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    Computer skills courses

  • Duration: 1 Day
  • Who is it for: Those who have very little or no experience of using a computer.

This course is ideal for beginners to computing. It is intended to provide a basic introduction to IT (Windows and Microsoft Office) for those who have little or no experience of using a computer.

After attending this course, participants should have the confidence and skills to use computers at a basic level in the workplace or at home.

Delegates should also be able to progress onto subject specific courses, such as Microsoft Word.

  • Contents:
    • Basics
      • Hardware, software and using a mouse
    • The desktop
      • Desktop properties
      • The taskbar
      • Date and time
      • The Start button and menu
    • This PC
      • View options
      • Managing windows, resizing and moving
      • Scroll bars
      • Working with multiple windows
      • Managing files
    • Recycle Bin
    • File Explorer
      • The tree pane
      • The toolbar
      • Sorting documents
      • Moving/copying files
      • Using folders
    • Word Processing
      • Creating a new document
      • Entering text
      • Saving, closing and opening a document
      • Scrolling using the mouse
      • Moving using the keyboard
      • Selecting, removing, deleting and replacing text
      • Moving, copying and pasting text
      • Undoing/redoing commands
      • Using the spelling checker
      • Formatting text – font style, size and format
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