Windows XP Introduction

Course Length

1.0 day(s)

Prerequisites

None

Course Objectives

This class is for people who are relatively new to computer word. If you have little or no experience using a mounse or working with the earlier version of Windows you should enroll in this Introduction to Windows XP class. If you have experience with DOS-based (keyboard-based) software programs, you will quickly realize that Windows XP has a different operating strategy. Windows XP has a graphical user inerface (GUI). GUI means that Windows XP operates visually, rather than verbally.

Course Topics

Understand basic personal computer components
Define a network
Identify the benefits of Windows XP
Indentify Desktop Components
Use the mouse to operate Windows XP
Navigate the Start menu
Activate online help
Indentify window controls
Move and size a window
Use the Taskbar
Manipulate multiple windows
Modify object porperties
Use scroll bars and drop-down arrows
Modify display porperties
Use the control panel to modify the mouse porperties
Create and save a document
Open and print a document
Copy and paste information from one application to another
View resources with My Computer
Delete and restore files
Learn what to do if computer freezes

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