Course Content
Written, oral communications and practical applications and demonstrations.
How Computers Work- Basic Introduction
• Computer fears
• Different types of computers, the history of personal computers
• Dissecting the computer, how the computer works, measuring capacities
• Starting your computer
• Under the hood of the systems unit, disk storage, other devices,
hardware and software
• The future of computing
Windows Operating System
• Overview Of Windows Professional
• Starting Windows, the screen, the interface
• Restoring default folder option settings
• Mouse concepts, working with the mouse, using an intellipoint mouse
• Working with menus, selecting menu options with the mouse and
keyboard, shortcut menus
• Exiting from Windows
Introduction to Word processing using Word
• Word processing overview, starting Word for Windows
• Typing text into a document, making changes to text
• Saving your work, saving an existing document
• Adjusting page setup, printing
• Starting another document, working with multiple documents
• Closing files, opening a document
• Quick review
Introduction to Spreadsheets using Excel
• Spreadsheet overview, what is a spreadsheet, starting Excel
• Moving about the current sheet, entering data intro a worksheet
• Using quick fill, entering numbers, performing additions, other
calculations, performing What If tests
• Saving your work
• Changing the look of a worksheet, printing your worksheet data,
creating a chart, quick review
Introduction to Microsoft Publisher
• Publisher overview, starting Publisher
• Understanding the catalogue, publications by wizard, publications by
design, blank publications
• The publisher screen
• Working with toolbars, understanding menus
• Exiting from Publisher
• Tips for planning a publication, quick review, on your own
Introduction to Internet Explorer
• Getting Connected
. Overview, before you begin
. Creating an internet connection, testing the connection
. Managing internet explorer options
. Quick review
• About the internet
. Overview, how it began
. Connection requirements, web browser software
. Search engines, security on the internet
. Quick review, on your own
• Inside the internet
. Overview
. The internet and the web, intranets and extranets
. Acronyms explored and web jargon explained
. Information on the internet, ways to use the internet, the internet
and change
. Quick review, on your own
• Internet Explorer Basics
. Overview, starting internet explorer, the explorer screen, controlling
browser window size
. The address bar, exploring a web site
. Working with the status bar and the toolbar, customising the toolbar,
working with the explorer bar
. Using help, searching the help index
. Closing explorer, quick review, on your own
Introduction to Microsoft Outlook
• Outlook basics
. Overview, starting Outlook, the screen, navigating, exiting Outlook
• Outlook On-Line Help
. Overview, displaying and using the office assistant, using ScreenTips,
hiding the office assistant
• Contacts Induction
. Overview, accessing Outlook contacts, creating a new contact, adding
contacts to existing companies, adding more details for a contact,
deleting contacts
• Mail Basics
. Overview, accessing Outlook mail, the mail screen
. Composing, sending, receiving and deleting messages
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
• Demonstrate an understanding of the hardware and software commonly
used on a personal computer.
• Start Windows and work with some of the basic features of Windows.
• Perform some simple word processing operations using Microsoft Word.
• Perform some simple spreadsheet operations using Microsoft Excel.
• Use Publisher to create a simple publication.
• Start Internet Explorer and use a web address to assess a web site.
• Start Microsoft Outlook and explore functions to send receive and
manage email