Basic Computer Skills
Duration: 2 day | Book this course
Cost: $810.00 + GST
Who Should Take This Course
First-time computer users or, those whose computer skills may have been outdated.
Course Outline
Understanding Hardware and Software
- Parts of the Computer
- Computer storage (internal and external)
- System memory (RAM)
- Standard units of measurement
- Operating Systems and Applications
Using Windows
- The Windows button
- Start Screen (Windows 10)
- Controlling applications from the taskbar
- Access to applications
Managing Files and Folders with the File Explorer
- Folders and files
- Folder selection techniques
- Switching drives
- Folder creation
- Moving or Copying files and folders
- Renaming and Deleting files or folders
- The Recycle Bin and Deleted Files
Introducing Excel
- Ribbon, Tabs, and Groups
- Using Excel as a Spreadsheet
- Using Excel as a Database
- Excel file types
- Working with the Excel window
- Creating and opening workbooks
- Navigating within a workbook and worksheet
- Understanding cells and ranges
- Selecting cells and cell ranges
- Navigating between worksheets
- Moving from one workbook to another
- Entering data into a range of cells
- Using undo and redo
- Formatting cells
- Formatting text
- Formatting numbers
- Formatting columns and rows
- Changing the column width and row height
- Adding and editing borders
- Cutting, copying, and pasting
- Deleting the contents of a cell or range
- Deleting data without deleting the cell formatting
- Using page setup
- Changing page orientation
- Spellchecking
- Printing a spreadsheet
Introducing Word
- Ribbon, Tabs, and Groups
- Create a new document
- Page Setup (Orientation, size, and margins)
- Undo and Redo Tasks
- Saving Files
- Font formatting
- Paragraph formatting
- Find and Replace text
- Spellchecking
- Printing the document
- Selecting pages to print
Introducing Outlook
- Overview of Outlook
- Managing Folders and Messages
- Creating New Folders
- Deleting a Folder
- Creating an email message
- Editing and Formatting Text
- Sending and Replying Messages
- Working with Attachments
- Forwarding Messages
- Printing Messages
- Setting an appointment using the Calendar feature
Accessing the Internet
- The Browser Window
- Searching for information using a search engine such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing
- Visiting web sites
- Safeguarding your personal information online
- Importance of Antivirus