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Welcome! Thank you for evaluating a portion of this workbook. If you have any questions or comments regarding our training materials please send us email at: support@warpct.com TrainPack: US$595 Purchase now and get every warpct.com workbook! More than 40 courseware titles covering Internet Skills, Basic Windows (XP/2000/98/95), MS Office titles, including Basic and Advanced Word, Basic and Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Access (2003/XP/2000/97/4.3). Legacy manuals covering Lotus Smartsuite 97 and Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 are also included. Available for download as PDF documents directly from our server. To order your fully printable TrainPack bundle visit our SECURE Order Form: https://warpct.com/trainpack/order.htm You ll be ready to start training within 24 hours. 2003 WARP! Computer Training. All rights reserved. Revised edition 2007 This workbook may only be used by the organization listed at the top of each page and may only be distributed as a printed hard-copy. Do not distribute the electronic version of this document. WARP! Computer Training assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this workbook. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Calculator, WordPad, Paint, Command Prompt and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other products and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Contents INTRODUCTION... 3 CHAPTER 1 - Using The Mouse... 4 CHAPTER 2 - The Windows XP Desktop Taskbar & Start Menu... 6 Starting and Exiting a Program... 7 Turning Off the Computer... 8 CHAPTER 3 - My Computer Starting My Computer... 9 For Other evaluation types of removable media & Viewing purposes Disk contents... only 10 Changing the way Files and Folders are displayed... 11 Changing the default Folder View... 11 Renaming a File... 13 Undo last action & Copying a File & Pasting a File... 14 Deleting a File... 15 CHAPTER 4 - Windows Explorer Opening Windows Explorer... 17 Viewing a removable storage drive... 17 Retracting and Expanding the Folder Tree... 18 Navigating through a Folder Tree & Viewing Folder contents... 18 Creating a Folder... 19 Renaming a Folder & Deleting a Folder... 21 Copying a File... 22 Undo last action & Drag-and-Drop... 23 Moving a Folder... 23 Running an Application with Windows Explorer... 24 Viewing a File... 25 Finding a File (Search)... 25 CHAPTER 5 - Using Help Starting Help... 28 Index Help... 29 Search Help (Help and Support)... 30 Favorites screen & History screen... 31 Applications Help... 32 [F1] Help... 33 CHAPTER 6 - Running Applications Starting an Application - WordPad... 34 Basic MS Windows XP 2003 WARP! Computer Training 1
Title Bar... 34 Minimizing, Maximizing, Restoring and Moving a Window... 35 Introduction to Menus - Opening a File... 35 Introduction to Toolbars... 37 Finding from within an Application... 38 Scrollbars & Dialog Boxes & Status Bar... 39 Resizing a Window... 40 Starting Paint... 40 Creating a Paint picture... 42 Saving a Paint picture & Exiting Paint... 43 Copying text... 44 Formatting text... 46 Saving a WordPad document - file... 47 Page Setup... 48 Change Measurement units & Print Preview... 49 Printing & Exiting WordPad... 51 CHAPTER 7 - Customizing Windows XP Moving the Taskbar... 52 Taskbar Properties... 53 For Showing evaluation the Desktop & Volume Control purposes settings... only 54 Clock settings... 55 Adding Do a File not to the Start use Menu... for training 57 Removing a File from the Start Menu... 59 Adding a Shortcut to the Desktop... 60 Removing a Shortcut from the Desktop... 62 Display Settings... 62 Desktop Properties & Screen Saver Properties... 63 Appearance Properties... 64 Emptying the Recycle Bin... 66 CHAPTER 8 - Command Prompt (MS-DOS) Starting the Command Prompt... 68 A: - Changing drives to the a: drive... 69 Dir - Listing files... 69 Cd - Changing Directories... 69 Move - Moving a Directory... 70 Cd.. - Changing directory to one level up... 70 Copy - Copying a File... 70 Rename - Renaming a File... 71 Del - Deleting a File... 72 Md - Making a Directory... 72 Rd - Removing a Directory... 73 Cd\ - Changing back to the root directory... 73 Time & Date... 74 Frequently used DOS Commands... 75 DOS Help... 76 Exiting the Command Prompt... 76 Copyright 2003 Elizabeth Daffin & Mark Hampsey 2 http://www.warpct.com WARP! Computer Training
Introduction Welcome to the WARP! Computer Training Basic Computer Skills (MS Windows XP) workbook. Congratulations on taking the big step of deciding to learn how to use your Windows XP computer. If you have never used a computer before, this workbook will help you to gain the skills you need. If you have some experience with computers but feel a bit rusty, you will find that Windows XP has some very powerful features and is very user-friendly. Fear is a very common emotion when working with any new concept. Computers generate untold anxiety in some people. Don t let computers scare you! They are tools you use to help you work. They will do nothing you do not tell them to do. If you do something wrong it generally will not harm the computer, and you can almost always reverse the mistakes you make. For evaluation purposes only Windows XP is your computer s Operating System and has what is known as a Graphical User Interface. An operating system is a piece of software which controls the hardware of your computer. A graphical user interface (GUI) is a user-friendly way for you to control the operating system. These terms will mean more to you as you progress through the course. You will find that mastering Windows XP is a very rewarding experience. There is much to learn, and you will get frustrated with a few of the more advanced features, but by the end of this course you will have all the skills you need to operate your computer effectively. Ask your tutor about other courses when you feel you have mastered the fundamentals in this workbook. Basic MS Windows XP 2003 WARP! Computer Training 3
