium Icons Selecting Disk Drives & Folders Creating a Folder Exiting the Windows Explorer program Saving a File Lesson 3 Operating the MS Paint program Fill with Color Exiting a Program Lesson 4 Windows Explorer Folders and Files Program Files and User Files Opening Folder Levels Add/Remove Detail Columns Creating a Folder Opening Files Saving Files

Lesson 5 Running the WordPad program Working with WordPad WordPad Options Special Keys on Keyboard Scroll Bars Move / Resize a Window Go to Top and End of Document Save, Exiting WordPad Lesson 6 Working with WordPad Placing the Cursor, Selecting Bold, Underline, Center Size, Fonts, Italics, Font Color Date, Save, New Sheet Saving a file to the Desktop Working with the Desktop Arrange Icons, Large Icons Save As Deleting a icon from the Desktop Opening a File Lesson 7 Working with WordPad Print, Print Preview Bullets Adding icons to the Desktop Moving icons on a Desktop, Auto Arrange Lesson 8 Undo New Sheet Fill with Color Copy, Paste Deleting Files Disk Drive Properties Lesson 9 Working with the CD/DVD Drive Understanding Executable files Internet Explorer Widening Columns Opening files Copying Files between Disks Selecting Multiple Files Back, Forward, Recent Removing a CD Lesson 10 Recycle Bin Deleting Folders Select All Restoring Files

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