User:Jrradney/Collaboration/BasicComputerQuestions
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[hide]Computer Basics
Students in any class should be asked the following questions and assigned tutorial activities for any indications of lack of skill or understanding.
Folders (Do you know. . .)
- What a folder is?
- How to create a folder in Windows?
- How to move between folders?
- How to see what is inside a folder?
Files (documents) (Do you know. . .)
- What a file is?
- How a file is created?
- How a file is saved?
- How to delete, copy, and move files in Windows?
Windows (Do you know. . .)
- What Windows is?
- How to use a computer mouse?
- What the desktop is?
- How to launch applications in Windows?
- What Windows Explorer is?
- How to create folders in Windows Explorer?
- How to view folders in Windows Explorer?
- How to copy, delete, and move files in Windows Explorer?
- How to open several applications at the same time?
- How to switch between open applications?
- How to minimize, restore, and resize windows?
- How to cut, copy and paste from the menus and toolbar?
- How to cut, copy, and paste in dialog boxes?
Microsoft Word for Windows (Do you know. . .)
- How to save and open documents?
- How to change character fonts (including weights, sizes, and symbols)?
- How to create and edit headers and footers?
- How to paginate (including placing the page number in different locations)?
- How to insert a Word table and modify it?
- How to format paragraphs?
- How to print a document?
- How to use, set up, and modify document templates?
- How to find and replace character strings in a document?
- How to cut, copy, and paste in a document?
On-line help (Do you know. . .)
- How to use the on-line help provided with an application?
E-mail and Internet (Do you know. . .)
- How to establish and organise favourite internet locations?
- How to use Internet search engines to find materials and locations?
- How to create, send, and read a message?
- How to attach a file to a message?
- How to forward and reply to messages?
- How to create an address book?
- How to backup correspondence and addresses?
- How to print a message?
- How to delete a message?