Windows 95, Level 1

This course introduces computer users to the exciting world of Microsoft Windows 95. Dialog boxes, mouse movements, multiple window operations, icon selection, and other fundamental Windows 95 tasks will be presented. Emphasis will be placed on multitasking operations and efficient operations.

Prerequisite: Hard Disk Management

Outline

Hard Disk Management Review

• Data storage
• Data organization

  Working With Directories

• Using subdirectories

  Mouse Basics

• Holding the mouse

  Main Screen

• Taskbar
• Start Button
• My Computer
• Network Neighborhood
• Recycle Bin
• Start Button

  Window Commands

• Close
• Maximize
• Minimize
• Restore

  Control Options

• Changing screen colors
• Color hints
• Installing printer fonts
• Communication port settings
• Mouse settings
• Desktop settings
• Displaying wallpaper designs
• Fast application switching
• Enabling the screen saver
• Changing keyboard repeat rates
• Installing printers
• Date & time settings

  WordPad

• Creating a WordPad document
• Saving a WordPad document
• Printing a WordPad document
• Changing the font
• Resizing the WordPad window
• Resaving the WordPad document
• Exiting WordPad

  Explorer

• Starting Explorer
• Sending files to diskette
• Formatting a diskette
• Formatting differences
• Write protecting diskettes
• Duplicating a diskette
• Displaying directory contents
• Changing to another directory
• Exiting Explorer

  Running Multiple Programs

• Multi-tasking

  Maintenance Applications

• Scandisk
• Defrag
• Backup
• Disk compression

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