Course Outline
Windows Vista™ Basics
 

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Program Objectives: Students will learn the basic skills needed to navigate within Windows Vista™ and understand its features and its interface to programs.

• Purpose of Windows Vista™
• Log-On Screen
• Welcome Screen
• Windows Desktop
• Windows Sidebar and How to Customize
• Using the Mouse
• Recycle Bin
• Windows Vista™ Desktop Icons
• Taskbar
• Start Menu
• Computer Window - How to Open and Use It
• Window Elements
• Menu Bar
• Dialog Boxes
• Setting the Date and Time
• Changing Time Zones
• Adding Additional Clocks
• Internet Time
• Adjusting Speaker Volume
• Organizing Icons in a Window
• Opening a Group Folder
• Applications Windows
  • Minimizing
  • Maximizing
  • Restoring
  • Minimizing All Windows
  • Show All Opened Windows
  • Moving a Window
  • Resizing a Window
  • Closing a Window
• Activating the Quick Launch Bar
• Using Scroll Bars

• Help Feature
• Command Prompt
• Control Panel
  • How to Start
  • Switching to classic View
  • Mouse Properties
  • Personalization Properties
  • Changing the Background
  • Changing the Screen Saver
• Calculator Program
• Word Pad Program
• Changing Fonts
• Copy and Paste Feature
• Clipboard
• Saving a File
• Creating a Folder on the Desktop
• Rules for File Names
• The File Menu contents
• Paint Program
• Undo Feature
• Cut and Paste Feature
• Keyboard Shortcuts That Work in All Windows Programs
• Save Vs. Save As
• What To Do If Windows Lock Up
• Games
  • Free Cell
  • Minesweeper
  • Chess Titans
  • Solitaire
• Exiting from Windows Vista™
• Alternate Way to Exit