Using the Mouse 1 A mouse is a type of pointing device. Moving the mouse over your desk will cause the mouse pointer over your screen. to move You use the mouse by moving the mouse pointer over an item you wish to select, and then clicking (pressing) one of the mouse buttons. You will usually only click with the left mouse button. For evaluation purposes only Hold the mouse so that it fits comfortably in your right palm. Position your right index finger above the left mouse button, as shown in the picture above. In the following chapters you will be asked to click and double-click the left mouse button, click the right mouse button, drag and drop, and highlight items. Clicking Double-clicking Drag and Drop Highlighting or Blocking Pressing either the left or right mouse button. Rapidly pressing the left mouse button twice. Depressing the left button and moving (dragging) the mouse to the desired destination, then releasing the mouse button (dropping). Selecting an object by clicking on it. Within applications, such as WordPad, highlighting can also mean to click the leftmouse button at the beginning of a word or paragraph and dragging the mouse to the end of the selected block of text, then releasing the button. You will know that a block of text has been selected when its background changes from white to a darker color. You will gain experience with using the mouse by completing the exercises in the following chapters. If you are having difficulties, be patient and keep trying. Mouse skills can be difficult to learn, but once you have mastered them everything else about using your computer will come naturally. 4 http://www.warpct.com WARP! Computer Training
The Windows XP Desktop 2 At the end of this chapter you will be able to: Identify components of the Desktop and Taskbar Start and Exit a Program using the Start button and Start Menu Turn Off the Computer When you turn your computer on, you are presented with a screen similar to this: For evaluation purposes only Do not These are use called Desktop for Icons. training You can double-click your left mouse button on these icons to access the associated program. This screen is known as the Windows XP Desktop This region of the Desktop is known as the Taskbar. Everything you need to use Windows XP for can be found here. Basic MS Windows XP 2003 WARP! Computer Training 5
Taskbar Exercise Labeling the Taskbar Move your mouse over the objects on the Taskbar. Small yellow labels will appear. Write down what you see:...... Start Menu Exercise Start Menu Move your mouse over to the Start button and click the left mouse button For evaluation purposes only You will be presented with the Start Menu The Start Menu gives you access to every part of your computer: your programs, your files and folders and various methods to configure the way Windows works. 6 http://www.warpct.com WARP! Computer Training
Starting and Exiting a Program Let s run the Calculator program. Follow these instructions: Point your mouse at the All Programs menu item Then mouse-over the Accessories sub-menu item Then mouse-over the Calculator application Click your mouse button once on the Calculator link Exercise Starting and Exiting the Calculator For evaluation purposes only Once you have started a program, or opened a window, a new button appears on the Taskbar: Basic MS Windows XP 2003 WARP! Computer Training 7
Close the calculator program by clicking once on the Close button:. You will find the Close button on the top-right hand corner of every window. For Turning evaluation Off the Computer purposes only Before we go any further, let s Turn Off the computer so you know how to when you need to: Exercise Turning Off the Computer Click the Start button Click the Turn Off Computer menu option You will be presented with the Turn off computer dialog box. Click the Turn Off button. Other options include Stand By and Restart. The Cancel button will return you to Windows. The first screen you will be presented with reads, Saving your settings. Then, Windows is shutting down. Your computer will automatically switch itself off. Then depending on how your hardware works, your computer will either automatically turn itself off, or will present you with a blank screen, requiring you to hit the power button on your PC. If you wish to continue with the workbook start up the computer again by switching it on and wait for the Windows XP desktop to appear. 8 http://www.warpct.com WARP! Computer Training